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

[mizarkgram]

I'm sure that thsi has been talked about before, but I was just reading some others' "Finds of the Year" and thought that everyone could just throw their great, rare (either a personal rarity -- a game that you have been looking for for ages, or a book-rarity -- one that is generally accepted to be rare) finds in the wild here.

Personally, I have had a shitty year for rare finds, and the only thing that can fit into this categary for me is PSX Terry Pratchett's Discworld (R5) which I have not been able to find anywhere (and I wanted it) and is one of the rarer items in my collection (my collection is filled with commons mainly...)

WHAT ABOUT YOUS?

[MarioAllStar2600]

A complete Zapper. :embarrassed: :(

[Lee Krueger]

I have found several unique items here in the Seattle. The most facinating being the 2 Intellvision Computers (Original Master Components) I found along with all the Software (shrinkwrapped) for them. A coupel of protos have been unearthed here as well. This area used to be the area to shop... not anymore :(

-Lee

[Raccoon Lad]

Quadrun with Manual $4 - Value Villiage

Chase the Chuckwagon $0.50 - GoodWill

[Jibbajaba]

Damn I really want a complete zapper gun, actually. I also want a complete NES advantage if anyone wants to sell either of those items...

Anyways, in the last month, I have found a complete copy of Namco Ms. Pac-Man for NES which is an R7, and a copy of Qix for NES (loose) which is also an R7. Several years ago I got a complete copy of Tengen Tetris for NES for about $4 from a mom and pop used game store. Thats an R6. I have pretty good luck with thrift stores around here though due to little or no competition.

[sniperCCJVQ]

2600 Gas Hog (R8)

It's still for sale by the way :)

Also 2600 Motorodeo BUT still untested because i don't have a 2600 anymore. So i don't know if it's NTSC or PAL.

[christianscott27]

mmm...

rarest cart, congo bongo INTV

i found a battlezone lab loaner cart, which is rare in a way, especially finding one on the east coast

rarest things- 2 seperate vectrex minicade finds

rarest as in "whats this doing here item"- pc engine GT, the japanese turnbo express. i mean finding a regular turbo express is tough here but a jp one?

[The Insomniac]

I found a Japanese Mega Drive with all the hookups, 2 controllers and 6 games for $25 8-) .

[Porkchop]

My rarest find was an Atari XE Bristles and Flip and Flop (both R9) in a Value Village for .40 each.

My second best was a Odyssey 2 Power Lords (R8) for .50 at a local Thrift.

[norkusa]

When I first started collecting 7 years ago, I found a boxed Peek-A-Boo Poker and Hot Slots at a local video store for $5.95 each. I still have them too. ;)

[briskbc]

I found a mint and complete Braindead 13 for the PS. Thats an R7. There was another R7 but I forget what it was. It was also a Playstation game.

[Simply Dave]

Probably the best thing I've found this year is a complete mint copy of Miner 2049er for the Atari 2600 at an estate auction. Not terribly rare, but I guess it's hard to come by in complete form.

[-hellvin-]

My best finds:

Guilty Gear - PSX
Diner - Intellivision
Puzznic - NES

Haven't found my first R8 or R9....yet.

[dreamcaster]

Going by the DP rarity guide:

Arcade Smash Hits (SMS) - boxed, free (R5)
Guilty Gear (PSX) - complete, $12.00 AU (R7)
Outrun 2019 (SMD) - boxed, $6.00 AU (R5)
World Champ (NES) - cart. only, $2.00 AU (R5)

I would also consider Guilty Gear X (PS2) a rarity and I'd like to see what rarity ranking DP considers it to be (I picked this up complete for $30 AU) :D

I also have Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (DC) which is an R6, but I paid dearly for that one ($50 AU).

[mizarkgram]

I found a mint and complete Braindead 13 for the PS. Thats an R7. There was another R7 but I forget what it was. It was also a Playstation game.

