GBA BOXED COLLECTORS UNITE! WHat are the toughest to find?

[DreamTR]

I think those two will eventually be tougher to find...

AS of yesterday, I have 700 boxed USA released GBA games...

[Red Hedgehog]

Man, I'm totally kicking myself as I have seen a Bookworm both at a K-Mart and a TRU and passed on them.

Fortunately, I managed to find copies of Car Battler Joe and Ninja Five-O at Fred Meyer's, so there's that.

[Iron Draggon]

I had a cocksucker of a time finding Muppet Pinball Advance. After over a year of looking, I finally found a cart-only copy in the wild for $18, which I bought. I've never seen a complete one. Also, it should be mentioned that I am not counting eBay, because more than half of the GBA games I've ever bought on eBay were pirates.

A quick survey of eBay shows no completed auctions or current auctions for MPA, though; I'd be interested in knowing if you have a complete copy, DreamTR...

AGREED! I can hardly find just a few cart only copies, and the only new copies that I've seen are all in the UK. Too bad none of the UK sellers who have it will ship it to the US. At this point, I'm about ready to import it, if that's what it takes to get a new complete copy, as even ebay doesn't even have any used copies available. WTF? It's the Muppets, you'd think it would be alot easier to find here. I found new copies of every other GBA pinball game except this one. Sonic Pinball Party, cheap and easy on ebay. The Pinball of the Dead, expensive, but still easy on ebay. The Muppets, apparently nonexistant at any price anywhere except in the UK, and even then still not available on ebay.

[DarkStraw]

heres an unboxed ninja five o on ebay, http://cgi.ebay.com/Ninja-Five-0-Gameboy-Advance-nintendo-ds-micro-sp_W0QQitemZ8257753302QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageName ZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

it already went over what i was willing to bid haha.

(which is not much)

[Matt-El]

I must throw in the fact that there are two versions of Ecks Vs. Sever.

I'm surprised that many think that Bubble Bobble Old and New is rare. I found mine in the discount bin at K-mart for $10 I believe. Oh, and its complete still :)

[snes_collector]

[quote="Matt-El"]I must throw in the fact that there are two versions of Ecks Vs. Sever.quote]

Care to explain?

[Bratwurst]

heres an unboxed ninja five o on ebay,

This game's price fluctuates, here's an auction for a sealed copy that went for 24.69 shipped last week. <a href=http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8256734646&>LINK</a>


I must throw in the fact that there are two versions of Ecks Vs. Sever.

Yes, the first one was the early FPS, the second was based on the movie which was based on the original game.

[Tbowl]

How about Hugo: Evil mirror?

[DreamTR]

variations....

I know of the two Star Wars Lego box arts, Driviven box arts, Tetris Worlds box arts, and arcade advanced box arts...not counting SMB 3 Wal Mart, as that just has the five extra cards...are there any others I am not aware of?

[n8littlefield]

If you're in the US, It's Mr. Pants! can be a touch find as well. The only brick & mortar store that had copies was Kohl's.

[DreamTR]

If anyone needs "It's Mr. Pants", I can pick them up at Game Dude locally for $19.99.

[mikeetler]

If you're in the US, It's Mr. Pants! can be a touch find as well. The only brick & mortar store that had copies was Kohl's.

Not entirely true. It was spotted in a few Wal Marts in states that border Canada and I have seen it in a few independent stores on the east coast (NJ, MD, PA) as well. That said, it's still not easy to track down and the entire North American run is supposedly under 50K (I've heard 30K total but haven't been able to verify)

-Mike

[dbiersdorf]

If anyone needs "It's Mr. Pants", I can pick them up at Game Dude locally for $19.99.

Damn that's tempting.

[DreamTR]

Those Jurassic Park games are tough....at least complete....

[jwl]

How about the gbadev.org 2004MBIT Competion cart, only 500 were made. It's not official but I'd consider it to be along the lines of Action 52, or any of the other unliscenced games for NES.

http://2004mbit.gbadev.org/

[DreamTR]

I would not go THAT far to say it's along the lines of Action 52.....

