For $70, buyers received not just the cartridge, but a full-sized player’s guide - a book that ran 135 pages-long. Here’s the story behind this cool collectible: When EarthBound came West in 1995, it carried a higher price tag than most other games on the console. But it’s important to highlight that EarthBound’s strategy guide is included in the mix - as it’s long been coveted by fans of the role-playing game, still fetching high prices because of its extreme rarity. This listing had a good condition cartridge with the original instruction manual and box included, and it already has sold at its $600 list price.We’ve already linked you to a lovely collection of Super Nintendo game manuals that Nintendo uploaded in honor of the SNES Classic Edition’s launch. As a beloved Nintendo series that hasn't gotten any new entries recently, the old Earthbound game cartridges have a ton of interest around them. Earthbound stood out from other roleplaying games at the time with its modern setting and satirical elements of the story. This role-playing game series which began in Japan with the name Mother is a cult classic now, though some fans may know the characters Ness and Lucas as fighters in the Super Smash B ros.

When selling off old games, having things items like the original manual and game case intact is huge for collectors and will increase the price ex0rbitantly. Even as technology gets better and better, people look back to old consoles like the Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, or Playstation and collect their classic libraries enthusiastically. If you haven't held onto those old games and want to relive the memories on the original hardware, it can be a pretty high asking price for some of them.

'Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.'įor tons of gamers, seeing a CRT TV screen with pixelated heroes like Mario, Link and Sonic running across them brings you back to a simpler time. How Much Do These Retro Video Games Cost Now? Ralf-Finn Hestoft - Getty Images

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