Castlevania II: Simon's Quest Nintendo NES: PSA Pop Report + Loose / CIB / Sealed Prices
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PSA has graded 120 Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest Nintendo NES copies on record — 1 loose, 42 CIB, 77 sealed. PSA tracks 3 distinct production variants separately because they’re priced differently by collectors. Sealed copies trade in the $338 range. This page is the per-game pop + price + grading reference for Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest on Nintendo NES — updated weekly from PSA’s official population data and PriceCharting’s market catalog.
Quick Facts
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Title: Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest
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Console: Nintendo NES
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Variants tracked by PSA: 3
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Total PSA-graded copies: 120 (Loose: 1 · CIB: 42 · Sealed: 77)
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PriceCharting market data: available
Variant Comparison
PSA recognizes 3 distinct production variants of Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, each tracked on its own population row because collectors value them differently. The variants this game discriminates on: USA-region production code labeling.
| Variant | Loose Pop | CIB Pop | Sealed Pop | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 Screw, Oval SOQ TM - USA Code | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Made in Japan, Oval SOQ TM | — | 13 | 19 | 32 |
| Made in Japan, Round SOQ | — | 29 | 58 | 87 |
PSA Pop by Condition
PSA tracks Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest 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 3 variants PSA recognizes for this title.
Loose Cartridge
Total graded: 1
| Variant | Pop | Grade Breakdown |
|---|---|---|
| 5 Screw, Oval SOQ TM - USA Code | 1 | 9.2: 1 |
PSA has not graded the following variants in this condition: Made in Japan, Oval SOQ TM · Made in Japan, Round SOQ.
Complete in Box (CIB)
Total graded: 42
| Variant | Pop | Grade Breakdown |
|---|---|---|
| Made in Japan, Oval SOQ TM | 13 | 9.2: 2 · 9.0: 4 · 8.5: 2 · 8.0: 2 · 7.5: 2 · 7.0: 1 |
| Made in Japan, Round SOQ | 29 | 9.6: 1 · 9.4: 3 · 9.2: 4 · 9.0: 5 · 8.5: 4 · 8.0: 4 · 7.5: 3 · 7.0: 4 · <6.5: 1 |
PSA has not graded the following variant in this condition: 5 Screw, Oval SOQ TM - USA Code.
Factory Sealed
Total graded: 77
Sealed summary by variant:
| Variant | Total Pop | Top Numeric Grade | Best Seal Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Made in Japan, Oval SOQ TM | 19 | 9.6 | A+ |
| Made in Japan, Round SOQ | 58 | 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 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 9.6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | — | 15 |
| 9.4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 10 |
| 9.2 | — | 7 | 3 | — | — | 10 |
| 9.0 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 10 |
| 8.5 | — | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | 12 |
| 8.0 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 7.5 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 6 |
| 7.0 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| 6.5 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| <6.5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 39 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 77 |
Per-variant grade × seal matrices
Click any variant to expand its full grade × seal breakdown.
Made in Japan, Oval SOQ TM (19 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.6 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A+ | A | B+ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.6 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| 9.2 | 3 | 1 | — | 4 |
| 8.5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 8.0 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.5 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7.0 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| <6.5 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 10 | 3 | 19 |
Made in Japan, Round SOQ (58 sealed pop)
Top observed grade: 9.8 (PSA scale extends to 10).
| Grade | A++ | A+ | A | B+ | B | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| 9.6 | 4 | 9 | — | — | — | 13 |
| 9.4 | 1 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 10 |
| 9.2 | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 6 |
| 9.0 | — | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | 10 |
| 8.5 | — | 4 | 3 | — | — | 7 |
| 8.0 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| 7.5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| 7.0 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 6.5 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 8 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 58 |
PSA has not graded the following variant in this condition: 5 Screw, Oval SOQ TM - USA Code.
Current Market Prices
All prices below are pulled directly from PriceCharting’s public catalog and refreshed each time this article regenerates (typically weekly). PriceCharting computes their values from active and recently-sold listings on eBay + their dealer network — 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: $17
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Complete in Box (CIB): $90
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Sealed: $338
All 3 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 Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest on Nintendo NES. 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 |
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| Factory sealed (Rev A Round Soq Early Production) | WATA 9.8 A++ | Median $6,875 | Aug 23, 2025 | 3 |
| Factory sealed (Rev A Round Soq Early Production) | WATA 9.6 A++ | $3,125-$3,750 range | Mar 28, 2026 | 2 |
| Factory sealed (Rev A Round Soq Early Production) | WATA 9.4 A+ | Median $3,120 | Oct 30, 2025 | 5 |
| Factory sealed (Rev A Round Soq Early Production) | WATA 9.4 A++ | Last sale $2,188 | Jul 24, 2025 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Rev A Round Soq Early Production) | WATA 9.2 A+ | Median $1,920 | Oct 30, 2025 | 3 |
| Factory sealed (Rev A Round Soq Early Production) | VGA 85+ | Last sale $1,875 | May 24, 2025 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Rev A Round Soq Early Production) | WATA 9.0 B+ | Last sale $750 | Jun 25, 2024 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Rev A Round Soq Early Production) | WATA 7.5 A+ | Last sale $575 | Jun 18, 2024 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Rev A Round Soq Early Production) | WATA 9.6 A+ | Median $7,200 | Aug 7, 2022 | 4 |