I am STILL kicking myself in the ass when it comes to this game... I had this thing complete (got it at a video store a while back before I was really into gaming) and then tried to play it, hated it witha passion (I dont really like the FMV-ish games) and then threw it up on eBay and sold it for some piddly amount (just got back what little I paid for it) and now that I realize its true value, I repeatedly kick myself in the ass..... :smash:

[kainemaxwell]

Zoop today for $4.99.

[nildem]

Halloween (Atari 2600, cart only) --- $0.50

[YoshiM]

Peek a Boo Poker, Hot Slots & Bubble Bath Babes for about $15 for all three complete.

Maxi 15 and Action 52 for about $6 a pop. All of these were at the same video store.

Tengen Tetris, cart only, $3 at Goodwill.

[Balloon Fight]

Probably my Game Action Replay for NES, or my Namco Pac-man.

[purenergy]

Rescue Terra 1 (2600), cart only, $2 at Goodwill

[jerkov]

I've found a couple of R7s and R8s in the wild. These are off the top of my head:

Psychic Detective (PSX - R8 - complete, $5.99 at EB)
Streets of Rage 2 (SMS - R8 - boxed, $10 at PC5)
Flintstones: SADP (NES- R7 - loose, $4.99 at GS)
Namco Ms. Pac-Man (NES - R7 - boxed, $14.99 at GS)
Namco Pac-Man (NES - R7 - complete, $12.99 at GS)

I may have one or two more, but not sure at the moment. I've also found a ton of great R5 and R6 stuff for NES in the wild (Bubble Bobble 2, Bonk's Adventure, Cowboy Kid boxed, all the Dragon Warriors a few complete, Jungle Book complete, Little Samson, Mario's Time Machine, Panic Restuarant, Race America, Snow Brothers, etc.).

[sisko]

I've found several R6's in the wild for various systems, which really aren't rare.

My rarest "what the hell is this doing here" find was both a Famicom multi-cart and a complete import Pilot Wings 64 at a local thrift.

[Funkenstein]

I have a few R6, which aren't stellar, but they're the rarest I have. I found a loose Genesis Double Dragon in a thrit for the for $2, The City Of Lost Children (psx) in a rental store for $5, and Liberty or Death (Genny) loose in Funcoland for $12.

[TNTPLUST]

Well I haven't been so lucky but I have had a few rare wild captures.

A real beat up loose Gas Hog for the 2600 / R8 for $5 Garage Sale

Snoopy and the Red Baron 2600 / R4 mint in sealed box $.99 Kaybee Toys

Demon Attack Oddysey II / R5 complete $3 Garage Sale

[Kroogah]

Found in the wild:

Zoop (PSX)
Guilty Gear (PSX)
Color a Dinosaur (NES) twice
Gremlins (2600)
Double Dragon (Genesis)
Action 52 (Genesis)

[Crush Crawfish]

Mine would be NES Qix sealed R7- $10 at funcoland, of all places, and NES Namco pac-man w/ instructions R7 for $3 at a garage sale.

[DigitalSpace]

I found a loose Zero The Kamikaze Squirrel for SNES (R7) for $5 at a CD/Game Exchange a few months ago. I got a loose Dino City for SNES (R6) at a Gamestop for $2.99 back in February. Last month, I found a loose Joshua: The Battle Of Jericho for Genesis (R7) at a Software Etc. for 63 cents. It was mismarked as "Cal Ripken Jr. Baseball" for 89 cents. Hurray for 30% discounts. :D

Another favorite of mine was finding Mr. Do! loose for SNES for $1. It's only an R4, but according to DP, it's worth $15. :)

[PapaStu]

Almost all of my games have come from the wild, minus a few eBay ones here and there. Id say that 95%+ were plucked from the wild, and a fair share of them have been new too. Only thing thats kinda sucky is that many of the rares even though they are like an R6 or R7 are still not all that expensive, thye are just impossible to find.

