Nevada Man Finds Decades-Old Item in His Attic That Is Worth A Fortune

Most people don’t realize it, but today’s everyday purchases could be worth a fortune in a couple of decades. That’s something Scott Amos from Reno, Nevada, learned when he found an unopened box in his attic.

When he opened it, he didn’t even know that what he was holding in his hands had any value at all.

And what it contained was something worth far more valuable than anything he could have ever imagined. And it’s something that’s pretty common to find in attics across America, too!

They Made a Purchase That Would Pay Off

December 8, 1988 was a date the Amos family would never forget because that was when they purchased a game titled Kid Icarus.

They intended for their son, Scott, to play with it on the original Nintendo game console, but it didn’t work out that way…

They Had No Idea What They Had

These days, kids and grown-ups are obsessed with Playstation 5 and Nintendo Switch game consoles. But in the 1980s, everyone was in love with the original Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES.

But Amos’ family hadn’t realized that their simple gaming purchase would prove lucrative for their son in the future.

The Game Was Based on Mythology

Kid Icarus was about a protagonist who was eerily similar to Cupid, and his mission was to rescue Palutena, a light goddess captured by Medusa.

The game had taken on some elements of Greek mythology, which made the storyline more interesting than other popular NES games like Super Mario Bros., but it wasn’t the gameplay that had an effect on Amos’s life.

It Was Simple to Play

Kid Icarus had four worlds, and players could easily avoid a series of enemies or shoot at them and gain money to buy tools and talismans from the game’s shopkeeper.

And yet, Amos had never done any of that even though he owned the game for many years.