What is the Rarest Item You Have Found in the Wild?

[tonyvortex]

complete quadrun(2600)-$1
complete silver label gravitar(2600)-$1
astra superstars(saturn)-$26
radient silvergun(saturn)-$50
completecongo bongo(intellivision)-free
complete final fight guy(SNES)-free
swordquest waterworld(2600)-$1
complete texas chainsaw massacre(2600)-$1

[TRM]

I grabbed Tooth Protectors off of a friend with around 10 other Atari 2600 carts for around $10 total. I found Tengen Tetris in a GS for $7. I also grabbed several complete AVE NES games (Krazy Kreatures, Venice Beach Volleyball, etc) at a Game Stop for $3 or $4 each.

The sources have dried up around here though, unfortunately.

[digtempest]

I found Namco Museum Vol. 5 at FYE(new and only $20)a few years ago. And Vol. 4 at a KB(new and only $15) 2 years ago.

[8-Bit Master]

The rarest game that I've bought in the wild was Chavez II for the SNES, which is an R8. I've seen Robocop 3 for the Master System, which is an R9 though, but I didn't buy it since I was out of money. :/

[Nesmaster]

action 52 nes (complete) for free

[ave1]

#1 Trail of the Pink Panther: $1.50
#2 Pepsi Invaders (Coke Wins): $36

:Nyah:

Steve

[Avatard]

FF3 complete MIB. Free too me from a pawn shop that I do work for from time to time. I get first pick on games. :-P

[Ed Oscuro]

I haven't been at it that long, and recently I've had a break from thrifting; so far I've found Dungeon Explorer's CASE (DOH), and then had a great day where I found a ton of Genesis games including Herzog Zwei :)

Ultima: Quest of the Avatar for NES was another find.

Nothing special for me so far.

[Dimitri]

I used to collect mostly SNES, but I've recently switched over to Genny and PSX...

SNES:
Adventures of Kid Kleets (R7) EB, $5
Bebe's Kids (R7) Complete, indie store, $5
Kirby's Dreamland 3 (R5) EB, $20
Pac-in-Time (R6) EB, $6
Pocky & Rocky 2 (R6) Indie store, $10
Q*Bert 3 (R5) Indie store, $15
SimAnt (R6) Free from a friend.

Genesis:
Crusader of Centy (R6) complete from an indie store, $10
Gaiares (R5) complete from someone at the CGE2K4 swap meet room, about $10 considering the other games I grabbed. Still pissed that someone else grabbed Atomic Robo-Kid as I was reaching for it, though. :angry:

PSX:
Carnage Heart (R5) $30 without one of the manuals but I really wanted this game anyway. :D
Intelligent Qube (R5) Free, no manual though.
Team Buddies (R8 $25 by my printed guide, R7 $40 last I checked online...)...$12 complete at Gamestop. Fun game, too. :)

Also found a complete copy of Phantasy Star Collection (J, Saturn) at a local shop a while back...paid a pretty penny for it and I was neither a collector nor a Saturn owner at the time.

[Cauterize]

Neo Geo AES boxed but no power supply - £1
Crystal Screen Mario Bros G&W - £1
Mario The Juggler G&W - 50p

[crazyjackcsa]

Dragon Force + Saturn = 60 dollars Canadian. (At the time about 40 dollars US.)

[Classicgamesdepot]

some good stuff, but single game would have to be mountain bike ralley/ speed racer sealed and the snes > bike units for the bike accessory < 15 bux

[Slate]

Tank Brigade - BNEW & Sealed! This game is an R7 used, And the game itself is worth $40... I got it for $2 at goodwill. :) 8-)

[FlufflePuff]

I've found 3 Flintstones: Surprise at Dino Peak over the last year. The three cost me a total of $11 bucks and all were in great shape. I've also found 4 Suikoden 2's, three of which were in mint shape, one with some water damage to the manual. Found a complete Blackjack and Solitaire for the NES for 20 bucks. Had many other great finds, some of which were more valuable, but none as rare as those.

[Nez]

I saw a R8 atari game the other day but dicided not to pick it up, just dont feel like it.

Other then that its been.

Sonic LE Complete R7 $5

Motor Toon GP complete R7 $8

Action 52 R7 $5.50

[-hellvin-]

Sort my collection by rarity ;D

[SuperNES]

my SNES with all the hookups, a controller (actually 3 but 2 are broken) and 26 games, and a random box of manuals and literature for $00.00

[grimbal]

My two best are:
Snatcher complete on SCD for $6.95
Star Fox Super Weekend Editon - FREE -


Those previous two were my best but now it's my Sega Master System Store Demo Unit for $50.00

[dj898]

Saturn Dragon's Dream.
not sure how it ended up in my hand though...

