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Dig Dug (Atari 2600): PSA Pop Report & Prices

Published 2026-10-22 · Updated 2026-10-26 · by Jason Trogdon
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PSA has graded 111 Dig Dug Atari 2600 copies on record — 111 sealed. PSA tracks 7 distinct production variants separately because they’re priced differently by collectors. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Dig Dug on Atari 2600 — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.

Loose
POP 0
Market: $10
CIB
POP 0
Market: $18
Sealed
POP 111
Market: $28

Quick Facts

Variant Comparison

PSA recognizes 7 distinct production variants of Dig Dug, each tracked on its own population row because collectors value them differently.

Variant Loose Pop CIB Pop Sealed Pop Total
Made in China/Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation, Silver Box — — 36 36
Made in Hong Kong, Atari Corp, 1987 — — 15 15
Made in Hong Kong, Atari Corp, 1988 — — 6 6
Made in Taiwan, Atari Corp — — 3 3
Made in USA, Atari Inc — — 4 4
Made/Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corp — — 40 40
Made/Printed in Taiwan, Atari Corporation — — 7 7

PSA Pop by Condition

PSA tracks Dig Dug populations independently for loose carts, complete-in-box (CIB), and factory-sealed copies — collectors price each condition separately because rarity and demand diverge sharply. Tables below show the grade-tier breakdown per condition, aggregated across 7 variants PSA recognizes for this title.

Loose Cartridge

PSA hasn’t graded any loose copies of Dig Dug for Atari 2600 yet.

Complete in Box (CIB)

PSA hasn’t graded any cib copies of Dig Dug for Atari 2600 yet.

Factory Sealed

Total graded: 111

Sealed summary by variant:

Variant Total Pop Top Numeric Grade Best Seal Grade
Made in China/Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation, Silver Box 36 9.8 A++
Made in Hong Kong, Atari Corp, 1987 15 9.6 A++
Made in Hong Kong, Atari Corp, 1988 6 9.6 A+
Made in Taiwan, Atari Corp 3 9.2 A++
Made in USA, Atari Inc 4 9.4 A+
Made/Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corp 40 9.6 A++
Made/Printed in Taiwan, Atari Corporation 7 9.6 A++

Factory Sealed Grade × Seal Matrix

Rows show PSA numeric grades. Columns show seal grades. Cell values are PSA population counts. Aggregated across all variants. Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ A B+ B Total
9.8 — 2 — — — 2
9.6 6 13 — 1 — 20
9.4 17 16 2 — — 35
9.2 3 11 3 1 — 18
9.0 3 5 2 — — 10
8.5 — 2 — 1 1 4
8.0 7 2 1 — — 10
7.5 1 5 1 — — 7
7.0 — 2 1 — — 3
<6.5 — — — 1 1 2
Total 37 58 10 4 2 111

Per-variant grade × seal matrices

Click any variant to expand its full grade × seal breakdown.

Made in China/Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation, Silver Box (36 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ A B+ B Total
9.8 — 2 — — — 2
9.6 3 — — — — 3
9.4 5 9 1 — — 15
9.2 — 5 2 1 — 8
9.0 1 — 2 — — 3
8.5 — 1 — 1 1 3
8.0 — — 1 — — 1
7.5 1 — — — — 1
Total 10 17 6 2 1 36
Made in Hong Kong, Atari Corp, 1987 (15 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ B+ Total
9.6 2 3 1 6
9.4 4 2 — 6
9.2 1 — — 1
9.0 — 1 — 1
8.0 — 1 — 1
Total 7 7 1 15
Made in Hong Kong, Atari Corp, 1988 (6 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A+ Total
9.6 2 2
9.2 1 1
9.0 1 1
7.0 2 2
Total 6 6
Made in Taiwan, Atari Corp (3 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.2 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ Total
9.2 — 1 1
8.0 2 — 2
Total 2 1 3
Made in USA, Atari Inc (4 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.4 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A+ A Total
9.4 1 — 1
9.0 2 — 2
7.0 — 1 1
Total 3 1 4
Made/Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corp (40 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ A B+ B Total
9.6 1 7 — — — 8
9.4 8 4 1 — — 13
9.2 2 4 1 — — 7
9.0 1 1 — — — 2
8.5 — 1 — — — 1
8.0 — 1 — — — 1
7.5 — 5 1 — — 6
<6.5 — — — 1 1 2
Total 12 23 3 1 1 40
Made/Printed in Taiwan, Atari Corporation (7 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ Total
9.6 — 1 1
9.0 1 — 1
8.0 5 — 5
Total 6 1 7

