What is the Single RAREST Item In Your Collection?

[digitalpress]

Not hardware, not a peripheral, not memorabilia... a single video game, be it cartridge, cassette, CD, or DVD. What's yours?

[Raedon]

Choplifter III for Snes.. Or so I gather..
It could be Blackjack for the NES

I don't have a guide yet that covers SNES and Genesis.

[Kid Fenris]

Hmm . . . For me, it's probably Radiant Silvergun, Keio Flying Squadron, or Panzer Dragoon Saga.

[molnars]

Blue Chicago Blues US for the Laseractive

[christianscott27]

depends...could be any of these

miner 2049er II -2600
battlezone lab loaner- 2600
wall ball- 2600

congo bongo- INTV

tengen tetris

phantasy star SMS
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[Raedon]

Is phantasy Star SMS a rare game for that system? I need my DP guide here yesterday! :( lol

[christianscott27]

you could certainly call it a rare game, although its as much a matter it being highly sought after. you could argue that tengen tetris and chrono trigger are not truely rare also but the demand for them is so great that they become holy grails. in short, if you see a copy for cheap be sure to pick it up!
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[Raedon]

got a Phantasy Star complete last weekend for $5.00 along with a Shinobi, Outrun, and Alex Kidd in Techno something or other.. The guy who was selling them at the flee market thought they were genesis games. They were all in such great shape I didn't even argue the fact that they were SMS and just gave the guy $20.00

I guess by that logic I could throw in the 3 Chrono Triggers I own as being rare lol.

[wberdan]

original pac man prototype for the colecovision

willie

[DDCecil]

I'm guessing mine would be the Atari 400/800 In-Store Demonstration Cartridge.

[chocobokick]

I'm going to guess and then Brian can correct me when he gets to the board.
Tengen Tetris Complete, Panzer Dragoon, Snatcher (is that right?).

I only pay close attention when the game looks fun to me, so I say
Final Fantasy 1 factory sealed :)

[JCroniger1]

It would have to be either Quadrun (with a manual) or my Vid Co coppier from Brazil :)

[nesman85]

nes darkman proto

[buttasuperb]

probably either super street fighter 2x for matching service or vampire chronicle for matching service.

or maybe flinstones 2.

[RucasRiot]

This is pretty pathetic but: Atari 2600 Pooyan. ;)

[Ascending Wordsmith]

Mine would have to be PC Genjin 3 Taikenhan for the Core Grafx. It was made in very small quantities for Hudson Soft's annual games caravan. Hudson Soft regularly makes special versions and samples for the attending patrons. PC Genjin 3 Taikenhan is a sample of PC Genjin 3 (or Bonk 3). It's very rare, even in Japan. The image shows both PC Genjin 3 Taikenhan and PC Genjin 3. The PC Genjin 3 Taikenhan version is the one on the right.

http://pckid.free.fr/photos/images/pckid3_special_s.jpg

[CrazyImpmon]

It's hard to tell which of my game's rare but I think the award goes to my CIB Tutankham for the Intellivision. Unless you count label variations then I have Wario Land and Red Alarm demo for the VB along with a number of SNES demo label.

[Aswald]

I'm not sure which is the rarest:

Lord of the Dungeon
or
Cosmo Fighter 2 (on cartridge)

For ColecoVision.

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[GENESISNES]

either Earthbound, Super Punchout Sealed, or Zelda 3 sealed.

I once thought i found Stadium events for the NES at a thrift store, so i was EXTREMELY happy the ride home, and when i got home, i bolted up to my room to get the Tips and Tricks magazine with the Collectors Closet on Holy Grails, only to find i had purchased Athletic World. Damn.

[Arrrhalomynn]

I'm not sure...I don't really have 1 game that stands out. I do have a few rare ones. Like Alien Soldier for the Megadrive or Street fighter 2, phantasy star and virtua fighter for the sms. I have a bunch of rare games for the Saturn too... Of course all complete.

[Phosphor Dot Fossils]

Power Lords and/or the four Parker Brothers games for the Odyssey2.

[o2william]

Either Pinball for Odyssey2 or Power Lords for Colecovision (both from CGE 2000), or my 2600 Galaxian lab loaner.

Among regular releases, hmm... either Quest for Quintana Roo (by Sunrise) or Tomarc the Barbarian for the 2600. I also have a complete Buster Douglas Boxing for SMS; not sure how that compares.

[Stark]

I'd have to say:

SW Waterworld

Gas Hog

Rescue Terra 1

Robin hood/Sir Lancelot double ender

INTV Demo Cart 1981

INTV Tutankham sealed

[NvrMore]

Hmm I'm still trying to assess the rarity of PAL format SNES games but excluding Proto and other special cart types, probably complete copies of..

