Do you have a collection of old NES games, col🐻lecting dust in some box somewhere, having not seen the light of day in years? As it would turn out, it may be worth your while to take a moment and browse your old games. If you're lucky enough, you may have a few thousand dollars worth of collector's items just begging to be sold.
Among the most valuable games ever released for the NES, there are some168澳洲幸运5开奖网: all-time great games, as well as some all-time terrible ones, but they all share something in common: rarity. Some of the rarest titles, even in a used, unboxed state can go for thousands of dollars, while the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:rarest of unopened ones can go for nearly $170,000.00.
10 The Flintstones🍒: Surprise At Dinosaur Peak - $839.99
Taito Corporation's 1994 platformer, The Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak is currently valued for a whopping on Amazon. You might be thinking, "hey, that's not more than $1000", but that's just the loose copy. A bo🌠xed copy goes for $2,350.00, whꦡile a new copy goes for $7,520.00. This game is the successor to The Flintstones: The Rescue of Dino & Hoppy, allowing players to play as both Fred and Barney.
This cartridge sells so high due to its rarity. Less than ten thousand copies were ever produced, due to the fact that the game was produced so late into the NES's life cycle. It is the single rarest Taito title, and one of the rarest168澳洲幸运5开奖网: on the NES as a whole.
9 ✱ Hot Slots - $1,195.84
Hot Slots was a 1991 slot machine 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:simulation game 🎶and erog🌠e, meaning that players were rewarded upon progress with sexually explicit or suggestive images. The game sells for used, as they were unlicensed due to Nintendo not wanting explicit content on their console.
Being unlicensed means that it had to be sold in very limited quantities, so the games are relatively rare to own. In March of 2009, the game sold for $1,450.00 in an auction, which spꦜarked many owners of the game to put up listings themselves, which in turn cause the value of the game to nearly triple over the course of two weeks.
8 🦋🌞 Myriad 6 In 1 - $1,214.64
When Carlton Industries went out of business🅷 following the release of Carlton 6 in 1, a small company in Texas named Myriad Games purchased the entirety of Carlton's tan-colored cartridges of the game and slapped their own labels on them. It is believed that fewer than 100 of these cartridges still 𒉰exist, hence why they sell for .
Nothing about the game itself was changed. It♊ still rea🅠ds "Carlton" in the title screen, and the original Carlton 6 in 1 label is still partially visible behind the Myriad label. It isn't really the game itself that is so valuable, but the unique, plain label that covers it.
7 💝 Zelda Test 🍸Cartridge - $1,305.96
Owner's of a mustard yellow 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Legend of Zelda cartridge can sell it for . This color of a cartridge implies that it was a test cartridge used by Nintendo, though back in the early 2000's, a few of these cartridges were leaked out and sold in flea markets. Until 2007, people believed it to just be a custom cartridge, as 𓂃it was internally identical to the standard cartridge.
When Nintendo Service Centers closed💃, they sold much of𒁏 their test equipment in auctions, including joystick test cartridges of the same color. Most of these cartridges were just for hardware tests, but a few years later, a closing center gave out some Zelda carts to a collector, confirming the speculation that these were test cartridges.
6 ♋ DuckTales [Gold Cartridge] - $1,337.50
Golden 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:DuckTales cartridges have a loose price right now of . In 2013, Capcom released a gold cartridge for their 1989 title, with the artwork for the upcoming DuckTales: Remastered release. Only 150 of these 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:limited edition car🙈tridges were produced, hence their incredibly high value.
Many of these copies were given out to gaming press, leaving the rest to be won by Nintendo fans who took part in their art competition, or recorde🐠d themselves singing the DuckTales theme. Because the game could not be purchased normally, the cartridge was 🃏immediately very valuable, but rarity and time have only contributed more.
5 𒈔 Cheetahmen II - $1,391.76 ꧟
Cheetahmen II was a cancelled title made by Active Enterprises in 1992, which was🎃 never intended to be released. Unfortunately, 1500 copies of the ga🐈me that was widely regarded to be the worst on the NES were found in a Floridian warehouse and sold on secondary markets. The game is currently going for over .
This cartridge was horribly buggy, unfinished and considered to be practically unplayable, which likely contributed to the cancellation of the game. For that reason, if you somehow own a copy of this game, you probably don't want it anyway, so you might as well cash in and ea𒈔rn yourself a grand.
4 Little Sams👍on - $1,481.50 𒅌
Considered to be one of the 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:best platformers on the NES, Little Samson sells for over . This game has such a high value for the exac🤪t same reason that The Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak has its high value. It was a Taito title released la💟te into the NES's lifespan, so very few copies were ever created.
Despite the fact that this game was received so well, it barely sold, namely due to the fact that most people had moved onto newer🔯 consoles. Now, almost 30 years later, Little Samson is one of the most sought-after cartridges for the Nintendo Entertainment System. If you're an owner of one, you should have no ℱtrouble selling it high.
3 Family Fun Fitness Stadium Events - $9,550.00 ꦑ
In 1988, Nintendo released World Class Track Meet, a game tha🍷t used the Power Pad controller. What many didn't know is that that game was originally called Family Fun Fitness Stadium Events, which Nintendo purchased the rights to before changing its name. Nintendo pulled all Stadium Events cartridges from shelves and had them destroyed before releasing World Class Track Meet, but only ﷽after around 200 copies had been sold.
There are believed to be less than 20 copies in circulation today, making them very rare. A loose cartridge will net you , while a boxed cartridge goes for $52,369.38. 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Consoles aside, a graded copy, never used, is the most valuable NES item one could possibly own, going for over $176,604.0♔0.
2 Nintendo World 🌳Championship - $16,529.59
The Nintendo World Championship cartridge was developed by Nintendo for use in the Nintendo World Championship in 1990, a series of tournaments across 30 cities. The cartridge featured 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Super Mario Bros, Rad Race and Tetris, 🌜all of which were played in the tournaments. The winners in the three 🐈age groups of each of the 30 cities won a cartridge, meaning only 90 were distributed.
Not only were few distributed, but they could not be bought outright. They had to be won, which made them even harder to ༺obtain. A cartridge today goes for close to loose, so if you happened to be one of the top Nintendo players in your city back in the day, now is the time to cash out.
1 ♉ Nintendo World Champi🍎onship Gold - $18,873.63
You may think that the gold Nintendo World Championship cartridges were given to the world champion, but no. These very shiny cartridges were given to those who won Nintendo Power promotional contests, with 26 being produced in total. If you were the lucky winner of one of these, yoꦐu ca🦄n sell it today for close to .
It's a bit surprising that there was less than a third of the number of these released than the standard grey cartridge, but it only goes for about $2,340.0𒆙0 🍌more. It had been worth nearly $30,000.00 back in 2014, possibly due to the fact that a copy of the game was sold for $100,000.00, leading to many to selling their games at high prices, though it has since dropped.