Nintendo World Championships
Nintendo World Championships is a special nationwide promotion/contest in 1990. The legacy of this promotion lies in the game cartridge of the same name which came from it. 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.
NES Game
The NES games serves as the primary competition in the 1990 Nintendo World Championship. The Event has a combination of Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer, and Tetris. Each game is modify for the contest:
- In Super Mario Bros., the player starts with 99 lives. The game ends when collecting 100 coins, and Rad Racer starts.
- After cleared the Rad Racer track, the player can process to Tetris.
- Tetris plays in a marathon mode until the timer runs out.
After the player played a round of each game, their scores are totaled. Each score is adjusted. Players' score in Super Mario Bros. will be multiply by ten and their scores in Rad Racer will be multiply by a hundred. This encouraged players to get to Tetris as quickly as possible and rack up a score in there, as Tetris' score will be multiply by 25.
Event
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 $20,000.
Related
External Links
The Warp Zone article
AtariHQ Article with info on the cartridge
RetroUSB sells a repro cart of NWC
