"On Ebay it currently goes for about $9,000," said Fleming. "I’ve even been offered $9,000 today (at the East Coast Gaming Expo). It’s said in about 15 years the value will rise to about $100,000. It’s like the Babe Ruth or Mickey Mantle rookie card for (video game) collectors."
Fortunately for Fleming, his price tag was a lot lower – free.
"I received it from a friend who worked at Tengen at the time," he said. "He was a finalist in the competition."
Fleming told him about another competition in China which he could not attend and his friend gave him the cart. Even though Fleming keeps an eye on what value the game carries, money is no object to him.
"I always get offers," he said, "but I just can’t sell it. I love this stuff. We go out (to events) and try to evangelize it and just let people know that it does exist. I hope when kids see this they get interested in collecting as well and it lets them know that someday they too could have something like this. It’s a great initiative to grow the industry."
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