> See, back when the video game market was still considered to be a commercial wasteland, Nintendo decided to host “test launch” events for the NES in New York and Los Angeles. Basically, they wanted to see how the console would perform in those markets before expanding their release strategy. For those events, they manufactured a few thousand “special copies” of Super Mario Bros. What made them so special? Well, they were sealed with a sticker rather than plastic shrink wrap. Seriously…that’s pretty much it.
> As it turns out, that sticker is a pretty big deal among collectors. The only known still-sealed copy of the “test launch” version of Super Mario Bros. sold for $140,000 in 2019, and some suspect the game could go for close to $1,000,000 if it was sold on the current market.
I'm referring to the copy that sold for $2 million in August which is not from the test launch as it's plastic shrink wrap sealed and not sticker sealed.
For anyone else wondering, from [1]:
> See, back when the video game market was still considered to be a commercial wasteland, Nintendo decided to host “test launch” events for the NES in New York and Los Angeles. Basically, they wanted to see how the console would perform in those markets before expanding their release strategy. For those events, they manufactured a few thousand “special copies” of Super Mario Bros. What made them so special? Well, they were sealed with a sticker rather than plastic shrink wrap. Seriously…that’s pretty much it.
> As it turns out, that sticker is a pretty big deal among collectors. The only known still-sealed copy of the “test launch” version of Super Mario Bros. sold for $140,000 in 2019, and some suspect the game could go for close to $1,000,000 if it was sold on the current market.
[1] https://www.denofgeek.com/games/rarest-most-valuable-nes-gam...
I'm referring to the copy that sold for $2 million in August which is not from the test launch as it's plastic shrink wrap sealed and not sticker sealed.
Those are part of what is probably a huge scam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvLFEh7V18A
Well at least it’s not a NFT, and has a nice wooden case.
On the other hand they spent more on this than my car or home.