Feature CeX Retro Watch: March 2024

After a short delay, we're back!

by Damien McFerran Sun 17th Mar 2024

CeX Retro Watch: March 2024 1 — Snapped in the Leicester CeX, this is the first Japanese Pocket Pikachu we've ever seen in a brand. Neat! — *Image: Damien McFerran / Time Extension*

It's been a while since we last ran a CeX Retro Watch piece – we have to admit, we allowed Christmas and the New Year to distract us – but fear not, as we're back with a vengeance with this, the first update of 2024.

All of the images below were taken this year, so please don't shout at us if they're not exactly up to date. We hope the retro-related goodies contained within will be enough to pacify you!

Now, with that out of the way, let's begin...

CeX Retro Watch: March 2024 2 — Taken at our local Loughborough brand, this image shows a wide range of retro goodies. It's not every day you see Spider-Man on the Mega CD — *Image: Damien McFerran / Time Extension*

CeX Retro Watch: March 2024 3 — Another Loughborough shot, and there's a lot to take in here. Street Fighter III 3rd Strike on the Dreamcast at £85 has made our eyes water... — *Image: Damien McFerran / Time Extension*

CeX Retro Watch: March 2024 4 — Yep, Loughborough again. Nice to see PS Vita consoles are keeping their value, and that copy of Sonic Jam on the Saturn didn't hang around — *Image: Damien McFerran / Time Extension*

CeX Retro Watch: March 2024 5 — Paper Mario's price is utterly insane these days, right? — *Image: Damien McFerran / Time Extension*

CeX Retro Watch: March 2024 6 — Treasure's debut title, McDonald's Treasure Land Adventure, doesn't show up much these days, hence the sky-high price tag — *Image: Damien McFerran / Time Extension*

CeX Retro Watch: March 2024 7 — Seen in CeX's Leicester brand, this PS1 has an odd yellow patina, which only seems to impact its bottom edge. Yum — *Image: Damien McFerran / Time Extension*

If you've got some CeX snaps you'd like us to add to this piece, let us know in the comments!

Damien has been writing professionally about tech and video games since 2007 and oversees all of Hookshot Media's sites from an editorial perspective. He's also the editor of Time Extension, the network's newest site, which – paradoxically – is all about gaming's past glories.

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bring_on_branstons
Sun 17th Mar 2024

Great selection - much better than my local store.
Depending on the condition, Spiderman Mega CD aint too bad at £65. Chillout have had a few copies of that around the £100 mark in the last year or so...
Also £55 for Mario Bros G+W seems quite good but again depends on condition...

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Luminous117
Sun 17th Mar 2024

It's not much, but I did find one of those Nintendo branded micro-sd cards at my local Cex.

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KingMike
Sun 17th Mar 2024

@Damo Never mind. It appears to be the Mega Drive version, but they put it next to SMS games so it stands out.
I'm pretty sure that Master System Bubsy II isn't even a legitimately produced game, not even one of those Brazilian TecToy conversions. Naughty CEX for selling a bootleg.
I believe a Game Gear version was produced but never released, though the ROM has been posted online (surely a port of the released Game Boy version) so I'm guessing someone ported it to Master System (very likely a French person named Revo was has seemingly ported everything he can find from GG to MS).

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KingMike
Sun 17th Mar 2024

Indeed, Paper Mario and Mario Party 3 are uncommon to find the USA versions, but I heard the PAL versions of both are comparatively much scarcer and thus even more exorbitantly priced.

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Grackler
Mon 18th Mar 2024

I was going to share that £305 Paper Mario in Loughborough! Passed it on Saturday and my jaw hit the floor, it’s so expensive!

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mariteaux
Mon 18th Mar 2024

I just got back from a long trip to see my girlfriend in Cardiff--their CeX (the one in St Davids, there's another one in town I've never been to) is really really good for complete retro PC games for super cheap. I grabbed the first Halo, Red Faction, No One Lives Forever, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein for £9.50 in total, it was bonkers. I've gotten Doom 3, Tony Hawk 3, and 007 Nightfire for PC there before at pretty similar prices. They're the only store I've seen that has some retro stuff real cheap and then other retro stuff at a ridiculous markup. We had to stop into another in London on my way back to the airport to pick up a 3DS charger since she forgot hers, and they had a boxed copy, complete with the wireless adapter, of Pokemon LeafGreen in the window--£160. I dare not look up what they go for online.