Stuff You Recently Discovered Is RARE

[digitalpress]

OK here's a thread I'd like to update every other month or so. Sort of a "heads up" for gamers of all different systems. I'm also considering making this a side-box on my Tips & Tricks column (with the Retrogaming Roundtable again listed as the "council" on this).

This idea popped into my head when I realized...

What the HELL? Bust-a-Groove 2 for PSX is RARE? I mean... THAT rare? Check out some sellers, online auctions, etc. www.half.com has sellers expecting over $100 for it.

I've got some more that I found while studying PSX games today, but list ANY title, ANY system here, if you've discovered its rare either through personal experience, a trade, inside info, or even online availability.

[Sothy]

Bonk for NES..I mean when the fuck did that happen?

[buttasuperb]

Bonk for NES..I mean when the fuck did that happen?

probly right after i traded mine to fluke.

[Raccoon Lad]

I just saw a ToeJam&Earl, cart only, go for $40! on Ebay!!

[Kroogah]

I just saw a TG16 Splatterhouse jewel case & instructions only, going for $50 ON EBAY!!! I remember when a COMPLETE (incl. the box) copy would go for $40!

[GENESISNES]

I just saw a ToeJam&Earl, cart only, go for $40! on Ebay!!

Toejam isn't rare. it was produced in large quantities, and it is just in high demand, and everybody wants it, so they'd pay a lot of money for it. I thought Harvest moon 64 was rare too cuz i saw it on ebay for up to 60 bucks, but it's just in high demand.

Well, i just recently figured out that Ren and Stimpy Fire Dogs will be rare, since it was only available by rental. i got it at video update when they were selling out they're stock. i have it with the box too.

[geelw]

i've sold a few games here and about, and later found out i more or less shot myself in the foot somewhat:

discworld (playstation)- bought part one on ebay for 10.50 (perfect shape!), found part two new for 9.99 at a music store that sold games from a small cardboard box near the cash register. sold them both to some VERY happy lady for $30. thought i made out like a bandit, until i saw that she auctioned off both games and got about $120 (d'oh!)

sonic council (saturn)- so-so 2D fighter. had it, hated it, dumped it for $25 with shipping- later found out it's was worth about $65 used (ugrgle)

groove on fight (saturn)- ditto. the boxed one fetches about 80 bucks or more. sold mine for $35 (oog)

intelligent qube (psx)- bought mine new for $19.99 at a kay-bee sale (they had a LOAD of them)- played it, finished it, sold it for $15. try and find one cheap now, lol...

indiana jones and the infernal machine (n64)- ONLY sold online via lucasarts or in selected blockbuster video shops. spent 3 months scouring blockbusters around the city, finally snatched a complete one off ebay for about $60. 4 of the other bidders e-mailed me offering everything from $100 to a complete porno collection (40 tapes! you can't beat that man!"). i kept the game this time...

[Tritoch]

Airforce Delta Storm for Xbox - It AIN'T RARE PEOPLE, but they continue to bid and think like it is because it's OOP.

[Sothy]

i put a sealed longbox psx discworld up and it only went for like 30 bux. Pissed me off.

[bluecollarninja]

final fantasy anthology

i mean, what the hell?

[video_game_addict]

Those discworld games are rare, but they aren't worth $120 She might of got luckly off some idiot. Like Sothy just said his sealed copy only went for $30

Oh and in case someone needs these two games, a local store near me has both 1 & 2 used for around $15-20 each. I could pick them up, if it's worth it to anyone.

[Keir]

Yashiro - You had me all excited for a minute there, but I checked out eBay and that auction was obviously a fluke. One person bid $50 and another person with no feedback bid 14 times to get it as high as possible. $20 is typical for game with jewel case and instructions.

Oh well!

[Sylentwulf]

I didn't know the Kisado adapter for the TG-16 I had was worth ANYTHING for about 3-5 YEARS.

Then I sold it for $350 and bought a turboduo and a LOT of games :)

[Lady Jaye]

I was shocked when I read in this board (or was it the old Ezboard version?) that King Arthur and the Knights of Justice (SNES) was rare. Of all my SNES carts, it's the one I like least, along with Rocko's Modern Life (great cartoon, baaaaad videogame!).

