Long box variation rarity ?

[izret101]

Because the name of the game is so massive i had to leave the thread title some what ambiguos.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire is the game i want to know about

It is in the database as an R4
But in the database all it says for the longbox is it's "a bit harder to find."

Anyone know about how much that bit might be.
I picked up a complete copy for 20 bucks.
At least i know i didn't pay to much for it.
Thanks i advance.

[machine.slave]

I was curious, too... are long boxes generally harder to find? Is there a list of long box games around?

[Oobgarm]

I'd suggest checking www.game-rave.com for all your PSX related needs.

[PapaStu]

Ah young sprites....

There are indeed LB variants as well as LB to JC versions of some games. In some cases the JC versions are MUCH harder to find, and in others good luck with the LB.

Now onto the answer sessions

@machine.slave: Yes LB titles are pretty hard to find. That doesnt mean that they still arnt out there, but when you tend to find then your going to see just a few while at the same time find 300+ JC games. So in that sense they are rarer. There are some games that are LB only that you tend to see with some regularity and they really arnt all that rare. To see a full list of LB titles do a search in here with "PlayStation Longbox list" or something like that. GoodwillHunter, Dangerboy, QueenOfTheFelines and I had a good run in that thread a while back. The complete list is there and off the top of my head I believe that there are a total of 108 unique titles that were LongBoxed.

@izret101: To tell you the truth some of the LB to JC variants are pretty hard to distinguish and IMO thats one of those harder to be certain about ones. I've handled a few Romance IV LB's myself (one game store I used to shop at had 4 from Romances release day) and over time picked up a few of them. I've seen it since in the wild a few times and the same goes with the JC version of the game, though I think that number is like 3-5 seen JC copies. Some of this PS rarity is still a little subjective as regionally areas have different rare games to some degree. Give me some time and i'll get a little more into that database about that and the other 1270+ PS games. Its long and slow work with the list at times. However there is a Romance thread that should be no more than a page or two back right now that had a whole buncha talk about the games, and people who played them much more than I. I'm sure if you have more specific game questions they could help.


Need anything else like this explained just drop me a PM or make a post in the Collectors Guide/Rarity Database if your not sure about raritys and the like for games and such.

[kevincure]

I think we're all pretty much agreed that the Space Hulk LB variant is the toughest to track down though. Papastu is right when he says that occasionally the JC version of a game is even tougher to find, though.

[lendelin]

I was curious, too... are long boxes generally harder to find? Is there a list of long box games around?

Yep, there is.

First, there is a great article by Santulli in Tips and Tricks with a list. (September 2002) The articles are scanned and can be found on this site (Archives>Collecting>Collector's Corner). Here is the link for the Sept. 2002 issue:

http://www.digitpress.com/archives/collectors/sep_2002_p2.jpg

Second, there were some threads already about the topic, and based on the article above the list is as follows (106 games total):

Agile Warrior FIIIX
Air Combat
Alien Trilogy
Assault Rigs
A-Train
Bases Loaded '96
Battle Arena Toshinden
Battle Arena Toshinden 2
Braindead 13
Bust-a-Move 2
Chessmaster 3D, The
College Slam
Criticom
Cyber Sled
Cyberia
Cyberspeed
D
Dare Devil Derby
Darkstalkers
Defcon 5
Descent
Destruction Derby
Discworld, Terry Prachett's
Doom
ESPN Extreme Games
Fade to Black
FIFA Soccer '96
FIFA Soccer '97
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
Geom Cube
Gex
Goal Storm
Gunship
Hardball 5
Hi-Octane
In the Hunt
International Track & Field
Johnny Bazookatone
Jumping Flash
Jupiter Strike
Kileak: The DNA Imperative
King's Field
Krazy Ivan Lemmings 3D
Loaded
Magic Carpet
MLBPA Bottom of the Ninth
Mortal Kombat 3
NBA In The Zone
NBA Jam T.E.
NBA Live '96
NBA Shootout
Need for Speed, The
Need For Speed 2
NFL GameDay
NHL Faceoff
Novastorm
Off-World Interceptor Extreme
Panzer General
PGA Tour '96
Philosoma
PO'ed
Power Serve Tennis
Primal Rage
Psychic Detective
Raiden Project
Rayman
Resident Evil
Return Fire
Revolution X
Ridge Racer
Rise 2 Resurrection
Road Rash
Romance Of The Three Kingdoms IV
Shellshock
Shockwave Assault
Silverload
Skeleton Warriors
Slam 'n Jam '96
Space Griffon VF-9
Space Hulk
Starblade Alpha
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter: The Movie
Striker 96
Tecmo World Golf
Tekken
Theme Park Thunderstrike 2
Top Gun: Fire At Will!
Total Eclipse Turbo
Triple Play '97
Triple Play '98
Twisted Metal
V-Tennis
Viewpoint
VR Soccer 96
Warhawk
Williams' Arcade's Greatest Hits
Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger
Wipe0ut
World Cup Golf (Eidos)
Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game
X-Com UFO Defense
Zero Divide
Zoop

[izret101]

Much thanks for the help guys.
:)

I was surprised to see how rare Wing Commander III was too.
They had another copy or 2 in the shop i think....
I am probably wrong tho. I tend to remember what i see there wrong alot. :/