10 Most Valuable Video Games

We don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but video games are very expensive. Sure, inflation and rising production costs are somewhat to blame, but that’s not much of a consolation when a single title costsas much as it would to keep you stocked up with frozen pizzas for five months. No matter how expensive games and their special editions get, however, there are some classic titles that will always be even more extortionate, thanks to rarity or condition, which makes it so that few people are going to be able to ever realistically acquire them, and we’re looking at some of these costly collector’s items today. Here are the 10 Most Valuable Video Games.
VO: Ben Potter (@Confused_Dude)
Script: Annika Brock (@BurningWyvern90)
Video Editor: Alex Winters (@MrSteakFace)
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[@BiohazardScott]

Those prices were just a scam move to inflate the value of classic cartridges and it failed miserably and their shame where exposed through all social media for such bold & greedy impulse.

[@mauricioaguilera3194]

I was going to make this comment ... Answering the question "What happened in 2021?" that the host keep asking for

[@Kdkjdjewerdnxa]

Same shits happening to the nyc housing market lol. 40% of property being unused, hundreds of thousands of rent controlled properties are “warehoused” to increase the median rent prices in an area. Capitalism is gross.

[@GamingTeacher]

Exactly this, yeah. It’s the same scam from coin collectors in the 80… MADE BY THE SAME PEOPLE.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

I blame those big youtubers for ruining the prices

[@H0lyMoley]

If you look at 10:40, the video actually shows WATA and Heritage named in the picture of the "sold" cartridge. Feels like TripleJump are actually, albeit unintentionally, promoting the scammers here. That's... really really bad. TripleJump, if you're reading these comments - please post a retraction.

[@luisbadano]

You should check the video game bubble scam video by Karl Jobst. Apparently, Heritage and others have been artificially inflating the price of old video games.

[@gump5ter01]

Yup. That’s exactly why these are priced this way. It’s a joke

[@fivebrosstopmos]

So it's like the Disney VHS thing?

[@luisbadano]

@@fivebrosstopmos I don't know about that one but the principle has been the same since ancient times. That is, say and repeat over and over that a thing is worth "this much", then "buy it", get news out, and keep doing it until someone actually buys them. It is an old scam, it can be done with practically anything you can imagine.

[@dr.donaldgrant2637]

2021 the year of the tax right off

[@EddyG2023]

Inflating the bubble, raising prices of everything retro-related. It’s a seller’s market - GET OUT NOW.

[@thekosmickollector7748]

Hm, think this vid was a misstep, lads. Needed a bit more research. As many other comments have said these are mostly fairly common games and there was a big scammy bubble around 2021. Sonic 1, for example, is extremely common and easy to find complete copies of. Not 2 days ago I found a copy of it at CeX for like, £5! There are rare and uncommon games out there that are interesting to look into, and these ain't them.

[@Spacemutiny]

This is what happens when you have twenty year olds trying to talk about classic games lol

[@swandive46]

One of the rarest games is the digital version of NBA Jam, which was only bundled with North American versions of the physical game, NBA Elite 11. Elite is already rare to get ahold of, but that version of Jam only has about 5 known owners.

[@Bman32x]

I think it was assumed that “sealed copies, 1st production” were implied. Nobody is paying more than retail for used copies

[@tylarjackson7928]

​@@SpacemutinyBoth the guys are over 30

[@DanoLefourbe]

@@Spacemutiny 20yo can make good research, 50yo can miss the mark. That's not the point. They saw a weird trend with their list, and didn't investigfate it, that's all.

[@IRDeady]

You got real close there, mentioning multiple times how weird it is that this all happened in 2021. You got real close to getting it. You should remake this list but just with pre-2021 prices.

[@felman87]

I remember reading about how there was a scam involving bidding around items in 2021. Stuff like NFTs and gaming. I don't have the article on me but it's definitely suspect.

[@IRDeady]

@@felman87 yeah, that was definitely real. Carl Jobst covered it all. Parts of the video seemed like 3 were hinting at, but since they never clarified its hard to say if they knew or not. It wasn't a huge story either way.

[@octopolaroid]

Bingo.

[@freddiejohnson6137]

When most of these games are some of the most common on the system and all they have going for them is they are still sealed then you should definitely be suspicious as usually high prices for games were for once that had very small production runs or were never officially released but had a handful of copies made. Some of the prices were artificial in order to try and make others think they held more value than they actually did

[@worldoffood123]

Yup! I like this channel, but making this video without mentioning the WATA games and Heritage Auction fraud is actually pretty harmful to the community. All of these games are very common and were only priced this way for the scam.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

Imagine buying a game just to grade it with stupid plastic. Some people are really stupid

[@CasualSpud]

Were ANY of these not a Wata scam? Besides the NES Championship cart.. Was always rare

[@witecatj6007]

Yeah, that auction house is very shady. No copy of Super Mario Brothers is woth that much. A fool and their money, I guess.