Current Market Prices

All prices below come from PriceCharting’s public catalog as of this page’s last update. PriceCharting calculates its values from completed sales on eBay and its own marketplace — independent of any data on this page. The Sealed column reflects PriceCharting’s “manual-only” / new tier — factory-sealed retail at average condition; specific graded-sealed prices vary sharply by numeric grade + seal letter (use the Sealed eBay browse link below for grade-specific comps).

All 7 PSA-tracked variants share the same PriceCharting prices because PriceCharting indexes at the title level, not the variant level. Variant-specific pricing surfaces on eBay sold-comp data — check the Sealed / CIB / Loose browse links below for variant-aware market signals.

Heritage Graded Sales

Heritage Auctions sold results below are real auction transactions for Dig Dug on Atari 2600. They complement the PriceCharting loose / CIB / sealed benchmarks above; they are not estimates and they are not blended into PriceCharting’s ungraded market prices.

Summary rows are title-level Heritage sale signals, sorted by format, recency, and realized-price signal. PSA production variants can price differently, so the sale records keep Heritage’s own variant notes visible instead of pretending every auction lot maps cleanly to a PSA variant row.

High-grade games can trade years apart, so older auction records stay visible; treat the latest-sale date as part of the comp, not just the dollar amount.

Format Grade Sale signal Latest sale Comps
Factory sealed (1988 Silver Box) WATA 9.6 A++ Last sale $600 Sep 13, 2020 1
Factory sealed (1987 Silver Box) WATA 9.6 A++ Last sale $288 Nov 9, 2020 1
Factory sealed (1987 Silver Box) WATA 9.2 A Last sale $288 Oct 26, 2020 1
Factory sealed (1988 Silver Box) WATA 9.4 A++ Median $252 Jul 27, 2021 4
Factory sealed (1988 Silver Box) WATA 9.2 A Last sale $252 Dec 14, 2020 1
Factory sealed (1987 Silver Box) WATA 9.2 A++ Last sale $240 Aug 10, 2021 1
Factory sealed (1988 Silver Box) WATA 9.0 A++ Last sale $240 Aug 3, 2021 1
Factory sealed (1988 Silver Box) WATA 9.6 A+ Median $228 Mar 28, 2023 4
Factory sealed CGC 9.2 A+ Last sale $192 Sep 19, 2023 1
Factory sealed (1987 Silver Box) WATA 9.2 A+ Median $169 Jul 12, 2022 3
Factory sealed (1988 Silver Box) WATA 9.2 A+ Last sale $159 May 3, 2022 1
Factory sealed (1987 Silver Box) WATA 8.0 A Last sale $156 Mar 23, 2021 1

Showing the top 12 Heritage sale signals; the sale-record table below includes every Heritage auction sale used on this page.

Sale records:

