MTV’s Stephen Totillo profiles some of the people who have made it their goal to collect all 700+ NES games in their original boxes. Between them they’ve sold everything from PS3’s to T-shirts to fund a quest that can easily run into the thousands of dollars. Rare games like Stadium Events or a gold Nintendo World Championship cartridge can demand hundreds or even thousands of dollars by themselves.
The highest-end, rarest NES game of them all is a cartridge made in limited supply for the 1990 Nintendo World Championships. Supposedly 100 gray ones exist; 26 more were painted in gold. And that’s it. “A gold one sold on eBay for over $7,000″!
Who needs a P-S-3 when you’ve got an N-E-S?
NES Fanatics Get MTV Fame {mtv.com}
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