[@CasualSpud]

@@witecatj6007 and emulation is free.. But you didn't hear that from me 🤫

[@BlueflagAlpha]

Grading a game is stupid. Those people think a game wrapped with a sealed case will worth anything

[@jsmith3946]

@@witecatj6007 there is one that's worth a lot and that's the one where radio host replaced some of the monsters it was a cross over thing with a popular late night radio show in Japan

[@eshep71]

What happened in 2021 was a bubble being built...

[@genericfriend2568]

The grading company used is fraudulent.

[@CaptainCiph3r]

These prices are so high because wata games created a speculative market around them...

[@plainlazy2097]

I’m surprised while researching the prices for this video you didn’t stumble across articles about the price fixing scam in… you guessed it 2021 by computer game grading service Wata games who were caught out artificially surging the market of sealed games by grading and selling their own stock to themselves

[@barth9580]

Scam prices...look it up!

[@ElValuador]

Dang. I had Mike Tyson’s punch out as a kid. Like many other kids with rare baseball cards and collectible toys, my mom threw it away.

[@1PixelShort]

Echoing what a lot of others are saying but this video was a bit of a misfire. While the video is technically true, the prices of these games where inflated by a bunch of auction sites & scammers to make a quick buck. The prices of these games mean nothing as the value is based off lies.

[@joshoshea3194]

I was always under the belief that the gold NES championship cartridge was the most expensive game on the market? Shows what I bloody know. 20 lashings for me mother.

[@Gooch359]

Great video buuuuut as alot of people have said, it was a scam between an auction house and the company that sets the value, it was the same for pokemon cards.

[@swordbladez]

I have all 10 of these. None are sealed though. I know despite having them complete in box except the NWC which has no box… These only will go for a few $100s without a perfect grade. I played them as most kids do. I took care but not to get a 9 or above. And I’m not selling my NWC 🤣

[@Games-il4vl]

it's important to distinguish between the "collector's market" and the "consumer market". A consumer is someone who is going to rip open the box, play the game and enjoy it. A collector is someone who is going to keep the thing in pristine condition and pass it down from generation to generation or w/e.

[@masterbspace]

Sealed and graded versions of these games technically. My minty CIB but used ocarina of time definitely isn’t worth that lol

[@RGVretroGames]

Phantom Crash and Dino Crisis 3 are going up like crazy.

[@Mr_Mcnasty]

I don't count any grades from any company to value a game

[@palmtreeguy4706]

“Ocareener” lol

[@BlueCheeseCrumbles]

Those prices are not real. It was speculative manipulation to try to convince others to spend that kind of money. It was a bubble and those sales were not real and the bubble has since popped. Which is why no such sales have been made since. You can watch the Karl jobst video on it.

[@pafoneto1275]

With that logic, their real price is the plastic which they are made of.

[@dainbramage781]

A bunch of people obviously spent the pandemic hunting through their attics and basements. Sealed games like this aren't going to be readily available normally.

[@ststriker]

If you're as old as me (born in 1980) there's a good chance that you've played at least most of the games featured on this list. To put it another way at one point you've held these same games in your hands.

[@witecatj6007]

I, too, was born in 1980 and have owned and played nine of these ten games. Only the Nintendo World Championship game is practically unobtainable to most of us.

[@Claws-kw9qn]

If I got Mike Tyson’s punch out, Nintendo 64 Mario and double dragon 1 all in the wii I have does that count. All are complete games in my wii data base. 😋

[@AEmceeMuzikForever]

Unintentionally...price wise, this is a spoof video

[@JBowKow]

Pretty shocking lack of homework here.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

Do you expect good information from a top 10 channel?

[@JBowKow]

@@BlueflagAlphaeven by those standards, this is pretty sad.

[@sonofsol2869]

No way you fell for this too 😮 the prices are a scam... Heritage. Delete video please 😂 I am actually surprised that this wasn't known as your jobs revolve around gaming

[@Spacemutiny]

Irresponsible.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

Do you think they even read comments?

[@H0lyMoley]

@@BlueflagAlpha I hope so, because WATA and Heritage are actually named in this video at 10:40 (look at the picture of the record of sale, they're both right there). And they were the ones perpetrating the scam. TripleJump is unintentionally providing free promotion for a cynical group of scam artists here. Not good. Not good at all.

[@benjaminmarshall1068]

@@H0lyMoley and what who cares ...so bored of people throwing out this OH they screwed over the markets GOOD that's how business works this was happening way before 2021

[@crisortiz4468]

Love this videos!!

