1990 NINTENDO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS CONSOLE NWC

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wonder if it boots
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From memory the rear port was used to reset the consoles at the same time at the start of a round.
 
pendragon1 so I asked a friend and he said that the NFC carts were started by pressing a button on controller 2. For the local competitions a second controller was plugged in as they just cared about the score but for the big competitions at the end where they had people going side by side this was used to do the same thing. So I was mostly right, it's there to start all of the consoles at once.
 
Mode13 said:
Didn't even know there was a world championships console.. is this device verified in any way?



What are the odds.. I've been on an Ernest movie and commercials bender for the past 2 straight weeks after forgetting about him for 25 years.. and then I log into hardforum to see good ole Ernest P. Worrel saying eeeh eeeewwwwwwwwww
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he's a classic! for some reason ive had several videos about him in my yt suggestions so it was on my mind :)
 
swatbat said:
pendragon1 so I asked a friend and he said that the NFC carts were started by pressing a button on controller 2. For the local competitions a second controller was plugged in as they just cared about the score but for the big competitions at the end where they had people going side by side this was used to do the same thing. So I was mostly right, it's there to start all of the consoles at once.
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I wonder if all the consoles used were precision calibrated to run at exactly the same exact frequency as even a tiny difference in console speed could tilt the favor towards a specific player.
 
I'm impressed. Other than the SNES Playstation that came up recently, this is probably the most interesting console to hit auction. I mean for years the carts came up now and then, but an actual console? How many of them could be out there? This could very well be a 1 of 1 type of situation 30 years after the NWC.

If a sealed copy of the original run of Super Mario Bros. can go for $125,000, I think this is worth that assuming it can be verified.
 
You know, if I had a one of a kind item worth in the 6 figures, I'd take a few lousy pictures and throw it up on eBay with a description I typed up in Notepad too.
 
if this is legit, based on the photos, it might be fairly easy to just start repopping it and people selling them.
 
kirbyrj said:
I'm impressed. Other than the SNES Playstation that came up recently, this is probably the most interesting console to hit auction. I mean for years the carts came up now and then, but an actual console? How many of them could be out there? This could very well be a 1 of 1 type of situation 30 years after the NWC.

If a sealed copy of the original run of Super Mario Bros. can go for $125,000, I think this is worth that assuming it can be verified.
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I don't remember selling prices, but I have seen several of these consoles come up for sale over the past few years. While rare, they still hit the market. There has to be quite a few out there. The NES championship tours hit a lot of cities and there were usually many people playing at the same time.
 
w1retap said:
I don't remember selling prices, but I have seen several of these consoles come up for sale over the past few years. While rare, they still hit the market. There has to be quite a few out there. The NES championship tours hit a lot of cities and there were usually many people playing at the same time.
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Then fair enough. I would guess that the number of them left is small. Maybe not $125,000 of value here then, but it's still rarer than most carts. Even Stadium Events.
 
The thing about any rare "collectible" such as this, is generally if the item is scarce and someone does buy it, then it won't appear back for sale until essentially either that person gets out of the game, sees that the item has appreciated enough in value to want to sell it, or dies.
The other thing about collectibles is, it's driven by how many actually exist. If one schmuck is sitting on 50 of these consoles and is smart enough to slow play each sale one at a time (not flooding the market), he/she could be selling these at grossly inflated prices because of having the market cornered.

I highly doubt anyone on these forums has 6 figures to blow on a collectible of dubious value. But I would make sure I knew all of this info before pulling the trigger on that much money.
 
The extremely high price tag is most likely just used to "advertise" the listing, so people who are serious about buying would likely message him directly to work out a deal.
 
Skarth said:
The extremely high price tag is most likely just used to "advertise" the listing, so people who are serious about buying would likely message him directly to work out a deal.
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isn't that against eBay policies?
 
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