![]() ![]() That honor went to a rare, sealed copy of the original Super Mario Bros., also for the American NES, only three months ago. ![]() The world record for most expensive video game sold at auction has now been surpassed by a staggering amount, thanks to a sealed, "9.0"-rated copy of 1987's The Legend of Zelda.Ī boxed copy of the game's first printing on the American NES sold on Friday via Heritage Auctions at a staggering $870,000, soundly surpassing the previous gaming-auction high of $660,000. This copy of the N64 classic doesn't include any indication about being a special or rare print of the game rather, it comes with an uncommon Wata Games rating of 9.8 out of 10, making it as pristine a box of the 25-year-old game as you might ever find in the wild. Update, July 11: Two days after our original report went live, Heritage Auctions' latest slate of game-related auctions concluded with a staggering highlight: a boxed, sealed copy of Super Mario 64 selling for a new world-record auction bid of $1.56 million. on NES for free, it's available through the Nintendo Switch Online service along with its two NES sequels, plus Super Mario World and Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island.Aurich Lawson | Getty Images reader comments 143 with Nintendo World Championships, a cartridge made for a competition of the same name in 1990, has also eclipsed $100,000 at auction. Of course, Stadium Events is almost impossible to find in any condition as it was re-released in North America as World Class Track Meet and the first version fell into obscurity. Back in 2010, the extremely rare Stadium Events on NES sold for just over $41,000.Īt the time, it held the record for most expensive video game sale. The rare video game market has exploded over the last decade, with prices more than doubling on the top end. Bet the owners of the $100,000 one, which is an earlier printing, feel great today. just sold at auction for $114,000, which is a new record for the sale of a single game. ![]()
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