Nintendo game found in family's attic fetches $9,000 after 30 years...

(No, it isn't a Super Mario game...)




You know those threads where we ask what we would tell our 10 year-old selves if we could somehow reach back in time?

Well... I'd probably have to go with: "buy two copies of every game and don't open one of them
...ever!"


A 1987 NES Game Just Sold For $9,000 After Sitting In An Attic For 30 Years

"Scott Amos of Reno, Nevada recently found an old, 1987 NES game in his attic after looking through his childhood possessions. The game in question was Kid Icarus, still in the bag it came in with the receipt also correct and present. The receipt tells us that it was bought in December 1988 for $38.45 (just over $80 today according to an online inflation calculator), but has been completely forgotten about ever since."
[link to www.nintendolife.com]




I can't say I'd pay that kind of dough for any game, but these stories are always interesting. There was a somewhat recent story regarding a rare Atari 2600 game (Air Raid) that went for almost $40,000!!! It too, was discovered boxed up in storage for almost 40 years...

Kid Icarus for the NES was a rather mass-produced cartridge, whereas the Atari 2600 title mentioned above only has a few copies in existence, and it was never commercially released...

Last Edited by AkashicRecord® on 08/02/2019 06:51 PM