Favorite PSX in the wild rares include:

Adventures of Lomax (R6)
Bust-A-Groove 2 (R6)
Caesars Palace (R6)
Fox Hunt (R8)
Guilty Gear (R7)
Intelligent Qube (R5+)
Micro Machines V3 (R7+)
MotorTune Grand Prix (R7+)
Psychic Force (R7)
RayStorm (R7)
Silent Bomber (R5+) A personal favorite
Speed Racer (R7)
Spot Goes to Hollywood (R7)
Street Fighter Collection 2 (R6)
Tail Of The Sun (R7)
True Pinball (R7)
X-Com UFO defense (R7)

[Sanriostar]

My rarest Wild finds have been Condor Attack, Boing! a SW'ed Stack-up, CV Q*Bert Qubes, 2 SW'ed Gameline modems, (still have one) and a mint CIB Famicom.

[jwl]

This year I got a sealed Alex Kid In Shinobi World for $5 Canadian and a Star Fox Super Weekend Competition Cart, with 20 other games and 2 systems (one was complet in box) for $30 Canadian.

I've gotten lots of other rare stuff this year but those are the main things that come to my mind.

[kai123]

StarFox Super Weekend Cartridge R9, I bought it for $9.95 from a game store. 8-)
No, it is not for sale. :P

[anagrama]

I've found the following Euro SMS games in the wild, all rated R8 in the DP list (for the time being, at least ;) ):

Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
Micro Machines
Zool

[DDCecil]

Atlantis and Demon Attack (both cart only) for O2 on the same day, for .50 each.

[chadtower]

Hrm...

The 1951 United shuffle bowler I bought in the fall at an antique shop. There can't be more than a couple hundred working units of that age left and there may be a lot less.

The Gottleib Rack 'Em Up pinball machine I just bought on saturday at a yard sale. Less than 1700 manufactured and I'd bet only a quarter of them still exist.

Four NIB LaserActive TG16 modules at a Building 19.

I've found quite a few lab hardware protos for the TI99 as well as tons of homebrewed or TI internal games/software. Things like mocked up switchable power supplies that power multiple TI99s from a single outlet. I live right near a TI facility. I also have a big stack of internal memos/catalogs for TI employees like price lists for TI employees, internal TI TI99 newsletters, hell I even have some guy's benefits statement that was in a TI99 box I bought.

[autobotracing]

nes stuff


flintstones 2 $4
action 52 $2
Complete maxi 15 $15 {even had the sticker}
Namco Pac-Man
Namco Ms. Pac-Man


I sure I had plenty more I just cant remember

[Cav]

NTSC Asterix Proto for the 2600. Two bucks.

[Oobgarm]

Brain Dead 13 (R7)--3 copies within a week's time, all from GameStop.
Fox Hunt (R8)
Guilty Gear (R7)
Intelligent Qube (R5+)
MotorToon Grand Prix (R7+)
Tail Of The Sun (R7)

Also got a few Tengen Tetris carts from Funco back in the day. :)

[captain nintendo]

Dragon Ball GT Final Bout ( R6 )

I know I have found more , but I cant think of them at the moment. :embarrassed:

[rpepper9]

Damn I really want a complete zapper gun, actually. I also want a complete NES advantage if anyone wants to sell either of those items....

Recently on eBay there was a complete NES action set with Zapper and everything, pretty mint in box. Everyting was even still in the bags. It went with a BIN or 99.99. What is something like that worth?

[captain nintendo]

Depends on what NES set your talking about. If you are talking about the Action set with zapper , it normally goes for about 50 - 60 dollars.

