Never-before-seen NES games, including a Power Glove demo, are up for auction

Two unreleased NES games are going up for auction on eBay, and could prove significant collector’s items.

As tweeted by the Video Game History Foundation’s Frank Cifaldi yesterday on October 11, two surprise NES games have appeared for auction on eBay. As the organization Cifaldi runs is unfortunately stretched thin with funds right now, the founder is urging collector’s out there to put money forward for the two unreleased NES games.

In the follow-up tweets, Cifaldi reveals what these two unreleased games actually are. The first is Battlefields of Napoleon, which Cifaldi reveals is actually a fully finished game, basically ready to ship to NES users around the world, complete with retail packaging. Perhaps we’ll never know why Battlefields of Napoleon never saw the light of day.

The second project is actually an unreleased demo for a Power Glove game, made by Sea of Thieves developer Rare. Somewhat famously, only one game ever took advantage of the whacky accessory, but this NES game, had it ever actually been released, would’ve been the second game in existence to use the Power Glove.

Cifaldi is putting together a fund for the Video Game History Foundation to bid on these two unreleased NES games. The fund isn’t public, so you’ll have to contact the founder via Twitter to get the information necessary, but the fund is already well over $4,000 as of yesterday, so it seems plenty of Cifaldi’s followers have already chipped in.

Considering a sealed NES cartridge for The Legend of Zelda earned a massive $870,000 at auction last year, we could be looking at a much higher fee than the public has already raised for the two unreleased games.

Check out our guide to the 10 best NES games of all time to see which forgotten classics we reckon rise above the others.