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Qbert (Atari 2600): PSA Pop Report & Prices

Published 2026-10-22 · Updated 2026-10-26 · by Jason Trogdon
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PSA has graded 59 Qbert Atari 2600 copies on record — 59 sealed. PSA tracks 6 distinct production variants separately because they’re priced differently by collectors. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Qbert on Atari 2600 — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.

Loose
POP 0
Market: $9.87
CIB
POP 0
Market: $24
Sealed
POP 59
Market: $35

Quick Facts

Variant Comparison

PSA recognizes 6 distinct production variants of Qbert, each tracked on its own population row because collectors value them differently.

Variant Loose Pop CIB Pop Sealed Pop Total
Made in USA, Parker Brothers Release - Hanger Box — — 11 11
Made/Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation — — 3 3
Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation, 1988 — — 42 42
Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation, 1989 — — 1 1
Printed in Hong Kong/Made in China, Atari Corporation, Hong Kong Printed After China — — 1 1
Printed in Taiwan, Atari Corporation — — 1 1

PSA Pop by Condition

PSA tracks Qbert 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 6 variants PSA recognizes for this title.

Loose Cartridge

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

Complete in Box (CIB)

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

Factory Sealed

Total graded: 59

Sealed summary by variant:

Variant Total Pop Top Numeric Grade Best Seal Grade
Made in USA, Parker Brothers Release - Hanger Box 11 9.6 NS
Made/Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation 3 8.5 A+
Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation, 1988 42 9.6 A++
Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation, 1989 1 8.5 A+
Printed in Hong Kong/Made in China, Atari Corporation, Hong Kong Printed After China 1 9.2 A
Printed in Taiwan, Atari Corporation 1 9.4 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: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A++ A+ A B+ NS Total
9.6 — 1 — 1 1 3
9.4 3 2 2 — — 7
9.2 1 5 4 1 1 12
9.0 — 4 3 — 1 8
8.5 — 2 4 2 3 11
8.0 — 4 4 — — 8
7.5 — 3 1 — — 4
7.0 — — — — 3 3
6.5 — — — — 1 1
<6.5 — — 1 — 1 2
Total 4 21 19 4 11 59

Per-variant grade × seal matrices

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

Made in USA, Parker Brothers Release - Hanger Box (11 sealed pop)

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

Grade NS Total
9.6 1 1
9.2 1 1
9.0 1 1
8.5 3 3
7.0 3 3
6.5 1 1
<6.5 1 1
Total 11 11
Made/Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation (3 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 8.5 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A+ A B+ Total
8.5 — — 1 1
8.0 1 1 — 2
Total 1 1 1 3
Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation, 1988 (42 sealed pop)

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

Grade A++ A+ A B+ Total
9.6 — 1 — 1 2
9.4 3 2 1 — 6
9.2 1 5 3 1 10
9.0 — 4 3 — 7
8.5 — 1 4 1 6
8.0 — 3 3 — 6
7.5 — 3 1 — 4
<6.5 — — 1 — 1
Total 4 19 16 3 42
Printed in Hong Kong, Atari Corporation, 1989 (1 sealed pop)

Top observed grade: 8.5 (PSA scale extends to 10).

Grade A+ Total
8.5 1 1
Total 1 1
Printed in Hong Kong/Made in China, Atari Corporation, Hong Kong Printed After China (1 sealed pop)

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

Grade A Total
9.2 1 1
Total 1 1
Printed in Taiwan, Atari Corporation (1 sealed pop)

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

Grade A Total
9.4 1 1
Total 1 1

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 6 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 Qbert 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
New / no seal WATA 9.0 NS Last sale $1,440 Jun 30, 2022 1
Factory sealed WATA 8.0 A+ Last sale $408 Sep 13, 2020 1
Factory sealed (1988 Red Box) WATA 9.4 A+ 2 comps, wide spread $149-$372 Jun 30, 2022 2
Factory sealed (1988 Red Box) WATA 9.2 A+ 2 comps, wide spread $124-$312 Jul 26, 2022 2
Factory sealed (Later Production) WATA 8.0 A Last sale $264 Aug 29, 2023 1
Factory sealed (1988 Red Box) WATA 9.0 A Last sale $264 Apr 6, 2021 1
Factory sealed (1987 Red Box) WATA 9.4 A Last sale $216 Feb 1, 2021 1
Factory sealed (1988 Red Box) WATA 9.0 A+ Median $204 Aug 9, 2022 3
Factory sealed (1988 Red Box) WATA 9.2 B+ Last sale $180 Mar 9, 2021 1
Factory sealed (1988 Red Box) WATA 9.6 A+ Last sale $139 Oct 11, 2022 1
Factory sealed (1988 Red Box) WATA 8.0 A+ $79-$132 range Jan 10, 2023 2
Factory sealed (1988 Red Box) WATA 8.0 A Median $132 May 24, 2022 3