Whizz (SNES)
Breath of Fire 2 (SNES)
The Firemen (SNES)
Fun 'n' Games (SNES)

Gurume sentai Barayarou (SFC)

[briskbc]

My rarest would have to be Snatcher for Sega CD

I'm not sure if I should include my 3 multi carts. 2 for the Famicom and 1 for the NES. The NES one has 1000 games on it. Some of the Hacks are pretty funny.

[Skatepunk60]

Im not up to date on all the rarities but i have a sewer sam w/ manual and blockade runner

I also have what seem to be press release copies of two Tandy CoCo carts .. any pros that could verify?

[Raccoon Lad]

Either my Maxi-15 NES cart, or my Chase the Chuckwagon Atari 2600 cart.

[Achika]

So the Space Channel 5 Part 2 Limited Edition doesn't count does it?

[Marco]

Atari 2600 Ewok Adventure plus Revenge of the Jedi Game II box :)

Cheers,

Marco

[GENESISNES]

I recently picked up secret of mana

[Tetsu]

My rarest used to be Lord of the Dungeon, but I guess now it's Radiant Silvergun.

[tom]

Mine are the four boxed 1973 Magnavox Odyssey games:

Basketball (and card number 8)
W.I.N.
Brain Wave
Interplanetary Voyage (and card number 12) (only 3 in the world)

Also the 1972 games are quite rare:
Wipeout, Baseball, Handball (+ card 8), Volleyball (+card 7), Invasion, FunZoo.

Final Fantasy II for WonderSwan
Bumper Bash and Master Builder for VCS
Waterworld for VCS
Quadrun for VCS
all 3 Double enders from Xonox plus: Motocross Racer, Tormac the Babarian and Kung Fu Superkicks for VCS
Super Casse Brique for microvision (Block Buster II)
insmouse no Yakata for VB
The Lucky Dime Caper in box set with T-shirt and cassette for SMS
Water Ski for 7800 (non-existant in Europe)
WordStar on Chip for Epson PX-8
Visual Park for Dreamcast

www.btinternet.com/~tomholzer

[portnoyd]

Rodland (PAL NES)
Mr Gimmick (PAL NES)
All 3 Panesian games
Caltron 6 in 1 sealed
Action 52 sealed
Cheetamen 2 sealed

dave

[Aswald]

Tetsu, you have a Lord of the Dungeon cartridge, too? How far have you gotten?


Skatepunk 60- are those the ColecoVision or Intellivision versions of Blockade Runner and Sewer Sam? If the former, are they any good? How does Blockade Runner compare to Star Raiders?

[Skatepunk60]

There both intellivision and i must sy the playability on both umm .. suck ;)

[Captain Wrong]

Hmm...by system (only ones worth mentioning)
2600:
Atari Video Cube
Pengo

SMS:
Phantasy Star (Again, a gudgement call here)

NES:
Bubble Bobble 2
Qix

Sega CD:
Lunar (With strategy guide)
Vay
(both probably more desreable than rare)

Saturn:
Panzer Dragoon Saga

PSX:
Klonoa
Final Fantasy Tactics (non-reissue)

DC:
Twinkle Star Sprites JPN (I have no idea what the rarty of this one is, but I think it's probably the rares game I own.)

[ClubNinja]

Phantasy Star is definitely a judgement call. I'd say it falls under the "sort of rare, but highly desirable" category. In my SMS collection, I think that Aerial Assault, Ghouls N Ghosts, Psycho Fox, and Sonic are probably rarer than my Phantasy Star.

My Mega Man 7 and X3 for the SNES probably fall into that category too, although I know there's been some debate. My Tengen Tetris certainly does, though.

For certain rarities, I'd want to say Robot Killer for the Arcadia, which I thought might be one of it's more difficult finds (I need my guide!) Boxed NES Secret Scout is definitely a tough one. Qbert's Qubes for the 2600 (yay, finally!) is probably my rarest overall though...

[Griking]

Probably my complete Swordquest Waterworld

[Lexicon]

As Chocobo Kick pointed out before our rarest are probably

Factory sealed Final Fantasy 1 (NES)
Snatcher or both lunars (Sega Cd)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (have an extra gonna put up on ebay soon)
also have Klonoa and DBZ Final Bout for Playstation least till i sell the DBZ
Math Blaster and Pirates Gold complete for Genesis
SOS sealed for SNES also Harvest Moon complete and all the Mega Mans complete

not sure what the rarest one would be overall though.

[Goblin]

I'd have to say Ms. Space Fury for CV.

[WiseSalesman]

I don't keep up with rarity. Anyone who can direct me to a guide regarding rarity of games for newer systems? (NES,Genesis, SNES, and newer?)

