Ever wonder who has the world's largest video game collection? The title that once belonged to game collector Michael Thomasson went to interactive entertainment buyers catch 123 and peeps_10091970, who outbid each other for the $750,250 archive on June 11.
Officials did not disclose details about the deal's final bid, leading some to believe the news could be false, according ArsTechnia. A similar instance occurred with a $100,000 Nintendo World Championship cartridge auction in 2014.
Although not the biggest collection of video games in the world, Thomasson's supply would rank with some of the biggest video game sales in history. Others include a 7,000 archive with full game collections for 22 individual consoles that went for over $1.2 million in 2013.
"I perfected some full sets by getting every title of them factory sealed, just for the challenge of it," Andre, the supply's 32-year-old owner from France told The Los Angeles Times. "Some titles are extremely hard to come by brand new when they're 25 years old. Now that the mission is complete, maybe it's time to move on."
The collection featured 550 games on Nintendo's Virtual Boy, and Sega's Dreamcast machines, including Sega's Mega Drive Go-Net video game - or Genesis, as it's named in the United States - and Japan's equivalent to Nintendo America's super Nintendo, super Famicom.
"What was important was the completion of each full set, every game of all those systems, all complete in box with instructions, or even brand new factory sealed," Andre added, in reference to the collection's dimensions.
"I've sold my collection many times in the past and still managed to capture Guinness' attention, and it is entirely possible that I may again," Thomasson told ArsTechnia.
Thomasson added that he paid for his wedding by selling components of his TurboGrafx-16 and Sega Master System in 1998.
