The Rarest NES Game In History Just Got Less Rare
You know of Stadium Events, right? If you don’t, here’s the short of it: of all games officially released for the original Nintendo Entertainment System between 1985 and 1994, it’s considered the rarest and most valuable of them, provided it’s in an unopened package. Stadium Events was recalled shortly after it hit the market because Nintendo had purchased the rights to the game and wished to rebrand it. The revised game was later sold alongside the NES Power Pad. Since there was only a window of about a week to buy Stadium Events, not every collector can have it, desginating it the most valuable NES game.
It was thought that status would never change until Tim Atwood came along. Atwood is a collector who boasts of owning Stadium Events unopened. But he doesn’t own just one of them. Or two. Or even five. Tim’s got EIGHTEEN unopened copies of this game, still resting in the original shipping boxes they came from!
The NES collecting community wet its collective pants, fearing Atwood would try to sell that collection and bring down the value of their “investments.” Fortunately, Atwood gave no indication he wished to part with the boxes. Until he did.
A surprise auction went up on eBay for a different box of unopened games, with the notice “STADIUM EVENTS COMING SOON” in the title. Users at NintendoAge discovered the auction, became furious with rage and reported it under the technicality that one auction can’t serve as an ad for another one. Atwood closed the auction down, only to reveal a new one a day later — for a poster. A poster that said “STADIUM EVENTS COMING SOON” in large letters on it.
Tim still hasn’t put up his Stadium Events boxes for auction yet, most likely because he’s having too much fun trolling the collector community. Eventually, when he gets tired of it, they may appear. In the meantime, courtesy of Tim and Pat the NES Punk, here is the list of OTHER unopened shipping boxes the man owns. The first number is how many boxes, and the second is how many individual games. Collectors have nothing to fear, right?
1942 1 6
3D World Runner 1 6
Alfred Chicken 1 6
Balloon Fight 1 6
Barbie 1 6
Baseball 1 6
Baseball Stars 2 1 6
Best Of The Best Championship Karate 1 6
Battletoads & Double Dragon 2 12
Blaster Master 1 6
Blues Brothers 1 6
Bonk’s Adventure 3 18
Bomberman 2 1 6
Breakthru 1 6
Bubble Bobble 1 6
Bubble Bobble 2 2 12
Bubble Bobble: Rainbow Island 2 12
Bucky O’Hare 1 6
Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 1 6
Burai Fighter 2 12
Casino Kid II 2 12
Castelian 1 6
Castlevania 2 12
Castlevania II 1 6
Castlevania III 1 6
Championship Bowling 1 6
Championship Pool 1 6
Chip And Dale Rescue Rangers 1 6
Chip And Dale Rescue Rangers 2 1 6
Contra 1 6
Contra Force 1 6
Chubby Cherub 1 6
Cliffhanger 2 12
Clu Clu Land 1 6
Color a Dinosaur 2 12
Cool World 1 6
Conan 1 6
Cowboy Kid 1 6
Crystalis 1 6
Darkwing Duck 1 6
Day Dreamin’ Davey 1 6
Die Hard 1 6
Destiny Of An Emperor 1 6
Disney Talespin 1 6
Donkey Kong 3 1 6
Donkey Kong Arcade 2 12
Donkey Kong Jr. 1 6
Donkey Kong Jr. Math 1 6
Dragon Warrior 2 2 12
Dragon Warrior 3 1 6
Dragon Warrior 4 2 12
Double Dragon 3 1 6
Duck Hunt 1 6
Duck Tales 1 6
Duck Tales 2 2 12
