Board 8 > My SNES and N64 video game collection is worth $1,212

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My most expensive game is Earthbound at $400 but if I hold onto it and sell it myself, I could get over $500 someday. I also have authentic copies of Chrono Trigger, Super Metroid, OoT, and a bunch more. What about you guys?

The only boxed cartridges I have are OoT, Majora, Mario Golf, Mario Tennis, and DK64. I'm guessing those are my most expensive games because of the boxes. I have tons of PS2-and-later games in great condition, but it seems like cartridges are where the money is.

Im going to hold onto mine for several decades. I bet theyre worth way more by 2050.

My most expensive collection is GCN. It's roughly $5267 (CAD) with 77 titles. Runner up is DS with $3733 (CAD) with 59 titles.

Whoa! What are your plans?

I'm planning to just hold onto them for now and see what happens.

The other day I went to the used game store and looked at the prices some of the more popular NES/SNES games are selling at just as loose copies and it did psychic damage to me. I don't really wanna sell my games but uh... if I ever have a medical emergency I know how I'm raising the money

My husband's uncle gave away half of his (my husband's) NES collection.

My Silent Hill collection alone is like at least $1,000

I have a copy of Clayfighter 63 1/3 Sculptor's Cut, and CIB Bomberman Second Attack, so that's probably well over 1000 just from that.

Snake5555555555 posted...

My Silent Hill collection alone is like at least $1,000

Why so expensive?

I have all those except for Earthbound. I had zero idea who Ness was before Smash.

Moonroof posted...

Why so expensive?

Many titles weren't exactly the hugest sellers at the time, especially the more expensive ones like SH Origins and Shattered Memories which both received obscure PS2 ports late in that console's lifecycle when consoles like the 360 and PS3 were already out. It's even rarer to find them complete in box with manual and in pristine condition like I have them in. Another factor is the Silent Hill series is a well-acclaimed and sought after series which still keeps the original Team Silent games high in value despite them selling considerably more than the later entries (and again completion is a big thing here too). Plus, right now, Silent Hill is experiencing a resurgence due to the release of SH Ascension.

Nice man. Keep them safe.

There's a big demand for retro survival horror games for some reason. Does anyone know why? Silent Hill 1 CIB costs almost as much as Suikoden II at this point! The former was a Greatest Hits release, so it's not exactly hard to find. If you look at the PS1 and PS2 charts on PriceCharting, besides the obvious stuff like FF and MGS the top of the charts are dominated by survival horror games.

Snake5555555555 posted...

My Silent Hill collection alone is like at least $1,000

I didn't realize my copies of SH 1/2/3 are worth like $450 altogether. They're probably the crown jewels of my collection!

woah woah woah. Silent Hill 2 being worth a bunch is news to me, why is that when it's part of various collections & remake's on its way? and here I thought my Xenosagas (well, 2 and 3) were the only games I had of value.

....this is calling into question everything sitting on my shelf. Can someone tell me how much original versions of MGS, Xenogears and Vagrant Story are going for? Is there a site that lists this stuff?

https://www.pricecharting.com/

It's fun to look up your collection =)

My NES collection is worth an estimated $7,690

Another fun fact I learned because of this topic: on GameCube, the RE4 demo is way more valuable than RE4.

.... the most valuable Kingdom Hearts game I own is 358/2, lol. hell yeah Xenogears joining its 'saga brethren. I remember buying Vagrant Story and SH2 at a flea market on campus 15+ years ago. I still haven't played the former but played and loved the latter, weird to think I could sell them for like, 1,000% profit lol. if only "Dirge of Cerberus" could be in such demand...

thanks YoBlazer, I'll need to price out everything some day.

also just remembered my small Game Boy collection and am regretting not keeping the boxes to get that sweet CIB price listing, lol. Warioland getting $100 just from the box, damn!

I have Panzer Dragoon Saga, Path of Radiance, Radiant Dawn, Earthbound and Cubivore

unfortunately they are the Japanese versions so not worth much!

