How Does VGA Grade Games Explained

In this video, we examine 5 different sealed NES games and then see the actual grades they received from VGA! Hopefully this helps you guys in your own sealed game appraisals when you're out hunting!

00:35 VGA 80 Example
02:20 VGA 80+ Example 1
05:11 VGA 80+ Example 2
07:10 VGA 85 Example
08:40 VGA 85+ Example

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[Mitjitsu]

Any cardboard based retro game above 80+ is a good grade. Even if you go out to your local store and buy a Switch game and send it off to get graded it will most likely come back an 85/85+. I do have a 95+ Switch game, but that's because I literally pulled it from a case on day 1 and sent it off to get graded.

[NikoNostalgia]

Good job mate, thanks for your Videos!

[leeartlee]

The funny thing after watching this video, I went over to my drawer where I have some sealed modern games and took a good look at them. What I’ve noticed is that pretty much every game that’s produced in a factory and shipped out to people has some kind of cosmetic problem. So I get it, finding a “perfect” sealed game is not easy. Still think it’s a little silly. Also, Greg knows his a shit.

[quezcatol]

the problem is that it seem to be a subjective opinion... it should have 3 people that look at every game and grade it each and then land on the average of the 3 - and it should have a text with the box that explains/justify why its graded at 85 for ex and not 90+ or lesser than 85. that way we could have some consensus in the future what is top notch and not.

[GoodVibeCollecting]

For whatever reason, Milton Bradley boxes always seem to have slight crease marks on the side so I wonder if it was some kind of factory defect. That Digger T. Rock would be good enough for me. Corner dings and abrasions on shrinkwrap doesn't bother me.

[boxwi]

How do you think these particular games here would grade at WATA? Since you have this footage to review and should have a very good understanding of wata grades by now.

[Vanderstein]

Hey Greg! Would love your input on this - let’s say you have a mint box, like no scratches on the seal, and no dings or creases, but there’s like maybe a 1 millimeter-2 millimeter speck of like, I guess ink - like maybe a black dot or yellow dot for some reason. Could it still be at least a 90?

[zandgemporium]

Kind of makes me want to have subbed my GBA to VGA instead of WATA

[Mecal]

Damn, so to get a 90 it has to be untouched.

[lorenzvonallmen]

Voice volume-level back then: slightly scared burglar.
Voice volume-level now: f-ing Bruce Buffer.

[codywilliams]

dude sell / trade me the marble madness? I have tons of sealed wata games id be open to trading for it