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'''''Nintendo World Championships 1990''''' is a specialized [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] cartridge only ever used for the [[Nintendo World Championships]] held from March 8, 1990, to December 9, 1990, in 29 cities across the [[United States of America]]. It features one game of the [[Super Mario (franchise)|''Super Mario'' franchise]]—''[[Super Mario Bros.]]''—as well as ''{{wp|Rad Racer}}'' and ''[[nwiki:Tetris (NES)|Tetris]]'' as the other two games. The ''Super Mario Bros.'' challenge gave players 99 lives, although they had to collect 50 [[coin]]s in the shortest time possible. All three games were playable for only six minutes and 21 seconds each, but this was adjustable via {{wp|DIP switch}}es on the cartridge.
The '''''Nintendo World Championships 1990''''' is a special version of the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]]. There are only 116 cartridges in existence, and they were used for the [[Nintendo World Championships]] held from March 8, 1990, to December 9, 1990, in 29 cities across the United States. 90 gray cartridges were given to the 90 finalists, and 26 gold cartridges were given away in a ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' contest. Because of this, the ''Nintendo World Championships 1990'' is an extremely rare cartridge that usually sells for high prices.


==References in later games==
==Information==
*''[[NES Remix 2]]'': ''Nintendo World Championships 1990'' is referenced in the Competition Mode, which is set up like the cartridge.
The ''Nintendo World Championships 1990'' features ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'', ''{{wp|Rad Racer}}'', and ''{{wp|Tetris}}'' as games. During the contest, all three games could be played for only a total of six minutes and 21 seconds, but this could be changed via {{wp|DIP switch}}es on the cartridge.
*''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'': The physical Deluxe Set of this game includes a gold cartridge replica based on the 1990 cartridge.
 
The first playable game is ''Super Mario Bros.''. Players are given 99 lives, and are required to collect 50 coins in the shortest time possible. After completing ''Super Mario Bros.'', the cartridge moves on to ''Rad Racer'', where the player must complete the first track of the game in the shortest time possible. Finally, players can play ''Tetris'' in marathon mode, and they have to get the highest score possible with the remaining time they have left.
 
After the player plays a round of each game, their scores are totaled and some scores are adjusted. The player's score in ''Rad Racer'' and ''Tetris'' are multiplied by ten and twenty five, respectively.
 
The ''Nintendo World Championships 1990'' is referenced in ''[[NES Remix 2]]''{{'}}s Competition Mode, which is set up like the cartridge.


==Gallery==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
NWC 1990.jpg|''[[Nintendo Power]]'' contest gold cartridge prize
NWC 1990.jpg|''[[Nintendo Power]]'' contest gold cartridge
Nintendo World Championships Title Screen.png|Title screen
NWC-Booklet Art.jpg|Front cover of Nintendo World Championships booklet
NWC 1990-Super Mario Bros.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' title screen
NWC-Flyer.jpg|Promotional flyer
NWC-Flyer.jpg|Promotional flyer featuring [[Mario]]
NWC-Shirt1.jpg|Promotional T-shirt
NWC-Shirt1.jpg|Promotional T-shirt
NWC-Shirt2.JPG|Promotional T-shirt
NWC-Shirt2.JPG|Promotional T-shirt
Nintendo World Championships Title Screen.png|Cartridge title screen
NWC 1990-Super Mario Bros.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' title screen
NWC 1990-Rad Racer.png|''Rad Racer'' title screen
NWC 1990-Tetris.png|''Tetris'' title screen
</gallery>
</gallery>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Nintendo Campus Challenge]]
*''[[Nintendo Campus Challenge]]''
*[[Nintendo PowerFest '94]]
*[[Nintendo PowerFest '94]]


==External links==
==External links==
{{TCRF}}
{{Wikipedia|Nintendo World Championships#Cartridge}}
*[http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/nes/nwc/nwc.html AtariHQ Article with info on the cartridge]
*[http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/nes/nwc/nwc.html AtariHQ Article with info on the cartridge]


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