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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 .
This site fucking sucks.
3 days ago, I saw the same story on a video game news site. Only then, they made it very clear in their story that the ebay sale was probably a fraud. The bidding was much lower until an anonymous ebay troll with no feedback kept artificially inflating the bid.
So thanks for the news which is both incorrect and old.
Instead of bitching and moaning about it, why didn't you just submit a better summary yourself 3 days ago?
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Yeah, but unlike Saddam I'd like to think we're not a bunch of assholes who would put an old video game ahead of the well-being of kids.
Because you spend every cent of your disposable income on charity, right?
If not, I'd love to know what you think is more important than starving kids. Is it a snack from the convenience store? A trip to the movies? The latest novel from your favorite author?
I also presume you live in the cheapest possible housing, subsisting on the least expensive food you can find, as you prioritize the well-being of other so much that you dare not waste a penny that could go to better the lives of poor, disadvantaged, children.
Really, if you don't, you must be some kind of unfeeling monster!
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Really, if you don't, you must be some kind of unfeeling monster!
You're trying to be sarcastic, but isn't that what we are? We've deliberately hardened our hearts over the years to permit us to engage in as little charity as possible, citing responsibility. Guess we're not our brothers' keepers.
Obviously I use the we and us quite deliberately, I ain't perfect either.
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Compared to the console games available on PCs at the time, it might as well have been Pong.
I played Pong on an arcade machine circa 1970, it was awesome.
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