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Cauterize
10-15-2004, 08:06 AM
in relation to this topic i have in the buying and selling
http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=449705#449705

am i right in saying my castle of illusion is one the rarest? and which one is the rarest?

anagrama
10-15-2004, 08:14 AM
It's debatable which is the rarest, though it's probably James Buster Douglas Boxing or Alex Kidd in Shinobi World.

digitalpress
10-15-2004, 08:42 AM
Definitely Buster Douglas Boxing.

Click Rarity Guide above. Then select SMS and US Releases from the left side. Click "submit".

You can then sort the list by rarity and see our rankings from hardest to easiest.

anagrama
10-15-2004, 08:50 AM
Definitely Buster Douglas Boxing.


You plumped for Alex Kidd in this (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9765) thread, Joe. ;)

Cauterize
10-15-2004, 08:56 AM
ah yeah, sorry im half asleep didnt think of the onlien guide.. gotta stop relyin on books!

Mr. Smashy
10-15-2004, 11:12 AM
How does a Power Strike with blue/white packaging stack up in terms of rarity? The guide says that it's an R7 and "much harder to find in the blue/white packaging". The guide also recommends it and says that it was listed as one of the "99 Favorite Classics" by Digital Press in 1997 (unlike the other R7 games on the Master System).

anagrama
10-15-2004, 11:21 AM
Like Castle of Illusion, Power Strike is cerainly up there in rarity terms, but I'm pretty sure it's not on the same kind of level as JBDB and Shinobi World.

-hellvin-
10-15-2004, 02:39 PM
Without a doubt James Buster Douglas Boxing (for me personally). I just paid 95 dollars for it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8139182857&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT

If you ever saw my "screwed by goldduster" thread, he never got the game because the guy wanted more for it, lol, so I got it but at a much higher price.

I got probably the second rarest SMS game (Shinobi World) from this guy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4315&item=8131230771

One hell of a kick ass BIN.

And I was lucky enough to get power strike in this lot:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8123480970

So I've been lucky getting all my SMS stuff. I got a boxed Castle of Illusion recently in a lot but want a complete one, so check your PM, LoL. I think the last two games Im going to have to find are Sonic and Golden Axe Warrior. I never see Golden Axe Warrior come up on ebay...there's a boxed one right now but I must have the manual. Sonic will be near impossible I think. Is it really a PAL box with a us barcode? My Strider is like that but my spiderman has some sticker on the barcode that says "Part of pack only, not to be returned seperately"......do you have a picture of the box, cart and manual for the PAL strider and spiderman cauterize?

Geddon_jt
10-15-2004, 02:50 PM
Super Monaco GP is quite a toughie.

fergojisan
10-15-2004, 03:14 PM
Holy cow, I didn't realize those games were so rare. My wife bought me an SMS 2 back in 1993 when KayBee was closing them out. She got me a bunch of games, and then I bought what I needed from what was left. Buster Douglas was one of them, so I guess I lucked out. And this was even before I started collecting seriously. Yay for Sarah! She also bought me an SNES for a wedding present, and she traded in the Playstation she won at work to get me a Genesis 2. Ain't she sweet! My wife rules!

slip81
10-15-2004, 03:20 PM
And to think I got my CIB Castle of Illusion for free :)

ianoid
10-15-2004, 05:48 PM
Buster Douglas is the hardest by a margin- did this game even receive overseas release? Usually it's the overseas/Canada availability that kills perceived rarity of many tough to find US releases.

I still don't have it and it should be the final N.American cart I need. Problem is that I list all SMS together, so I'm only halfway through the entire collection, which will take a while to gather since it's so heavily 'import' for me here in the US.

TheRedEye
10-15-2004, 07:29 PM
she traded in the Playstation she won at work to get me a Genesis 2. Ain't she sweet! My wife rules!

Your wife doesn't sound like a very smart consumer.

fergojisan
10-15-2004, 07:44 PM
she traded in the Playstation she won at work to get me a Genesis 2. Ain't she sweet! My wife rules!

