Rare PS2/XBOX standard release games?

[dreama1]

Rare PS2/XBOX standard release games?

[maximo310]

For PS2, that would be Rule of Rose, the .hack series, Shadow Hearts, Suikoden V, and Wild Arms Alter Code F. Xbox would be the Steel Medalion Set with the Flight Stick Controller, GTA Trilogy, The Guy Game, and Halo Triple Pack.
For both systems, Jurassic Park Operation Genesis, Digimon Rumble Arena 2, and Marvel Vs. Capcom 2.
Honestly, most of the U.S. releases aren't too pricey, especially for PS2 so they're fairly easy to get and you may to able to find decent prices for most of these if you look hard.
Imports on the other hand, especially the Japanese PS2 shooters, are quite rare and expensive to acquire, especially Ibara.

[bikingjahuty]

Mind you these are genuinely rare, not just valuable. A lot of people seem to confound the words "rare" and "valuable" i've noticed.
PS2
Winback 2
Rule of Rose
Blood Will Tell
.Hack GU trilogy
Arcana Heart
Castle Shikigami 2
Disaster Report
Echo Night Beyond
Eternal Poison
Forever Kingdom
Ghost Hunter
Growlanser Generation Deluxe Edition
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Gundam Battle Assault 3
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Kuon
Lifeline
Monster Hunter
Monster Rancher 4
MS Saga: New Dawn
Robot Alchemic Drive
Rez
Shining Tears
Stretch Panic
Trapt
Virtual On Marz
Yakuza 2


XBOX
Call of Cthulu
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Land of the Dead
Outrun 2006
Sniper Elite
Sneakers
Steel Battalion
Steel Battalion Line of Contact
Syberia 2
Xyanide
Samurai Showdown V

[koemo1]

that game about that disposable assassin?

[burningdoom]

that game about that disposable assassin?

Scud? That's a Saturn game.

[argyle]

Mind you these are genuinely rare, not just valuable. A lot of people seem to confound the words "rare" and "valuable" i've noticed.
PS2
Winback 2
Rule of Rose
Blood Will Tell
.Hack GU trilogy
Arcana Heart
Castle Shikigami 2
Disaster Report
Echo Night Beyond
Eternal Poison
Forever Kingdom
Ghost Hunter
Growlanser Generation Deluxe Edition
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Gundam Battle Assault 3
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Kuon
Lifeline
Monster Hunter
Monster Rancher 4
MS Saga: New Dawn
Robot Alchemic Drive
Rez
Shining Tears
Stretch Panic
Trapt
Virtual On Marz
Yakuza 2


XBOX
Call of Cthulu
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Land of the Dead
Outrun 2006
Sniper Elite
Sneakers
Steel Battalion
Steel Battalion Line of Contact
Syberia 2
Xyanide
Samurai Showdown V

I'm kicking myself for getting rid of several of these - especially Grownlanser Generations Deluxe.

[dreama1]

Mind you these are genuinely rare, not just valuable. A lot of people seem to confound the words "rare" and "valuable" i've noticed.
PS2
Winback 2
Rule of Rose
Blood Will Tell
.Hack GU trilogy
Arcana Heart
Castle Shikigami 2
Disaster Report
Echo Night Beyond
Eternal Poison
Forever Kingdom
Ghost Hunter
Growlanser Generation Deluxe Edition
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Gundam Battle Assault 3
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Kuon
Lifeline
Monster Hunter
Monster Rancher 4
MS Saga: New Dawn
Robot Alchemic Drive
Rez
Shining Tears
Stretch Panic
Trapt
Virtual On Marz
Yakuza 2


XBOX
Call of Cthulu
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Land of the Dead
Outrun 2006
Sniper Elite
Sneakers
Steel Battalion
Steel Battalion Line of Contact
Syberia 2
Xyanide
Samurai Showdown V

I'm kicking myself for getting rid of several of these - especially Grownlanser Generations Deluxe.

That was the last working designs game?

