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Vintage video games, from Zelda to Super Mario Bros, hit auction

Dallas’ Heritage Auctions will showcase rare items in a two-day sale next week.

Collectors of vintage video games are in for a treat: A selection of 80′s and 90′s classic titles is set for auction this week in Dallas.

Dallas-based Heritage Auctions will host a two-day sale on Aug. 23 and 24 featuring rare video games.

The auction house will offer titles owned by two brothers who collected the most popular titles and did not break their seals.

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The two-day event will showcase collectibles from the Dallas-Fort Worth Collection, which includes a sealed first copy of 1987′s The Legend of Zelda and the true first print of 1985′s Super Mario Bros.

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Super Mario Bros CGC 9.0 CIB Dallas-Forth Worth Collection.
Super Mario Bros CGC 9.0 CIB Dallas-Forth Worth Collection.(Matt Roppolo / HA.com)

“This recently discovered Dallas-Fort Worth Collection needs little introduction,” said Valarie Spiegel, Heritage’s managing director of video games, in a news release. “While other pieces from the collection will be featured in future Heritage sales, this auction showcases its most prized items.”

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According to the release, the first production unmatched copy of 1987′s Metroid is also a desirable piece. “The chance to acquire a sealed hangtab variant of Metroid, especially one in such outstanding condition, is extremely rare and likely won’t come around again any time soon,” Spiegel said.

Along with more than 30 titles from the Dallas-Fort Worth Collection, hundreds of game titles from other collections and significant lots of the video-gaming world are included.

The relic from the failed collaboration between Sony and Nintendo, the Nintendo Playstation SNES Prototype Controller, will be on auction as well. It’s one of the last remaining original 200 units, which were reportedly destroyed.

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