Prices Updated in November 2023

In our retro game collecting guides, we often focus primarily on the games themselves, but I wanted to monitor the values of common variations of console hardware as well.

My goal with this price guide is to give everyone an easily-accessible price listing of mainstream retro consoles so that it is easy to survey the console landscape, see what you might expect to pay for hardware you have been considering or see what you might be able to get for a console you’re looking to offload.

Featured photo courtesy of @chrsmccllm on InstagramÂ

The price guide is broken down into three major condition groupings:

• Loose: console hardware only with no packaging. The lower price range may only include the console itself and minimal accessories like a power adapter. Even at the low price, the machine should be in working condition. Units that are for “parts only” should be valued lower. The high range of loose consoles should include a controller or two, power and video cables and be in excellent cosmetic condition. For some older consoles, this higher price range may even include some hardware restoration.
• Complete in Box (CIB): This is for a console in good working order that also comes with its original packaging. The lower price range may have a few items missing from the original shipment (like manuals or inner packaging) and/or the cardboard box may be in rougher shape (older boxes typically show a lot of wear). The higher price range should include almost every item that came in the original retail box and should be in excellent cosmetic condition.
• New (Unopened): This grouping is for units that have never been opened from their retail packaging or used. Since this is less common, we simply give a single price range estimate, but there are still some variances in the value due to the condition of the packaging and such.

I have included some interesting or rare console variants in this price guide, but it is not meant to be exhaustive at this point. I also included some consoles with aftermarket video mods, but again, this is by no means exhaustive. I may eventually add more unit variations to the guide over time as I also update values. Â If you feel I have made some glaring omissions, please let me know in the comments section below, but I cannot add every recommendation immediately.

In case you didn’t notice, I left off handheld units from this guide. Those are in this separate Handheld/Portable Price Guide

Biggest Recent ChangesI couldn’t help but be curious which console saw the largest value appreciation since my last guide revision in January 2018. Â I compared the average pricing between the different quality levels (loose and complete-in-box — excluding “New/Unopened”) Â in the table below. If you’d like to see a full comparative breakdown, a full Excel Spreadsheet and PDF of the data is shared with my Patreon members. Â Being a Patreon subscriber of at least $1 will get you access to this and other future exclusives and it helps keep this website running.

Below are two charts that show the highest movers over the last three years (in this case, comparing 2020 to 2023 values). Even though there have been some additional value increases over the last few years, there has also been quite a bit of cooling off from the 2020/2021 peak.
(For reference, you can also see this chart of the fastest 3-year growers comparing early 2018 to late 2020.)

