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Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay

Posted Feb 13, 2010 at 10:17AM EST by Glenn M.

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One mom in North Carolina had a NES and five games rotting away in her closet. Instead of tossing them into the dumpster or giving it to the guy that loves blending stuff on YouTube, she figured it'd be better to just sell them off through eBay. Well, you know what they say, one (wo)man's trash is another man's treasure - someone out there was willing to pay US$ 13,105 for them.

She must've gone for a few hours scratching her head wondering what brought the bids up that high. Filthy-rich retro gamers? Nope. Apparently, one of the five games is one of the rarest games ever.

This game is Stadium Events (Wikipedia link), an old exercise game released by Bandai in North America back in 1987. It comes with the Family Fun Fitness mat which you use for its Olympic-event mini-games. Only 2,000 copies of this game are believed to have been produced, and when Nintendo bought the rights to the Family Fun Fitness mat technology in 1988 (and later re-released it as the Power Pad), most of the copies were recalled and likely destroyed.

Only an estimated 200 copies managed to get off the shelves and into consumer hands. Followers of the rare game trade believe that there are only 10 copies of Stadium Events left in existence, only one of which is still factory sealed.

With her selling price of US$ 9.99 for the set, the North Carolina mom clearly had no idea what a treasure she happened to have. Her copy, still with its box and looking pretty intact, was enough to land her a hell lot more than she bargained for.

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+5 # RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Glenn M. 2010-02-13 12:02

i think it's a great story - both buyer and seller ended up very satisfied.

for the mom, she got a hell lot more than ten bucks for her stuff, and despite not knowing about stadium events' real value, she still received an amount proportion to the demand.

as for the buyer, his nuts probably shot though his neck after seeing an intact copy of stadium events. he may have gotten it cheaper from the mom than from, say, another collector who'd charge him an arm, a leg, and his firstborn for it.

hey look, it's my first text wall comment!

+1 # RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — pspg2000 2010-02-13 12:36

wow, lucky guy he was.

I wonder if James (AVGN) has this game, he owns almost every single game made for NES, just doesn't for the rare ones because are hard to find and expensive. People send him donations and games, he deserves it.

Think I'll need to buy another NES console.

-1 # James doesn't deserve it — kupomogli 2010-02-13 21:37

Oh wow. He started doing video game reviews on Youtbe and then became popular so then Screwattack, and now Gametrailers.

I should give James my entire collection. He clearly deserves it because he what? Makes video game reviews that people have been doing much longer than he has online. He just happened to get a following like many of the now well known reviewers who rate "supposedly" bad games(some of which aren't that bad.)

No. You're just giving him items he doesn't have to go look for and purchase himself. Which he then signs and sells for more money because he used it in his video.

# RE: James doesn't deserve it — Guest 2010-02-22 15:18

@ kupomogli:

Usually, I would agree with you, why should I give my stuff that I bought with hard earned money to assholes who make a living out of it?

But James is actually a nice guy, if anyone doing these things deserves it, he's the one.

-3 # RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Guest 2010-02-13 13:48

NES Emulator exists. no need to buy those. I owned all of those too but my relative always wanna borrow my sh*t

# RE: RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — pspg2000 2010-02-13 17:35

You don't get the same sensation on a emulator as you do on the real console.

But again, it's people's choice.

-1 # RE: RE: RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Guest 2010-02-13 20:39

I disagree... I have my old collection of NES and Genesis titles emulated on my original xbox. They play exactly the same as I remember them with the exception of the controller being more comfortable.

+2 # missing — ozocky100 2010-02-13 23:27

you are missing the point this is hard copy, NOT soft copy which is cheaper.

+2 # oh my god, please tell me you're not that stupid — Aces In The Palm 2010-02-14 01:13

Quoting Rapper Don:

NES Emulator exists. no need to buy those. I owned all of those too but my relative always wanna borrow my sh*t

HE'S A COLLECTOR MORON!!!!
what fun is collecting ROMs, they are hardly rare.
geez.
twit!

-1 # RE: RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Guest 2010-02-15 11:35

only reason i would ever use an emulator is cause NES looks like shit on and HD tv and looks hella better through HDMI

+3 # RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Luciddreamin92 2010-02-13 13:56

didnt think anyone wuld have that kinda money in this recession lol

-2 # RIP!! — Guest 2010-02-13 15:21

Was already articled on yahoo

-2 # ummm... WTF — HacKeRsLiM 2010-02-13 16:51

hope he knows he could have easily got the rom and played it on a NES emulator
not saying its ok to pirate but only in cases like this

# RE: ummm... WTF — pspg2000 2010-02-13 17:35

It's collector's decision, do you think people that collect consoles + games + etc, actually care about emulators and roms? Not really.

+1 # RE: ummm... WTF — Guest 2010-02-13 19:38

youre an idiot..

you dont know the word "RARE?".. imagine how much would this costs in the future?.. im actually jealous of how rich this guy is to be able to buy whatever he wants.. damn..

