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Hendricks"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10255138459888881579"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"generator":{"version":"7.00","uri":"http://www.blogger.com","$t":"Blogger"},"openSearch$totalResults":{"$t":"10"},"openSearch$startIndex":{"$t":"1"},"openSearch$itemsPerPage":{"$t":"10"},"entry":[{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-7856085035424584647"},"published":{"$t":"2014-01-28T00:09:00.003-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2014-01-28T00:10:09.690-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"grey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nintendo world championships"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"powerfest 94"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nintendo World Championship Fever!"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Ever since the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2014\/01\/stevesesy-nintendo-world-championship.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ENWC $100K fiasco\u003C\/a\u003E a couple of days ago, anything Nintendo World Championship related has become a hot, hot item. I will be your guide on this wonderful, overpriced adventure.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/00\/s\/MTMzNFgxNjAw\/z\/FTcAAOxygPtS5cws\/$_57.JPG\" height=\"333\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThe cord looks so sloppy in that case.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nNWC-branded 2nd player NES controller (VGA graded 85+) plus a bunch of official paperwork and even a VIP pass sold for \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/NWC-Cart-2-Official-Controller-Start-Pad-1990-Nintendo-World-Championship-NES-\/141176265037?pt=US_Video_Game_Controllers\u0026amp;hash=item20dec2d94d\u0026amp;nma=true\u0026amp;si=Mro2mPnKI0Alnx%252Fni%252BHWiIigXNs%253D\u0026amp;orig_cvip=true\u0026amp;rt=nc\u0026amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E$4,700 on eBay\u003C\/a\u003E. The NWC game itself could only be started by pressing START on the second player's controller to prevent false starts. These NWC controllers surface occasionally but the 2nd player controller is much more uncommon than the 1st player one.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/00\/s\/MTIwMFgxNjAw\/z\/LUoAAOxyRhBS5T72\/$_12.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" \/\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EThis sideways image is straight from the listing.\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\n\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003E\nWaiting to pay $500 for a 25 year-old NWC semifinalist t-shirt, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/161208946537?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT\u0026amp;_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Enow's your chance\u003C\/a\u003E. Straight from the original owner, this collector's piece is extremely eclectic. These are actually really hard to come by since they ran out of them later on in the 29-city tour and were only handed out in a few cities, a real interesting piece.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/00\/s\/MTIwMFgxNjAw\/z\/BrsAAMXQlgtS5Ufx\/$_57.JPG\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nAnother NWC has come out of the woodwork and was quickly \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/Gray-Nintendo-World-Championships-0128-Grail-of-NES-Collecting-NWC-\/141175794982?nma=true\u0026amp;si=yFp%252F%252BO%252FrGVtlquDgJF2ZuX8RmOY%253D\u0026amp;orig_cvip=true\u0026amp;rt=nc\u0026amp;_trksid=p2047675.l2557\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esnatched up for $17,500\u003C\/a\u003E. This copy is in much better condition than the \"Mario\" cart and was sold by Matt and Mark Nolan. These brothers took advantage of the current media hype and used the money to invest in a duplex to rent out to make even more money. These guys are shrewd, shrewd buyers and sellers in the collector's market so kudos to them for turning a quick buck.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/00\/s\/MTIwMFgxNjAw\/z\/V48AAOxyVaBS5Ei9\/$_12.JPG\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThe third NWC cart to show up on \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/NES-Nintendo-World-Championship-Cart-RARE-100-Authentic-GPC-Owned-\/301080677503\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EeBay in the last week\u003C\/a\u003E. This one was formerly owned by one of Nintendo \"Game Play Counselors\", these were the people who manned the extremely profitable Nintendo tips hotline during the 80's and 90's. This copy is also in the best condition yet. It is currently at $11K and has five days to go. Make sure to keep an eye on this because even though it won't go for $100K, I'm sure it will fetch a great price.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/00\/s\/MTAwMFg3NTA=\/z\/-FAAAOxy63FS5FTc\/$_57.JPG\" height=\"640\" width=\"480\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThe gold NWC is one of the rarest, most valuable games in existence and one of them is \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/NES-Nintendo-World-Championship-GOLD-Cart-Super-RARE-100-Authentic-Adult-Owned-\/281253143194?pt=Video_Games_Games\u0026amp;hash=item417bfe629a\u0026amp;_uhb=1\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecurrently on eBay\u003C\/a\u003E. Given away to 26 lucky winners of the mail-in sweepstakes from the back of Nintendo Power #14, this cart is identical to the grey version in every way except it is in a shiny, gold housing. They are actually made from the grey versions and are supposed to have a special label on the front but the seller alleges that it fell off this copy. The seller also claims to have found it in a box of games purchased back in '94. Collectors are currently questioning the authenticity of this piece since it is extremely easy to \"upgrade\" a grey version to a gold version by just taking a Zelda cartridge, removing the label, and cutting a hole in it to display the dip switches in the corner. The current consensus is that it \u003Cb\u003Eis \u003C\/b\u003Elegit but who really knows. This is also a huge spectacle. It is currently at $100K with 9 days left. Even if this auction is rife with shill bidders, this might be the first \"Million Dollar Game\".\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/00\/s\/MTYwMFgxMzgw\/z\/I74AAMXQVERS5YrZ\/$_57.JPG\" height=\"400\" width=\"345\" \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThis is a Nintendo Powerfest '94 cartridge and it is for sale on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/271383994943\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EeBay right now\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for the low, low price of $4,800. This cartridge was used at a series of events leading up to the 1994 Nintendo World Championships, yeah, there were more than one Nintendo World Championship. Around 33 of these cartridges were produced but only two are currently in the hands of collectors and both of those are different versions, the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.snesmaps.com\/maps\/NintendoPowerFest94\/NintendoPowerFest94.