[maximo310]

Mind you these are genuinely rare, not just valuable. A lot of people seem to confound the words "rare" and "valuable" i've noticed.
PS2
Winback 2
Rule of Rose
Blood Will Tell
.Hack GU trilogy
Arcana Heart
Castle Shikigami 2
Disaster Report
Echo Night Beyond
Eternal Poison
Forever Kingdom
Ghost Hunter
Growlanser Generation Deluxe Edition
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Gundam Battle Assault 3
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Kuon
Lifeline
Monster Hunter
Monster Rancher 4
MS Saga: New Dawn
Robot Alchemic Drive
Rez
Shining Tears
Stretch Panic
Trapt
Virtual On Marz
Yakuza 2


XBOX
Call of Cthulu
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Land of the Dead
Outrun 2006
Sniper Elite
Sneakers
Steel Battalion
Steel Battalion Line of Contact
Syberia 2
Xyanide
Samurai Showdown V

I'm kicking myself for getting rid of several of these - especially Grownlanser Generations Deluxe.

That was the last working designs game?

Yes, it was the last game they released before Working Designs went defunct in Dec.2005. The president of that company, Victor Ireland made his own company, Gaijinworks that is considered a successor in the sense that they work on bringing niche games to the U.S., and so far have mostly done this on digital platforms.

[desocietas]

Mind you these are genuinely rare, not just valuable. A lot of people seem to confound the words "rare" and "valuable" i've noticed.
PS2
Winback 2
Rule of Rose
Blood Will Tell
.Hack GU trilogy
Arcana Heart
Castle Shikigami 2
Disaster Report
Echo Night Beyond
Eternal Poison
Forever Kingdom
Ghost Hunter
Growlanser Generation Deluxe Edition
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Gundam Battle Assault 3
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Kuon
Lifeline
Monster Hunter
Monster Rancher 4
MS Saga: New Dawn
Robot Alchemic Drive
Rez
Shining Tears
Stretch Panic
Trapt
Virtual On Marz
Yakuza 2


XBOX
Call of Cthulu
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Land of the Dead
Outrun 2006
Sniper Elite
Sneakers
Steel Battalion
Steel Battalion Line of Contact
Syberia 2
Xyanide
Samurai Showdown V

I'm kicking myself for getting rid of several of these - especially Grownlanser Generations Deluxe.

That was the last working designs game?

Yes, it was the last game they released before Working Designs went defunct in Dec.2005. The president of that company, Victor Ireland made his own company, Gaijinworks that is considered a successor in the sense that they work on bringing niche games to the U.S., and so far have mostly done this on digital platforms.

Gaijinworks is at least helping to get physical copies of the Class of Heroes sequels out... yet more rare items put out into the world!

[maximo310]

Mind you these are genuinely rare, not just valuable. A lot of people seem to confound the words "rare" and "valuable" i've noticed.
PS2
Winback 2
Rule of Rose
Blood Will Tell
.Hack GU trilogy
Arcana Heart
Castle Shikigami 2
Disaster Report
Echo Night Beyond
Eternal Poison
Forever Kingdom
Ghost Hunter
Growlanser Generation Deluxe Edition
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Gundam Battle Assault 3
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Kuon
Lifeline
Monster Hunter
Monster Rancher 4
MS Saga: New Dawn
Robot Alchemic Drive
Rez
Shining Tears
Stretch Panic
Trapt
Virtual On Marz
Yakuza 2


XBOX
Call of Cthulu
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Land of the Dead
Outrun 2006
Sniper Elite
Sneakers
Steel Battalion
Steel Battalion Line of Contact
Syberia 2
Xyanide
Samurai Showdown V

I'm kicking myself for getting rid of several of these - especially Grownlanser Generations Deluxe.

That was the last working designs game?

Yes, it was the last game they released before Working Designs went defunct in Dec.2005. The president of that company, Victor Ireland made his own company, Gaijinworks that is considered a successor in the sense that they work on bringing niche games to the U.S., and so far have mostly done this on digital platforms.

Gaijinworks is at least helping to get physical copies of the Class of Heroes sequels out... yet more rare items put out into the world!

Yeah, I'm really hoping that they are able to localize and release more physical copies of the other games in the series; that would be great!

[Warmsignal]

Mind you these are genuinely rare, not just valuable. A lot of people seem to confound the words "rare" and "valuable" i've noticed.
PS2
Winback 2
Rule of Rose
Blood Will Tell
.Hack GU trilogy
Arcana Heart
Castle Shikigami 2
Disaster Report
Echo Night Beyond
Eternal Poison
Forever Kingdom
Ghost Hunter
Growlanser Generation Deluxe Edition
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Gundam Battle Assault 3
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Kuon
Lifeline
Monster Hunter
Monster Rancher 4
MS Saga: New Dawn
Robot Alchemic Drive
Rez
Shining Tears
Stretch Panic
Trapt
Virtual On Marz
Yakuza 2


XBOX
Call of Cthulu
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Land of the Dead
Outrun 2006
Sniper Elite
Sneakers
Steel Battalion
Steel Battalion Line of Contact
Syberia 2
Xyanide
Samurai Showdown V

I would agree with most of these, because in my days of hunting I've only seen each maybe once, or twice. In some cases not never. However, Rez and Stretch Panic stand out to me as two games that I've seen quite a bit of for whatever reason. I've not once seen Trapt, Blood Will Tell, or Forever Kingdom in person.

