If there was one game you wish you owned.... [Archive]

retrobenj

03-18-2009, 06:33 AM

If there was one game you wish you owned at the moment what would it be?

my personal choice at the moment would be ghostbusters for c64
the reason for this is because i didnt understand it when i was a kid and
want to beat it soo bad i found it so frustrating..... so just played krakout instead that was a great game!

Ben

Game Freak

03-18-2009, 06:46 AM

Loch Jaw or Video Life, then i could buy more games :D

DigitalSpace

03-18-2009, 08:16 AM

Aero Fighters for the SNES.

retrobenj

03-18-2009, 08:37 AM

video life whats that about then take it is pretty rare then :guitar:

i am new to all this rare stuff :P

OMF2097

03-18-2009, 09:02 AM

Xian042

03-18-2009, 09:05 AM

Dragon Force, Sega Saturn

otaku

03-18-2009, 09:09 AM

my god there are just too many ridiculously expensive games I'd like to have. Maybe one of the NES competition carts.

carlcarlson

03-18-2009, 09:26 AM

gold NWC so I could sell it and make a down payment on a house.

For collecting/playing purposes I'd have to say Suikoden II.

Nebagram

03-18-2009, 10:18 AM

cib Knuckles Chaotix on the 32X. I'd still need a 32X but that'd go a really long way toward completing my Sonic collection. Failing that, Shining Force CD.

Cauterize

03-18-2009, 10:41 AM

A Gold NWC for a good centerpiece & future investment purposes!

But for playability, easy, Metal Slug AES

eskobar

03-18-2009, 11:28 AM

I will be very happy and filled with gaming joy if i had an Initial D, double screen ver3 SEGA deluxe arcade :D

Steve W

03-18-2009, 11:42 AM

Battlesphere for the Atari Jaguar. Not because of it's rarity or it's potential collectability, just because I've always loved good 3D space shooters like Star Raiders and I've only ever had the chance to play the game at conventions. I just cannot justify spending $500 on a game (that most collectors treat like a commodity rather than something to play and enjoy).

kupomogli

03-18-2009, 12:50 PM

Mint condition copy of Brigandine Grand Edition. While the original Brigandine is one of my favorite games of all time, Grand Edition is pretty much the exact same game with slight changes which technically makes it the superior game.

Damage ratio is now broken up into the paper>rock>scissors way(like Fire Emblem,) where it's now Red>Green>Blue Black=White while it used to just be Red=Blue Black=White then Green. Classes were given different enhancements like Paladin's having a 50% chance of reducing physical attack damage by half or Shogun's reducing all arrow damage by 50%. Characters like the Samurai classes have Iai Slash as a long range ability rather than being something that takes MP to use(though not quite as good but still good.) All characters have the ability to attack normally, or due a different stronger attack for less of a hit percentage, with all hit percentage now shown. Other things like Dinadin being his own special class, Thunder attacks being moved over to Green elemental, Lance becoming Green elemental, and a new monster class and new items. The new monster class is actually a version of my favorite monster class(upgraded from Lizard Guard to Lizard King,) in which the new Lizard King can now move and attack twice each turn, like a Ninja.

Anyways. I've played this game as a download. I've only seen it once on Ebay, which at the time didn't have the money. Unfortunately the game is Japanese only but there has been a translation patch.

old_skoolin_jim

03-18-2009, 12:56 PM

The Adventures of Willy Beamish mint on CD (Talkie version) for the PC. I've been looking for this with box, artwork and Willy Beamish watch since I was a kid.

It was a game that I wanted for the longest time when I was young and it sold out everywhere here.

I actually got Willy, the talkie version, on CD for like, $5 at a local K-mart over 10 years ago. It didn't have any watch with it, though. I still have the CD (and maybe the manual somewhere), but the box is loooong gone. It was kind of a weird skinny box if I remember right.
I've only successfully played it once, though. For some reason I've never been able to get it to work with any of my own PCs or DOSbox, ScummVM or anything like that. I remember it was WAY better than the Sega CD version though, mainly for there being captions and it didn't take 20 seconds to load each screen.
Maybe someday I can get it to work... Until then, I'll never know what happens after the toot-sweet frog jump contest.

Arasoi

03-18-2009, 12:57 PM

Recca Summer Carnival '92.

A pricey cart even loose, but its the game that pushed the FC/NES hardware to its absolute limits. The only bullet hell shooter on the hardware to boot.

Perhaps sometime this year, if I'm lucky.

Nirvana

03-18-2009, 02:12 PM

I'd love a complete copy of SNES Chrono trigger, and I'd also like a seperate loose cartridge that I can play. I loved that game. I remember playing it throughout my 6th grade or something, but I played the PS version.

