A Super Nintendo prototype is currently up for auction. If you’re interested, know that the price increases with each passing second, so don’t wait to make an offer.
If you were born in the 80s or 90s, you experienced the tidal wave that wasarrival of Japanese home consoles in France. At the time, war raged between Nintendo And Segaeach camp having its ardent defenders ready to justify why the Megadrive is better than the SNES Or vice versa. Maybe you were part of one or the other. Then, as time passed, you put away your weapons and gave your machine to your little cousin. Like many, you surely did not suspect that these consoles were going to become real collector’s items, fetching high prices Today.
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We do not reach the price of game cartridges like this copy of Super Mario Bros sold for more than 1.7 million euros, but it remains a significant income for sellers. But how can you get the best price given that so many people have one? It’s simple: it “is enough” that its copy is extremely rare, for example a prototype of the Super Nintendo never marketed. That’s good, there’s one for sale on the Yahoo Japan website.
A new Super Nintendo is up for auction and its final price promises to be high
At first glance, there doesn’t seem to be that much difference from the SNES we know. This one has a blood red power button And its two controller ports are aligned on the left, when the model available from 1992 in France excludes them. The biggest change is not on the front, but on the edge. A port for connecting headphones with volume control wheel.
The idea may seem absurd today, but it makes sense at a time when there is not necessarily a TV in every room. This would have allowed the whole family to meet in the living room and let someone play without Mario’s noises annoying the others, for example. Don’t wait to place your offer. At the time of publishing this article, the latest displayed is 2,085,000 yen, a little more than €12,500.