After months of speculation, Sony recently announced plans to release an upgraded PlayStation 5 model dubbed the PS5 Pro. The new and improved PS5 will provide gamers with better visuals and smoother performance, albeit at an extremely high price point. Launching this November, the PS5 Pro will cost a whopping £699 in the UK, plus another £100 if you want to attach a disc-drive.
If you want to upgrade to the new PS5 Pro, or simply want to make some extra cash before Christmas, then it may surprise you to find out that older consoles from your childhood can also be worth a lot of money.
They may not be able to match the power of the PS5 Pro, but many of these classic retro gaming consoles are highly sought after by collectors, who are willing to pay big bucks for something that may be gathering dust in the back of your cupboard.
While there are various one-of-a-kind releases that go for silly money, the devices listed below are the consoles you might realistically be sitting on, without knowing their full value.
Atari Jaguar
Let’s start with the Atari Jaguar, which was marketed as the first 64-bit console to hit the market back when it launched in back in the 1990s.
Despite these lofty claims and Atari’s iconic status in the gaming industry, the Jaguar was a massive flop, and would be discontinued shortly after the arrival of more popular systems like the original PlayStation and N64. (In fact, I remember seeing one reduced to less than £100 in my local Debenhams store, and am absolutely gutted I didn’t buy one when I had the chance.)
Needless to say, the Atari Jaguar has become a bit of a collector’s item since then, with boxed systems selling for hundreds of pounds on auction sites, and even £171 in high-street stores like CEX (if you can’t be bothered with the hassle and hidden fees of listing it on eBay).
Likewise, games such as Atari Karts, Rayman, Aircars, Power Drive Rally and Alien vs Predator also sell for a lot of money if you have them lying around.
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Atari Jaguar CD
If you have an Atari Jaguar and an Atari Jaguar CD attachment, then you might as well call your boss and retire now, because you’re quids in!
OK, so maybe it’s not worth quite that much, but an Atari Jaguar CD alone would be enough to fund your new PS5 Pro purchase, and with money to spare.
Similar to the Mega CD attachment for the SEGA Mega Drive, the Atari CD sits atop the base console, allowing it to play CD-based games – of which only 13 were ever released!
A boxed Atari CD can be sold to CEX for £581, while an unboxed version will net you £377. Needless to say, you could get around £900 – £1,000 by selling on eBay or to private collectors. Individual Atari CD games can also sell for a few hundred quid.
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N64 Smoke Grey
While the regular N64 isn’t a particularly rare console, Nintendo released lots of different variations over the years, some of which are worth a lot of money.
The transparent Smoke Grey console pictured above is one of the more valuable, with CEX paying £321 for a boxed unit.
Elsewhere, the Pokemon-themed N64 is worth up to £273, while the Fire Orange and Jungle Green variants are worth £224 and £221, respectively.
Simply put, if you have anything other than the standard edition N64, chances are it’s worth more now than you might think.
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