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A video game collector pooled resources to acquire two Nintendo Entertainment System games, now sold through two separate eBay auctions. These games are so rare that they are not available to the public and have not been digitized online, preventing others from examining their content. Founder and co-director of the Video Game History Foundation A situation like this has “literally never happened before”, so there’s a call to make sure these games fit in the right place.
The first game is called Battlefield of Napoleon and the second is his Scanner, a game designed for Power Glove. In his Twitter thread explaining the situation, Cifaldi explained why these special offers are interesting, aside from the fact that they are unannounced titles. “Both are really cool,” Sifardi said. “The first Battlefields of Napoleon is a finished game. And when we say ‘done’, we mean the packaging is done! It comes with the actual files that will be sent to Nintendo for printing.” . Digital version. ”
In a Twitter thread, Cifaldi said the Video Game History Foundation would normally just buy these games and remove them from eBay, but after “pretty tough years,” the organization wanted help. Cifaldi accepts donations from anyone who wants to help preserve these games. A tax-deductible donation and a guaranteed response if one or both auctions were successful were among the details discussed, but Cifaldi said his Twitter DM was open to more information and donations. I said it is.