If you are talking about individual pricing it goes around this normally.. ;)


Boxed zapper 18 dollars
Boxed Advantage 15 dollars
boxed controllers 12 - 15 dollars
boxed NES sets go for different prices depending on the set.

control deck set...... 40 dollars
Challenge set ....... 45 - 60 dollars
action set ........ 50 - 60 dollars
power set ....... 60 - 80 dollars
deluxe set ...... 70 - 110 dollars
I have not seen that many sport sets on ebay :o


Of course those are all ebay prices I have seen them go up and down alot.
But that is a rough estimate for you. ;)

[rpepper9]

Boxed zapper 18 dollars
Boxed Advantage 15 dollars
boxed controllers 12 - 15 dollars
boxed NES sets go for different prices depending on the set.

control deck set...... 40 dollars
Challenge set ....... 45 - 60 dollars
action set ........ 50 - 60 dollars
power set ....... 60 - 80 dollars
deluxe set ...... 70 - 110 dollars
I have not seen that many sport sets on ebay :o


Of course those are all ebay prices I have seen them go up and down alot.
But that is a rough estimate for you. ;)

Thanks for the info. I love your avitar!

[Nez]

After reaserching my whole collection I apparently havent found too much really rare stuff. Ill give it my best shot though. *_*

My R5s

Lunacy (sat) Paid Nothing for it :D
Incredible Crisis (psx) 7$
Orge Battle Limited Edition (psx) Too much. Plus the darn Manuals Front and back pages are gone and it's also written on.

[halbert]

Well, the rarest thing I actually bought was a Genesis Action 52, which I sold to Mr. Joe DP. Hope you enjoyed that, btw. :P

The rarest thing I did NOT buy was potentially a copy of the Starfox Competition cart. It was in a dark corner of a case at GameStop and I just shrugged it off, but the label definitely was NOT the usual one... Wow, I really hope it wasn't the weekend cart. Damn. :eek 2:

[IGotTheDot]

2 weeks ago at a garage sale I found Custer's Revenge and Bachalor party CIB. Those were the only 2 video games there. No combat even. Paid 5 bucks for the 2. It was a cool find.

Also found Mr. Do's Castle for the 2600 at a Choc for 95 cents.

[adams_ale]

The only rare game I've found in the wild is Tooth Protectors for the 2600. I procured this game with help from Alan Davis from this site. 8-)

[Immutable]

Guardian for the Atari 2600

[Jorpho]

Loose NES Secret Scout and the Temple of Demise.

Let that one go for far too low, I did.

[briguy578]

[my first DP post]

I've had a few rare finds recently. I found a box at the local flea market that had Crazy Climber and Dice Puzzle for the Atari 2600 in it that I got for $5.

I got a Colecovision with Word Feud (R7) Sir Lancelot (R6) and Quest For Quintana Roo as well as a bunch of others for $30 at a local garage sale.

Today I got Dragon Force for Sega Saturn at the local thrift store for 3.99.

And a few months ago, my sister got Mario's Cement factory /w box at a garage sale for $2. She sold it for 120 bucks on ebay.

[Videogamerdaryll]

I'm sure that thsi has been talked about before, but I was just reading some others' "Finds of the Year" and thought that everyone could just throw their great, rare (either a personal rarity -- a game that you have been looking for for ages, or a book-rarity -- one that is generally accepted to be rare) finds in the wild here.

Personally, I have had a shitty year for rare finds, and the only thing that can fit into this categary for me is PSX Terry Pratchett's Discworld (R5) which I have not been able to find anywhere (and I wanted it) and is one of the rarer items in my collection (my collection is filled with commons mainly...)

WHAT ABOUT YOUS?

Shoot..I didn't know PSX Terry Pratchett's Discworld was a R5

I have one sitting on thelf that came with a bunch of other PSX games..Large Box version..
I don't know if i came in a DC case ..that's why I added that.




What is the rarest item you have found in the wild?

I'd say ...
My Virtual Boy Display Unit..
Two Sealed Nintendo Stack Ups sets.
Bath Bubble Babes.... sealed but I opened it to be sure of it's contents.

Plus maybe a few other thngs I don't know are that rare in the piles of gaming stuff I own..

