Four ‘90s Nintendo games ‘now worth £3,000' each if you've still got cartridges at home – & top title could fetch £5,250
Four fan-favourite games could now fetch £3,000 apiece – and potentially much more.
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The Super Nintendo Entertainment System was an iconic part of '90s gaming culture
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Brawl Brothers is a prized collectible for SNES fans
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They were all released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), one of the titans of nineties console gaming – decades before the
So if you had the machine, check your drawers, cupboards, and the loft right now. You might have a fortune just waiting to be flogged.
GAME #1 – Brawl Brothers (£3,718)
One retro game that collectors will fork out for is Brawl Brothers.
This side-scrolling beat 'em up landed in late 1992, but didn't make it to Europe until 1993.
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And if you have a sealed copy of the game, it has an estimated value of £3,380, according to video game collectibles tracker
Better yet, a sealed copy that's been professionally graded could be worth £3,718.
The price is still high for an opened but "complete-in-box" copy of the game, fetching an estimated £1,300.
Sadly the loose cartridge is only valued at £68 – but the box is said to be worth £276, while the manual is reportedly worth £172.
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These estimates are based on previous sales of the game, so you could end up receiving higher or lower offers if you decide to flog yours.
And keep in mind that your old games could go up (or down) in value if you hang on to them.
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Brawl Brothers was notable for being the only SNES game in Europe and the US to have the Japanese version featured on the same cartridge – accessed by entering a cheat code.
GAME #2 – Final Fight 3 (£3,720)
Also worth a pretty penny is Final Fight 3, which – like Brawl Brothers – is a side-scrolling beat 'em up from Capcom.
It came out in December 1995 on the SNES in Japan, before arriving for European gamers in March 1996.
A sealed copy is said to be worth £3,382, but that rises to £3,720 if you get it professionally graded.
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Final Fight 3 landed to mixed reception, but is now coveted by gamers
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The side-scrolling beat 'em up title was developed by Capcom
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The complete (but opened) box is worth £1,301, while an empty box would reportedly fetch £520.
A loose cartridge has an estimated value of £178, while the manual is worth about £89.
The game received average reviews, and its side-scrolling design was scrapped for a 3D format with the sequel: Final Fight Revenge.
GAME #3 – Captain Commando (£4,510)
Third on our list is Captain Commando, a 1991 beat 'em up game, again developed by Capcom.
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Captain Commando saw Earth overrun by criminals in the distant future of...2026
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Sealed copies of Captain Commando are set to be worth thousands of pounds
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It's set in the year 2026, where Earth is plagued by Super Criminals – and it's your job as Captain Commando to stop them.
The game was originally created for arcades, but landed on SNES in 1995.
And if you have a sealed copy if the game, it's worth an estimated £4,100 – or £4,510 for a professionally graded version.
Even an opened but complete-in-box copy is worth a whopping £1,577.
NINTENDO TV CONSOLE HISTORY – BY THE YEARS
Here's the timeline...
1977 – Color TV-Game
1983/1985 – Famicom / Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)
1990/1991 – Super Famicom / Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES)
1996 – Nintendo 64
2001 – Nintendo GameCube
2006 – Nintendo Wii
2012 – Nintendo Wii U
2017 – Nintendo Switch
2025 – Nintendo Switch 2
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The box alone is valued at £630, while the manual is listed at £394.
And a loose cartridge could fetch about £168.
The title was later released for PlayStation in 1998 – and also featured in the 2018 Capcom Beat 'Em Up Bundle compilation game.
GAME #4 – Pocky & Rocky 2 (£5,275)
Out-pricing all of these titles is SNES shoot 'em up Pocky & Rocky 2.
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Pocky & Rocky 2 was a shoot 'em up for the SNES that hit Europe in the mid-'90s
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It arrived in Japan and the
The game landed to very positive reviews, and featured a two-player
co-op
mode.
If you still have an unopened Pocky & Rocky 2, it's worth an estimated £4,796.
But that'll climb to £5,275 for a professionally graded unit.
Sadly the complete-in-box game is only worth £301, while a loose cartridge is valued at £107.
The box could fetch about £71, and the manual is listed for £74.
Of course, depending on how many copies are available, the eagerness of collectors, and the quality of your game, you could end up getting higher or lower offers from SNES super-fans.
The good news is, if you've got any old Nintendo consoles sitting at home, they
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The game featured a co-op mode that let two players battle side-by-side
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All prices in this article were correct at the time of writing, but may have since changed.
Always do your own research before making any sale.
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