Nintendo World Championships 1990
Description
This is the cartridge that was used for the Nintendo World Championships held in 1990 in 30 cities across the U.S. and Canada. The player has a total of 6-7 minutes to play all three games but this can be changed by DIP switches on the cartridge.
The first game played is a version of Super Mario Bros. in which the player is given 99 lives and the goal of collecting 50 coins in the first level. Upon collecting the 50th coin, the "finished the castle" music will play and a score will be displayed.
The second game played is Course 1 of Rad Racer, using the 328 Twin Turbo vehicle. The player must finish the course as quickly as possible. No clock is shown in the game but the cartridge keeps track internally. After finishing Rad Racer, its score is displayed, multiplied by 10 and added to the previous Super Mario Bros. score.
Last up is Nintendo's Tetris in A-type mode. All remaining time for the Championship is played out here. The player's objective is simply to get the best score. The Tetris score is multiplied by 25 and added to the previous Super Mario Bros. and Rad Racer scores.
After all the time runs out, a screen will display "Time!" and display the final score, a sum of the previous scores and their multipliers.
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Credits (NES version)
14 People
Executive Producers (uncredited) | |
Producer (uncredited) | |
Original Super Mario Bros. Staff (uncredited) | |
Original Rad Racer Staff (uncredited) | |
Sound Composers (uncredited) | |
Sound Programming (Nintendo World Championships 1990, Tetris) | |
Sound Programming (Super Mario Bros.) | |
Sound Programming (Rad Racer) |
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Trivia
Rarity
There were one-hundred sixteen cartridges of this game created. Ninety were given to the ninety finalists in 1990 and were molded in gray plastic. Twenty-six were given away in a Nintendo Power contest that were molded in gold plastic. These are considered the "Holy Grail" of Nintendo collectibles. * One of the gray cartridges, as of 09/17/2005, is up to over $6,000.00 on Ebay. * In 2007, Rare Video Game Auctions published a list of the most rare and pricey games ever released. 1990 Nintendo World Championships is ranked 6th with $5000+. * In June 2009, a gold cartridge changed owners for $17,500.
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Video review of <i>Nintendo World Championships 1990</i> (WARNING: Language)
The Angry Video Game Nerd, James Rolfe, with help from Pat the NES Punk, reviews <i>Nintendo World Championships 1990</i>.
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- MobyGames ID: 19186
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Game added September 17th, 2005. Last modified November 10th, 2023.