Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Atari 2600) — PSA Pop Report & Prices
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PSA has graded 99 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Atari 2600 copies on record — 4 CIB, 95 sealed. PSA tracks 8 distinct production variants separately because they’re priced differently by collectors. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back on Atari 2600 — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.
Quick Facts
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Title: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back
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Console: Atari 2600
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Variants tracked by PSA: 8
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Total PSA-graded copies: 99 (Loose: 0 · CIB: 4 · Sealed: 95)
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PriceCharting market data: available
Variant Comparison
PSA recognizes 8 distinct production variants of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, each tracked on its own population row because collectors value them differently. The variants this game discriminates on: Canadian-market edition.
| Variant | Loose Pop | CIB Pop | Sealed Pop | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Made in Hong Kong | — | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Made in Hong Kong, Canadian Version | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Made in Malaysia | — | 1 | 31 | 32 |
| Made in Singapore | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| Made in Taiwan, Right Spine Upright | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Made in Taiwan, Right Spine Upside-down | — | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Made in Taiwan, Unidentified Legacy Variant | — | — | 21 | 21 |
| Made in USA | — | 1 | 19 | 20 |
PSA Pop by Condition
PSA tracks Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 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 8 variants PSA recognizes for this title.
Loose Cartridge
PSA hasn’t graded any loose copies of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back for Atari 2600 yet.
Complete in Box (CIB)
Total graded: 4
| Variant | Pop | Grade Breakdown |
|---|---|---|
| Made in Hong Kong | 1 | 6.5: 1 |
| Made in Malaysia | 1 | 9.2: 1 |
| Made in Taiwan, Right Spine Upside-down | 1 | 8.0: 1 |
| Made in USA | 1 | 7.5: 1 |
PSA has not graded the following variants in this condition: Made in Hong Kong, Canadian Version · Made in Singapore · Made in Taiwan, Right Spine Upright · Made in Taiwan, Unidentified Legacy Variant.
Factory Sealed
Total graded: 95
Sealed summary by variant:
| Variant | Total Pop | Top Numeric Grade | Best Seal Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Made in Hong Kong | 13 | 9.8 | A |
| Made in Hong Kong, Canadian Version | 1 | 9.0 | A |
| Made in Malaysia | 31 | 9.8 | A++ |
| Made in Singapore | 5 | 9.8 | A++ |
| Made in Taiwan, Right Spine Upright | 2 | 9.6 | A+ |
| Made in Taiwan, Right Spine Upside-down | 3 | 9.6 | A++ |
| Made in Taiwan, Unidentified Legacy Variant | 21 | 9.6 | A+ |
| Made in USA | 19 | 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+ | B | C+ | C | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| 9.6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 18 |
| 9.4 | 4 | 7 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 15 |
| 9.2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | — | 13 |
| 9.0 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 8.5 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 8 |
| 8.0 | — | 5 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 13 |
| 7.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| <6.5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 23 | 33 | 14 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 95 |
Per-variant grade × seal matrices
Click any variant to expand its full grade × seal breakdown.
Made in Hong Kong (13 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A | B+ | B | C+ | C | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 9.6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 9.4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| 9.2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| 9.0 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 8.5 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 8.0 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| <6.5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
Made in Hong Kong, Canadian Version (1 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.0 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 |
Made in Malaysia (31 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A++ | A+ | A | B+ | B | C | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 7 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| 9.6 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 |
| 9.4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| 9.2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 9.0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 8.0 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| 7.5 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| <6.5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 31 |
Made in Singapore (5 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A++ | A+ | B+ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| 9.4 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 9.2 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 8.5 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
Made in Taiwan, Right Spine Upright (2 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A+ | A | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.6 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 8.0 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Made in Taiwan, Right Spine Upside-down (3 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A++ | A+ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9.6 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 8.5 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 8.0 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Made in Taiwan, Unidentified Legacy Variant (21 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A+ | A | B+ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.6 | 4 | — | — | 4 |
| 9.4 | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| 9.2 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 |
| 9.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
| 8.5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 8.0 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 7.5 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | 14 | 5 | 2 | 21 |
Made in USA (19 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A++ | A+ | A | B+ | B | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 9.6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| 9.4 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| 9.2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 9.0 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 8.5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| 8.0 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Total | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
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).
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Loose cartridge: $8.99
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Complete in Box (CIB): $30
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Sealed: $85
All 8 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.
Auction House Graded Sales
Heritage Auctions and Goldin sold results below are real auction transactions for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 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 auction sale signals, sorted by format, recency, and realized-price signal. PSA production variants can price differently, so the sale records keep each auction house’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 |
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| Factory sealed (Made in USA) | WATA 9.8 A++ | Last sale $1,000 | Nov 23, 2024 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Made in Hong Kong) | CGC 9.8 A+ | Last sale $688 | Sep 16, 2025 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Made in Malaysia) | WATA 9.8 A++ | Last sale $625 | Feb 6, 2025 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Made in USA) | PSA 8.5 B | Last sale $384 | Jun 4, 2026 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Made in Malaysia) | WATA 9.4 A+ | Last sale $231 | May 6, 2025 | 1 |
| Factory sealed | WATA 9.8 A++ | $2,533-$3,840 range | Nov 22, 2020 | 2 |
| Factory sealed (Atari) | WATA 9.6 A+ | Last sale $2,400 | May 3, 2020 | 1 |
| Factory sealed | WATA 9.2 B | Last sale $960 | Dec 28, 2020 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Made in Malaysia) | WATA 9.8 A+ | Last sale $906 | Oct 3, 2024 | 1 |
| Factory sealed | WATA 9.6 A++ | $552-$840 range | Jun 30, 2022 | 2 |
| Factory sealed (1982 Cardboard Clamshell) | WATA 9.6 A | Last sale $720 | Jan 11, 2022 | 1 |
| Factory sealed | WATA 9.6 A+ | Last sale $660 | Feb 23, 2023 | 1 |
Showing the top 12 auction sale signals; the sale-record table below includes every auction auction sale used on this page.
