Nintendo World Championships
Nintendo World Championships was a special nationwide promotion/contest in 1990 that occurred in twenty-two cities around the United States. The legacy of this promotion lies in the game cartridge of the same name which was used in the competition. There are 116 copies of this game known to exist; 90 standard editions, given to contest winners, and 26 gold cartridges given to winners of a related Nintendo Power promotion. Because of this, it is a particularly rare game and is valued by video game collectors. Nintendo features the reminiscent Nintendo World Championships Remix in 2014's NES Remix 2 for the Wii U.
NES Game
- Main article: Nintendo World Championships 1990
The NES cartridge serves as the primary competition in the 1990 Nintendo World Championship. The cartridge has a combination of Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer, and Tetris. The timer is set for 6 minutes and 21 seconds. Each game is modified for the contest:
- In Super Mario Bros., the player starts with 99 lives. The game ends when collecting 50 coins, and then Rad Racer starts.
- After clearing the Rad Racer track, the player can progress to Tetris.
- Tetris plays in a marathon mode until the timer runs out unless you fill up the Tetris board and then the game ends.
After the player plays a round of each game, their scores are totaled. Each score is adjusted. The players score in Super Mario Bros. x1, their score in Rad Racer is x10, and the score in Tetris is x25! This encourages the players to reach Tetris as quickly as possible as it is the best way to achieve high scores, bu some gamers would go to World 3-1 and do to Koopa 1UP Trick
Legacy
The Nintendo World Championship cartridges are considered the "Holy Grail" of NES Collecting by many fans. Gold cartridges are the most sought-after NES cartridges in the history of video gaming, and may go for over $10,000.
==Reproduction Cartridge by Retrozone
In 2008, the website retrousb.com (Retrozone) began selling Reproduction Cartridges of the Holy Grail Nintendo World Championships cart. The reproduced cartridge is nearly identical to the original, complete with its own DIP switches. The differences are that the cartridge is Blueish Purplely Color. This can be played on any NES. It plays slow on your PAL NES system., so they give you more time on it. The game comes with a nice printed manual, and a dust sleeve with the game in it.
Gallery
Standard grey cartridge
Flyer promoting the event
Promotional T-shirt
Promotional T-shirt
Related
External Links
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