вЂњSuper Mario 64вЂќ marked a watershed moment for gaming, as MarioвЂ™s on-screen world received an immersive upgrade. Nintendo has since sold about 12 million copies of вЂњSuper Mario 64,вЂќ writes Sanj Atwal for Guinness World Records. At the time, the game sold for about $60, per the Times. Nintendo released вЂњSuper Mario 64вЂќ as one of the first games for its Nintendo 64 console in 1996. Previously, the record was held by a 1987 copy of вЂњ The Legend of Zelda,вЂќ which sold for $870,000 earlier this month. An anonymous buyer scored the game for $1.56 million (including a 20 percent buyerвЂ™s premium) after 16 bids, reports the New York TimesвЂ™ Neil Vigdor.ДЄccording to Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, the sale marks the first time in history that a video game has sold for more than $1 million. Per a statement, an unopened copy of the 1996 game вЂњ Super Mario 64вЂќ smashed records on Sunday, becoming the most expensive video game ever sold at auction. Clad in bright red overalls and equipped with cheery catchphrases-not to mention startling agility-Mario has since become one of the most iconic video game characters of all time.ДЄs demonstrated last weekend, NintendoвЂ™s beloved mascot also commands high prices. 'I never thought anything about it.A 1996 copy of 'Super Mario 64'-rated 9.8, or A++, on the Wata Scale-sold last Sunday for $1.56 million.Дesigner Shigeru Miyamoto first dreamt up the character Mario, a mustachioed Italian plumber loosely based on NintendoвЂ™s real-life landlord, in 1981. 'It stayed in the bottom of my office desk this whole time since the day I bought it,' said the seller, who asked not to be identified.

It was then discovered earlier this year. Heritage Auctions said the game was bought in late 1986 as a Christmas gift but ended up inside a desk drawer, where it remained untouched for 35 years. Never say never, but there's a good chance it can't be done.' Since the production window for this copy and others like it was so short, finding another copy from this same production run in similar condition would be akin to looking for a single drop of water in an ocean. 'By early 1987, Nintendo was producing a version that had another new variation to their original packaging (an additional 'code'). 'This particular copy was produced in late 1986, and it was one of the earliest copies produced that had plastic shrink wrap, rather than sticker seal,' Heritage Auctions video games director Valarie McLeckie said.

That means this copy of the game can be dated to some point between late 1986 and the beginning of 1987 - a short production run indeed. Nintendo added the trademark symbol to the NES on its game boxes by the beginning of 1987. The nationwide US release for the NES came in mid-to-late 1986, and black box games distributed for that release did not have the 'Game Pak NES-GP' code. ever produced, and its window of production was remarkably short, Heritage Auctions said. so valuable? It's only the fourth version of Super Mario Bros. So why is this particular copy of Super Mario Bros. Wata 9.6 A+ Sealed, NES Nintendo 1985 USA'.

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