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"1,000,000 point per run\" version\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/how-i-got-nintendo-powerfest-94.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\"10,000 point per run\" version\u003C\/a\u003E. This is the 10,000 point one. This is the only one in known existence. This is getting zero publicity and only the hardcore collectors know the story of this true Holy Grail of game collecting. Keep an eye on this auction and if you want to own something amazing and have some disposable income, I suggest you bid on it. \u003Cb\u003EThis cartridge is more rare than both versions of the NWC\u003C\/b\u003E. I am interested to see how much it will go for.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\nThe whole NWC craze is insane and it is an exciting time to be in the game collecting community. This is honestly one of the few things that excites me in gaming anymore. To see all these rare and incredible items come out all at once is truly amazing. I can't wait to see what tomorrow's auctions hold.\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EThis is a post from \u003Ca href='https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com'\u003EPriceCharting.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/feeds\/7856085035424584647\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2014\/01\/stevesesy-nintendo-world-championship_28.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/7856085035424584647"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/7856085035424584647"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2014\/01\/stevesesy-nintendo-world-championship_28.html","title":"Nintendo World Championship Fever!"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Unknown"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-4779249847753375702"},"published":{"$t":"2013-11-26T09:46:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-11-26T13:07:27.143-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"nintendo"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"powerfest 94"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"PowerFest 94 For Sale"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align:center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cimg src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QrPQswtL5fQ\/UTYg2GX3aiI\/AAAAAAAAGLU\/Pj4PqobJVc0\/s400\/PowerFest+004.jpg\" alt=\"PowerFest 94\" \/\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\nWe have listed \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2\u0026pub=5574631883\u0026toolid=10001\u0026campid=5335819398\u0026icep_item=271332011196\u0026ipn=psmain\u0026icep_vectorid=229466\u0026kwid=902099\u0026mtid=824\u0026kw=lg\"\u003EPowerFest 94 for sale on eBay\u003C\/a\u003E.....again.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nEarlier this year we sold this one of a kind game from the 1994 Nintendo PowerFest competition for $23,100.  The buyer was forced to cancel the transaction though after having some financial difficulties.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe game can be yours for $24,000 or make an offer if you think it is worth a bit less.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EThis is a post from \u003Ca href='https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com'\u003EPriceCharting.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/feeds\/4779249847753375702\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2013\/11\/powerfest-94-for-sale.html#comment-form","title":"3 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/4779249847753375702"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/4779249847753375702"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2013\/11\/powerfest-94-for-sale.html","title":"PowerFest 94 For Sale"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JJ Hendricks"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10255138459888881579"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QrPQswtL5fQ\/UTYg2GX3aiI\/AAAAAAAAGLU\/Pj4PqobJVc0\/s72-c\/PowerFest+004.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"3"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-932756979480830321"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-12T17:07:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-12T17:07:30.115-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"powerfest 94"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rare games"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"snes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Most Expensive Cartridge Game Ever Sells for $23,100"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-stD2S5IpC8o\/UT-zSRUna9I\/AAAAAAAAGLk\/-043I347Jh8\/s1600\/PowerFest+004.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-stD2S5IpC8o\/UT-zSRUna9I\/AAAAAAAAGLk\/-043I347Jh8\/s400\/PowerFest+004.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/videogames.pricecharting.com\/game\/super-nintendo\/nintendo-powerfest-1994\"\u003ENintendo PowerFest 94\u003C\/a\u003E for Super Nintendo is the most expensive cartridge video game ever sold with a sales price of $23,100.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe game \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2\u0026pub=5574631883\u0026toolid=10001\u0026campid=5335819398\u0026icep_item=271166880557\u0026ipn=psmain\u0026icep_vectorid=229466\u0026kwid=902099\u0026mtid=824\u0026kw=lg\"\u003Esold on eBay for $23,100\u003C\/a\u003E, which surpasses the previous cartridge only record of $20,100 \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/videogames.pricecharting.com\/game\/nes\/nintendo-campus-challenge-1991\"\u003Epaid for Nintendo Campus Challenge\u003C\/a\u003E in 2010.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nOther complete in box and brand new games have sold for more, including Stadium Events and Air Raid, but this price far surpasses those game's cartridge only prices.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nSee a list of the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/the-10-rarest-most-expensive-video-games.html\"\u003Emost expensive video games of all time\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EThis is a post from \u003Ca href='https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com'\u003EPriceCharting.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/feeds\/932756979480830321\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2013\/03\/most-expensive-cartridge-game-ever.