Top 10 rarest/hardest games to find for: Colecovision

[orrimarrko]

Hoping that the collection of experts and veteran collectors can lend some insight into what the TOP TEN RAREST GAMES for this system.

US RELEASES ONLY!

I know that the guide is a helpful tool, and I also realize that the order would be somewhat subjective. However, there should be some concensus on what the games are (give or take one or two on the list).

This would be most helpful to us "newbies" or inexperienced collectors.

Price information (while nice to have) is not what I am looking to generate info about - just what the games are.

This is helpful to know, just because I want to know what games I will be pulling my hair out in trying to find!!

Thanks, Steve

[Sniderman]

Reopened with Mod OK. Let's see your lists!

Sniderman

[wberdan]

rarest:

1. porkys (xante release) there is only one of these confirmed to date. but it is rumoured there is one more somewhere...interestingly there are also 2 other unverified xante releases which may or may not be 'fall guy' and 'm.a.s.h.' this one is a $$$ cart- most any price goes.

2. tomarc the barbarian/motocross racer (xonox double ender) - for some reason this game is super hard to find.. runs about $150-$250
as far as i know there are only two boxes found to date.

3. super sketch (aka sketch master) - this comes up rarely, and usually sells for 100-150$ loose. boxed i have seen this sell for 225-350.

4. sir lancelot/robin hood (xonox double ender)- pretty difficult to find, the box is super hard to find and is one of the last 3 or 4 boxes i need... according to jerryG, the PAL release (which has a different label) is easier to find, but i do not believe that to be true. both typically run $ 75 to 150

5. sector alpha- this one is a CV 'sleeper' rarity, it rarely comes up for sale, and the box is especially difficult to locate. loose it usually sells for $75+

after those 5, some of the other really hard to find games are:

q*berts qubes
slurpy
aquattack
sammy lightfoot
word fued

im sure there are a few others i missed-
i should also note that those last 5 games i mention have boxes that are VERY, VERY hard to locate. they definetely have the potential to double the price.

i would also like to note that some games that have a 4 or 5 rating in the DP guide are rarely, rarely seen- but usually do not sell for high prices when offered for sale... the ones that come to mind are:

wiz math
dance fantasy
linking logic
memory manor
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hope this helps a little

willie

[newcoleco]

And about homebrew games?

There is the first release of DacMan at the CGE2K. Only 10-12 carts was done and only a few was selled. It was DacMan v1.0. I have one.

Also, two versions of Amazing Snake was released. Only a few carts was done before the version change. I have one.

And the Ms Space Fury carts, there are two or three carts with the pre-final version. I have one.

Daniel B.

[neschampion]

Slurpy is rare? I know nothing about Colecovision and I don't even own the system but I got a copy in a very large 2600 collection that I bought recently.

Anyone need it?

[orrimarrko]

Willie,

I have heard that you are the Coleco "expert". I am very glad that you took the time to reply. This is the kind of "real world" info that I was hoping to get.

For someone considering collecting ColecoVision, this kind of info would make me consider Coleco over the 2600. Based on price alone for the hardest to find carts that is.

Thanks again for the great input!

Steve

[digitalpress]

To add to Daniel's post, I think Kevtris (http://www.digitpress.com/reviews/kevtris.htm) deserves a mention. I believe 100 or so were made and that's all Kevin Horton would ever produce. It was also the first homebrew for the ColecoVision, came out at a time when homebrews were still a relatively new concept (especially orginal programming, not hacks). Anyway, good luck finding one of those now!

[orrimarrko]

Let's leave the homebrews out of this discussion if we can. :-D

Certainly not "knocking" homebrews - but I wasn't really thinking about them for this.

The only reason I say that is because it changes the finality of the system list (in my opinion.)

For example - in 1992 (any year will do), let's say - a collector could know with pretty good accuracy that there weren't any new Intellivision carts being made. Since homebrews seem to be fairly recent, the list of Intellivsion games was fixed for the most part.

You could collect each game, maybe the label/box variations or whatever, but there was an end in sight.

When you throw homebrews in the mix, there is never an end - no finality to your collecting.

I personally won't collect for active systems because the shit just keeps coming and coming. It's easier to pick a "dead system" and collect because you know there's kind of a goal.

With homebrews, the finish line just keeps getting pushed further and further away.

So, enough babbling, but I have always felt that homebrews were for gaming purposes, but not part of a collecting strategy (just for me - only an opinion.)

Homebrews will typically be produced in lower numbers than the production run carts from years past, hence the argument could be made that they will always be the rarest. But come on, let's be honest - are you telling me that if you had a choice to make of picking between an Air Raid cart and a homebrew, that you would take the homebrew???

[newcoleco]

Homebrews will typically be produced in lower numbers than the production run carts from years past, hence the argument could be made that they will always be the rarest. But come on, let's be honest - are you telling me that if you had a choice to make of picking between an Air Raid cart and a homebrew, that you would take the homebrew???

I will definitly take the homebrew. :)
I didn't purchase a Kevtris cart before the "sold out". I regret that. >:(

[wberdan]

as X amount of years pass, i feel that some homebrews should be considered in the rarest of CV games-

kevtris is the most valuable colecovision homebrew, and is one of the hardest games to get overalll (one of 5 CV games i dont have).... it is also the only homebrew for the cv that i have ever seen bootlegged ('tic tac toe' could also be considered, but it was never officially released ).... that is saying something about the rarity.

record sell price for kevtris: $ 380.00


by the way, nes champion, slurpy is rare and generally sells on ebay for 30-40 dollars loose. outside of ebay it is usually more expensive (40-60$)

willie

[Griking]

I kind of think that homebrews while cool shouldn't be included because they're rare by design. When someone designs a game and says that they're only going to release 100 copies it doesn't take a brain surgeon to say that its rare. But the fact that they were never officially released in mass markey makes them different than official games.

[slapdash]

To add to Daniel's post, I think Kevtris (http://www.digitpress.com/reviews/kevtris.htm) deserves a mention. I believe 100 or so were made and that's all Kevin Horton would ever produce.

But did he ever make any Coresweeper carts like he had planned? He was only going to make like 5 or 10 of those... Seems like he never did, but maybe I just missed out.

[wberdan]

an important one i forgot:

TOURNAMENT TENNIS by imagic.

that one is very, very hard to get.... ive only seen 3 on ebay in 2 years, and i only know of one online merchant with one


willie

[Aswald]

ADAM's House made or acquired a number of cartridge copies of games- including Cosmo Fighter 2, Matt Patrol, and Kevtris.

A very rare game is, of course, Lord of the Dungeon. It's also a very good game, too!