NWC gold cart on ebay BIN $8000

[DreamTR]

Well, it's not going to matter to me much if it sells for less or more anyway, I'm just happy to have one and know I am never going to sell it unless the value hits over 100K =P

[udisi]

Michiganfan got a great deal, I am surprised it went less than the last one, I expected it to go about the same. Now the biggest question is how long till we see one for sale again.

[D_N_G]

btw this auction made the "it came from ebay" segment on g4 tvs attack of the show

[NESaholic]

Darn nice price and cool that Mike won it ( i simply can't afford it atm), very dedicated collector. Congrats man!

[drx]

well bit rot is very real, but in my own experiance I found the fear to out weigh the fact. You can leave an eeprom out in direct sunlight for days and it could still play perfectly, I wouldn't advise it because it could corrupt it but I'm of the belief that if you treat them with care , that they should last longer than you think. Also the base code for the game has been dumped, so if by some chance your cart does get corrupted you could reburn the eeproms and it'd be good as new again.

Now eeproms are also suppose to slowly deteriate over time. I personally have never had an eprom go dead on me , but people who deal in a lot of prototypes and such have definitly had it happen. Then again there are atari prototypes from 1981 of there that are doing just fine.

I don't think anyone has a whole yes or no type answer to the eprom question. I yet to hear of a dead 1990 cart yet now 16 years later, does that mean they'll never die, no. Does it mean they'll all be dead in 10 years, no.
Really the only answer I can give you is that they contain a chip that is sensitive to UV light and that has show it can deteriate over time....If ya wanna worry about that, Most data, flash, CD, etc data can and will deteriate over time. Hard drive are nothing but magnitized particals, and can be corrupted just as easily.

I think people worry about eproms cause they were never intended to be a perminate storage system. Then again neither are most of our storage systems. I'd be more worried about a CD-R/DVD-R than an eprom.

Bit rot indeed is a problem with old carts, or with carts that people don't take care of. Coincidentally, I got a bitrotted proto today, which is quite a shame.

I guess the only way possible to prevent yourself from being horror struck when some of your protos (or in this case, NWC carts) stop working is - I know it's risky to say this here - dump the cart. Even if you keep it for yourself (the dump), or whatever, when you have a dump, you can reflash the eproms when they bitrot. Don't fool yourself, bitrot WILL happen, sooner or later, and the only way of preserving the carts is keeping dumps somewhere privately.

[Michiganfan2]

I was shocked that it only went for $5100. The MO only things scares off people. The only reason I bid was that the seller is only 3 hours from me. I'll be picking it up in person this week.

[Bronty-2]

I was shocked that it only went for $5100. The MO only things scares off people. The only reason I bid was that the seller is only 3 hours from me. I'll be picking it up in person this week.

Sweet. Nice job

[rbudrick]

Shhh! You could get mugged on the way back! ;-D

-Rob

[Darth Sensei]

Shhh! You could get mugged on the way back! ;-D

-Rob

If I'm not mistaken, I've been to his house.

[rbudrick]

If I'm not mistaken, I've been to his house.

Sweet, so we'll wait for him at the corner at the end of the road, and, oh, woops, this isn't a PM, never mind. ;-D

-Rob

[Michiganfan2]

I did get it yesterday abd it's in great shape. The pics in the auction make it look all scratched up. I am very very pleased. It does have one small scratch on the back of the cart but other than that the thing is beautiful.

It only took 4.5 hours round trip to get it to. Overall, I am so pumped.

[Bronty-2]

awesome.

[Adol]

Congrats!

Now i'm waiting to see what ppl would say about the "Kizuna Encouinter/Gold NWC" value topic..because Kizuna would sell for SURE for double of such price!

[Nespit]

gz m8. really really nice cartridge to have.

[megamaniaman]

Congrats!

Now i'm waiting to see what ppl would say about the "Kizuna Encouinter/Gold NWC" value topic..because Kizuna would sell for SURE for double of such price!

That's because Europians are more into classic gaming than American's. I swear even though this is NTSC, if the NWC was sold on ebay.uk. I think it would actually sell for more than $5100.

[Adol]

That's because Europians are more into classic gaming than American's. I swear even though this is NTSC, if the NWC was sold on ebay.uk. I think it would actually sell for more than $5100.

Yeah,but not up to $13000 like KE anyway..

[DreamTR]

I'll never know why anyone would pay $13000+ for essentially an insert and manual and sticker, but then again, why would anyone pay an extra $2500-7500 for a gold color NWC over a gray one with cooler label? BECAUSE WE ARE ALL NUTS!

[suckerpunch5]

I'll never know why anyone would pay $13000+ for essentially an insert and manual and sticker, but then again, why would anyone pay an extra $2500-7500 for a gold color NWC over a gray one with cooler label? BECAUSE WE ARE ALL NUTS!

well yeah, but the gold one is all SHINY!!!

[Adol]

I'll never know why anyone would pay $13000+ for essentially an insert and manual and sticker, but then again, why would anyone pay an extra $2500-7500 for a gold color NWC over a gray one with cooler label? BECAUSE WE ARE ALL NUTS!

100% agree, we're all nuts!