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'Super Mario' cartridge sold for video game record $1.5 million

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Agence France-Presse

<p>WASHINGTON - A cartridge of Nintendo&#x27;s classic video game &quot;Super Mario 64&quot; set a world record Sunday, selling at auction for $1.56 million. </p><p>The sale, the first ever of a game cartridge to surpass $1 million, came just two days after a sealed copy of &quot;The Legend of Zelda&quot; -- made for the old Nintendo NES console -- sold for a then-record of $870,000. </p><p>Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, which handled both sales, has not identified the buyers. Before Friday, the record for a video game auction was the sale in April of a 1986 &quot;Super Mario Bros.&quot; cartridge: it went for $660,000. </p><p>Retro video games have become increasingly popular among nostalgic collectors in recent years, driving up prices for old-school consoles and cartridges at auctions.</p><p>The past year has seen record prices not only for video games but also for Pokemon cards and for the digital collectibles known as NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens).</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/life/03/18/21/super-mario-leaps-into-real-world-in-universal-studios-park-launch">&#x27;Super Mario&#x27; leaps into real world in Universal Studios park launch</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/07/21/nintendo-unveils-new-switch-game-console">Nintendo unveils new Switch game console</a></li></ul><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1725126" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>The sale, the first ever of a game cartridge to surpass $1 million, came just two days after a sealed copy of "The Legend of Zelda" -- made for the old Nintendo NES console -- sold for a then-record of $870,000. </p><p> </p>

The sale, the first ever of a game cartridge to surpass $1 million, came just two days after a sealed copy of "The Legend of Zelda" -- made for the old Nintendo NES console -- sold for a then-record of $870,000.