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(NEXSTAR) (NEXSTAR). A sealed copy of Mut 22 coins the 1990 Sega Genesis game "John Madden Football" was sold for record-breaking prices, proving yet again that the sports coaching and broadcasting legend may just be the godfather of video sports games.

A video games auction that ran for two weeks last month, a copy from "John Madden Football" sold for $480,000. That price, vastly over what the original video game's cost in the beginning, set a record-setting world record for the most ever paid for a sports video game, according to Heritage Auctions.

"This specific copy of the auction is especially unusual because it's coming from the office of the famous Madden's namesake," the auction house note. The proceeds of this sale will be donated by Heritage Auctions to a charitable foundation created in Madden's honor.

Spanning three decades, the John Madden Football video game franchise generated greater than $7 billion revenue according to the New York Times. The franchise was launched in 1988 and was later changed to "Madden." NFL Network even had a series dedicated to the video game "Madden NFL Live." It's been the second-highest-selling video sports game ever created, trailing only the soccer-based series FIFA.

For those not familiar for mut coins those not familiar, a new release of "Madden" is released every year, featuring a different athlete on the cover. The most recentversion, Madden 22, featured the quarterbacks Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes. Every version of Madden 22 the player's ratings are released for real-life NFL players that you are able to actually play within the games.