Sealed Copy of Super Mario Bros. Becomes the Most Expensive Video Game Ever After $3 Million Sale
The pristine 1986 cartridge also came with an unopened launch edition NES Control Deck, Heritage Auctions said, and it topped the previous $2 million record.
- On Friday, Heritage Auctions announced a Super Mario Bros. copy sold for $3 million, establishing the Nintendo title as the most expensive video game ever sold.
- Heritage consignment director for video games Evan Masingill called the item 'the holy grail of video game collecting,' citing its remarkable discovery untouched for nearly 40 years.
- Professional Sports Authenticator graded the item 9.6 A++, the best among three known sealed copies from the second production run. Others scored Video Game Authority 80 and Wata 9.4 A++.
- The buyer received a launch edition NES Control Deck console bundled with the game. This surpasses the $2 million record from 2021 and a $9 million Superman comic sold in 2025.
- Featuring a unique gloss sticker from early 1986, this copy originates from the game's second production run. It marks the first sealed copy ever to appear in public auction.
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For rare games from the early days of video game history, lunar prices are sometimes paid at auctions, but this rare specimen has now exceeded all previous records.
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ussanews.comRare Super Mario Bros. Cartridge Becomes Most Expensive Video Game Ever Sold at 3 Million Dollars
A sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. has become the most expensive video game ever sold, fetching an unprecedented $3 million at auction. The sale was confirmed by Heritage Auctions, which announced that a Professional Sports Authenticator (PSA) 9.6 A++ graded copy of Nintendo’s iconic 1985 platformer surpassed the previous video game auction record of $2 million, set in 2021. The new benchmark also far exceeds the $1.56 million paid for a sealed …
It's the highest price for a vintage video game in history.
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