This particular version of the game first went on sale in 1986, but Nintendo changed the packaging in early 1987, so only a relatively small number were sold. It is also one of the earliest copies of the game to be shrink wrapped instead of having a sticker seal, according to the auction company. The unopened game was professionally graded by WataGames and had a score of 9.6/A+, according to the news release, which called it "the finest copy known to have been professionally graded for auction." "It stayed in the bottom of my office desk this whole time since the day I bought it," said the unidentified seller in the release. The Dallas-based auction company said the NES cartridge was purchased as a Christmas gift in 1986, and was untouched until the seller found it earlier this year. It's the most ever paid for a video game, according to a news release from Heritage Auctions, which ran the sale. sold at auction on Friday for a whopping US$660,000. After being forgotten in a desk drawer for almost 35 years, a sealed copy of the Nintendo video game Super Mario Bros.
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