Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Check it out all you Old School Gamers.. I scored the 1990 Nintendo World Championships Reproduction Cartridge for my Collection.. I also picked up the Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Deluxe Set, so I can swap out this gray reproduction cartridge and put it into the Nintendo Gold Cartridge..
I’ve never played the 1990 Nintendo World Championships before, so we’ll see how I do… Do I have what it takes to become a Nintendo World Champion?
And that’s not all.. Stick around until the end of the video because I’m dropping rare footage from the original 1990 Nintendo World Championships event. You’ll see the excitement, the intensity and the pure chaos that made this tournament legendary.. This is going to be totally radical, full of nostalgia and packed with every bit of 90s gaming energy you can imagine..
The first Nintendo World Championships was in 1990, touring 29 American cities, being hosted in Los Angeles, CA twice. The NWC was conceived by Steve Grossman and Jay Coleman, principals at EMCI, Nintendo's marketing agency. Greggory Vasquez-Vasquez was the inaugural champion defeating 48 others and dominating the NES championship event. The event won numerous marketing awards and was sponsored by Pepsi, Reebok and Nabisco. It was based on a custom Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak, which would historically become one of the most rare and valuable NES cartridges. The NWC is considered one of the first ever esports events.
The Nintendo World Championships began March 8–11, 1990, in the Fair Park's Automobile Building in Dallas, Texas, and toured 29 cities across the United States. Players from three separate age groups (11 and below, 12–17, and 18 and above) competed across three days. The top two scorers then competed for the title of City Champion. The finalists won a trophy, US$250 and a trip for two to the World Finals at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The runners-up won a Power Pad and a Game Boy.
The World Finals were held December 7–9, 1990, conducted similarly to the City Championships and were located at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California within the Star Trek Theater, now DreamWorks Theatre. There, contestants played a special Nintendo World Championships 1990 cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
The cartridge contains three customized minigames based upon the popular games Super Mario Bros. (1985), Rad Racer (1987), and Tetris (1989). The objective is to achieve a high score according to a custom cumulative scoring formula across all games, within a total time limit of 6 minutes and 21 seconds.
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Check it out all you Old School Gamers.. I scored the 1990 Nintendo World Championships Reproduction Cartridge for my Collection.. I also picked up the Nintendo World Championships: NES Edition Deluxe Set, so I can swap out this gray reproduction cartridge and put it into the Nintendo Gold Cartridge..
I’ve never played the 1990 Nintendo World Championships before, so we’ll see how I do… Do I have what it takes to become a Nintendo World Champion?
And that’s not all.. Stick around until the end of the video because I’m dropping rare footage from the original 1990 Nintendo World Championships event. You’ll see the excitement, the intensity and the pure chaos that made this tournament legendary.. This is going to be totally radical, full of nostalgia and packed with every bit of 90s gaming energy you can imagine..
The first Nintendo World Championships was in 1990, touring 29 American cities, being hosted in Los Angeles, CA twice. The NWC was conceived by Steve Grossman and Jay Coleman, principals at EMCI, Nintendo's marketing agency. Greggory Vasquez-Vasquez was the inaugural champion defeating 48 others and dominating the NES championship event. The event won numerous marketing awards and was sponsored by Pepsi, Reebok and Nabisco. It was based on a custom Nintendo Entertainment System Game Pak, which would historically become one of the most rare and valuable NES cartridges. The NWC is considered one of the first ever esports events.
The Nintendo World Championships began March 8–11, 1990, in the Fair Park's Automobile Building in Dallas, Texas, and toured 29 cities across the United States. Players from three separate age groups (11 and below, 12–17, and 18 and above) competed across three days. The top two scorers then competed for the title of City Champion. The finalists won a trophy, US$250 and a trip for two to the World Finals at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California. The runners-up won a Power Pad and a Game Boy.
The World Finals were held December 7–9, 1990, conducted similarly to the City Championships and were located at Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles, California within the Star Trek Theater, now DreamWorks Theatre. There, contestants played a special Nintendo World Championships 1990 cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
The cartridge contains three customized minigames based upon the popular games Super Mario Bros. (1985), Rad Racer (1987), and Tetris (1989). The objective is to achieve a high score according to a custom cumulative scoring formula across all games, within a total time limit of 6 minutes and 21 seconds.
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You can find me on Instagram (thecollectorszone5150), Facebook (MasterCollectoroftheZone) and on The Geek and I Podcast YouTube Channel. The Geek and I Podcast is also on Apple, Spottily and other services that air Podcasts. Thank you for checking out The Collectors Zone.
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NO copyright infringement and NO commercial benefits intended! Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for fair use for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational, or personal use is in favor of fair use.
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