[Vroomfunkel]

I didn't even know that this game existed, until I saw this auction...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1384468673

anyone else ever come across a PAL "Space Adventure" for the Mega CD? Or know roughly what it is actually worth?

I know Snatcher is fairly rare ... I have seen it go for up to £70. I got mine on a BIN for £30, and was very happy!!

Vroomfunkel

[geelw]

it was released here in the u.s. in limite4d quantities as well. the japanese version is called space adventure cobra, and i believe it's based on the 2nd pc-engine cd game, called (remarkably enough) space adventure cobra II...

it's NO snatcher, by the way- more of a "b" movie/digital comic hybrid...

[Tetsu]

I passed up the Coleco Smurf Paint Pro game up for the adventure Smurf CV game because I didn't have the hardware to play the former. Later I learned that it commands a #5 rarity rating in the DP Guide. I could have bought it for $3. *stabs self with rustry screwdriver*. Also, I bought SFII CE for PC Engine, and the seller throws in what turns out to be the PC Engine Purple Barney Converter for free. I didn't care, since I had a PC Engine Duo and a Turbo Duo at the time and didn't need a converter, so I put it up on eBay and guess what? it sold for more than my Duo did! $132.00! woo hoo!

[DDCecil]

Basically all the Saturn games (30) I received with my White Saturn back in late 1998 for $200. Soon, I started trading them for cheap garbage, now i'm kicking myself 10x over... Especially the Psychic Ninja Taromaru game... I did trade it for a Turbo Duo, which later broke... :mad: The only two I still have left from the 30 are Super Real Mahjong Grafitti and Keio Yugekitai...

[Captain Wrong]

Puzzle Fighter for PSX. Wow! I just looked on ebay at that one and whew! If it wasn't for the fact I really like it, I'd consider letting it go for those prices!

[ubersaurus]

Who'd have thought my childhood Rampage game for 7800 was actually a rather sought after and rare title?

[SuperPsycho]

A little while ago I read somewhere in the forums that Swat Kats for SNES is supposedly somewhere between a 7 and a 10... I wish I knew the exact number.

I've never seen the game on e-bay untill today..... no bids on it and just over one day left... no pictures and it doesn't say anything about a box or manual.... Probably not that much demand for it. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1383611729

I have a box with my copy of the game... too bad the stupid re-sell stickers ruined it.

[ubersaurus]

You are tellin me that this copy of swat kat's my aunt got me all those years ago is rare too? Geez.

[slurpeepoop]

The greatest surprise I have had would be this:

A long time ago, a friend of mine was the manager of a Toys R Us, and he called me one day, telling me about a Dragonball game on the PSX. Being a huge fan, I ran down there. Of course, it was Dragonball GT: Final Bout. I bought a copy for $30, as did another friend and my friend who worked there.
After playing it, I decided to go buy a few more copies to give to fellow DB fans for their birthdays, Christmas, etc.

Fast forward about 5 years, and I had become a video game collector. Looking through my collection, and finding the values of my games and systems, I rediscovered Dragonball GT, as well as two unopened copies. After finding out that they were selling for $150 on EBay, I ran to tell my other friends who had copies of the game. One person had traded his in years ago to get another game, and another friend sold me his for $30, since I was the one who got it for him.

So at one time, I had 4 copies of Dragonball GT: Final Bout, two of which were still sealed.

I couldn't have been happier.

[bluecollarninja]

symphony of the night for PSX
i mean what the bloody hell. its a greatest hit man!

[Kid Fenris]

I never thought that The Raiden Project for the PSX would ever command more than $20 on eBay, but that's what it does in nearly every auction. And they say that no one likes old-school shooters.

So Geelw, Sonic Council isn't particularly good?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1389988143

Uh oh.

[kainemaxwell]

Before joining the boards here I never knew the rarity I had with MUSHA for the Genesis, or the collectability value of the Sega CDX.

