Just days after an ultra-rare copy of The Legend of Zelda set the record for the most expensive video game sold at auction, we have a new game in the top spot. A sealed copy of Super Mario 64 sold for a whopping $1.56 million yesterday, easily surpassing the $870,000 sale of The Legend of Zelda. The entire three-day auction, held by Heritage, made more than $8.4 million, proving just how popular video games are. “After the record-breaking sale of the first game in the Zelda series on Friday, the possibility of surpassing $1 million on a single video game seemed like a goal that would need to wait for another auction,” Valarie McLeckie, Heritage’s video games specialist, said in a statement. “We were shocked to see that it turned out to be in the same one.” Heritage Auctions Released in 1996 as one of the marque games for the Nintendo 64, Super Mario 64 is a classic platformer and the first to feature Mario in 3D. It’s sold almost 12 million copies worldwide and remains one of the best Super Mario Bros. titles ever released. This particular copy is sealed and has never been played. Video game grading company WataGames gave it an A++ classification, which is the highest possible grade. “We are proud to have been a part of this historic event and look forward to being on the forefront of the video game hobby and serving such a dedicated collector community in the years to come,” McLeckie added.
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Just days after an ultra-rare copy of The Legend of Zelda set the record for the most expensive video game sold at auction, we have a new game in the top spot. A sealed copy of Super Mario 64 sold for a whopping $1.56 million yesterday, easily surpassing the $870,000 sale of The Legend of Zelda. The entire three-day auction, held by Heritage, made more than $8.4 million, proving just how popular video games are. “After the record-breaking sale of the first game in the Zelda series on Friday, the possibility of surpassing $1 million on a single video game seemed like a goal that would need to wait for another auction,” Valarie McLeckie, Heritage’s video games specialist, said in a statement. “We were shocked to see that it turned out to be in the same one.” Heritage Auctions Released in 1996 as one of the marque games for the Nintendo 64, Super Mario 64 is a classic platformer and the first to feature Mario in 3D. It’s sold almost 12 million copies worldwide and remains one of the best Super Mario Bros. titles ever released. This particular copy is sealed and has never been played. Video game grading company WataGames gave it an A++ classification, which is the highest possible grade. “We are proud to have been a part of this historic event and look forward to being on the forefront of the video game hobby and serving such a dedicated collector community in the years to come,” McLeckie added.
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Just days after an ultra-rare copy of The Legend of Zelda set the record for the most expensive video game sold at auction, we have a new game in the top spot. A sealed copy of Super Mario 64 sold for a whopping $1.56 million yesterday, easily surpassing the $870,000 sale of The Legend of Zelda. The entire three-day auction, held by Heritage, made more than $8.4 million, proving just how popular video games are.
“After the record-breaking sale of the first game in the Zelda series on Friday, the possibility of surpassing $1 million on a single video game seemed like a goal that would need to wait for another auction,” Valarie McLeckie, Heritage’s video games specialist, said in a statement. “We were shocked to see that it turned out to be in the same one.”
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Released in 1996 as one of the marque games for the Nintendo 64, Super Mario 64 is a classic platformer and the first to feature Mario in 3D. It’s sold almost 12 million copies worldwide and remains one of the best Super Mario Bros. titles ever released.
This particular copy is sealed and has never been played. Video game grading company WataGames gave it an A++ classification, which is the highest possible grade.
“We are proud to have been a part of this historic event and look forward to being on the forefront of the video game hobby and serving such a dedicated collector community in the years to come,” McLeckie added.
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