The most expensive retro game on every classic console
The priciest popular UK/PAL game on 15 classic consoles.
On UK/PAL prices, the most expensive popular retro game is Snowboard Kids 2 on the Nintendo 64, at about £1,835 used and £4,953 new. The Super Nintendo has three games over £1,100 used, and Castlevania and Mega Man turn up again and again across Nintendo, Sega and PlayStation.
Every collector has a console they know inside out, and a game on it they will probably never own. This guide looks at the top of the market: the single most expensive popular game on 15 classic consoles, using UK/PAL prices from the MyPlayersVault price guide on 20 October 2026.
"Popular" matters here. We only counted games with at least 20 recorded sales in the price guide, so one odd listing cannot push an obscure game to the top. We also checked each price against the same game about 60 days earlier, to make sure it was not a one-day glitch.
The list
| Console | Game | Used | New |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo 64 | Snowboard Kids 2 | £1,835 | £4,953 |
| Super Nintendo | Castlevania: Vampire's Kiss | £1,258 | £1,453 |
| Game Boy | Mega Man IV | £931 | £1,075 |
| Nintendo NES | Little Samson | £796 | £1,340 |
| Sega Mega Drive | Alien Soldier | £674 | £913 |
| Sega Saturn | Panzer Dragoon Saga | £666 | £1,798 |
| PlayStation 2 | Kuon | £500 | £1,081 |
| Game Boy Color | Resident Evil Gaiden | £407 | £651 |
| PlayStation | Castlevania: Symphony of the Night | £404 | £1,050 |
| Game Boy Advance | Pokemon Emerald | £348 | £696 |
| Sega Dreamcast | Samba de Amigo | £311 | £347 |
| Sega Master System | Sonic Spinball | £232 | £464 |
| Nintendo GameCube | Chibi Robo | £202 | £365 |
| Sega Game Gear | Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble | £157 | £182 |
| Xbox | OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast | £86 | £182 |
UK/PAL prices from the MyPlayersVault price guide, 20 October 2026, rounded to the nearest pound. Used is a second-hand copy, new is still in its factory wrapping.
Nintendo 64 and Super Nintendo sit at the top
Two Nintendo 64 games are over £1,500 used in UK/PAL: Snowboard Kids 2 at £1,835 and Starcraft 64 at £1,561. As new copies, both pass £4,000. The Super Nintendo is the only console with three popular games over £1,100 used: Castlevania: Vampire's Kiss (£1,258), Mega Man X2 (£1,182) and Mega Man 7 (£1,148).
At the other end of the list, the original Xbox tops out at £86 for OutRun 2006: Coast 2 Coast, and the Game Gear at £157 for Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble.
Castlevania and Mega Man everywhere
Look at the top three on each console, not just the top one, and two series keep coming back. Castlevania games are in the top three on five consoles: Castlevania Legends and the spin-off Kid Dracula on the Game Boy, Aria of Sorrow on the Game Boy Advance, Castlevania III on the NES, Symphony of the Night on the PlayStation and Vampire's Kiss on the Super Nintendo. Mega Man takes first place on the Game Boy (Mega Man IV) and second and third on the Super Nintendo.
Pokemon is the other repeat name, and it behaves differently. Pokemon Emerald (Game Boy Advance), Pokemon Crystal (Game Boy Color) and Pokemon HeartGold (DS) all have hundreds of recorded sales, so these are expensive games that still change hands all the time, rather than games that rarely come up.
New is a different market
For most of these games a new copy costs far more than a used one. A new Snowboard Kids 2 is about 2.7 times its used price, Panzer Dragoon Saga about 2.7 times, and on the PlayStation 2 The Silent Hill Collection is £293 used against £1,377 new, nearly five times as much. The gap is not the same everywhere, though: on the Dreamcast, Samba de Amigo is £311 used and only £347 new.
What moved in the last 60 days
Most of these prices barely changed in two months, which is what you would expect at the top of the market. A few did move. Symphony of the Night rose from about £308 to £404 used, Alien Soldier from £566 to £674 and Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance on the GameCube from £144 to £179. You can follow the Castlevania: Symphony of the Night price history on MyPlayersVault. Going the other way, Kid Dracula fell from £789 to £652 and Pokemon Crystal from £397 to £347.
Keep reading
- PlayStation 2 games worth more than people think
- PS1's most valuable games
- GameCube's most valuable games
How we built this list
- UK/PAL games only, on consoles with at least 200 priced UK/PAL games.
- Popular games only: at least 20 recorded sales in the price guide.
- Bundles, special listings and things that are not games (consoles, controllers, accessories) left out.
- Each price compared with the same game about 60 days earlier, to catch glitches.
Prices are a guide based on recent sales, not a final price. The game cards above show today's prices, which may differ from the figures written here. See how we price for the details.
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