[captain nintendo]

Dragon Ball GT Final Bout ( R6 )

I know I have found more , but I cant think of them at the moment. :embarrassed:

I recently found a loose Starfox Super Weekend cart (R9)
I also bought a sealed copy of Cheetahmen 2 from another dp member (R9)

Also been finding a ton of sought after SNES games and some really good psx games 8-) I just have not looked up rarity levels yet.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Orge Battle Limited Edition (psx) Too much. Plus the darn Manuals Front and back pages are gone and it's also written on.

I have two used copies of that game and both were in complete shit states. :angry: It seems i can never find that game with a manual to go with it.

Umm as for games i don't know i got a lot of semi (4-6 games) rare games so i'd say.

Some complete nes games i found

a complete/mint lunar sss for 5 bucks

and maybe the spletterhouse games.

[Atari and Beer]

Music Machine cart for the 2600. Picked it up at a flea market for 25 cents. Label has small tear, but definetely my rarest find in the wild.

[-hellvin-]

A while ago I found stadium events, that's my rarest game so far.

[classic gamer]

I think my best would only be an R5. Intelligent Qube for the PS1. Found at EBgames in a blister pack with Coolboarders 3and a memory card for $20. Not a super deal but I had been looking for the game for months and was afraid I was going to end up spending $60 or more on eBay to get it.

[VinnyT]

My friends brother found Joshua for Genesis in the snow while doing his paper-route one day, which I guess really means "in the wild". But that was given to me, so I guess it doesn't count.

Link: The many Faces of Evil $.75(why? cause the Goodwill guy said all Playstaton games were $.75)
Power Joy cart $2.50
Magic Carpet PSX $7.00

[link1110]

Suikoden 2 at Funcoland for $30. Also , Marioallstar, I think I found and passed up that same xomplete zapper. GamesUSA, right :D

[le geek]

Ren and Stimpy Fire Dogs :)

[josekortez]

I just found Silverload (PS1, long box version) complete last week at EB for $1.79. It's an R7.

[jono]

Found a Virtual Boy in its box with Mario clash and galactic pinball here in the UK for a fiver at a car boot sale. Not bad considering it was never released over here.

[Push Upstairs]

"Guardian Heroes" complete for $18

[vision89]

I was at a flea market once and bought a box with 29 Atari 2600 games, all were still new and shrinkwrapped except 5, which were complete. I paid $100 for it and got the entire Avalon Hill library for the 2600, all of them were still new and sealed except Shuttle Orbiter. Aside from the Avalon Hill's the rest of the games were all commons, multiple pac mans, froggers, etc.

[deathofthedead]

Everyone's been mentioning rare games, but my only really rare find in the wild was a Japanese limited edition RE3 air pistol. It was a promo they did for Biohazard 3 Nemesis--an airgun replica of the "Samurai Edge" Beretta M92 that Jill uses at the beginning of the game. I don't know how much it's worth but, jeez, it's cool to have. It's got the S.T.A.R.S. logo and the Kendo gun shop logo and everything.

[Immutable]

Guardian for the Atari 2600

Sorry, I have to make a correction on that. I found a 52 in 1 Famicom Multicart with about 50 unique games. :)

[grimbal]

My two best are:

Snatcher complete on SCD for $6.95

Star Fox Super Weekend Editon - FREE -
Friend of mine owned a used video game store years ago. He ended up getting a copy and he just gave it to me. :)
I didn't realize till a couple of years later how valuable it was. Icbrkr was nice enough to sell it for me on Ebay a couple of years ago for a nice chunk of change. :)

[fergojisan]

Star Fox Super Weekend Editon - FREE -
Friend of mine owned a used video game store years ago. He ended up getting a copy and he just gave it to me. :)
I didn't realize till a couple of years later how valuable it was. Icbrkr was nice enough to sell it for me on Ebay a couple of years ago for a nice chunk of change. :)

I have the apron for this game. I was working at KayBee at the time and the manager put me in charge of the competition, and I kept the apron. I liked the manager, so I didn't take the cart, unfortunately.