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/932756979480830321"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/932756979480830321"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2013\/03\/most-expensive-cartridge-game-ever.html","title":"Most Expensive Cartridge Game Ever Sells for $23,100"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JJ Hendricks"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10255138459888881579"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-stD2S5IpC8o\/UT-zSRUna9I\/AAAAAAAAGLk\/-043I347Jh8\/s72-c\/PowerFest+004.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-844648651904852588"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-05T16:00:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-05T16:07:22.005-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"powerfest 94"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"rare games"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nintendo PowerFest 94 For Sale at Auction"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2\u0026amp;pub=5574631883\u0026amp;toolid=10001\u0026amp;campid=5335819398\u0026amp;icep_item=271166880557\u0026amp;ipn=psmain\u0026amp;icep_vectorid=229466\u0026amp;kwid=902099\u0026amp;mtid=824\u0026amp;kw=lg\" imageanchor=\"1\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QrPQswtL5fQ\/UTYg2GX3aiI\/AAAAAAAAGLU\/Pj4PqobJVc0\/s400\/PowerFest+004.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nWe are selling our PowerFest 94 cartridge.  The auction has \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2\u0026amp;pub=5574631883\u0026amp;toolid=10001\u0026amp;campid=5335819398\u0026amp;icep_item=271166880557\u0026amp;ipn=psmain\u0026amp;icep_vectorid=229466\u0026amp;kwid=902099\u0026amp;mtid=824\u0026amp;kw=lg\"\u003Estarted on eBay with a $0.01 opening bid\u003C\/a\u003E and no reserve.  I really hope more than one person bids :)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe opening bid is so low because we like to see the market determine the price for a rare game like this.  Nintendo PowerFest 94 has never been sold in public auction, only through private transactions.  This auction will finally answer the question \"what is it really worth?\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nWe decided to sell because we had started receiving some offers to purchase the cartridge and we have already achieved \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/our-plans-for-powerfest.html\"\u003Eour goals with owning the cartridge\u003C\/a\u003E.  As stated above, we prefer to sell via public auction instead of private transaction.  We have notified the interested parties that the auction has started and hope they will bid along with other people who have not contacted us.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nEven if you don't have a bunch of money to spend on a rare Super Nintendo game, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?icep_ff3=2\u0026pub=5574631883\u0026toolid=10001\u0026campid=5335819398\u0026icep_item=271166880557\u0026ipn=psmain\u0026icep_vectorid=229466\u0026kwid=902099\u0026mtid=824\u0026kw=lg\"\u003Eplace an opening bid\u003C\/a\u003E so you can tell people \"I almost won PowerFest 94., if only those other 50 people hadn't placed a bid!\"\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EThis is a post from \u003Ca href='https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com'\u003EPriceCharting.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/feeds\/844648651904852588\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2013\/03\/nintendo-powerfest-94-for-sale-at.html#comment-form","title":"5 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/844648651904852588"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/844648651904852588"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2013\/03\/nintendo-powerfest-94-for-sale-at.html","title":"Nintendo PowerFest 94 For Sale at Auction"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JJ Hendricks"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10255138459888881579"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-QrPQswtL5fQ\/UTYg2GX3aiI\/AAAAAAAAGLU\/Pj4PqobJVc0\/s72-c\/PowerFest+004.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"5"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-3688359497995470587"},"published":{"$t":"2013-03-04T13:52:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2013-03-04T13:52:13.050-07:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"powerfest 94"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"PowerFest 94 Reproduction Update"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"It looks like the PowerFest 94 cartridge has been reproduced.  After posting the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2013\/02\/powerfest-94-roms-1000-reproduction.html\"\u003Ebounty of $1,000 for a reproduction\u003C\/a\u003E, RetroUSB has posted a video on youtube of the game being played on a Super Nintendo.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cobject width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VHl_7CvtLD4?version=3\u0026amp;hl=en_US\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/VHl_7CvtLD4?version=3\u0026amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nI have contacted them to ask for a copy of the reproduction so I can verify the four criteria required for the bounty.  I will post another update when this has been verified and the bounty has been paid.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nHopefully these will available for sale to the general public in the near future.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EThis is a post from \u003Ca href='https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com'\u003EPriceCharting.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/feeds\/3688359497995470587\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2013\/03\/powerfest-94-reproduction-update.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/3688359497995470587"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/3688359497995470587"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2013\/03\/powerfest-94-reproduction-update.html","title":"PowerFest 94 Reproduction Update"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JJ Hendricks"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10255138459888881579"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-3356778090455047749"},"published":{"$t":"2013-02-26T15:26:00.000-07:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-10-11T09:10:29.003-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"powerfest 94"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"snes"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"PowerFest 94 ROMs \u0026 $1,000 Reproduction Reward"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv style=\"text-align:center\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FzruGsXJFNU\/US01zg-GMXI\/AAAAAAAAGCo\/qlnX8kIvU9c\/s1600\/wanted-powerfest-94-reproduction.