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General and Gaming => Classic Video Games => Topic started by: ComanderSheppard on March 06, 2016, 11:51:38 am
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Buy super rare i mean games that you cant find on ebay or other stores. Could be a 5 dollar game or $5,000. A game like earthbound or little samson would not count because they can be bought easily if you dont mind paying crazy cash.
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I've got a few reproduction carts and a couple limited run homebrews, if those count. The reproductions are especially rare now that their distributor (Timewalk Games) closed down shop, and I could probably make a pretty penny if I sold them since I paid a little extra for boxes and manuals. For something more official, I have a European press copy of the original Drakengard and a Japanese press copy of Drakengard 2. Y'know, stuff only I would enjoy. :P I'm sure there are others here who have something more interesting.
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Sadly no, :( .
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I don't know how "super rare" they are, but I have a few Atari computer games that I can't seem to find any info on. Like at all. Oh, and I also have supposedly the rarest Atari 2600 game of them all, the Magicard.
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Nooope.
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I have a lot of expensive stuff. Just about anything can be found on eBay though. Caltron 6-in-1 is probably the rarest thing I have. It might be Nosferatu for the SNES. I haven't seen that very often.
*Edit: I have a 5-screw Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! I think there are only 15 of these that folks know of.
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Not super rare. Almost anything will turn up on eBay, but I've got a few that usually have very few listings, or occasionally none. One is BC Racers for Sega CD. Another is Rise of The Dragon for Sega CD, the paper box variant. Those don't turn up on eBay every day. I guess my definitive "super rare" game is SwordQuest Water World for Atari 2600, but it's always available to buy somewhere.
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Nope, not me personally, but I know two different people, one who owns Stadium Events and the other one used to own Mr. Boston Clean Sweep on the Vectrex.
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I guess my rarest would be the Killzone 3 ''LIMITED'' Helghast Edition (not to be mistaken with the regular Hellghast edition). I can't find any on eBay. You could only get this version through Sony an a couple of other web sites. Limited to somewhere between 450-1000. No one has the exact number.
http://collectorsedition.org/game-db/killzone-3-limited-helghast-edition-ps3-1
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Wow, I have many super rare pieces in my collection. As for pieces that are so rare they never appear on Ebay Your talking holy grail games like Stadium Events or NWC90. I have many games to Extremely rare consoles like Gakken TV Boy or Casio PV-1000 that rarely ever appear on Ebay. I also have several homebrews for many systems that rarely appear on Ebay. The rarest games I own are the two Atari 5200 Prototype games Looney Tunes Hotel (plays exactly like Mario Hotel on CDi) and Sports Goofy.
But I also have super rare games like Dynastic Hero on T16CD, Keio Flying Squadron on SCD, Snatcher on SCD, Hagane on SNES, Final Fight Guy on SNES, Clay Fighter Sculptor's Cut on N64, Shantae on GBC, Musha on GEN, Panzer Dragoon Saga on SAT, American Mensa Academy on Wii, LSD on PS1JP, Pepsiman on PS1JP, Strip Fighter on PCE, and Racermate Challenge II on NES Just to name a few. I'd call these super rare but not holy grail games.
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Can't think of any off the top of my head, but I know I own a handful of games that don't pop up on ebay frequently.
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I have the entire set of 16 kiosk demos for the Sega master system.
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I have the entire set of 16 kiosk demos for the Sega master system.
BOOM!
This still impresses me
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No.
Tbh most "super rare" games I know of, aren't games I'd actually have any interest in playing.
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Judge Dredd demo cart for Genesis. Here is a pic:
(http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k63/Tripredacus/sigs/blockmans_zps7d206bfd.jpg)
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Nothing super rare. The closest I probably have is some Kickstarter-only items like http://vgcollect.com/item/30428 (limited to 1000). But even that shows up on eBay occasionally.
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Mega Man Legends 2 on PS1, and Bucky O Hare on NES is probably my top games.
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I have the entire set of 16 kiosk demos for the Sega master system.
BOOM!
This still impresses me
Your signature under your avatar impresses me. Hopefully, after you visit me, that number will be smaller!
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I guess Fire Emblem Path of Radiance is the closest thing to a rare game I got
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I've got quite a few expensive games for cheap that can be found pretty easily online for way higher prices than what I paid.
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I have plenty of expensive games that can be found on ebay with ease for bargain prices but my rarest game is probably an excellent condition complete in box copy of megaman xtreme 1 and yes the manual is in the box if anyone wants pictures for proof I just keep my cardridges seperate so I can play them without damaging the box.
The pal european version ofcourse since the ntc version is really easy to find.
Lose carts are easy to find but personally I never have seen a cib. Maybe 2 years ago but that could have been mega man & bass.
Just seen it once and bought it.
I dare you to find this game in pal format as a cib game.
