Vintage video game sells for record $870,000

NHK -- Jul 12

An unopened copy of Japanese game company Nintendo's "The Legend of Zelda" sold for a record 870,000 dollars at an auction in the United States on Friday.

Heritage Auctions in Dallas, Texas, says this version of the game was only produced for a few months in the latter half of 1987. It says the previous record was set in April when it sold a "Super Mario Brothers" cartridge for 660,000 dollars.

French news agency AFP says retro video games have become increasingly popular among collectors in recent years, and prices of consoles and cartridges are soaring in auctions.