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" \u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FzruGsXJFNU\/US01zg-GMXI\/AAAAAAAAGCo\/qlnX8kIvU9c\/s320\/wanted-powerfest-94-reproduction.png\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\nLast year we \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/how-i-got-nintendo-powerfest-94.html\"\u003Epurchased PowerFest 94\u003C\/a\u003E and said we planned to \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/our-plans-for-powerfest.html\"\u003Edump the ROMs and make a reproduction cartridge\u003C\/a\u003E.  Below are the ROM files from PowerFest 94, but we have run into a bit of a snag with the reproduction cartridge and are offering $1,000 for the gaming community's help.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EPowerFest 94 ROM Files\u003C\/h2\u003E\nThese are the four ROM files for PowerFest 94 - three game ROMS and one scoring ROM.  This version of PowerFest 94 scores 10,000 points per home run.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/commondatastorage.googleapis.com\/powerfest94\/roms\/lost-levels.bin\"\u003ESuper Mario Lost Levels ROM\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/commondatastorage.googleapis.com\/powerfest94\/roms\/mario-kart.bin\"\u003ESuper Mario Kart ROM\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/commondatastorage.googleapis.com\/powerfest94\/roms\/ken-griffey.bin\"\u003EKen Griffey Jr Baseball ROM\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/commondatastorage.googleapis.com\/powerfest94\/roms\/scoring.bin\"\u003EScoring ROM\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe SNES emulation community will need to do their magic to get these ROMs working correctly on emulators.  \u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nTo help speed up the process \u003Cb\u003Ewe are offering $200 to the first person to release an emulator that successfully plays PowerFest 94\u003C\/b\u003E.  Please contact us to claim the bounty and be sure to include links to the emulator so we can verify the claim.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EPowerFest 94 Reproduction History\u003C\/h2\u003E\nFor the last seven months I have been trying unsuccessfully to get a reproduction cartridge made so other gamers can enjoy PowerFest 94 on their Super Nintendo systems.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nI spent four months in contact with one reproduction company with experience making SNES games.  They even ordered a custom circuit board to meet their design specs, but were unable to get the PCB working.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nI've contacted five other reproduction shops and all of them have said they cannot make it work either.  Usually the problem relates to Super Mario Kart, which requires a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Digital_signal_processor\"\u003EDSP chip\u003C\/a\u003E to play.  They tell me that this chip makes reproduction much harder.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThere is one reproduction shop that has successfully reproduced games like \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecharting.com\/game\/nes\/nintendo-world-championship\"\u003ENintendo World Championships\u003C\/a\u003E and \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecharting.com\/game\/super-nintendo\/nintendo-campus-challenge-1992\"\u003ENintendo Campus Challenge 92\u003C\/a\u003E, but they are too busy with other projects to make the reproduction at this time.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nWe even contacted circuit board design companies to see if they could help us on a contract basis.  None of them would do it because the circuit board design is officially property of Nintendo.  Even though we would be designing a new circuit board, none of them wanted to reverse engineer the reproduction.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003E$1,000 Reward for PowerFest 94 Reproduction\u003C\/h2\u003E\nWe are still very interested in making a PowerFest 94 Reproduction so other collectors and gamers can play this fun competition cartridge.  We are confident there are some gamers, electronic nuts, or other do-it-yourself tinkerers that can get a reproduction working.  So \u003Cb\u003Ewe are offering $1,000 to the first person\/company that successfully makes a PowerFest 94 reproduction\u003C\/b\u003E.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe reproduction much meet a few criteria:\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cul\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIt must be the same size as a standard SNES cartridge for NTSC regions\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe cartridge must play on a standard Super Nintendo console without any modifications required\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe game play must be like the original with 6 minutes 21 seconds to play all three games with a combined high score.  See video below for game play footage\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EIt must be reproducible at a cost of less than $50 per circuit board\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nTo sweeten the pot a little bit more, JJGames.com guarantees they will purchase 100 units of the reproduction cartridge at $50 a unit.  The winner is not required to sell units to JJGames, but they have that option.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nGood luck with the emulation and reproduction.  I'm hoping we pay these bounties very quickly.\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\n\u003Ch2\u003ESee PowerFest 94 GamePlay\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cobject width=\"480\" height=\"360\"\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9sdnZEne5Ro?version=3\u0026amp;hl=en_US\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cparam name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"\u003E\u003C\/param\u003E\u003Cembed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/9sdnZEne5Ro?version=3\u0026amp;hl=en_US\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"\u003E\u003C\/embed\u003E\u003C\/object\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EThis is a post from \u003Ca href='https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com'\u003EPriceCharting.