What is the Single RAREST Item In Your Collection?

[bombman]

Great Ice Hockey for the Sega Mark III, complete.

[TonyTheTiger]

I guess at this point my single rarest item is a recently acquired Xbox Launch Team console, the one that says "Great Work! Bill Gates" on the jewel. Sadly, it didn't come with the special green Duke controllers though.

[mr obscure]

nwc 1990 grey

[Mikhal]

Tie between Guardian Heroes CIB US Saturn and Aero Fighters Loose SNES US

[DenDenDos]

Brigandine
I've got the CD case and the instruction manual.

Still play it from time to time (played it this week).

[Nintega Grafx-16]

Either M.U.S.H.A. for Genesis or some random game I own for PC Engine. Not sure.

[Breetai]

I think Super Tempo on the Sega Saturn. Apparently rarer than Panzar Dragoon Saga...

[BetaWolf47]

I think Super Tempo on the Sega Saturn. Apparently rarer than Panzar Dragoon Saga...

You sure are modest about it :O

[Breetai]

You sure are modest about it :O

Haha, I'm just reporting what I'd read so far.

Other sources say it's not. I guess I was just looking for feedback.

[Fatalstar64]

Snes
Pocky and Rocky CIB
Chrono trigger
Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel R7

Pretty sad I think lmao but I think Pocky and Rocky is quite rare complete.

[Smashed Brother]

'Rarity'-wise:

Super Turrican 2 - boxed
E.V.O. The Search for Eden - complete
X-Com UFO Defense - complete

Cash monies-wise:

Suikoden II - complete
Snatcher - complete
Panzer Dragoon Saga - complete
Chrono Trigger - complete

...eh, I probably have more but I'm too lazy to look right now!

[Zap!]

Another game I have is Body Slam for the Intellivision, boxed. I'm surprised it is fairly rare and somewhat pricey, I bought in new around 1990.

[nensondubois]

Rare:
SNES Burn-in Test Cart (it hasn't been dumped into a rom image yet, and I plan to do that)
Super Game Boy 2 (CIB)
Super Game Boy Commander (CIB)
PAR MK3 (Loose)
Nekketsu Beach Volleyball (CIB)

Monetary worth:
I Qube - (CIB)
Lagrange Point - (CIB)
Akumajou Denetsu - (CIB)

I have other rarities and such.

[Carey85]

Lochjaw for the Atari 2600.

[njb12287]

now its the ultra rare Apex-magnavox Blue cartridge for the original Odyssey. 5th one found to date

[Wickeycolumbus]

Survival Run for the 2600 (unreleased Data Age version).

[wataru330]

My Tennis Life, dreamcast. Cutie Suzuki's Ringside Angel (with holo cover), megadrive.

[Eyedunno]

I'm not sure how rare any of these are, but they're either expensive or non-retail titles, so I'll list them.

SNES:
Clay Fighter: Tournament Edition

SFC:
Sutte Hakkun
Clock Tower
Umihara Kawase (CIB)
DoReMi Fantasy

NDS:
Balloon Fight
Game & Watch Collection

[allyourblood]

SFC:

Clock Tower



Is the text in this game in English?

[Eyedunno]

Is the text in this game in English?
No....

[Shellshock!]

Either Faselei! for NGPC, mint, U.K. version; or X for GameBoy also mint.

[Jeff-20]

It's hard to place a cash value on some items. What's my non-working Ultravision shell worth? Or even the case of a Sega Neptune (also non-working)? Astrocade Demo cart (which just seems to cycle through the built-in games)? None of these items are especially enjoyable. The most valuable items in my collection, to me, are my original carts from childhood. They've been with me throughout my awareness of video games, worn labels and all. Still working! Priceless.

[Parodius Duh!]

Gameboy Light Osamu Tezuka Astro Boy Edition (brand new) or the Coca Cola Game Gear...

[IOnEI Falcon]

I think mine is the Donkey Kong Country Competition cart with original box.

[Koa Zo]

Some odd controller I own is probably the "rarest" item in my collection.
Maybe the Sony Dual Analog flight sticks or the Taito Vaus controllers for NES, Playstation, and NDS. Or perhaps my Wico Command Controllers and keypad for 5200. Or the Woodgrain Dreamcast controller.

