What is the MOST expensive game? (for all systems)

[Balloon Fight]

Well what is it? I really dont know anything about Neo Geo, but i am guessing that it would be Kizuna's Encounter (sp?)...

[Scoots]

I'm thinking the Nintendo World Championship gold cart which sold for like $6000.

[Zubiac666]

the european version of "kizuna encounter" goes for euro 5000.- at least.
this was price a year ago....could be higher now

but the most expensive in the world would be this:
http://www.gamespy.com/top10/december02/grails/1.jpg
if pic doesn't work go here:
http://www.gamespy.com/asp/image.asp?/top10/december02/grails/1.jpg

Gamespy's Nr.1 HOLY GAMING GRAIL: The "1990 Nintendo World Championship Cartridge" -gold version....only 26 were produced worldwide
minimum price would be around 6500$

Gamespy wrote:

A total of 116 cartridges were officially given away to the finalists, consisting of 90 carts with gray cases and 26 gold cartridges that were awarded to winners of a Nintendo Power magazine contest. With such an extremely low production run and a unique tie-in to Nintendo history, the NWC carts have become perhaps the most sought-after holy grails in all of video game collecting. A gold NWC cartridge recently sold for $6,500! Will their value increase in the future? It seems a safe bet.


they also wrote:

Gold NWC 1990 cart: NES collectors would sell their own mothers to get one of these
....indeed I would
:D

[Dr. Morbis]

Of course you do realize that the nwc actually looks nothing like that (save for the gold). That pic is a scan from the issue of nintendo power that held the contest. It is just a mock-up.

[MarioAllStar2600]

Morbis speaks the truth, there's not even dip switches!
BUt out of PS2, GC, and X-box it has to be Steel Battlion.

[Captain Wrong]

Hmm...I think it's tougher than just assuming it's going to be NWC. I mean is $6000 the going rate for a gold NWC, or was that just a fluke-one-time sort of thing (as I kind of get the impression it was.)

What is the "going rate" for a gold NWC? Isn't it in the $2000 range?

Plus are we discussion protos in this discussion?

I'd be tempted to go with Kizuna Encounter unless the legendary $6000 NWC wasn't a fluke.

[Jorpho]

Atari 2600 Video Life had a smaller print run, didn't it? But I suppose Video Life isn't quite as recognizable as the NWC cart.

Outside of the Neo Geo games, was there ever any game in major retail stores that cost more than that $99 Phantasy Star?

[bargora]

Video Life had a smaller print run, didn't it? But I suppose Video Life isn't quite as recognizable as the NWC cart.

Outside of the Neo Geo games, was there ever any game in major retail stores that cost more than that $99 Phantasy Star?
See MarioAllStar's post. ($200)

[Jorpho]

Steel Battalion has a $200 price tag in stores? Why?

[Ed Oscuro]

the european version of "kizuna encounter" goes for euro 5000.- at least.
this was price a year ago....could be higher now

but the most expensive in the world would be this:

-I killed the picture this time. help combat picture spam! - Ed

if pic doesn't work go here:
http://www.gamespy.com/asp/image.asp?/top10/december02/grails/1.jpg


I have to go with the PAL Kizuna Encounter, actually. Unless a number of carts show up, the limit of known copies is something like 3, and the last one sold for what, $10,000 USD? Take that NWC!

[sisko]

Steel Battalion has a $200 price tag in stores? Why?

Have you seen it?

It comes with a highly customized 40+ button controller.

Its well worth it too.

The most expensive domestic PSX game I have seen is Dragon Ball GT Final Bout. I sold a scratched disc only version of it for $200 cash a few years back.

[norkusa]

Hmm...I think it's tougher than just assuming it's going to be NWC. I mean is $6000 the going rate for a gold NWC, or was that just a fluke-one-time sort of thing (as I kind of get the impression it was.)

What is the "going rate" for a gold NWC? Isn't it in the $2000 range?

Plus are we discussion protos in this discussion?

I'd be tempted to go with Kizuna Encounter unless the legendary $6000 NWC wasn't a fluke.

I think that was just a fluke. I doubt we will ever see a gold NWC cart sell for that high again. Before that auction, the going rate on them were $1,500-$2,000. Even after that $6k auction, I remember seeing one NWC cart listed that didn't even get the opening bid of $2k.

I think the reason that it sold for so much was a mixture of someone who had too much money to blow, the BIN option on the auction, and a long drought of not seeing any NWC carts on ebay for a while.

BTW, anyone know how much one of those Mr. Boston Vectrex carts sold for that last time one was up on ebay? $2,500?

[dave2236]

I'd say NWC is about a $1500-$2500 depending on sticker condition and how many people are looking for it.

