Found in the Walls: Renovation Crew Discovers Sealed NES Collection Behind Drywall
Construction workers renovating a house in suburban Minneapolis got more than they bargained for when they tore open a basement wall in October 2025. Behind the drywall, wrapped in plastic sheeting and newspaper dated 1992, was a cardboard box containing 23 sealed NES games, an unused NES console still in its original box, and a […]
The $50,000 Cartridge Hidden in an Attic for 30 Years: A Family’s Unexpected Inheritance
When Sarah Chen’s grandmother passed away in 2024, the family began the bittersweet process of clearing out her house in suburban Chicago. In the attic, alongside boxes of Christmas decorations and old tax returns, they found a dusty Sega Genesis and a stack of cartridges still in their original plastic cases. Most were common titles: […]
The Lost Sega Saturn Prototypes That Resurfaced on eBay in 2025
In February 2025, a batch of seven Sega Saturn development discs appeared on eBay with a starting bid of $500 each. The seller, using the handle “devkitdigger,” claimed to have found them at an estate sale in San Mateo, California — just miles from Sega’s former American headquarters. Among the discs were playable builds of […]
Garage Sale Gold: Man Finds Sealed 1996 Nintendo Campus Challenge Cartridge Worth $20,000
In a quiet suburb outside Portland, Oregon, 62-year-old retired electrician Tom Whitfield did what he does every Saturday morning: hit the neighborhood garage sales before sunrise. On this particular Saturday, buried beneath a stack of old VHS tapes and a broken blender, he found a gray NES cartridge with a hand-written label. “CAMPUS CHALLENGE ’96” […]