[Neo-Jorge]

Has anyone seen the going rate for Street Fighter collection 2 for PSX??? Some have sold for 100.00 Clams WTF is going on with this.



Thanks

[ROBOTRON]

Wow...my Musha Geneis Cart is rare??? Cool!

Also I found out I had other rare stuff including:

Rescue Terra One-Atari 2600 (Thank you Ubersaurus)
Herzog Zwie-Genesis (Technosft Genius)
Radiant Silvergun-Saturn (Love this game!)
Psyvariar-PS2 (excellent shmup)
Zanac X Zanac (Original copy!)

[EnemyZero]

well i new that Metal Slug 1 for neo geo was rare but when i seen it sell for 2,500 dollars on ebay it shocked me, it was used, still had the case and instruction booklet and the poster it came with, all in great condition, personally I dont think I'd blow nearly that much on a game unless I won the lottery and became filthy rich.

one more thing, this is kinda off topic but this proves alot of those flea market people really dont know what they are selling. A week ago i went to the local flea market ::shiver:: like going to a carnie convention....anyways, i usually hit up the same to guys 1 has a huge selection of not so rare and kool games and systems for cheap , and the other has a not so huge selection but he seldomly gets rare games in, and well on this fine thursday afternoon i was talking to this man and he tells me he got a box from some guy with 5 still wrapped never been open sega saturn games, BUT sadly they are all the same game, so i asked him to show me and he did, what was this game? lets just say i almost had a stroke on the spot, 5 never opened panzer dragoon saga games for SS, even better he gave them to me for 15 bucks a crack WOW DID HE LOOSE OUT, either way, ive decided to open one and play, WOAH WHAT A GAME , im keeping one still wrapped for safe keeping and i will be posting the other 3 on ebay soon, i will keep you all posted and give a link in case anyone is looking for it. :D

[jonjandran]

Well it's not a console game ,, but...
My wife got a Privateer 2 The Darkening game complete in the box at goodwill for me for $4.99 and i thought what the heck. I put it on E-Bay and got $55.00 for it. Never new computer games were worth anything. Thought people would just pirate them. :roll:

[Arqueologia_Digital]

Star Hawk for Game Boy, i don´t know if it´s rare, but nobody gave me some information about that and i didn´t find it in Ebay and in a rarity game boy guide. If anyone know something about this game, please help me.

[Charlie]

I find it weird that you were offered $100 for a complete Indiana Jones for the N64 because I've monitored it's auctions for over a year now and I've never seen a copy go for that. In fact, all the complete copies on Ebay right now are lucky if they clear $25.
http://search-completed.ebay.com/search/search.dll?GetResult&query=Indiana+Jones+Nintendo+64&from=R8&ht=1&combine=y&st=2&SortProperty=MetaEndSort

I've got a box full of them that I snagged because I counted on them being sought after once the N64 was history. But it's a shitty game and among the Blockbuster exclusives, it's easily one of the most common. Think of it like this. There are only four active copies on ebay right now. There are 3 Razor Scooters, 2 Beast Wars, 0 copies of Clay Fighter Sculptor's Cut... ebay isn't the best way to figure out rarity, but it gives you a hint.

As for games I didn't know were rare until recently, Puzzle Fighter for PSX suprised me... so did NCAA Basketball for the Cube. I'm stunned that I couldn't find a copy anywhere in town here.

[orrimarrko]

Well,

Although I new it was rated a 9, when I bought my Q*Bert's Cubes mint/complete in mint box (for $1.99!!), I was surprised by how much some people were offering for it. I am keeping it for now, but I had no idea that it was worth that much. Then again, I had no idea that ANY 2600 game was worth that much, so I guess there is no shock there.

I typically NEVER use eBay as a judge of what's rare - especially when it comes to how much people are paying. I do, however, use it to see how often a game comes up for sale. Then, eBay can be very helpful.

