Early Nintendo Games Certified by CGC Video Games Highlight Heritage Sale

Leading the CGC-certified games is a sealed "black box" Super Mario Bros. graded CGC 9.4 A+.

Posted on: 5/16/2023

Dozens of classic video games from Nintendo certified by CGC Video Games™ are being offered in an ongoing Heritage Auctions sale. Online bidding is already underway for Heritage’s Nintendo 8 to 64-Bit Video Games Showcase Auction, which is set to end on May 25, 2023.

A sealed Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System (1989) graded CGC 9.4 A+ (lot 80082) was leading the CGC-certified items in the auction, with bidding already over $4,000 more than a week before the sale. A sealed copy of the standalone Super Mario Bros. title is exceptionally rare, because most copies of Super Mario Bros. for the NES were either included as a pack-in cartridge with the Nintendo Entertainment System itself, or as a dual-package along with Duck Hunt. Click here to learn more about Super Mario Bros. “black box” variant.

Other CGC-certified highlights in the auction include:

  • a sealed Super Mario Bros. for the Nintendo Entertainment System (1989) graded CGC 8.5 A+ (lot 80083)
  • a sealed Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters for the Nintendo Entertainment System (1994) graded CGC 9.8 A+ and pedigreed to the Mark Freedman Collection (lot 80095)
  • a sealed Super Mario Bros. 2 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (1988) graded CGC 9.6 A+ (lot 80084)
  • a sealed Bionic Commando for the Nintendo Entertainment System (1988) graded CGC 9.4 A+ (lot 80015)
  • a sealed Action 52 for the Nintendo Entertainment System (1991) graded CGC 9.6 A+ (lot 80005)
  • a Nintendo Power #1 (Nintendo of America, Inc.; July-August 1988) graded CGC 7.0 (lot 80119)
  • a sealed Kiwi Kraze for the Nintendo Entertainment System (1991) graded CGC 9.6 A+ (lot 80048)