Solertia

03-18-2009, 02:14 PM

As far as classic gaming goes, I'd like an MIB copy of Final Fantasy III (VI) (SNES), just for collecting's sake since it's my favorite game of all time :) I have an MIB copy of it for Super Famicom, but I'd like the US version, too :D

Sonicwolf

03-18-2009, 02:21 PM

Super Mario RPG for the Super Nintendo. I would love to own it but I have been waiting for digital distribution to crash the market price for that game before I put my money down.

aclbandit

03-18-2009, 02:21 PM

Snatcher for the SegaCD. I keep drooling at it on eBay but I never have the (enormous amount of) cash required to purchase it.

One day, though.... it will be mine.

Maybe also a CIB Earthbound for SNES.

MrRoboto19XX

03-18-2009, 02:32 PM

Just give me a cart only copy of Earthbound, and I'll be a happy man.

TheGam3r

03-18-2009, 02:42 PM

Pokemon crystal

Arcade_Ness

03-18-2009, 03:03 PM

CIB Earthbound. I know I can find one off ebay, but god I don't want to pay a fortune on it.

CaptainFalcon13

03-18-2009, 05:29 PM

Any of the Marvel Vs. Capcom games. I like the unlikely tag teams.

obesolete

03-18-2009, 05:45 PM

Cheetahmen II

just to say i had it...

that or Super Noak's Ark.

mobiusclimber

03-18-2009, 06:38 PM

If I'm forced to pick a game that I'd keep rather than sell (NWC, Starfox competition, Blockbuster Competition carts, I'm lookin at you), then it would be one of the following (all cib of course):

Panzer Dragoon Saga
Snatcher (Sega CD version)
EVO Search For Eden
Chrono Trigger
Fire Emblem Thracia 777
Square Millennium Collection Parasite Eve 2 or Legend of Mana
Suikoden II

Ed Oscuro

03-18-2009, 08:07 PM

Kizuna Encounter Euro?

Maybe I could put my CD money into it... ;)

MissingNo_1231

03-18-2009, 08:28 PM

Ninja Golf for the Atari 7800

Cryomancer

03-18-2009, 09:26 PM

Time Gal Mega LD.

..assuming it would work on my US Laseractive.

SEGA_Queen

03-18-2009, 09:51 PM

The Sonic Adventure 2 Birthday Pack. The only place I know that still has it in stock is NCSX. However, they want $58.00 for it, which more than I can afford.:(

Ed Oscuro

03-18-2009, 10:01 PM

You wanted to be the SEGA Queen but the man is holding you back, laughin' like you were the SEGA pauper, that's rough

Flippy8490

03-19-2009, 09:43 AM

Personally would love a MIB copy of Megaman 6, big memories with that game.

k8track

03-19-2009, 10:55 AM

Space Paranoids.

jjgames

03-19-2009, 11:13 AM

Definitely Nintendo World Championship. Gold or Gray, it doesn't matter.

I want it because I think it would be fun to recreate the NWC with some friends and it is a piece of gaming history. Plus I loved 'The Wizard'.

murdoc rose

03-19-2009, 11:24 AM

either gold nwc or get my copy of pepsi invaders back

gold nwc is about the most expensive thing you can have that you would ever come close to getting but If I really could have anything I think I might take a apf proto type over it just for the obscurity of such an item. Has anyone ever seen one of those?

Breetai

03-19-2009, 12:14 PM

The Sonic Adventure 2 Birthday Pack. The only place I know that still has it in stock is NCSX. However, they want $58.00 for it, which more than I can afford.:(Take a trip to Japan. It's about $10 CIB. They are quite common.

As for me, I wish I had a good copy of Lunar 2 on the Sega CD. I have it on Playstation, Saturn(Japanese) and Mega CD(Japanese). I love the first two Lunar games.

PentiumMMX

03-19-2009, 12:51 PM

There's many I would want, but by long and far, the one I want the most is a Not For Resale, kiosk version of the N64 version of Diddy Kong Racing.

Aerond

03-19-2009, 01:36 PM

I always wanted to have a Mega CD with F1-Heavely Symphony :)
Probably the best F1 game of the 16-bit era.

If it was for the money... well, Tetris Megadrive is the answer!!! :D

Swamperon

03-19-2009, 01:54 PM

Mmmm there's lots I want but I'd have to say:

CIB Harvest Moon for the Snes (PAL) I've never seen a pal version for sale online, always ntsc. And it's expensive!

Chemdawg

03-19-2009, 06:52 PM

castlevania dracula X, one of the last few games i need to have all the castlevania's.

balkiry

03-19-2009, 07:22 PM

Panzer Dragoon Saga, Saturn

cib Knuckles Chaotix on the 32X. I'd still need a 32X but that'd go a really long way toward completing my Sonic collection. Failing that, Shining Force CD.

I got my hands on a pal version of this last year. It was the end of a long and frustrating journey. First I bought a boxed 32x off uk ebay in preparation, which SEEMED to have everything included... until I got it home and realised it was missing the small Mega-Drive/32x link cable... how many people have fallen for that???? Eventually I got the cable from America, then the game from Britain. Meanwhile I am in Australia. A lot of effort for a pretty ordinary game, but at least I have it now ^^;

Diosoth

03-19-2009, 07:51 PM

cib Knuckles Chaotix on the 32X. I'd still need a 32X but that'd go a really long way toward completing my Sonic collection. Failing that, Shining Force CD.

