Nintendo Game Sells for $35,100

Categories: News|Published On: January 16, 2015|Views: 64|

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One of the rarest video games on the planet hit the auction block on eBay, and the bidding war has officially ended. Stadium Events was the game, and after spending about a week on eBay, the bidding reached a total of $35,100. The game was originally open for anyone to bid on, though after several false bids went through (driving the price up to close to $100,000), the seller switched to an “approved bidder” format, which eliminated many of the problematic bidders.

Stadium Events was released in 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment Console by Bandai, but it was almost immediately pulled from shelves after Nintendo purchased the rights for the “Family Fun Fitness” mat technology from Bandai. Nintendo wanted to rebrand the technology, so production of Stadium Events, which was compatible with the mat, was halted after about just 2,000 copies were made. Only 200 of these games were estimated to have ever made it to the shelves, and the retro game collecting community estimates that just 20 of those cartridges are still in existence today.

Of the copies of Stadium Events known to exist, only two are known to be factory sealed, making the copy in this eBay auction that much more desirable. The game was sent to the Video Game Authority in Roswell, GA, for authentication and grading, and it came back as “excellent+/near mint.” It was also encased to help protect against UV rays.

Nintendo Game Sells for $35,100

Categories: News|Published On: January 16, 2015|Views: 64|

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One of the rarest video games on the planet hit the auction block on eBay, and the bidding war has officially ended. Stadium Events was the game, and after spending about a week on eBay, the bidding reached a total of $35,100. The game was originally open for anyone to bid on, though after several false bids went through (driving the price up to close to $100,000), the seller switched to an “approved bidder” format, which eliminated many of the problematic bidders.

Stadium Events was released in 1987 on the Nintendo Entertainment Console by Bandai, but it was almost immediately pulled from shelves after Nintendo purchased the rights for the “Family Fun Fitness” mat technology from Bandai. Nintendo wanted to rebrand the technology, so production of Stadium Events, which was compatible with the mat, was halted after about just 2,000 copies were made. Only 200 of these games were estimated to have ever made it to the shelves, and the retro game collecting community estimates that just 20 of those cartridges are still in existence today.

Of the copies of Stadium Events known to exist, only two are known to be factory sealed, making the copy in this eBay auction that much more desirable. The game was sent to the Video Game Authority in Roswell, GA, for authentication and grading, and it came back as “excellent+/near mint.” It was also encased to help protect against UV rays.