Legend of Zelda
Nintendo NES · 1987 · Action & Adventure
VIEW FULL ANALYSIS →How much is Legend of Zelda worth on Nintendo NES? This price guide tracks new, used and sealed prices for this 1987 Action & Adventure release, with recent price trends. In North America (NTSC-U) it currently values around £138 new and £45 used, with a MyPlayersVault collector score of 99 (SOVEREIGN ORPHAN tier). Sealed value is down 6% over the past 1 month.
The Legend of Zelda for NES represents the foundational pillar of modern game collecting. Sealed NTSC-U copies command premium collector attention due to the combination of extreme age, finite original production, and the title's irreplaceable cultural position in gaming history. The cartridge format introduces inherent preservation challenges—battery degradation, label wear, and circuit board oxidation—making condition-sealed specimens genuinely scarce in the collector market. This is not a game discovered or revived; it is the game that defined what collectors preserve. Demand remains consistently strong across the collector community, with sealed examples representing heritage acquisitions rather than speculative holdings.
Legend of Zelda price guide — value by region
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