In Russia increased sales of cartridges for consoles NES, Famicom and Dendy

Sales of gaming console cartridges of the 1980s-1990s on Avito in the third quarter of 2026 increased by 10% compared to the second quarter. The average price of one cartridge was 1.9 thousand rubles, according to Hi-Tech Mail, citing a study by Avito Goods and the organizers of the Moscow International Video Game Week.

We are talking about cartridges for 8- and 16-bit consoles, including NES, Famicom and Dendy. The bulk of sales fell on the resale of cartridges, in this segment the indicator grew by 16% for the year.

The leader in sales was the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series, sales of which grew by 44% over the year. Sales of Super Mario Bros increased by 74%, Contra by 39%, Donkey Kong by 23%, Tetris by 16%.

The largest growth was shown by the Mega Man series, sales of which increased 2.3 times over the year. However, the series remained a niche.

Moscow accounted for about 30% of all sales of retro cartridges on the platform. In the capital, the indicator increased by 7% for the year and by 12% compared to the previous quarter.

In St. Petersburg, sales increased by 28% for the year and by 25% for the quarter. In particular, Super Mario Bros cartridges were bought 2.3 times more often than a year earlier.

Sales growth was also recorded in Kemerovo (22%), Yaroslavl (20%), Ufa (18%) and Chelyabinsk (16%).

In April, the M.Video-Eldorado group reported that sales of gaming consoles in Russia for the first quarter increased by 22% compared to the same period last year, to 459,000 devices. In monetary terms, the market increased by 29%, to 8.6 billion rubles. The greatest demand was the PlayStation consoles, sales of which grew by 51% in pieces and 42% in money.