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Super Mario Bros.
is a legendary game.
Appeared thirty-two years ago in Japan, the third installment of The Adventures of the Mustached Plumber has sold eighteen million copies worldwide.
A real success.
Copies of this game are still selling and some at dizzying prices.
Thus, a cartridge of the game "Super Mario Bros.
3 ”, running on the NES console, sold for $ 156,000, or nearly € 132,000.
A record for a video game.
This edition of Super Mario Bros has therefore become the most expensive video game of all time, tells us
Tom 'Guide,
relayed by
HuffPost
.
The sale was organized on Friday, November 20 by the American house Heritage Auctions.
Twenty people participated in the auction.
The starting price was set at 62,500 dollars, or nearly 53,000 euros, to triple at the end of the auction.
Super Mario Bros.
3 becomes the most expensive game in history!
A first edition cartridge of the game on NES, sealed, was sold for more than 131,500 euros in the USA.
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A cartridge with a particular presentation
The cartridge was in its original condition.
The box had never been opened and it was kept sealed.
This cartridge also had a peculiarity.
Unlike other versions, the word "Bros.
», Printed on the packaging, is placed on the left and partially covers Mario's glove.
Super Mario Bros.
3 was released in 1988 in Japan, in 1990 in the United States and a year later in France and throughout Europe.
The previous record for selling a video game at auction was already held by a game in the Mario franchise.
This is a copy released in 1985 in the United States on the NES.
The auction had reached 114,000 dollars, or 96,000 euros.
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