'Super Mario' cartridge sold for video game record US$1.5mil


A "Super Mario 64" game cartridge sold for a record RM6.54mil, the first ever of a game cartridge to surpass US$1mil (RM4.19mil). — by Heritage Auctions/AFP

A cartridge of Nintendo's classic video game "Super Mario 64" set a world record Sunday, selling at auction for US$1.56mil (RM6.54mil).

The sale, the first ever of a game cartridge to surpass US$1mil (RM4.19mil), 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 US$870,000 (RM3.64mil).

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