Slashdot Mirror
Rare Recalled NES Game Stadium Events On Ebay For $99,000
An anonymous reader writes Via Eurogamer comes news of possibly the rarest of all NES games selling on the auction site Ebay for a staggering 99,000 Dollars at this time, with 4 days left to go. The game in question the 1987 NES game Stadium Events was released then pulled only 2 days later. Stadium Events was released by Bandai as a test title for its Family Fun Fitness Control Mat — an early version of the technology now found in Dance Dance Revolution floor pads. But Nintendo acquired the technology for itself, just as the game was being released. The company ordered an immediate return of all copies so the game could be rebranded with Nintendo's version of the controller mat, now named as the NES Power Pad .
Wired's take is that the price is heavily driven up by trolling bidders
http://www.wired.com/2015/01/s...
Favourite quote from the article:
What can be especially frustrating about these trolled auctions is the inevitable wave of incorrect news reports that follow, suggesting that the item in question has “sold” for the wildly inflated, unrealistic, fraudulent bid amount, without even a caveat.
It's turtles all the way down.
I take it you liked shitty games then? After all, they did develop a lot of terrible games for Acclaim and LJN.
I take it you liked shitty games then? After all, they did develop a lot of terrible games for Acclaim and LJN.
Killer Instinct, motherfucker!
That is all.
LK
"Hi. This is my friend, Jack Shit, and you don't know him." - Lord Kano
That's your own fault. Don't buy hardware that's tied to a "free" online service. The cost of maintenance is built into continued sales. Once those sales stop, so does the funding. And definitely don't be surprised when the inevitable happens.
The same is also true of any home automation hardware you find in the big box stores. API points to a server run by the manufacturer or it requires an iOS/Android app or both.