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/feeds\/3356778090455047749\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2013\/02\/powerfest-94-roms-1000-reproduction.html#comment-form","title":"16 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/3356778090455047749"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/3356778090455047749"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2013\/02\/powerfest-94-roms-1000-reproduction.html","title":"PowerFest 94 ROMs \u0026 $1,000 Reproduction Reward"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JJ Hendricks"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10255138459888881579"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-FzruGsXJFNU\/US01zg-GMXI\/AAAAAAAAGCo\/qlnX8kIvU9c\/s72-c\/wanted-powerfest-94-reproduction.png","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"16"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-1850123963531601147"},"published":{"$t":"2012-08-18T16:01:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-08-20T14:53:09.547-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"powerfest 94"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Nintendo PowerFest 94 Video"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ciframe width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9sdnZEne5Ro\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\nHere is the screen capture video \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/our-plans-for-powerfest.html\"\u003Ewe promised\u003C\/a\u003E for Nintendo PowerFest 94.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe video was captured directly from the Super Nintendo using a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/rover.ebay.com\/rover\/1\/711-53200-19255-0\/1?ff3=4\u0026pub=5574631883\u0026toolid=10001\u0026campid=5335819398\u0026customid=\u0026mpre=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_nkw%3Ddazzle%2Bvideo%26_sacat%3D0%26_odkw%3Ddazzle%2Bvideo%26_osacat%3D1249%26_trksid%3Dp3286.c0.m270.l1313\"\u003EDazzle video capture device\u003C\/a\u003E, Suite 10 editing software that comes with the device, an AV splitter, and several hours to get it all hooked up.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nWith this method the video doesn't have a reflection off the screen or show scan lines when the resolutions don't match.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nI'm so close to breaking a million.  If I don't die on Mario and I use the red shell to kill all the guys I kill with the star instead I should be able to get a million no problem.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EThis is a post from \u003Ca href='https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com'\u003EPriceCharting.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/feeds\/1850123963531601147\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/08\/nintendo-powerfest-94-video.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/1850123963531601147"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/1850123963531601147"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/08\/nintendo-powerfest-94-video.html","title":"Nintendo PowerFest 94 Video"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JJ Hendricks"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10255138459888881579"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/9sdnZEne5Ro\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-6606145178318291799"},"published":{"$t":"2012-07-26T13:05:00.000-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-07-26T13:07:29.220-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"powerfest 94"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"4 High Resolution PowerFest Images"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Here are the high resolution images we took of the PowerFest 94 cartridge.  These images are just thumbnails.  Click through to see the full image.  Each image is about 3000px wide so lots of detail should be visible.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003EPowerFest 94 Cartridge Circuits\u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-bOf2UyWxbVg\/UBGSQ4nQCUI\/AAAAAAAAES0\/OVcejXYo7KM\/s1600\/PowerFest%2B004.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-bOf2UyWxbVg\/UBGSQ4nQCUI\/AAAAAAAAES0\/OVcejXYo7KM\/s400\/PowerFest%2B004.jpg\" alt=\"PowerFest 94 Circuits\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003EClick for Larger Image\u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003EPowerFest 94 Cartridge Sideview\u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LMa0_eHsyRo\/UBGSRHZsp5I\/AAAAAAAAETA\/YV9oyf0dZzM\/s1600\/PowerFest%2B009.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"400\" width=\"345\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-LMa0_eHsyRo\/UBGSRHZsp5I\/AAAAAAAAETA\/YV9oyf0dZzM\/s400\/PowerFest%2B009.jpg\" alt=\"PowerFest 94 Cartridge Sideview\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003EClick for Larger Image\u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003EPowerFest 94 Cartridge Frontside\u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-U8Ujwiwqizk\/UBGSRwjEUZI\/AAAAAAAAETM\/fPDVpRXRYKo\/s1600\/PowerFest%2B010.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-U8Ujwiwqizk\/UBGSRwjEUZI\/AAAAAAAAETM\/fPDVpRXRYKo\/s400\/PowerFest%2B010.jpg\" alt=\"PowerFest 94 Cartridge Frontside\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003EClick for Larger Image\u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003EPowerFest 94 Cartridge Backside\u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/b\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mzew5ZU5hCo\/UBGSQcSLW3I\/AAAAAAAAESo\/IpdslHWzDbs\/s1600\/PowerFest%2B008.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"300\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-Mzew5ZU5hCo\/UBGSQcSLW3I\/AAAAAAAAESo\/IpdslHWzDbs\/s400\/PowerFest%2B008.jpg\" alt=\"PowerFest 94 Cartridge Backside\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ccenter\u003EClick for Larger Image\u003C\/center\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EThis is a post from \u003Ca href='https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com'\u003EPriceCharting.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/feeds\/6606145178318291799\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/4-high-resolution-powerfest-images.html#comment-form","title":"1 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/6606145178318291799"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/6606145178318291799"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/4-high-resolution-powerfest-images.html","title":"4 High Resolution PowerFest Images"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JJ Hendricks"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10255138459888881579"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-bOf2UyWxbVg\/UBGSQ4nQCUI\/AAAAAAAAES0\/OVcejXYo7KM\/s72-c\/PowerFest%2B004.