A mom from North Carolina was in for a shock last week when she tried to auction off an old NES console and five games with it for a mere $9.99. To her surprise one of the game’s that was in the auction was Stadium Events, an ultra rare game of which only 10 completed copies were thought to exist.

When she began her EBay auction the offers started to increase and increase eventually hitting over $1,000 and at the end hitting around $13,000.

The North American, or NTSC, version of Stadium Events is universally accepted as the rarest licensed NES game available for purchase in North America.It was recently named #6 on a list of 20 “Holy Grails of Console Gaming”, a list that covered all gaming systems in all countries. The reason for its rarity and subsequent high market price is due to its limited production and sales.At the time of its launch during the holiday season of 1987, Stadium Events was only available at Northern-region Woolworth’s Department Store, which was a test market for Bandai.

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