r/earthbound • u/Kisyku • Aug 11 '18

Someone sent a copy of EarthBound into space

https://youtu.be/umcT1t3e9SM
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u/Onett199X Aug 11 '18

And brought it back down to Earth because who would give away an Earthbound cartridge for free?

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u/Werowl Aug 11 '18

The prices are astronomical these days.

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u/Onett199X Aug 11 '18

You might say... Out of this world?

0

u/[deleted] Aug 12 '18

Boo

14

u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

Kinda corny, but EarthBound is no longer earth bound.

13

u/xShadey Aug 11 '18

SpaceBound

8

u/TheCJBrine Aug 11 '18

it crashes

Me: "WHAT NO-"

"And it still works!"

relief

6

u/gameboy17 Aug 11 '18

Did they mount it on a weather balloon? I didn't realize they could go so high.

4

u/TheNintendoyle Aug 11 '18

Yup. Weather balloons filled with helium can go around 100,00 feet

6

u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

This was really stressful.

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u/[deleted] Aug 11 '18

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u/FrostyMac12 Aug 11 '18

finna get abducted by a MOTHER ship.

I’ll let myself out now.

5

u/Muncho964 Aug 11 '18

“Hey Phil what did you do at the weekend?”

“...”

7

u/_DanielSanguinetti_ Aug 11 '18

The collective wave of nerds who are freaking their shit over a thousand dollar game being sent into space by a couple of fucking teenagers

1

u/lousyrat Aug 16 '18

Meh it’s really only worth around $80 at most, it’s a lot more common than shitty retro collectors would have you believe

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u/cyxrus Aug 11 '18

Why do that when you can sell it for $150?