超级马里奥兄弟在发行35年后不断打破纪录。一款1985年美国版游戏的复制品刚刚在传统拍卖会上以11.4万美元的价格成交，打破了《超级马里奥兄弟》（Super Mario Bros.）复制品在去年拍卖会上以100.15万美元的价格创下的纪录。

据游戏收藏家兼记者克里斯科勒（chriskohler）称，这是迄今为止最昂贵的游戏。

是什么让这个特别的版本如此令人垂涎？好吧，它的评分是9.4分10分，这意味着它处于近乎完美的状态，所有东西都密封在原包装中。它也是美国零售版的一个特殊版本，随着时间的推移，它经历了相当多的迭代。下面是一个关于所谓的纸板吊牌的简洁解释，这使得这个单元如此罕见：

What’s the deal with cardboard hangtabs? one may, understandably, wonder. Cardboard hangtabs were originally used on the US test market copies of black box games, back before plastic was used to seal each game. As Nintendo began to further establish their company in the US, their packaging was updated almost continuously. Strangely, the addition of the plastic wrap came before the box cutting die was altered to remove the cardboard hangtab. This rendered the functionality of the cardboard hangtab completely useless, since it was under the plastic seal.

There are four sub-variants of the plastic sealed cardboard hangtab box (this particular copy of Super Mario Bros. being the “3 Code” variant) that were produced within the span of one year. Each sub-variant of the cardboard hangtab black box, produced within that timeframe, had a production period of just a few months; a drop in the bucket compared to the title’s overall production run.

In short, a cardboard hangtab copy of any early Nintendo Entertainment System game brings a certain air of “vintage” unrivaled by its successors.

Heritage还从游戏的价值和怀旧因素方面勾勒出了更广阔的图景：它是有史以来原NES游戏机上销量最高的游戏，此外还是超级马里奥兄弟系列的第一款入门游戏，标志着系列反派Bowser的首次亮相。

然而，为什么在所有物品中，这件价值11.4万美元？我们不能完全确定，因为拍卖的获胜者仍然是匿名的。通常，这些买家，通常非常富有，喜欢保持这种方式。也就是说，一个有钱人和一个致力于打造最稀有的任天堂或电子游戏系列的人，会想把这样的东西放在书架上（或者用玻璃或保险箱封起来），这当然是可信的。