Got a tip? Contact Insider senior correspondent Ben Gilbert via email ( or Twitter DM ( We can keep sources anonymous. "But that's not exactly true: There were two people willing to pay that, because there needs to be an underbidder to push the winning bidder." 'Super Mario 64' Auctions For 1. "People say, 'I can't believe that there was somebody out there who wanted to pay that much for this," Sabga said. And prices are unlikely to top out at $1.56 million as more Millennials get older and have more expendable income. And back in April, Heritage Auctions sold an. Millennials who grew up playing the Super Nintendo and Nintendo 64, he said, are the prime new market. Watch on Just two days before the Super Mario 64 sale, a copy of Nintendos The Legend of Zelda broke records when it was sold at auction for 870,000. They love the idea of having essentially a pristine copy of their favorite game that has cultural significance." The auction house said there were 'fewer than five' copies in such good condition. The 1996 cartridge was a launch title for the Nintendo 64 console, and was one of the most influential early 3D platformers. 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. "I think what you're seeing now is a lot of these people who are coming of age, and have made substantial amounts of money, and are just very passionate about this stuff. A sealed copy of video game Super Mario 64 has sold at auction for more than 1.5m (£1.1m), shattering records. A cartridge of Nintendo's classic video game 'Super Mario 64' set a world record Sunday, selling at auction for 1.56 million. "It's unique starting with this generation," Sabga said.
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