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Nearly 100 rare Nintendo cartridges found in Wisconsin storage box worth millions

A Waukesha game shop nearly sold vintage Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt copies for $15 each before collectors recognized their extraordinary value.

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Nearly 100 rare Nintendo Entertainment System cartridges, including Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt variants, were discovered in a storage box at a Waukesha, Wisconsin game shop. The cartridges were initially nearly sold for $15 each before collectors recognized them as exceptionally rare and potentially worth millions of dollars. The find has been widely reported as a "once in a lifetime" discovery in the vintage gaming collecting community.

  • Nearly 100 rare NES cartridges including Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt variants were discovered in a Waukesha, Wisconsin storage box.
  • The shop initially intended to sell them for $15 each before collectors identified their true, potentially million-dollar value.
  • The discovery has been widely reported as a rare, once-in-a-lifetime find in the vintage gaming community.
  • Multiple national news outlets have covered the story, expanding interest in the cartridges' authenticity and market value.

How it unfolded

  1. Report Broader media coverage and 'once in a lifetime' framing

    Reports describe the find as a rare, once-in-a-lifetime discovery with nearly 100 never-before-seen cartridges, reaching national news outlets including ABC News.

  2. Report Story gains national attention

    Coverage expands to national outlets including Yahoo Life UK, highlighting that the shop nearly sold the cartridges for only $15 each before their true value was recognized.

  3. Event Rare cartridges discovered in Waukesha storage

    Nearly 100 rare Nintendo cartridges, including Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt variants, were found in a storage box at a Wisconsin game shop.

  4. Report Initial news coverage spreads

    Multiple news outlets report the discovery, with headlines emphasizing the cartridges could be worth millions of dollars.

What people are saying verbatim

“A Wisconsin Shop Nearly Sold These Old Mario Games For $15 Each. Then Collectors Saw What Was Inside The Box”

Yahoo Life UK / Yahoo · Yahoo Life UK headline ↗ · Aug 8

“Rare Super Mario games in Wisconsin, 'once in a lifetime' find”

Yahoo · Yahoo headline · Aug 9

“Nearly 100 never-before-seen Nintendo cartridges found in Wisconsin game shop”

ABC News · ABC News ↗ · Aug 9