The Console Price Guide

| Console Name | LooseLow$ | LooseHigh$ | CIBLow$ | CIBHigh$ | New$ | Shop | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Fairchild Channel F | 265 | 350 | 320 | 585 | 1050 | eBay | | Magnavox Odyssey | 50 | 150 | 230 | 780 | 1000 | eBay | | Magnavox Odyssey 2 | 40 | 100 | 65 | 300 | 900 | eBay | | Atari Super Pong | 45 | 80 | 60 | 150 | – | eBay | | Atari Pong C-100 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 315 | – | eBay | | Sears Tele-Games Pong | 45 | 130 | 130 | 300 | – | eBay | | Nintendo Pong Block | 70 | 90 | 140 | 215 | – | eBay | | Atari 2600 Woodgrain/Heavy Sixer | 45 | 200 | 200 | 500 | 3000 | eBay | | Atari 2600 Woodgrain Mod w/RCA | 120 | 250 | – | – | – | eBay | | Atari 2600 Light Sixer | 45 | 105 | 130 | 360 | 1520 | eBay | | Atari 2600 Light Sixer Mod w/RCA | 90 | 150 | – | – | – | eBay | | Atari 2600 4-Switch Woodgrain | 50 | 130 | 130 | 900 | – | eBay | | Atari 2600 4-Switch Woodgrain Mod w/RCA | 90 | 130 | – | – | – | eBay | | Atari 2600 Vader | 60 | 120 | 145 | 800 | 1530 | eBay | | Atari 2600 Vader Modded w/RCA | 100 | 140 | – | – | – | eBay | | Atari 2600 Jr Long Rainbow | 40 | 80 | 75 | 200 | 510 | eBay | | Atari 2600 Jr Short Rainbow | 40 | 100 | 110 | 270 | 600 | eBay | | Atari 2600 Jr Black/Irish | 60 | 80 | 100 | 300 | 500 | eBay | | Atari 2600 Jr Modded w/ RCA | 100 | 200 | – | – | – | eBay | | Entex Adventurevision | 1500 | 2400 | 5000 | 5400 | – | eBay | | Mattel Intellivision | 70 | 175 | 130 | 610 | 680 | eBay | | ColecoVision | 110 | 200 | 220 | 800 | eBay | | Atari 5200 | 85 | 155 | 175 | 600 | 850 | eBay | | Atari 5200 Modded w/ RCA | 190 | 225 | – | – | – | eBay | | Atari 5200 Modded w/ S-Video | 200 | 275 | – | – | – | eBay | | Vectrex | 240 | 750 | 650 | 1200 | – | eBay | | Casio PV-1000 | 350 | 450 | 650 | 700 | – | eBay | | Nintendo NES Control Deck | 50 | 160 | 170 | 1000 | 2400 | eBay | | Nintendo NES Modded w/ RGB | 340 | 500 | – | – | – | eBay | | Nintendo NES Mod w/ Kevtris HDMI | 500 | 775 | – | – | – | eBay | | Nintendo NES 2 (Top-Loader) | 85 | 210 | 320 | 920 | 1200 | eBay | | Nintendo NES 2 Modded w/ RGB | 370 | 450 | – | – | – | eBay | | Nintendo NES 2 Mod w/ Kevtris HDMI | 400 | 500 | – | – | – | eBay | | Analogue Nt (original) | 475 | 1000 | 770 | 1200 | – | eBay | | Analogue Nt mini (including Noir) | 425 | 570 | 575 | 850 | 950 | eBay | | Nintendo Famicom | 38 | 80 | 55 | 300 | 360 | eBay | | Nintendo Famicom AV | 75 | 130 | 140 | 250 | 325 | eBay | | Nintendo Famicom Twin | 90 | 200 | 170 | 280 | 950 | eBay | | Nintendo Famicom Disk System | 70 | 200 | 170 | 280 | 950 | eBay | | Sega Master System Model 1 | 68 | 330 | 140 | 780 | 850 | eBay | | Sega Master System Model 2 | 65 | 140 | 110 | 270 | 800 | eBay | | Atari 7800 | 55 | 170 | 80 | 270 | – | eBay | | Atari 7800 Modded w/ RCA | 180 | 300 | – | – | – | eBay | | Atari 7800 Modded w/ S-Vid | 220 | 365 | – | – | – | eBay | | Sharp X68000 | 750 | 2200 | – | – | – | eBay | | TurboGrafx-16 | 120 | 260 | 275 | 930 | – | eBay | | PC Engine | 78 | 165 | 150 | 250 | – | eBay | | PC Engine Core Grafx | 76 | 175 | 165 | 230 | 550 | eBay | | PC Engine Core Grafx II | 102 | 150 | 165 | 230 | – | eBay | | PC Engine CD-ROM 2 Console | 180 | 240 | 260 | 350 | – | eBay | | PC Engine CD-ROM 2 Add-On | 130 | 180 | 240 | 300 | – | eBay | | PC Engine Super CD-ROM | 225 | 310 | 400 | 700 | – | eBay | | PC Engine LT | 1300 | 1800 | 3500 | 4000 | – | eBay | | PC Engine Shuttle | 150 | 320 | 350 | 450 | – | eBay | | PC Engine SuperGrafx | 300 | 550 | 450 | 820 | 1000 | eBay | | TurboGrafx-CD | 260 | 300 | 1500 | 2000 | 2500 | eBay | | Turbo Duo NTSC | 310 | 1000 | 930 | 2500 | 5000 | eBay | | Turbo Duo JP | 150 | 300 | 300 | 350 | – | eBay | | Turbo Duo-R | 220 | 290 | 300 | 470 | eBay | | Turbo Duo-RX | 230 | 370 | 325 | 1000 | 1500 | eBay | | Nintendo Virtual Boy | 180 | 400 | 325 | 1200 | 1500 | eBay | | Sega Genesis Model 1 | 40 | 160 | 110 | 620 | 1500 | eBay | | Sega Genesis Model 1 Triple Bypass | 135 | 185 | eBay | | Sega Genesis Model 2 | 130 | 125 | 73 | 200 | 600 | eBay | | Sega Genesis Model 2 Triple Bypass | 23 | 90 | eBay | | Sega Genesis Model 3 | 35 | 65 | 65 | 160 | 300 | eBay | | Sega Genesis Model 3 Triple Bypass | 123 | 130 | eBay | | Sega CDX | 375 | 600 | 950 | 2850 | 3000 | eBay | | Analogue Mega Sg | 200 | 210 | 300 | 370 | 450 | eBay | | Sega Power Base Converter | 60 | 130 | 160 | 290 | 300 | eBay | | Sega 32X | 115 | 200 | 140 | 400 | 500 | eBay | | Sega CD Model 1 | 225 | 650 | 400 | 900 | 1100 | eBay | | Sega CD Model 2 | 170 | 420 | 180 | 680 | 700 | eBay | | Pioneer LaserActive | 900 | 1600 | 1150 | 1700 | 5550 | eBay | | JVC Wondermega | 500 | 830 | 1000 | 1650 | – | eBay | | JCV X’eye | 350 | 740 | 900 | 1360 | – | eBay | | Neo-Geo AES | 380 | 1000 | 750 | 3000 | 5000 | eBay | | Neo-Geo AES Modded HDMI | 1130 | 1400 | – | – | – | eBay | | Nes-Geo Consolized MVS | 300 | 800 | – | – | – | eBay | | Super Nintendo (SNES) | 50 | 225 | 145 | 1200 | 1500 | eBay | | SNES 2 (SNES-101 / SNES Jr.) | 58 | 200 | 120 | 500 | 850 | eBay | | SNES 2 (SNES-101 / SNES Jr.) Modded | 160 | 320 | – | – | – | eBay | | Analogue Super Nt | 180 | 190 | 200 | 430 | 450 | eBay | | Super Game Boy | 22 | 40 | 63 | 120 | – | eBay | | Super Game Boy 2 | 40 | 78 | 85 | 175 | – | eBay | | FM Towns Marty | 380 | 840 | 700 | 1200 | – | eBay | | Phillps CD-i (avg of allmodels) | 150 | 600 | 250 | 900 | – | eBay | | Atari Jaguar | 250 | 420 | 400 | 630 | 900 | eBay | | Atari Jaguar CD | 360 | 800 | 1000 | 1300 | – | eBay | | Neo Geo CD | 170 | 450 | 350 | 670 | 1350 | eBay | | Neo Geo CD Modded | 490 | 650 | – | – | – | eBay | | Neo Geo CDZ | 230 | 525 | 585 | 800 | 1500 | eBay | | Sony Playstation (PS1) | 23 | 147 | 65 | 650 | 1800 | eBay | | Sony Playstation (PS1) Modded | 175 | 1100 | – | – | – | eBay | | Sony Playstation DTL-H3001(Black) | 650 | 950 | 1050 | 1200 | 1300 | eBay | | Sony PSOne | 40 | 120 | 130 | 350 | 600 | eBay | | Sega Saturn (US/PAL) | 56 | 150 | 140 | 450 | 1020 | eBay | | Sega Saturn Modded w/ Chip | 290 | 435 | – | – | – | eBay | | Sega Saturn Modded w/ ODE | 275 | 575 | – | – | – | eBay | | Sega Saturn (Japan) | 41 | 140 | 100 | 650 | 750 | eBay | | Sega Saturn Hi-Saturn | 220 | 390 | 660 | 840 | – | eBay | | Sega Saturn Skeleton | 235 | 375 | 380 | 500 | – | eBay | | 3DO Panasonic FZ-1 | 130 | 465 | 230 | 685 | – | eBay | | 3DO Panasonic FZ-10 | 130 | 280 | 210 | 400 | – | eBay | | 3DO Goldstar 3DO Interactive | 110 | 200 | 260 | 600 | – | eBay | | Amiga CD32 | 370 | 640 | 620 | 920 | 1250 | eBay | | Nintendo 64 | 50 | 270 | 150 | 800 | 1500 | eBay | | Nintendo 64 Pikachu | 50 | 270 | 150 | 800 | 1500 | eBay | | Nintendo 64 w/ Video Mod | 150 | 1000 | – | – | – | eBay | | Nintendo 64DD | 1200 | 1430 | 1550 | 2250 | 3400 | eBay | | Sega Dreamcast | 65 | 180 | 115 | 560 | 750 | eBay | | Sega Dreamcast Mod w/ HDMI & GDEMu | 250 | 1200 | – | – | – | eBay | | Sega Dreamcast Divers 2000 CX-1 | 4000 | 6000 | 10000 | 26000 | eBay | | Sony Playstation 2 (PS2) | 53 | 190 | 90 | 580 | 1000 | eBay | | Sony Playstation 2 Refurb Custom w/ HDD | 150 | 290 | – | – | – | eBay | | Sony Playstation 2 Slim | 43 | 200 | 88 | 450 | 600 | eBay | | Sony PSX (PS2-Based DVR) | 150 | 400 | 400 | 1200 | eBay | | Playstation 3 PS2-Backwards Comp | 140 | 300 | 300 | 450 | 850 | eBay | | Nintendo Gamecube | 45 | 180 | 80 | 700 | 1000 | eBay | | Nintendo Gamecube HDMI/Loader Mod | 255 | 460 | – | – | – | eBay | | Nintendo Gamecube Panasonic Q | 410 | 900 | 910 | 1850 | 4200 | eBay | | Nintendo Gamecube Gameboy Player | 45 | 380 | 380 | 390 | 400 | eBay | | Microsoft Xbox | 50 | 150 | 95 | 870 | 1500 | eBay | | Microsoft Xbox – Refurb+Upgrade | 88 | 600 | – | – | – | eBay | | Nintendo Wii | 28 | 135 | 46 | 350 | 430 | eBay | | Nintendo Wii Mini | 38 | 85 | 100 | 170 | 330 | eBay | | Xbox 360 [Pro/Premium] | 35 | 155 | 68 | 210 | 250 | eBay | | Xbox 360 [Arcade / Core] | 35 | 150 | 42 | 285 | 300 | eBay | | Xbox 360 Elite | 35 | 180 | 60 | 250 | 400 | eBay | | Xbox 360 S / Slim | 35 | 190 | 80 | 400 | 450 | eBay | | Xbox 360 E | 35 | 250 | 85 | 290 | 420 | eBay | | Playstation 3 PS2-BC 20GB CECHB01 | 80 | 450 | 250 | 700 | – | eBay | | Playstation 3 PS2-BC 60GB CECHA01 | 180 | 600 | 340 | 1000 | 2500 | eBay | | Playstation 3 Soft PS2-BC 80GB CECHE01 | 130 | 350 | 230 | 700 | – | eBay | | Playstation 3 2nd Gen | 90 | 200 | 200 | 500 | – | eBay | | Playstation 3 Slim | 80 | 250 | 100 | 300 | 480 | eBay | | Playstation 3 Super Slim | 65 | 250 | 130 | 450 | 850 | eBay |

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