We're not sure which element of this story is the most newsworthy, so we'll lead with this: Some person, somewhere in the world, recently spent $41,300 on an extremely rare NES game. Someone was perusing the eBay auction block, saw Stadium Events (which Nintendo bought the rights to and retitled World Class Track Meet), and said, "you know what? That looks like the kind of thing I'd like to spend an American's median annual income on."
According to Video Game Price Charts, that auction has turned Stadium Events into the most expensive NES game ever sold. There are around 200 copies of the game still floating around out there -- which should be enough to send most of you rushing to your local pawn shop in a Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory-esque tizzy.
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Reader Comments (53)
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 12:29PM (Unverified) said
Do you have to pay taxes on Ebay items that sell high enough?
Posted: Feb 28th 2010 7:06PM (Unverified) said
dictionary.com
seriously, that word is even phonetic, should be a piece of caek.
seriously, that word is even phonetic, should be a piece of caek.
Posted: Mar 1st 2010 10:04AM Nook said
Ahhh, good old World Class Track Meet - man that was some fun times. Of course all the running in place eventually broke down into gettign down on your knees and pounding the mat with your fists trying to win.
Who remembers the jumps? hahaha
This is a lot of money to plunk down on a game, especially this game - even if it has the older name on it. I guess if you've got the money...
Who remembers the jumps? hahaha
This is a lot of money to plunk down on a game, especially this game - even if it has the older name on it. I guess if you've got the money...
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