![]() ![]() Making a new game console after the Atari crash of 1983 was considered a massive gamble. Nintendo was largely unproved in North America. are so ingrained in the pop-culture-sphere, but this was not the case in early 1985. These days, we take for granted that everyone knows what Nintendo is and the both the NES and Super Mario Bros. from it's initial test market run in fall of 1985! ![]() That's enough money to buy a house! If the game is so common, what makes this particular copy so special!? So valuable? Well, this cartridge is one of the few sealed, totally un-opened first edition printings of Super Mario Bros. was sold in an auction 100,150 US Dollars to a group of collectors. Thanks to an auction that happened on February 6th 2019, the limits of my imagination have been tested. So, I couldn't imagine anybody paying more than what it was initially worth for a copy! Besides that, it's one of the most common games out there. It was ported to the SNES as part of Super Mario All-Stars, Super Mario Bros DX on Game Boy Color, there's a Game Boy Advance port, Wii, Wii U, 3DS Virtual Console. Odds are, most of you readers probably have access to this game in your own home! It's been playable in some way on almost every Nintendo console and handheld. Sometimes for video-making purposes, sometimes for pleasure! It was packed-in with Duck Hunt, had standalone release and had 11 overall printings during the NES run. ![]() It's one of my favorite games and a title I go back to frequently. It changed console gaming forever, won the hearts of millions and made the NES a household item. ![]()
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