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This handout image obtained July 11, 2021, courtesy of Heritage Auctions shows the Super Mario 64 Game Cartridge. - A cartridge of Nintendo’s classic video game “Super Mario 64” set a world record on July 11, 2021, selling at auction for $1.56 million. 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. Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, which handled both sales, has not identified the buyers. (Photo by Handout / Heritage Auctions / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO /HERITAGE AUCTIONS/HANDOUT " - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / to go with afp story -"‘Super Mario’ cartridge sold for video game record $1.5 million “

A 25-year-old copy ofSuper Mario 64in near-perfect condition sold at auction for more than $1 million on Sunday, shattering a record set just two days earlier.

The sealed 1996 game — which marked the first time the iconic Nintendo mascot Mario was rendered in 3D — sold for a whopping $1.56 million, breaking the previous record price for the sale of a single video game, theAssociated Pressreported.

Heritage Auctions, which sold off the game,said it was up for grabsfrom Friday to Sunday, and received 16 bids.

“Well — we’re a bit speechless on this one. What can we even say that would do this copy the justice it deserves?” the auction house said. “The cultural significance of this title and its importance to the history of video games is paramount, and the condition of this copy is just so breathtaking that we’re really at a loss here.”

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According to Heritage, the game is the highest graded copy ofSuper Mario 64, which it deemed the single best-selling game on the Nintendo 64. Its cover features Mario flying high above the clouds as Princess Peach’s castle and an angry Goomba lurk below.

The winning bid broke the previous record, which had been set just two days before, when an unopened copy of Nintendo’sThe Legend of Zeldasold at auction for $870,000 on Friday, according toHeritage.

“After the record-breaking sale of the first game in the Zelda series on Friday, the possibility of surpassing $1 million on a single video game seemed like a goal that would need to wait for another auction,” Heritage Auctions video games specialist Valarie McLeckie said in a statement, according to theCNN. “We were shocked to see that it turned out to be in the same one! We are proud to have been a part of this historic event.”

source: people.com