Your wife doesn't sound like a very smart consumer.

Maybe not, but she knows I like the 16 bit and under era best. :P

Balloon Fight
10-15-2004, 09:10 PM
Buster Douglas is the hardest by a margin- did this game even receive overseas release? Usually it's the overseas/Canada availability that kills perceived rarity of many tough to find US releases.

I still don't have it and it should be the final N.American cart I need. Problem is that I list all SMS together, so I'm only halfway through the entire collection, which will take a while to gather since it's so heavily 'import' for me here in the US.

Buster Douglas was released overseas as "Heavyweight Champ"

IMO the two hardest games to find are Buster Douglas Boxing and Slap Shot. (blue label = NTSC)

Castle of Illusion is hard to find, but I don't think it should be rated an R7. R5 or R6 imo.

Power Strike is also hard to find and same with shinobi world.

Raccoon Lad
10-16-2004, 12:23 AM
Bah, I've never found Power Strike, or Castle of Illusion all that hard to find. Sure, they'll take some looking, but you'll find a dozen of each before you find a Buster Douglas.

Slap Shot is tough to find, but not impossible. And a TRUE US Shinobi World is pretty rare. And you'll know you've got a true US copy if it has a blue label.


And a fun fact: George Foreman boxing (a euro release) on the SMS is a hack of Buster Douglas. I guess Akklaim was too lazy to program something from scratch.

icbrkr
10-16-2004, 09:02 AM
Maybe I've been lucky, but I've found Castle of the Illusion in the wild 3 times - twice loose and once in a box. I've still yet to find Buster Douglas's Boxing.

Garry Silljo
10-16-2004, 11:50 AM
Slap Shot is the last rare one I need. From there I only need a handful of commons/uncommons to finish.

Edit.... this isnt true anymore, I sold some of my rares dut to financial difficulty. Buster Douglous got me over $100 and around 40-50 for Super Monaco. I held onto Shinobi World and Castle of Illusion.... for now.

anagrama
10-16-2004, 12:14 PM
My Strider is ike that but my spiderman has some sticker on the barcode that says "Part of pack only, not to be returned seperately"......do you have a picture of the box, cart and manual for the PAL strider and spiderman cauterize?

I've got a few Euro games with that sticker aswell - they must have been included in a bundle deal (posisbly an after-market one) at some point. The only difference between that and the 'genuine' US one is the barcode sticker, so it depends how picky you're being ;) Ditto Sonic - is it worth paying many times the price of a Euro copy simply for the US barcode sticker, when it sells for about £1 on eBay UK?
Check SMSpower.org for an almost complete scans archive.

nebrazca78
04-10-2006, 05:28 PM
I know this is an old thread but I just ran into it while searching for something else. I can't believe you guys are going so crazy over AK: Shinobi World. This game is not hard to find at all (comparatively). I've sold two in the last month and a half on eBay. U.S. versions of course. There is one thing that is a *fact* and most serious SMS collectors should know already. The hardest two U.S. SMS games to find, hands down, are Sonic and Buster Douglas. No other game is even close. I have personally come across multiple copies of every other U.S. SMS game in the last six months alone. There are no other U.S. SMS games that sell for over $50 on eBay every single time they are offered. Including the last Christmas season I have only seen three Buster Douglas games and one U.S. Sonic on eBay. The Busters went for at least $80 each and the Sonic, which was in a lot with a Power Base and a couple other games (also sold by someone I know, which burned me up. Afterwards he was like "I wish I would've known you needed it, we could've traded" ARGGGH.) went for *$250*!!! And the Sonic before that which was sold by iteself went for $350. I know some of you will say eBay is not a good example. I don't agree. These games are almost never in game stores. Finding them in the wild is like winning the lottery. So realistically eBay is the only place all of us have equal access to that has these kinds of games.



