​First track from a video game entered into the US Library of Congress

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The first ever track from a video game has been entered into the US Library of Congress along with 24 more pieces of music and historic artefacts.

The original 1985 Super Mario Bros theme tune was declared one of the “defining sounds of the nation’s history and culture”, and has been placed into the US national recording registry in Washington D.C.

It marks the first time a video game theme tune has ever entered the historic research library, which collects a number of…