Somebody paid a record $114,000 for a rare Super Mario Bros. video game – CNN

This version of
Super Mario Bros. was particularly unusual because package with a cardboard hang tab beneath the plastic, a sign that it was produced after Nintendo started utilizing shrink-wrap to seal the games instead of stickers, the business
said in a news release.

Noted in exceptional condition, Heritage stated it is the highest-graded copy of the game the company has actually ever sold.

The computer game auction brought in nearly $700,000, according to Heritage.

A prototype of the never-sold Sega Pluto-02 Console brought in a winning bid of $84,000. The prototype, from Segas canceled project to create a second model of the Sega Saturn console, never was launched to the general public, according to Heritage.
A copy of Mike Tysons Punch-Out !! cost $50,400. and one of the first sealed copies of Super Mario Bros. 3 cost $38,400. Its thought to be among less than 10 copies left around, Heritage said.

The winning quote climaxed for the most ever spent for a computer game, according to Heritage. A mint-condition copy of the exact same game
offered for $100,150 in February 2019.

The video game cartridge was initially launched in 1985 for the popular Nintendo Home entertainment System console, according to Dallas-based
Heritage Auctions, which ran Fridays auction.