[wberdan]

id say the gold nwc cart has a realistic value of 2,500 - 5,000.
its a pretty cool item to have, and has a lot of hype surrounding it- so that is why i think it has a price premium.
Kizuna Encounter would be anotehr example of hype ramping up the cost of an item.


willie

[Sylentwulf]

I think a lot of people are getting the standard NWC cart confused with the GOLD NWC Cart.

Aren't there only 7 Gold NWC carts out there? Versus what, 50 (or more) grey ones?

I would say the gold NWC cart is worth $3,000-$5,000 easy. Wether we like to admit it or not, Nintendo MIGHT br more collected than the atari 2600, and I don't think any atari 2600 cart had a print run anywhere close to 7 :)

[ubersaurus]

Nintendo confirmed 26 gold NWC's produced. How many have survived is another matter, so that COULD be 7. No one knows.

[Rezrov]

BTW, anyone know how much one of those Mr. Boston Vectrex carts sold for that last time one was up on ebay? $2,500?

According to this (http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=Zsseb.5485%24FP3.5258%40newssvr29.news.pro digy.com&rnum=9&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dmr.%2Bboston%2Bvectrex%26hl%3Den%26lr %3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3DZsseb.5485%2524FP3.5258%2540newssvr29.n ews.prodigy.com%26rnum%3D9) archived newsgroup thread it went for $1225 on Ebay in 1998. Definitely one rare game. At least the rom was released so we can all play it.

- Shawn

[Darth Vader]

The last NWC gold that went on ebay (at least that I remember) went for about $3600 by the ebay user: firsticey. I don't see the game going lower than that.

Danny

[GaijinPunch]

Check the import forums.
There's a link to a Yahoo JP auction w/ an Turbo Duo game that sold for about $3500... and that's the 3rd one I've seen go for that much over the last few years.

[udisi]

most expensive US game
NWC Gold nes c. $3,000-6000
Runner-up ---Video Life Atari 2600 c. $2000-4000

Most expensive game in the world
PAL Kizuna Encounter Neo Geo-----c. $10,000+
Runnerup---Pal Air Raid ----------what ever it takes if one comes up for sale. can't really price.

Just for clarification NWC Grey's usually cap out at about $1500 for a good condition and label etc. Junked up you may be able to get one around $800

[Balloon Fight]

Hmm...I think it's tougher than just assuming it's going to be NWC. I mean is $6000 the going rate for a gold NWC, or was that just a fluke-one-time sort of thing (as I kind of get the impression it was.)

What is the "going rate" for a gold NWC? Isn't it in the $2000 range?

Plus are we discussion protos in this discussion?

I'd be tempted to go with Kizuna Encounter unless the legendary $6000 NWC wasn't a fluke.

Yea, i think we should include protos also. I thought I saw a Mr. Boston go for $1500... a while back also.

[ubersaurus]

most expensive US game
NWC Gold nes c. $3,000-6000
Runner-up ---Video Life Atari 2600 c. $2000-4000

Most expensive game in the world
PAL Kizuna Encounter Neo Geo-----c. $10,000+
Runnerup---Pal Air Raid ----------what ever it takes if one comes up for sale. can't really price.

Just for clarification NWC Grey's usually cap out at about $1500 for a good condition and label etc. Junked up you may be able to get one around $800

I don't think Air Raid is PAL. Doesn't it use NTSC colors? It's scanlines are neither NTSC or PAL, but if I recall, its closer to NTSC. Sides, all the copies found so far have been in the states.

[Dr. Morbis]

I distinctly remember a Metal Slug 1 cart going for $2500 on ebay a while back. Was this an anomolie or indicative of its average worth? Since Neo Geo collecting is usually tagged with the label of 'most expensive to collect for', it would be interesting to know what the most expensive Neo Geo carts are. Does anything have Metal Slug beat?

[udisi]

US turfmasters may come close, not hat sure, but Metal Slug 1 is pretty damn expensive ...I'd say usually around the $1500-2500 range

[Queen Of The Felines]

Anyone know how much a complete 2600 NTSC Asterix would go for? ;)

Kristine

[Balloon Fight]

Anyone know how much a complete 2600 NTSC Asterix would go for? ;)

Kristine

One beeeeeeliiiooooon dollars. :)

[Zubiac666]

I have to go with the PAL Kizuna Encounter, actually. Unless a number of carts show up, the limit of known copies is something like 3, and the last one sold for what, $10,000 USD? Take that NWC!

There were "many" (I Think about 300(?)) of those european "Kizuna Encounters" but they sold BADLY and so SNK retrieved most of them,changed the european cart-sticker to japanese cart-sticker and sold them again in japan.
For those who have japanese Kizuna: Check ur cart-sticker! If u r lucky there's a european sticker behind.