Posted on 07/11/2020 4:32:45 PM PDT by Libloather
An anonymous buyer bid a record $114,000 for a rare, unopened copy of the classic video game Super Mario Bros.
The game cartridge was originally released in 1985 for the popular Nintendo Entertainment System console, according to Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, which ran Fridays auction.
The winning bid broke the record for the most ever paid for a video game, according to Heritage. A mint-condition copy of the same game sold for $100,150 in February 2019.
This version of Super Mario Bros. was particularly rare because the box with a cardboard hang tab underneath the plastic, an indication that it was produced after Nintendo started using shrink-wrap to seal the games rather than stickers, the company said in a news release.
**SNIP**
A copy of Mike Tysons Punch-Out!! sold for $50,400. and one of the first sealed copies of Super Mario Bros. 3 sold for $38,400. Its believed to be one of less than 10 copies left in existence, Heritage said.
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Maybe he turned it into Bluemax?
Ohh twin engine... Nevermind.
In the box through used.
There was poker game with it, but it cheats.
Anyone remember celecovision? That was my first console.
Ummmm, he can buy one that’s been opened if he wants to ‘play’...
“Anonymous buyer pays record $114,000 for rare Super Mario Bros. video game”
about one tenth what the dude was asking Rick Harrison’s Las Vegas Gold and Silver Pawn Shop to pay ...
My Colecovision is out in the garage, It has a “Made in Pennsylvania” sticker on the bottom of it.
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