(http://i66.tinypic.com/11jn3fn.jpg)
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I have plenty of expensive games that can be found on ebay with ease for bargain prices but my rarest game is probably an excellent condition complete in box copy of megaman xtreme 1 and yes the manual is in the box if anyone wants pictures for proof I just keep my cardridges seperate so I can play them without damaging the box.
That is quite the run-on sentence.
I guess my "super rare" stuff includes the majority of my Saturn collection, Rule of Rose for the PS2 and Strider 2 for the PlayStation. *shrug* I dunno, I consider everything I own somewhat rare because I would be sad if something happened to it. ;__;
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I have plenty of expensive games that can be found on ebay with ease for bargain prices but my rarest game is probably an excellent condition complete in box copy of megaman xtreme 1 and yes the manual is in the box if anyone wants pictures for proof I just keep my cardridges seperate so I can play them without damaging the box.
That is quite the run-on sentence.
I guess my "super rare" stuff includes the majority of my Saturn collection, Rule of Rose for the PS2 and Strider 2 for the PlayStation. *shrug* I dunno, I consider everything I own somewhat rare because I would be sad if something happened to it. ;__;
I know you have at least one thing that just about everyone on here would love to own. It had a really low print run.
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I have plenty of expensive games that can be found on ebay with ease for bargain prices but my rarest game is probably an excellent condition complete in box copy of megaman xtreme 1 and yes the manual is in the box if anyone wants pictures for proof I just keep my cardridges seperate so I can play them without damaging the box.
That is quite the run-on sentence.
I guess my "super rare" stuff includes the majority of my Saturn collection, Rule of Rose for the PS2 and Strider 2 for the PlayStation. *shrug* I dunno, I consider everything I own somewhat rare because I would be sad if something happened to it. ;__;
I have allot of (rare) games wich are worth quitte allot however they are easily find on ebay so not rare at all.
My copy of legend by funsoft for the ps1 wich is only worth 20 - 30 euro's yet it is way more rare and hard to find than a copy of suikoden II or a panzer dragoon saga as an example. it really doesn't appear on ebay that often.
Same goes for your rules of rose and your sega saturn collection. Expensive but really easy to find for a high price not rare all.
Uncommon if i might say so but very desirable.
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I left my sworddude to English dictionary at home so...
Say what now?
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I left my sworddude to English dictionary at home so...
Say what now?
I think what he is saying is... The original topic is about rare games, as in games you don't see on ebay and such regularly.
Most people are referring to expensive games that you can buy any time any day on ebay, which isn't what the topic was created about.
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I left my sworddude to English dictionary at home so...
Say what now?
I think what he is saying is... The original topic is about rare games, as in games you don't see on ebay and such regularly.
Most people are referring to expensive games that you can buy any time any day on ebay, which isn't what the topic was created about.
exactly
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I left my sworddude to English dictionary at home so...
Say what now?
I think what he is saying is... The original topic is about rare games, as in games you don't see on ebay and such regularly.
Most people are referring to expensive games that you can buy any time any day on ebay, which isn't what the topic was created about.
Aaahh, gotcha.
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I left my sworddude to English dictionary at home so...
Say what now?
I think what he is saying is... The original topic is about rare games, as in games you don't see on ebay and such regularly.
Most people are referring to expensive games that you can buy any time any day on ebay, which isn't what the topic was created about.
Aaahh, gotcha.
I always keep my dictionary handy.
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I have plenty of expensive games that can be found on ebay with ease for bargain prices but my rarest game is probably an excellent condition complete in box copy of megaman xtreme 1 and yes the manual is in the box if anyone wants pictures for proof I just keep my cardridges seperate so I can play them without damaging the box.
That is quite the run-on sentence.
I guess my "super rare" stuff includes the majority of my Saturn collection, Rule of Rose for the PS2 and Strider 2 for the PlayStation. *shrug* I dunno, I consider everything I own somewhat rare because I would be sad if something happened to it. ;__;
I know you have at least one thing that just about everyone on here would love to own. It had a really low print run.
If your talking about rules of rose.
I am one of those people who does not want to own this game
I'm not necessarily a rare game collector nor do I collect horror games.
Just one of those genres I do not collect for. Not a big fan of horror games unlike many others on this forum.
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I have plenty of expensive games that can be found on ebay with ease for bargain prices but my rarest game is probably an excellent condition complete in box copy of megaman xtreme 1 and yes the manual is in the box if anyone wants pictures for proof I just keep my cardridges seperate so I can play them without damaging the box.
That is quite the run-on sentence.
I guess my "super rare" stuff includes the majority of my Saturn collection, Rule of Rose for the PS2 and Strider 2 for the PlayStation. *shrug* I dunno, I consider everything I own somewhat rare because I would be sad if something happened to it. ;__;
I know you have at least one thing that just about everyone on here would love to own. It had a really low print run.
If your talking about rules of rose.
I am one of those people who does not want to own this game
I'm not necessarily a rare game collector nor do I collect horror games.
Just one of those genres I do not collect for. Not a big fan of horror games unlike many others on this forum.