Charlie has an excellent point about the N64 exclusives - I can't find Clay Fighter Sculpter's Cut anywhere - on the net or in person. (By the way, someone please correct my list of N64 exclusives if I am wrong: ClayFighter Sculpter's Cut, International Superstar Soccer 2000, Indiana Jones ,International Track & Field 2000, NFL Blitz: Special Edition, Razor Freestyle Scooter, Stunt Racer 64, Transformers.)

I get kind of annoyed when I here about people identifying games as RARE, when they aren't really rare - just popular, or overpriced because of misinformed buyers.

I just picked up Bebe's Kids for SNES because I remembered the cartoon and I liked Robin Harris. I was pleased to discover that it was rated a 7.

[Cmosfm]

Just found out that Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy for PSone was rare. Seen it at Blockbuster for 6.99, decided to pass on it, and later did some checking up on it. Then I went back to get it the next day....GONE!

:angry:

[Swiftman007]

i have 2 copy of Gas Hog that I found.. worth about 80$ on the dp guide !!

[Famidrive-16]

indiana jones and the infernal machine (n64)- ONLY sold online via lucasarts or in selected blockbuster video shops. spent 3 months scouring blockbusters around the city, finally snatched a complete one off ebay for about $60. 4 of the other bidders e-mailed me offering everything from $100 to a complete porno collection (40 tapes! you can't beat that man!"). i kept the game this time...

wouldn't you know it, the Gamecrazy here has three copies of the game there for sale. Guess I know what I'll be getting next trip there.

and just found out thanks to the board about the whole Sonic adventure LE fiasco.

[charitycasegreg]

Well I discoverd that this weird gold cart is weird. It says nwc 1990 championship on it. Its got these little switches in th corner. I heard there werent that many made..... just kidding, I barely have any even slightly rare games. :(

[nothingisttrue]

i saw final fantasy vii go for like 200 sealed on ebay. the original not the greatest hits. i mean wtf?

[ApolloBoy]

Just found out that Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy for PSone was rare. Seen it at Blockbuster for 6.99, decided to pass on it, and later did some checking up on it. Then I went back to get it the next day....GONE!

:angry:

How rare is it? I actually own it (I didn't get it, my sister did!).

[robotriot]

I saw Alien Breed 2 for CD32 (I think it was 2, not 92 or TA, doh) complete with box and all manuals at ebay selling for 62EUR.

[jonjandran]

Airforce Delta Storm for Xbox - It AIN'T RARE PEOPLE, but they continue to bid and think like it is because it's OOP.

It's not OOP . It was re-released early last year and it only sells for $20 on Ebay for the last 6-7 months.

Now over a year ago I was getting $70-100 for them. @_@

[Cmosfm]

Just found out that Hello Kitty's Cube Frenzy for PSone was rare. Seen it at Blockbuster for 6.99, decided to pass on it, and later did some checking up on it. Then I went back to get it the next day....GONE!

:angry:

How rare is it? I actually own it (I didn't get it, my sister did!).

Well, on the PSone Rarity List...not the DP list, the one that someone else posted on here its R (rare) valued at 25.00. Nothing spectacular but still noteworty.

[youruglyclone]

I just saw a ToeJam&Earl, cart only, go for $40! on Ebay!!

it's kinda rare but then again I've gotten my hand on 3 copies even though I sold it for 10 a piece...not a big deal just glad they're going to a good home ::kicks self::

but yeah never knew bust a groove 2 is rare. I bought mine for 18 bucks

[Happy_Dude]

I already knew my blue lable Shark Attack was a rarity 4 in AA's database
but I'v spoken to another Australian collector and it turns out PAL Appolo
carts are much rarer than the NTSC ones :D

[robotriot]

Yet another Alien Breed selling *really* high, this time it was AB3D for the CD32, complete with box and all the other stuff, for 82EUR, that's like the highest I've ever seen on a CD32 game o_O

[robotriot]

Oh, and Battlestorm for CDTV, 75EUR. Damn, I really couldn't afford those. Or don't want to atm :|

[Griking]

Airforce Delta Storm for Xbox - It AIN'T RARE PEOPLE, but they continue to bid and think like it is because it's OOP.

