After spending $60,000 on an "unheard of" first-party Nintendo prototype, anonymous collector pulls the ultimate good guy move and releases the ROM for preservationists to study for free
An anonymous collector purchased a rare prototype of Nintendo's Punch-Out!! for over $60,000 and has released the ROM for free, allowing for the preservation and study of early game development. This move is praised by preservationists like Frank Cifaldi of the Video Game History Foundation, who notes the rarity of such an early build of a major first-party title.
- Entities
- Platform: Nintendo Entertainment System
- Person: Frank Cifaldi
- Game: Punch-Out!!
- Company: Video Game History Foundation
- Company: Nintendo
- Topic: Video Game Preservation
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