AR / ITEM / 00100433

Super Mario 64, Sealed, Wata 9.8 A++

Nintendo · Shigeru Miyamoto

The only factory-sealed Super Mario 64 graded Wata 9.8 A++, which in July 2021 became the first video game to sell for over $1 million.

Date
1996

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Record

Super Mario 64 launched with the Nintendo 64 in 1996. This sealed copy, the only one graded Wata 9.8 A++, sold in Heritage's first video game auction on 11 July 2021 for $1,560,000, breaking the record of $870,000 set two days earlier by a sealed Legend of Zelda.

Culture
Japanese
Origin
Japan

Provenance and history

  1. 1996

    Released for the Nintendo 64A

  2. 11 July 2021

    Sold at Heritage Auctions for $1,560,000A

    The first game sold at auction for over $1 million.

In the Tapestry

Created by
Shigeru MiyamotoAmedium confidence
Associated with
Super Mario 64A
Made by · 1996
NintendoA
Associated with · 2021
Heritage AuctionsA

Sources

  1. A

    Heritage Auctions, "'Super Mario 64' sells for $1.56 Million at Heritage Auctions, Shattering World Record for a Video Game"

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