Dungeon Magic 1 6
Dusty Diamond All Star Softball 1 6
Excitebike 2 12
Faria 1 6
Final Fantasy 1 6
Fire & Ice 1 6
Fist of the North Star 1 6
Flight Of The Intruder 1 6
Flintstones: Rescue of Dino & Hoppy 3 18
Flintstones 2: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak 2 12
Freedom Force 1 6
Gargoyle’s Quest 2 1 6
Gemfire 1 6
Ghost & Goblins 2 12
Ghostbusters 2 1 6
GI Joe Taxan 1 6
Gilligan’s Island 1 6
Golf 1 6
Godzilla II 1 6
Gradius 1 6
Great Waldo Search 1 6
Guardian Legend 1 6
Guerrilla War 1 6
Gum Shoe 2 12
Gun Smoke 1 6
Gyromite 1 6
Hogans Alley 1 6
Home Alone II 1 6
Ice Climber 1 6
Ice Hockey 2 12
Ikari Warriors 2 12
Ikari Warriors 2 1 6
Ikari Warriors 3 1 6
Indiana Jones Last Crusades – UBISOFT 1 6
Iron Tank 1 6
Jimmy Connors Tennis 1 6
Jungle Book 2 12
Jurassic Park 1 6
Karnov 1 6
Kid Icarus 2 12
Kid Klown 2 12
Kid Kool 1 6
Kid Niki Radical Ninja 1 6
Kings Quest 5 2 12
Kiwi Kraze 1 6
Krusty’s Fun house 1 6
Kung Fu 2 12
Legacy Of The Wizard 1 6
Legend of Kage 1 6
Lemmings 1 6
Lethal Weapon 1 6
Lode Runner 1 6
Lone Ranger 1 6
Life Force 1 6
Little Sampson 2 12
MC Kids 2 12
Mach Rider 1 6
Magician 1 6
Mario Bros. Arcade 2 12
Mario Time Machine 2 12
Mega Man 2 12
Mega Man 2 1 6
Mega Man 3 1 6
Mega Man 4 1 6
Mega Man 5 1 6
Mega Man 6 2 12
Metal Gear 1 6
Metal Gear Snakes Revenge 1 6
Metal Storm 1 6
Metroid 1 6
Mickey’s Adventure in Numberland 1 6
Mickey Mousecapade 1 6
Mighty Bomb Jack 2 12
Mighty Final Fight 1 6
Mike Tyson Punchout 2 12
Monster In My Pocket 1 6
Motor City Patrol 1 6
M.U.S.C.L.E. 1 6
Ninja Gaiden 3 1 6
Ninja Kid 1 6
Panic Resteraunt 2 12
Paperboy 2 2 12
Peter Pan & the Pirates 1 6
Pirates 1 6
Popeye 1 6
Power Blade 2 1 6
Power Punch 2 3 18
Prince Of Persia 1 6
Pro Sport Hockey 2 12
Rad Racer 1 6
Rally Bike 1 6
RC Pro Am 1 6
RC Pro Am II 1 6
Ren & Stimpy Buckaroos 1 6
Renegade 1 6
Rescue Rangers 2 12
Rescue Rangers 2 1 6
River City Ransom 1 6
Robin Hood Prince of Thieves 2 12
Rockin Kats 1 6
Rocky and Bullwinkle 1 6
Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1 6
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II 1 6
Rygar 1 6
Sesame Street 123/ABC 1 6
Shadowgate 3 18
Slalom 1 6
Snake Rattle & Roll 1 6
Snakes Revenge 1 6
Snow Brothers 2 12
Soccer 2 12
Soloman’s Key 1 6
Spelunker 1 6
Spy Hunter 2 12
Sqoon 3 18
Stadium Events 3 18
Star Force 1 6
Star Tropics 2 2 12
Star Soldier 1 6
Stinger 1 6
Street Cop 1 6
Super C 1 6
Super Mario 1 6
Super Mario 2 1 6
Super Mario 3 1 6
Super Pitfall 1 6
Super Spy Hunter 1 6
Super Team Games 2 12
Swamp Thing 1 6
Target Renegade 1 6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III 1 6
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters 4 24
Tennis 1 6
Terra Cresta 1 6
The Jetsons 1 6
The Punisher 1 6
The Simpson’s: Bartman Meets Radioactive Man 3 18
The Simpson’s: Bart VS the Space Mutants 1 6
The Simpson’s: Bart VS The World 2 12
Thunder & Lightning 2 12
Time Lord 2 12
To The Earth 2 12
Tom and Jerry 1 6
Ultima: Quest of the Avatar 1 6
Ultima: Warriors of Destiny 1 6
Unchartered Waters 1 6
Uninvited 2 12
Urban Champion 1 6
Volleyball 1 6
Wacky Races 1 6
Wario’s Woods 1 6
Wally Bear 1 6
Wayne’s World 1 6
Widget 1 6
Winter Games 1 6
Wild Gunman 1 6
Wrecking Crew 1 6
Zelda Gold 2 12
Zelda II Gold 2 12