Ferg

[Ed Oscuro]

That apron would probably fetch more money than the cart if you found the right bidder, I'd imagine. Good story!

[Ed Oscuro]

Everyone's been mentioning rare games, but my only really rare find in the wild was a Japanese limited edition RE3 air pistol.

Like this? (http://www.redwolfairsoft.com/redwolf/airsoft/NewsDetail?newsID=14)

Or this? (http://www.redwolfairsoft.com/redwolf/airsoft/NewsDetail?newsID=14)

Either way, nice find indeed!

[vintagegamecrazy]

I could go on and on!

Xenophobe Prototype (NES) $1.99
Super Air Zonk Turbo DUO 1.99
NES
Qix
Aladdin Deck Enhancer (free) I wish I'd never gotten rid of it.
Ms Pac Man (Namco) free
pac man namco
Death Bots
20 in 1 Pirate $2.00
2 Toploaders complete, one for $5 one for $15
3 boxed complete NES Game Sounds $1.61ea

PSX
Raystorm $15
Magic Carpet 7.99
Dragon ball GT loose $35
Dragon Ball GT complete Free

SNES Game Saver $10
Math Blaster $7.99
Mortal Kombat 3 Pirate 9.99

Genesis
Crusader of Centy loose $15
Multiple complete copies of Renovation games
Home Alone 2 Pirate .99

Turbo Duo Console $140

Sega master System
Sonic The Hedgehog 2 complete $1.99 (here stateside?)

I could think of more too.

[FooFighter]

I once found a Chase The Chuckwagon at a pawn shop for $5.00
I also picked up a Platinum silver NGPC in the box (the sonic bundle) along with 6 Boxed games for $65.00. Then the DP guide came out :eek 2:

[vintagegamecrazy]

That reminds me, I picked up a complete Guardian Heroes for only $5
Boxed complete NGPC for only $40

[nesgamer]

Sometime in Jan and before the summer I found these games:
Exodus
Bible Adventures
Captain Comic
Impossible Mission II (AVE)
Captain Skyhawk (complete for $3.99)
Donkey Kong (I know this isn't rare but it was the 1st time I saw it in the wild)
Adventures of Lolo
Pac-Man (Namco)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure (boxed)

Then in the summer:
Castlevania (complete for $5.00)
TMNT (complete for $5.00)

[nesgamer]

Sometime in Jan and before the summer I found these games:

Exodus
Bible Adventures
Captain Comic
Impossible Mission II (AVE)
Captain Skyhawk (complete for $3.99)
Donkey Kong (I know this isn't rare but it was the 1st time I saw it in the wild)
Adventures of Lolo
Pac-Man (Namco)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Video Game Adventure (boxed)

Then in the summer:
Castlevania (complete for $5.00)
TMNT (complete for $5.00)

[nesgamer]

Sorry delete this post cause I meant to click the edit button.

[Fuyukaze]

SNES-
Pac-In Time is the most rare I own. A number of R5's, but thats as high as it goes.
Genesis-
Warrior of Rome 2. Lots of R5's, but still no better then a single R6.
NES-
Conflict. While its just an R4, my nes colection is still quite small at less then 14 titles.
DC-
Despite loving the system, Tee Off at R5 is the most rare I have. Then again, as there are only one game listed as being higher then R5, I dont feel so bad about it.
PS1-
A few R5s. Somewhat surprised by this as they aint the most expensive things in my colection.
Basicly, I dont own much rare stuff. While I'd like to call myself a game colector, I guess I cant as most of the games I own are games I own because I want them to play. Most of the rare games I just cant bring myself to want as they are games I find to be lacking.

[GamerTheGreek]

Atari 2600 Cx-2683. Crazy Climber Loose no end label. Cost 80 cents. and being banned from the store for jumping over a row of Tvs and bumping into the guy. for a month.

rarest and most worth while . yes


also 2 Pac in Time SNES one of which forsale.