Factory Sealed NES Title Stadium Events Reaching Bids Up To $100,000 On eBay

An incredibly rare factory sealed NES title is reaching bids of up to $100,000 on eBay. Stadium Events – which was released in 1987 for the NES – is known as one of the rarest games on the platform, due to its limited production run. Owned by a former Nintendo employee, the factory sealed edition of Stadium Events was popped on eBay last week, with an initial opening bid of $5,000. Though bidding concludes on January 15, the game is currently sitting at $99,850 from 81 bids.

In 2010, the NES game surfaced as part of an eBay auction for a NES console and sold for $13,105. And just two weeks later, another copy of Stadium Events was auctioned off, closing at a remarkable $41,300. Speaking to GameSpot, the owner said he felt it was “the right time” to sell having left Nintendo in 2012. He added:

“While working at Nintendo games are often available to employees at end of life cycles. I did not realize the value until 2011, when a story came out about this game being sold on eBay for $44,000. I told my wife ‘I know I have that game.’ I collect a lot of different items, so after looking through several boxes I found it! Since I was still working for Nintendo I could not sell this item for profit, which is a smart company policy. When I left in 2012, it was possible for me to sell this game.”