He's probably referring to Panzer Dragoon Saga, actually.
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I left my sworddude to English dictionary at home so...
Say what now?
I think what he is saying is... The original topic is about rare games, as in games you don't see on ebay and such regularly.
Most people are referring to expensive games that you can buy any time any day on ebay, which isn't what the topic was created about.
Aaahh, gotcha.
I always keep my dictionary handy.
I can't help but to wonder...is there anything actually that rare nowadays? With Amazon and eBay, it's super easy to find just about anything.
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I left my sworddude to English dictionary at home so...
Say what now?
I think what he is saying is... The original topic is about rare games, as in games you don't see on ebay and such regularly.
Most people are referring to expensive games that you can buy any time any day on ebay, which isn't what the topic was created about.
Aaahh, gotcha.
I always keep my dictionary handy.
I can't help but to wonder...is there anything actually that rare nowadays? With Amazon and eBay, it's super easy to find just about anything.
Just about the only system I can think of that will have ANY releases that qualify as so rare you cant find them on e-bay would be the Atari. This is because It has been known that their were releases for it that were such region specific that you could only buy them in one town/store location, or that sold so poorly that their are only a few hundred that were ever sold. In fact their are a few examples of collectors as a whole thinking that a game never actually released because they could find no actual proof until one or 2 were found.
I have actually been talking to a guy for a few months now trying to get the Chalice of Light. Which is literally THE holy grail of all video game memorabilia. but If we do work out something It will cost me a LOT of money, and I will have to sell the largest majority of my collection.
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I left my sworddude to English dictionary at home so...
Say what now?
I think what he is saying is... The original topic is about rare games, as in games you don't see on ebay and such regularly.
Most people are referring to expensive games that you can buy any time any day on ebay, which isn't what the topic was created about.
Aaahh, gotcha.
I always keep my dictionary handy.
I can't help but to wonder...is there anything actually that rare nowadays? With Amazon and eBay, it's super easy to find just about anything.
Just about the only system I can think of that will have ANY releases that qualify as so rare you cant find them on e-bay would be the Atari. This is because It has been known that their were releases for it that were such region specific that you could only buy them in one town/store location, or that sold so poorly that their are only a few hundred that were ever sold. In fact their are a few examples of collectors as a whole thinking that a game never actually released because they could find no actual proof until one or 2 were found.
I have actually been talking to a guy for a few months now trying to get the Chalice of Light. Which is literally THE holy grail of all video game memorabilia. but If we do work out something It will cost me a LOT of money, and I will have to sell the largest majority of my collection.
That's not true since even those things will probably sell on ebay if they are for sale. If a collector dies with a one of a kind game I'm pretty sure it will be sold on ebay. It can take a long time to get certain games as a collector.
Rare games will only appear a few times a year on ebay and are difficult to find. Some games might only even appear once every 5 years or maybe more (in some cases never again). Those can be considered truly rare games.
Also for complete in box games, certain games are pretty much impossible to find complete in the box and do not appear on ebay. Some cib games can be considered rare since they are impossible to find on ebay even though the cardridges are really easy to find.
If you for example look for a cib pal european version megaman xtreme 1 or megaman xtreme 2 you will have a really hard time since those games pretty much never appear on ebay as complete in box copies.
Even if you try hard you will not find it since it is pretty much never available those can be considered rare.
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I like how he is implying that his "PAL" CIB Megaman Xtreme is more rare than a one of a kind chalice (made of gold and platinum and expensive jewels) that to public knowledge has never changed hands from the original owner... of over 30 years.
Also, just to throw this out there, there is no such thing as a PAL Gameboy game, PAL and NTSC refer to televisions, not regions, and therefore don't apply to handheld games.
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I like how he is implying that his "PAL" CIB Megaman Xtreme is more rare than a one of a kind chalice (made of gold and platinum and expensive jewels) that to public knowledge has never changed hands from the original owner.
Also, just to throw this out there, there is no such thing as a PAL Gameboy game, PAL and NTSC refer to televisions, not regions, and therefore don't apply to handheld games.
Can someone get the aloe? Because that was a burn!
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I think that always being on eBay or Amazon doesn't necessary mean that the item is not rare. That's just a marketplace through which rare items can be exchanged by anyone from anywhere. Try to go out on the town and find a "rare" game, or the next town over, or the next town over. It won't happen, because it's rare. A lot of games are pretty rare. If your local retro shop only has one copy, or often times has none. It's probably a rare item technically speaking.
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I think that always being on eBay or Amazon doesn't necessary mean that the item is not rare. That's just a marketplace through which rare items can be exchanged by anyone from anywhere. Try to go out on the town and find a "rare" game, or the next town over, or the next town over. It won't happen, because it's rare. A lot of games are pretty rare. If your local retro shop only has one copy, or often times has none. It's probably a rare item technically speaking.
I never see James Bond Jr., is that game rare?
