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The Nintendo World Championships was a 1990 Nintendo-promoted video game competition that toured thirty cities across the United States. It was based on scoring points in three Nintendo Entertainment System games (Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer, and Tetris) within a time limit of 6 minutes and 21 seconds. The competition was based loosely on the movie The Wizard.
Contents
1 City Competition Structure
2 World Championships Competition Structure
3 Games
4 Results
5 Prizes
6 Cartridge
6.1 Collectible Value
7 Reproduction Cartridge
8 Additional Nintendo World Championships
9 References
10 External links
City Competition Structure
Nintendo World Championships had three separate age groups (11 and under, 12-17, and 18 and over) The city contests were held over the weekend and began on Friday afternoon and ended on Sunday night. Over three days, players qualified for the Semi-Finals over two rounds. The first round a player had to score at least 175,000 points in the "Pods" area. To qualify for the Semi-Finals held on Sunday night, contestants had to play on a seven player stage and score at least 200,000 points.
On Sunday night, the Semi-Finalists were divided their age group, and each Semi-Finalists group played in the "Pods". At most, 100 could play at a time, The top seven scorers from each age group then played in a final round on stage while Terry Lee Torok and John Michael Phane moderated play by play to the crowd. Out of the seven scores, the top two scorers played head-to-head for City Champion.
Each finalist won a trophy, 250 dollars, and a trip for two to the World Finals at Universal Studios Hollywood. The runner-up won a Nintendo Powerpad and a Gameboy.
World Championships Competition Structure
The World finals were held similarly to the City Contests and were held at Universal Studios Hollywood in the Star Trek Theater, now Shrek 4D. Each age group's thirty finalists played one round for the top seven positions. The 18 and over group played first, followed by the 11 and under, and completed with the 12-17 age group. Each age groups top seven played and the two top scores played head-to-head for the Title.
Games
Official Nintendo World Championships 1990 gray NES cartridgeContestants played a specialized game cartridge designed specifically for the contest. Officially, a player has 6 minutes and 21 seconds to play, which is divided up into three minigames. The first minigame of the competition is to collect 50 coins in Super Mario Brothers. The next minigame is a version of Rad Racer where players must complete a specialized Nintendo World Championship course. The final minigame is Tetris and this lasts until time expires. Once time does expire, a player's score is totaled using the following formula:[1]
(Super Mario Bros.) + (Rad Racer x 10) + (Tetris x 25) = Final Score
Some players focused their tactic on getting a high score in Tetris while others tried to exploit a trick in Super Mario Brothers where a part of the game may be played repeatedly using warp pipes.
There were two methods to obtaining fifty coins in Super Mario Bros. The first method involved going down the first pipe, collecting 20 coins, finishing the board, and getting the remainder of the coins in World 1-2. The second method had the player dying twice on World 1-1.
Strangely, the second method proved much faster and Thor Aackerlund used it during the tour to get the World Record score of over 4,000,000 points.
The highest score with the first method during the city tour was 2,800,000 by Jeff Falco.
The first two games were modified so that a player could not get a "game over." In Super Mario Bros., the player was given 99 lives, and in Rad Racer, the in-game timer was permanently fixed at 99 seconds.[1] In Tetris, however, stacking a line of blocks over the top of the playing field would effectively end the game prematurely, as the player could not start again—the game would freeze at the "game over" screen until the 6:21 competition time ran out.
Results
Three World Champion titles were given. Jeff Hansen won in the 11 and under category, Thor Aackerlund won in the 12-17 category, and Robert Whiteman won in the 18 and older category. Below is a full listing of the ninety finalists from each city for each age category.
City 11 And Under 12 Through 17 18 And Over
Dallas Peter Carter Jeff Baker Ray White
Cleveland Adam Misosky Mike Winzinek Darko Tankosic
Philadelphia Paul Lee Josh Caraciolo Vince Kailis
Pittsburgh Mike Trogdon Phil Evans Bruce Trogdon
Detroit Shaun Joyce John Wyman Chris Dillard
Indianapolis Shannon Gresh Steven Gingerich Chris Holt
Boston David Moreton Jason Orlando Steve Factor
New York City Michael Alex Rob Bianco Robert Whiteman
Hartford Jeremy Wall Eric Trinagel Mike Ferranti
Chicago Jacob Winch Mark Cabanayan Kevin Papke
Houston Long Khuu Thor Aackerlund Marcelo Gonzalez
St. Paul Andrew Luers Curt Thorn Pat Kensicki
Oklahoma City Heather Martin Kevin Gilley Pete Florez
Phoenix Justin Grant Jeff Bender Richard Watson
Seattle Nicholas Membrez-Weiler Justin Ellstrom Eden Stamm
Portland Dallas Lang Mike Stricklett Chris McCormack
Norfolk John Yandle Kenny Welch Bob Bender
New Jersey Jared Cohen David Lopez Mike Iarossi
Cincinnati Reid Somori Jeff Brearly Tim Ross
Milwaukee Jason Brandos Tim Drews Donna Thomas
Kansas City Randy Napier Jason Haag Alan Von Ah
Oakland Christopher Vu Robin Mihara Michael Pirring
Los Angeles (week 1) Michael Scott Chris Tang Grant Nakata
Los Angeles (week 2) Al Paung Kanan Alan Hong Colleen Cardas
Salt Lake City Heeth Kell Jeff Falco David Jachmann
Denver Dustin Durham Shannon Webster Cassandra Ross
New Orleans Johnny Crosby Paul Williams John Yates
Atlanta Jeremy Tomashek Nick Wietlisback Joe Somori
Miami Bradley Brunet Daniel Raymond Erik Aackerlund
Tampa Jeff Hansen Rich Ambler Rob Minasian
There was no official competition round to crown a single winner. However, after the competition ended there was an informal face-off between the three winners, with Thor Aackerlund taking first place, Jeff Hansen taking second, and Robert Whiteman finishing third.
