The copy of the game was a non-Genesis-pack-in and was certified with a Wata 9.4 rating, with Goldin Auctions conducting the sale. RELATED: Report Blames Surging Retro Game Auction Prices on FraudДЄ copy of Sonic the Hedgehog sold for $430,500, and series' creator Yuji Naka, is critical of the transaction. Despite the apparent utility of the Wata rating system, the company has started to become suspicious of fraudulent business practices in light of the ever-climbing prices for video games. Earlier this year, a Wata 9.6 copy of Super Mario 64 sold for over $1.5 million, setting a new auction record for a single video game. These formalized sales are handled through a variety of auctioneers, but all tend to have the involvement of Wata Games, a company that has designed a rating system for designating the value of retro video games. In recent years, it has been a tough go for video game collectors as they have been selling for inordinate prices, especially while at the auction block. 30 years later and a copy of Sonic the Hedgehog has sold for $430,500, and the series' creator has some thoughts on the sale. 30 years ago, Sonic the Hedgehog burst onto the gaming scene, carrying a lot of attitude and blast processing.

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