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I like how he is implying that his "PAL" CIB Megaman Xtreme is more rare than a one of a kind chalice (made of gold and platinum and expensive jewels) that to public knowledge has never changed hands from the original owner... of over 30 years.
Also, just to throw this out there, there is no such thing as a PAL Gameboy game, PAL and NTSC refer to televisions signals, not regions, and therefore don't apply to handheld games.
Ofcourse not. It's rare but not ultra rare never implied that it is more rare than a one of a kind item. However if you think it is common than prove it to me by finding a cib european listing of this game. Even in bad condition you will not find one.
Besides allot of collectors use the word pal for european released games for handhelds and for consoles. Ofcourse pal also stands for the televisions in the different regions but in collecting aspects people use the word pal or ntc for games wich includes gameboy games.
Also if this does not apply for gameboy games as you, than why do people actually use the word pal to say that the game is from europe? Especially for collectors pretty important to know since in allot of cases the Pal version has more value aside from collectors who want their region version of a game.
http://www.ebay.nl/itm/Megaman-Battle-Network-2-II-Gameboy-Advance-GBA-DS-PAL-UK-Complete-Boxed-/281891195697?hash=item41a2064b31:g:nW8AAOSwSHZWeBDC
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^ But Game Boys are region-free...so why pay more for a European copy when a U.S. copy will do just as good, and is still in full English?
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^ But Game Boys are region-free...so why pay more for a European copy when a U.S. copy will do just as good, and is still in full English?
For collecting purposes and preferences gameplay wise the same, the boxes and manuals are slightly different though. Some people don't care about the region and some actually do collect for certain regions It's mainly a collectors thing, however if were going that road than why not use a flash card? Cheaper but same quality game on the original console.
Pretty bad comparison for a box and manual, than you could also tell a cib collector to buy lose cardridges since the box and manual do nothing for the gameplay at all. Saves allot of money and you can do the same things. Or maybe advice them to buy repro boxes and manuals way cheaper than the original. Why not buy a fake box and manual, looks just as nice on the shelves as an original.
There are plenty of collectors who pay more for their own region It's a cib collectors thing. Many collectors choose the cheaper option or even go for japanese versions. However For the stuff that goes for big money there is actually only a pretty small group in the collecting world since most people do not want to pay those prices.
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I think that always being on eBay or Amazon doesn't necessary mean that the item is not rare. That's just a marketplace through which rare items can be exchanged by anyone from anywhere. Try to go out on the town and find a "rare" game, or the next town over, or the next town over. It won't happen, because it's rare. A lot of games are pretty rare. If your local retro shop only has one copy, or often times has none. It's probably a rare item technically speaking.
I never see James Bond Jr., is that game rare?
In my experience, games vary in rarity from region to region. I can't find a copy of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's not rare, but I've seen more copies of Stadium Events than Star Trek.
Just because a copy of Little Samson can be bought at any time on eBay, doesn't make it a common game. How many folks can claim they found it in the wild?
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^ But Game Boys are region-free...so why pay more for a European copy when a U.S. copy will do just as good, and is still in full English?
For collecting purposes and preferences gameplay wise the same, the boxes and manuals are slightly different though. Some people don't care about the region and some actually do collect for certain regions It's mainly a collectors thing, however if were going that road than why not use a flash card? Cheaper but same quality game on the original console.
Wait, you're suggesting people that enjoy game collecting should just use a Flash Cart instead of going for a cartridge?
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I think that always being on eBay or Amazon doesn't necessary mean that the item is not rare. That's just a marketplace through which rare items can be exchanged by anyone from anywhere. Try to go out on the town and find a "rare" game, or the next town over, or the next town over. It won't happen, because it's rare. A lot of games are pretty rare. If your local retro shop only has one copy, or often times has none. It's probably a rare item technically speaking.
I never see James Bond Jr., is that game rare?
In my experience, games vary in rarity from region to region. I can't find a copy of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's not rare, but I've seen more copies of Stadium Events than Star Trek.
Just because a copy of Little Samson can be bought at any time on eBay, doesn't make it a common game. How many folks can claim they found it in the wild?
That is very true but I know of at least one person in my area that did (not personally). The gaming store that I frequent the most had a copy about a year and a half ago. one of the other regulars to the shop noticed it when it was sold and waited till it was priced and placed on the shelf. I saw a picture of it. It had a ripped label where the SA, and part of the M as well as the LI were ripped off and part of the dragons wing. even though it was priced right around e-bay I still wish I would have been their first for it.
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^ But Game Boys are region-free...so why pay more for a European copy when a U.S. copy will do just as good, and is still in full English?
For collecting purposes and preferences gameplay wise the same, the boxes and manuals are slightly different though. Some people don't care about the region and some actually do collect for certain regions It's mainly a collectors thing, however if were going that road than why not use a flash card? Cheaper but same quality game on the original console.
