Research into retro video games has shown that some people might be sitting on a fortune without realising it.

Technology retailer Currys has compiled a list of the ten most valuable retro games of all time.

The rankings show that games made in the 80s and 90s hold the most value with the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) being the console which boasts majority of the most valuable games on the list.

Out of the top 10 most valuable retro games, nine were created for Nintendo and of those six were for the NES.

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The research took the top retro gaming consoles and calculated the prices of 110 retro games from release to current day open market price on GameValueNow to find which games are worth the most and which have increased in value the most since they came out.

At the top of the list is the 1987 game Sqoon, a Japanese first person shooter produced by Irem for the NES.

 

This game originally retailed at just £15.24 but a new copy today would set you back £7663.93, a 50196 per cent increase in value.

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In second place, based on current worth, is Soccer. The sports game was also released in Europe in 1987 but was first released in 1985 In Japan.

It was produced by Intelligent Systems and Nintendo as part of its Sports Series for the NES.

At its time of release, it retailed at £27.44 whereas a new copy today would cost £5409.84, which is a 19616 per cent increase.

Third most valuable is Clu Clu Land, the 1985 Japanese puzzle game by Nintendo themselves also for the NES. This game was £27.44 on release but today would fetch £5021.31 new, a 14406 per cent uplift in value.

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Roy Raftrey, trading card and video game specialist at Ewbank said: “The NES revitalized gaming - many thought the industry was dead after the great video game crash of the late 70s and early 80s, but Nintendo literally revived the medium with titles such as The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario Bros, Mega Man, Metroid and Final Fantasy - all unique titles at the time and the first time these characters debuted.”

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