[PDorr3]

back in the day I found a sealed FFT (way before GH was out) for $20 in a flea

[studvicious]

Just got a Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally (R6) snes for $5 at EB Games

[Mr.Faxanadu]

Vectrex at one garage sale and a Nomad at another sale down the street. :D

[President Shinron]

ifoun a panzer dragoon for $12 complete

[Crush Crawfish]

Just found a complete copy of Team Buddies for PS1 at gamestop today. Not only is it an R8, It's a good game as well! :D

[Big Papa Husker]

I found:

Foxhunt - PSX (R8) COMPLETE - $8 @ a Pawn
Joshua - Genesis (R7) COMPLETE - $9.39 @ local store
X-Com - PSX (R7) COMPLETE - $8.38 @ EB

[Kamisama]

Unlicensed Gameboy Modules from Sachen and a Xonox Double Ender for A2600 \^^/

[Kroogah]

Atari 2600 Glib, at a local indie game store. I have a feeling I'll never top that.

[hdnine]

Hmm... i wouldn't say it's my rarest system but by far my best deal. I found an European (PAL) Neo Geo home system, boxed and in very good condition at a flea market several years ago. And the price... about 25 dollar (200 swedish krona)!!! I later sold it with a ten times profit which i now regret though. =(

[puxley]

One fine day I found 3 shrinkwrapped Adventurevision cartridges. Really!
It was at a used bookstore. There was no console to be found, but I got Turtles, Super Cobra, and Space Force for $2 each.

I ended up trading Turtles for a Vectrex and a bunch of games, and I sold the others at the CGE for about $200 each.

But, like a lot of you, if I had found the console, I surely would have kept them all for myself.

That day will always be the best find ever....so far.

[Big Papa Husker]

I found another Fox Hunt and apparently they had another copy. Heh!

[junglehunter]

A boxed copy of Castlevania: Dracula X (SNES) :)

[Zadoc]

Panzer Dragoon Saga at Game Crazy for $55.

[Big Papa Husker]

X-COM - PSX - Complete - $9
X-COM - PSX - Disc Only - $1
Fox Hunt - PSX - Complete - $5
Valkyrie Profile - PSX - Disc Only - $5

If you count guides, I found the Suikoden I guide in mint condition for $5. Currently its going for $40-50 on Ebay.

[puxley]

Atari 2600 Beat 'Em & Eat 'Em, at Savers for $1. That was pretty cool!

[rick weis]

i found 4 atari 2600 released lab loaner carts at a swap meet. all for 5$ :-P

Rick

[legov8]

The rarest thing I found was just a Cruis'n Exotica for the Nintendo. It rates an R5.

[Link_Chrono]

I found Mega Swiv for the Megadrive which is an R5. Came in a bundle of the console and some other games for £8.

[suppafly]

International Super Star Deluxe NTSC for SNES

[ozyr]

Things in the wild...

Well, it's been a LONG time (at least it seems like it), mid 80's if I remember correctly. I got these along with 100 total Atari 2600 games, all for $1 each. A guy was just selling them at a rummage.

These are the rare ones that I remember from the collections I bought:

Halloween - Wizard Video (7 - DP rarity)

Jawbreaker - Tigervision (5)

Marauder - Tigervision (6)

Miner 2049'er Vol. II - Tigervision (7)

Swordquest: Waterworld - Atari (7)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre - Wizard Video (6)

And, as with most rare games, I traded or sold them away, and don't have them anymore. This was done for various reason:
1 - game too hard (Miner)
2 - game just plain sucked, so out the door with it (waterworld).
3 - someone else needed it and such
4 - I collect to play, not horde :D

That is the best I've done in the wild.

(darn thing is, I remember selling Miner II to get rid of it, as it was too hard, but I just checked a few hours ago just for the heck of it, and I have another copy of it! I was rather surprised to see it in the box of game I have. I have no idea how I got that again. Short term memory is the first to go, or so is said, but this is crazy).

That is about the rarest I've found in WI. Never seen any site of protos where I live. I'm always a bit jealous of those that just find these.

[tylerwillis]

Super Mario RPG - Complete in mint condition for $5

Gitaroo-Man - Complete in ok condition for $12

[legov8]

I just got a Stunt Racer 64. Very nice game.

[newtype5]

I found a loose 2600 Q*Berts Qubes for $5 last summer at a cd/game store, along with Tapper and some other less rare Atari 2600 games - talk about making my day!

[segarocks30]

Rolo to the Rescue got it for 3 dollars at EB itmis a R6

[suppafly]

A fun n games (r8) for snes...

[InsaneDavid]

JVC X'Eye - $3 at the local flea market (no power supply).
NES Top Loader - $5 at the same flea market (again, no power supply).

[SuperNES]

my SNES was from freecycle.org, but my rarest (and only) thrift find was a SMB/DH cart. i bought it for 1.50 just because that was before i was hardcore collecting, and also it was my first ever thrift find (well of videogames anyway) LOL

[junglehunter]

Rarest game I have found was a complete X-Com: UFO Defence (PSX, R7) for $4.99. :)

[snes_collector]

Hurricans(SNES, R7) it was 10$ and I though it was too much(it wasnt) so I didnt buy I. I regreat it soooo bad.