Pretty bad comparison for a box and manual, than you could also tell a cib collector to buy lose cardridges since the box and manual do nothing for the gameplay at all. Saves allot of money and you can do the same things. Or maybe advice them to buy repro boxes and manuals way cheaper than the original. Why not buy a fake box and manual, looks just as nice on the shelves as an original.
There are plenty of collectors who pay more for their own region It's a cib collectors thing. Many collectors choose the cheaper option or even go for japanese versions. However For the stuff that goes for big money there is actually only a pretty small group in the collecting world since most people do not want to pay those prices.
I have to agree woth sworddude. I also only want pal releases. There are enough American releases going around here (for every region free console). And i also refer to the games as pal or ntsc, also for the gameboy's for the reason sworddude explained, the slight but noticeable differences. And for the gameby games, there are alot of fakes around, and almost all have the American seal.
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I think that always being on eBay or Amazon doesn't necessary mean that the item is not rare. That's just a marketplace through which rare items can be exchanged by anyone from anywhere. Try to go out on the town and find a "rare" game, or the next town over, or the next town over. It won't happen, because it's rare. A lot of games are pretty rare. If your local retro shop only has one copy, or often times has none. It's probably a rare item technically speaking.
I never see James Bond Jr., is that game rare?
In my experience, games vary in rarity from region to region. I can't find a copy of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's not rare, but I've seen more copies of Stadium Events than Star Trek.
Just because a copy of Little Samson can be bought at any time on eBay, doesn't make it a common game. How many folks can claim they found it in the wild?
This was my point. Availability on eBay doesn't tell how rare or common it is, usually. It's a pool of everyone's findings from near and far and with all things considered, there still aren't very many available. As for James Bond Jr, I can't recall seeing the game anywhere before. Maybe I've overlooked it, but I know it's not something I scan passed a lot when reading labels.
I also believe regional distribution is a factor in a lot of older games. Certain regions didn't have some of the chains that sold video games, which makes me wonder if certain titles had more specific distribution than others. The biggest source of NES games around here in the late 80s would have been Hills, Ames, Kmart, K&K Toys and Circus World. I've even heard that Lowe's sold NES games for a while. I'm not sure when Blockbuster came around these parts. But different areas have different stores with greater or lesser volume, and I doubt that games were evenly distributed back in the day.
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I think that always being on eBay or Amazon doesn't necessary mean that the item is not rare. That's just a marketplace through which rare items can be exchanged by anyone from anywhere. Try to go out on the town and find a "rare" game, or the next town over, or the next town over. It won't happen, because it's rare. A lot of games are pretty rare. If your local retro shop only has one copy, or often times has none. It's probably a rare item technically speaking.
I never see James Bond Jr., is that game rare?
In my experience, games vary in rarity from region to region. I can't find a copy of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It's not rare, but I've seen more copies of Stadium Events than Star Trek.
Just because a copy of Little Samson can be bought at any time on eBay, doesn't make it a common game. How many folks can claim they found it in the wild?
This was my point. Availability on eBay doesn't tell how rare or common it is, usually. It's a pool of everyone's findings from near and far and with all things considered, there still aren't very many available. As for James Bond Jr, I can't recall seeing the game anywhere before. Maybe I've overlooked it, but I know it's not something I scan passed a lot when reading labels.
I also believe regional distribution is a factor in a lot of older games. Certain regions didn't have some of the chains that sold video games, which makes me wonder if certain titles had more specific distribution than others. The biggest source of NES games around here in the late 80s would have been Hills, Ames, Kmart, K&K Toys and Circus World. I've even heard that Lowe's sold NES games for a while. I'm not sure when Blockbuster came around these parts. But different areas have different stores with greater or lesser volume, and I doubt that games were evenly distributed back in the day.
I had to buy my copy of James bond jr. online. My NES copy, I don't remember where I got it from, but my SNES copy I had to get online.
Horrible game, but I loved the cartoon as a kid.
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Well I have a few higher priced games, but nothing crazy expensive. As for just rare, I mostly have oddball demo or promotional discs that would probably be considered pretty rare. For instance, I'm the only member on this site with the Muramasa: The Demon Blade Demo Disc for the Wii listed in their collection, although there seems to be two listed on ebay right now so maybe it isn't that rare after all.
Some of my favorite parts of my collection aren't necessarily rare individually, but possibly rare to see a complete collection of. For example, I have the every Official U. S. Playstation magazine demo disc, Official Xbox magazine demo disc, Game Wave game, and Xavix Port game.
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Well I have a few higher priced games, but nothing crazy expensive. As for just rare, I mostly have oddball demo or promotional discs that would probably be considered pretty rare. For instance, I'm the only member on this site with the Muramasa: The Demon Blade Demo Disc for the Wii listed in their collection, although there seems to be two listed on ebay right now so maybe it isn't that rare after all.
