How much is an original Game Boy worth and is the special edition Game Boy Light more valuable?

Here's what your old Gameboy could get you if you are done with playing it and want to make a bit of dosh.

How much is an original Game Boy worth?

If you've got an old Gameboy knocking about then you could be set to make a tidy profit.

When the original grey handheld games console was launched by Nintendo in 1989 it cost £67.40.

It featured a distinctive black and green LCD screen and a slot for players to inset "game cartridges" into the back.

Now, 29 years later fans of the gadget are selling them on eBay.

Of course, those that have never been played and are in sealed boxes are worth the most money.

And while we feel sad to see a Game Boy that has never been played one seller managed to flog the console for £260.

Even if you've got a used gadget you could still sell it on for a fair chunk of cash.

One seller flogged their used Gameboy, including 12 games, for £215 last year.

Those with games included go for a higher price, including the one that catapulted the handheld console to success – Tetris.

Is the special edition Game Boy Light more valuable?

The Game Boy Light is a backlit and updated version of the Game Boy Pocket exclusively released in Japan on April 14, 1998.

The Game Boy Light only lasted a short amount of time before the Game Boy Color was released in October and November of 1998.

It looks much like a taller Game Boy Pocket, but the battery compartment is shaped differently and is much larger than that of the Game Boy Pocket.

The battery compartment was designed this way to accommodate for the two AA batteries that the system utilised, unlike the two AAA batteries of the Game Boy Pocket.

It was the only officially released Game Boy to have a backlit screen until 2005 when the backlit version of the Game Boy Advance SP was released.

Some Game Boy light consoles are going for more than £620 on eBay.

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