Value of some Famicom games

I just don't know where to ask this b/c I need a more or less quick answer the Price-Check topic is more rather "single" stuff anyway I think.

I want to know what those games would cost me if I bought them one for one seperately:

Yoshi no Tamago
Fire Emblem
Fire Emblem Gaiden
Mach Rider
Yoshi's Cookie
Zelda no Densetsu
Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario Bros. USA
Super Mario Bros 3
Goonies
Twinbee
Bomberman
Championship Lode Runner
Famicom Wars
Hoshi no Kirby
Joymech Fight
Might Bomb Jack
Devil World
Dr. Mario
Wario no Mori


All of them for FC, not FC Disk, and complete + mint in box, w/instruction.


Thanks a lot in advance

 

I'd say Zelda is worth the most out of that bunch.

And Mach rider is worth only a few USD

 

Really? For minty complete jp Famicom originals? I thought at least Famicom Wars and Fire Emblem are each 25$, plus Wario no Mori, Lode Runner and so on. My offer is on about 150$ shipped, what do you think?

 

Nah for mint Zelda is one of the least pricey. The cheapest games in the set will be around $10-15 (and will be the older difficult to find mint) and the most expensive will be $30-35 (and be the most desired games like SMB3 and Famicom Wars). I think the entire set would cost more like $350 without shipping...

 

Thanks. I will try to get it then, the seller didn't answer yet.

 

I thought Zelda was one of the harder to find ones because of it's late print run? And Mach Rider being one of the more commons.

 

These are just my impressions from what I see in stores whenever I check aound the reasonable shops. The key word is reasonable. No point reporting what specialist/newbie trap shops like Mandarake charge. Right now a lot of shops are taking advantage of the retro revival in Japan, charging "rare" prices for even common games.

Yoshi no Tamago - Extremely common & extremely cheap
Fire Emblem - Common enough
Fire Emblem Gaiden - ?
Mach Rider - ?
Yoshi's Cookie - Common
Zelda no Densetsu - Not common but $15 - $30 boxed is what I usually see it go for at reasonable Japanese shops.
Super Mario Bros. - Extremely common but because of the Famicom & retro "boom", shops think they can charge $35 for it.
Super Mario Bros. USA - Slightly scarce, but usually cheap
Super Mario Bros 3 - Common, but see SMB above.
Goonies - Very common
Twinbee - Extremely common
Bomberman - Extremely common
Championship Lode Runner - ?
Famicom Wars - Common enough
Hoshi no Kirby - Common and cheap
Joymech Fight - Common
Might Bomb Jack - ?
Devil World - ? Rare?
Dr. Mario - Common & cheap.
Wario no Mori - Rare(?)

I don't know the rarity of the oldest games very well. I guess it's because a lot of collectors already have games like Mach Rider and Lode Runner 100 times over on all the Asian multicarts.

 

I'd also be pleased to pay a "reasonable" price for them, actually I just want to play all the great old Nintendo games on a Famicom to get the "original experience"!

And you're right that most of the games are pretty common, but they are also rather hard to find in a satisfying shape, like Makaimura or Super Mario Bros. And on the other hand, games like PC-Engine Dracula X are also very common, but that doesn't effect on the price.
When I went to Mandarake I noticed their rip-off prices as well though. Not many well-conditioned games went for less than 1500yen, SMB was 3500 and the instruction was even slightly damaged according to the price-tag.

BTW: Was "Mario Brothers" a jpn-only release for Famicom?

 

Asking for some prices again (this time its all Famicom Disk system and complete in good condition):

Akumajo Dracula
Akumajo Dracula 2 (don't know if card is included)
Metroid
Ai Senshi Nicol
Arumana no ??? (the Indiana Jones game)
Green Beret
Moero Twinbee
Zelda no Densetsu
Link no Bouken
Bubble Boble (complete in plastic envelope)
Esper Dream
Gal Force

 

$10-15 Akumajo Dracula
$10-15 Akumajo Dracula 2 (don't know if card is included)
$10-15 Metroid
$5-10 Ai Senshi Nicol
$5-10 Arumana no ??? (the Indiana Jones game)
$5-10 Green Beret
$5-10 Moero Twinbee
$10-15 Zelda no Densetsu
$10-15 Link no Bouken
$25-30 Bubble Boble (complete in plastic envelope)
$5-10 Esper Dream
$5-10 Gal Force
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In total I think around US$125 without shipping

 

Mmhhh I don't know if all of those fit too good. AD 1+2 are 80$+50$ if I'm (still) informed correctly, not too sure about the others though, that's why I asked.
Still the prices for some of them seem a bit low to me, esp. for Bubble Bobble (isn't this a rare one? Can't spot any on yahoo right now), Ai Senshi Nicol and the Zeldas.

Just too bad that there is almost no Import-market for those games, otherwise one could compare prices better. I hardly find FC Disk stuff on ebay at all.

 

Bubble Bobble is sort of rare, but it's definitely not worth that much, and there's no way Akumajou and Drac II are worth $50 used! Most of these games you can get SEALED for $40-60, even the Zeldas.

 

Indeed if you look hard enough you could pick it up for less then Y500. Bubble Bobble is the most expensive as it came as a more collectable package.

 

OK thank you guys, I think I payed the right price then Though I must say that an Akudora 1 for 10$ is just impossible in the west, esp. when its in perfect condition, the last one went for 19 pounds on ebay. But I am more eager to play them than to hit the ultimate bargain anyway

 

Finding that many carts complete and in mint condition represents a time cost... I'm sure if you hunted around you could assemble it yourself, but the time involved plus the shipping for each would end up making the total price more. You know you're not going to get them for free, and you know they aren't rarities, so just pick a price you're happy with, make a decision, the move on. Whatever you think you might have overpaid you'll make back up in time and shipping.

 

Thanks for the support, I'm still very happy with my purchases although the price was maybe more average than cheap
13k for all mentioned FDS games + 2 or 3 extras (bigbox games though, 1x DOG version and Recling or however the blue bigboxed game was called).

By the way, which ones are first releases - grey or color boxes? I.E. of Mario Brothers and Donkey Kong 3 there are two version floating around and the silver one is obviously more sought after (looking at the price tag on yahoo).

 

the first one costs in complete & minty con. between min. $90 up to $140.

 

We are talking about the Famicom Disk-version of the game which is a lot cheaper.

BTW

Battle Formula and Over Horizon - are those as expensive and are as I think? I couldn't spot one of those anywhere and I've been looking for them constantly & actively for weeks.

 

lol..sorry. who's able to read is the blessedly :lol:

 

The original games DO NOT have the silver box. The originals are sometimes called "Laser" carts because of the wire on the cartridge. The first 16 games released by Nintendo have this:





Above is a picture of all of them. It took me about 6 months to assemble and I just finished it last week. You can find the loose carts somewhat easily, but getting them complete is a different story. They just had auctions on Yahoo for NEW copies of Donkey Kong and Donky Kong 3 that sold for over 26,000 yen each.