View all 40 Heritage sale records
Date Sold For Grader / Grade Format Variant Notes Source
Jan 2, 2024 $154 WATA 9.2 A++ Factory sealed — Lot 312401-66001
Sep 19, 2023 $192 CGC 9.2 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 312338-68002
Mar 28, 2023 $228 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312313-69003
Nov 15, 2022 $77 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312246-68009
Nov 1, 2022 $89 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312244-66003
Oct 25, 2022 $71 WATA 6.0 B+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312243-69002
Aug 30, 2022 $99 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312235-70010
Jul 12, 2022 $109 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312228-67007
Jul 5, 2022 $75 WATA 8.5 B Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312227-66005
Jun 14, 2022 $312 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312224-67008
May 31, 2022 $139 WATA 9.0 A Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312222-70009
May 3, 2022 $159 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312218-66007
Apr 12, 2022 $169 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312215-67005
Mar 29, 2022 $228 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312213-70007
Mar 8, 2022 $99 WATA 7.5 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312210-67003
Jan 25, 2022 $114 WATA 8.5 B+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312204-69002
Dec 14, 2021 $384 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312150-67006
Nov 30, 2021 $169 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312148-70007
Aug 24, 2021 $132 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312134-69007
Aug 17, 2021 $156 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312133-68010
Aug 10, 2021 $240 WATA 9.2 A++ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312132-67005
Aug 3, 2021 $240 WATA 9.0 A++ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312131-66016
Jul 27, 2021 $192 WATA 9.4 A++ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312130-69006
Jul 13, 2021 $114 WATA 8.5 B Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312128-67005
Jun 22, 2021 $99 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312125-69013
Jun 8, 2021 $84 WATA 7.5 A++ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312123-66008
May 25, 2021 $109 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312121-69006
May 11, 2021 $120 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312119-67006
Apr 27, 2021 $126 WATA 9.4 A++ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312117-69008
Apr 13, 2021 $114 WATA 8.0 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 312115-67007
Mar 23, 2021 $156 WATA 8.0 A Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312112-69006
Jan 11, 2021 $69 WATA 7.0 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 122102-13731
Dec 14, 2020 $252 WATA 9.2 A Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 122050-13844
Dec 7, 2020 $240 WATA 9.4 A++ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 122049-11667
Nov 9, 2020 $288 WATA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 122045-13753
Oct 26, 2020 $288 WATA 9.2 A Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 122043-17972
Oct 19, 2020 $264 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 122042-15792
Sep 13, 2020 $600 WATA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 7234-97009
Aug 31, 2020 $264 WATA 9.4 A++ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 122035-19736
May 25, 2020 $660 WATA 9.4 A++ Factory sealed 1988 Silver Box Lot 122021-17773

Listings

Each link below opens an eBay search filtered to that condition, scoped to Dig Dug on Atari 2600. “Sold” pulls completed/sold listings (use this for price research). “Listings” pulls current active listings (use this to find a copy to buy).

Why Dig Dug Matters for Grading

Dig Dug is one of the more heavily-graded Atari 2600 titles, with 111 PSA-graded copies on record (111 sealed). Strong submission volume signals collector demand — and grade premiums are the market’s vote on which copies are scarce. Notable: every graded copy is in the sealed condition — collectors clearly favor that condition tier for this title, and the other conditions are either ungraded territory or grade-and-flip opportunities. Because PSA tracks 7 variants separately, production-code identification matters before submission. The pop-by-variant breakdown above tells you which variant is the rarer find.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Dig Dug Atari 2600 worth grading?

Mostly for sealed copies. The sealed-state population (111) outweighs CIB and loose for Dig Dug, indicating sealed is where collector capital concentrates. CIB and loose grading is viable but margins are thinner after fees.

How rare is a graded sealed copy of Dig Dug?

PSA tracks 111 graded sealed copies of Dig Dug for Atari 2600. The grade-tier breakdown above shows how those split across PSA’s numeric grades — top-grade copies (9.4+) are the scarcest and typically command the strongest premiums.

Should I buy a graded or raw copy of Dig Dug?

Depends on your goal. Graded copies cost more upfront but come with PSA’s authenticity + condition guarantee — the right move for buy-and-hold collectors. Raw copies are cheaper but require condition assessment yourself, and the grading lottery means a $50 raw cart can come back as a $25 PSA 7 OR a $200 PSA 9.4. Use the per-condition pop and price data above to calculate expected value before you commit.

Why does PSA track multiple variants of Dig Dug?

PSA recognizes 7 distinct production variants of Dig Dug on Atari 2600. Variants reflect real production differences — different factories (Made in Japan vs Made in Mexico), packaging die changes, ESRB-rating retrofits added partway through the console’s life, or Players Choice reissues from later runs. Collectors price them differently because rarity diverges, and PSA tracks each on its own population row so the data reflects the real market structure.

Sources

Pop counts pulled weekly from PSA Video Games population data. Prices from PriceCharting. PSA acquired WATA in July 2021 and completed the rebrand to PSA Video Games on October 20, 2025. PSA Video Games population data is the continuation of WATA’s population history. Heritage graded-sale comps come from Heritage Auctions sold archive lot pages linked in the sale-record table. Rankings, medians and summaries are What The Slab analysis — How we get our numbers.

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