Jeff Hansen went on as America's representative to Japan to win the World Championship title again in Tokyo, Japan, and again in Las Vegas at a rematch with the Japanese champion, Yuichi Suyama.
Prizes
The top winner in each age category took home a $10,000 US Savings Bond, a new 1990 Geo Metro Convertible, a 40" rear-projection TV, and a gold painted Mario trophy. Runners up in each age category received a silver Mario trophy.
The remainder of the Top Seven of each age category received a thousand dollar savings bond.
Semi-Finalists in each city received $50 in Nintendo Cash as well as a "NWC" semi-finalist white baseball cap with 2 collector Super Mario pins.
Cartridge
Nintendo World Championships 1990 gold NES cartridgeFor the competition, 116 special game cartridges were manufactured. 90 of these copies exist as the official gray cartridge and were given out to City Finalists after the 1990 NWC concluded. Each gray cartridge has a unique number making the cartridge easier to track and extremely difficult to counterfeit. The circuit boards in the gray and gold cartridges are identical. Since the gold cartridges have no unique identification numbers, it is extremely difficult to track their origin. The other 26 are gold—like the The Legend of Zelda cartridge—and were given out as prizes in a separate contest held by Nintendo Power magazine.[2]
Both versions of the cartridge feature DIP switches on the front, which may be used to alter the time limit. To play the cartridge, one must have a controller connected to both controller ports and press start on the second player's controller. For the competition, there was a special switch that would start all cartridges simultaneously. [3]
Collectible Value
The Nintendo World Championships 1990 game cartridge is considered to be the rarest and most valuable NES cartridge released, promo cartridges aside.[4] The NWC Gold cartridge is often compared to "holy grail" items from other collectible hobbies, such as the T206 Honus Wagner baseball card, or the Action Comics #1 comic book, and the gold variation has in fact been nicknamed "the holy grail of gaming" or "the holy grail of video game collecting". The circuit boards for the gold and gray cartridges are identical. The gold cartridges have no numbers and are almost impossible to track their origin like their gray counterparts. The gold casing holding is the same from The Legend of Zelda and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link[5][6][7]
On 9/16/2009, a gray cartridge was sold at a garage sale at 76th and Emerson Street in Minneapolis for $2,000 cash but gray cartridges often bought from champions $5,000-$6,000.
In 1998, Mike Iaroosi sold his gray cartridge to a collector for $1,600. It was later sold in 2007 by the collector for $10,000 in a private sale.
On March 18, 2007 a listing appeared on Myebid.com in which a gold cartridge appeared to have been inadvertently included in a bereavement sale of 24 NES games; according to the auction, a father was selling the possessions of his deceased son. The auction ended at $21,400,[8] though collectors have speculated that neither the listing nor the bids were legitimate.[9][10]
To date, of the 26 NWC gold cartridges produced, only 12 copies have ever surfaced. In 2008, a gold cartridge went for $15,000,[11] and the next copy to surface sold in June 2009 for $17,500.[7] Most recently, in December 2009, JJGames presented a copy on eBay as part of a charity auction for World Vision; the auction ended with a winning bid of $13,600.[12] The high bidder failed to pay and the cartridge sold privately for $18,000.[13]
In February 2010, video game collector/reviewer Pat the NES Punk discovered and acquired a gray cart in the San Diego area for an undisclosed amount.[14]
Reproduction Cartridge
In 2008, the website retrousb.com began selling reproduction cartridges of Nintendo World Championship. The reproduced cartridge is nearly identical to the original, complete with its own DIP switches. The differences are that the cartridge is blue in color and has a different board in order to avoid confusion with authentic carts. It is region free, but will run slower on PAL systems, thus the time limit will be increased. The game also comes with a laser printed manual that has exclusive tips and cheats.
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