This photo provided by Heritage Auctions, shows an unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario Bros., purchased in 1986. The names of the seller and the buyer were not released. The game should have at least gotten an E-10 rating for ages 10 and up. The record-setting cartridge was purchased as a Christmas gift in 1986 then placed in a drawer and forgotten for 35 years, before it was found earlier this year. Its not like the original NES game because it leaves nothing to the imagination. The previous record video game sale was a paltry $114,000, set last July. The unopened Nintendo video game is “the finest copy known to have been professionally graded for auction,” the company said in a statement. There may be a fortune hiding in that dusty box of old video game cartridges.Īn original 1985 edition of “Super Mario Bros.” for the Nintendo Entertainment System sold for a whopping $660,000 in Dallas Friday, smashing the world record for a single video game sale, according to Heritage Auctions, which handled the transaction. Supply-chain worries slam Gap, Nordstrom and Best Buy just ahead of holiday seasonįortnite exits China as gov cracks down on ‘spiritual opium’
Sick George Floyd video game sparks outrage online World’s top Apple expert reveals exact year when iPhone ‘will become obsolete’ This photo provided by Heritage Auctions on Saturday, July 11, 2020, shows the front of an unopened copy of a vintage Super Mario Bros.