Nintendo 1990 World Championship Cart For $0.50

So what are the oldest carts that can go bad? 1979?

 

Fairchild Channel F - 1976 followed closely by the Radofin 1292 then the RCA Studio 2 in 1977 and the famous Atari VCS.

I know someone who had to reburn a few EPROMs from mid 70s arcade games as they just lost information.

 

I have VCS carts that still worked as of about a year ago.. I'd test them again but the system memory has gone bad and needs to be replaced.

 

Right, the NWC carts have lost their mystique because now everyone can
download or pick-up a reproduction cart. All you're generally paying for is the
"Zelda" gold or grey NES cart shell, NWC sticker, and media attention. If I was to drop that kind of money for a video game. I would not want the rom dumped and distributed for everyone to have.

 

That's an awful selfish way of thinking.

The NWC carts fetch such a high price because of their physical history, not the data inside them.

It's like saying a replica Olympics medal devalues the real medals. It's basically the same thing, right?

 

Is it possible to determine exactly when the nwc competition carts became rare /expensive/collectible. I doubt that right after they were distributed to the contestants they were that valued.

 

Its not an awful selfish way of thinking if you're investing that kind of money on a video game so rare / so hard to obtain. You wanna play on the NWC cart? How bad do you want it? Decide wether or not you wanna invest in something so exclusive you've got to own it to play it. THAT'S DEMAND. Dumping the rom just decreases the desire for the original plastic cart cover and the NWC sticker. Unless someone can prove me wrong - computer data IS computer data. It does not age like a baseball card or a painting. Its just a code. Now everyone has access to the code. Now who feels like spending over $10,000 for code already dumped ? You're gonna end up stuck with the cart because everyone already had their fun with the rom dump.

An actual olympic medal is of sterling sliver covered with a thin coat ( 6grams or 21 ounces ) of pure gold. A replica isn't made from same material
and its obvious.

 

The actual cart is still a piece of VG history, and there are many MANY Nintendo fanboys out there with big pockets.

I think in this special case, it does not really matter that the game has been dumped.

 

I don't disagree with the NWC carts being a piece of history. I was one of many who attended Powerfest in 1990 at Universal Studios Hollywood. Even back then I desired that grey competition cartridge - LOL But for $10,000+ dollars ??? I strongly disagree. Its more like a publicity stunt than its actual worth. You have well-off people fortunate to have connections to public media conglomerates to set up a news story writing about your so-called desire to obtain this "holy grail". You drop over $10gs on a video game cartridge in an auction. But in the next few months you decide to sell it to give back to charity ???? I'm sorry, but this is not some gamer but an opportunist. JJ Hendrix runs a business. He's a reseller with media connections. Do you know how effective the media is with ignorant people?

This isn't a special case. The NWC carts have never even been appraised with cold hard facts. Wikipedia is not a reliable source neither. Anybody can make this shit up!

 

The thought never really occurred to me that the people who try and buy the NWC carts actually want to play them. I have always just assumed that once one is bought, it might be tested once to make sure works then sealed away forever until they wish to resell it.

Also, even if a replica olympic medal used the same materials as a real one, I think the real one would still have a much higher value.

 

If it really fetches that much money every time then one could just make counterfeit replicarts for a fraction of the earnings and make a good living

I mean if some people can fake money bills others can certainly fake NES cartridges

 

But strangely enough, the ROM dump didn't decrease the desire of "collectors" to try to display dominance through conspicuous consumption, or the desire of speculators to cash in and make a quick buck on the former. You didn't really think this was all about the actual game, did you?

 

Sure, why not?

 

And that's what I can't stand with some collectors. Unless the
game / console were physically autographed on. The stuff just gets stashed away and never played. That's the point I would want the NWC carts to play on it. Especially hadn't the rom been dumped. NES games are very durable so I don't worry about a "$10,000 NWC game" being devalued in that way. But I do own some autographed Nintendo games so obviously those don't get played for obvious reasons. But i've bought copies of those signed games for when I wanna go on a nostalgia trip ^_^

Keep in mind, i'm only speaking for ME in this whole matter. But my desire
for a NWC cart especially at $10,000 is deminished because the actual program has been released to the public to play. I like collecting things majority of people don't have access to. Some may call it selfish but call it protecting my investment :love:

 

Hell, they can go as far as stripping the "gold" cases off the original NES Zelda games for that authentic NWC Gold look :lol:

 

Wouldn't be that hard to kludge together a PCB that would switch the games via the dipswitches and to leave it outside to oxidise a while. Hmm now that is an idea....

 

Display dominance ...
Yeah, like that last auction masquerading as a charity auction didn't even
meet $17,000. The publicity stunt is wearing off as people are becoming aware of the bogus "collector" story. And with the ROM dump doesn't help
the situation neither.

 

:thumbsup:

 

You do realise it's just a limited version of three games you probably already own, yeah? What on earth would you get out of playing that?

 

Speaking of which, if you used a cheat system to give you unlimited time, how "complete" are the individual games? Could they be finished in full?