Heritage Auctions sells unopened 1996 Super Mario 64 game for $ 1.56 million

DALLAS – An unopened copy of Nintendo’s Super Mario 64 has been auctioned for $ 1.56 million.

Heritage Auctions in Dallas said the 1996 game sold out on Sunday, breaking its previous record price for the sale of a single video game.

A spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for information about the purchaser of the game.

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Super Mario 64 was the best-selling game on Nintendo 64 and the first to feature the character of Mario in 3D, the auction house said in a statement.

The sale follows an unopened copy of Nintendo’s The Legend of Zelda auctioned Friday for $ 870,000. Heritage video game specialist Valarie McLeckie said the auction house was shocked to see a game sell for over $ 1 million two days after the Zelda game broke its record.

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In April, the auction house sold an unopened copy of Super Mario Bros. from Nintendo, bought in 1986 and left in a desk drawer for $ 660,000.