'Super Mario 64' Sold at Auction, for a Record-Breaking $1.5 Million.<br />'Super Mario 64' Sold at Auction, for a Record-Breaking $1.5 Million.<br />'Super Mario 64' Sold at Auction, for a Record-Breaking $1.5 Million.<br />CNN Style reports that the record <br />breaking sale was made by <br />Dallas-based auction house Heritage.<br />Heritage said the previous record had been set just two days earlier, when another Nintendo game, 'The Legend of Zelda,' sold for $870,000.<br />'Super Mario 64' was originally released in 1996.<br />After the record-breaking sale <br />of the first game in the Zelda <br />series on Friday, the possibility <br />of surpassing $1 million on <br />a single video game seemed <br />like a goal that would need <br />to wait for another auction, Valarie McLeckie, Heritage Auctions video games specialist, via CNN Style.<br />We were shocked to see that it <br />turned out to be in the same one! <br />We are proud to have been <br />a part of this historic event, Valarie McLeckie, Heritage Auctions video games specialist, via CNN Style.<br />The game that was sold was still sealed.<br />Video game grading company WataGames gave the pristine copy the highest A++ grade.
