Capital Furs

So.

I just feel the need to brag about something I just got.

I stopped by the store I used to work at today and saw a game for the SNES I didn't know. "Starfox: Super Weekend", I'm sitting there looking at it (and the $30 price tag on it) wondering what the hell was up with this. So, against my better judgement I left it there and came home.

I was still curious about it so I started trying to find info about it online. Turns out it's a championship edition of Starfox that was made for a contest back in '93, Super Weekend being the name of the event. Following the contest the game was made available only through Nintendo Power magazine and was a limited edition with only 2000 copies being made.

It apparently plays the first 3 levels of Starfox but with a 5 minute time limit, and the contest was to see who could get the most points in that 5 minutes. Not great for gameplay, but a total collectible.

"Cool" I thought as I continued looking around, then I saw it... the various auction sites it's up on. The market price for this game is $350 - $400.

Needless to say it's now sitting on MY shelf rather than the store's, and no, you can't borrow it. The fact I talked the guy down to $10 on it (Come on man, it's only a 5 minute game xD) just makes me that much happier.

Anyway. I figured you all NEEDED to know that my already awesome collection is just that much more awesome now.

Afternoon, Hubert Shrubrington. I'm from the National Reference Center for Win Distribution. It seems there has been a clerical error and you have received an amount of Stupidly Large Amounts of Awesome. Unfortunately to resolve this issue we will need to retract this amount, please mail the amount in question to

PO BOX 1337
Toronto, ON, Z0M4G3

Thank you.

Indref wrote:Afternoon, Hubert Shrubrington. I'm from the National Reference Center for Win Distribution. It seems there has been a clerical error and you have received an amount of Stupidly Large Amounts of Awesome. Unfortunately to resolve this issue we will need to retract this amount, please mail the amount in question to

PO BOX 1337
Toronto, ON, Z0M4G3

Thank you.

Kudos, Indy. That's rather clever. Also, congrats, Meer! Your E-Peen has gotten that much longer.

I remember renting that as a kid thinking it was a new version of StarFox, boy was I disappointed. >.>

lawl,

wow. I'd have returned it immediately and given 'em an earful if I had been your parents. What kind of store rents out a game that lasts for 5 minutes?

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