Some of my favorite parts of my collection aren't necessarily rare individually, but possibly rare to see a complete collection of. For example, I have the every Official U. S. Playstation magazine demo disc, Official Xbox magazine demo disc, Game Wave game, and Xavix Port game.
I didn't think about that, I know for sure that at one point I went and looked up some of my demo discs and I couldn't find info on them anywhere.
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Well I have a few higher priced games, but nothing crazy expensive. As for just rare, I mostly have oddball demo or promotional discs that would probably be considered pretty rare. For instance, I'm the only member on this site with the Muramasa: The Demon Blade Demo Disc for the Wii listed in their collection, although there seems to be two listed on ebay right now so maybe it isn't that rare after all.
Some of my favorite parts of my collection aren't necessarily rare individually, but possibly rare to see a complete collection of. For example, I have the every Official U. S. Playstation magazine demo disc, Official Xbox magazine demo disc, Game Wave game, and Xavix Port game.
If I am not mistaken I have a Playstation magazine demo disc that is not on this site currently. im rather lazy when it comes to adding in games and have a pretty big stack of games that aren't categorized/ are variations not listed.
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My 2 rarest one would be King of Fighters 2003 US version and Matrimelee US version for NeoGeo AES, they don`t show often on Ebay. (Japanese versions are more common).
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My 2 rarest one would be King of Fighters 2003 US version and Matrimelee US version for NeoGeo AES, they don`t show often on Ebay. (Japanese versions are more common).
matrimelee is a pretty awesome 2d fighting game and kof 2003 yet so common on other ports is one of the last neo geo aes games wich makes it way more rare.
Even the japanese versions go for 1000 upwards.
How much does the us version go for these days?
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It's difficult to guage what is rare, or even on the scale, and what isn't, particularly with officially released console games. Some of the stuff i have which is probably 'rare' is a PS2 promo of Project Zero 3 (Fatal Frame 3), a UK copy of Car Racing Challenge for the PS2 (obscure entry in the Simple 2000 series released in PAL regions and Japan only, obscure even for those releases) and some obscure PS1 PAL releases like Monsterseed and Blockids.
With old computer games it gets more interesting, but I've only fairly recently started collecting so there's little to talk about apart from a few Electron games which won't show up so often on Ebay.
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My 2 rarest one would be King of Fighters 2003 US version and Matrimelee US version for NeoGeo AES, they don`t show often on Ebay. (Japanese versions are more common).
matrimelee is a pretty awesome 2d fighting game and kof 2003 yet so common on other ports is one of the last neo geo aes games wich make it way more rare.
Even the japanese versions go for 1000 upwards.
How much does the us version go for these days?
No idea, I only see the Jap version on Ebay for 800$+, havent seen a US in a long time. Bought mine for 300$ 5 years ago, but came without instruction manual :( . For Matrimelee I bought it when it came out back in 2003 for 200$. Now it worth more than 1000$. Great fighting game with a awesome soundtrack.
I forgot to mention that I also have SVC Chaos US version, one of the last NeoGeo game produce for the system. Not has rare but still hard to find a US version.
The prices of Neogeo AES games are so high now, I simply cannot afford them with the exception of the early Japanese release.
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If eBay isn't an indicator on how rare a game is, then what is a better way to gauge that? Ebay is a worldwide market with more sellers than anywhere. I would think it was the best indicator out there that we can access.
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I used to have a nice collection of Neo Geo AES games:
(http://i.imgur.com/TNYSY.jpg)
Prices starting getting too high in 2011 and I ended up selling them to help pay for my wedding back then. I used the rest to buy a consolized MVS and still have it to this day.
I also used to have this:
(http://i.imgur.com/hzLcGcb.jpg)
I wish I didn't sell this one either!
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I used to have the Beast Wars Transmetals N64 boxed, Blockbuster Exclusive, but for the life of me I have no idea what happened to it.
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If eBay isn't an indicator on how rare a game is, then what is a better way to gauge that? Ebay is a worldwide market with more sellers than anywhere. I would think it was the best indicator out there that we can access.
I think just personal gaming hunting experience is better than eBay. Especially if you've spent a lot of years checking flea markets, video games stores, game conventions, etc. I my years of doing that, I know what I see often, what I see less of, and what I rarely ever see. A cataloging website such as VGCollect might also be a good indicator of how common, or rare a game is to have, or a sales data record like VGChartz. There are multiple factors that often give the impression of a game's rarity that often get confused - scarcity, value and demand. I don't really consider a game that's popular to collect, or high in it's admission price, to be rare.
I don't trust eBay, it's been shown before how games can be artificially driven up and hyped by sales prices when someone buys up a bunch of copies and puts them up there for a high price. Plus everyone on there calls every game rare. Rare games, common games, they're always on eBay. Because somewhere, somebody has them to sell.
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http://www.rarityguide.com/ (http://www.rarityguide.com/)
I used to look there for fun ;D, but it look like the site abandend.
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http://www.rarityguide.com/ (http://www.rarityguide.com/)
I used to look there for fun ;D, but it look like the site abandoned.
