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Moon Patrol (Atari 2600): PSA Pop Report & Prices

Published 2026-10-22 · Updated 2026-10-26 · by Jason Trogdon
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PSA has graded 52 Moon Patrol Atari 2600 copies on record — 52 sealed. PSA tracks 2 distinct production variants separately because they’re priced differently by collectors. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Moon Patrol on Atari 2600 — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.

Loose
POP 0
Market: $9.99
CIB
POP 0
Market: $24
Sealed
POP 52
Market: $35

Quick Facts

Variant Comparison

PSA recognizes 2 distinct production variants of Moon Patrol, each tracked on its own population row because collectors value them differently.

Variant Loose Pop CIB Pop Sealed Pop Total
Made in USA, Atari Inc, “Consumer Division” Text — — 20 20
Made/Printed in Taiwan, Atari Corporation — — 32 32

PSA Pop by Condition

PSA tracks Moon Patrol 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 2 variants PSA recognizes for this title.

Loose Cartridge

PSA hasn’t graded any loose copies of Moon Patrol for Atari 2600 yet.

Complete in Box (CIB)

PSA hasn’t graded any cib copies of Moon Patrol for Atari 2600 yet.

Factory Sealed

Total graded: 52

Sealed summary by variant:

Variant Total Pop Top Numeric Grade Best Seal Grade
Made in USA, Atari Inc, “Consumer Division” Text 20 9.6 A++
Made/Printed in Taiwan, Atari Corporation 32 9.8 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+ Total
9.8 1 — — — 1
9.6 5 8 — — 13
9.4 4 5 1 — 10
9.2 2 2 2 — 6
9.0 1 3 1 1 6
8.5 1 6 1 1 9
8.0 — 3 1 — 4
7.5 — 1 — — 1
7.0 — 2 — — 2
Total 14 30 6 2 52

Per-variant grade × seal matrices

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

Made in USA, Atari Inc, "Consumer Division" Text (20 sealed pop)

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

Grade A++ A+ A B+ Total
9.6 2 4 — — 6
9.4 2 — 1 — 3
9.2 2 — 1 — 3
9.0 — 2 — 1 3
8.5 — 1 — — 1
8.0 — 1 1 — 2
7.0 — 2 — — 2
Total 6 10 3 1 20
Made/Printed in Taiwan, Atari Corporation (32 sealed pop)

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

Grade A++ A+ A B+ Total
9.8 1 — — — 1
9.6 3 4 — — 7
9.4 2 5 — — 7
9.2 — 2 1 — 3
9.0 1 1 1 — 3
8.5 1 5 1 1 8
8.0 — 2 — — 2
7.5 — 1 — — 1
Total 8 20 3 1 32

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 2 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 Moon Patrol 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 (1983 Silver Box Early Production) CGC 9.8 A++ Last sale $688 Nov 19, 2024 1
Factory sealed (Made Printed in Taiwan Atari Corp) WATA 9.8 A++ Last sale $262 Oct 21, 2025 1
Factory sealed (1983 Silver Box) WATA 9.6 A+ Median $336 Nov 29, 2022 3
Factory sealed (1987 Silver Box) WATA 9.6 A++ Last sale $204 Nov 23, 2020 1
Factory sealed (1983 Silver Box) WATA 9.4 A Last sale $180 Jan 17, 2023 1
Factory sealed (1983 Silver Box) WATA 9.2 A++ Last sale $180 Jun 22, 2021 1
Factory sealed (Atari) WATA 8.5 A Last sale $180 May 3, 2020 1
Factory sealed (1987 Silver Box) WATA 9.2 A+ $99-$174 range Nov 30, 2021 2
Factory sealed (1983 Silver Box) WATA 9.0 A+ Last sale $156 Aug 3, 2021 1
Factory sealed (1987 Silver Box) WATA 9.2 A Last sale $144 Oct 5, 2021 1
Factory sealed (1983 Silver Box Early Production Made in USA) WATA 9.6 A+ Last sale $139 Mar 28, 2023 1
Factory sealed (1987 Silver Box) WATA 8.5 A+ Median $134 May 3, 2022 4

