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It's been awhile since somebody has posted in here so I figure I'd try and jump start some more discussion. I recently went to an estate sale (not professionally run, and it was fairly small) where I had the chance to pick up a bag of super nintendo games for $.50 each. I bargained with the seller to let me get 12 games and a game genie (for those not familiar, this is a device which alters the games so as to allow you to "cheat" at them).

Well, up they went on ebay last weekend, and the ending price was $71.88!

Now most of the value comes from only 3 or 4 of the games. I looked the prices up on a site: http://www.gamedude.com (edit: it seems since the time I posted this that they've removed their super nintendo prices page).  Here were the top ones from that list in terms of resale value:

  • Super Mario All Stars  (buys for $15, sells for $29)
  • Final Fanstasy 2 (buys for $12, sells for $29)
  • Donkey Kong Country (buys for $10, sells for $19)
  • Super Castlevania IV (buys for $8, sells for $19)

Based on the above site, these games are the top five most valuable, so be on the lookout!

  • EarthBound with Player's Guide (buys for $60, sells for $99)
  • Castlevania Dracula X (buys for $35, sells for $69)
  • Chrono Trigger (buys for $30, sells for $59)
  • Final Fight 3       (buys for $20, sells for $39)
  • Harvest Moon       (buys for $15, sells for $39)

Thanks for the website, Mike. I'll see if my husband uses that one. He had hundreds and I mean hudreds of Nintendo games, regular and super, along with their game systems. (also some Atari) I quit buying them for him until he starts selling them. I haven been hounding him for the past 2 years to sell like he used to and he says the market on them has gone down ands so.....he's waiting for them to make him a million. (not really, but it feels like it!)

P.S. Fix your link. It doesn't work!
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