KOMPAS.com – For some people, retro games become a rare type of item that is worth collecting.
One of the most sought-after objects by retro game collectors today is cassette or cartridge game original Super Mario Bros from the console series Nintendo Entertaintment System (NES).
Previous, copy cassette game Super Mario Bros it was once sold at a price of 100,000 US dollars (Rp. 1.4 billion).
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But recently, a copy of the retro game is reportedly back at auction, and sold at a fantastic price, which is 114,000 US dollars, or around Rp 1.6 billion in an auction event held by Heritage Auction.
Thus, copy the game Super Mario Bros it has been named the most expensive retro game cassette in history.
This information was first announced by Chris Kohler, a media journalist The Verge. However, until now the identity of the winner of the auction has not been known.
A sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. just sold at auction for $114,000, which is a new record for the sale of a single game. Bet the owners of the $100,000 one, which is an earlier printing, feel great today. pic.twitter.com/lVdcla8d19
— Chris Kohler (@kobunheat) July 10, 2020
Apparently there are several factors that make it cartridge these have exorbitant prices. First, the game tapes are still covered by original stickers and still tightly sealed.
According to Heritage Auction, cartridge it was rated by experts and scored a score of 9.4 out of 10, it shows cartridge still in perfect condition.
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Second, the tapes being auctioned are market trial versions which were released in limited numbers for NES devices in the mid 1980s in New York and Los Angeles.
Thus, it seems indeed not strange if the game cassette has a fantastic price tag. Super Mario Bros is not the only Nintendo game title contested by collectors.
In 2014, a copy of the game Nintendo World Championship successfully sold at a price of 100,088 US dollars (Rp. 1.4 billion).
Same as Super Mario Bros, the reason for the high price of games is due to the limited amount of production.
Summarized KompasTekno from Mashable, Monday (07/13/2020), Nintendo World Championship has only 116 copies of the game since it was first created.
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