What kind of print run would a game have to have to be considered rare and how would a person even know what the total print run for a game was? I can't see a game like AFDS being a huge seller. That and the fact that it's no longer in print doesn't make it hard to believe that it may be rare.

[Overbite]

Silent Bomber.

I played the demo of it way back when it was on the OPM demo disc (japanese demo too) and loved it, so months later i find it at a best buy for $9.50. What a weird price.

er anyway i was looking in a GMR mag a few months ago and in their little "then n now" section they said Silent Bomber was a great game and hard to find, so i went on ebay and say it for $60+ :D good thing i bought it.

same with Bangai-o for dreamcast. i didnt know it was rare.

[zerohero]

Die hard Arcade - Didn't know you could still rack in 20 for it.

Crash N the Gang Street Challenge - Another NES game racking up in the 20's.

[XianXi]

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for PS2, 1 week it was $15 then now its like $50-60. When I heard it was gonna stop being printed I bought a couple copies. Especially now since the Marvel name is so big then game will never get reprinted since it costs too much just to use the name now.

[Tan]

Silent Bomber.

I played the demo of it way back when it was on the OPM demo disc (japanese demo too) and loved it, so months later i find it at a best buy for $9.50. What a weird price.

er anyway i was looking in a GMR mag a few months ago and in their little "then n now" section they said Silent Bomber was a great game and hard to find, so i went on ebay and say it for $60+ :D good thing i bought it.

same with Bangai-o for dreamcast. i didnt know it was rare.

funny, i played that OPM demo as well like it was going out of style, and i think i read the same GMR article, not sure if it was there or not but i read somewhere how there was a very low production number on that game, before i found it on ebay i had never even seen a copy before, so i guess it was a bit of a "holy grail" for me, it seems quite common in europe though.

[SEGA-SAMMY]

Nintendogs: Best Friends, going for $60 + on ebay. Earthbound for SNES. I knew complete was rare, but I didn't know loose was going for as much as it does! :/

[SEGA-SAMMY]

Nintendogs: Best Friends, going for $60 + on ebay. Earthbound for SNES. I knew complete was rare, but I didn't know loose was going for as much as it does! :/

[evil_genius]

32x World Series baseball feat Deion Sanders.

[Jumpman Jr.]

32x World Series baseball feat Deion Sanders.

I freaking hear that! I mean, I knew it was rare, but one just sold for $100 on ebay!

[vintagegamecrazy]

Earthbound for SNES. I knew complete was rare, but I didn't know loose was going for as much as it does!

It's not rare at all just in demand.

I just found out how rare book worm for GBA is in the last few weeks.

[DTJAAAAMJSLM]

I didn't know Shanghai: True Valor was a 7. There's been a copy of the game at work for a few months, so I finally picked it up after learning it was rare.

[Steve W]

I just recently followed a link to an eBay auction for Stadium Mud Buggies for the Intellivision. It was something like $240! I figured out that the game was rare years ago, but I didn't realize just how rare until that point. I ordered mine directly from INTV. Later my local Toys R' Us had loads of them in stock, eventually knocking them down to $9.90. They never got in Spiker!, though. I probably wouldn't have bought it anyway, since sports games never entertained me at all.

[-_-Nintendo-_-]

I kept passing up a complete copy of Team Buddies for the PS1 in this pawn shop untill a few weeks ago when I decided to pick it up for a couple of bucks, and it's an R7!

[tritium]

Midway arcade vol2, when I Had 2 copies I had no idea it was worth anything...

[Barbarianoutkast85]

Tail of the Sun, for the original Playstaion I know have two complete copies and just happened to look up the rarity and low-and-behold it's a rarity level 7. I had no clue.

[Barbarianoutkast85]

Also a few weeks ago I told this story in another thread. Somewhere in the range of four or five years ago when I first started collecting, I bought a pile of NES games for dirt cheap and in the mix was; Caltron 6-in-1 and The Flintstones the surprise at dinosaur peak. When I got home I was updating my "inventory" papers (At the time was writing each game, if it was complete, the rarity, and value in a tablet.) and looked the two up and realized both were amazingly rare.