What is the Single RAREST Item In Your Collection? [Archive] - Page 12

Frankie_Says_Relax

10-24-2007, 11:39 PM

"rarest" item?

Hmmm, I've got a lot of neat rare games and such ... but my rarest single item is probably my Atari 2600 Flashback V.2 which I had modified by Benjamin Heckendorn (of "Portable VCS" fame) to accept actual 2600 cartridges.

It's sweet. A 2600 smaller than a JR. that has beautiful AV output.

He said he's only done one other. So, one of two ... that's pretty rare.

zikuta

10-26-2007, 06:16 AM

My two PAL - Primal Rage for 32X :D And my Darxide & T-Mek of course ;)

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd10/sheporro/happyhourcopia.jpg

-_-Nintendo-_-

10-26-2007, 07:17 AM

I won a NES auction the other day for $60 AUD came with a couple of complete HES games and common NES carts, but he said he found two more games, which he threw in for free :)

Any way he gave me a CIB Death Race for the NES (H.E.S) cart for free which was nice, and is probably my rarest item right now :)

livingfora1up

11-13-2007, 02:01 PM

To date, the rarest I've found is chuck norris/artillery duel for coleco. My one and only R9. A few R8s Sammy Lightfoot and qbert's qubes both coleco, fox hunt and team buddies (sealed) for psx, fun and games, aero fighters, and chavez II for snes. All of which were found in the wild which is very satisfying. I've been looking for spiderman web of fire for the past 8 months or so but it hasn't come across my path yet

Startyde

11-27-2007, 06:05 PM

Hi all,

I'm quite new here so please forgive the newbishness.

I have been an avid fan of gaming since 8 years old (27 now) and started collecting gems that I thought represented the best the inductry had to offer. So though not numerous, I go for what I feel is truly great.

Some highlights include: (All Factory Sealed Original)

Radiant Silvergun
Panzer Dragoon Orta
Castlevania SotN and Dracula X for Saturn
Orta Xbox Console
Biohazard 5th Anniversary Briefcase
FFIII SNES
Arcana SNES
Resident Evil Long Box PSX
ZOE 2 Giftset
A lenticular (sp?) prototype Poster of NiGHTS that came from a Sega Office.

I'll have to post pics sometime, but these are just sme of what I think are some of the greatest games of all time.

If only someone would sell their golden Elemental Gearboly Gun set >.<

TheDomesticInstitution

11-27-2007, 10:45 PM

Chavez II (boxed)- R8 for SNES.

otoko

11-28-2007, 03:23 PM

Would you call a Prototype San Fransisco Rush: 2049 for Dreamcast Rare?

lol

Natty Bumppo

11-28-2007, 10:29 PM

A few of the better gems from my collection are:

Blue Chicago Blues laseractive disc
All seven of the Lunar Silver Star artwork discs
All four of the Dragon Force artwork discs
Brigandine Grand Edition (minus the map - but as rare as this game is not a biggie)

Natty Bumppo

11-28-2007, 11:11 PM

I have two really really unusual things in my collection.

1) A Battlestation II controller. It has two controller positons with six buttons and one joystick each with turbo cabability It can control a SNES, a Genesis, a SMS, a commodore or an amiga. It is about 18 inches wide and about 8 inches deep. Unless you have a left handed and a right handed person playing though someone is going to be at a disadvantage. I have no documentation for it and I don't know who made it. It looks pretty impressive though since the joysticks are different colors and the buttons are all oversize and are different colors also.

2) An ASCII gameboy display case - it holds 16 games in a 4 x 4 grid with a storage compartment for the manuals on the side and sits upright on two legs. It has a paper insert that shows pictures of gameboy games and one of them shows the artwork for a game called "Doomsayer" which as far as I can tell was never actually released.