Crazy how much prices have changed since 2012. I'll buy every 120 Little Samson I can find!
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Do rare variants count? I have this version of Gran Turismo 3 and it is apparently the only photo of this variant on the Internet.
(http://i.imgur.com/hXO7HEk.jpg)
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Nope. The rarest thing I own would be a small-box "Display only" box for Super Metroid that I bought unknowingly. Most of them were supposed to have been chucked out/destroyed when the game was released, so it's a pretty cool thing to have.
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I have a boxed Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak. Sold the manual a few years back to fund a few other game purchases. Probably should not have done that :-(
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I have a boxed Flintstones: Surprise at Dinosaur Peak. Sold the manual a few years back to fund a few other game purchases. Probably should not have done that :-(
Awwww, we all have our regret stories :'( I still have a hard time selling anything these days, even if I have a dupe. There's always the "what if" question!
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One of my biggest regrets was opening a factory sealed pal UKV copy of fire emblem radiant dawn wii.
I was a beginning collector and radiant dawn was so hard to get at that time new. Stores were not selling it until one day some guy sold em for 45 euro's shipped original factory sealed red nintendo strip brand new and english versions as a added bonus copies.
Not only is the british english version the most desirable and expensive one to get in europe but also really hard to get in my country with only dutch copies for such games.
I did enjoy the game at that time but as the fire emblem fan that am I will likely never come across a factory sealed copy for 45
I wish I would have just left it unopened and gotten myself a used dutch copy for 20 30 while keeping the UK one sealed :'(
Even used dutch copies used are 70 these days.
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One of my biggest regrets was opening a factory sealed pal UKV copy of fire emblem radiant dawn wii.
I was a beginning collector and radiant dawn was so hard to get at that time new. Stores were not selling it until one day some guy sold em for 45 euro's shipped original factory sealed red nintendo strip brand new and english versions as a added bonus copies.
Not only is the british english version the most desirable and expensive one to get in europe but also really hard to get in my country with only dutch copies for such games.
I did enjoy the game at that time but as the fire emblem fan that am I will likely never come across a factory sealed copy for 45
I wish I would have just left it unopened and gotten myself a used dutch copy for 20 30 while keeping the UK one sealed :'(
Even used dutch copies used are 70 these days.
Aw, I know that feel. I *almost* opened up my sealed copy of Xenoblade Chronicles... just for the Club Nintendo points... but I'm glad I got talked out of it. I have since then found a used copy I can play and realize now how rare a sealed copy is. Even though they "reprinted" more copies, none from that second wave were sealed.
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The closest thing I own that you could call rare is probably my copy of the european physical release of Elminage Original on PSP, sealed. There is one copy on ebay right now of a person trying to sell it for 300€.
(http://abload.de/img/img_20160403_075652zlzlx.jpg)
(sorry for the bad picture)
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I don't really know if what i own is rare or not, usually i just buy games that i want to play or games that i don't have when they're cheap and i don't check if they are rare or what value they have (i don't really care about that). But a few years ago, a few months before Ar Tonelico II was released i read on a French forum that the game was going to be released in Europe but less than 1000 units (800~ if i remember correctly) will be released with a French backcover and manual (the game was still in English) so everyone on the forum thought it was going to be pretty difficult to find one if we didn't pre-order it before the release, i don't know if that's really true but in almost 7 years since the release of that game the only copy with the french backcover that i've seen is the one i own, all other copy that i've seen were in English.
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One of my biggest regrets was opening a factory sealed pal UKV copy of fire emblem radiant dawn wii.
I was a beginning collector and radiant dawn was so hard to get at that time new. Stores were not selling it until one day some guy sold em for 45 euro's shipped original factory sealed red nintendo strip brand new and english versions as a added bonus copies.
Not only is the british english version the most desirable and expensive one to get in europe but also really hard to get in my country with only dutch copies for such games.
I did enjoy the game at that time but as the fire emblem fan that am I will likely never come across a factory sealed copy for 45
I wish I would have just left it unopened and gotten myself a used dutch copy for 20 30 while keeping the UK one sealed :'(
Even used dutch copies used are 70 these days.
I did the same thing.
I walked into a Gamestop and they had three sealed copies on sale for €10 each. I only had enough money for one. So I took it home and played it. It still bugs me to this day that I didn't buy all three as sealed copies were going for €120 only a few months later.
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I did the same thing.
I walked into a Gamestop and they had three sealed copies on sale for €10 each. I only had enough money for one. So I took it home and played it. It still bugs me to this day that I didn't buy all three as sealed copies were going for €120 only a few months later.
I've totally done the same at some point. The only thing I can tell myself is that hopefully another gamer/collector was also able to snag a copy of the game at an affordable price (and wouldn't have been able to afford it months later).
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I have some rare games but not impossible to find I think... maybe Wallobee Jack: The Bingi Burra Stone.
