The best retro video games, re-rated and priced
RomWize re-evaluates retro video games with a 2026 eye: for every title, a dual score (then and now), a rarity index and a collector value, with all its European, US and Japanese versions. Explore the best games console by console or category by category, uncover the rarest and most valuable gems, and browse our themed rankings.
Classic games, retested!
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92
Elder Scrolls V, The - Skyrim
PlayStation 3
92
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88
Grand Theft Auto IV & Episodes from Liberty City
PlayStation 3
92
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88
Gradius V
PlayStation 2
92
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90
Super Street Fighter IV
Xbox 360
91
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88
Power Stone
Sega Dreamcast
94
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88
SSX Tricky
PlayStation 2
96
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93
Halo - Combat Evolved
Xbox
95
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92
Uncharted - Ougontou to Kieta Sendan
PlayStation 3
96
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88
Metroid Prime
GameCube
92
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88
Advance Wars
Game Boy Advance
93
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89
Persona 5
PlayStation 3
96
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89
Super Mario - Yoshi Island
Super Nintendo (SNES)
94
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90
Legend of Zelda, The - Ocarina of Time 3D
Nintendo 3DS
94
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88
Tekken 2
PlayStation
91
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85
Legend of Zelda, The - Oracle of Ages
Game Boy Color
96
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92
Final Fantasy IX
PlayStation
92
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88
Shadow of the Colossus
PlayStation 2
96
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89
Super Mario World
Super Nintendo (SNES)
The most sought-after games!
$190 Secret of Mana
Super Nintendo (SNES)
$360 Conker's Bad Fur Day
Nintendo 64
$217 Super Mario Bros.
NES / Famicom
$316 Mega Man X
Super Nintendo (SNES)
$221 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - Turtles in Time
Super Nintendo (SNES)
$532 Saturn Bomberman
Sega Saturn
$340 Border Down
Sega Dreamcast
$750 Ogre Battle - The March of the Black Queen
Super Nintendo (SNES)
$201 Mortal Kombat II
Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
$156 Mega Man 3
NES / Famicom
$414 Castlevania III - Dracula's Curse
NES / Famicom
$1111 Snatcher
Sega Mega-CD
$246 Gunstar Heroes
Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
$229 Metal Slug Advance
Game Boy Advance
$327 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate
Wii U
$330 Shining Force III
Sega Saturn
$182 Legend of Zelda, The
NES / Famicom
$327 Street Fighter Zero 3
Sega Saturn
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