Rare PlayStation 1 Games Worth A Fortune Today

The original PlayStation was one of the best consoles ever released, with a wide array of fantastic games that many players still remember fondly today. The PS5 may be a modern-day marvel but kids growing up in the 90s were floored by how “advanced” the original console was. Needless to say, it has a lot of fans, even today. So it’s no surprise that some people are still trying to get their hands on the original games ported to the console. But some of these games can be hard to find and downright expensive.

To keep things fair, the aforementioned titles will be priced “new.” That means completely sealed and unused. There’s a big price difference for some of these depending on if the game is loose, used but complete in box with everything, and then actually new. This is according to PriceCharting, the most-recommended site for tracking these things down. As with any collectible, prices can vary and will fluctuate!

Updated December 26, 2024 by Matt Arnold: As you might expect from out-of-production classics, the prices on many of these games have gone up… but not all of them. While values generally trend upwards across the board, there have been some exceptions. Mega Man Legends 2, Klonoa, and even Resident Evil haven’t seen many sales among collectors in 2024, leading to a price drop for those looking to offload a sealed copy. On the other hand, King’s Field and Final Fantasy 7 have seen significant increases due to recent interest. Check out our up-to-date values below!

28

Legend Of Dragoon

$200

If you’re a fan of JRPGs, then chances are you hold the PlayStation 1 in high regard. The console’s heyday was a golden age for the genre, and true aficionados will remember the gorgeous Legend Of Dragoon.

A sealed copy of the game isn’t exactly cheap, but compared to the other entries on this list it’s a great starter piece for an aspiring collector, and it shows that you know your stuff when it comes to classic RPGs.

27

Team Buddies

$235

You’ll be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Team Buddies. Not only was it unimpressive in every regard, but it also launched just before the PS2, causing it to fly far under the radar. Still, those factors led to it being a hard game to find nowadays, and completionists will need to shell out more than four hundred dollars to add a sealed copy to their collection.

26

Castlevania Chronicles

$260

Everyone’s heard of Symphony Of The Night, but did you know that there were actually two Castlevania games on the PlayStation? Castlevania Chronicles is a port of a remake of the original NES Castlevania. This remake was originally made for the obscure Sharp X68000 computer.

Castlevania Chronicles had two major stumbling blocks: for one thing, it was no Symphony of the Night. Second, it released in 2001, a full year after the PS2 made any PS1 launches effectively dead on arrival.

25

Mega Man Legends 2

$275

Like Castlevania Chronicles, Mega Man Legends 2, was a late PS1 release. In fact, it launched just two days before the PS2 launched, which was on October 24, 2000. Talk about bad timing. It suffered from hitting the console too late, which is a shame considering it’s such a fun and interesting entry in the franchise.

Like many games that are beloved but didn’t do well commercially, Mega Man Legends 2 can be hard to find since so few copies sold when it was on shelves.

24

Alundra

$300

If you’re wondering who the elf-eared character was that Astro Bot was referencing, you’re not alone. Alundra was a short-lived series of action RPGs on the original PlayStation, and was obscure enough that fans were very pleasantly surprised to see it get a shoutout in 2024’s Game Of The Year.

Luckily for collectors, brushing up against gaming’s newest mascot hasn’t made a sealed copy of Alundra any harder to come by; it’s been holding steady around the $300 mark for years now.

23

Spyro Collector’s Edition

$310

This box set collects the first three Spyro games together in one neat little package. The third game, Year of the Dragon, released two days before the PS2’s launch in 2000. This particular collection released a couple of years later in 2002. Because of its “package deal” style, it can fetch a pretty hefty sum in the modern-day.

22

Diablo

$310

The PS1 port of Blizzard’s seminal action-RPG was published by EA. Between being a licensed port and the overwhelming popularity of the PC version, comparatively few PS1 copies were made. $310 may be a lot to pay for what’s not even the best version of Diablo, but it could be worse… it could cost your soul.

21

Tomba

$340

Tomba is a quirky little action platformer with some Metroidvania elements. Players control a cave person with pink hair who is tasked with saving the land from an invading army of pigs. It’s possible to fight them with weapons, or jump on their heads and bite them.

Players can snag it digitally for the PS Vita, or PS3 for $10. Even as a PlayStation Classic it’s on the “expensive” side, but it’s nothing compared to its new price.

PlayStation Classics, which were re-issues of games that did well commercially at the time, are easily identified by the green stripe on their cover, and are always less valuable than an original version.

20

Castlevania: Symphony Of The Night

$440

Symphony of the Night changed the Castlevania series forever and introduced a new genre that’s still beloved today. As PS1 games go, it’s fairly easy to get your hands on, which is good because it belongs in every fan’s collection.

Gameply from 1997 doesn’t always age well, but Symphony of the Night is still a joy to play. Just be sure to play an open physical copy or digital version, and leave your sealed copy intact!

