
You can get even more if the game is still “new” and plastic wrapped, but you’re unlikely to find anything like that in your closet, so I’m not listing those prices. If you only have the cartridge, you can only get the loose price, whereas if you have the box and instruction manual, you can get the complete price. Note: The value of a game depends on its condition. Here are the 10 most valuable NES that may actually be sitting at the back of your closet… That said, there are a select few NES titles that were sold on store shelves just like any other game that are now worth hundreds, if not thousands of dollars. These games were huge collector’s item from day one, and they’re exceedingly unlikely to pop up in your parent’s basement. A game that was never officially released, only given away in small quantities in a contest or not licensed by Nintendo.

Usually, when you hear about an old Nintendo title selling for thousands of dollars, the game is some sort of oddity. Stories about lucky folks selling old video games for unfathomable sums of money make the rounds on a fairly regular basis, but these feel-good stories can be a bit deceptive.