[@cc3230]

I find it interesting that they’re talking US currency

[@rayceeya8659]

Thanks TJ, I needed to know that a game I gave away 20 years ago is not worth 200K.

[@plainlazy2097]

Don’t feel bad, mate. The prices featured in this video were part of a price fixing scam in 2021 by a service that graded sealed games called Wata. They were grading and selling their own games to themselves to artificially spike the market.

[@stoozdee]

Can’t wait for the bottom to fall out on this market.

[@davidagiel8130]

I still prefer the OG Resident evil with all the voice bugs, it has character and it was the first one I played.

[@robbie5984]

What is the Dover proven are confirmed that the game actually sold for that? It was either that or WATA just bought it for that price from themselves to inflate the market. Some shit like that I think.

[@davidagiel8130]

I’ll emulate all of these games today 😊

[@yeismeload]

2021 hmm, i wonder what it could be...something to do with oil barons stuck at home instead of crashing Lamborghinis and acting like total bell-ends. If only there was some explanation for these rich gamers having too much time on their hands that year.

[@MrEandc4life]

Aren’t most of these actually common?

[@BlueflagAlpha]

Yeah, only expensive because of the grading controversy

[@mattchelseadavis]

What channel you two used to have??

[@BrotherMag]

I own conkers bad fur day on n64 amd ocarina of time lol

[@justinstanek4971]

I got an extra $100 for my psp at gamestop cuz i had a french copy of the original Resident Evil

[@justinstanek4971]

It was like 11 or 12 years ago

[@Jjay108Ecua]

Even before reading the comments I went to look at the images of sold items and the one thing I was looking for was “WATA”. After seeing that this video lost its credibility, since I have learned about who WATA is. I would agree that this channel needs to say something because this is all misleading. 2021 and WATA are the same for most of these games and they are graded. They forgot to mention that they have to be graded first. They make it seemed like any like sealed copy will get this price.

[@glengudgeon1578]

To think I threw away my saga and sonic when I moved house because I had a tantrum lol

[@j.a.weishaupt1748]

I own half these games and can sell them all for maybe $100

[@tomgreen2737]

It's a scam ridiculous prices.

[@siv9939]

Yeah, I'm just going to stick to collecting Atari Lynx games.

[@Risperdali]

These prices are some bullshit.

[@Zander-xv3jj]

Why the hell is Mario 64 is cost a million dollars

[@johnnyfood64]

Can you make a separate video where it's the most valuable video games but doesn't involve any of that Wata graded clown shit?

[@somejerkbag]

Ive got a bunch of old cartridge games. Where do you go to sell them at these insane prices?

[@DarkbloomVis]

Never forget Watagames tried to ruin the gaming market for their own gain

[@pafoneto1275]

"gaming market"? Lol no. Old games aren't part of the gaming market, they are just collection items.

[@DarkbloomVis]

@@pafoneto1275 lol okay whatever you say. The collection market is a gaming market in its own, wise guy

[@gracekim25]

Yep 😅 hello again 😊

[@secondcitygaming3057]

Reaction to COVID happened in ‘21

[@bsmith6646]

Scam they may be. But a cracking vid nevertheless

[@army103]

It feels very strange knowing that I have all of these games in ROM form, and original physical copies of 5 of them. It's kinda nuts how much money some people are willing to pay for the exact same games, with the only difference being unopened packaging!

[@pafoneto1275]

Is not nuts, they are just lunatic people.

[@System_Sega]

Is it April fools day already?

[@yotaruvegeta]

Video games are priceless to me ::HUG::

[@Mous3v2]

Woo

[@television321man]

should call this "10 Times Wata Games Ruined The Used Game Market"

[@pafoneto1275]

Was already ruined. What are you talking?

[@jamalvargas6146]

Fighters Megamix On Sega Saturn Must Be a Rare find given It's only popped up on Sega Saturn good game good game

[@Boogie_the_cat]

Sorry that's not how rarity works. That's like saying "Food Fight" on the Atari Lynx is rare because it only released on the Lynx. Yeah, it only released on the Lynx, but the standard number of copies was manufactured, so it's not rare. It's just that the Lynx was a failure, so nobody cares. Ditto with the Saturn. Don't get me wrong, I liked the Saturn, but "rare" in collector terms is dependent on the number of actual CDs the publisher released. Fighters Megamix was fairly popular, so they released a large number of discs, so it isn't rare.

[@JohnGotts]

Highest selling prices, yes. Most valuable, likely not. Evidence of alleged fraud in 2021 by buyers and sellers given by KZbinr Karl Jobst, yes. Innocent until proven guilty, of course. I recommend watching the videos and reactions since 2021 and making up your own mind rather than just reading KZbin comments.