19

Thousand Arms

$450

Thousand Arms isn’t a groundbreaking release, or at least it wasn’t for its time. It’s a pretty standard RPG, except for the fact that you’re a smithy, and in order to craft great gear, you need a high romance with one of several ladies. The dating sim element and ’90s anime style aren’t for everyone, but Atlus fans and old-school otaku will find plenty to enjoy with this one.

18

Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete Collector’s Edition

$465

Nowadays, collector’s editions with extra swag for devoted fans come with many major releases. Lunar and Lunar 2’s collector editions, on the other hand, were largely unique at the time. Containing an art book and cardboard standees of the characters, Lunar 2 knew full well that its target audience was the hardcore JRPG fan. If you can find an intact copy today with all the extras, it will run you about $400.

17

Shadow Tower

$485

Before there was Dark Souls, there was Shadow Tower. If you thought the Souls games were tough, Shadow Tower will test your skills and your patience. With archaic controls and punishing difficulty, this is a game that you play for bragging rights rather than fun.

Considering that you may not even have heard of this title before, it might seem a bit strange that it’s priced as highly as it is. Consider, though, that if a collector wants to get their hands on the full PS1 library, they’re going to need to find titles that few people owned and fewer kept. Shadow Tower could be someone’s (un)holy grail.

16

Einhänder

$510

Squaresoft got pretty experimental in the PS1 era. It’s possible they really wanted to tinker with the hardware and try new genres out, and who can blame them? Einhänder was one of their greatest offshoots; was a classic shoot ‘em up in the vein of Gradius. Sadly, it went underappreciated, as 2D games in this era didn’t sell as well. Unlike a lot of Squaresoft games from the ’90s, this one did not make it to PSN in North America. As a result, physical copies are in demand with a price to match.

15

Klonoa: Door To Phantomile

$515

The Klonoa series has a cult following for its excellent 2D platforming. However, Door To Phantomobile flew under the radar in its day; 2D platformers were out, and 3D platformers were in. If not for the titans of the N64, this title might have gotten a bit more attention. That said, if you have a sealed copy now, you’re probably grateful that it didn’t do as well commercially!

14

Tales Of Destiny

$550

In Japan, Tales of Destiny was the second title in the now-ubiquitous Tales Series, Bandai Namco’s flagship action-JRPG franchise. Since the original, Tales of Phantasia, wouldn’t come to the west until the Game Boy Advance port in 2006, Tales of Destiny’s 1998 localization was the series’ debut in North America.

Tales of Eternia was released as Tales of Destiny 2 ($470) in North America, despite the two not sharing a world or storyline, but an actual sequel was made in 2003 for the PS2 in Japan.

13

Tail Concerto

$575

Tail Concerto is CyberConnect2’s first game. Who is CyberConnect2? They’re more known now for the .Hack RPGs and the Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm games along with some other random projects like Asura’s Wrath.

Tail Concerto follows the adventures of Waffle, a rookie cop with a bubble-shooting mech out to round up criminal cats. It’s a charmer, thanks to its whimsical gameplay and anime cutscenes.

12

Batman Forever: The Arcade Game

$685

Digitizing actors to put them directly into 16- and 32-bit games was popular for arcade titles in the ’90s, particularly Mortal Kombat. It never quite turned out the way that developers hoped, and the technique was ultimately abandoned. One of the last games to use digitized actors was Batman Forever: The Arcade Game.

As its title implies, this game was released in arcades first before being ported to the PS1. It’s fun, in a sometimes-annoyingly-broken kind of way.

11

Clock Tower

$700

This one is a tad confusing. The first Clock Tower was a Super Famicom game in Japan. It’s a horror-themed point-and-click adventure game that focuses on a girl trying to escape a madman with a giant pair of scissors. It released in 1995 so by that point Capcom probably didn’t see a reason to localize the game since the PS1 was out. To make it less confusing outside of Japan, they released the sequel as Clock Tower in North America even though it’s technically Clock Tower 2.

10

Starblade Alpha – Long Box Edition

$745

In the first run of PS1 games, the boxes were long like Sega Saturn’s cases. They quickly switched to jewel cases identical to those used for music CDs, likely as a cost-saving measure.

Starblade Alpha isn’t especially memorable, but the long box edition is rare enough to make it highly sought-after by collectors. Most copies of the game were released in the standard jewel cases.

9

JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure

$755

Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, which has been an aptly-named staple of anime and manga in Japan since 1987, has only recently found popularity among western audiences. That didn’t stop Capcom from releasing a port of the arcade fighter based on the property all the way back in 1998.

If JoJo had found traction in the west at the same time as Dragon Ball Z, the PlayStation game might have found more success. As it stands, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure didn’t sell many copies and as such is a rare find today.