As for an additional list of the next rarest games, here's my opinion:

Group 2:
Super Monaco GP
Power Strike

Group 3:
Slap Shot
AK: Shinobi World
Castle Of Illusion
Strider
Spider-Man

Group 4:
Alf
Golden Axe Warrior
King's Quest
Montezuma's Revenge

That's just in my experience but I do go through about 200 SMS games every month so there is a solid basis there. That's about it. If you can find these games getting every other game for the system should be easy.

Ed Oscuro
04-10-2006, 05:49 PM
Strider is rare? Huh. My copy sits on the shelf at the other end of the row (Alex Kidd: SW is near the other end). AK seems to fetch far more.

anagrama
04-10-2006, 05:58 PM
Bear in mind this thread is about 2 years old ;) But you're right, AKiSW was probably over-rated a bit.
Dick Tracy & some of the blue-label re-issues are also up there as far as rare US titles.

tom
04-11-2006, 01:17 PM
I mean who wants to buy a Buster Douglas game in the first place? A bad sports game I wouldn't give 5 bucks for is super-rare? I'd rather keep the collection incomplete.


The limited edition Quackshot had no US release?

http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c173/thomasholzer/?action=view&current=smsquackshot.jpg

kentuckyfried
04-11-2006, 01:45 PM
So how rare would a sealed powerstrike be?
I'm getting one, hopefully today ;)

anagrama
04-11-2006, 02:14 PM
The limited edition Quackshot had no US release?


Nope.

dojosky
04-11-2006, 02:32 PM
WoW that LE donald duck game Looks cool wonder what came in with it ??

anagrama
04-11-2006, 02:34 PM
WoW that LE donald duck game Looks cool wonder what came in with it ??

Game, t-shirt, cassette tape.

tom
04-11-2006, 04:33 PM
Yes and my copy is still sealed, as you can see.

orrimarrko
04-11-2006, 04:57 PM
Being a visual person, I always like to see pics of everything available for a system. It just helps me understand what I'm looking for, especially if I've never collected for that system before.

Having said all of this, does anyone know of a REALLY GOOD SMS site which talks about all of the releases in the US, and elsewhere - and has pics/scans of the case art, so you can see what is out there?

From this thread alone, there have been several items mentioned in different versions that I would have no idea about (blue label vs....)

Any suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.

Thanks,
Steve

nebrazca78
04-11-2006, 05:26 PM
So how rare would a sealed powerstrike be?
I'm getting one, hopefully today ;)

I think that would qualify as ridiculously rare. I've been collecting SMS for a long time and I just got my first factory sealed game, Black Belt, and that game is about as common as they come.

anagrama
04-12-2006, 06:29 AM
Having said all of this, does anyone know of a REALLY GOOD SMS site which talks about all of the releases in the US, and elsewhere - and has pics/scans of the case art, so you can see what is out there?

SMS Power (smspower.org) is what you're looking for ;)

chaoticjelly
04-12-2006, 10:28 AM
Having said all of this, does anyone know of a REALLY GOOD SMS site which talks about all of the releases in the US, and elsewhere - and has pics/scans of the case art, so you can see what is out there?

SMS Power (smspower.org) is what you're looking for ;)

SMS Power! (http://www.smspower.org)

There ya go ;)

anagrama
04-12-2006, 10:38 AM
eh, I swear it normally works without the http stuff in the link... ;)

ahamilton0953
04-12-2006, 10:58 AM
Man, I'd have never thought someone would pay over 100 bucks for a game I wouldn't have bought when it was new in the first place, but, I'm not a "collector" yet, so i'm sure someday if i ever want a complete SMS collection I'd end up paying for it.

orrimarrko
04-12-2006, 03:55 PM
I'm sure that someone knows the answer to this question.

Is there a region lockout on SMS games?

Can a US Master System console play European games/Brazilian games, etc?

Thanks for all the input!

Steve

anagrama
04-12-2006, 04:40 PM
Is there a region lockout on SMS games?

No.



Can a US Master System console play European games/Brazilian games, etc?


