eleased by Nintendo in October 1985 as a launch title for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Mario Bros. is the canonical Black Box title and the platformer that re-established the home video game medium after the 1983 crash. Eight worlds, hidden warp zones, and the introduction of Mario's defining moveset shaped the entire commercial trajectory of the post-crash market.
Black Box first prints of Super Mario Bros. are the apex of vintage console collecting at the affordable end of the WATA grading scale. Matte cardboard, no hangtab, round Nintendo Seal of Quality — three checks identify a 1985 launch-window first print. Sealed WATA 9.4 A+ trades in the $35,000–60,000 band; the population at 9.6+ is small enough that records (the 2021 $660,000 private sale) are functions of a single grade-tier jump.
