Rare Video Game Gold

Posted by Toni | on July 29, 2008

Learn about the holy grail of video game collecting, and how you can identify valuable games.

Did you know that rare video game cartridges can be worth thousands of dollars?

1990 Gold EditionI recently stumbled upon a few great websites devoted to rare video games of the past, and found some interesting info about valuable games.

For instance: the 1990 Nintendo World Championships: Gold Edition is a often considered the holy grail among video game collectors.

Nintendo only produced 90 Silver Editions and 26 Gold Editions of this special competition cartridge. A copy of the Gold Edition recently sold for $15,000 — and out of the 26 cartridges that exist, only 12 are accounted for.

Can you imagine finding one of these at a garage sale or thrift store?

Further Reading:

RareVideoGames.net - Nice blog + growing database of collectible video games along with reviews and prices. If you want to start learning about video game collecting, this a great start.

Nintendo World Championships - Wikipedia article

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4 Responses to “Rare Video Game Gold”

  1. AvatarAnthony
    Jul 31st, 2008
    at 5:58 am
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    Thanks for the compliments on the site!!! we are working hard to launch it strong and are open to suggestions. Please feel free to come to our site and look around.

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  2. Avatarporkchop
    Jul 31st, 2008
    at 8:01 am
    2

    Great article, we appreciate the link and we hope nostalgiaholic members that collect video games will find the resource useful.

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  3. AvatarToni
    Jul 31st, 2008
    at 8:17 am
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    Author Comment

    No probs, and you’re welcome :)

    Thanks for stopping by.

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  4. AvatarLarry "Liontamer" Oji
    Nov 17th, 2008
    at 2:58 pm
    4

    It amazes me we still have no Rad Racer arrangements at OC ReMix, given that it’s on that cartridge. I’m not that needy for shiny things, but I’d take a copy of that catridge. Do want!

    Larry “Liontamer” Oji
    Assistant Soundtrack Director, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
    Head Submissions Evaluator, OverClocked ReMix - http://www.ocremix.org
    Creator, VG Frequency - http://www.vgfrequency.com
    Staff, VGMdb - http://www.vgmdb.net

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