Price explosion at Nintendo & Co: this retro

The Corona pandemic lets the prices for old games of Nintendo and Co. just shoot through the ceiling. Who stores some retro games in the basement or in the attic, could sit on a real gold mine.

Metroid, Pokémon and Co: Retro games are becoming more valuable

Anyone who got rather late into gaming and now afterwards in Lockdown wants to catch up on a few old classics, who has to grab deep into the pocket. Not only old consoles are now traded on eBay and Co. at moon prices, even retro games have become damn expensive.

Especially old Nintendo games seem to have won properly in recent months. The perfect occasion to take a look at the loft of the parents and look for the lost estimates of their own childhood. Well-preserved pokémon games of the first generation with original packaging are now traded for around 150 euros . Even more valuable are the games of the second generation: Collectors create around 180-200 euros on the table for this purpose.

But SNES classics are incredibly valuable. For Super Metroid with OVP prices are called from 250 to 300 euros , Secret of Mana costs proud 90 to 15 euros (Source: BusinessInsider).

If you are already in the attic for treasure search anyway, then look for the following things:

Old games are expensive: demand is high, but the offer is small

But not only old Nintendo games have become more valuable over the last few years. The site calculates an average sales value of all vintage games and represents the development in an interesting graph:

While the corresponding games only more than 10 years ago brought in average of around $ 7, the purchase price has risen to almost $ 25 . No wonder: Finally, the game offer is always smaller over time. The age sets the modules and packages of non-professional storage so strong that they are breaking. Added to this is the increased interest of the Corona pandemic, which also ensures a price increase (Source: pricecharting.com).

So if you have a few old Nintendo or Sega games in stock, you can do right ashes. A look into the old nursery cabinet could be worthwhile - and your parents are certainly happy when they come past them.