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Nintendo might be struggling to sell consoles at the moment, but fans still want their games.

A rare copy of Nintendo World Championship has just been sold on eBay for a mammoth $99,902 (£60,000).

After an initial offer of $4,999 (£3,000) the item soon had over 250 bids and finally sold last night for the record-breaking figure.

Originally released in 1990, only 116 copies of the game were ever made, 90 were produced in the official grey colour and 26 in gold.

Designed for the NES, (Nintendo Entertainment System), Nintendo World Championship was produced for a competition and never hit the shops, which is why this copy is so sought after.

Including three mini game versions of classic Nintendo titles Super Mario Bros, Red Racer and Tetris, these limited-edition cartridges were used in a tournament and then handed out to the winners.

This rare copy of Nintendo World Championship, looks like this one has seen better days.

Even the online seller's description reads: “Obviously, you'll immediately notice the ripped label. This is quite unfortunate but happened many decades ago by this point in time."

But even in its poor condition this ultra-rare title caused huge amounts of interest with collectors, with some describing it as the holy grail of games.

No doubt the winning bidder of the game will want proof that it's kosher and the seller will certainly want to see the cash in the bank, but if everything goes through smoothly this sale could enter the record books.

Let's hope the lucky bidder, has enough money left over to buy an antique NES to play it on.