The high prices reflect a growing desire by collectors to drop large sums for classic video games, as pointed out by several U.S. Unopened Super Mario 64 Game From 1996 Sells at Auction for Record-Breaking 1.56 Million The cultural significance of this title and its importance to the history of video games is paramount.
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Last year, comparable games from the Super Mario series were sold at auction for $156,000 and $114,000 each. In April, Heritage Auctions had achieved a then-record price of $660,000 with a still unopened Super Mario Bros video game from 1985. Heritage Auctions called the sealed, early production copy of the game that introduced Link and Zelda to the world as "the apotheosis of rarity, cultural significance, and collection centerpieces." It was the first 3D adventure the popular character went on, and the condition of the game "is just so breathtaking that we're really at a loss."Ī few days before the Mario record, an original boxed copy of "The Legend of Zelda" game also fetched $870,000 at auction. "The cultural significance of this title and its importance to the history of video games is paramount," says the company. are any indication.Ī 25-year-old Super Mario 64 video game from 1996, still in its sealed cartridge, set a new record after netting $1.56 million at a weekend auction held by Heritage Auctions in Texas. If you bought video games when you were younger you might be sitting on a gold mine, if two recent auctions of mint-condition classic games in the U.S.
Heritage said the previous record had been set just two days earlier, when another Nintendo game, The Legend of Zelda, sold for 870,000. CNN Style reports that the record breaking sale was made by Dallas-based auction house Heritage. No matter how old you are, Mario will always have a special place in every gamer's heart. Super Mario 64 Sold at Auction, for a Record-Breaking 1.5 Million.
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