10 Rare And Expensive Nintendo NES Games

The Nintendo NES was the first video game system for many gamers and is dear to their hearts because of the great gaming memories it provided. Some of those NES games are also rare and sell for quite a bit of money nowadays. Below is a list of the ten rarest Nintendo games and why they are so expensive.

1. Nintendo World Championsip Gold – $10,000 – Gray – $4,000

Nintendo World Championship is the most expensive video game of all time. It was made as part of a national video game contest Nintendo held in 1990. Winners of the content received the gold cartridge, so only 26 exist. The gray cartridge was used to run the contest, and there are 90 available. Both sets are sought after collectibles and command a great premium on the resale market.

2. Bubble Bath Girls – $1,000

An unauthorized game made for the Nintendo system. The game was published by Panesian and is for adults only. Nintendo did not approve them for release, but Panesian did anyway. It was mailed only and probably sold fewer than 1,000 copies.

3. Peek-A-Boo Poker – $950

Another adult game without a license for the NES. The game is a basic poker game with some adult themes. It was also sold only by mail order and is almost as popular as Bubble Bath Babes. The games are known to be very bad, but collectors still covet them because they are so rare.

4. Countless 6 in 1 – $800

Myriad made a collection of six games on one cartridge and published it without Nintendo’s approval. The company went bankrupt during production and never produced many copies. The same game was also re-released as Caltron 6-in-1. It has a different packaging but it is just as rare.

5. Cheetah II – $400

The last of the unlicensed games to make the list, Cheetahman II was the sequel to a game that didn’t sell very well. The company never officially released the 1,500 copies they did, but they were eventually sold to the public. The game is well known for being one of the worst games ever made, but it still sells for hundreds of dollars because it’s so rare.

6. Stadium Events – $400

Stadium Events was released to the general public, but was pulled soon after so that Nintendo could release the game as a “World Class Track Meet”. Only several hundred copies of this game were released to players before they were returned to the publisher and destroyed.

7. Bubble Bobble Part 2 – $80

Bubble Bobble Part 2 was released late in the NES’s life, two years after the Super Nintendo’s release. Because it came out so late, the game didn’t sell very well. Most of the players had already switched to the newer games.

8. Little Samson – $70

A very good platformer, like Super Mario Bros., Little Samson never found an audience when it first came out and sold poorly. Players now know how good the game is and they pay a premium for the chance to play this great game.

9. California Grapes – $65

California Raisins was terminated by its developer in 1991, but was never released commercially because raisins had lost their popularity by then. Some copies eventually came to light, but it’s very rare.

10. Dragon Warrior IV – $55

The last Dragon Warrior game made for the NES system, IV’s sales suffered because it came out after people switched to the Super Nintendo. Nintendo Power rated the game the second-best release of the year it came out, but that wasn’t enough to help sales.

Now that you know the rarest and most expensive games for the Nintendo NES, go through your collection and scout garage sales for these game rarities.