"It seems that game collectors will go to extraordinary lengths to ensure that their collection is virtually peerless. Be it traveling across the world or spending an enormous sum of money for an obscure piece, it's somewhat inspiring to see someone who's so absolutely dedicated to the pursuit of a passion. Occasionally, the greater gaming industry benefits from the fruits of this labor when certain never before seen pieces of gaming history are revealed for all to see.
            
             This recently occurred when a prototype cartridge for Viewpoint 2064 – a long lost shmup for the Nintendo 64 – was put up for auction in September. Viewpoint 2064 first showed up at the Nintendo Space World 1999 expo, but was unfortunately cancelled when Sammy Corporation (the developer) ran into development issues and was forced to pull the plug. The winner of the auction paid $3,000 for the cartridge and manual, and only recently posted the first footage of the prototype game."

            What do you think, guys? I think paying 3k dollars for such game is totally worth it!

            Article: http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/10/a_prototype_cartridge_for_an_unreleased_n64_shmup_recently_sold_for_usd3000
            Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4iSAcgz7tM

           

Yep, there are proto collectors out there. Good odds this person makes a profit if he holds it for a year or two.

By the video, it looked like it was turning into a good game.Too bad it was cancelled

I love stuff like this! IMO it's completely shelling out for things like this if you havethe money purely because they're unique.

When i complete Vita collection I'll be starting to focus on the more obscure things for the platform.

It'll be cool to dump the ROM onto a blank cart once the ROM is inevitably leaked or released.

Yes - a true collector should have this!