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Top 8 best selling video consoles from the 1980s and how much they’re worth today

Yahoo Finance Canada

What’s old is new again: Nintendo has reached into its company closet, moved aside boxes of Pokemon cards, Super Nintendos, N64s and is dusting off the much-beloved Nintendo Entertainment System.

The company announced Thursday that it is rereleasing the classic home-gaming console, which was launched in North America in 1985, in a compact form called the NES Classic Edition. Nintendo will be selling the mini-console in November for US$59.99.

In light of the move here’s a look at the plethora video-game systems that emerged from the 1980s, alongside the NES, and the wild asking prices for those in mint condition today.