One of the items I'm most proud of is an official Do Re Mi Fantasy guidebook.
That and the Zanac guidebook I found years ago.

[Koa Zo]

Tie between Guardian Heroes CIB US Saturn and Aero Fighters Loose SNES US
That's not a tie, Aero Fighters is actually rare.
Guardian Heroes is not rare at all, just simply sought after.

[zunit110]

Rarest game in my collection has to be either Little Samson or Flintstones: Surprise at Dino Peak. Not sure which is more rare, in my honest opinion...

[Smashed Brother]

Rarest game in my collection has to be either Little Samson or Flintstones: Surprise at Dino Peak. Not sure which is more rare, in my honest opinion...

I would probably say Flintstones 2. At least if you go by their respective prices...as we all know, price=rarity :)

[mychoicegames.com]

Here are mine. I run a store do.

Caltron 6 in 1
Ogre Battle Complete
Chrono Trigger Complete
Harvest Moon Complete
Lufia II Complete
Bronkie the Bronchiasaurus (New and Sealed)
International Superstar Soccer (brazillian)
M.U.S.H.A.
Revelations Persona Complete
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga BOXSET
Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne (w/ CD Soundtack)
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner COMPLETE
Dragon Warrior III COMPLETE

Also have guides that are very rare
Dragon Warrior Monsters Guide
Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne Guide

[RPG_Fanatic]

I don't know how really rare it is but my complete copy of Earthbound for the SNES.

[Darko]

Mine is probably a copy of Bubble Bobble 2 with the box. I don't have the book though :(

[Game Freak]

Either my Kirby's Dreamland 3 in original box, or a couple miscellaneous pieces of game merchandise (MIB Sonic board game, Super Mario Bros Great Ladder Race game, SMB2 Christmas Treeskirt)

[mb7241]

A long-overdue update... This is my 5th post in this very thread...but my first in nearly 3 years o_O .

My current rarest-owned items:

Released games:

Yoshi no Kuruppon Oven de Cookie (1 of a few hundred; Super Famicom)
Fox Hunt minus manual (R8; PS1)
Huge Insect CIB (blue box variant, 1 of only 15; NES)

Prototypes:

Commodore 64:
- Smart Moves Baseball (2 different builds; unreleased?)

Gamecube:
- Tales of Symphonia (2-disc)

Playstation:
- Dragon Ball Z
- Tales of Destiny 2 (3-disc)

Playstation 2:
- Ar Tonelico 2 preview build
- Atelier Iris: Eternal Mana
- Growlanser Generations (2-disc)
- Katamari Damacy
- Magna Carta
- Shining Tears
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga
- Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
- Stella Deus
- Suikoden IV
- We <3 Katamari

Playstation 3:
- Cross Edge
- FaceBreaker
- FIFA 09
- Lost Planet
- Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
- MotorStorm Pacific Rift
- Skate
- Unreal Tournament 3

PSP:
- Star Ocean: Second Evolution

[oldtimeygamer]

Probably a sealed copy of Mermaids of Atlantis for the NES.

[Clown_20]

Mine would be Earthbound for the SNES, with the box!
Only missing the player's guide that came with it!

I also have E.V.O. Search for Eden, wich fetches up to 65$ loose!

[Kobiekun]

I'd have to say that Border Down Limited Edition for the Dreamcast is my rarest game.

[Frizo]

Probably my SA2:Birthday pack from Japan. Thing is DAMN NEAR MINT.
Small (SMALL SMALL SMALL) tear on the top of the box where the sticker holding them together was, why I opened it like that and not cutting the damn sticker I'll never know. It's probably worth somewhere around 30-40 bucks. I don't have many rares, hell, I probably only have about 40-50 games for all my systems combined (Somewhere around 25 on Atari 2600, only cause they are so dirt cheap I have so many.)

[Breetai]

Probably my SA2:Birthday pack from Japan. Thing is DAMN NEAR MINT.
Small (SMALL SMALL SMALL) tear on the top of the box where the sticker holding them together was, why I opened it like that and not cutting the damn sticker I'll never know. It's probably worth somewhere around 30-40 bucks. I don't have many rares, hell, I probably only have about 40-50 games for all my systems combined (Somewhere around 25 on Atari 2600, only cause they are so dirt cheap I have so many.)
To be honest, that isn't really all that rare. It IS a really nice set, though! The soundtrack it comes with is pretty sweet for sure.

