Editing Nintendo World Championships 1990

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{{about|the cartridge used in the Nintendo World Championships|the competition itself|[[Nintendo World Championships]]}}
{{game infobox
|image= [[File:Nintendo World Championships 1990 title screen.png|256px]]
|developer=[[Nintendo]]<br>[[Square Enix|Square]]
|publisher=Nintendo
|release={{flag list|USA|1990}}
|genre=Compilation (platform, racing, puzzle)
|modes=Single player
|platforms=[[Nintendo Entertainment System]]
|format={{format|nes=1}}
|input={{input|nes=1}}
}}
'''''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.

==References in later games==
*''[[NES Remix 2]]'': ''Nintendo World Championships 1990'' is referenced in the Competition Mode, which is set up like the cartridge.
*''[[Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition]]'': The physical Deluxe Set of this game includes a gold cartridge replica based on the 1990 cartridge.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
Standard Cartridge - Nintendo World Championship.jpg|The standard grey cartridge
NWC 1990.jpg|''[[Nintendo Power]]'' contest gold cartridge prize
NWC 1990-Super Mario Bros.png|''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' title screen
NWC-Flyer.jpg|Promotional flyer featuring [[Mario]]
NWC-Shirt1.jpg|Promotional T-shirt
NWC-Shirt2.JPG|Promotional T-shirt
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*The score in ''[[Super Mario Bros.]]'' determines the seed for the Tetrimino pattern in ''{{iw|harddrop|Tetris (NES, Nintendo)|Tetris}}''.<ref>Bro3256 (January 25, 2025). [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIH3GxOqysA Nintendo World Championships 1990 run comparison (Bro3256 & Mega RetroMan)] Youtube. Retrieved January 25, 2025.</ref>

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

==External links==
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*[http://www.atarihq.com/tsr/nes/nwc/nwc.html AtariHQ Article with info on the cartridge]

==References==
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