How much do YOU think a NES is worth?

Local store sells them for $50.

I've had my original NES since i was a kid, it still works a little. But I recently bought a Generation NEX which is a NES remodel, so i don't ever have to worry about freezing or blowing into carts for hours. So i do all my NES playing on that now, it runs for like $60. It also plays Famicom games.

Anyways, an NES is always worth it.

Yeah i think mine is worth about 45 USD, and would I play it? Yes. Why? DUCK HUNT!:shock: that dog always laughs at me...tokay411

That damn dog!

I'd pay maybe $50 for one.

Priceless.

Even though I don't play it anymore, I would never sell my NES or N64.

lol. i still have the original box mine came in back when my parents got it in the 80's. the price tag says $99.99

i would never sell my NES. and yes, i play it almost every day. every series was better on there. mario, castlevania, megaman, the list just goes on forever. the new releases of most games that started on NES are ok. like mario galaxy and all that, but nothin beats the originals. games were so much more difficult and fun back then

Hey everyone! You know, it's funny...Two days after I decide to become an active member of GameSpot, and the very topic I've been looking for answers to for over a week comes up on the forums. Maybe these topics show up a lot, but for someone new to the forums, it was pretty cool. Anyway...

I've been looking into buying an old-school NES from EBay, and I guess I've been a bit out of touch with the game world lately, because I can't BELIEVE someone came out with another design! Top-loader?! Hogwash! In my quest to collect all the old-school systems, I'll never buy anything other than the original design. I mean, I guess it was a smart business move for whoever came up with it since the youngsters who never had the immeasurable pleasure of playing the first one will now get a chance, but for me (as well as, I trust, most of the twenty-somethings and older who read this) it's sacrilegious.

So, my question is this: Clearly, an original NES, still sealed in the box, purchased on launch day, vacuum-sealed in the basement of Nintendo's HQ is the most valuable of all the NES systems, but do you think it would matter much if, say, thirty years from now, I tried to sell my not-yet-acquired system WITH THE NEW 72-PIN CONNECTOR?

How much will it hurt the collection value? If I have to, that's what I'll get because most of the reason why I want one is for the love of the games (plus, I doubt playing classics like Legend of Zelda and Bubble Bobble has quite the same feel if done through the Wii's Virtual Console), but I'm also looking at it as an investment in my (and my children's) future.

Any thoughts?

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So, my question is this: Clearly, an original NES, still sealed in the box, purchased on launch day, vacuum-sealed in the basement of Nintendo's HQ is the most valuable of all the NES systems, but do you think it would matter much if, say, thirty years from now, I tried to sell my not-yet-acquired system WITH THE NEW 72-PIN CONNECTOR?

How much will it hurt the collection value? If I have to, that's what I'll get because most of the reason why I want one is for the love of the games (plus, I doubt playing classics like Legend of Zelda and Bubble Bobble has quite the same feel if done through the Wii's Virtual Console), but I'm also looking at it as an investment in my (and my children's) future.

Any thoughts?

PlanetAnyhow

Well, the original NES isn't exactly rare. It's also fairly easy and inexpensive to repair. So even 30 years from now, and even with a new 72 pin connector, I wouldn't expect a used one to be worth all that much (15$ to 30$ maybe).

Interestingly enough, a NES2 (top loader created by Nintendo, not the clones) might actually be worth more since it's already harder to come by.

First of all, thanks to Apsinthion and child_of_lileth for your responses. With all due respect, however, I think (or perhaps hope) that these systems will be worth more than that to SOMEONE if I hold on to it for 30 more years. Consider that the console is already nearing its 23rd birthday, which means it'll be over the half-century mark by the time my theoretical sale takes place. Anyway, I suppose that also means that with its original 72-pin connector, it'll be worth considerably more than if I continually replace the connector over the next three decades. That's what I thought originally anyway.

And child_... Thanks for lacerating my ulcer even more! I guess I truly am behind the times if the top-loader's been around for that long. I think, though, that my perception of gaming has changed since I had the original NES, or SNES for that matter, (especially since I got my NES when I was about six) so now I look at the whole gaming industry rather than just what's sitting on the local Toys R Us (or in my case, Toy Works) shelves. I stand by my previous statement that I will not buy anything other than the original-design version of these systems.

Thanks again for your responses! More are always appreciated!

i wouldn't pay more than $40 for a used NES with a controller, av cable, and power supply. I bought my NES at goodwill for a few dollars, but the power supply cost me $10 at a local game shop. good thing is you can use any RCA cables to hook it up to a tv.

those cheap chinese knockoffs are like $50 for the nes version, or $60 for the nes/snes combo. but those things are pretty junky from what i've heard. plus you cant play duckhunt on those.

I remember trying to save up $100 to buy one with my $1 allowance back in the late 80s. I wanted one so badly, but my grandparents bought my family a computer for Christmas instead. I had to wait until a couple years later to finally get a game console, when I received a Sega Genesis with Sonic the Hedgehog for Christmas. Man that was the best Christmas ever.

I eventually did pick up a used NES in the late 90s, from the Funcoland Mail Order Catalog (you guys remember them?). They were cheap at the time. I don't think I paid more than $20 or $30. I was even able to find a brand new copy of Star Tropics at my local Toys R Us.

Since mine's a front loader, it's touchy, I'd be willing to pay $50 for a top loader in decent shape.

If it worked like it was brand-new and it came with the original box, then I'd easily pay $100. But for your average, used, "blinky" NES: $20-$30.

I have one that I got it the day it came out. I'm trying to sell it....I hav e 29 games with itjondoe314

Dont bring back threads from 2008!!!

I paid $40 for my top loader and 5-games for it. I was happy with my purchase

I don't really want one so it's worth pretty much nothing to me. If I were in the market, I'd pay maybe $20 for the original or $40-50 through the top loader.

$40.00 is what I paid for my original mattel 1985. From a pawn shop. During the early launch in October 1985 it came with an orignal 5 phillip screwdriver copy of Kung Fu. and even the original yellow and red. with a german copy of SuperMario brothers thrown in.

But rebuilt NES sell for $59.99 since in 2013 it can be chore to find a working NES. without the blue screen of death.

Just because somethings old doesn't necessarily mean it's worth a lot. The Atari 2600 is even older than the NES and you can buy one for around $30-50 depending on the model.

The original NES sold so well that even after all this time they're still not rare even in the slightest, we are figuratively just tripping over them. I would price an original model NES based on condition and what's included ac, controller, rf switch, new 72 pin. If it has all of that and maybe a game thrown in $50.

If it's in good working order, I could reasonably see one going for about $50.