[Choses]

My rarest games must be EVO with box, Super Turrican 2 loose, Adventures of Kid Kleets loose.
I wonder which is the rarest.

[Baloo]

CIB Spiderman: Web of Fire for 32x is my rarest game for sure. Then probably my CIB Saturn Bomberman.

[Bloodreign]

Liquid Kids on the Saturn with spinecard, an insanely priced game, but near and dear to me.

Also a loose Bubble Bobble Part 2 NES cart, not as rare as LK, but still.

[Koa Zo]

Liquid Kids on the Saturn with spinecard, an insanely priced game, but near and dear to me.


Excellent game! and the Saturn port is tops!
The Taito Legends version glitches out on my PS2.

I recall back around 1999 when I first got a computer and discovered NCSX.com, they were clearing out copies of Liquid Kids for $30. ...I had no interest in colorful 2D games and scoffed at the notion of wasting money on such a game.
Maybe 5 or 6 years later I became familiar with Liquid Kids and wanted to own a copy. It took years of monitoring eBay before I was able to buy a copy for less than $100. :oops:


One of my rarest items would have to be the "Rez Perfect Intoxication Set"
Unfortunately the vibrating headphones don't vibrate any longer.

[Smashed Brother]

Probably my SA2:Birthday pack from Japan. Thing is DAMN NEAR MINT.

Lik-Sang was literally giving these away, brand new, back in '05. I got one when I bought a modded Dreamcast from them.

Uh, let's see what I could list here:

CIB Panzer Dragoon Saga
CIB X-Com UFO Defense PS1
CIB Terranigma UK
CIB Doremi Fantasy
CIB Downtown Nekketsu Monogatari PC Engine
CIB Parasol Stars JP

There may be more; I'm just going off the top of my head right now

[SegaAges]

Since you said item and not game, it would probably have to be my Jet Set Radio Beat Prototype figure since the last one I saw selling went for $200

[ClassicGamePhreak]

Unopened Ninja Gaiden 3 on NES

[peter_gunz]

Quartet for the Sega Master system. Probably not that rare, but the rarest I own. That and a copy of Sonic Spinball since I'm pretty sure anyone else would have returned it or destroyed it for being such a horrible game.

[ANDYARKLAY]

2 Biohazard 5th anniversary boxes

[mattimeo310]

and a copy of Sonic Spinball since I'm pretty sure anyone else would have returned it or destroyed it for being such a horrible game.

I think Sonic Spinball is a pretty good game... From what I understand of reading the last Retro Gamer I bought, a lot of people seem to like it as well. :|

[Collector_Gaming]

i liked sonic spinball too
my cousin had it and when i was younger would goto my aunts house and play that game!
i have it now on my sonic collection disc for the xbox.
The problem with it that i feel gamers had is it seemed so rough.

The animation seemed very rough (like when you make sonic curl up and charge up for a spin attack the animation seemed i guess the best way to describe it is blocky) and the audio was kinda bad even for sega genesis. The controls seemed kinda glitchy on some of the levels (the second one where you gotta propel sonic up the shoot with the air cannons by pushing the action button... you had to time that thing pitch perfect or else it wouldn't work which frustrated gamers like myself)

If you can get past those things... Its actually a really fun game!

my rarest.. god i don't even know now that i have this crazy amount of games i bought in the past 5 months.
i'd have to go through them and look em up and everything.

[dj898]

SEGASATURN HST-0004 Developer Version

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SEGASATURN CartDev Rev.B

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[Crysonic]

Don't have much rare stuff, I only collect games I really like but it's probably a pretty minty Crisis Force CIB.

[dj898]

SEGASATURN Pre-production Prototype

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[M.Buster2184]

Very cool Saturn DJ. I don't have anything ridiculously hard to find, but I would say mine are:

Panzer Dragoon Saga (complete)
Earthbound (cart only)
Phantasy Star for SMS(complete)
Complete in box Virtual Boy

[synbiosfan]

Probably a sealed Daytona Netlink

http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww310/retrogamecollectorjim/NG%20Stuff/Stuff238.jpg

[Melina]

Mmm... I would say Pocky and Rocky 2 for the SNES, a Sealed Kirby's Adventure/ Loose Romance of three kingdoms II / Chip n Dale/ a complete Alien Vs predator for Jaguar and International Superstar Soccer for SNES too.

