Comics & Comic Art event July 10, according to a news release from Heritage Auctions.The anonymous bidder snagged an early version of the pioneering Super Mario Bros.
game released in 1985 for Nintendo's NES console during an auction conducted Friday by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.Heritage Auctions' previous record amount for a video game was a $100,150 bid made early last year for an unopened copy of the same game, the news release continued."The demand for this game was extremely high, and if any lot in the sale could hit a number like that, it was going to be this one," Heritage Auctions Video Games Director Valarie McLeckie said.