A 1990 sealed copy of “Super Mario Bros. 3” becomes the most expensive video game in history

A “rare” uniqueness in the design of the package aroused the interest of around twenty bidders and raised the price of the final offer.

US auction house Heritage Auctions sold a “rare” and sealed 1990 copy of the legendary “Super Mario Bros. 3” for $ 156,000, making it the most expensive video game in history.

As reported by the company in a press release, the auction, which took place on the 20th in Dallas (Texas), started with an initial price of $ 62,500, a sum already considered important in the case of a game with a Wata rating of 9.2 A +. which enhances the state in which the box and the seal are located.

Unique design

Similarly, the text specifies that 20 bidders participated in the auction, which skyrocketed the final price to reach the record figure above, also becoming the first video game auction in the world to rack up a bid of over a million dollars.

“We couldn’t be happier to break the world record for the second time in the same year, “said Valarie McLeckie, director of video games at Heritage Auctions.” No wonder another Mario game that many of us have grown up with sets a new standard, “he added.

Although the game’s condition is remarkable, what makes this copy even more unique is the design of the packaging itself, as the copies printed with the word “Bros.” they are extremely rare. located on the left, just above Mario’s white glove.

Other records

Just four months ago, the same Texas house sold a Wata 9.0 sealed copy of that same version of the game for $ 38,400.

Similarly, ‘Super Mario Bros’ breaks the world record for the highest price paid for a video game at auction for the second time in 2020, after an anonymous buyer obtained an unopened copy of the first one last July. ‘Super Mario Bros.’ 1985 of $ 114,000.

On the other hand, ‘Super Mario Bros. 3’ wasn’t the only video game to set a record at last Friday’s auction, where a sealed copy of 1998’s ‘Pokémon Red Version’ for Nintendo’s Gameboy rated Wata. 9.8 A ++, it sold for $ 84,000, the highest price ever paid for a Pokémon cartridge.

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