I keep the following games in it:

Beetlejuice
FF Adventure
FF Legend
FF Legend II
Mysterium
Rolan's Curse II
Gauntlet II
Kingdom Crusade
Knight's Quest
FF Legend III
Prophecy
Gargoyle's Quest
Spud's Adventure
Sword of Hope
Ultima Runes of Virtue
Ultima Runes of Virtue II

DKTheArcadeRat

11-29-2007, 05:58 PM

Well i guess it could be any of these:

Action 52 - Genesis - (r7) - cart only
Aero The Acrobat 2 - Genesis - (R7) - complete
Spot Goes To Hollywood - ps1 - r7 - complete

and i may have a few other r7's around, have to check.

pooch

12-01-2007, 06:20 PM

Very interesting read and game. Care to share the story behind how you acquired the game?

The Getaway (100 Million Discs Limited Edition version) ~ PAL PlayStation 2:

http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/5788/thegetawayvl1.th.jpg (http://img254.imageshack.us/my.php?image=thegetawayvl1.jpg)

Here we have an example of "The Getaway" ~ Sony produced 1,000 special versions to commemorate 100,000,000 (One hundred million) PlayStation 2 discs. As far as I know, these were only given away to employees at Sony, and have "Not To Be Sold Separately" in place of the barcode. The whole cover, back and front, is a silver coloured rendition of the standard game cover, with minor differences unique to this edition.

On the front in small writing, it says "Limited Edition of 1,000", plus a small white sticker beneath the cellophane which has the edition number printed on it (In this case, mine is 100.000.476) ~ The game is wrapped in the usual thick cellophane with a clear tear strip in the usual place about an inch from the bottom, plus the "Y" style folded ends.

As far as I know, this edition also holds the original game code which the first release had, which was later withdrawn from sale and replaced due to legal issues between Sony and BT (British Telecommunications) because of a certain in-game mission which involved blowing up BT branded service vans, or something similar

I also believe The Getaway was a UK only game in the first place. Set in London, it's a GTA style modern gangster themed game much alike the film "Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels"

A game such as this is the true definition of "RARE", as it is clearly limited in numbers and sought after by collector's. Sealed examples are even rarer. This particular game is obscure to start with, which adds to the obscurity of this particular Limited Edition version

Nistle

12-08-2007, 01:13 AM

Some of my rarest games include

NES
caltron 6 in 1 cib
flintstones surprise at dino peak cib
bubble bobble 2 cib
chubby cherub cib
stack-up sealed
metal fighter (black cart)

pasteofanchovie

12-09-2007, 07:08 PM

my rarest items would probably be...

Suikoden II (Complete) (PSX) R4 [I paid $4]
Dr. Seuss' Fix-Up the Mix-Up Puzzler (with controller insert) (Coleco) R4
Pac-Man (Namco) (NES) R6

I may have more, but I'm not sure. I think thats pretty good for just starting collecting about a year ago.

LOL

12-12-2007, 10:38 AM

my rarest:

suikoden II
chase the chuck wagon
bounty bob strikes back
castlevania x: rondo of blood
quadrun

LOL

12-12-2007, 10:43 AM

suikoden II
chase the chuck wagon
bount bob strikes back
castlevania x: rondo of blood
quadrun

Clownzilla

12-12-2007, 03:44 PM

The Australian version of the Sega CD which spins the CD's in the opposite direction (as opposed to the USA version).

winona2k

12-12-2007, 03:49 PM

I used to own the only known italian copy of the Jungle Book for the Master System. Unfourtunately its such an obscure item that only like 2 collectors in the whole world cares about owning it. I traded it for championship Hockey ^^

Right now Id say Eliminate Down (Mint) But thats not reallt all that rare I suppose.

Jimmy Yakapucci

12-12-2007, 04:08 PM

Probably my rarest would be Psychic Detective for the PS1.

JY

Nitrosport

12-15-2007, 09:10 AM

I have a complete boxed Bally Arcade home system that was releases in '79 along with 8 games still factory sealed. I'm yet to find anyone else who is even familiar with this thing. It's sort of like the atari 2600. I even scored the pre-order reciept that was used to buy it.