+1 # RE: ummm... WTF — Aces In The Palm 2010-02-14 01:16

Quoting HacKeRsLiM:

hope he knows he could have easily got the rom and played it on a NES emulator
not saying its ok to pirate but only in cases like this

Quote:

HE'S A COLLECTOR MORON!!!! what fun is collecting ROMs, they are hardly rare.
geez.
twit!

to quote myself above

+1 # Of Course He DID — Guest 2010-02-13 17:31

Of COurse he knew that he wouldn't know WTF the game was worth or was rare if he doesnt know the ins and outs of the NES.
He wont buy it to play it but to collect it

+1 # RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Guest 2010-02-13 17:45

...I had a copy of that game growing up. I'm sure I don't have it anymore, and it would be in horrible condition if I did, but damn. I should look in all of the possible places in my house it might be, because yeah, if it's that rare and I still have it, time to cash in on my childhood obesity!

(the copy I had was labeled "World Class Track Meet" which is, according to Wikipedia, the same game.)

-2 # ... — symbal 2010-02-13 19:08

It's got nothing to do with buying the game to play it, it's just like art or antiques collectors who just buy something rare so they can have something no-one else does, i mean why do you think people are stupid enough to buy modern art.

+1 # WOAH — Guest 2010-02-13 19:48

I'm SOOO pissed off right now! I totally had one of those, but about two years ago we were redecorating the house and we left lots of stuff outside... And, well, it's London and it started raining pretty damn heavily, and it ended with me throwing it away. I didn't mind ofc because I already have a PS3, but in retrospect, that was a really dumbass thing to do!

Course, I only had one game (a Ninja Turtles one) so it probably wouldn't be worth as much as this, but still...

+1 # dUHQ — JaXeRiR 2010-02-14 07:58

It's not the NES here that's worth all of the money, it's one of the games.. >.

# 5? — Guest 2010-02-13 20:02

I count 6 games... or am I wrong?

# RE: 5? — pspg2000 2010-02-16 21:45

You're right.

1. Stadium Events
2. Baseball
3. Ninja Turtles Arcade Game
4. Super Mario 3
5. Super Mario Bros
6. Duck Hunt

# Good things are forever — Guest 2010-02-13 21:20

Dude... I still have mine

(and it's not for sale)

# RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — HacKeRsLiM 2010-02-13 21:54

Well i never understood the idea of collection so if someone is willing to buy a game for that price ill let them

+1 # old nes — Guest 2010-02-13 23:08

vaya suerte

+1 # RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Guest 2010-02-14 01:54

Good thing she posted on eBay and got something near market rate rather than just selling it at a pawn shop for 10 bucks!

+1 # RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Guest 2010-02-14 02:27

Wow.

Definitely interesting, but a little disturbing also. I wonder what the buyer does for a living to be able to afford to be such a twit.

+1 # RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Guest 2010-02-14 04:10

Well just imagine how much that game will fetch 20 years from now.

Just remembered my Chrono Trigger and FFIV game. Should be somewhere in the house...

+1 # HAHAHA — Guest 2010-02-14 08:55

I got a Nes with a bunch of accesories and games 30-40(don't remember) and it is in mint condition,does this mean I am lucky? hahaha I even have the oficial NES Poster which comes with the NES box and other stuff.

+1 # RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Guest 2010-02-14 12:45

I have the first and only pressing of PIPE DREAMS a game that was never ever released. Who want to buy it for $100 000?

+1 # - — APerson 2010-02-14 13:28

I hate articles like this! I've got a fairly extensive collection of rare games too that I've been sitting on for years. I don't have that Stadium Events game though, and it wouldn't run on my PAL Nes anyroad.

# RE: - — pspg2000 2010-02-16 21:43

I got about 9 boxed Game Key's for NES, they weren't ever used but not sealed. One at least, I keep for use, rarely it's ever used.

# wow — Ricochet__ 2010-02-14 17:26

lucky girl

# RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Guest 2010-02-15 05:28

i had 2 nes's and 3 controllers but sold one to my friend along with some games, tv cables, and 2 controllers so my nes is pretty much useless. i still have alot of games for it but without tv cables and only 1 controller, its really boring. so now i use emulators with tv out to play my nes games, even though every nes emulator i try runs too fast.

# RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — Guest 2010-02-15 15:01

omg i can get a nes for € 20

# wierd — Guest 2010-02-16 07:00

What boggles me the most is why he bid so high in the first place...? i mean she didn't know that she had such a rare game right??

She wanted 9.99 for it! give her 50 bucks and seal the deal!

$13.105...

# @GhostEXE — Guest 2010-02-16 12:38

Umm... because Ebay is an auction site and there were likely multiple bidders who knew what they were bidding for...

# @GhostEXE — mrblack 2010-02-16 12:42

Um... you do know that Ebay is an auction site, right? I mean, the winner was likely just one of multiple bidders who knew the true value of the item...

# RE: Old NES and five games sell for US$ 13,105 on eBay — kenneth wheeler 2010-08-19 13:03

oh my god i have 2 of the stadium events i almost threw away yeterday

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