[Ed Oscuro]

Good question...anybody have an idea how many Action 52 games are still on the market?

[DarkStraw]

would this zelda "not for resale" "demo" be worth getting?

http://www.mustangmods.com/ims/u/1053/1599/12299.jpg

what exactly is it? i know theres minish cap not for resale carts but i dont remember ever seeing a demo one.

[Ed Oscuro]

Looks like Minish Cap to me, I'm pretty sure that wouldn't be four swords and I've no idea what else it could be.

Did you have a price on that? There's surely a bunch of 'em out there, but who knows how many got away.

[DarkStraw]

oh its minish cap, just wondering what nintendo made them for, i couldent find any on ebay. i could proably get it for like 10 bucks if it would be worth getting.

[Ed Oscuro]

I'd buy it from ya for $15 + shipping, dude :D

[DarkStraw]

lol, well i dont have it yet, just wondering if i should get it....

[Promophile]

Get it. Its one of the more valuable GBA Demos because its actually different from the retail release.

[DreamTR]

GBA boxes are the suck.

[Kuros]

Get it. Its one of the more valuable GBA Demos because its actually different from the retail release.

How different is it?

[DigitalSpace]

oh its minish cap, just wondering what nintendo made them for

They were made to be played on store demo units.

[Iron Draggon]

GBA boxes are the suck.

Very interesting that you would say this, since you have a complete GBC boxed collection and a near complete GB boxed collection. Care to elaborate why GBA boxes suck?

[DarkStraw]

i hate any cardboard game box, ugh.

[DreamTR]

Iron Draggon: Only reason I say that has to do with the fact they are flimsy, and on top of that, everyone throws them away, so it's pretty frustrating to deal with in general.

[Iron Draggon]

Well I have to agree with you on their flimsyness. If you order any off of ebay, you'd better make sure that the seller will ship it in a cardboard box instead of a bubble mailer, or pay them extra to do so. My Sonic Pinball Party box got crushed because it arrived in a bubble mailer. And I am thinking about buying another one just so I can get a new box for it, even though I normally don't keep boxes. I have kept all of my GBA boxes so far, and it pisses me off that one of them is crushed, just because of how it was shipped to me. If I had known, I would've asked them to ship it to me in a cardboard box. I would've been happy to pay a little more for it to have it arrive as it was pictured.

[DreamTR]

OMG I LOVE PAWS AND CLAWS!

[KingCobra]

Have any of you guy's tried to get Ultimate Card Games? Every single retailer within a 50 mile radius did not have this game outside of Toy'R'us @_@

I tried to go the ebay route and there was none to be had for 2 weeks! there's only 6 right now on ebay.

Also I had extreamly hard time finding Tomb Raider the prophecy Boxed :/ I do see it around once in awhile loose, but boxed?! Tuff find in my area.

[Iron Draggon]

Fry's has plenty of all the games in the Ultimate series, but that's the only place I know of that does, other than ebay.

[Ed Oscuro]

it pisses me off that one of them is crushed, just because of how it was shipped to me.
Yeah, that happened to me with Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance, and Konami GB Collection Vol. 4 (Japanese), among others. Aggravating in the extreme.

[DreamTR]

760 now and counting...well on my way...

[Damaramu]

Doh!

I cannot find a box for my copy of Phalanx. I could've sworn I bought that game new, CIB.

Looking at cartridge, I see that it show light scratches and marks on the label. I guess I did buy it used after all.

I wish I had bothered to check before I tore through my closets looking for a box I never had.

Darn memory! LOL

[The Manimal]

Metal Slug Advance - Again, tough to find in general.
Super Mario Bros. NES Classic Series


I think I haven't opened either of these yet. Is there a huge value drop off after opening them? If so, I might go buy them used.

