'Super Mario 64' Sold at Auction, for a Record-Breaking $1.5 Million.br 'Super Mario 64' Sold at Auction, for a Record-Breaking $1.5 Million.br 'Super Mario 64' Sold at Auction, for a Record-Breaking $1.5 Million.br CNN Style reports that the record br breaking sale was made by br Dallas-based auction house Heritage.br Heritage said the previous record had been set just two days earlier, when another Nintendo game, 'The Legend of Zelda,' sold for $870,000.br 'Super Mario 64' was originally released in 1996.br After the record-breaking sale br of the first game in the Zelda br series on Friday, the possibility br of surpassing $1 million on br a single video game seemed br like a goal that would need br to wait for another auction, Valarie McLeckie, Heritage Auctions video games specialist, via CNN Style.br We were shocked to see that it br turned out to be in the same one! br We are proud to have been br a part of this historic event, Valarie McLeckie, Heritage Auctions video games specialist, via CNN Style.br The game that was sold was still sealed.br Video game grading company WataGames gave the pristine copy the highest A++ grade.