I have a lot of SNES/NES Stuff, but I don't know how rare they are, because the rarity here goes very diferent from what I see here!

[Guyra]

Probably my sealed copy of Zelda's Adventure for the CD-i.

[Shai'tan]

a few pretties and a sealed Earthworm jim

http://i76.photobucket.com/albums/j32/Africanus/rare1.jpg
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[NavesRegge]

Either my CIB copy of Snatcher for Sega CD or my copy of Pier Solar: Reprint Edition. I have a feeling that there are a lot less Pier Solars than Snatchers in the world, so Pier Solar is probably my rarest.

[Parodius Duh!]

Legend of Almana and Doki Doki Panic pirate carts!!!!!

[BetaWolf47]

Here are images of my rarest items. Not entirely sure which is THE rarest though.
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-Saturn Bomberman CIB
-Albert Odyssey CIB minus stickers
-Dragon Force CIB minus stickers
-Pokemon Box: Ruby and Sapphire CIB minus memory card ;_;
-Phantasy Star Online: Episode 1 & 2 Plus CIB
-Game Action Replay for NES
-Pocky and Rocky 2
-Fire N Ice
-Rainbow Islands (not that rare though)

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/7496/p6120234.jpg
Factory sealed NES titles:
-Gargoyle's Quest II
-Shatterhand
-The Battle of Olympus
-MTV Remote Control
-Isolated Warrior

Not pictured: Gamecube component cable and Ikaruga (I don't consider Ikaruga to be that rare)

[weaponepsilon]

I was told my Championship Soccer 94 for Sega CD was extremely rare. I bought it many years ago at a garage sale for $1.

[Callin]

A Minish Cap NFR Demo cartridge.

I haven't been collecting too long, but there you go.

[Colorado Rockies]

My 2 rarest games are my CIB Bubble Bath Babes for the Nes and the other is probably my U.S. Rage of the Dragons for the NEO GEO AES. I think only like 200 U.S. versions were produced but I'm not sure.

[Badhornet]

Music Machine for the 2600. Not only my rarest, but probably the cheapest I paid for any single piece in my collection........ 25 cents at a flea market

[Carey85]

Want to double your investment on that Music Machine cart? :D

[WelcomeToTheNextLevel]

Probably Dig Dug for Intellivision (Rarity 7) or Plumbers Don't Wear Ties (supposedly Rarity 3, but probably much rarer)

[Nightowljrm]

Probably my Castlevania: Dracula X... Yeah, I know, not that rare.

[WelcomeToTheNextLevel]

Probably my Castlevania: Dracula X... Yeah, I know, not that rare.

Worth quite a bit... so pretty nice (: And we all take time to build up rare games...

[BobaFettHotep]

the rarest things in my collection are probly my turbografix 16 cd player or my Kisado pc engin to turbografix converter or my maxi 15 nes cart

[Rickstilwell1]

My new rarest item is Muncher for Bally Astrocade. R8 I believe, sure it's a tie with some RCA Studio II junk I have, but what is more desirebale is worth more. So I say Muncher.

[moocow111]

My rarest is probably a CIB SNES. I bought it back on the original release date and have kept it in my basement ever since. One of these days I might sell it.

[PSP509]

My Atari Jaguar Proto CD Set is the rarest,I guess.Supposedly,they're the only ones in existance,I'm told. :) They belonged to a former Atari Corp. employee. ;)

[BetaWolf47]

Just noticed that GameCube Action Replays are worth quite a bit. I have a CIB Action Replay Limited Edition w/ 64 MB Memory Card. There's a completed CIB listing on ebay that went for $215. So that's probably my most valuable.

Also, I hear that the PSX Analog controller (not Dualshock) is rare. I have one of those too.

[WesternNYCollector]

I used to have the Earthbound scratch and sniff pizza delivery guy hang-up thing that you got for sending in a questionnaire, I forget if it was in Nintendo Power or the back of the Players Guide that came with it.

I seem to have lost it sometime in the past 10 years though.

[Informationator]

Currently...

Pieces and The Miracle Piano Teaching System for SNES