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 33 Heritage sale records
Date Sold For Grader / Grade Format Variant Notes Source
Oct 21, 2025 $262 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Made Printed in Taiwan Atari Corp Lot 312542-68009
Nov 19, 2024 $688 CGC 9.8 A++ Factory sealed 1983 Silver Box Early Production Lot 312447-68002
May 7, 2024 $101 CGC 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Later Production Lot 312419-66002
Sep 19, 2023 $75 CGC 9.2 A Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Later Production Lot 312338-68005
Jul 18, 2023 $75 CGC 9.0 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Later Production Lot 312329-68010
May 16, 2023 $47 CGC 8.0 A Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Later Production Lot 312320-68003
Apr 25, 2023 $41 CGC 8.5 B+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Later Production Lot 312317-69005
Apr 4, 2023 $55 CGC 8.0 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Later Production Lot 312314-66002
Mar 28, 2023 $139 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed 1983 Silver Box Early Production Made in USA Lot 312313-69008
Jan 17, 2023 $180 WATA 9.4 A Factory sealed 1983 Silver Box Lot 312303-68005
Nov 29, 2022 $169 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed 1983 Silver Box Lot 312248-70009
Oct 18, 2022 $51 WATA 8.5 A Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312242-68008
Jun 14, 2022 $384 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed 1983 Silver Box Lot 312224-67014
May 3, 2022 $89 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312218-66015
Apr 12, 2022 $336 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed 1983 Silver Box Lot 312215-67011
Nov 30, 2021 $99 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312148-70011
Nov 16, 2021 $169 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312146-68008
Nov 2, 2021 $114 WATA 8.0 A+ Factory sealed 1983 Silver Box Lot 312144-66007
Oct 19, 2021 $174 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312142-68011
Oct 5, 2021 $144 WATA 9.2 A Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312140-66011
Sep 21, 2021 $174 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312138-68012
Aug 3, 2021 $156 WATA 9.0 A+ Factory sealed 1983 Silver Box Lot 312131-66031
Jul 20, 2021 $101 WATA 8.5 B+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312129-68015
Jun 22, 2021 $180 WATA 9.2 A++ Factory sealed 1983 Silver Box Lot 312125-69022
May 11, 2021 $89 WATA 8.5 A++ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 312119-67014
Mar 1, 2021 $94 WATA 8.5 A Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 122109-12047
Feb 15, 2021 $65 WATA 7.5 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 122107-16003
Feb 1, 2021 $114 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 122105-12007
Nov 30, 2020 $99 WATA 8.5 A+ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 122048-19632
Nov 23, 2020 $204 WATA 9.6 A++ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 122047-17763
Nov 2, 2020 $109 WATA 8.5 A++ Factory sealed 1987 Silver Box Lot 122044-11888
Sep 7, 2020 $94 WATA 7.0 A+ Factory sealed Silver Box Hologram Sticker Lot 122036-11799
May 3, 2020 $180 WATA 8.5 A Factory sealed Atari Lot 7229-97022

Listings

Each link below opens an eBay search filtered to that condition, scoped to Moon Patrol 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 Moon Patrol Matters for Grading

Moon Patrol is one of the more heavily-graded Atari 2600 titles, with 52 PSA-graded copies on record (52 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. Sealed copies trade at roughly 3× the loose price ($35 vs $9.99). Solid spread for grading speculation if you can source a clean sealed cart. Because PSA tracks 2 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 Moon Patrol Atari 2600 worth grading?

Mostly for sealed copies. The sealed-state population (52) outweighs CIB and loose for Moon Patrol, 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 Moon Patrol?

PSA tracks 52 graded sealed copies of Moon Patrol 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 Moon Patrol?

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 Moon Patrol?

PSA recognizes 2 distinct production variants of Moon Patrol 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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