The Legend of Zelda: Cartridge Color Question

[Ave Maria]

Hi everyone. As most fans of the "Legend of Zelda" series know, the very first game came out in botha gray cartridge and a gold cartridge. I own the gray cartridge but I my former step-brother owned a gold cartridge. I was told once that one of these is pretty rare and very valuable now to collectors. I would assume its the gold cartridge. Does anyone know of any information about this? By the way, in case you're wondering, I am referring to the ORIGINAL Legend of Zelda game that came out with the NES system.

 

[* kittie *]

better not be worth much. some dude took my nintendo and all my games. he lied and said that my brother told him he could have it.

anyways...i had the gold one.

 

[* kittie *]

okay...i checked the internet for answers, and i saw another question on some other forum asking the same thing. here are some of the responses.

No not really. Zelda is one of the most common games around. You might get a few extra bucks for it if the battery still works (doubtful).

It was rereleased in a grey cartridge along with Zelda II, Punchout, and Metroid (i think those were the games-- Zelda II grey also) as a "best seller/classic" rerelease. Honestly, I would imagine that the grey version might be worth more (with box and manual of course) since I don't think that as many were sold as the gold version.

I am wondering though, why is this in the repair and help section? This should be "off topic" due to the fact that it's not really arcade related, nor is it repair related (unless you wanted info on replacing the battery or something).

Back when I sold Nes carts on ebay, I sold both gold and grey ones, there didn't seem to be any difference in pricing between them, but things might have changed since then?

I don't actually know how many of the grey ones were made/sold, nor do I know the numbers on the gold ones, but I do know that I've never seen the grey ones personally, and I've seen tons of the gold ones... So maybe basing prices on *my* comments isn't the best thing to do

At one point I had 9 Zelda carts. 7 Gold ones and 2 grey ones. I am not sure if that is any indicator of how common/uncommon they are though.

 

[nadroj1985]

Oh man, I got dollar signs in my eyes when I read the OP; I own two gold copies of the original Zelda.........and then kittie shot my hopes

That one guy with 9 Zelda carts was a good laugh though

 

[* kittie *]

sorry lol

 

[nadroj1985]

sorry lol

Quite alright. I'd rather you told me. Otherwise I might have ended up going to the nearest game shop, laying down my two shiny gold Zelda carts, and asked for top dollar. You probably saved me some embarrassment