The traditional 1986 Nintendo Leisure System video online game, Castlevania, is considered one of my all-time favourite video games. I’ve fond reminiscences of enjoying this recreation with my associates once I was a child.
A uncommon sealed hangtag copy of Castlevania just lately bought for $90,100 on eBay after a bidding battle that began at $37,000. The package deal even nonetheless had the unique sticker value of $27.87 stamped onto it!
The eBay vendor described the sport as a “excessive grade grail” in model new situation from the primary manufacturing run. The sport is believed to have come from an property sale in Texas. The vendor is positioned in Frisco, Texas.
This copy of Castlevania might be the costliest online game ever bought on eBay. After shedding the bid, Grailmonster mentioned on Instagram, “Win some, lose some.”
He added: “Congrats to the winner (I do know him and he deserved it far more than me). Curious to see the way forward for this piece. It is a $250K flip IMO. To my information, that is probably the most a uncooked recreation has ever bought for.”
The winner of the public sale is a collector named Tom Curtin, and he shared on social media: “The search is over after 23 years. I resigned to by no means having the ability to add this grail after years of looking out.”
He continued: “However, every part simply got here collectively for a childhood pal and I this week as we had been in a position to get hold of this absolute magnificence. This was the primary recreation my mother ever purchased me.”
He added: “I nonetheless bear in mind the cellphone name we made to purchase it. It’s a core reminiscence, as is that this previous week. Couple extra airplane rides to go however this stunning first print hangtag Castlevania is sort of residence.”
That’s fairly rattling wild! It could be so cool to personal this, however simply proudly owning the unique recreation already open is sweet sufficient for me!