I'm familiar with it. Infact, I have one. I'm actually looking for an original box for it.

I don't really have anything that's rare. My rarest would probably be the above mentioned console and a QJ game action replay in its original box with manual and such.

Insaneclown

12-15-2007, 05:47 PM

My Japanese Neo-Geo AES Homecart System which is like new and complete down to the plastic baggies and twist ties inside the box. Heck, the box is in better shape than some new console boxes that I have seen being sold in local stores today. It took me a while to find such a nice one but it was well worth the wait. Sometimes it's condition makes me not want to play on it, but who can resist the Neo-Geo? I sure can't.

At one point I couldn't resist the Neo Geo but times have changed. I had about 80 US AES games, 50 MVS, and 40 Neo Geo Pocket games and 10 Neo Geo AES systems (8 US and 2 JPN). All I have left now is 25 US AES games, and 5 MVS games. No systems or anything else. I was hardcore into Neo Geo back in 2002 when I started. I stopped around 2005 as the prices was killing me and adding up big time. I had atleast 15K invested in Neo Geo. I had some of the top of the line games. I still have some today but Im looking to get rid of everything else when I have the time. I sold most of it before I moved.

I went back to my roots in where it all started Sega Master System and plus it's more affordable for me. SMS 4 LIFE!!!

BIGMIKE

12-16-2007, 02:07 AM

got a few, but i think this is tops..........
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/BIGMIKE304/100_1329.jpg
http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g69/BIGMIKE304/100_1327.jpg
one of a kind

otoko

12-16-2007, 02:15 AM

I don't know if that is a one of a kind. If you think about it, there must've been hundred several that were printed like this. If they noticed it.. I'd say yours then might be one of maybe 10 or less.

if not... yours might not be as unique.

tomii

12-16-2007, 08:00 PM

otoko

12-16-2007, 08:03 PM

I have a Final Fantasy IX signed by Yoshitaka Amano and Hironobu Sakaguchi which I won in a contest at Amanos homepage.
I think it was me and two others that received this prize. I don't know what it could be worth, but it sure is the rarest item I've got :-D

Cool! I'm sure that'll be a nice retirement item someday. *wink wink nudge nudge* ;)

tomii

12-16-2007, 08:15 PM

I'm sorry what do you mean with "retirement item"?

-_-Nintendo-_-

12-16-2007, 08:20 PM

I'm sorry what do you mean with "retirement item"?

He means it will bring in a lot of money if you choose to sell it when you retire.

tomii

12-16-2007, 08:26 PM

He means it will bring in a lot of money if you choose to sell it when you retire.

Oh! Haha! No no no! I'm NEVER gonna retire and I'm NEVER gonna let this one go! (^O^) Sorry to ruin your hopes there hehe.

otoko

12-16-2007, 08:35 PM

Don't worry, I'd never have the money to buy it.. I'm not a FF fan either.

Buyatari

12-17-2007, 04:49 AM

I have a Final Fantasy IX signed by Yoshitaka Amano and Hironobu Sakaguchi which I won in a contest at Amanos homepage.
I think it was me and two others that received this prize. I don't know what it could be worth, but it sure is the rarest item I've got :-D

I like Amano's work but his original paintings cost 5 digits !

Instead I had to settle for a book with an autographed sketch. It was resonable so I bought another and have 2 different. One $150 the other $100 both hardcover 1st editions. If you enjoy his work this is a resonable alternative for owning an original.

Here they are.

Tale of the Genji

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/WastingOrpheus/taleofgenji4.jpg

and

Hero

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t245/WastingOrpheus/6157_1.jpg

Dark_Sol

12-17-2007, 08:22 AM

Reps911

12-18-2007, 04:57 PM

Iguess mine would either be my SEGA CDX, OR SEGA NOMAD CIB

Dreamcast

12-22-2007, 10:42 AM

Super Runabout (JP) Or REZ for Dreamcast. i dont know which one is rarererer.

