http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/old-nintendo-system-sells-for-13-105/1389101

Everyday folk discovering colossally valuable collectors' items amid everyday junk has been the lifeblood of antiques shows for years, but it's not every day you see a real-life gold-in-the-attic tale play out on eBay.

Last week, North Carolina eBay user lace_thongs35 thought she was putting up an everyday, 80s-era Nintendo Entertainment System (together with five games) up on the popular auction site. But less than an hour after the first bid, the price was over $6,000 -- and on Wednesday, when the auction closed, the final selling price topped $13,000.

Why? Not the console itself, but one of the games bundled with it -- a deeply obscure 1987 release called Stadium Events, a highly sought-after collectors' item. But it wasn't even the game itself that was worth the bulk of the money -- it was the original cardboard box, which collectors value at a breathtaking $10,000. Fewer than 10 complete copies of the game are thought to exist, and retro gaming aficionados consider it one of the hardest-to-find NES games ever made.

Bet you're wishing you hadn't let Mom throw out your Nintendo collection now, eh?

Via BoingBoing.

Wish I still had my NES system and the box.

Dude I still have my NES and original box.....

Or are they talking about the box to the game????

Eh, fuck I knew it was too good to be true.....

How much is Dragon Warrior IV worth? I've heard it's a rare one and I have a copy with all the shit...although the insert with the game's bestiary isn't in mint condition, since I had a habit of marking it a pen for each monster I encountered, so most of their pics have a checkmark or some sort of mark on them.

Strapping Young Lad wrote: Eh, fuck I knew it was too good to be true.....

For a minute, your heart skipped some beats...only to have it all ripped away. haha

Heretic wrote: How much is Dragon Warrior IV worth?

Eh..doesn't look like you'd get a whole lot out of it.

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m38.l1313&_nkw=dragon+warrior+IV&_sacat=See-All-Categories

baseballstud24 wrote:

Strapping Young Lad wrote: Eh, fuck I knew it was too good to be true.....

For a minute, your heart skipped some beats...only to have it all ripped away. haha

Haha, I actually jumped out of my chair, grabbed a flashlight, and dug thru a bunch of shit to find my nintendo, then had it ripped away...

An old video game just sold for over 40 grand. That's nuts.

http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/plugged-in/rare-nintendo-game-is-40-000-windfall/1391148

ccrunner609 wrote: I wonder if you will have to blow in the end of the game before playing?

Congratulations, you just made your best post ever!

^^

Lol!