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"1"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-3985639304772309516"},"published":{"$t":"2012-07-19T07:49:00.002-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2012-07-19T07:55:15.258-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"powerfest 94"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Our Plans for PowerFest"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"Many people have contacted me through the site or on message boards asking what the plans are for the cartridge, if we will dump the ROM, if we will make a reproduction, etc.  Here is what we plan to do with the cartridge:\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E1)\u003C\/b\u003E Take some very high quality photos of the cartridge from all angles and the circuit board as well and release these into the public domain.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E2)\u003C\/b\u003E Make a high quality video of the gameplay and release it on YouTube.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E3)\u003C\/b\u003E Make a reproduction of the game so other gamers can enjoy it.  Instead of just two people being able to play the game more people should have the chance to enjoy it.  The owner of the other cartridge, who has owned it longer than me, has already started the ball rolling on this.  If this falls through we are ready to jump in and make it happen.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E4)\u003C\/b\u003E Bring it to some retro game conventions to let people play and or see the real thing.  We want to make sure the game is secure though so we have to work out the details on how this would work.  We would love to let other collectors and gamers play the original if possible.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cb\u003E5)\u003C\/b\u003E Dump the ROM from the high score screen.  Because the two versions of PowerFest use a different scoring system.  The ROM with the scoring on it is one-of-a-kind.  If something were to happen to that data on that ROM it would be lost forever.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nPeople have asked if we plan on dumping the ROM so the game can be played on an emulator.  There are no plans for this because the game would not work on any standard emulators.  It has 4 ROM chips that contain the data for game and a standard emulator wouldn't be able to combine them into the single game correctly.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nWhen it is not being used for one of the above plans it will be kept in a safe deposit box at a local bank.  I have a two sons, 3 and 11 months, I don't want the cartridge lying around the house.  I've seen what kind of mischief they can get into.\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EThis is a post from \u003Ca href='https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com'\u003EPriceCharting.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/feeds\/3985639304772309516\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/our-plans-for-powerfest.html#comment-form","title":"16 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/3985639304772309516"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/3985639304772309516"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/our-plans-for-powerfest.html","title":"Our Plans for PowerFest"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JJ Hendricks"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10255138459888881579"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"16"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5166264252243602432.post-5610702191783063672"},"published":{"$t":"2012-07-17T09:21:00.001-06:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-10-11T09:13:29.772-06:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"powerfest 94"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"video game collecting"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"How I Got Nintendo Powerfest 94"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-k4DRlSX8y2I\/UASpGpPti1I\/AAAAAAAAEKE\/OmC0MAx7rGc\/s1600\/with-cover.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"332\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-k4DRlSX8y2I\/UASpGpPti1I\/AAAAAAAAEKE\/OmC0MAx7rGc\/s400\/with-cover.JPG\" alt=\"Nintendo PowerFest with Cover\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ENintendo PowerFest 94 Cartridge\u003C\/div\u003E\nTwo days ago I purchase one of only two Nintendo PowerFest 94 cartridges known to exist.  The purchase took 74 emails, 27 months, 6 phone calls, 5 failed meeting attempts, 1 sack of cash, and some additional twists and turns to finally complete.  At the final meeting the two PowerFest cartridges were reunited and played in the first competition since 1994.  Fellow game collectors might find it interesting to read how it all went down.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nOn April 8th, 2010 I received an email from a person in Canada saying they were reading our article about \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2009\/08\/most-expensive-super-nintendo-games.html\"\u003Erare SNES video games\u003C\/a\u003E and noticed that the #1 game on the list, \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecharting.com\/game\/super-nintendo\/nintendo-powerfest-1994\"\u003ENintendo PowerFest 94\u003C\/a\u003E, was a game he owned.  He wanted to know if I would be interested in buying it.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nNintendo PowerFest was a video game competition Nintendo held in 1994 at locations all over the US and Canada.  Nintendo setup competitions at 130 different locations, mainly department stores and Wal-Marts, and let people compete over three days.  Nintendo created a special cartridge for the competition that allowed 6 minutes to play Super Mario Bros: Lost Levels, Super Mario Kart, Ken Griffey Jr Baseball.  After six minutes you received a total score for all three games.  The high score at each location was invited to San Diego to compete in the finals. \u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nNintendo made 32 of these cartridges for the competition and was supposed to destroy all of them afterwards to reuse for spare parts.  Before this email was received there was only 1 known copy that survived and it was found at a \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2009\/07\/greatest-video-game-garage-sale-ever.html\"\u003Egarage sale in New York\u003C\/a\u003E and later sold to another collector.  (You can read about this purchase \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.snesmaps.com\/maps\/NintendoPowerFest94\/NintendoPowerFest94.html\"\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E).\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EThe Negotiations\u003C\/h2\u003E\nI quickly responded to the email saying \"yes\" and asked for pictures to verify it was authentic.  I wanted to see the game playing on a TV, I wanted to see the circuit board itself, and I wanted to see a picture of the cartridge with a piece of paper with his name written next to it to make sure he wasn't just sending me pictures available online.