My assumption was that he wouldn't be playing it. It's only just some plastic
around a primitive chip, but it could still go on the fritz one day, if
subjected to the current needed to play it. I assumed he was just gonna keep it
locked in a glass chamber filled with helium gas or something, and just admire
it from there.
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From: "Martin Baxter" <truthseeker...@lycos.com>
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 8, 2009 8:17:37 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game
Lavendar, I hadn't even considered that!
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Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game
Date : Tue, 7 Jul 2009 21:24:31 -0400
>From : <wlro...@aol.com>
To : <scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com>
Well, the question is does it still play and does his NES still play?
--Lavender
From: Martin Baxter
Sent: Tuesday, July 07, 2009 8:15 AM
To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game
Amen to that, Mr Worf!
And I, a video-game fan since the day video games first entered my worldview
over twenty-five years ago, have *never heard* of that game. Odds are, he can
only get a reaction out of equally hyper-rabid fans by showing it off. And he'd
better hope that none of them have sticky fingers.
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Subject : Re: [scifinoir2] Man Pays Thousands for Obscure Video Game
Date : Mon, 6 Jul 2009 22:24:25 -0700
>From : "Mr. Worf"
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
He could have bought the distribution rights for the game for less money.
On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:
>
>
> Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega Genesis' (I
> still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's --complete
> with full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough?
>
> ***************************************
> http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488
> The $17,500 video game
>
> by Mike Smith
> Buzz up!
>
> July 6 1:32 P.M.
> [image: $17000 Game]
>
> Would you pay $17,500 for this?
>
> Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument from
> us, but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid a
> clinically insane $17,500for an obscure NES game from 1990.
>
> The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of Nintendo
> World Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a
> Nintendo-sponsored gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 were
> created, and Hendricks calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game collectors.
>
> The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and
> consists of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario Bros.,
> Tetris, and Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their performance in
> each game, and their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. Doesn't
> sound too riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for
> the gameplay.
>
> And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and
> zeroes, Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally listed on
> eBay for a cool $25,000.
>
>
>
>
>
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