And with two of the founding members of the original Super Smash Bros. With three video game auction records all set within a four-month span, nostalgia-minded investors appear to be dialing in on the real-world value that retro cartridges can carry as high-grade collectibles. Not too shabby a return for a hard-working plumber, eh? Also hosted at Heritage Auctions, Mario’s classic platformer sold for an incredible $1.56 million, including fees. Just two days after Zelda sent prices soaring link Link on a high-flying sailcloth ride, a sealed copy of Super Mario 64, the 1996 hit that took 3D-camera gaming mainstream on the Nintendo 64, ground-pounded the short-lived record right into the dust. for the NES, which (via CNN) collected $660,000 coins at auction back in April.īut it didn’t take Mario long to power up and get back in the game. Link’s original Nintendo outing scooped up far more rupees than the previous record holder: a copy of Super Mario Bros. On July 9, a sealed copy of The Legend of Zelda for the NES shattered previous auction records by fielding an incredible $870,000 through a sale presided over by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions.
In the span of just two days, Zelda and Mario joined forces to bring a one-two wallop to the auction block, fetching consecutive world record prices for a pair of pristine copies of retro gaming cartridges. Old-school Nintendo power lit up the global auction market for video games over the weekend.
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