I own the 7 Yo-Kai Watch games on 3DS
They total up to $1,365 Canadian

I bought Pokemon Box for Gamecube for $100 back in 2012
It's now $2,630

I probably have quite an expensive collection, although I couldn't begin to guess the total value.

My most valuable game might be Panic Restaurant, but there are plenty of other rare candidates. That game is 1,800 on https://www.pricecharting.com/game/nes/panic-restaurant.

Maybe Bubble Bobble part 2? https://www.pricecharting.com/game/nes/bubble-bobble-part-2

https://www.pricecharting.com/game/sega-saturn/magic-knight-rayearth
https://www.pricecharting.com/game/playstation/the-misadventures-of-tron-bonne

Man Chrono Trigger has really gone up.

my most valuable games are ps1 games for sure with tales of destiny 1 and 2 probably being tops but also have lunar sssc and lunar 2 box sets and valykrie profile (which i got for $5 at sears) and ff7 original box which i also got for $5 at sears. i have most ps1 jrpgs aside from suikoden ii and other super obscure stuff

Games are slightly coming down it seems the last few months. The line on Pricecharting is dropping.

My NES collection is just under 3k now.
My N64 and SNES collections are each just under 2k.

Though for some reason Kawasaki Superbikes for the Sega Game Gear jumped to over $1200 bucks (From under 100). Like why?? lol.

Yesmar_ posted...

There's a big demand for retro survival horror games for some reason. Does anyone know why? Silent Hill 1 CIB costs almost as much as Suikoden II at this point! The former was a Greatest Hits release, so it's not exactly hard to find. If you look at the PS1 and PS2 charts on PriceCharting, besides the obvious stuff like FF and MGS the top of the charts are dominated by survival horror games.

@Yesmar_

I sure do! Survival horror games are my expertise and the main thing I collect. The most obvious reasoning - survival horror is just really a pretty niche genre, ESPECIALLY in the United States. Looking at the chart there, games like Koudelka, the Clock Tower series, Echo Night, they weren't exactly flying off the shelves here. They are obtuse, clunky, and have weird, taboo themes that don't make them appealing to American audiences. However, they were decently popular in Japan which is why they still got sequels, and why Japanese versions are significantly cheaper. The downside for an American collector who doesn't speak or read Japanese being obvious.

Combine this low American demand with a nevertheless rabid fanbase who fiends for these games (like myself) and you suddenly have the market that's out there for survival horror games now. I would especially wager Youtube video essays on these games also drive the demand up quite a bit.

So, the thing about Greatest Hits versions of survival horror releases being rarer are because they were produced in smaller quantities and were already by default on the lower demand of things. They were scarce upon release in other words.

MartinFF7 posted...

Silent Hill 2 being worth a bunch is news to me, why is that when it's part of various collections & remake's on its way?

SH2 is actually only part of 1 collection, the port is NOTORIOUSLY terrible, and having a remake coming out (which is still very up in the air of how good it's going to be) only drives up the demand to check out the original more if you ask me.

I just found out the other day my switch collection is worth like $10,000. 220 games. Most valuable is the collectors edition of Shantae and the Pirates Curse which usually sells for like $600

i really like the nintendo switch

AllHeDoesIsWin posted...

I bought Pokemon Box for Gamecube for $100 back in 2012
It's now $2,630

That's the grail game for my collection. Wish I bought it 10 years ago >.>

Great_Paul posted...

That's the grail game for my collection. Wish I bought it 10 years ago >.>

The guy I bought it from was even nice enough to throw a living dex on the memory card too

I sold my Pokemon Box for something like $400 a few years back. Wish I had held onto that a little longer!

RaidenGarai posted...

I sold my Pokemon Box for something like $400 a few years back. Wish I had held onto that a little longer!

I traded in Path of Radiance and Radiant Dawn at GameStop back in the day

I have some Saturn stuff:

Dragon Force [US version]
Radiant Silvergun
Saturn Bomberman [US version. This one, even with just the disc only, can fetch nearly $200 on its own? Wow!]
Soukyugurentai
Thunder Force V