GamesBeat's Mike Minotti with a very rare Nintendo World Championship cartridge.
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Watch us play the ultra-rare Nintendo World Championship 1990 cartridge

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Sometimes, my job has perks.

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Recently, I had a chance to play the Nintendo World Championship 1990 cartridge, one of the rarest Nintendo Entertainment System games ever. Game historian Frank Cifaldi told GamesBeat that Nintendo only made around 90 of them, which went to regional finalists in a competition Nintendo held that year (that it’s recently revived). The rest in circulation are from Nintendo employees who took home cartridges from work.

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Mike Minotti

Mike Minotti has been with GamesBeat since 2012, starting as an intern. Based near Youngstown, Ohio, he now manages GamesBeat's editorial team. He's also a prolific podcaster, appearing on multiple shows covering the gaming industry.