Koa Zo

12-29-2007, 11:02 PM

Right now Id say Eliminate Down (Mint) But thats not really all that rare I suppose.
Eliminate Down seems a whole lot rarer than many of the games listed by others in this thread.

People need to stop thinking Radiant Silvergun is rare. I'd bet that since the advent of eBay there has never been more than a span of a few days that Radiant Silvergun was not available.
Eliminate Down on the other hand, is very uncommon to see for sale.

The most uncommon games I own are probably Namco Musum Vol.2 Box Set w/ Volume (paddle) Controller, GG Aleste, Hyper Duel, Puyo Puyo 4 (N64), complete Gunnac, and some side scrolling shmup for GameGear that I have no idea what it's called.

LOL

12-30-2007, 11:49 AM

kizuna encounter for aes

pugmagician

01-19-2008, 04:25 AM

Mine would be my factory sealed copy of Joshua and the Battle of Jerico for the Genesis. Funny I picked it up at an Olies for $10 just a few months ago.

mnbren05

01-19-2008, 12:34 PM

I do not have very many rare items (more uncommon/slightly rare)

Double Dragon CIB Genesis
Star Craft 64 CIB
Sealed Donkey Kong 64
Roller Coaster Tycoon xbox

DJ Daishi

01-22-2008, 02:43 PM

I'm pretty sure they're rare, just don't know how rare exactly.

1.Ore no Ryori (PS1)
2.Project Justice (DC)
3.Ganbare Neo Poke-Kun (NGPC)
4.Pepsiman (PS1)
5.Marvel vs Capcom 2 (DC)
6.WoW:BC signed by 80+ of the devs including pres.

All games are factory sealed except WoW.

jb143

01-22-2008, 04:10 PM

Actually, it's probally one of the games I won on the day 11 contest. Atari 2600 Crack'ed recently sold on Ebay for $82. Is that acurate or just Ebay price bloating? I never imagined the prizes would be like that. DP is the best.

glorfindel

01-26-2008, 12:38 AM

well i only own nes for old school system,
-got final fantasy 1 with the oddest saving method printed on the back-hold restart buton and press power buton...does nothing but its in gold color
-elevator action is probly rated the most rare outa my collection, B+ in some magazine
-my huge nes joystick that i think is cool looking
-and i have bout 13 games that are rated uncommon to slightly rare-ebay is my best friend

ProgrammingAce

01-26-2008, 01:27 AM

One of my favorite signed items is my Debug Xbox signed by the hardware development team:

http://programmingace.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/200708021446_062.jpg

Phantomofwdbk

01-27-2008, 10:11 PM

Gamma Attack

Coldguy

01-28-2008, 10:14 AM

It is a three way tie between my arcade decal of rampage signed by Brian Collin, my Rampage 2 game also signed by Brian Collin, and my first run edition of the 1988 NES storage cabnet.

Penguin

01-31-2008, 10:37 AM

My rarest would be my NES test carts

NTF2 Test Cart
Port Test Cart
Joystick Test Cart

Sniderman

02-01-2008, 08:27 AM

Gamma Attack

Will there be a ROM or repro release?

DemonicDante

02-02-2008, 09:57 PM

Jealous of alot of the stuff posted, my rarest would be

Castlevania 20th anniversary pack/Symphony of the night (ps1) signed by Koji Igarashi.

Suikoden 2
Marvel vs capcom 2 (complete)
and Secret of Mana (complete)

Rev. Link

02-06-2008, 12:23 AM

I have Chavez II for the SNES. I didn't pay much for it, $15, but DP says it's an R8. I seem to think I may have another R8 somewhere in my collection, but I don't know off the top of my head.

ktyey

02-11-2008, 12:59 AM

Well i can't resist but to say that i have Tengen Tetris... ( : !!!!

