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

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.

being the “3 Code” variant) that were produced within the span of one year. There are four sub-variants of the plastic sealed cardboard hangtab box (this particular copy of Super Mario Bros. This rendered the functionality of the cardboard hangtab completely useless, since it was under the plastic seal. Strangely, the addition of the plastic wrap came before the box cutting die was altered to remove the cardboard hangtab. As Nintendo began to further establish their company in the US, their packaging was updated almost continuously. Cardboard hangtabs were originally used on the US test market copies of black box games, back before plastic was used to seal each game. What’s the deal with cardboard hangtabs? one may, understandably, wonder. Here’s Heritage with a neat explanation of the so-called cardboard hangtab that makes this unit so rare: It’s also a particular version of the US retail edition, which went through quite a few iterations over time. What makes this particular version so coveted? Well, it’s graded at a 9.4 out of 10, which means it’s in near-perfect condition, with everything sealed in the original packaging. Bet the owners of the $100,000 one, which is an earlier printing, feel great today. just sold at auction for $114,000, which is a new record for the sale of a single game.

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