What is the most expensive video game in history?

Ground Report | New Delhi: What is the most expensive video game; In recent years, classic video games and consoles have risen in value exponentially, because they are increasingly scarce and many people are taking advantage of adulthood to buy what was not possible during their childhood or adolescence.

However, there is another level of acquisitions that are only available to very few pockets, as an example, at the beginning of this year, a copy of the game Super Mario Bros for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is almost optimal state was sold for 660 thousand dollars .

Three months later it was the turn of The Legend Of Zelda, which was released in 1987 and broke a record on Friday, July 9, 2021, which was sold for $ 870,000 in an online auction.

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Both articles were rated by WataGames, an organization that is dedicated to rating classic video games based on their physical conditions and The Legend of Zelda received 9.0, while Super Mario Bros 9.6.

What is most expensive video game

The Legend of Zelda cartridge achieved a higher value because it is the only copy of an initial production batch that Heritage Auctions has been able to auction, according to what was mentioned in the Hypertext portal: A sealed copy of "The Legend of Zelda" for NES breaks the record for the most expensive game ever.

For its part, the Notipress agency highlights that Heritage Auctions on its official website stated that the copies of The Legend Of Zelda that it auctioned in the past cannot even match the No Rev-A version of the title. Its initial production status gives it added value for fans of the fourth most valuable franchise of the Japanese firm after Mario Bros, Donkey Kong and Kirby.

In the article titled: The Legend Of Zelda for NES becomes the most expensive game in history, it is added that there are more collectibles and rare editions as far as video games are concerned, they have been able to reach truly stratospheric figures, including Gamma Attack. for the Atari 2600 it is one of the most difficult games to find, which makes it one of the most expensive in history. The game created by a short-lived studio called Gammation Products, only made games for the Atari 2600 and Gamma Attack was one of them. The title is valued at $ 500,000 and was listed on the eBay online store in 2008.

While Heritage sold a copy of Zelda in September 2020 for $50,400 and another in April 2021 for $38,400, the oneon auction this week was in a category all its own, the company said in the product description. 'While it is a hard truth, it is a truth nonetheless — none of the copies we've offered of this title previously could even attempt to hold a candle to this one due to its incredibly rare variant that holds early production status. This matter is completely inarguable.'  

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Vintage video games are becoming an increasingly valuable commodity among collectors. In July 2020, Heritage sold a sealed copy of Super Mario Bros. 3, rated WATA 9.0A, for $38,400. In November, it auctioned off another copy at auction for $156,000, a record at the time. However, by April 2021, that record was broken when a copy of Super Mario Bros. sold for $660,000, The Verge reported.

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