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Surprisingly valuable video games you might have at home

The most sought-after and valuable vintage and recent titles
Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast (Sega) for Microsoft Xbox, 2006: up to $200 (£154)
Futurama: The Video Game (Vivendi Games) for Microsoft Xbox, 2003: up to $299.99 (£232)
Suikoden II (Konami) for Sony PlayStation 1, 1999: $337 (£260)
Haunting Ground (Capcom) for Sony PlayStation 2, 2005: up to $375 (£290)
Shepherd's Crossing 2 (Graffiti Entertainment) for Nintendo DS, 2010: up to $370 (£286)
Cubivore: Survival of the Fittest (Atlus) for Nintendo Gamecube, 2002: $500 (£386)
Steel Battalion (Capcom) for Microsoft Xbox, 2002: $738 (£570)
Bounty Bob Strikes Back! (Big Five Software) for Atari 5200, 1984: up to $900 (£650)
Ninja Five-O (Konami) for Nintendo Game Boy Advance, 2003: up to $1,000 (£773)
Fortnite (Epic Games) for Sony PlayStation 4, 2017: up to $1,000 (£773)
Pokémon Box: Ruby and Sapphire (Nintendo) for Nintendo Gamecube, 2004: up to $1,300 (£1k)
Amazing Tater (Atlus) for Nintendo Game Boy, 1992: up to $2,300 (£1.8k)
Shantae (Capcom) for Nintendo Game Boy Color, 2002: up to $2,300 (£1.8k)
Little Samson (Taito Corporation) for NES, 1992: up to $5,000 (£3.9k)
Neo Turf Masters (SNK) for Neo Geo AES, 1996: up to $10,000 (£7.7k)
Tetris (Sega) for Sega Genesis, 1989: up to $25,000 (£19.3k)
Air Raid (Men-A-Vision) for Atari 2600, 1982: up to $46,500 (£36k)
Stadium Events (Bandai) for NES, 1987: up to $47,000 (£36k)
Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!! (Nintendo) for NES, 1987: up to $62,000 (£48k)
Tetris (Nintendo) for Game Boy, 1990: up to $92,000 (£71k)
Pokémon Red (Nintendo) for Game Boy, 1998: up to $103,500 (£80k)
Nintendo World Championship Gold (Nintendo) for NES, 1990: up to $170,000 (£131k)
Final Fantasy VII (Sony) for Playstation 1, 1997: up to $170,000 (£132k)
Contra (Konami) for NES, 1988: up to $177,000 (£137k)
Super Mario Bros. 3 (Nintendo) for NES, 1990: up to $184,000 (£142k)
The Legend of Zelda (Nintendo) for NES, 1986: up to $1 million (£774k)
Super Mario 64 (Nintendo) for NES 1996: up to $1.8 million (£1.4m)
Super Mario Bros. (Nintendo) for NES, 1986: up to $2.4 million (£1.9m)
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Nintendo World Championship Gold (Nintendo) for NES, 1990: up to $170,000 (£131k)

Nintendo Power Magazine held another Nintendo World Championship competition in America back in 1990. The prizewinners, who numbered just 26, each received a shiny gold cartridge. The holy grail of NES games, these ultra-scarce cartridges command crazy prices – a copy sold for just shy of $100,000 on eBay in 2014, which would be worth around $135,000 (£104k) today. Last year, another went up for auction, eventually fetching $170,000 (£131k).

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Daniel Coughlin

02 April 2025

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