Tetris — Famicom 1988 — NTSC-U
FAMICOM · 1983–2003
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Tetris

Famicom · 1988 · NTSC-U · Puzzle

Complete in Box specimen
02 · Complete in Box
Loose specimen
03 · Loose
Floor
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Live
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sealed listings
Range
€73.13–€114.99
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Recent
€114.99
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What it's actually worth

Three-tier spread · log scale

The same game at three prices — Loose, CIB, and Sealed on one ruler. The scale is logarithmic: each gridline step is 10×, so the distance between bars shows the size of the jump between tiers.

€10
€100
Sealed€114.99
Complete in Box€20.53
Loose€6.53
Premium structure
Sealed vs CIB5.6×
CIB vs Loose3.1×
Sealed vs Loose17.6×
Verified comparable sales · by tier
Sealed · 0 sales

No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

    Complete in Box · 0 sales

    No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

      Loose · 0 sales

      No verified comparable sales in window. Real comp data integration (Heritage / Goldin / eBay Insights) ships V15.22+.

        Cohort context · sealed floor vs. cohort medians
        vs. console cohort
        Same console, same tier
        -44%below cohort median
        Cohort median €130 · 149 titles
        vs. era cohort
        Same console, year ±2
        -29%below cohort median
        Cohort median €103 · 183 titles
        vs. publisher cohort
        Same console + publisher
        Only 3 titles in cohort — below the four-title threshold for a stable median.
        Cohort widens as the catalog enriches.
        Sealed · price history
        €115 0% since 7 Jun
        €115€1157 Jun
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        Why collectors care

        etris for Famicom is a port of the Japanese home computer version. Originally published under an incorrect licence, the game led to Henk Rogers's purchase of the Tetris licence on multiple platforms, which later led directly to further Nintendo releases. It is infamous for its control scheme, which mapped down to rotate, and A to hard drop, the opposite of most later versions which have down for drop and A for rotate. On October 1st, 2018 the game was re-released as part of the AtGames Legends Flashback. It has an updated copyright screen and remapped controls (up/B for rotate, down/A/C for hard drop). On November 1st, 2019, it was re-released on the updated Legends Flashback, Legends Ultimate Arcade, and the Adventure Flashback Blast!.

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        Gallery · 8 images · click to expand
        Hardware specimen
        First print documented
        No
        UPC
        4988627000053
        Release date
        1988-12-22
        Regional / language names
        テトリス

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        Documented variants · 1
        Reference

        Production reference

        No production variants are documented for this title yet. The identifying marks below cover the title's first-print and reprint signals across all tiers.

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        Production reference

        No production variants documented for this title yet. Identification reads against the title's known print signals across all tiers.

        Sealed indicators

        No documented marks for this tier yet.

        Complete in Box indicators

        No documented marks for this tier yet.

        Loose indicators

        No documented marks for this tier yet.

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