[Mark III]

Yeah sealed Mario Classic is pretty in demand right now for some reason. Cart only isn't worth much but if you have a sealed one you may want to consider leaving it sealed.

[The Manimal]

Yeah sealed Mario Classic is pretty in demand right now for some reason. Cart only isn't worth much but if you have a sealed one you may want to consider leaving it sealed.


Well, I checked...and I have the whole series sealed except for SMB. I opened that one up, apparently. Doh.

[GizmoGC]

How rare is Gremlins - Gizmo vs. Spike? Ive only seen this at GameDude (The same one DreamTR speaks of).

Also, what was different on the GBA MInish Cap NFR?

[DreamTR]

That Gremlins game is going to be tough eventually, I think it was Dreamcatcher's, and their releases are notoriously small.

[DreamTR]

I just put a MUppet Pinball Mayhem on eBay if anyone is interested.

[poe]

Also, what was different on the GBA MInish Cap NFR?

It's a store demo cart, and instead of having the full game, it's got a few select scenes (part of the overworld map, one dungeon, and something else I can't recall, maybe a different section of overworld) you select from a game menu. Provides instant action and shows off the gameplay better than forcing a prospective buyer to wade through 10 minutes of exposition that have no real action to them

[dojosky]

I have the zelda minish cap demo version !!!! clean label ! :D

[shiningslade]

Columns Crown anyone? This game is pretty rare IMO. :hmm:

[joshnickerson]

Also, what was different on the GBA MInish Cap NFR?

It's a store demo cart, and instead of having the full game, it's got a few select scenes (part of the overworld map, one dungeon, and something else I can't recall, maybe a different section of overworld) you select from a game menu. Provides instant action and shows off the gameplay better than forcing a prospective buyer to wade through 10 minutes of exposition that have no real action to them

There were actually two versions of the NFR... one was as Poe says literally a demo version of three areas from the game, and the other was the actual full game, just with the NFR banner on the label (which is the one I have). The former version has an additional blue "DEMO" label in the corner.

I'm not sure which is more valuable, though I venture to say that the limited version is more desireable (especially to me LOL )

[DreamTR]

Little League Baseball 2002. VERY HARD TO LOCATE.

[Frankie23]

If you're in the US, It's Mr. Pants! can be a touch find as well. The only brick & mortar store that had copies was Kohl's.

Not entirely true. It was spotted in a few Wal Marts in states that border Canada and I have seen it in a few independent stores on the east coast (NJ, MD, PA) as well. That said, it's still not easy to track down and the entire North American run is supposedly under 50K (I've heard 30K total but haven't been able to verify)

I've seen this in the bargain bin of several stores up here in BC. Picked up a copy for my girlfriend for $10, box was smashed all to hell though. 30K, eh? If it's just going into bargain bins, I suspect this is going to be a pain in the ass to find mint CIB.

[DreamTR]

It's Mr Pants was supposed to be 3000 for the North American market, but I see that thing all over the place.

[videogameking26]

Bookworm
Mr. Pants
Super Mario Advance 2
Donkey Kong Country 2

were very hard for me to locate in my local area for some reason..anyway it's all good as I'm currently at 367 GBA CIB's :D

[Blitzwing256]

There were actually two versions of the NFR... one was as Poe says literally a demo version of three areas from the game, and the other was the actual full game, just with the NFR banner on the label (which is the one I have). The former version has an additional blue "DEMO" label in the corner.

I'm not sure which is more valuable, though I venture to say that the limited version is more desireable (especially to me )

i'd venture to say the full version is much much easier to find, i've come across 3 (bought 2 of them) just randomly in the wild, so either i'm super lucky or its an easier to find demo,.
I did find one copy of the 4 sword one as well.
it seems ebgames just dumps these in the for sale case when they're done with em.

[leorange]

It's Mr Pants was supposed to be 3000 for the North American market, but I see that thing all over the place.

i figured since it was there every time i stopped by at game dude (which is not all that frequently), i should finally just go ahead and get it.