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe Seller quickly responded back with the requested photos and I made an offer.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nMy initial offer was rejected very quickly because the seller was hoping to receive $50,000.  I told him I couldn't go that high but please keep me in mind if anything changed.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nI year and a half went by before I heard from the Seller again in December 2011.  He simply asked: \"Are you still interested?\"\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nI offered him a bit less than I did originally because he emailed at a time when I didn't have as much money to spend on game collecting.  Again, he said he couldn't accept my offer but said he was only asking $25,000 now.  We ended the negotiations again.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nInstead of waiting another year and a half, I decided to pursue the purchase a bit more and try to pull some more funds together.  We were much closer to a deal this time than in 2010 and I didn't want to let this rare game get away.  I emailed a week later asking if he would sell PowerFest for a higher price than both my original offers. \u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nAgain, he rejected the offer saying he had some interest from another collector at $20,000.  He was going to wait and see if he could finalize a deal with them first.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nWhile I waited to hear about the other deal, I asked where he got the cartridge.  In 1994 he worked for a marketing company that had Nintendo as one of its clients.  He helped them run the competitions and kept one of the cartridges after they were completed.\u003Cbr\u003E \n\u003Cbr\u003E\nBecause this cartridge was from the opening rounds of the competition home runs on Ken Griffey Baseball are worth 10,000 points.  The other PowerFest cartridge was from the finals where Nintendo changed the scoring to 1,000,000 points for home runs.  Because of this, both cartridges are unique even though they play the same game.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nOn January 25, 2012 the Seller told me the other deal would not be happening and wanted to know what I could pay now.  I offered $12,000 on January 27th and my offer was accepted on the 29th.  We had a deal on paper but little did I know that this was just the beginning and completing the transaction would be much harder.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EThe Location\u003C\/h2\u003E\nI offered to pay all fees for escrow, paypal, or dwolla and pay for overnight mail (the usual way I have completed high value transactions of this kind) but the Seller was uncomfortable shipping anything or accepting online payment.  \u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nHe wanted to meet in person to make the sale.  I had some frequent flier miles available and said I would look into flying to Montreal to pickup the cartridge.  Unfortunately my miles didn't work on any airlines flying to Montreal or anywhere in Canada - cross that off the list.  \u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nPaying for a flight to Montreal would cost about $800 plus staying in a hotel for a night, which was another $100-150.  I didn't want to pay almost $1,000 in \"transaction fees\" - cross that off.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe Seller traveled in the US and Canada on business and over the next few months he emailed occasionally asking if I could meet him in various cities to finish the transaction.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nSeller: \"What about Vancouver, BC on March 7th?\"\u003Cbr\u003E\nMe: \"Sorry, my miles don't work in Canada.\"\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nA few weeks later\u003Cbr\u003E\nSeller: \"How about April 18th in Boston?\"\u003Cbr\u003E\nMe: \"That is my son's birthday party.  Can't do that one.\"\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nSeller: \"Omaha at the beginning of July?\"\u003Cbr\u003E\nMe: \"Sorry, I'm traveling somewhere else already.\"\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nIt was starting to look like we wouldn't find a way to meet to finalize the deal.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nMy brother was getting married in Vermont in July and I would be flying out there for the wedding.  I would be 3 hours away from Montreal and wanted to know if he could drive down and meet me (I couldn't drive up because of various obligations as part of the wedding).  The Seller thought this was a great idea.  We finally had a location and date settled.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nWhile all of this scheduling was taking place I had exchanged some emails with Rick Bruns, a fellow collector who owned the other PowerFest 94 cartridge.  We talked about authenticity and the history of the cartridge.  When I mentioned where we would be meeting he said he lived in Upstate New York, only about two hours from our meeting spot and wanted to know if he could meet us and bring his cartridge so we could compete head-to-head on the cartridges for the first time in 18 years.  If we could work out the final detail - Payment - it was going to be a really fun sale.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EThe Payment\u003C\/h2\u003E\nThe last big hang-up was the payment.  The Seller wouldn't accept paypal, cashier's check, or even wire transfer at my bank with him watching the banker transfer the funds.  He only wanted cash.  My bank didn't have branches in Vermont and I definitely didn't want to fly with that much money.  I can only imagine the questions and orifice probing I would receive at security with that much money on me.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe plan we worked out was this:  I would open a bank account locally at a bank that had a branch in Rutland, VT.  We would meet in my hotel room to test the cartridge.  I would have no money on me at all.  After testing we would drive to the bank, I would withdraw the cash, and with all the security camera's rolling I would hand over the cash.  I felt this would be safe for everyone.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nA month before the purchase I opened a bank account at KeyBank in Denver and transferred the money into the account.  The five days before the purchase I called the KeyBank in Rutland, VT to ask if there would be any problem withdrawing $12,000 in cash.  They said they would be sure to have the money on hand but when I told them when I would be coming they informed me they are closed on Saturday - the day we had planned for the sale.  It hadn't even crossed my mind that a small town bank would be closed on Saturday.