Unopened Mario 64 cartridge sells for $1.56 million

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In case any of you have one of these lying around. lol. Crazy.

An unopened copy of Super Mario 64 sold for $1.56 million on Sunday, breaking the world record for most expensive video game auction, according to Dallas-based Heritage Auctions. The previous record was held by The Legend of Zelda, when an unopened copy of the game for the original Nintendo sold for $870,000 last Friday.

Super Mario 64 was released in 1996 for the Nintendo 64 game console, which was an enormous hit in the mid-90s. The game was billed as the first appearance of Mario in 3D, a huge deal at the time, as any millennial can probably tell you.

“It seems impossible to overstate the importance of this title, not only to the history of Mario and Nintendo, but to video games as a whole,” Heritage Auctions Video Games Specialist Valarie McLeckie said in a statement promoting the auction.

“This is Mario’s debut appearance in a 3D world, and it was the most popular—best-selling—video game for the N64,” McLeckie continued. “Considering this, and the fact that there are fewer than five sealed in this grade according to Wata, this copy is a true prize for any serious collector.”
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Super Mario 64 Cartridge Sells for World Record $1.56 Million (gizmodo.com)
 
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11 million copies sold and someone spent a Bugatti Veyron on one because it's still mint in package? What a world...
 
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I bet there are several more sealed copies out there in the childhood homes of rich kids.

Was friends with a rich kid growing up and I remember finding sealed games under his bed and in his closet. He had so many games he would go months or even years without opening them and often forget he even had them.

Wouldn't be surprised if his parents have some super valuable factory-sealed games boxed up somewhere.
 
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Aesius said:
I bet there are several more sealed copies out there in the childhood homes of rich kids.

Was friends with a rich kid growing up and I remember finding sealed games under his bed and in his closet. He had so many games he would go months or even years without opening them and often forget he even had them.

Wouldn't be surprised if his parents have some super valuable factory-sealed games boxed up somewhere.
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And the rich get richer.
 
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How is it verifiable that this is in fact factory sealed? Shrink wrap machines aren't that hard to get ahold of.
 
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