Dragon Warrior (NES) — Price Guide & Live Deals
Live NES Dragon Warrior deals: loose, CIB and sealed asking prices, what a fair price looks like, and the traps to avoid before you buy.
Right now: Loose prices climbing (+6.8% / 90d), 48 current qualifying listings.
Current qualifying listings
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Dragon Warrior (Nintendo NES, 1989), Authentic Cart Clean, Tested/Working
$12.99 USD
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★ 100% · 5,389 ratings
Listed today · checked 5h ago
Dragon Warrior NES Video Game Cartridge Nintendo Entertainment System 1989
$11.95 USD
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★ 100% · 167 ratings
Listed today · checked 5h ago
Dragon Warrior (Nintendo NES, 1989)
$10.87 USD
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★ 100% · 3,899 ratings
Listed today · checked 8h ago
Dragon Warrior-Nintendo NES-Boxed-No Manual-Tested
$42.80 USD
★ 99.5% · 991 ratings
Listed today · checked 23h ago
Dragon Warrior NES Game Tested Working Cart Only Nintendo Entertainment System
$10.00 USD
★ 100% · 1,216 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked yesterday
Dragon Warrior Nintendo Entertainment System NES CIB W Manual Sleeve Tested
$125.00 USD
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★ 99.9% · 11,488 ratings
Listed yesterday · checked yesterday
Dragon Warrior Nintendo NES Game Cart with Manual Pre-Owned Tested And Works
$27.00 USD
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★ 100% · 324 ratings
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Dragon Warrior NES Nintendo 1989 Original Game Cartridge Authentic
$14.99 USD
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★ 100% · 216 ratings
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Dragon Warrior NES Nintendo 1989 Original RPG Game Cartridge Only
$14.99 USD
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★ 100% · 216 ratings
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Dragon Warrior (Nintendo NES, 1989)
$19.99 USD
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★ 98.5% · 5,214 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Nintendo Dragon Warrior Nintendo NES 1985 NTSC-U/C Role Playing Boxed
$28.50 USD
★ 100% · 232 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
Dragon Warrior Nintendo NES Game Cartridge Only Tested & Working
$10.00 USD
+$6.00 shipping
★ 100% · 263 ratings
Listed 2 days ago · checked 2 days ago
About 3.4 qualifying listings appear per day on average.
Asking-price ranges by condition
| Condition | Min | 25% | Median | 75% | Max | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loose | $8.00 | $11.99 | $14.95 | $20.00 | $199.99 | 161 |
| Cib | $36.77 | $69.00 | $110.00 | $115.00 | $319.99 | 40 |
| SealedLow sample size | $399.95 | $399.95 | $499.99 | $699.00 | $699.00 | 3 |
Asking prices of currently-active listings. Not sold-price data. Rows marked "low sample size" have fewer than 5 listings, so one outlier can move them a lot.
Full asking-price history by condition →
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How we filter
Every feed has its own filter, tuned by hand for this one game. Before any change goes live, those filters are tested against thousands of real eBay listing titles. Every night, each feed is checked against every other deal page in its category, so a listing for a different game that slips in gets flagged and fixed instead of quietly shown.
Of the 599 listings we observed for this game in the last 30 days, we filtered out 491 of 599 (~82%) for quality reasons. The remaining 108 are what we'd actually surface.
- 457 matched a bootleg / out-of-scope keyword
- 13 shipped from a region we exclude
- 7 seller had too few feedback ratings
- 7 caught by a junk-listing guard
- 4 priced below our floor (too good to be true)
- 2 seller positive-feedback percentage too low
- 1 priced above the curated ceiling
What the feed excludes
An eBay search for Dragon Warrior (NES) returns far more than the game itself: controllers, T-shirts, strategy guides, imports and repro carts all mention it in their titles. These are the 124 terms we filter out to keep this feed to the real thing. A listing whose title contains any of them never reaches the feed, the price table or an alert. Many look unrelated to Dragon Warrior (NES) because they are: that's the noise.
