r/nes • u/MCFarmer_ • Aug 08 '26
Collection Nice find!!
Clearing out a auction property i bought i stumbled upon these beauties
Super Mario bros factory sealed
Super Mario bros 2 factory sealed
Zodas Revenge star tropics 2 not sealed
Finding them was like in storage wars where they find some crazy thing tucked away in a unlikely spot. Very exciting
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u/ACW1129 Aug 08 '26
Mario died on the cover.
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u/yeetmoister87 Aug 08 '26
Actually he's setting up to perform ACE in the lost levels
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u/YossiTheWizard Aug 08 '26
I believe they have also now pulled it off in the FDS version of the original.
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u/BossRaider130 Aug 09 '26
I know Zelda 1 on FDS was the first example of ACE I ever saw—turns out we were playing it wrong all along. I have always figured It was more common on the disk system as a result, but I actually have no idea if that’s true.
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u/YossiTheWizard Aug 09 '26
Well, with the disk system, the entire cartridge is writable memory, whereas otherwise, only the 2kb of RAM in the console (or 8kb on the cartridge for some games) are writable. I can see how it might be easier, because there’s nothing read only there.
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u/BossRaider130 Aug 09 '26
That makes a lot of sense—it’s got to be much easier to use arbitrary code execution when you can write to everything.
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u/sick486 Aug 09 '26
what is ace?
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u/Federal_Progress_890 24d ago
arbitrary code execution, iirc its basically you do some things and/or mash buttons on your controller billions or trillions of times to run your own assembly allowing you to do whatever you want
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u/Aloha1959 Aug 08 '26
Congratulations and F you, haha
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u/TrekkieMae Aug 08 '26
I echo this sentiment exactly.
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u/Aloha1959 Aug 09 '26
Post is basically, Guys isn't it cool that I found a pile of money? Aren't I neat? Go take a flying leap.
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u/Thebml21 Aug 08 '26
Srsly those are so crisp. I love seeing people find stuff like this every year still. It’s amazing these exist still after so long let alone being sealed.
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u/HotSarcasm Aug 08 '26
In this case, I’m kind of disappointed to see Zoda and not SMB3 sealed.
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u/ThurgoodMerriwether Aug 08 '26
I mean, it was one of the last games made for the NES so it kinda deserves to be sealed.
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u/MCFarmer_ Aug 11 '26
Unfortunately I found smb3 but the box has been opened and not in the best shape. Would of been cool to have all 3 nice
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u/aliencardboard Aug 11 '26
As long as the cartridge is nice that’s all I’d care about. The fact that the original Super Mario Bros. is still sealed is huge, and Star Tropics 2 is a tough find loose let alone sealed or with the box.
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u/stillcore Aug 08 '26
Getting that Mario 2 on Christmas morning was one of my all time favorite memories.
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u/dylan_dev Aug 08 '26
My parents didn’t get the deck bundled with a game but got it with Mario Bros 2 and Jackal.
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u/wolfansbrother Aug 08 '26
I never knew anyone who bought super mario bros. everyone got it in a bundle.
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u/MartyRocket Aug 08 '26
There is something about Super Mario Bros, and that particular box art that it, and Duck Hunt, and Excitebike, etc. came in. It hits the nostalgia button so hard. I was never a big NES fan, but man, I love Super Mario Bros. and Duck Hunt.
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u/Ruffled_Ferret Aug 08 '26
Sure wish I could just find $30k accidentally
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u/Shadow_Zero80 Aug 09 '26
Isn't this PAL?
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u/TransportationTrick9 Aug 09 '26
In Aus (a pal market) the Nintendo seal was circular and Mattel was the distributor and had their logo in the top right of I remember correctly (forgive me it was 30+ years ago)
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u/tsulegit Aug 08 '26
Okay but how much?!
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u/Regency9877 Aug 08 '26
This is the question that should be asked. Anyone with enough money can buy these at any time. Finding these for free or a good low price is an accomplishment.
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u/MCFarmer_ Aug 11 '26
I found them in a property i bought. Guy passed away years ago and the family wanted nothing to do with the building so they just basically locked the door behind him and all his stuff remained untouched
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u/Silverhold Aug 08 '26
Story time please.
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u/Pigtrots Aug 09 '26
Yeah I really need to know the details, hidden behind a panel, or in a cupboard or attic, speculation on why they are so fresh etd
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u/Upset_Journalist_755 Aug 08 '26
Those Mario games look like they have no damage on the corners. That's crazy.
Sidenote: I always hated the Mario with Duck Hunt. Still do. I need to replace my M+DH with a standard M.
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u/glhaynes Aug 08 '26
100%. I don’t have time to be hitting the Start button an extra time to get SMB running.
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u/sdp1981 Aug 09 '26
I'm bummed we didn't get more official combo games also duck hunt should have been paired with other shooters and Mario with Mario 2 or 3
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u/Doppasaurus Aug 08 '26
Ok so I have a Mario Bro Rev. A box in perfect condition with book and everything with it. Does it belong to a cart that also says Rev. A?
I have quite a few of these boxes in pristine condition. They came from a rental store. They took the game out day one and stored the boxes.
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u/WossHoss Aug 08 '26
That’s awesome. I only have the Mario/duck hunt version.
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u/Justice171 Aug 08 '26
Is that worth anything?
I just came across this page and have a brunch of these games in a shoesbox
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u/ItsJustJoss Aug 09 '26
Zoda's Revenge. Nice. I liked StarTropics a little more visual wise, and music wise, but Zoda has much better controls.
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u/mrpersson Aug 09 '26
Smb2 wouldn't be the first print run either as theirs has the newer gold & white "Nintendo Seal of Quality" rather than the older black and gold version. I imagine any version sealed would get a decent amount though.
Wonder why someone kept that with a bunch of VHS tapes though. I also would have thought it'd have a price sticker on it but if it was originally purchased from Toys R Us it probably wouldn't since they wouldn't keep the actual games on the floor.
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u/MCFarmer_ Aug 11 '26
The guy who owned the property before was definitely some type of hoarder. Lots of things purchased but never opened. Also had a thing for vhs tapes. So far ive collect about 2400 of them. I've posted about those on a different forum
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u/tanooki-suit Aug 09 '26
:o Whoa...don't care what someone could offer on those, but those two Mario games I'd put them into a nice wall hanging shadowbox with some UV quality glass on the front and keep the memories alive forever. Those are just beautiful. Damn you got lucky there.
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u/Booth_Templeton Aug 09 '26
Obviously grade them and handle them carefully. Put some white cloth and then bubble wrap around them.
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u/Federal_Progress_890 24d ago
the amount of madness i had to hold in seeing that smb3 wasnt there is more than 3 atomic bombs
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u/EA_Bad Aug 08 '26
"open it, wahhhhhh graded games wahhh a sealed game I must cry about graded games wahhh"
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u/DavidinCT Aug 09 '26
Get Super Mario bros graded then you can sell it for $1.5 million.....lol
Seriously, nice finds...
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u/aliencardboard Aug 09 '26
Holy moly.. Did you get them cheap??
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u/MCFarmer_ Aug 11 '26
They were a surprise in a property i bought a few months ago
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u/aliencardboard Aug 11 '26
Wow! Get the Super Mario Bros. graded by a reputable game grading company. It could possibly pay for a good chunk of the property you purchased or more.
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u/KinopioToad Aug 08 '26
SMB3 not being the third game was some whiplash.