If I had to take a guess, based purely on what I've seen in the wild:

NES:
Magic of Scherezade
Final Fantasy

SNES:
Chrono Trigger (complete)
Final Fantasy 3 (complete)

Saturn:
Guardian Heroes (loose)
Metal Slug (complete)

Playstation:
Final Fantasy Tactics (not greatest hits, complete)

[TRM]

Spiritual Warfare prototype on NES

[Squaresoft98]

My holy grail is definitely my sealed copy of Chrono Trigger.

[vincewy]

I used to think my Neo-Geo games are rare, but they pale in comparison to LaserActive games, the single rarest LA game is 3D Virtual Australia (on the bottom right corner of my LA collection)

http://www.neo-geo.com/gallery/collections/vincewy/Pic3.jpg

[DREW]

Would have to be either Atlantis II or boxed Malagai


Drew

[Mayhem]

C64 carts Satan or Crystal Castles proto.

[maxlords]

Man, that' s a tough one. Definitely a toss up between a few games:

Alien Soldier for the Mega Drive (PAL, mint complete)
Crazy Hospital for the PC Engine (factory sealed...it's for sale too!)
Shiawase USagi 2 for the PC Engine (factory sealed as well)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (bought it NEW when it came out!)
Legend of Xanadu 2 for PC Engine (factory sealed)
Sylphia for PC Engine
Ogre Battle for SNES, boxed complete
Warsong for Genesis (mint complete..new!)
Pirates Gold for Genesis Complete


Is Choplifter III for SNES rare? I sold one for $5 a while back! Guardian Heroes for Saturn isn't even remotely rare, I have 8 mint complete ones :) Lunar, Lunar 2, and Vay for Sega CD are also not rare, just highly sought, as Radiant Silvergun for Saturn, which is dirt common (it REALLY is!) but VERY sought after. Same thing goes for Castlevania X for the PC Engine. It's not rare at all, but everyone will pay an arm and a leg to get it! :)

[theaveng]

Final Fantasy for the Atari VCS



Why did Atari release Video Cube *and* Rubik's Cube? They are the almost the same game, so why release them twice?
Troy

[theaveng]

I used to think my Neo-Geo games are rare, but they pale in comparison to LaserActive games


What's the name of the game with the sexy leg? :-)
Troy

[digitalpress]

Why did Atari release Video Cube *and* Rubik's Cube? They are the almost the same game, so why release them twice?

It was a licensing thing. Kind of like why did INTV release Soccer when NASL Soccer was the same game?

[DreamTR]

I have this game someone found at a garage sale and traded me called Mike Tyson's Intergalactic Power Punch for the NES with all of these chips sticking out of it, dunno if it's worth anything, though.

[MankeyMan]

I have a complete Namco Pacman for the NES. And under the floorboard i have an unboxed Quattro Sports Aladdin cart, but if I took them apart my parents wouldn't be able to sell our house. So I am sacrificing it for the quarter of a million our hosue is worth.

[chrisballer]

It would be one of these 3.
scat demo for nes
ntf2 test cart for nes
or my panesians

[udisi]

well that's a hard one, Nes, it would be probably Menace Beach, action 52, or Flintstones 2, or it could be my snatcher for sega CD, or maybe Panzer Dragoon Saga for Saturn, maybe action 52 for the Genesis, no, no, how bout Starfox competition for the SNES...it hard to pick a rarest game...how bout rarest system?....mine would be my PSX developers/Test Station.

[kainemaxwell]

Might be Lunar for Sega CD for me...

[vincewy]

I used to think my Neo-Geo games are rare, but they pale in comparison to LaserActive games


What's the name of the game with the sexy leg? :-)
Troy

It's one of the adult LaserActive games called "Dr Paolo no Totteoki Video", seriously, almost all of the adult LA games suck with the exception of Angel Mate (strip poker). Dr Paolo no Totteoki Video may be the worst adult LA game, it translates into "Dr Paolo's video of seeing through body", but this game simply sucks. It first asks you to film a few girls walking on the streets, you'll then be rewarded with some adult videos and footage based on the score you get from Dr Paolo, along with some really lame comments from him. The worst part is that the chicks in this game are ugly, which are real turnoffs. If you're looking for some attractive Jp girls with some game play, try only Angel Mate. I got all the games simply for the sake of completing my collection.

