It was always thought that the rarest of all of the original NES game cartridges were the gold plated ones made for the 1990 Nintendo World Championships. However, an even rarer one has surfaced and has been sold for an astounding amount.
Having a print run of only 50 cartridges, most of which were destroyed when the event ended, the Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991 is a collection of segments from Super Mario Bros 3, Pin-Bot and Dr. Mario. JJGames.com, the group that is the seller of the cart, describe the goal of the game as such:
You have 6 minutes to play through this game and get as many points as possible. Once you get 50 coins on Mario 3 you move onto Pin-Bot. Then when you get 100,000 points on Pin-Bot you move onto Dr. Mario. You play the remaining time on Dr. Mario. After 6 minutes you see a "Total Score" screen with you combined score from all three games.
That may not sound too exciting to most and the appearance of the cart itself is rather sloppy looking. However, its collectors value was enough that someone was willing to buy it for $20,100.
To put this in perspective, the highest that one of the Nintendo World Championships carts sold for was $21,400. While this means it does not dethrone the current champion, this does put Nintendo Campus Challenge 1991 into the same category.
Now, if it is worth it is another story entirely.
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