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The Nintendo World Championships 1990 Game Pak was a game used exclusively at the Nintendo World Championships 1990. While originally not intended to be given away, the competitors (and others) were eventually given the Game Paks they used in the competition (90 were made). In addition, a contest was held by Nintendo Power to give away 26 gold copies. The Game Pak combined Super Mario Bros., Rad Racer and Tetris to be used in competition.
Value
Due to its fame and scarcity, the Nintendo World Championships 1990 Game Paks are especially prized by collectors, and demand a high price. The gold copies in particular are some of the most valuable video games.
Condition is also an issue with these cartridges, with very few being in mint condition. This is in part due to the cheap glue used in the adhesion of the labels. Time has showed that this will cause the label to peel over time, even without normal use.
In 2008, Retrozone made replicas of the cartridge for play on the Nintendo Entertainment System due to the fact that emulators of the game tended not to be very accurate in timing of the games. The game comes in a distinctive clear cobalt blue shell without switches to prevent it from being confused for a official cart.
In 2021, Xrider (french engineer) made 5 perfects replicas of the cartridge with genuine components inside for her collection. One gold and 4 grey revision. The cartridge numbers are : 0284, 0342, 0310 & 228 (the 228 is him prototype).
Verified Copies
| No. | Original Owner | Current Owner | Picture |
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| 0055 | Randy Napier | Randy Napier as of 3/22/12 | 
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| 0061 | Colleen Cardas | ???? | 
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| 0083 | ???? | Nick Morgan | 
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| 0087 | Mike Iarossi | ???? | 
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| 0090 | Jason Brandos | Eddy Yuja | 
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| 0095 | ???? | Jason Wilson | 
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| 0103 | Robin Mihara | John Tani as of April 2009 | 
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| 0105 | Shannon Webster | Nicola Ferrarese | 
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| 0119 | ???? | ???? | 
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| 0132 | ???? | ???? | 75px |
| 0136 | ???? | Dain Anderson | 
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| 0137 | Ben Smith | Tod Curtis as of 10/16/2005 | 
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| 0156 | ???? | ???? | 
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| 0163 | ???? | ???? | 
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| 0166 | Justin Grant | Justin Grant | 
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| 0168 | ???? | Scott Ross | 
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| 0183 | Chris Tang | ???? | 
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| 0196 | ???? | ???? | 
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| 0215 | ???? | Portnoyd | 
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| 0227 | Rich Ambler | ???? | 
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| 0240 | ???? | ???? | 
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| 0250 | ???? | ???? | 
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| 0260 | Dustin Durham | Steve Lin | 
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| 0265 | ???? | Michael Swanson | 
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| 0273 |
Anonymous ex-NOA employee who used Ben Smith as a middleman |
Rob Budrick | 
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| 0280 | ???? | ???? | 75px |
| 0283 | Shamus Bowker | ???? | 
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| 0305 | Steve Gingerich | Rob Fischer | 
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| 0311 | ???? | ???? | 
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| 0325 |
Brad Russo (received from his Dad, Arthur "Torch" Russo, an NWC staffer) |
???? | 
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| 0330 | ???? | ???? | 
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| 0343 | Ben Smith | ???? | 
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| 0346 | Robert Whiteman | Robert Whiteman | 
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| 0??? | ???? | Muresan (aka Stephen) | 
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| 0??? | Steve Factor | Undecided | 
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