Sale records:
View all 37 auction sale records
| Date | Sold For | Grader / Grade | Format | Variant Notes | Source |
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| Jun 4, 2026 | $384 | PSA 8.5 B | Factory sealed | Made in USA | Goldin lot 202512-0316-3621-ada0a098-3c5a-4259-9a7b-d61a53c1471b |
| Sep 16, 2025 | $688 | CGC 9.8 A+ | Factory sealed | Made in Hong Kong | Lot 312537-68010 |
| May 6, 2025 | $231 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | Made in Malaysia | Lot 312518-66006 |
| Feb 6, 2025 | $625 | WATA 9.8 A++ | Factory sealed | Made in Malaysia | Lot 44305-79046 |
| Nov 23, 2024 | $1,000 | WATA 9.8 A++ | Factory sealed | Made in USA | Lot 7382-28122 |
| Oct 3, 2024 | $906 | WATA 9.8 A+ | Factory sealed | Made in Malaysia | Lot 44281-80071 |
| May 7, 2024 | $175 | CGC 8.0 A | Factory sealed | — | Lot 312419-66009 |
| Feb 23, 2024 | $81 | CGC 7.0 | CIB | — | Goldin lot 202402-0216-4409-39cd8e44-237a-484f-a410-fba43c5ab592 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | $408 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Made in Taiwan | Lot 44226-80066 |
| Dec 21, 2023 | $264 | CGC 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 44226-80067 |
| Jun 20, 2023 | $134 | WATA 8.5 B+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 312325-68005 |
| Feb 23, 2023 | $660 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 44175-80076 |
| Jan 10, 2023 | $384 | WATA 9.0 A+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 312302-67022 |
| Dec 27, 2022 | $228 | WATA 8.5 B+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 312252-69017 |
| Nov 15, 2022 | $312 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 312246-68032 |
| Jun 30, 2022 | $552 | WATA 9.6 A++ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 41166-80112 |
| May 10, 2022 | $504 | WATA 9.4 A++ | Factory sealed | 1982 Silver Box | Lot 312219-67008 |
| Jan 11, 2022 | $720 | WATA 9.6 A | Factory sealed | 1982 Cardboard Clamshell | Lot 312202-67011 |
| Aug 3, 2021 | $384 | WATA 9.2 B+ | Factory sealed | 1982 Silver Box | Lot 312131-66048 |
| Apr 20, 2021 | $504 | WATA 9.2 A | Factory sealed | — | Lot 312116-68019 |
| Mar 16, 2021 | $504 | WATA 9.4 B+ | Factory sealed | 1982 Silver Box | Lot 312111-68024 |
| Feb 1, 2021 | $600 | WATA 8.0 A | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122105-12015 |
| Jan 18, 2021 | $3,120 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122103-15866 |
| Jan 11, 2021 | $324 | WATA 9.4 C+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122102-13752 |
| Dec 28, 2020 | $960 | WATA 9.2 B | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122052-17564 |
| Dec 21, 2020 | $432 | WATA 9.2 A | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122051-16056 |
| Dec 7, 2020 | $276 | WATA 9.2 A+ | Factory sealed | 1982 Silver Box | Lot 122049-11693 |
| Nov 22, 2020 | $2,533 | WATA 9.8 A++ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 7236-97021 |
| Nov 9, 2020 | $312 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122045-13771 |
| Oct 19, 2020 | $492 | WATA 9.6 A | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122042-15817 |
| Oct 12, 2020 | $336 | WATA 9.6 C | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122041-13772 |
| Oct 5, 2020 | $264 | WATA 8.0 A+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122040-11903 |
| Sep 21, 2020 | $840 | WATA 9.6 A++ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122038-15751 |
| Sep 13, 2020 | $3,840 | WATA 9.8 A++ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 7234-97043 |
| Aug 3, 2020 | $384 | WATA 7.5 A | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122031-11710 |
| Jul 20, 2020 | $204 | WATA 8.0 A+ | Factory sealed | — | Lot 122029-15819 |
| May 3, 2020 | $2,400 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Atari | Lot 7229-93013 |
Listings
Each link below opens an eBay search filtered to that condition, scoped to Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 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 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Matters for Grading
Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back is one of the more heavily-graded Atari 2600 titles, with 99 PSA-graded copies on record (95 sealed, 4 CIB). Strong submission volume signals collector demand — and grade premiums are the market’s vote on which copies are scarce. The sealed condition dominates submissions (95 of 99, ~95%) — a strong signal that’s where most collector value sits for this title. Sealed copies trade at roughly 9× the loose price ($85 vs $8.99). Solid spread for grading speculation if you can source a clean sealed cart. Because PSA tracks 8 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 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Atari 2600 worth grading?
Mostly for sealed copies. The sealed-state population (95) outweighs CIB and loose for Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, 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 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back?
PSA tracks 95 graded sealed copies of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 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 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back?
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 Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back?
PSA recognizes 8 distinct production variants of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back 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. Goldin graded-sale comps come from Goldin (goldin.co) sold lot pages linked in the sale-record table; Goldin prices are the lot’s final price as Goldin reports it. Rankings, medians and summaries are What The Slab analysis — How we get our numbers.
Related Resources
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Atari 2600 Game Library — every variant PSA tracks for this console, with pop + price per condition tier (loose, CIB, sealed).
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Retro Video Game Collecting — pillar with broader strategy, market dynamics, and grading economics.
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