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 35 Heritage sale records
Date Sold For Grader / Grade Format Variant Notes Source
Apr 16, 2024 $77 WATA 7.0 NS New / no seal — Lot 312416-68002
Dec 21, 2023 $109 WATA 7.0 NS New / no seal — Lot 44226-80051
Nov 28, 2023 $84 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed Later Production Lot 312348-69002
Aug 29, 2023 $264 WATA 8.0 A Factory sealed Later Production Lot 312335-70005
Jul 25, 2023 $53 WATA 8.5 B+ Factory sealed Later Production Lot 312330-69011
May 30, 2023 $61 WATA 9.2 A Factory sealed Later Production Lot 312322-70002
Apr 18, 2023 $104 WATA 8.5 A Factory sealed Later Production Lot 312316-68002
Feb 28, 2023 $119 WATA 8.0 A+ Factory sealed Later Production Lot 312309-69004
Feb 23, 2023 $216 WATA 7.0 NS New / no seal — Lot 44175-80060
Feb 23, 2023 $65 WATA 9.0 A Factory sealed Later Production Lot 44175-80061
Jan 31, 2023 $71 WATA 9.2 A Factory sealed Later Production Lot 312305-70006
Jan 10, 2023 $79 WATA 8.0 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312302-67015
Oct 11, 2022 $139 WATA 9.6 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312241-67007
Aug 9, 2022 $149 WATA 9.0 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312232-67006
Jul 26, 2022 $124 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312230-69005
Jul 12, 2022 $312 WATA 9.2 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312228-67016
Jun 30, 2022 $1,440 WATA 9.0 NS New / no seal — Lot 41166-80083
Jun 30, 2022 $149 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 41166-80084
Jun 7, 2022 $204 WATA 9.0 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312223-66016
May 24, 2022 $119 WATA 8.0 A Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312221-69012
Mar 22, 2022 $89 WATA 8.5 A Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312212-69012
Sep 7, 2021 $104 WATA 7.5 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312136-66021
Jul 27, 2021 $132 WATA 6.5 NS New / no seal — Lot 312130-69015
Jun 22, 2021 $132 WATA 9.2 A Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312125-69026
Jun 8, 2021 $132 WATA 8.0 A Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312123-66019
May 25, 2021 $132 WATA 9.2 A Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312121-69014
May 11, 2021 $180 WATA 8.0 A Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312119-67018
Apr 27, 2021 $132 WATA 8.0 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312117-69015
Apr 6, 2021 $264 WATA 9.0 A Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312114-66010
Mar 9, 2021 $180 WATA 9.2 B+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 312110-67012
Mar 1, 2021 $360 WATA 9.0 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 122109-12054
Feb 1, 2021 $216 WATA 9.4 A Factory sealed 1987 Red Box Lot 122105-12009
Nov 22, 2020 $372 WATA 9.4 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 7236-97016
Nov 9, 2020 $120 WATA 7.5 A+ Factory sealed 1988 Red Box Lot 122045-13764
Sep 13, 2020 $408 WATA 8.0 A+ Factory sealed — Lot 7234-93012

Listings

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

Qbert is one of the more heavily-graded Atari 2600 titles, with 59 PSA-graded copies on record (59 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 $9.87). Solid spread for grading speculation if you can source a clean sealed cart. Because PSA tracks 6 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 Qbert Atari 2600 worth grading?

Mostly for sealed copies. The sealed-state population (59) outweighs CIB and loose for Qbert, 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 Qbert?

PSA tracks 59 graded sealed copies of Qbert 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 Qbert?

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 Qbert?

PSA recognizes 6 distinct production variants of Qbert 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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