[Kitsune Sniper]

For me? King of Fighters EX1/EX2, and Konami Krazy Racers.

Jesus FUCK did I have a hard time buying a complete copy of EX1. It's not that rare, but it's still a bitch to find. I just found a complete copy for $9 on eBay, and bought it.

EX2? Loose copies go for $25-30... I've got my sights set on a SEALED one at the moment, but the guy wants $7 to ship it in a frickin' BUBBLE MAILER, and $2 extra to ship it inside a box. >_< Bastard...

And KKR... I rarely find a loose game outside of European sellers on eBay, let alone a complete one. I hope that I can locate a copy of that when I visit Tennessee next month.

[shiningslade]

How about Dokapon: Monster Hunter? I bet not too many of you see this one around much.

[Ruffie]

I had a cocksucker of a time finding Muppet Pinball Advance. After over a year of looking, I finally found a cart-only copy in the wild for $18, which I bought. I've never seen a complete one. Also, it should be mentioned that I am not counting eBay, because more than half of the GBA games I've ever bought on eBay were pirates.

A quick survey of eBay shows no completed auctions or current auctions for MPA, though; I'd be interested in knowing if you have a complete copy, DreamTR...

I was just on vacation in San Francisco, and in a normal-looking tourist store in Chinatown I found a treasure trove of GBA titles I'd never seen in the wild before. With a limited budget and a fiancee' who was already giving me dirty looks while I drooled over the vast array of titles in front of me, I bought:

Car Battler Joe - $20
Defender of the Crown -$18

I unfortunately had to pass on Muppet Pinball Advance ($24 I think) and a host of other titles, most of which were fairly common, but there were at least a dozen ones I had never seen in the wild. it should be noted that when the clerk came over to ulock the display case, there was a huge amount of dust on all the games there. Some of the common titles were pretty expensive, too, in the $30-$38 range.

So, for those of you in the Bay area, if you want to grab those games, the place is the Far East Flea Market Liquidation Center, 729 Grant Avenue. Walk in and head to the left, you'll see them next to a similar display of PSP games. Happy hunting! I'm just glad I bought Car Battler Joe - it's excellent so far. And yes, it's an all-English copy, no signs it's a pirate.

Admiral Ruffie

[Bratwurst]

Guys what will be the Magical Chase of the GBA library? Maybe it won't necessarily be rare or it just happens to be one of those late releases most people didn't pay attention to, but I would love to hear speculation on what will be high priced but still fun to play later on.

I almost want to say Drill Dozer because it came from out of nowhere but it is a Nintendo published title and receiving the praise that it is due despite all the attention the DS is getting.

[DreamTR]

LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

ARZGH!

[Iron Draggon]

I had a cocksucker of a time finding Muppet Pinball Advance. After over a year of looking, I finally found a cart-only copy in the wild for $18, which I bought. I've never seen a complete one. Also, it should be mentioned that I am not counting eBay, because more than half of the GBA games I've ever bought on eBay were pirates.

A quick survey of eBay shows no completed auctions or current auctions for MPA, though; I'd be interested in knowing if you have a complete copy, DreamTR...

I was just on vacation in San Francisco, and in a normal-looking tourist store in Chinatown I found a treasure trove of GBA titles I'd never seen in the wild before. With a limited budget and a fiancee' who was already giving me dirty looks while I drooled over the vast array of titles in front of me, I bought:

Car Battler Joe - $20
Defender of the Crown -$18

I unfortunately had to pass on Muppet Pinball Advance ($24 I think) and a host of other titles, most of which were fairly common, but there were at least a dozen ones I had never seen in the wild. it should be noted that when the clerk came over to ulock the display case, there was a huge amount of dust on all the games there. Some of the common titles were pretty expensive, too, in the $30-$38 range.

