{"id":180062,"date":"2025-09-24T01:26:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T01:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/article.php?article_id=2143946"},"modified":"2025-09-24T01:26:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T01:26:27","slug":"unopened-super-mario-bros-sells-for-660000-smashing-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/unopened-super-mario-bros-sells-for-660000-smashing-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Unopened Super Mario Bros. sells for $660,000, smashing world record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/unopened-super-mario-bros-sells-for-660000-smashing-world-record.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An unopened copy of Super Mario Bros. has sold for $660,000, smashing the world record for a video game sale. The previous record was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2020-07-11-sealed-copy-of-super-mario-bros-sells-for-usd114k-becomes-most-expensive-video-game-ever\">$114,000 for another sealed copy of Super Mario Bros<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The copy of the NES classic sold on Friday at <a href=\"https:\/\/comics.ha.com\/itm\/video-games\/nintendo\/super-mario-bros-wata-96-a-sealed-hangtab-1-code-mid-production-nes-nintendo-1985-usa\/a\/7242-93028.s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heritage Auctions<\/a> in Dallas. It is the finest known copy of the oldest sealed hangtab Super Mario Bros.<\/p>\n<p>The game was labelled &#8220;Super Mario Bros. &#8211; Wata 9.6 A+ Sealed [Hangtab, 1 Code, Mid-Production], NES Nintendo 1985 USA&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-04-03-unopened-super-mario-bros-sells-for-usd660-000-smashing-world-record\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2021-04-03-unopened-super-mario-bros-sells-for-usd660-000-smashing-world-record\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An unopened copy of Super Mario Bros. has sold for $660,000, smashing the world record for a video game sale. The previous record was $114,000 for another sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. The copy of the NES classic sold on Friday at Heritage Auctions in Dallas. It is the finest known copy of the oldest sealed hangtab Super Mario Bros. The game was labelled &#8220;Super Mario Bros. &#8211; Wata 9.6 A+ Sealed [Hangtab, 1 Code, Mid-Production], NES Nintendo 1985 USA&#8221;. Read more Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":180063,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-180062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eurogamer"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Unopened Super Mario Bros. sells for $660,000, smashing world record | Arcader News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An unopened copy of Super Mario Bros. has sold for $660,000, smashing the world record for a video game sale. 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