SNES games from Nintendo Game Counselor library

ninerniner
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Howdy y'all.  I worked at Nintendo in the late 90s and got these games from the cartidge library used by Nintendo game counselors.  I was on the Nintendo Power staff at the time and would often go check out games to take screenshots and whatnot.  Do these stickers make the carts more valuable?  Does anyone collect this sort of niche item?



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  • IchinisanIchinisan
    I would keep them on there myself. Part of its history  
  • ninerniner
    Yeah I won't remove them. I had another two games with stickers and stupidly removed them many years ago. I have regretted ever since.
  • LaCLaC
    I dunno. But that's pretty awesome. Semi-official NFR cart for wild guns? wow.
  • LaCLaC
    Originally posted by: niner



    Howdy y'all.  I worked at Nintendo in the late 90s and got these games from the cartidge library used by Nintendo game counselors.  I was on the Nintendo Power staff at the time and would often go check out games to take screenshots and whatnot.  Do these stickers make the carts more valuable?  Does anyone collect this sort of niche item?








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  • coffeewithmrsaturncoffeewithmrsaturn
    They sometimes do sell for premiums, and if they're coming directly from the source, that will make them an easier sell. Thanks for showing!
  • ninerniner
    Thanks for the intel. I'm only curious at this point. I'll hold onto them for now. They were being sold just before Christmas 96 in the conference room just next to the Nintendo Power offices. I don't know for sure but I assume they were cleaning out the library to make room for the N64 games that were coming into the inventory.



    There were tables lining the square-shaped room and plastic bins on the tables with neatly organized SNES and GB carts. The bins had a price tag on each one and if memory serves the most expensive bin was $5. Not all of the games had the stickers you see in my pics. Most of the GB games, for example, had nothing on them.



    I don't remember every cart I bought but I do remember that I got Metal Warriors, EVO, Wild Guns, Stunt Race FX and Dirt Trax FX.  Stunt Race and EVO had stickers and I removed them several years ago.  I also picked up about 20 GB games for a buck or two each.  I gave those to my girlfriend's family because they weren't going to be able to give their kids much of a Christmas that year.



    In any case it's a fun memory, although I wish I had cleaned them out back in the day!
  • ne$_pimpne$_pimp
    Got any cool Nintendo swag kicking around?
  • BunklandBunkland
    Really interesting post with a nice little back story. Thanks for sharing!!
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