[driftout625]

My rarest games would be :

Snow Brothers (Japanese Megadrive)
Megaman In Wily Wars (Japanese and Pal Megadrive versions)
Space Battleship Gomora (Japanese Megadrive) HES 4 in 1 multicart for Sega Master System (includes Power Block, Adventure Kid, Twin Mouse and Cave Dude).
Outrun 3D (Master System)
The Flash (Master System)
Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn Pal version)
Dungeons & Dragons Collection (Japanese Saturn)
Radiant Silvergun (Japanese Saturn)
Battle Garegga (Japanese Saturn)
Metal Slug (Japanese Saturn)
Snatcher (Pal Mega CD version)
Neo Turfmasters (Neo home cart English version)
Ninja Masters (Neo home cart English version)
Stakes Winner (Neo home cart English version)
Last Blade 2 (Neo home cart English version)
Metal Slug 2 (Neo home cart English version)
Art Of Fighting 3 (Neo home cart English version)

I put Snow Brothers at the top of the list because I think it's possibly the rarest .

[moycon]

Springer - Atari 2600
Q-Bert Qubes- 2600

Mr. Space Fury - Colecovision

[Kess]

Either Tengen Tetris (NES) or Golden Mega Game 35-1N-1 (Genesis)

[dhorgan]

Dunno if it's rate, but I've got Battlesphere Gold.

[scallen]

rarest games i had (all have found good homes with 2600 collectors since) are:
- boxed video jogger/video reflex w/ mat
- complete berenstein bears
- sealed boing (my first big find, in NJ near DPHQ believe it or not :)
and then boxed versions of: silver gravitar, condor attack, spider fighter, bumper bash (which don't really count as i am in canada and have found multiple copies of all of them -- including 8 bumperbashes over the years)

rarest game i have, and will have for the rest of time:
mr boston (complete) - vectrex

other rare stuff:
minetstorm 2 (loose) - vectrex
tomarc/motocross racer (boxed) - colecovision

rare homebrews i was lucky enough to snag:
kevtris - colecovision
ms. space fury - colecovision
okie dokie - 2600

[Metrackle]

Depends on which one's the rarest of these five...

Chrono Trigger (SNES)
Secret of Mana (SNES)
Shining Force CD (Sega CD)
Final Fantasy Tactics (before it was greatest hits) (PSX)
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile (PSX)

[ubersaurus]

Either Virtua Fighter Animation CIB for SMS, or Final Fight Guy (boxed) for SNES.

[AWinnerIsYou]

Well, now that my Legend of Zelda NES test cartridge has left me :cry: , the rarest thing out of that whole collection would have to be probably my copy of Little Samson, but I have other rares that I am not sure of. Other notables in my NES collection include Namco versions of Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man, Pac-Mania, DK Jr. Math, Star Trek: TNG complete, etc. Then just a few SNES things really, Chrono Trigger with everything but Manual, Earthbound with everything out manual, etc. Say, is there a rarest system thread out there too, cause I have a Nintendo M82 12-slot store demo unit that's like my baby right now, heh.

[simonbelmont7]

Stack Up for NES, 100% complete in the box, with manual, tray and all pieces. The game has never even seen the inside of a NES system! =)
Mark

[Kroogah]

Hmm....

Genesis Gaiares
SNES Kirby's Dream Land 3
Saturn Sega Ages Memorial Selection 1 (import)
PSX Namco Museum Volume 2

I almost NEVER see Mario's Picross anywhere, for some reason...is it rare?

[Keir]

My post in this thread must have been lost in the great post crash. The most rare game I own is Death Trap for the VCS (say it: "Vee Cee Ess").

[geelw]

panorama cotton (mega drive)...=^P

[tynstar]

Mine would be:

Tengen Tetris - NES
Tactic Orge - PSX
Orge Battle - PSX
Artillery Duel/ Ghost Manor - 2600 (is that rare)
Phantasy Star - SMS

[Shompola]

Terranigma PAL/UK version Sealed and factory wrapped with Nintendo printed on the wrap paper. The box is in super condition.

Not sure how much worth and how rare it really is. But I guess atleast a factory sealed one is rare.

[Cheese]

Thrill Kill most likely.

[The Brown Eye]

Well, I don't know how rare it is, but I've got a sealed Policenauts Pilot Disk for 3do. I also have a brand new Odyssey 2 if we're counting systems.

[pa_nes_ian]

Stadium Events(NTSC)

[Sothy]

Well I wind up selling most of my games that are worth much more than 50 bux so I dont have any real expensive rares.

I got a sealed EEk SNES which is supposedly rare but they arent much in demand price wise... Alot of obscure Genesis games like Rennovations titles that will probably be big medicine when Genesis collecting gets as popular as nes collecting and whatnot.

I kinda like how the Genesis isnt a main category for most collectors since Im able to get them more easily than about anything else but on the other hand want to see them gain the value they rightly deserve.......

Oh Sniderman sent me a 2600 pickup homebrew so I guess theres not really alot of those.

[SuperPsycho]

I think the rarest of games that I have is Swat Kats for SNES... I don't have a DP guide so I really don't know if I have any other rare games... I read in a post on the forums that Swat Kats was somewhere between a 7 and a 10.