Most valuable original gameboy games

The Game Boy Color has a number of interesting rarities due to how long Nintendo kept the platform going — even after the release of the Game Boy Advance. Much like other classic Nintendo game, we have gradually been seeing stronger demand for complete copies of games in their condition-sensitive cardboard packaging. It is also worth mentioning that this guide is separate the Rare and Valuable guide for the original Game Boy.

Below you will see two prices beside each title. The first is the average daily selling price of the bare cartridge. The second price is the highest price in the past three months which is usually the price for a complete copy. An average price is also shared for a sealed copy if one has sold recently. The list is ordered by the balance of the two prices. Note that some of these games are not rare in the sense that there are not many available, but rare relative to demand, which makes the games expensive.

Nearly a decade after the release of this Game Boy Color game, sequels started appearing on modern consoles and brought the franchise closer to mainstream status. Check for Magical Chase on eBay. Natsume published this action platformer with stealth elements just a few short months before the arrival of the Game Boy Advance to retail shelves.

Loose copies of Return of the the Ninja are far from abundant, but you can usually find a handful of them on eBay at any given day. However, finding a complete copy is quite a challenge. Manuals along command quite a premium, but those boxes are quite elusive. In the grand scheme of things, the Game Boy Color Resident Evil serves as a fascinating demonstration of creative game design to work with hardware constraints and an interesting contrast to the more 3D-like port that was cancelled.

Even though the Metal Gear series was an established 2D franchise before becoming a 3D blockbuster on the Playstation, this 2D Game Boy incarnation still did not warrant a large print run for the Game Boy Color. In fact, this portable version is one of the rarest of all the regular-issue Metal Gear games, right up there with some of the old-school classics. Mega Man IV is one of those games that never saw a re-release as part of a compendium on another console.

While not as sought after as Mega Man V, the fourth portable Capcom adventure, sometimes known as Rocket Man, still fetches a pretty penny. Mega Man IV follows the same gameplay mechanics as V good job I know my Roman numerals , with our arm-cannon-wielding crusader once again trying to stop the infamous Dr Wily from taking over the world. Wily sends a radio transmission that sends all of the robots into a frenzy. He looks like a souped-up version of one of the Paw Patrol pups!

Kid Dracula is a neat little spin off from the Castlevania series. Konami made a real gem with this game. Rather than focusing on picking up weapons and upgrading from a whip until a skeleton defeats you, Kid Dracula is more about pure platforming. It even includes funny references to other platform titles too. Kid Dracula first appeared as a Famicom only title in Japan. With Death as his companion, Kid Dracula must defeat Galamoth while remembering his spells along the way.

Not only that, but he needs to try and win over his minions who have gone over the the dark side… well, the darker side, at any rate. As with the case of Number 7 on our list, perhaps there were only a limited run of boxes in a certain style. Like the first few editions of a book where the main characters name was spelled wrong, these boxes are now extremely rare.

All it takes is one person to spark some interest in forgotten games, and a wash-out title from 20 years ago can suddenly become an expensive, sought-after prize.

The internet can give us anything that we want at the touch of a button. Which means it sold fairly well. Because of this, it is one of the easier SNES games out there to find.

But before it was released, Nintendo sent demo copies to US stores for players to test out before buying. When it came time for Nintendo to release a sequel to Ocarina of Time , a monumental achievement in gaming, fans were no doubt ecstatic. However, only 1, were made and it could only be found in Europe.

The bundle came with a certificate of authenticity, a t-shirt, the soundtrack, and other nifty little things. But collectors snatched these up quickly. Upon release, you could find one for seventy pounds.

The Tetris craze hit the world in the mids but it feels like it never really stopped. There was something so satisfying about building up those blocks and eliminating a row. So rewarding was this style of gameplay that Nintendo eventually ported their console version to the Game Boy.

Tetris was a best-seller for both the NES and the Game Boy, so the cartridge can be found for extremely cheap. It was a smart move, guaranteeing sales for a console so many owned. A classic in its own right, the original The Legend of Zelda began what would become an extremely popular franchise.

And while Zelda has never outsold Mario , the first in the series was still one of the best-selling games on the NES. ClayFighter was a mildly successful fighting game with a couple of sequels that could never match up to the likes of Street Fighter or Mortal Kombat. And the most noteworthy thing about that game was its special edition. Since Blockbuster usually sold cartridge games in their pre-owned cases, one of these in the original box is extremely hard to find.

There was a time when licensed games were actually taken seriously by players as something other than a cash grab. There was also a time when the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were seen as the coolest property around. Wario Land 4 Nintendo Game Boy games, The Little Mermaid Capcom, Car Battler Joe Natsume, Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance Konami, Super Mario Bros. The reason this Nintendo Game Boy game is so rare is because it never had an official release, the copies that exist are said to have been dispersed by employees of the publisher in Australia.

DemiKids Atlus, There are two versions of this game, much like Pokemon. The Dark version is considered to be more rare and sells for a premium over the light version. Paperboy Mindscape, Pokemon Pinball Nintendo, Mario Nintendo Game Boy games, Castlevania: Circle of the Moon Konami, Grand Theft Auto Rockstar, Pokemon Trading Card Game Nintendo, Pocket Bomberman Nintendo Game Boy games, Deluxe Nintendo Game Boy games, Space Marauder Taxan, Cool Ball Takara, Metroid Fusion Nintendo, Drill Dozer Nintendo, See this awesome list of Nintendo Game Boy games on Wikipedia.

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