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NES · 1988

Blades of Steel

versionPALNTSC-U
$35
CIB, complete in box
sold $25 to $45 · highest recorded sale $226Cardboard box: its condition moves the price most
● high confidence · 34 sales
◀ common · cheaperdrag, tap or use ← → · every condition priced & ratedrarer · pricier ▶
◆ Graded? the premium is mostly trust, and it swings hugely by grade and whether it's sealed. See the full breakdown →

These are estimates from online sold-price data, across all regions. They’re a guide, not an offer: a game is worth what someone pays for it, and shops, markets and local sales can be higher or lower. Condition, photos and the seller’s reputation move a price within the range.

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Blades of Steel (NES, NTSC-U) sells for about $35 complete in box (34 sales, high confidence), $9 loose and $500+ sealed. Sealed graded copies: $1,048. Other versions: PAL.

Why $35 for cib?

every factor, from real sales · changes with the condition you pick

Sales behind it34CIB sales of the US version Middle half $25 to $45 · highest recorded $226
How sure we are● High confidence34 sales that agree: the middle half of them sits within 1.8× of itself. Rated high.How prices are rated →
Version matters
US$35
PAL$33
The versions sell for about the same. Never averaged together.
Condition ladder
Loose$9 
CIB$353.7× loose
Sealed$50053.5× loose
The same game, the same version: what the box, the manual and the seal add.
Complete it yourself
$9+$12+$5=$26
A loose copy plus an original box and manual bought on their own, against $35 for a complete copy. Box and manual prices →

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Complete your copy

US version · original parts on their own

Missing the box?$12Box only · middle half $9 to $20● high confidence · 26 salesFind one on eBay 🇺🇸 →
Missing the manual?$5Manual only · middle half $3 to $7● high confidence · 20 salesFind one on eBay 🇺🇸 →

Original boxes and manuals sold without the game. Reproductions and replacements are left out, and a part never counts as a copy of the game. Other versions: PAL: box ~$7.

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Graded
WATA · CGC · VGA · PSA · UKG · every grade priced

    
Graded · WATA · CGC · VGA · PSA · UKG

    
What a graded copy sells for
From 31 graded sales of the US version, each brought to today's money. 2 sales are left out, and why is below.

      
Version

    

      
The graded scale
Each bar runs from the grades most copies are in, low to high. Every dot is one sale, stacked with the others in its price band (today's money); the faint lines are this version's ungraded prices.

        
sold 2018 to 2026

      
Sealedgrades 8.0 to 9.8 · 14 sales

        
8.09.8

        
$769 to $2,348all companiesCheck latest on eBay →
Openedgrades 7.5 to 9.4 · 14 sales

        
7.59.4

        
$111 to $650all companiesCheck latest on eBay →
Sealed First printgrades 8.0 to 9.8 · 2 sales

        
8.09.8

        
$1,132 to $2,533all companiesCheck latest on eBay →
Opened First printgrades 75 to 94 · 1 sale

        
7594

        
$234 to $555all companiesCheck latest on eBay →
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1k$2kLoose $9CIB $35Sealed $500

      
sealed saleopened salecart or disc onlylisting didn't say, placed by its pricefar from the usual pricere-release, special edition or first print

    

    
Pick a grade
Any company, any grade: the price today and the range most sales fall in.

      
      

        
Copy

        
Company
Seal

        
9.0

        
$1,048most sales $746 to $1,494

        
Sold4 sales at WATA 9.0. The price uses all 14 sealed sales of this game.

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      WATA sealed: price by grade · band = where most sales fall · rings = grades that sold, with how many
      $500$1,000$2,000$5,000
      6.07.08.08.59.09.49.810.0
      
      11 sale at WATA 6.011 sale at WATA 7.011 sale at WATA 7.522 sales at WATA 8.044 sales at WATA 9.011 sale at WATA 9.211 sale at WATA 9.6
      

    
Every grade
Each company's price for every grade of this copy. Bold prices have sold; the rest are estimates from the curve.

      
GradeWATACGCVGAPSAUKG
10.0 / 100
9.8··
9.6··
9.5 / 95···
9.4··
9.2··
9.0 / 90
8.5 / 85
8.0 / 80
7.5 / 75
7.0 / 70
6.5 / 65
6.0 / 60
Tap a price to see it in the grade picker. Sealed prices assume an A+ seal rating.

    
Today's money
The graded market moved a lot: copies sold in 2021 (second half) went for 1.5 times today's prices. Every sale is brought to today's level before it counts.

        
        today = 1.0
        1.5×
        20162026

      
One curve, every grade
Each price comes from all of this game's graded sales together, never one sale per grade. What a grade step is worth is learned from every graded sale on the site.

        
  • WATA 9.8 sealed: 1.84× a 9.0
  • WATA 10 sealed: 3.38× a 9.0
  • A seal rated C: 0.53× an A+
  • Opened WATA 9.4: 1.28× a 9.0

      
Left out of this version
2 sales of the US version count for nothing here, so they can't pull the prices.

        
  • 2 sales: a price below any real graded sale of this company

    
Graded prices are today's: every graded sale of this game, older sales brought to today's market level. We never claim to authenticate a slab or a seal.

    
  

  

    
What is Blades of Steel (NES) worth?

    
Blades of Steel on NES is estimated here by condition and region from sold-price data, each rated for confidence. Loose carts, complete-in-box (CIB), sealed and graded copies each sell for very different amounts, and PAL and NTSC are separate markets we never average together.

    
How much is Blades of Steel (NES) worth?
Blades of Steel (NES, NTSC-U) sells for about $35 complete in box (34 sales, high confidence), $9 loose and $500+ sealed. Sealed graded copies: $1,048. These are sold-price estimates for the NTSC-U version; the PAL version is priced separately.
Is a loose Blades of Steel cart worth anything?
A loose NTSC-U cart sells for about $9 (21 sales, high confidence). A complete-in-box copy sells for about $35.
How much is a sealed Blades of Steel worth?
Sealed NTSC-U copies sell for $500+ (a floor: sealed prices spread widely). "Sealed" means listed as factory-sealed, which nobody here verifies. Sealed graded copies: $1,048.
Are PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J Blades of Steel prices different?
Yes. Each version sells in its own market, so we price them separately and never average them together. This page is the NTSC-U version; the PAL version has its own page.

  

  

    
How this number is made, and why it's better. Sold-price estimates, split by region & condition, cleaned of bootlegs and bundles with every exclusion shown, plus specialist pricing on the games we know deeply. Every condition gets a price, honestly rated. Live eBay asks shown separately, and the buy link goes to your own country's eBay. Full methodology →

    
  • a price on every condition
  • each rated for confidence
  • region & language split
  • exclusions shown
  • your local eBay
  • same number for everyone

  

  
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