Rare Nintendo game “Zelda” sold for over $ 100,000 at auction

It certainly counts as a high score.

While “Super Mario Brothers” is arguably the most famous game for the original Nintendo entertainment system, “The Legend of Zelda” was also very popular. Many people who grew up in the 80s probably remember owning the shiny gold cartridge.

It may be surprising that some versions of this game are actually incredibly rare and worth a lot of money.

The online auction site Heritage Auctions launched its first video game auction with a sealed copy of “The Legend of Zelda”. This particular copy is from one of the game’s early production runs and the current bid at the time of writing is $ 110,000.

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The original game box was apparently never opened and was placed in another sealed plastic container. It has a rating of 9.0 from Wata Games, one of the top gaming rating companies.

While finding used copies of “The Legend of Zelda” isn’t particularly difficult, this version comes from an early production run. The auction description says “No Rev-A, Round SOQ”, which is probably confusing for people who don’t know the history of video games.

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According to Wata Games, the first production Nintendo games were made on cartridges connected to five screws, but were eventually updated with a new three-screw design. To mark the new cartridge design, Nintendo would put the code “Rev-A” on the box, which means that a box without this code has one of the early cartridge models. “SOQ” stands for “Seal of Quality,” which was another label Nintendo would put on the boxes.

Early sets carried a round seal of quality, while later sets carried an oval seal.

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Although this particular game is not from the first production series of “The Legend of Zelda”, only a single copy of this series still exists. This version, from a production run that would have taken place in 1987, is considered one of the first known sealed copies of the game.

In a press release, Valarie McLeckie, Director of Video Games at Heritage Auctions, said: “The Legend of Zelda marks the beginning of one of video game’s most important sagas; its historical significance cannot be underestimated. production series we have ever offered in a sealed condition, and may very well be the only one we have ever offered in this elite conservation level for many years, and its rarity is greater than any sealed game we have. have proposed so far, it is a true collector’s item. “