The Top-Ten Rarest Saturn Games

[Kyle15]

I was going to do a little write-up on the rarest (not most expensive) Saturn games.
In order to get it right, I'd like some input from fellow collectors out there. My knowledge is currently limited to a few RPGs and imports, not nearly worthy enough for a good list.

Here's what I need:

-Name
-Region
-How many were produced (if possible)

A little bit of history on each game would be good as well.

Thanks! :)
~Kyle15

[Draven]

Not a bad idea...doing the write-up, I mean. Not the "having DP members do it all for you" part.

[Sniderman]

Went to the Online DP guide and did a search for all Saturn games with a rarity rating of 6 and higher. Here's what I got:

Saturn U.S. Game Releases 3D Baseball Crystal Dynam 6 12/14/96 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Atlantis: The Lost Tales Sega 6 1998 Europe

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Blast Wind Technosoft 6 01/17/97 Japan

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Bokan To Ippatsu! Doronbo: Kanpekiban Banpresto 7 09/25/97 Japan

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Courier Crisis GT Interactive 6 1997 Europe

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Crows: The Battle Action For Sega Saturn Athena 8 12/18/97 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition Net Link Sega 8 02/16/98 USA

Saturn Demos, Samplers, & Non-Games Derisoba Deluxe Unknown 9 Japan

Saturn Demos, Samplers, & Non-Games Heim Waltz Sekisui Chem 10 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases House of The Dead, The Sega 6 03/15/98 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Hyper Duel Technosoft 6 12/06/96 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Lost & Found Volume 1 OlderGames 9 08/21/04 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Mortal Kombat Trilogy Acclaim 6 1997 Europe

Saturn Demos, Samplers, & Non-Games Oregon and Basic Eyeful Home Tec 10 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Panzer Dragoon Saga Sega 6 03/15/98 USA

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Sega Worldwide Soccer '98 Sega 6 11/19/97 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru Time Warner 8 01/17/97 Japan

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Swagman Eidos 6 1997 Europe

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Winning Post Koei 6 1996 USA

I'll let you sort it out and do any further homework regarding these titles.

[Bojay1997]

Went to the Online DP guide and did a search for all Saturn games with a rarity rating of 6 and higher. Here's what I got:

Saturn U.S. Game Releases 3D Baseball Crystal Dynam 6 12/14/96 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Atlantis: The Lost Tales Sega 6 1998 Europe

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Blast Wind Technosoft 6 01/17/97 Japan

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Bokan To Ippatsu! Doronbo: Kanpekiban Banpresto 7 09/25/97 Japan

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Courier Crisis GT Interactive 6 1997 Europe

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Crows: The Battle Action For Sega Saturn Athena 8 12/18/97 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition Net Link Sega 8 02/16/98 USA

Saturn Demos, Samplers, & Non-Games Derisoba Deluxe Unknown 9 Japan

Saturn Demos, Samplers, & Non-Games Heim Waltz Sekisui Chem 10 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases House of The Dead, The Sega 6 03/15/98 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Hyper Duel Technosoft 6 12/06/96 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Lost & Found Volume 1 OlderGames 9 08/21/04 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Mortal Kombat Trilogy Acclaim 6 1997 Europe

Saturn Demos, Samplers, & Non-Games Oregon and Basic Eyeful Home Tec 10 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Panzer Dragoon Saga Sega 6 03/15/98 USA

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Sega Worldwide Soccer '98 Sega 6 11/19/97 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru Time Warner 8 01/17/97 Japan

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Swagman Eidos 6 1997 Europe

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Winning Post Koei 6 1996 USA

I'll let you sort it out and do any further homework regarding these titles.

Lost & Found needs to come off that list since it was discovered that despite Oldergames' claims, it was never licensed and therefore is just a hobbyist release. For Europe, I would agree with Atlantis and also add Keio 2 and Deep Fear. For US stuff, Daytona CCE Netlink is probably the rarest, followed by the last releases which included Burning Rangers, Panzer Dragoon Saga, and HOTD.

[otaku]

I owned two of those-PDS and battle action. Paid 180 and 130 respectively. Would love to have owned taramarou but it was going for 400-has to be the most expensive saturn game I would imagine.

I agree lost and found is only a hobbyist release so it shouldn't count-they're always rare because of low demand/print runs on demand

[Kyle15]

Not a bad idea...doing the write-up, I mean. Not the "having DP members do it all for you" part.

I just want some input to make the list better. Otherwise, it would be a top-ten list of what everybody "thinks" is rare.
I'm not asking anybody to do any work for me: I figured a lot of you may know more than I do. That wouldn't require research on anybody's part if they already knew, right?
Now, I could look up stuff on my own, which I have, but general rarity doesn't pop up that often on regular places like Wikipedia and such.
When you deal with places such as that, price becomes more of an issue than real rarity.


