![]() Nintendo released “Super Mario 64” as one of the first games for its Nintendo 64 console in 1996. Previously, the record was held by a 1987 copy of “ The Legend of Zelda,” which sold for $870,000 earlier this month. ![]() An anonymous buyer scored the game for $1.56 million (including a 20 percent buyer’s premium) after 16 bids, reports the New York Times’ Neil Vigdor.Īccording to Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, the sale marks the first time in history that a video game has sold for more than $1 million. Per a statement, an unopened copy of the 1996 game “ Super Mario 64” smashed records on Sunday, becoming the most expensive video game ever sold at auction. Clad in bright red overalls and equipped with cheery catchphrases-not to mention startling agility-Mario has since become one of the most iconic video game characters of all time.Īs demonstrated last weekend, Nintendo’s beloved mascot also commands high prices. ![]() A 1996 copy of "Super Mario 64"-rated 9.8, or A++, on the Wata Scale-sold last Sunday for $1.56 million.ĭesigner Shigeru Miyamoto first dreamt up the character Mario, a mustachioed Italian plumber loosely based on Nintendo’s real-life landlord, in 1981. ![]()
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