But once I got a top-loader and a reg. Nes and some games for 20 or 30 bucks. :-P

[Hornet70]

Atari 2600 Music Machine Rarity 9......25 cents at flea market :)

[atari_wizard]

The N64 Finds Were Mostly At Game Crazy. They Had A Special 3 Games For $15.00

NES
NES Action Set Boxed/Complete $10
NES Control Deck Complete/Boxed W/2 Games $10
Ms. Pac-man (namco) $2-4 bucks
Pac-man (namco) $5.00
Baseball Stars 2 $8.00
Bases Loaded 4 $4.99
Pro Sport Hockey (my old game store was having a deal foro 4 sports games for a dollar)
Dragon Warrior II $10
Super Dodgeball $2.00

N64
Blitz Specail Edition
Donkey Kong 64 Not For Resale $5.00
International track n field 2000 $2.99
International Superstar Soccer 64 $5.00
International Superstar Soccer '98 $5.00

I'm sure there are several more that i didn't mention.

[AlexKidd]

Probably a vectrex at a tag sale for $8. Not extremely rare but still a very good deal.

[Speedy_NES]

I hardly ever hunt in the wild, but these are my best finds from around 8 years ago:

All Panesian manuals & many other rare NES manuals (included in a batch of 700 NES manuals for 5 dollars...all MINT)
X-COM for PSX for $9.99
Revolving Cartridge Organizers for NES $5 each (This was actually my first find at any thirft store back in the day...3 new & CIB and 1 loose show model...these have only been seen on eBay twice...so they are also extremely rare to come across)

-Speedy

[sirhansirhan]

I worked as an Assistant Manager at Blockbuster just as SNES, Genesis, and Saturn games were all being eliminated to make way for PSX and N64 games, so, with my employee discount and privelaged pick among them, I got:

Chrono Trigger with Mint box for $8
Final Fantasy II with Mint box for $8
Castlevania: Dracula X with Mint box for $8
Mutant League Hockey with case for $4
Herzog Zwei with eaten-looking case $2.60

Also, we had this sale one time on used PSX games, and we received a few boxes of them from other stores, so as to mix up our inventories to appease the locals. In one of these boxes was a horribly mangled (but still functioning) copy of Dragon Ball Z: Final Bout, back when it was going for about $200, which I got for $8.

Recently (within the past six months), I've found:

Complete and pristine Gitaroo-Man for $18 (which is maybe my new favorite PS2 game)
Complete and pristine Rez for $50 (sold on eBay for $110)
Complete and pristine copy of Suikoden II for $54 (sold on eBay for $105)

And finally, my favorite recent story: I have been looking very seriously for some time for a decent shape copy of Snow Brothers, Bonk's Adventure, and/or Duck Tales 2 on NES. These were the three games I wanted most in the world on any system. Then, last Thursday, I went into a local, one-off used video game store that I go to frequently to kill some time, and found a mint copy of Duck Tales 2 for $5 that hadn't been there before. It made my day.

[dj898]

i wouldn't call it wild as it was centre of Osaka - denden town...

got Famicom Soap Panic, FamiDisk Biyoujou Mahjong, Saturn Mirage CD, Saturn Graphic Tools Mac disks...

[mgriff]

Rare Games I've Found In The Wild:

For PS:
DDR Disney Mix, Complete, Near Mint for $35
Spot Goes to Hollywood, Complete, Near Mint for $3 - R7
Starblade Alpha, Complete, Near Mint for $4 - R7

[MrSmiley381]

Neo Geo AES for $20 from some dumb black guy at the flea market. I was lucky my uncle gave me an extra $10 that day, too. Afterwards he bitched for at least an hour about how the damned thing better work.

Which it still does.

[Raketemensch!]

At my local used videogame store, I found a perfectly packaged Radiant Silvergun in the Saturn import section! Trying to keep my cool, I asked the cashier how much it was. He gave me a stupid look and told me it was more than I could afford, $300 bucks more. He was right :(

[Kaboomer]

Yep - I found (3) Intv Basic (programming) Carts which were to be inserted into the never released computer module. I paid a whopping $5 for three of these along with a few other misc. classic gaming items. I doubt I will ever score that big again. I ended up selling and trading them away. I do have some photos of them if anyone is interested in seeimg them.

Kaboomer

[fpstream]

Magic Carpet for the PSX, 2 bucks.

[VG_Maniac]

A Sega Nomad at the local Goodwill for $5. The screen still had the plastic covering on it, thus it was in mint condition with no scratches.

[smokehouse]

-Contra Force loose for $2 (perfect shape cart)

-Final Fantasy II loose for $10 (perfect shape cart)

-Turtles IV and Contra III factory sealed, $10/pc