cartridge: it went for $660,000 (roughly Rs. Before Friday, the record for a video game auction was the sale in April of a 1986 Super Mario Bros. The game was the 'masterpiece' in a sale of 443 lots that runs until Sunday, Eric Bradley, a spokesperson for the Dallas-based company, told AFP.ĭallas-based Heritage Auctions, which handled both sales, has not identified the buyers.

The cartridge, dated to 1987, was still in its original packaging.īlending adventure, action, and exploration in a magical universe, Zelda is one of the most significant titles in the history of video games and one of Nintendo's best-known series. 7.4 crores), 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 (roughly Rs. The sale, the first-ever of a game cartridge to surpass $1 million (roughly Rs.

A cartridge of Nintendo's classic video game 'Super Mario 64' set a world record Sunday, selling at auction for $1.56 million (roughly Rs.

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