He could have bought the distribution rights for the game for less money. On Mon, Jul 6, 2009 at 9:00 PM, Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>wrote:
> > > Wow, talk about a fan. How many PS3's, Wii's, XBox 360's, Sega Genesis' (I > still have that console, it's great), SNES' (ditto), and 3DO's --complete > with full game libraries--could he have bought with that much dough? > > *************************************** > http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/the-17-500-video-game/1332488 > The $17,500 video game > > by Mike Smith <http://videogames.yahoo.com/masthead> > Buzz > up!<http://buzz.yahoo.com/buzz?publisherurn=yahoo_games_p893&guid=http%3A%2F%2Fvideogames.yahoo.com%2Fevents%2Fplugged-in%2Fthe-17-500-video-game%2F1332488&targetUrl=> > > July 6 1:32 P.M. > [image: $17000 Game] > > Would you pay $17,500 for this? > > Think $60 video games are too expensive? You won't hear any argument from > us, but you might from JJ Hendricks, a collector who just paid a > clinically insane > $17,500<http://blog.videogamepricecharts.com/2009/06/how-i-got-nintendo-world-championships.html>for > an obscure NES game from 1990. > > The game in question is an ultra-rare, gold-colored version of Nintendo > World Championships, a cartridge specially produced for use in a > Nintendo-sponsored gaming contest. According to Wikipedia only 26 were > created, and Hendricks calls it the "Holy Grail" of video game collectors. > > The game itself has a time limit of just 6 minutes and 21 seconds and > consists of three short segments from other NES games: Super Mario Bros., > Tetris, and Rad Racer. Players are scored according to their performance in > each game, and their scores are totaled once the time limit expires. Doesn't > sound too riveting to us, but then somehow we doubt Hendricks is in it for > the gameplay. > > And while $17,500 might seem a bit much for a collection of ones and > zeroes, Hendricks actually got a bargain: the game was originally listed on > eBay for a cool $25,000. > > > > > -- Bringing diversity to perversity for 9 years! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