Yes, although a tiny handful of games are glitchy on certain revisions of the US hardware.

orrimarrko
04-12-2006, 05:08 PM
Very cool. You seem to know a lot about the SMS.

I was curious, and I know that I need to check out that SMS Power site in more detail, but one of my earlier questions wasn't really answered.

For example.

Racoon Lad said in a post above that a "True" US Alex Kidd in Shinobi World has a "blue" label. Does this mean label on the cart, or case insert?

SMS Power doesn't have a picture of the cart, and only the back of the insert.

Also, on the .txt. listings of the cart releases, it doesn't mention any variation, just that it was released in EUR/USA/BRA.

So, this is kind of what I'm looking to find out. What types of omissions are there that are noteworthy?

Thanks again,
Steve



Is there a region lockout on SMS games?

No.



Can a US Master System console play European games/Brazilian games, etc?


Yes, although a tiny handful of games are glitchy on certain revisions of the US hardware.

anagrama
04-12-2006, 05:34 PM
Racoon Lad said in a post above that a "True" US Alex Kidd in Shinobi World has a "blue" label. Does this mean label on the cart, or case insert?

SMS Power doesn't have a picture of the cart, and only the back of the insert.

Also, on the .txt. listings of the cart releases, it doesn't mention any variation, just that it was released in EUR/USA/BRA.

So, this is kind of what I'm looking to find out. What types of omissions are there that are noteworthy?


It's the cart label. The blue labels are the only major US variations I'm aware of (there's loads of Euro variants). They're from 1989, just after Sega had re-acquired the distributions rights from Tonka.

These all exist with blue labels:

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
California Games
Double Dragon
Enduro Racer
Fantasy Zone
Ghostbusters
Out Run
Reggie Jackson Baseball
Slap Shot

Shinobi World & Slap Shot were released in the US only with blue labels. The rest were also released in red-label form, sometimes with slightly different covers (blue label versions typically have the genre tag on the top-left corner of the front cover, while the red-labels ones don't).

orrimarrko
04-12-2006, 05:48 PM
Racoon Lad said in a post above that a "True" US Alex Kidd in Shinobi World has a "blue" label. Does this mean label on the cart, or case insert?

SMS Power doesn't have a picture of the cart, and only the back of the insert.

Also, on the .txt. listings of the cart releases, it doesn't mention any variation, just that it was released in EUR/USA/BRA.

So, this is kind of what I'm looking to find out. What types of omissions are there that are noteworthy?


It's the cart label. The blue labels are the only major US variations I'm aware of (there's loads of Euro variants). They're from 1989, just after Sega had re-acquired the distributions rights from Tonka.

These all exist with blue labels:

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
California Games
Double Dragon
Enduro Racer
Fantasy Zone
Ghostbusters
Out Run
Reggie Jackson Baseball
Slap Shot

Shinobi World & Slap Shot were released in the US only with blue labels. The rest were also released in red-label form, sometimes with slightly different covers (blue label versions typically have the genre tag on the top-left corner of the front cover, while the red-labels ones don't).

Awesome info - you are the man.

Thanks,
Steve

nebrazca78
04-13-2006, 12:10 AM
Racoon Lad said in a post above that a "True" US Alex Kidd in Shinobi World has a "blue" label. Does this mean label on the cart, or case insert?

SMS Power doesn't have a picture of the cart, and only the back of the insert.

Also, on the .txt. listings of the cart releases, it doesn't mention any variation, just that it was released in EUR/USA/BRA.

So, this is kind of what I'm looking to find out. What types of omissions are there that are noteworthy?


It's the cart label. The blue labels are the only major US variations I'm aware of (there's loads of Euro variants). They're from 1989, just after Sega had re-acquired the distributions rights from Tonka.

These all exist with blue labels:

Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
California Games
Double Dragon
Enduro Racer
Fantasy Zone
Ghostbusters
Out Run
Reggie Jackson Baseball
Slap Shot

Shinobi World & Slap Shot were released in the US only with blue labels. The rest were also released in red-label form, sometimes with slightly different covers (blue label versions typically have the genre tag on the top-left corner of the front cover, while the red-labels ones don't).

