We really enjoyed our time with Narita Boy when it launched on Switch at the end of last month, but we never could have expected that it'd soon be treated to a special edition quite like this.
Team17 and Studio Koba have unveiled the Narita Boy: Techno Edition, a "premium and exclusive edition" of the game. This fancy release includes a bespoke, full-size Narita Boy arcade cabinet complete with custom graphics, and is the only one of its kind available for private ownership.
As you might expect, and as you'll have already seen from the headline, this one-off limited edition isn't cheap. The Techno Edition is available to buy for £7,999 / $11,000 / €9,185 and, at the time of writing, hasn't yet been snapped up.
Narita Boy - Techno Edition includes:
- Bespoke Narita Boy Arcade machine
- Tailor-made, one-of-a-kind, console controller
- Copy of Narita Boy on all available platforms
- Care Package
- Limited Edition Augmented Reality Pin Set
- Original Soundtrack
Three other Narita Boy arcade cabinets are also being produced, but will be housed in games museums as part of the Saving The Arcade World campaign, a partnership between Team17, Studio Koba, The Strong: The National Museum of Play in New York, The National Videogames Museum in Sheffield, UK, and Arcade Vintage: Museo del VideoJuego in Alicante, Spain.
All profits from the sale of the Narita Boy: Techno Edition will go to this campaign, which is raising funds for the institiutions’ games preservation projects.
Does anyone fancy selling off their car, house, or maybe their soul to secure this beast? Good luck convincing your family that this is a smart way to spend your cash.
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Still not nearly as much as a shiny piece of cardboard withan orange dragon
You can have 11 candy cabs and some pcbs for that price...and multiple digital copies of Narita.
That arcade machine is awesome. Plus I imagine it skyrocketing in value over time if they're only making 4 of them. $11,000 might actually be a deal.
"And it's still available."
And will be for a while yet.
That's pretty darn cool.
Predictions: someone in Silicon Valley, a Chinese entrepreneur like Jack Ma, or some private individual with no name will buy this. And they will flip a profit in a few years. Don’t know if an actual gamer would get it; maybe Tommy Tallarico would given his home arcade.
If I had the dough lol, I looove this game.
When's the Blade edition getting made?
What is this, a Non-Fungible Cabinet?
I expect some wealthy attention seeking YouTuber d-bag will buy this.
Well that's just cool. It's overpriced for what it is, I think, but at least it's actually cool.
Wait a minute... why does the cabinet have controls for 2 players?? I thought this was only a 1 player game.
I think they thought our stimulus checks where bigger. It was $1,400 not $14,00.
ohh... thats the coolest thing ever. i wish it cost less than too much
Shouldn't they call it the "f*ck-you money edition"?
@Steel76 Yeah if I were going to drop that kinda dough on classic arcade machines I can think of a lot of old arcade machines I would rather have. Personally I would probably go for some old Sega arcade machines from the 90's.
But will it play Crysis?
That is absolutely amazing
Who’s going to buy it
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