DJ Daishi

02-11-2008, 02:49 AM

ZipDrive proto and the mp3 VMU proto for the Dreamcast

Vroomfunkel

02-11-2008, 06:58 AM

Eliminate Down seems a whole lot rarer than many of the games listed by others in this thread.

I'll see your Elimintate Down, and raise you a japanese Virtual Bart, for the win :D

mr obscure

02-12-2008, 07:03 AM

hmm i think these are my most rarest games!

1. escape from atlantis (unreleased game, prototype from color dreams,nes)
2.rodland CIB (pal only nes game VERY RARE)
3.cheetahmen 2

YrGod

02-12-2008, 09:30 AM

I have a few r6-r7's in my collection. Psychic Detective comes to mind, so does X-Com on ps1. I'm also the owner of a copy of Suikoden II

Niku-Sama

02-12-2008, 06:43 PM

Casino Kid II (R5) NES
Adventures of Lolo III (R5) NES
Ultimate League Soccer (R6) NES blue
Princess Tomato in the Salad Kingdon (R5) NES complete
MegaMan 5 (R5) NES
Ms. PacMan (R5) NES Tengen

i probaly have something rarer but everything is such a mess right now

Frankie_Says_Relax

02-12-2008, 08:19 PM

The SINGLE rarest game I own might be

Crazy Climber (cartridge only) - Atari 2600

but I'm pretty sure I've got a bunch of other rare ones

...off the top of my head I can think of

Mr. Do (complete, mint) - SNES
Intelligent Qube (complete, near mint) - PS1
Poy Poy (complte, near mint) - PS1

Breakman

02-13-2008, 03:31 AM

Hmm don't really recall all of them but the one I would say is up there right now since I'm looking at it right now would have to be Suikoden II.

Gemini-Phoenix

02-21-2008, 06:22 AM

Very interesting read and game. Care to share the story behind how you acquired the game?

It's not a very interesting story, but it is amusing.

The game was simply listed on eBay as "The Getaway" with a minimum bid of �1.00. Out of curiosity I clicked it, expecting to see yet another Platinum version which seem to be commonplace these days. I was bemused with what I saw. At the time, used copies of The Getaway were lucky if they fetched between �3-�5 (Sealed new copies between �8-�10), so I thought i'd try eMailling the seller anyways and see if they'd accept an offer of �15. They did, I paid pronto, and it arrived the next day!

Turns out the seller was a mother of a guy who had gone away to university or something, and she was asked to sell some of his games on his behalf. Obviously she hadn't a clue what she had, and listed it simply as "The Getaway" assuming it was as common as any other version released. As the Platinum version was common as sea water, �15 must have sounded a bargain price!

Until then, I had been searching for an original sealed black label version (Before the change of the coding), but I am more than happy to own this version as a compromise!

Moon Jump

02-21-2008, 06:41 PM

StarFox Super Weekend

Mario Brothers Duel Screen Game and Watch

Gunstar Heroes

Crono Trigger

Earthbound

Saboteur (Autographed)

Mario RPG

Parasol Stars

80s_Gamer

02-21-2008, 08:11 PM

It's probably one of the following, whichever is rarest.

Action 52 (NES, with box and booklet)
Final Fight Guy (SNES, with box and booklet)
Magic Knight Rayearth (Saturn, with case, booklet, and unused sticker sheet)
Arc The Lad Collection (Playstation, complete with unopened omake stuff!!!)

Once my Ultima: The Black Gate proto comes in, that will be my rarest. By the way, where is the rating guide that you're getting your ratings from?

Trevelyan

02-23-2008, 06:05 AM

I have Worms 64, MArio Party 3 and ISS 2000, PAL for my N64...

One of my favorite's is a shiny new mint copy of GODS for my snes.

WelcomeToTheNextLevel

02-27-2008, 10:27 PM

Dig Dug for Intellivision clocks in at a 7. It's my rarest.. for now :-)

MarioMania

02-28-2008, 05:41 PM

Marvel vs Capcom 2 - Xbox

smork

02-29-2008, 01:34 PM

I'm now the owner of twin R9's - NIB Harmagedon and Scramble Wars for the Bandai Vectrex.