I also have a Rambo: First Blood Part II with a blue label.

kentuckyfried
04-13-2006, 12:43 AM
So how rare would a sealed powerstrike be?
I'm getting one, hopefully today ;)

I think that would qualify as ridiculously rare. I've been collecting SMS for a long time and I just got my first factory sealed game, Black Belt, and that game is about as common as they come.

Heh, I got 2 sealed Powerstrikes today :)

Details in this thread:

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=80873&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0=

anagrama
04-13-2006, 07:03 AM
I also have a Rambo: First Blood Part II with a blue label.

Nice! Got a pic of that one? Don't think I've seen it before. Is the box any different ot the 'normal' one?



Oh, and @ orrimarrko - there's a couple more US variants I forgot earlier:

Some copies of Wonderboy in Monsterland were mispressed wiuth "Super Wonderboy Super Monster World" [the Japanese name] on the cart label

Similarly, the first printing of Psycho Fox mis-spelled the title as "Psyco Fox" on the label

and finally, the first 50,000 copies of Monopoly were mislabelled as "Mono Poly" and also include a hidden credits screen that was removed from later revisions (as confirmed by the programmer in a recent SMS power thread).

nebrazca78
04-13-2006, 02:13 PM
......

nebrazca78
04-13-2006, 02:57 PM
Does anyone know about the Alex Kidd: Lost Stars misspelling? I can only find it spelled one way.



Anyway, here are pics of all my blue label games. The loose AK:SW is an extra, PM me if you want it for $15 shipped.



First off, my babies, my entire U.S. SMS collection:
http://home.comcast.net/~nebrazca78/sms-all.jpg



I think the rest need no explanation:



http://home.comcast.net/~nebrazca78/sms-aksw.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~nebrazca78/sms-aksw-l.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~nebrazca78/sms-fz.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~nebrazca78/sms-outrun.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~nebrazca78/sms-outrun-backs.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~nebrazca78/sms-rambo.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~nebrazca78/sms-rjb.jpg
http://home.comcast.net/~nebrazca78/sms-slapshot.jpg

anagrama
04-13-2006, 03:23 PM
Does anyone know about the Alex Kidd: Lost Stars misspelling? I can only find it spelled one way.


That's a new one on me, I think. What's supposed to be different?

Cheers for the pic of the blue Rambo - first I've heard of that. I've posted a link at sega8bit.com to see if any of the US collectors there have seen it before...


Nice pics too! Forgive me for being unable to resist posting this one:

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4803/alleuro4mi.jpg

;)

donkeykong1
04-13-2006, 05:57 PM
While we're on this topic, can anyone tell me how much Sonic Chaos might be worth for SMS?

drwily008
04-13-2006, 08:42 PM
No big deal but there is also a variant label on "Monopoly", they spell it "Mono Poly" (two words).

anagrama
04-14-2006, 09:48 AM
While we're on this topic, can anyone tell me how much Sonic Chaos might be worth for SMS?

Not much. You can get one for about £2-£3 ($3-$5) over here, though it would probably sell for a little more in the US.

donkeykong1
04-14-2006, 05:36 PM
Cool thanx.

alexkidd2000
04-16-2006, 08:54 PM
Wow this thread is really weird to me. I didnt know that the USA games had blue labels. Here in Canada, I think the SMS was alot more popular then in the USA. I remember renting Scrambled Spirits, Dynamite Dux, Battle Outrun and alot of other games that I dont think were even released in the USA. All of our labels were red so I guess they must have all been Euro releases.

idrougge
04-20-2006, 07:09 PM
Without a doubt James Buster Douglas Boxing (for me personally). I just paid 95 dollars for it:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=8139182857&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT


For 95 USD, I got this: http://www.tototek.com/pio/main1/SUBMENU/PARTS/LINKS/OS/smspro.htm. Now I can play both Shinobi World and Buster Douglas. How's that for a deal?

