So, apparently there’s an old Nintendo game called Stadium Events that’s kind of a big deal. As in, only 800 were ever released, and the people who want one are willing to pay a fortune for it.
A lady with one of those “re-sell yard sale crap” on eBay businesses listed an original NES with five games earlier this month. As it happens, one of those five games was a copy of Stadium Events. Just kind of a golden ticket type thing. The Nintendo collectible gaming community, apparently with saved eBay search notifications set to “stadium events nes”, found out about it quickly. A forum, on NintendoAge.com, pointed the ad out. A few people there posted about how they offered her side-deals for a couple hundred dollars on the game (which she was selling as part of a lot for $9.99), but mostly the forum is full of people looking out for her, inviting her to learn more, and warning her not to let anyone low-ball her. Around page 3 of the post, the seller – a grandmother – turns up, and the forum gets really protective and helpful.
It’s nice, really. I mean, everyone getting excited about the fact that it’s happening, and all of these fanatics who would gladly pay thousands and thousands of dollars for an old video game working with this lady to make sure she gets a fair deal. Not important, in any sense of the word, but just neat to see a bunch of random Internet people put away greed and opt for a bit of kindness. Presumably they were also interested in learning exactly what the game is worth these days, but curiosity and kindness are often intertwined, so it’s cool.
Incidentally, the game sold for a little over $13,000.
4 responses so far ↓
1 amp23 // Mar 1, 2010 at 7:06 am
great story! definitely need more little moments like that spread around.
on your recent rap/rock article, it was solid and pointed out some new albums I need to take in, but Chuck D? Washed-up? say it ain’t so!
Zaq Mosher Reply:
March 18th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
This is fantastic. A great example of what collective decentralized communication allows.
I’d like to see more writing like this from you.
2 Dan // Mar 1, 2010 at 1:34 pm
Y’know, I love Chuck, but I can’t remember the last time I heard a record from him that was even a little bit relevant. Maybe There’s A Poison Going On? That was over a decade ago, and even that one’s stretching it pretty severely (most would say Fear Of A Black Planet which was, wha, 1990?)… That Confrontation Camp album made him sound pretty fuckin’ old, and they opened for ICP on that tour. Not exactly the actions of a man in the prime of his career.
3 Jarrett // May 10, 2010 at 2:25 am
Well, I guess grandma wasn’t joking when she threatened to sell my stuff. I hate her.
(I keed. I sorta loved that story.)
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