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Street Fighter II': Special Champion Edition (Genesis) — PSA Pop Report & Prices

Published 2026-10-22 · Updated 2026-10-26 · by Jason Trogdon
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PSA has graded 61 Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition Sega Genesis copies on record — 3 CIB, 58 sealed. PSA tracks 2 distinct production variants separately because they’re priced differently by collectors. Sealed copies trade in the $219 range. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition on Sega Genesis — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.

Loose
POP 0
Market: $7.15
CIB
POP 3
Market: $23
Sealed
POP 58
Market: $219

Quick Facts

Variant Comparison

PSA recognizes 2 distinct production variants of Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition, each tracked on its own population row because collectors value them differently.

Variant Loose Pop CIB Pop Sealed Pop Total
Assembled in Mexico — — 28 28
Made in Japan — 3 30 33

PSA Pop by Condition

PSA tracks Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition 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 Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition for Sega Genesis yet.

Complete in Box (CIB)

Total graded: 3

Variant Pop Grade Breakdown
Made in Japan 3 9.2: 1 · 8.5: 2

PSA has not graded the following variant in this condition: Assembled in Mexico.

Factory Sealed

Total graded: 58

Sealed summary by variant:

Variant Total Pop Top Numeric Grade Best Seal Grade
Assembled in Mexico 28 9.8 A++
Made in Japan 30 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 Total
9.8 1 1 5 3 2 12
9.6 1 5 3 6 2 17
9.4 1 8 2 — 1 12
9.2 — 2 2 — 1 5
9.0 — 1 1 1 — 3
8.5 — 1 — 1 — 2
8.0 — 1 1 1 1 4
7.5 — 1 1 — — 2
<6.5 — — — 1 — 1
Total 3 20 15 13 7 58

Per-variant grade × seal matrices

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

Assembled in Mexico (28 sealed pop)

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

Grade A++ A+ A B+ Total
9.8 — 1 — — 1
9.6 — 5 2 — 7
9.4 1 6 — — 7
9.2 — 2 2 — 4
9.0 — 1 1 — 2
8.5 — 1 — 1 2
8.0 — 1 1 — 2
7.5 — 1 1 — 2
<6.5 — — — 1 1
Total 1 18 7 2 28
Made in Japan (30 sealed pop)

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

Grade A++ A+ A B+ B Total
9.8 1 — 5 3 2 11
9.6 1 — 1 6 2 10
9.4 — 2 2 — 1 5
9.2 — — — — 1 1
9.0 — — — 1 — 1
8.0 — — — 1 1 2
Total 2 2 8 11 7 30

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 Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition on Sega Genesis. 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 (Clamshell Early Production) CGC 10 A+ Last sale $4,250 Mar 28, 2026 1
Factory sealed (Clamshell Early Production) CGC 9.6 B+ Last sale $450 Mar 18, 2025 1
Factory sealed (Clamshell Early Production) CGC 9.8 B Last sale $425 Sep 9, 2025 1
Factory sealed (Cardboard Later Production) CGC 8.0 A++ Last sale $129 Apr 22, 2025 1
Factory sealed (Clamshell Early Production) WATA 9.8 A++ Last sale $4,500 May 25, 2024 1
Factory sealed WATA 9.8 B Last sale $1,020 Apr 5, 2022 1
Factory sealed (Clamshell Early Production) WATA 9.8 B+ Last sale $840 Apr 22, 2023 1
Factory sealed (Clamshell Early Production) VGA 85+ Last sale $660 Oct 12, 2023 1
Factory sealed (Clamshell) WATA 9.6 B+ Last sale $384 Apr 12, 2022 1
CIB (Clamshell Early Production) WATA 9.2 Last sale $119 Apr 18, 2023 1

Sale records:

View all 10 Heritage sale records
Date Sold For Grader / Grade Format Variant Notes Source
Mar 28, 2026 $4,250 CGC 10 A+ Factory sealed Clamshell Early Production Lot 7452-28284
Sep 9, 2025 $425 CGC 9.8 B Factory sealed Clamshell Early Production Lot 312536-67063
Apr 22, 2025 $129 CGC 8.0 A++ Factory sealed Cardboard Later Production Lot 312516-69063
Mar 18, 2025 $450 CGC 9.6 B+ Factory sealed Clamshell Early Production Lot 312511-68047
May 25, 2024 $4,500 WATA 9.8 A++ Factory sealed Clamshell Early Production Lot 7372-28277
Oct 12, 2023 $660 VGA 85+ Factory sealed Clamshell Early Production Lot 44216-80124
Apr 22, 2023 $840 WATA 9.8 B+ Factory sealed Clamshell Early Production Lot 7307-28313
Apr 18, 2023 $119 WATA 9.2 CIB Clamshell Early Production Lot 312316-68106
Apr 12, 2022 $384 WATA 9.6 B+ Factory sealed Clamshell Lot 312215-67073
Apr 5, 2022 $1,020 WATA 9.8 B Factory sealed — Lot 312214-66081

Listings

Each link below opens an eBay search filtered to that condition, scoped to Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition on Sega Genesis. “Sold” pulls completed/sold listings (use this for price research). “Listings” pulls current active listings (use this to find a copy to buy).

Why Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition Matters for Grading

Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition is one of the more heavily-graded Sega Genesis titles, with 61 PSA-graded copies on record (58 sealed, 3 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 (58 of 61, ~95%) — a strong signal that’s where most collector value sits for this title. The sealed-to-loose price ratio is roughly 30× — sealed copies trade at $219 while loose carts move around $7.15. That spread means a fresh sealed find is the move; raw cart flips have thinner margins after grading fees. 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 Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition Sega Genesis worth grading?

Mostly for sealed copies. The sealed-state population (58) outweighs CIB and loose for Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition, 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 Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition?

PSA tracks 58 graded sealed copies of Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition for Sega Genesis. 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 Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition?

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 Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition?

PSA recognizes 2 distinct production variants of Street Fighter II’: Special Champion Edition on Sega Genesis. 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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