80s and 90s kids are feeling the nostalgia right now…

In some wholesome and nostalgic news to start your Monday mornings, an unopened copy of Super Mario Bros (AKA one of the best games of all time) from 1985 has fetched a crazy price at auction, going for $550,000 USD ($867,000 AUD). The whopping amount beat out 12 other potential bidders, and consequently shattered the auction record for a video game, unsurprinsgly beating out a copy of Super Mario Bros. 3 from 1990.

Speaking on the process of selling the game, the original owner explained that it was bought as a Christmas gift, but get this, it sat in a bloody desk drawer for 35 years before they found it again, with the owner saying “It stayed in the bottom of my office desk this whole time since the day I bought it. I never thought anything about it.”

According to Heritage Auctions, the Dallas auction house that oversaw the sale, the copy of Super Mario Bros. was given a 9.6/A+ by video game grading company Wata, consequently making it the “finest copy known to have been professionally graded for auction.”

Speaking on the video game copy, Heritage said “As soon as this copy of Super Mario Bros. arrived at Heritage, we knew the market would find it just as sensational as we did.

“Even so, the degree to which this game was embraced outside the market has been nothing short of exceptional, and that aspect of this sale has certainly exceeded our expectations. Though, I suppose we can’t be too shocked; who doesn’t love Mario?”

Damn right. Check out some gameplay from the OG game below to relive your childhoods this Monday morning.