Went to the Online DP guide and did a search for all Saturn games with a rarity rating of 6 and higher. Here's what I got:

Saturn U.S. Game Releases 3D Baseball Crystal Dynam 6 12/14/96 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Atlantis: The Lost Tales Sega 6 1998 Europe

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Blast Wind Technosoft 6 01/17/97 Japan

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Bokan To Ippatsu! Doronbo: Kanpekiban Banpresto 7 09/25/97 Japan

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Courier Crisis GT Interactive 6 1997 Europe

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Crows: The Battle Action For Sega Saturn Athena 8 12/18/97 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Daytona USA: Championship Circuit Edition Net Link Sega 8 02/16/98 USA

Saturn Demos, Samplers, & Non-Games Derisoba Deluxe Unknown 9 Japan

Saturn Demos, Samplers, & Non-Games Heim Waltz Sekisui Chem 10 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases House of The Dead, The Sega 6 03/15/98 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Hyper Duel Technosoft 6 12/06/96 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Lost & Found Volume 1 OlderGames 9 08/21/04 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Mortal Kombat Trilogy Acclaim 6 1997 Europe

Saturn Demos, Samplers, & Non-Games Oregon and Basic Eyeful Home Tec 10 Japan

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Panzer Dragoon Saga Sega 6 03/15/98 USA

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Sega Worldwide Soccer '98 Sega 6 11/19/97 USA

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru Time Warner 8 01/17/97 Japan

Saturn Non-U.S. Game Releases Swagman Eidos 6 1997 Europe

Saturn U.S. Game Releases Winning Post Koei 6 1996 USA

I'll let you sort it out and do any further homework regarding these titles.

Thanks, man! :)
Do you know anybody (or source) that has a good amount of production count information?
DP's the only place I have ever found print run details.

[dicknixon]

FYI

The following is based on my years of experience as a Sega Saturn USA NTSC Software Collector and Gamer.

I state that the following, in order of HARD-TO-ACQUIRE ( Rareness ) games/discs for the Sega Sature are:

1. Sega Screams Volume 2 - demo

2. On The Road Bootleg Sampler - demo

1. RAYMAN Playable Game Preview - a demo

3. DAYTONA USA C.C.E. Net Link Edition

** 4, 5 and 6. Lost & Found Series, Volumes 1 (only 25 copies produced), Volume 2 and Volume 3 (only 50 copies of each produced).

See my article at http://blog.videogamepricecharts.com/2010/02/lost-and-found-sega-saturn-games.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usedvideogamepricing%2FToUu+% 28Video+Game+Prices+%26+Collecting%29

** Though Lost & Found Software was produced in the good ole USA, I don't technically classify it as Offically released NTSC USA software because you need a MODDED Sega Saturn to view the 7 discs and play the games that are on them.


* For that reason the L & F Series probably is most sought after by Collectors than by Sega Saturn gameplayers.

4. Panzer Dragoon Saga

IF anyone knows different then this, please contact me, for I would like to know.

[DreamTR]

FYI

One game most gamers don't realize is probably just as hard to get a copy of as Daytona CCE Netlink Edition, is the USA Released DEMO, RAYMAN Playable Game Preview.

Dicknixon, there are lots of games like that but they technically are not released games.

[crux]

Here (http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sega/saturn/2008/05/the-rarest-and-most-valuable-sega-saturn-games.html)'s a page worth looking at from Racketboy.

The main article isn't all-inclusive (focuses more on US releases), but there are a lot of comments that mention most of the rare titles for the system, including some of the super rare promos (which aren't games at all). Oh, but not much actual print information (that stuff is harder to find).

I also found this: http://www.risingstuff.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=33

Again nothing on actual print numbers, and some of the price numbers are wildly inaccurate (2300 for Krazy Ivan?), but there's a ton of info, if you can manage to sift through what's actually relevant.

[Kyle15]

Here (http://www.racketboy.com/retro/sega/saturn/2008/05/the-rarest-and-most-valuable-sega-saturn-games.html)'s a page worth looking at from Racketboy.

The main article isn't all-inclusive (focuses more on US releases), but there are a lot of comments that mention most of the rare titles for the system, including some of the super rare promos (which aren't games at all). Oh, but not much actual print information (that stuff is harder to find).

I also found this: http://www.risingstuff.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=33

Again nothing on actual print numbers, and some of the price numbers are wildly inaccurate (2300 for Krazy Ivan?), but there's a ton of info, if you can manage to sift through what's actually relevant.

That's a great source of information. I've actually known about Racket Boy for a while now, so I have no idea how that page got by me.
Thanks for pointing it out. :)

[bombman]

Read this thread I just made about an unreleased Saturn game being sold.

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=139047

Definitely a 10 on the rarity scale imo.

[Bojay1997]

Read this thread I just made about an unreleased Saturn game being sold.

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=139047

Definitely a 10 on the rarity scale imo.

Why are you posting this here and anywhere for that matter when the consensus seems to be that this was just an error in the listing? There are tons of catalogs and listings on unreleased games out there and it doesn't mean that they actually exist or are available for sale.

[bombman]

Why are you posting this here and anywhere for that matter when the consensus seems to be that this was just an error in the listing? There are tons of catalogs and listings on unreleased games out there and it doesn't mean that they actually exist or are available for sale.

what consensus

[Parodius Duh!]

The Rarest Saturn game in existence is "Eyeful Home" a japanese exclusive which was basically a virtual tour of japanese rental properties. Only 50 or less copies were produced.

http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn17/eyeful.htm

[Richter Belmount]

The Rarest Saturn game in existence is "Eyeful Home" a japanese exclusive which was basically a virtual tour of japanese rental properties. Only 50 or less copies were produced.

http://www.segagagadomain.com/saturn17/eyeful.htm

That game sounds AWESOME

[DOAsaturn]

I actually have one of those Rayman preview discs. I bought it for $4.99 at EB Games at the Mall of America while I was on vacation with my family (I still have the price tag on it). I don't know why I bought it to be honest. It was weird that they were even selling demos, but that seemed to be the practice back then.

[DonnyK]

Sorry to bump this old thread but I just posted a Sega Screams demo disc Volume 2 on ebay if anyone was looking to pick one up. I had no clue it was so rare.