Top 5 Very Rare Old Video Game Cartridges That Most People Never Got To Play

There are a lot of old video game cartridges that collectors would spend a lot of money for, due to how rare and desirable some of them are. So today, i'm gonna be listing 5 of the rarest old video game cartridges that a lot of people never got to play:

1 . Stadium Events

Stadium Events is a sports fitness game that was released on 1987, developed by Human Entertainment and published by Bandai, and it comes with a mat accessory for the NES. The game allows players to complete in four different Olympic inspired sporting events, using the mat accessory to move, run and jump. Original copies of this game are nowadays considered to be one of the rarest NES titles due to how expensive it is in the secondary video game collecting market. Unfortunately, nintendo had to destroy all the existing copies of the game to avoid consumer confusion. Collectors believe that only 10 to 20 complete copies of the game exist at the moment, making them a real rarity.

2 . Nintendo World Championships 1990 (Gray and Gold Editions)

In 1990, Nintendo launched their first competition to find the best player in the world, touring 29 cities across the United states.
Players had to get the best score possible in the demo versions of three video game titles, Super Mario Bros, Rad Racer, and Tetris within a time limit.
The finalists won a trophy, US$250, and a trip for two to the world finals at Universal Studios Hollywoord in Los Angeles, California. And the runners-up won a Nintendo Power Pad and a Game Boy.
At the end of each city's tournament, the winners of each of three age groups were given special gray Championship cartridges exactly like those used in the competition, which means only 90 of these cartridges were distributed. The gold version was sent out to those who won a promotional contest in the pages of Nintendo Power magazine. Only 26 gold games were produced, so they're really hard to find and command a higher price today.

3 . Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters was released on 1994 by Konami for the platform in North America and the PAL region, but unlike the other versions of Tournament Fighters, it was not released on Japan.
There wasn't a high demand for 16-bit fighting games crammed into 8-bit packages back in 1994. These days, however, the NES version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters is a collector's item worth anywhere between $125 and $200. It's not as rare as Stadium Events or the Nintendo World Championships cartridges, but collectors would still pay a huge amount of money for this cartridge

4 . Bonk's Adventure

Bonk's Adventure was released on 1989 in Japan and 1990 in North America for the TurboGrafx-16, it was developed by Red Company and Atlus as the first game in the Bonk series.
The game's protagonist is Bonk, a strong and bald caveboy who battles anthropomorphic dinosaurs and other prehistoric themed enemies. Bonk's mission is to rescue Princess Za, who has been kidnapped by the evil King Drool.
The TurboGrafx-16 copies of Bonk's Adventure aren't worth much, but the NES version certainly is. It sells for up to $850 complete-in-box.

5 . Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge

The Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge is a cut-down competition variant of Donkey Kong Country, it was used in the Nintendo PowerFest 94 game competition and was later featured in the Blockbuster World Video Game Championships II event.
Following the end of the later contest, copies of the Competition cartridge were sold in a Nintendo Power subscribers catalogue, the game has now become a prized collector item due to it's rarity.
A highly limited number of cartridges were sold. It was a smart purchase: These days, the cartridge is valued between $1,500 and $2,800.