Wavelflack
04-20-2006, 08:45 PM
That's pretty cool, but I don't think people are paying the $$ so they can play Buster Douglas.

orrimarrko
04-21-2006, 04:12 PM
That's pretty cool, but I don't think people are paying the $$ so they can play Buster Douglas.

Best boxing game ever.... ;)

nebrazca78
04-25-2006, 02:23 AM
Does anyone know about the Alex Kidd: Lost Stars misspelling? I can only find it spelled one way.


That's a new one on me, I think. What's supposed to be different?

Cheers for the pic of the blue Rambo - first I've heard of that. I've posted a link at sega8bit.com to see if any of the US collectors there have seen it before...


Nice pics too! Forgive me for being unable to resist posting this one:

http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/4803/alleuro4mi.jpg

;)

Nice pic! Is that what I think it is, every U.S. and Euro SMS game? There are supposed to be two AK:LS variations. Both say Lost Stars on the insert but one cartridge is labeled Lost Star. I have only found the one that says Lost Star and I've probably been through at least 10 copies of this game.

anagrama
04-25-2006, 07:36 AM
Nah, that's just complete Euro in the pic ;)
I've got all the US exclusives too, though not all the name-changes like Buster Douglas.

diskoboy
04-25-2006, 01:54 PM
Is the SMS version of Ghouls N' Ghosts rare? I think that would be the rarest SMS game I own.

BTW - Did Woody Pop ever get released? I don't think I've ever seen one in the wild. I've searched and searched for that game, to no avail. The game was listed in several of Sega's game catalogs...

anagrama
04-25-2006, 02:03 PM
BTW - Did Woody Pop ever get released? I don't think I've ever seen one in the wild. I've searched and searched for that game, to no avail. The game was listed in several of Sega's game catalogs...

Only in Japan for the Mark III - it uses the Paddle Controller which was also only available over there.
Interestingly, it has also been included as a built-in game in some of the recent Brazilian SMS3 Collection units form TecToy, presumably in a slightly-hacked form to allow joypad control.

drwily008
04-25-2006, 02:57 PM
BTW - Did Woody Pop ever get released? I don't think I've ever seen one in the wild. I've searched and searched for that game, to no avail. The game was listed in several of Sega's game catalogs...

Only in Japan for the Mark III - it uses the Paddle Controller which was also only available over there.
Interestingly, it has also been included as a built-in game in some of the recent Brazilian SMS3 Collection units form TecToy, presumably in a slightly-hacked form to allow joypad control.

Not that it has anything to do with SMS, but it was also released in the U.S. on the Game Gear.

Adol
04-27-2006, 12:02 PM
Actually,it's not complete at all..
Where's Lucky Dime Caper Deluxe box?
Where are all the Classic Brown releases?

I don't see Kixx releases either,but maybe i don't have good eyes,picture resolution is quite low

anagrama
04-27-2006, 12:11 PM
Actually,it's not complete at all..
Where's Lucky Dime Caper Deluxe box?
Where are all the Classic Brown releases?

I don't see Kixx releases either,but maybe i don't have good eyes,picture resolution is quite low

Well that depends on how much you want to pick nits.
Every released game is in the picture. I own all the variations you mentioned (except the DD Gift Set), but I don't personally consider variations as being necessary for a 'complete' collection.

If I had pictured all those, would you ask where all the 5/8 language variations are? Or the covers with alternate copyright years? Or localised covers? :roll:

Adol
04-28-2006, 10:28 AM
I'm not that picky :)
but DD LDC "big box" is something quite unusual,and is a nice addition

Too,Classic Brown Robocop VS Terminator is quite hard to find,and since it has different cover from other release...i thought COMPLETE Euro meant that...

