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

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.

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.

 

 

 

Hot Blooded Gaming [via Kotaku]