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nThe Seller couldn't come down Friday to complete the sale so instead of canceling the transaction when we were so close I decided to go to plan B (or was it plan L at this point).  I withdraw the cash on Friday, put it all in a purple grocery bag, and kept it in a hotel security deposit box at the front desk until Saturday.  I didn't like this option but this was the only way to complete the deal.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EClosing the Deal\u003C\/h2\u003E\nOn Saturday July 14th at 11:30am the Seller and his mom and dad (brought for security), Rick Bruns and his girlfriend, and me and my brother (brought for security too) met in the hotel lobby.  We walked to my hotel room and all seven of us crammed inside to test the cartridge.  \u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nI put the cartridge into my Super Nintendo, which was hooked to the hotel TV and turned on the power.  Nothing happened.  I panicked.  The system worked yesterday.  Was the game a dud?  Was it all going to fall apart because it didn't work?  Turns out I was an idiot and had unplugged the Super Nintendo to plug in my laptop.  I was so nervous I couldn't think straight.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nI played the game all the way through and embarrassed myself with a number of deaths in Mario, driving off course in Mario Kart, and what looked like sacrifice bunts in Griffey.  It all added up to a horrible score.\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-qZeLJIcEU20\/UASpGWFuSmI\/AAAAAAAAEJs\/AW8fIZNShpc\/s1600\/first-score.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"317\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-qZeLJIcEU20\/UASpGWFuSmI\/AAAAAAAAEJs\/AW8fIZNShpc\/s400\/first-score.jpg\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nAfter testing was complete we all left the room, locked it up, and went do to the hotel lobby.  I asked the front desk to access my security box and they handed me the purple sack with 120 $100 bills inside.  The Seller and I walked into a private meeting room alone and shut the door.  My brother was outside and would later tell me as soon as the doors shut the Seller's parents drew a little closer to the door to make sure no funny business went down.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nI felt like some mobster in a movie handing over a wad of cash.  Part of me wanted to complete the role and toss the cash on the table so some of it slid out of the bag in dramatic fashion, but instead I just handed the Seller the money and he started counting.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n30 seconds later we opened the door.  We all shook hands and the Seller left with his security detail on both sides.  All the worst case scenario's that had wracked my mind for days were wasted anxiety - the sale was complete without a single hiccup.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nRick, his girlfriend, my brother and I walked back to the room and hooked the two PowerFest cartridges to two TV's and played a couple rounds head-to-head.  Rick won both times we played.  We took a few pictures of the cartridges and even played Nintendo Campus Challenge 92, which Rick also owns.  Then we parted ways.  \u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\nI put the \u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecharting.com\/console\/super-nintendo\"\u003ESNES\u003C\/a\u003E cartridge in the hotel safe and wrapped up the transaction with an hour to spare before the wedding.\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ccenter\u003E\u003Cb\u003ESee the other \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/the-10-rarest-most-expensive-video-games.html\"\u003ERare \u0026 Expensive Video Games\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/center\u003E\n\u003Cbr\u003E\n\u003Ch2\u003EPictures of PowerFest 94 and The Transaction\u003C\/h2\u003E\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PuE8l8Mnb9k\/UASpGe3mJnI\/AAAAAAAAEJ4\/uKNQV6tZPpE\/s1600\/open-cover.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"345\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-PuE8l8Mnb9k\/UASpGe3mJnI\/AAAAAAAAEJ4\/uKNQV6tZPpE\/s400\/open-cover.JPG\" alt=\"PowerFest No Cover\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EPowerFest 94 with No Cover\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-75Ru2h7h4hU\/UATXhZx7cfI\/AAAAAAAAEKU\/aPrlyT4t6K4\/s1600\/two-powerfests-on-tv.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"248\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-75Ru2h7h4hU\/UATXhZx7cfI\/AAAAAAAAEKU\/aPrlyT4t6K4\/s400\/two-powerfests-on-tv.jpg\" alt=\"Two PowerFest Carts 2 TVs\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ETwo PowerFest Cartridges on Two TV's\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-YuHbVEFgbG0\/UATXhgTqx0I\/AAAAAAAAEKg\/S0nK_P1kBGs\/s1600\/two-powerfests.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"273\" width=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-YuHbVEFgbG0\/UATXhgTqx0I\/AAAAAAAAEKg\/S0nK_P1kBGs\/s400\/two-powerfests.jpg\" alt=\"Two PowerFest Carts\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003ERick \u0026 I Holding PowerFest Carts\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\n\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-RhEA2DSh0Xg\/UATXh_my5-I\/AAAAAAAAEKs\/u0CbfxtKkx4\/s1600\/nintendo-competition-cartridges.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"354\" width=\"378\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-RhEA2DSh0Xg\/UATXh_my5-I\/AAAAAAAAEKs\/u0CbfxtKkx4\/s400\/nintendo-competition-cartridges.jpg\" alt=\"5 Competition Carts\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr\u003EFive Nintendo Competition Cartridges\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003EThis is a post from \u003Ca href='https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com'\u003EPriceCharting.com\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/feeds\/5610702191783063672\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/how-i-got-nintendo-powerfest-94.html#comment-form","title":"45 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/5610702191783063672"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/5166264252243602432\/posts\/default\/5610702191783063672"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"https:\/\/blog.pricecharting.com\/2012\/07\/how-i-got-nintendo-powerfest-94.html","title":"How I Got Nintendo Powerfest 94"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"JJ Hendricks"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10255138459888881579"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-k4DRlSX8y2I\/UASpGpPti1I\/AAAAAAAAEKE\/OmC0MAx7rGc\/s72-c\/with-cover.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"45"}}]}});