| Factory sealed (Oval Soq Tm Later Production) | WATA 9.6 A | Last sale $5,280 | Nov 22, 2020 | 1 |
| Factory sealed (Rev A Round Soq Early Production) | WATA 9.0 A+ | 2 comps, wide spread $1,440-$4,800 | Feb 28, 2023 | 2 |
| Factory sealed (Rev A Round Soq Early Production) | CGC 9.6 A+ | Last sale $2,880 | Jul 28, 2023 | 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 41 Heritage sale records
| Date | Sold For | Grader / Grade | Format | Variant Notes | Source |
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| Mar 28, 2026 | $3,125 | WATA 9.6 A++ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7452-28138 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | $209 | CGC 9.9 | Loose | Oval Soq Tm Later Production | Lot 312612-69004 |
| Nov 22, 2025 | $3,750 | WATA 9.6 A++ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7428-28003 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1,875 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 44331-80009 |
| Oct 30, 2025 | $1,062 | WATA 9.2 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 44331-80010 |
| Oct 7, 2025 | $500 | WATA 9.4 | CIB | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 312540-66006 |
| Aug 23, 2025 | $6,875 | WATA 9.8 A++ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7416-28005 |
| Jul 24, 2025 | $2,188 | WATA 9.4 A++ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 44318-80013 |
| May 24, 2025 | $6,250 | WATA 9.8 A++ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7415-28007 |
| May 24, 2025 | $1,875 | VGA 85+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7415-28184 |
| Feb 22, 2025 | $11,250 | WATA 9.8 A++ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7411-28005 |
| Jun 25, 2024 | $750 | WATA 9.0 B+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 312426-69008 |
| Jun 18, 2024 | $575 | WATA 7.5 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 312425-68015 |
| May 25, 2024 | $2,500 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7372-28127 |
| Feb 20, 2024 | $288 | CGC 9.0 | CIB | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 312408-68002 |
| Jul 28, 2023 | $2,880 | CGC 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7349-28011 |
| May 30, 2023 | $444 | WATA 7.5 A | Factory sealed | Oval Soq Tm Later Production | Lot 312322-70009 |
| May 2, 2023 | $840 | WATA 8.5 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 312318-66008 |
| Apr 22, 2023 | $1,680 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production the Indiana Collection | Lot 7307-28170 |
| Feb 28, 2023 | $1,440 | WATA 9.0 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 312309-69018 |
| Jan 20, 2023 | $3,240 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7348-28008 |
| Nov 5, 2022 | $1,920 | WATA 9.2 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7290-29016 |
| Oct 11, 2022 | $1,020 | WATA 8.0 A | Factory sealed | Rev A Oval Soq Tm Later Production | Lot 312241-67029 |
| Sep 6, 2022 | $288 | WATA 9.0 | CIB | Rev A Oval Soq Tm Later Production | Lot 312236-66013 |
| Aug 7, 2022 | $4,080 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7288-28011 |
| Aug 7, 2022 | $3,120 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7288-28012 |
| Aug 7, 2022 | $1,320 | WATA 8.5 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7288-29018 |
| Jun 21, 2022 | $1,260 | VGA 80 | Factory sealed | — | Lot 312225-68023 |
| Jun 7, 2022 | $159 | WATA 7.0 | CIB | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 312223-66038 |
| Apr 26, 2022 | $660 | WATA 9.4 | CIB | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 312217-69026 |
| Apr 22, 2022 | $6,000 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7286-28013 |
| Jan 28, 2022 | $8,400 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7284-28007 |
| Dec 9, 2021 | $6,000 | WATA 9.4 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 44151-79012 |
| Dec 7, 2021 | $164 | WATA 7.0 | CIB | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 312149-66016 |
| Oct 29, 2021 | $13,800 | WATA 9.6 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7263-28009 |
| Oct 29, 2021 | $4,320 | WATA 9.2 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7263-28010 |
| Aug 10, 2021 | $360 | WATA 9.2 | CIB | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 312132-67025 |
| Jul 9, 2021 | $4,800 | WATA 9.0 A+ | Factory sealed | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 7261-28012 |
| May 18, 2021 | $312 | WATA 8.0 | CIB | Rev A Round Soq Early Production | Lot 312120-68026 |
| Nov 22, 2020 | $5,280 | WATA 9.6 A | Factory sealed | Oval Soq Tm Later Production | Lot 7236-93009 |
| Sep 13, 2020 | $1,200 | WATA 8.0 A | Factory sealed | Oval Soq Tm Later Production Atwood Collection | Lot 7234-97061 |
Listings
Each link below opens an eBay search filtered to that condition, scoped to Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest on Nintendo NES. “Sold” pulls completed/sold listings (use this for price research). “Listings” pulls current active listings (use this to find a copy to buy).
Why Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest Matters for Grading
Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest is one of the more heavily-graded Nintendo NES titles, with 120 PSA populations on record across loose, CIB, and sealed. Strong submission volume signals collector demand — and grade premiums are the market’s vote on which copies are scarce. The sealed-to-loose price ratio is roughly 19× — sealed copies trade at $338 while loose carts move around $17. That spread means a fresh sealed find is the move; raw cart flips have thinner margins after grading fees. Because PSA tracks 3 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 Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest Nintendo NES worth grading?
Mostly for sealed copies. The sealed-state population (77) outweighs CIB and loose for Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest, 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 Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest?
PSA tracks 77 graded sealed copies of Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest for Nintendo NES. 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 Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest?
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 Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest?
PSA recognizes 3 distinct production variants of Castlevania II: Simon’s Quest on Nintendo NES. 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.
Related Resources
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Nintendo NES Game Library (forthcoming) — every variant PSA tracks for this console.
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Retro Video Game Collecting — pillar with broader strategy, market dynamics, and grading economics.