[@jsmith3946]

for being a video game channel you got a few facts wrong like the Final Fantasy story is complete bs and as for the Mike Tyson game it's a really common game to get a hold of in fact on ebay a website known for it's jack up prices there are a bunch going for 20 bucks

[@deadsiderwashere]

You would think a video game channel would have some form of knowledge or research on them would know what went on in the used market in 2021. But then you keep bringing it up almost like you know about it, i would have thought researchers would have been curious enough to peek into 2021 and get a second chance to figure out why this whole video is embarrassing to put out. Sorry folks but ive been a subscriber for years and the only thing I ask from one topic channels is to be knowledgeable in your topic. This is a pretty big gaffe and you should bring it down. As for me ill keep watching i guess but i won't sit through any more obvious and major mistakes like these. Which is a shame because i like all your crew.

[@BlueflagAlpha]

They make top 10 videos on this channel like that other bigger channel. Its easy to make and showed that they are lazy to do research

[@deadsiderwashere]

@@BlueflagAlpha oh I know, but I've seen some deep cuts in the lists sometimes that I liked or impressed me. Probably no more I guess

[@benjaminmarshall1068]

@@deadsiderwashere what happened in 2021 didn't change the facts them deals still happened people like you, Karl jobst and others seem to think JUST because the market was manipulated that it's a non transaction, so when I manipulate the stock exchange or bitcoin my DEAL would be dodgy but its still succeesful

[@deadsiderwashere]

@benjaminmarshall1068 you're missing the point. They're acting all "oh gee what happened here so crazy guess we will never know" yet the tiniest due diligence would footnote each of these or open the list pointing out its sketchy. I don't care that the deals were done so much as a videogame focused channel oopsied basic and pretty recent gaming knowledge. Some acknowledgement should have been done on clearly outlier results.

[@Spacemutiny]

Ok please, for the last time, stop spreading the rumor that Final Fantasy was called that because they thought they were closing. That’s been debunked. It was supposed to be called Fighting Fantasy but that name was already trademarked. Also the prices used in this video were basically an artificially inflated scam. Amateur hour up in here. I’d honestly delete this lol

[@Nemesis2K]

Using a rigged bidding setup as your source makes this video, ironically … worthless.

[@kidretro3825]

I love Triple Jump but this video is poorly done. Every Auction you showed was WATA Games. They're terrible and crooks. Do better please.

[@shoom5198]

I sold all my old Nintendo stuff when i fell on hard times. Only a few grand but they meant the world the world to me. 😔

[@Spur1Denmark]

Sorry to hear that 😔

[@tec5x5]

dont worry these prices arnt real they dont count

[@pafoneto1275]

​@@tec5x5 The price some lunatic freak pay isn't also real.

[@mythbustersfan3456]

I am not putting any blame on the Triple Jump team, but it sucks that anyone getting into video game collecting and seeing WATA games and thinking they are really expensive just makes me frustrated due to idiots like WATA artificially inflating video game prices to the point where the even people over at Triple Jump don't know the actual price of retro video games. I have been a video game collector since late high school so I know when to spot scalpers if I was getting something at a good deal, especially something essential like a controller or a memory card. Sorry laddies, hope you use EBay next time. still love your content though. 😊

[@pafoneto1275]

Before WATA some lunatic collecting freaks also made people think that a random NES game value was thousands of dollars... Is pretty much the same.

[@rhysshepherd9006]

They all sold in 2021 because of covid and all the extra cash people were sitting on. We saw similar sales in trading cards and also peaks in the stock market and crypto markets

[@DFMusic811]

Yeah, like several others I suggest remaking this video with better stats unaffected by the scamming.

[@pafoneto1275]

Then all of this game would cost like 2 dollars.

[@aliensweathands]

👽

[@I-ONLY-BUILD-MECHS-AND-DUSTERS]

Stick to worst to best rankings. This is nonsense and not even accurate.

[@tec5x5]

yeah nope this list is invalid

[@mattalan6618]

huh my local retro store sell OOt for 10 bucks used. open in box for 25

[@Boogie_the_cat]

10 most valuable video games* *Valuable to the morons who buy and sell sealed graded games, a market which is manipulated because heritage auctions founders are the same group of founders of Wata Games Grading, the *only* grading company that Heritage Auctions uses. Please see @KarlJobst

[@imranahmad2733]

I'm surprised wata hasn't been sued or shutdown for manipulating and inflating the market, I'm glad Karl Jobst bought it to light.

[@benjaminmarshall1068]

Just because Karl made that video...doesn't mean it's all nonsense the guy winds me up HE talks like his opinion is gospel many people can't stand him he's the same man that did a go fund me because he's being sued himself

[@mattalan6618]

all these games are free via emulation