Shadowgate
Nintendo NES · 1989 · Other
VIEW FULL ANALYSIS →How much is Shadowgate worth on Nintendo NES? This price guide tracks new, used and sealed prices for this 1989 Other release, with recent price trends. In North America (NTSC-U) it currently values around £155 new and £39 used, with a MyPlayersVault collector score of 82 (S-TIER GHOST tier). Sealed value is down 24% over the past 3 months. Import copies in Japan & Asia (NTSC-J) trade around £124.
Shadowgate NES represents a foundational adventure title that established dungeon-crawler conventions on 8-bit hardware. The sealed NTSC-U cartridge occupies genuine scarcity territory within NES collector circles, with production runs substantially lower than Nintendo first-party releases. The game's influence on adventure game design and its sustained presence in collector discourse reflects authentic cult status rather than speculative momentum. Sealed condition examples remain infrequently circulated, and the title's experimental approach to graphical adventure mechanics continues to resonate with platform-focused collectors. The existence of digital ports does not diminish the original cartridge's collector identity, as the physical NES version remains the canonical collector artifact.
Shadowgate price guide — value by region
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