Personal Grail Found in Wild: Suikoden II

[slip81]

After 6 long years of serching I am finally the proud owner of Suiko II thanks to a friend who spotted it for me at an EB Games near his work.

It set me back $40.95 and it's missing the manual, but I think I got a good deal.

BTW: if anyone has a spare manual they're willing to part with let me know :)

[philosophyst]

Nice find!

I came across one quite some time ago at a local music store chain known in Phoenix as ZIA RECORDS. It was complete and in great shape for $7.99. If I recall correctly, I sold it the same afternoon BIN on ebay for about $80 or $90. I really wanted to give it a try before passing it on but didn't have a PS at the time.

[imanerd0011]

Great Find! Definatley a very expensive game, as far as buying on Ebay goes.

On a side not, has anyone else realized that this game must be the most unrare game for how much it goes for. There is almost always at least 15 copies of it on Ebay, and they usually sell in the $80-125 range, depending on its condition.
I don't think there is a game with such a high price tag, that shows up even near that often.
Anyone agree?

[Haoie]

You're pretty lucky, but when I got my Suiko 2 it was just pure luck. I found it in a pawn store, $15 NZ [which comes to around $10 US]. It was an exrental, but still had the case/manual and worked fine. 1 of my best buys ever. It was PAL by the way, which I think got a smaller release than US NTSC?

[fishsandwich]

Congrats, man! It's nice finding grails in the wild. I found a nice copy a bout 2 years ago at EB, piad about $40 I think, sold it for $110 on E-pay.

This leads me to one of my best finds ever... about 4 years ago, I found Suiko 2 SEALED at a damn Target on one of the endcaps for less than $5. Still have it, sealed with the pricetag. I remember it because I hardly ever find anything in the wild cheap.

Congrats again!

:D

[Simply Dave]

Nice find! I'm still searching for one. :(

[EndlessChris]

Heh, at one point in time I had three copies of this game. One I got for $5 at a flea market, another I traded an old box of magic cards for and the last one I got complete for $24.

I sold the two disc only copies on here for $60... shoulda held out, probably could've got $80 with current ebay prices.

[Red Hedgehog]

Nice find.

Back when I wasn't yet collecting for Playstation and thus didn't know its value, a local used Music/Movie/Game store here had both Suikoden 1 and 2 complete. 2 was only going for $40, but not knowing its value I passed it up. It was gone the next time I went in there.

The best I've found since then is a disc-only version (which, for $45 I declined)

[Nez]

I have found it a couple of times and have sold it every time. Maybe I'm just lucky.

But congrats on finding your personal hg.

[Frankie23]

GGD! I forget how much this game is worth; I grabbed a disc-only copy at Blockbuster a few years ago, as I'd gotten the first one in the bargain bin at Wal-Mart, and it was cheap. When I think about that Blockbuster, I wish I'd stocked up on more of their bargain bin titles; they had dozens of copies of Blood Omen there, as well as Suikoden 1.

[Putney]

Congrats!

I picked that one up a few months back, one very friendly local EB is always quick to check their automated inventory and let us know there was one about 20 miles away. Well worth the drive...missing the manual, but I hope to fix that someday (my Valkryie Profile is the same way!)

I check the Gamestop store inventory tracker on their website every day in hopes of finding another complete one. Twice it's come up, both times they had "already been bought", which I know was B.S....one time it showed back up, disc only. Grrr..

[Crush Crawfish]

Congratulations! Great find! I paid about $40 for my copy as well, and good god was it ever worth it. I suggest you sit down and play it now- you won't be dissapointed.

[shvnsth]

congrats, found mine complete for $50 at gamestop about 6 months back.

[Policenaut]

I got mine recently at one local Gamestop mint and complete for $40.95

[garyfoo182]

I found a complete PAL version in a Gamestation for £24.99 at Christmas there. Its practically brand new.

WHOO!

ZAG

[AMG]

Congrats on finding a personal Holy Grail!

As a collector it's one of the best feelings in the world to finally get that one game you've been looking for.

[Oobgarm]

I just picked one up from a local GameStop, disc only, but luckily I already had the case/manual. 8-) $60 ain't too bad.

[Oobgarm]

gah!

Double posted. Sorry.

[The_EniGma]

I found a complete PAL version in a Gamestation for £24.99 at Christmas there. Its practically brand new.

WHOO!

ZAG

Lol, lucky bastard.

I did pick up parodius for £3 a week or two ago (even tho it sucks- feels like a megadrive game) but hey, its rare!

[esquire]

Congrats!

I found one at a pawn a while back for like $5 or $10, I can't remember. It was the CD only. Being the sneaky bastard that I am, I also saw one complete at EB for about $40 or $50. I picked it up, along with a cheap PSX sports game for 99 cents that came in a jewel case with one of those generic blue jewel case slip covers and backing. I took the complete Suikoden II's instructions and back artwork and replaced it with the generic blue ones and returned it to EB for a refund, and voila, I got a complete copy of Suikoden II.

[Lothars]

awesome, i've been looking for one for a while now, but good going

im glad you found one

[Zadoc]

Damn, when I worked at Gamestop we had this game all of the time.

I wish I knew then what I know now.

[Trevor Belmont]

Great find, slip.

I've actually had great luck at a Gamestop near me. I popped in one time last summer right when I first got my real job out of college. Here's what I picked up that day, all copies in great condition, complete:
Valkyrie Profile (I about died when I saw this) - $39.99
Tales of Destiny I and II - $19.99 and $29.99
Arc the Lad Collection - $29.99
Vanguard Bandits - $19.99
The guy at the counter saw me with all of these, looked at me, said nothing, turned around, reached into a glass case sitting behind him, and slid over a mint copy of Suikoden II for $39.99. I just looked at him, pretty much in shock. He told me some mom came in that afternoon with a box full of games and unloaded them for her son. He said the employees almost died when they saw everything. I'm really surprised they didn't jump all over these games when they came in.

I came in the following week and scored both Lunars for $60. One of them came with a collector's box, map, etc.

In short, I'd highly recommend checking out Gamestops and the like, especially ones that have just opened. You never know what you're going to find.

[Slimedog]

I got mine a couple years ago at a Sears. $15. They had like 8 copies and if I'd have known I would have bought them all. Oh what I wouldn't do for a time machine.