I probably won't be topping that anytime soon.

RadiantSvgun

02-29-2008, 04:00 PM

Ninja Action Kaze Kiri. Rarity level 8 if I'm not mistaken.

g2000

02-29-2008, 05:02 PM

These are some of my rare games that come to mind.

Keio Flying Squandron
All of the Working Designs fro Saturn.
Snatcher sega CD
Brand new copy of Les Schtroumpfs SMS.
Buster Douglass SMS
Panzer Dragoon Saga.
New sealed Guntar Heroes.

Drakon

03-04-2008, 07:49 PM

I dunno. Is a japanese chrono trigger with box and booklet rare?

Kamisama

03-07-2008, 05:33 PM

I've got several R5s or R6s like Banana Price or a few atari games, but I guess those GBA NFR Carts are the most rare :p
it's not like the normal edition that went on sale would be any rare tho.

mathieulh

03-07-2008, 07:14 PM

1. Kizuna Encounter (Neo-Geo EURO) : 4 Known existing copies
2. Nintendo World Championships: Gold Edition (NES NTSC-U) : 26 produced copies
3. 64DD Kyoshin no Doshin Sample Disk (N64 64DD expension NTSC-J) : less than 50 produced copies, arround 10 (or less) likely to still be arround (others are likely to either have been destroyed or trashed in some places and forgotten).
4. Atlantis 2 (Atari 2600 NTSC-U) : Number of copies unknown.
5. 64DD Kyoshin no Doshin Expension Kit (commonly known as Doshin the Giant 2) (N64 64DD expension NTSC-J) (arround 200 sold copies)

That is as far as I know the TOP 5 rarest games ever existing. As you can see 2 of them are 64DD games (people usually forget about the 64DD games whenever they think of rare videogames because the 64DD is an uncommon unit to begin with (the unit itself being quite rare to begin with and the games did not sell well (which is how they got rare, especially doshin the giant 2 and Japan Golf Tour 64)
Also the 64DD doshin sample is so rare that most people do not even know of its existence (although it is still a retail 64DD disk)

Of course there are betas that are much more rare or more valuable than those games (especially unreleased games) but I only inclueded retail games on the list.]

Finally I do not own those games myself except for the 3rd one (the 64DD sample disc, which of course I am absolutely not selling.)

The 1 2 P

03-08-2008, 04:45 PM

Chrono Trigger for Snes
God of War 2 E3 demo
DDR Disney Mix for PS1
AV Sexy Majong for Famicom
Snatcher for Sega CD
Marvel Vs Capcom 2 for Xbox and PS2

Famidrive-16

03-08-2008, 08:00 PM

Sonic Adventure: Limited Edition for the Dreamcast (in a Greatest Hits case though, I don't think they had the original casing anymore)
Ogre Battle 64
Dream TV for the SNES (R6)

Also a few harder to find PS2 games (Klonoa 2, Top Gear Dare Devil, Metropolismania, etc)

thedeityofhardcore

03-08-2008, 11:45 PM

Mint Ikaruga for Dreamcast and Mint Border down.

rarebucky

03-11-2008, 01:30 PM

I'll throw an oddball out there that I have a feeling not many people have (I have never seen a copy on ebay):

Space Megaforce for SNES factory sealed

Smashed Brother

03-11-2008, 02:25 PM

Well, according to DP, some of my rare titles are Fox Hunt PS1 (R8) and X-Com PS1 (R7). I paid around $7 for each title, both complete, a few years ago at EB Games.

But, for me, I'm more proud to have these in my collection:

Snatcher SCD(mint)
Tactics Ogre PS1 (mint)
Suikoden 2 (mint)
Bookworm GBA (factory-sealed)
SMT Nocturne (factory-sealed)
GG Isuka--GDC version
Bust A Move 3000