BARGAIN HUNT

Your guide to the rising world of retro prices

THE COVER STAR GAME BOY

There are plenty of options if you want to start playing Nintendo’s classic handheld line. The original model Game Boy and the Game Boy Pocket will normally set you back £20 or more, with considerable premiums for boxed systems and certain hardware colours – for example, the original grey system is more commonly £40 . The Japan-only Game Boy Light will cost you considerably more, around £90-£100 for a loose system.

NINJA SPIRIT

Irem’s arcade action game is either very cheap or rather pricey depending on your format, with no middle ground. The home computer conversions by Activision can typically be had for under £5 boxed, but the excellent PC Engine version starts at £50 for the US version, and prices of £75 or more are common for the Japanese release.

SUPER ADVENTURE ISLAND

Hudson’s nifty platform game sits at the more reasonable end of the SNES price range, with unboxed copies going for £6£12 regardless of which region you want. We’ve seen boxed copies go for a wider range of £15-£35 – as always with games in cardboard boxes, the price you’ll pay can vary massively depending on condition.

ALIEN TRILOGY

If you fancy taking on the Xenomorphs of this tie-in, there are some reasonable options. The PC release is the most expensive of the bunch at around £20 , and the Playstation is the cheapest at £4-£10 . The Saturn version is a little pricier, ranging from £5-£15 with the manual.