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Going by how many collecters have a copy of this on this site
World Championship Paintball
(https://vgcollect.com/images/front-box-art/37077.jpg)
I know there is a ton of PS2 collectors out there and only 21 have this listed in their collection I will be honest this game was not that good of a game at first impression and the price currently everywhere is $10 USD maximum I would not recommend it but I'll have to play this game again to see if my opinion changes
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I've been told my Jill Stuart Sweet Limited Package PSP from Japan is rare and yes that is the actual name.I don't know if these count but my best stuff would probably be Panzer Dragoon Saga,Kuon,Final Fight Guy,Pocky & Rocky 2 ,Bomber Man Second Attack,Zombie Nation but nothing really crazy.
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Well, I know the most valuable item I own is Clay Fighter Sculptors Cut, which I bought myself from my local Blockbuster back when they were getting rid of a bunch of their old N64 games in the early 2000s. So I’m guessing that’s my rarest.
But when it comes to collection items that are in the fewest collections on this site...I used to be able to see that info on a game’s page but I can’t figure out how anymore. Am I missing something, or was that feature removed?
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I own a Sega Mega Play arcade motherboard.
It’s basically a Sega Genesis with 4 custom cartridge slots. The cart size and number of pins is the same but they changed the pin order around to prevent normal cartridges from working.
It was only released in Europe and was kinda Sega’s answer to the Play Choice 10.
It didn’t see release for very long and currently only 2 full cabs and 13 arcade boards are known to still exist.
I also own a Game Action Replay for NES.
It’s a completely different product than the Pro Action Replay and was only on shelves for 3 months before being banned by a court order from Nintendo.
You have to open your Nes to install it and it basically gives you true hardware level slow motion and save states.
I also have an arcade board for Battletoads.
NBA Jam TE arcade cab with Mortal Kombat playable characters (was banned by the NBA)
Smash TV arcade cab with the Pleasure Dome (most boards are actually missing this as the “secret rooms and collecting keys” was originally just the devs trolling gamers.
I also have the limited edited of Attack From Mars the pinball game with a giant Martian topper (only 1,000 made)
And MidEval Madness Royal Edition pinball game (1 of less than 500 made) with a giant king of Payne and trolls topper.
Lastly (that I can remember) I have the Retro USB extremely rare ET NES repro that you could only get by mail order.
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Still don’t have a gd copy of Little Sampson. :-P
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I own a Sega Mega Play arcade motherboard.
It’s basically a Sega Genesis with 4 custom cartridge slots. The cart size and number of pins is the same but they changed the pin order around to prevent normal cartridges from working.
Don't own any of the games?
https://vgcollect.com/browse/megaplay
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I own a Sega Mega Play arcade motherboard.
It’s basically a Sega Genesis with 4 custom cartridge slots. The cart size and number of pins is the same but they changed the pin order around to prevent normal cartridges from working.
Don't own any of the games?
https://vgcollect.com/browse/megaplay
I own,
Golden Axe 2
Sonic 2
Tennis
I am working on understanding the cartridge pin out differences so I can make an adapter for regular genesis carts.
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The rarest game I own is this underrated PS1 gem called Tail Concerto. It’s a game that goes for quite a bit.
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f7/Tail_Concerto_Coverart.png)
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Mr Boston for the Vectrex
Minestorm 2 for the vectrex
Bounty Bob brand new for the Atari 5200
Atari 5200 Store Kiosk
IMagic 2600 Store Kiosk
Probably my most rare pieces due to the fact that very few are even known to exist in the world.
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Mr Boston for the Vectrex
Minestorm 2 for the vectrex
Bounty Bob brand new for the Atari 5200
Atari 5200 Store Kiosk
IMagic 2600 Store Kiosk
Probably my most rare pieces due to the fact that very few are even known to exist in the world.
Nice. :-)
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I don't know if they're super rare, but the rarest games I own are:
-Tail Concerto (PS1)
-Solatorobo: Red the Hunter (DS)
-Dragon Quest VI (DS)
-Mega Man 7 (SNES)
-Mega Man X2 (SNES)
-Monster Tale (DS)
-The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragons (PS3)
-Dragon Warrior IV (NES)
-Torneko: The Last Hope (PS1)
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Still don’t have a gd copy of Little Sampson. :-P
It’s not that rare.
There’s way more out than the stuff you listed.
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How many topics like these or similar to it are spread about around here...? =\
Anyway, the only game I can think of out of the top of my head is Blood Will Tell for PS2. Got it for less than $15.
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The only game i know for sure that it's extremely rare that very few people have is the sealed portuguese version of Hellnight (PS1 game).
This version is similar to the english one but also has portuguese stickers in the back of the jewel case and a black and white portuguese manual together with the english one.
The seal is not the official one because back in the day "Ecofilmes", the company responsible for putting portuguese stickers and manuals inside the games had to open the Factory seal and, doing so, they would reseal it without the official Playstation seal.