It's hard to say, there are probably plenty I've only ever seen once. For PS2 I'd say Tsugunai, because I never found that game in the wild, had to order it. Can't say I've ever seen Dual Hearts in person before either, or Under The Sun. Metal Saga seems like another one.

For Xbox it would be harder for me to add anything, because a lot of the games I've bought, I never saw again in the wild. Conker comes to mind, took me 5 years to ever see another copy after I passed up on one! Maybe Curse: The Eye of Isis, or Dreamfall: The Longest Journey? Also, can't say I've ever seen Stubz The Zombie in person before.

[desocietas]

Dokapon Kingdom for both Wii and PS2 are also rare out in the wild (but it's a fun game for the child in ya).

[turf]

Dokapon Kingdom for both Wii and PS2 are also rare out in the wild (but it's a fun game for the child in ya).

My wife slipped and fell into this one at GameStop.  It's in one of those stupid GameStop cases with no manual.  Anyone have a spare Dokapon Kingdom for Wii case and manual? 

I don't have  clue what it's about, but she was excited about it.

[desocietas]

Dokapon Kingdom for both Wii and PS2 are also rare out in the wild (but it's a fun game for the child in ya).

My wife slipped and fell into this one at GameStop.  It's in one of those stupid GameStop cases with no manual.  Anyone have a spare Dokapon Kingdom for Wii case and manual? 

I don't have  clue what it's about, but she was excited about it.

It's hard to explain... Kinda like Mario Party, but you ro-sham-bo to fight each other or npc enemies, you can steal land from other players, you can force their player name to be changed to something like "Poo" and give their avatar a poo-shaped haircut.

Here's what the cover art looks like: http://www.gametdb.com/Wii/R2DEEB

[bikingjahuty]

Mind you these are genuinely rare, not just valuable. A lot of people seem to confound the words "rare" and "valuable" i've noticed.
PS2
Winback 2
Rule of Rose
Blood Will Tell
.Hack GU trilogy
Arcana Heart
Castle Shikigami 2
Disaster Report
Echo Night Beyond
Eternal Poison
Forever Kingdom
Ghost Hunter
Growlanser Generation Deluxe Edition
Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus
Gundam Battle Assault 3
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Kuon
Lifeline
Monster Hunter
Monster Rancher 4
MS Saga: New Dawn
Robot Alchemic Drive
Rez
Shining Tears
Stretch Panic
Trapt
Virtual On Marz
Yakuza 2


XBOX
Call of Cthulu
Digimon Rumble Arena 2
Jurassic Park Operation Genesis
Land of the Dead
Outrun 2006
Sniper Elite
Sneakers
Steel Battalion
Steel Battalion Line of Contact
Syberia 2
Xyanide
Samurai Showdown V

I would agree with most of these, because in my days of hunting I've only seen each maybe once, or twice. In some cases not never. However, Rez and Stretch Panic stand out to me as two games that I've seen quite a bit of for whatever reason. I've not once seen Trapt, Blood Will Tell, or Forever Kingdom in person.

It's hard to say, there are probably plenty I've only ever seen once. For PS2 I'd say Tsugunai, because I never found that game in the wild, had to order it. Can't say I've ever seen Dual Hearts in person before either, or Under The Sun. Metal Saga seems like another one.

For Xbox it would be harder for me to add anything, because a lot of the games I've bought, I never saw again in the wild. Conker comes to mind, took me 5 years to ever see another copy after I passed up on one! Maybe Curse: The Eye of Isis, or Dreamfall: The Longest Journey? Also, can't say I've ever seen Stubz The Zombie in person before.

With the exception of Conker, I thought about adding all the games you just mentioned to this list. The only reason I didn't is because I've ran into those games at least several times over the years, but never enough to say any of them are common. They are at the very least pretty uncommon. But yeah, that is how I made this list, based on 5+ years of consistently hunting for games and how often (or not) I have run into these games.