I bought a boxed Knuckles Chaotix for $10 a few weeks ago.

murdoc rose

03-19-2009, 08:24 PM

some of you seem to be thinking small, if you could have anything would you really chose a 100$ game no way here 100$ isn't that much to spend on a game all. nwcs are sort of a given and very cool there's been a few other big rares mentioned too but like i said before think about the possibility of this. lets take something like a 2600 pac man something most of us have 10 or 20 of in the doubles box. So instead of a released pac man how about a pac man proto wouldn't' that be cool. Now lets have that proto signed by Toru Iwatani Yay! now you have a one of a kind collectible and you could have that with any game. on this particular example you could have Jerry Buckner and Gary Garcia sing it too. have fun and dream big

Diosoth

03-19-2009, 10:56 PM

I'd like a copy of Terranigma that's in English AND playable on an NTSC console. The SFC copy is playable, but not in English.

SEGA_Queen

03-19-2009, 11:15 PM

Take a trip to Japan. It's about $10 CIB. They are quite common.

As for me, I wish I had a good copy of Lunar 2 on the Sega CD. I have it on Playstation, Saturn(Japanese) and Mega CD(Japanese). I love the first two Lunar games.

A trip to Japan is another thing I've always wanted to do! But of course, my lack of finances stops me again.

Ed Oscuro

03-19-2009, 11:30 PM

What, you can't take a quick jaunt to Japan to save $48 on a video game? That's crazy.

Haoie

03-20-2009, 02:26 AM

Just right now? Suikoden 1 and Tombi [known as Tomba to you Americans] come to mind.

Ed Oscuro

03-20-2009, 02:30 AM

Just right now? Suikoden 1 and Tombi [known as Tomba to you Americans] come to mind.
I have an extra Suikoden kicking around somewhere - NTSC territory of course.

The 1 2 P

03-20-2009, 02:52 AM

castlevania dracula X, one of the last few games i need to have all the castlevania's.

I finally snagged one of those last year when I found a cheap one on ebay.

As for my personal pick, I've always wanted the Mat Mania arcade cabinent. Why? Because there has never been a 100% arcade perfect console version. As a matter of fact, the only console version is for some really old system that I don't own. This game would be such a great release for Xbox live marketplace. Maybe I should get the word out.

boatofcar

03-20-2009, 02:53 AM

RASK1904

03-20-2009, 03:53 AM

What about that Snes Championship cart the guy was tring to sell for..... I forget like 120,000 or some shit. I'll take that!

What about something that doesn't even excist like Hellraiser for the NES. I'll take one of those too!

Lookie what I foundhttp://www.racketboy.com/retro/2006/09/holy-grails-of-console-game-collecting.html

zemmix

03-20-2009, 05:07 AM

Initial D arcade w/ 86!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b20/zemmix/arcade-stage-4-limited-1.jpg

I'd also love a flight simulator cocpit that had the ability to rotate 360 degrees and all around up and down so I could make myself sick from doing loopty-loops.

VG_Maniac

03-20-2009, 06:58 AM

Rockman World on the Genesis/Mega Drive (or "Wily Wars" as it's known in Europe).

boatofcar

03-20-2009, 09:20 AM

Initial D arcade w/ 86!

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b20/zemmix/arcade-stage-4-limited-1.jpg

I just changed my answer.

incubus421

03-20-2009, 09:29 AM

A decently priced copy of Tactics Ogre for the PS1. It's not too much to ask.

Breetai

03-20-2009, 10:23 AM

What, you can't take a quick jaunt to Japan to save $48 on a video game? That's crazy.It's insane! I mean, if he was smart he'd come here and buy a few suitcases full of games. Think of the money saved on shipping costs, let alone the price hikes by the exporters!

BTW, PC Engine Dracula X can now be had for 5000yen. Not mint, but still in good condition.

Flashback2012

03-20-2009, 01:33 PM

Magical Chase, Complete in Box, for the Turbografx-16

Honorable mentions...
The Addams Family Pinball Gold Edition
Aero Fighters, Complete in Box, for the Super Nintendo
Night Striker Deluxe Arcade Cabinet (sit down version)
Baby Pac-Man Arcade Cabinet

tom

03-20-2009, 03:14 PM

Tsunami Games 'Man Enough'.

Ed Oscuro

03-20-2009, 03:38 PM

It's insane! I mean, if he was smart he'd come here and buy a few suitcases full of games. Think of the money saved on shipping costs, let alone the price hikes by the exporters!

BTW, PC Engine Dracula X can now be had for 5000yen. Not mint, but still in good condition.
Well, it's true that I've wasted a lot of money on the markup for importing, but I would never send games back in carry-on. Ship it out from Japan; airlines have a much worse rate of losing and even damaging things than regular shipping services.

In fact, some travel experts tell people to mail their must-have stuff right to their hotel and bypass the airline as much as possible. Just take carry-on and that's it.