Other titles & look-alikes 35
- -nintendo games
- -dragon warrior 2
- -dragon warrior 3
- -dragon warrior 4
- -dragon warrior monsters
- -dragon warrior ii
- -dragon warrior iii
- -dragon warrior iv
- -game boy
- -gameboy
- -gbc
- -breath of fire
- -1 & 2
- -1 and 2
- -star tropics
- -wizards
- -zelda
- -metal gear
- -dragon warrior vii
- -supersonic
- -dragon ball
- -dragon warrior 7
- -torneko
- -dungeons & dragons
- -eternal sun
- -dragon quest vii
- -playstation
- -re-po
- -ii
- -iii
- -iv
- -vii
- -psx
- -ps1
- -handbook
Bootlegs & repros 5
- -custom case
- -repro
- -reproduction
- -aftermarket
- -repo
Broken, untested & empty listings 15
- -for parts
- -not working
- -non-working
- -non working
- -broken
- -as is
- -as-is
- -untested
- -doesnt work
- -does not work
- -not tested
- -parts only
- -no game
- -game not included
- -cart not included
Imports & regions 6
- -japanese
- -ntsc-j
- -famicom
- -jpn
- -jp
- -japan
Lots & multi-item listings 8
- -lot
- -bundle
- -collection
- -set of
- -multiple games
- -3 games
- -4 games
- -5 games
Accessories, merch & paper 55
- -controller
- -headset
- -headphones
- -plush
- -figure
- -figurine
- -keychain
- -sticker
- -charger
- -cable
- -adapter
- -backpack
- -wallet
- -shirt
- -hoodie
- -jersey
- -art book
- -artbook
- -soundtrack
- -vinyl
- -statue
- -amiibo
- -funko
- -pop figure
- -mousepad
- -lanyard
- -trading cards
- -tcg booster
- -bookmark
- -instruction booklet
- -instructions manual
- -promo item
- -promotional
- -insert only
- -flyer
- -pamphlet
- -display card
- -demo cart
- -kiosk
- -case only
- -case-only
- -clamshell only
- -box and case
- -replacement box only
- -strategy guide
- -players guide
- -guide only
- -handbook only
- -pin
- -badge
- -ost
- -nfr
- -hat
- -poster
- -adventure guide
How often qualifying deals appear
- 35 in the last 7 days (~5/day)
- 102 in the last 30 days (~3.4/day)
- 102 in the last 90 days (~1.13/day)
Dragon Warrior: collector & reseller spec sheet
- Product code & saving. The US release carries the product code
NES-DQ-USA(seen in seller listings; a Canadian Mattel-distributed variant is listed asNES-DQ-CAN). It saves to a battery-backed cart, so the original save battery is a flat coin cell that is now decades old. Budget for a battery swap regardless of seller claims, and ask whether the save has been tested. - Complete copies. Sellers advertise an "Explorer's Handbook" and fold-out maps as part of a complete set, and the price gap between a bare CIB and a copy with those extras is wide. Look for them in the photos rather than the title.
- Not the sequels. Dragon Warrior II, III and IV are separate NES carts that ask very differently. Check the numeral in the title and on the cart label before paying.
- Title trap. Sellers sometimes list "Dragon Warrior / Dragon Quest" copies; confirm the photos show the US NES cart and not a Japanese Famicom cart.
Buying NES games: what to check by condition
These checks apply to every NES cartridge. The item notes above cover what is specific to this game.
Loose
- Compare the label, shell color and front/back markings against a photo of a known-authentic cart. Repro labels are often glossier, blurrier or slightly off-color.
- Ask for a photo of the board or the back of the cart. An opened shell is not automatically bad (battery swaps are normal), but it should be disclosed.
- If the game saves to a battery, ask whether the save holds. Old save batteries fail with age regardless of what the listing says, so budget for a replacement.
CIB (complete in box)
- Confirm the box, manual and inner tray or insert are all shown in the photos, not just listed in the title.
- Check that the box and manual are the same region and print as the cart. Mixed-and-matched "complete" copies are common.
- Box wear (crushing, tears, sticker residue) moves price far more than the cart does. Judge it from photos, not from the word "mint".
Sealed & graded
- For a graded copy, look the certification number up on the grading company's own site and confirm the photos match the slab you are buying.
- For an ungraded sealed copy, compare the wrap and seal pattern against a known factory-sealed example. Resealing is common, and a reseal on a loose game is worth a loose price.
- Ask for photos of every side, the seams and any price stickers. Refusing extra photos on a sealed listing is a red flag on its own.
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