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NES · 1987

The Legend of Zelda

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Collector variants, priced on their own: The Legend of Zelda [5 Screw] · The Legend of Zelda [Test Cartridge]

#27 most valuable NES game · Japan version, boxed →

$120
CIB, complete in box
sold $101 to $140 · highest recorded sale $160Cardboard box: its condition moves the price most
● high confidence · 19 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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The Legend of Zelda (NES, NTSC-J) sells for about $120 complete in box (19 sales, high confidence), $52 loose and ~$776+ sealed. Sealed graded copies: $1,674. Other versions: PAL · NTSC-U.

Why $120 for cib?

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

Sales behind it19CIB sales of the Japanese version Middle half $101 to $140 · highest recorded $160
How sure we are● High confidence19 sales that agree: the middle half of them sits within 1.4× of itself. Rated high.How prices are rated →
Version matters
US$150
PAL$165
Japanese$120
A PAL copy sells for 1.4× this one. Never averaged together.
Condition ladder
Loose$52 
CIB$1202.3× loose
Sealed$77614.8× loose
The same game, the same version: what the box, the manual and the seal add.
On eBay now57CIB listings, from $70. Asking prices run higher than what copies sell for, so they inform the page but never set this number.
Where it ranks#27most valuable NES game, Japan version, boxed.See the list →

On eBay right now: CIB

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sells for $120
$70
quick sale · auction
$4,995
mint · highest recorded sale
$70Good · 100.0% · BINView →
$115Good · 100.0% · BINView →
$146Good - Refurbished · 99.7% · BINView →
$150Very Good · 100.0% · BINView →

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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 3 graded sales of the Japan version (107 across all versions), each brought to today's money. 1 sale is 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 2022 to 2026

      
Sealedgrades 80 to 98 · 3 sales

        
8098

        
$1,228 to $7,712all companiesCheck latest on eBay →
$50$100$200$500$1k$2k$5kLoose $52CIB $120Sealed $776

      
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

        
90

        
$2,917most sales $2,078 to $4,159

        
EstimateNo VGA 90 sale yet. Worked out from this game's 3 sealed sales and what each grade step is worth across every game.

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      VGA sealed: price by grade · band = where most sales fall · rings = grades that sold, with how many
      $1,000$2,000$5,000$10,000
      607080859095100
      
      22 sales at VGA 85
      

    
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
1 sale of the Japan version counts for nothing here, so it can't pull the prices.

        
  • 1 sale: listing doesn't say sealed or opened, and its price fits neither

    
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 The Legend of Zelda (NES) worth?

    
The Legend of Zelda 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 The Legend of Zelda (NES) worth?
The Legend of Zelda (NES, NTSC-J) sells for about $120 complete in box (19 sales, high confidence), $52 loose and ~$776+ sealed. Sealed graded copies: $1,674. These are sold-price estimates for the NTSC-J version; the PAL and NTSC-U versions are priced separately.
Is a loose The Legend of Zelda cart worth anything?
A loose NTSC-J cart sells for about $52 (6 sales, good sample). A complete-in-box copy sells for about $120.
How much is a sealed The Legend of Zelda worth?
Sealed NTSC-J copies sell for ~$776+ (a floor: sealed prices spread widely). "Sealed" means listed as factory-sealed, which nobody here verifies. Sealed graded copies: $1,674.
Are PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J The Legend of Zelda 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-J version; the PAL and NTSC-U versions have their 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
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