A SMASH-HIT game loved by millions is potentially worth hundreds of pounds if you’ve got the right copy at home.
The title appears on a list of the most valuable Nintendo 64 games being snapped up by fans of the beloved nineties console.
Nintendo sold more than 32 million units of the console globally – and it was a big hit in Britain.
One of the console’s most iconic games was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
The action-adventure title came out in November 1998 (although it didn’t land in the UK until December) and is widely seen as one of the greatest games of all time.
According to video game collectibles tracker PriceCharting, a top copy of the game is worth as much as £821.73.
PriceCharting tracks prices of old games and consoles based on sales across the internet to give a good idea of how much they’re worth.
And the website lists a brand-new sealed copy of the game as being worth £820.
If you’ve had it professionally graded, the value rises to a whopping £956.
Sadly the price drops steeply for unsealed versions of the game – but you can still fetch a decent price for them.
For instance, a complete-in-box version of the game (with the cartridge and all the original bits) is valued at £51.
And just the manual alone is said to be worth as much as £43.
If you’ve got the loose cartridge on its own, you could get about £17.
And the box with nothing inside has an estimated value of just under £12.
It’s worth noting that these aren’t guaranteed prices: they’re just approximations based on recent sales of the game.
So you might find that you’ll get lower offers for your old Nintendo classic. Similarly, they could fetch even more money that the values listed here.
Ocarina of Time was the first game in Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda series to have 3D graphics.
The game saw players controlling hero Link in a quest across Hyrule to stop big baddie Ganondorf.
And gamers would play tunes on a virtual ocarina to progress through certain challenges.
It landed to critical acclaim, with reviewers heaping praise on its storyline, original soundtrack, gameplay, and impressive visuals.
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Here’s how much PriceCharting says some of these classic Nintendo 64 games are now worth…
Super Mario 64
- Professionally Graded: £3,795
- New: £465
- Complete: £46
- Loose: £16
- Box: £30
- Manual: £10
The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
- Professionally Graded: £4,023
- New: £547
- Complete: £104
- Loose: £49
- Box: £28
- Manual: £17
Paper Mario
- Professionally Graded: £405
- New: £368
- Complete: £322
- Loose: £120
- Box: £79
- Manual: £116
Pokémon Stadium
- Professionally Graded: £1,767
- New: £277
- Complete: £63
- Loose: £13
- Box: £24
- Manual: £10
Pokémon Stadium 2
- Professionally Graded: £579
- New: £283
- Complete: £123
- Loose: £89
- Box: £56
- Manual: £31
Mario Kart 64
- Professionally Graded: £1,662
- New: £312
- Complete: £58
- Loose: £24
- Box: £24
- Manual: £9
007 Goldeneye
- Professionally Graded: £1,007
- New: £180
- Complete: £44
- Loose: £9
- Box: £26
- Manual: £8
Keep in mind that these are valuations based on previous sales, and don’t guarantee you’ll get those amounts if you try to flog your own copy.
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More than seven million copies of the game were sold globally.
And it became the fastest-ever-selling game in Britain at the time, until it was beaten by Gran Turismo 2 in 2000.
