The most expensive video game in the world comes back from Nintendo

The value increase of video games does not seem to know any limits. Rare games are now traded for millions and straight Nintendo's works are very high in the course, as well as the new most expensive game of the world proves.

The crown that gives the title "expensive video game in the world" will be passed on again. However, only from a 3D plumber to a 2D plumber, because the throne climbs again Super Mario. After putting a rare variant of Super Mario 64 in July 2021, it is now a cartridge of the NES classic Super Mario Bros. of 1985 , which exceed the $ 1.56 million of the previous leader could.

The Rally Website offers share shares for collectibles and announced via Twitter that an anonymous buyer bought the game for the record amount of $ 2 million :

_Update from 12 July 2021: _

The most expensive game in the world is crowned - and overhauled by Super Mario

Even the entry-level bids for the sealed version of the NES classic were 6-digit and The Legend of Zelda from 1987 scratched at the end of the auction at the millions brand. But then, however, a super-mario game short time later exceeding a lot.

From the special "NES-R" variant of The Legend of Zelda only a few cartridges were produced in the few production months in 1987, which is why the well-preserved copy at an auction already started over 100.00 dollars. In the end, the contract went to a bid in the amount of 870,000 dollars , an absolute record amount.

Thus, the record was broken from April 2021, in which a rare version of Super Mario Bros. was bought for $ 660,000 , also at the online auction house Heritage Auctions.

Super Mario gets back the throne

A good two days after Zelda could secure the record as a most expensive video game at an auction, Super Mario came back, of course with an absolute classic of the series. The sealed version of Super Mario 64 was bought for incredible $ 1.56 million **. Currently, prices for rare video games and collecting cards are enormously exploded.

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Zelda-Game for $ 110,000 surfaced: "The Holy Grail of Games"

The prices of a blue mauritius do not achieve collectibles from the world of video games (yet), they are in no case stamps in terms of rarity. For example, a true rarity is a special cartridge of the original The Legend of Zelda from 1987.

Of course, it is not some cartridge of the first The Legend of Zelda on the year 1987. Currently, the website Heritage Auctions is an extremely rare version of the debut of LINK. Before you turn the mattress and to count the mattress, The current bid is 110,000 dollars and the auction goes until July 9, 2021. Maybe you'd rather look under the couch after a little change.

Not any Zelda game

The Legend of Zelda appeared in 1986 in Japan and a year later in Europe. The version, which is currently auctioned at Heritage Auctions, carries the addition "NES-R" and was produced only a few months at the end of 1987 until they then from the "Rev A" - Version ** has been replaced. Cartridge is so rare that the online auction house assumes to have never offered such a version of this game and does not rely on it to be able to recover it in the next few years.

Heritage Auctions calls the "NES-R" cartridge one _ "Holy Grail under Games" _ and emphasizes in addition to the rarity also the video game cultural meaning.

It's still rarer

To be worth the millions, as there are some stamps, it needs a little more. Maybe it creates another variant of the Zelda Cartridge. According to Heritage Auctions, there is only a sealed copy from the "NES TM" variant . This variant is the first production of The Legend of Zelda.

But it is still a good deal to the stamps. Only in June 2021 was a red mauritius for 8.1 million euros. The stamp had 140 years more time to win in rarity and become a coveted collector's item. However, The Legend of Zelda is already sought after, because after all, someone is ready to pay $ 110,000. Incidentally, the bid still comes to a surcharge of 20 percent above - just so for your calculation know.