Super Mario 64 Cartridge Sells at Auction for $1.5 Million

Image of the cartridge. Provided by Heritage Auctions

Today, it was announced that a sealed copy of Super Mario 64 has sold for $1.5 million at an auction. Beating the previous record, set just 2 days prior, of The Legend of Zelda for NES, which was sold for $870,000. The auction was held by Heritage Auctions which reported that the sealed copy sold for an insane $1,560,000.

The cartridge was a 1996 USA version of Super Mario 64, which was graded at A++ quality. Now I know some of you may be thinking to yourselves, "who is going to be paying $1.5 million for a video game?". But to put it into perspective, Super Mario 64 was a defining video game for most millennials' childhoods, the game was also the top selling title that was offered for the Nintendo 64 video game console. The game was also the first time players could experience the mystical Mario world in 3D.

Regardless, the amount that this game sold for is still insane and way higher then similar items we have seen sold in the past. It also appears that the value for very high-quality retro-style game cartridges has been growing exponentially in the past few years. My best bet is that with anything nowadays, Covid-19 increased interest in video games, bringing a lot of adults who now have more time on their hands, to reminisce in their childhood memories and seek out those games that they once held so dear.

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