I won't go up to the different "copyright year" covers :)

Your complete set deserve a big resolution pic,so ppl can clearly see titles...no way to see if that 200 different titles, or 200 Kenseiden copies :)
I mean a complete set like that is GREAT to have,a great collection achievment...

I do have complete Euro SMS set as well,including Classic Brown,Kixx,DD LDC Big box etc...will try to make pic when i have time :) and this time with good resolution ( which i didn't do for MD/PCE/SFC...but i'll do later)

anagrama
04-28-2006, 03:01 PM
Yeah, I've passed the DD box up a couple of times, but will get it eventually. Too busy with the MegaDrive at the moment though ;)

There's some better pics of the collection here: http://sg1000.emucamp.com/sgr/anagrama.htm
They're over a year out of date now though, and are missing most of the variations & Brazilian/Japanese games I've got since.

Adol
04-28-2006, 05:45 PM
That's better pics :)

I see you're missing many Brazilian exclusives on those pics,as you said...too, some Kixx & Classic Brown releases ( in fact sme are quite hard to find) :)

But seeing the front covers is way better :)

alexkidd2000
04-30-2006, 12:52 AM
Is it just me or do the old grid cases kick complete ass over the newer game cases?

CRV
04-30-2006, 02:39 AM
There's some better pics of the collection here: http://sg1000.emucamp.com/sgr/anagrama.htm

I forgot I even had those up.

grolt
12-07-2007, 12:50 AM
I'll resurrect this from the dead to post my thoughts on the rarest games, since trends seem to have fluctuated over the years:

Top tier:
Sonic the Hedgehog (US UPC)
James "Buster" Douglas Knockout Boxing

2nd tier:
Strider (US UPC)
Super Monaco GP
Dick Tracy

3rd tier:
Aerial Assault
Joe Montana Football
R.C. Grand Prix

4th tier:
Golden Axe Warrior (US UPC)
Spider-man (US UPC)
Power Strike
Moonwalker
Ghouls'n Ghosts

5th tier:
Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
Slap Shot
Castle of Illusion

I've still yet to see a US Strider on eBay (message me if you have one!), and I've been looking straight for six months. Same goes with Sonic (although with those prices, I'm not sure I want to :D). Castle of Illusion's rarity, I feel, is quite overrated by the DP guides - I've seen a fair number of copies online and in B&M stores.

It's funny how the market has changed - someone saying they got $50 for a Super Monaco GP in 2004, while the mint one I sold on eBay a couple months ago barely pushed $10.

Of course, ranking the re-releases on that list is opening up a whole new can of worms. Still, some modern discussion on this would be nice!

ApolloBoy
12-07-2007, 03:26 AM
I've still yet to see a US Strider on eBay (message me if you have one!), and I've been looking straight for six months.

I've got a US Strider, and I managed to get it on eBay for a really good price (under $10, that I remember for sure).

s1lence
12-07-2007, 05:21 PM
I would put any of the sticker games in the Top Tier. IMO Buster Boxing is much easier to find.

grolt
12-08-2007, 01:59 PM
Yeah, the hype around Buster is interesting, because I have definitely seen less US Strider's and Joe Montana Football's, but some how Joe Montana will only fetch $5 complete, whereas Buster will go for $100+. It's like years ago a Buster Douglas auction went for plenty and then the price has been fixed there ever since.

TurboGenesis
12-08-2007, 04:18 PM
Is it true that Sonic the Hedgehog is really that rare?!?
What is its value?
I never imagine it would be in same tier as Buster Douglas Boxing.

http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa231/Sonic__R/smssonic.jpg?t=1197148589

PingvinBlueJeans
12-08-2007, 06:04 PM
Is it true that Sonic the Hedgehog is really that rare?!?
What is its value?
I never imagine it would be in same tier as Buster Douglas Boxing.


$50-$100+ depending on the lunacy of the bidders involved.

Icarus Moonsight
12-09-2007, 09:52 AM
I had Joe Montana, Spider-Man and Strider. Sold them to another forum member last year. They were found in the wild at once. Lucky! :D