So, for those of you in the Bay area, if you want to grab those games, the place is the Far East Flea Market Liquidation Center, 729 Grant Avenue. Walk in and head to the left, you'll see them next to a similar display of PSP games. Happy hunting! I'm just glad I bought Car Battler Joe - it's excellent so far. And yes, it's an all-English copy, no signs it's a pirate.

Admiral Ruffie

THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for leaving the one and only copy of Muppet Pinball Mayhem that they had for me! I just got back from my vacation to SF last night, and I couldn't believe how many really hard to find GBA games they had in that shop either. I wasn't expecting to find any games at all in Chinatown, and I couldn't believe my eyes as I slowly scanned my way up all the racks in that case, and there was Muppet Pinball Mayhem at the very top, all covered in dust and still factory sealed. The box was a bit caved in, but I didn't care, they actually had a copy of it! If I had seen this post before I went there on vacation too, I would've been pissing all over myself trying to find a local to go there and buy it for me, but being totally surprised to find it there myself was even better. Certainly one of the highlights of my vacation. OMG, my search is finally over! Now I just have to find a copy of Pinball Advance to import! Anyone in the UK able to get a factory sealed one for me? I missed out on all the ones that were on ebay a while back.

Speaking of ebay, the only factory sealed copy of Muppet Pinball Mayhem that I've ever seen there was the one that I believe DreamTR must've sold there. I saw it a week after it ended, and I think it went for about $40. I know it went for more than the $24 that I had to pay for it in that shop. It's a shame that they didn't have more than one copy of it. I would've bought at least one extra copy to sell, if they did. But I'm just happy that they actually had a copy of it left, and you left it for me to find, Admiral Ruffie! I know that you would've bought it yourself, if you had enough money to buy it and the other games that you wanted at the time, so be sure to thank your fiancee for glaring at you for me! Finding that game there by total surprise like that really made my trip even more of a joy for me. Such a relief too! Now I only need Pokemon Pinball and Pinball Advance to have all the GBA pinball games, and Pokemon Pinball is very easy to find! So the only challenge left for me with the GBA pinball collection is finding that one European import now.

[Mayhem]

Trying to find Pinball Advance... not easy! There's two complete (non shrinked) copies on eBay currently... you might be able to get a new copy here:

http://www.thehut.com/hut/8529465.product

They do ship worldwide, depends if they have any stock.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Muppet Pinball is rare?

I think a shady Chinese-owned store near me has a copy of that. They sell a ton of games but most of them are sunfaded because the guy sticks them on the window so people see them...

[Kuros]

Is anyone up for a GBA box and manual trade?

I have a bunch of boxes and manuals I wanna get rid of for stuff I need.

[Kitsune Sniper]

Is anyone up for a GBA box and manual trade?

I have a bunch of boxes and manuals I wanna get rid of for stuff I need.

I am in need of a few boxes. I'll send you a PM. :)

[Ruffie]

You're welcome, Iron Draggon. It's funny to read your reaction to discovering that dusty display of games , I felt the same way.

I'm just glad that that copy of Muppet Pinball ended up in the hands of a fellow collector and DP member, since I couldn't get it.

Admiral Ruffie

The Lochdown (http://thelochdown.blogspot.com/)

[Iron Draggon]

Yeah, I think it's really cool that I ended up with it too, and before I read your post here revealing its whereabouts over a month ago even. It's as if it was all meant to happen for a reason, you passing it up in favor of another game, etc...

By the way, for the record, Muppet Pinball is definitely one of the better pinball games for the GBA, if you can find it. I've been playing it alot ever since I got it, but I still can't get a high enough score to unlock the hidden table yet.

Does anyone know how high your score has to be to move on from table to table through the 3 tables in adventure mode, so that you can finally unlock the hidden 4th table?

Mayhem, thanks for the link, I'll give them a try when I can afford to try and import a copy of Pinball Advance, I just bought Pokemon Pinball on ebay, and now I'm broke again.

But I'm gonna have all the GBA pinballs released in the US, as soon as Pokemon Pinball arrives, so that's real cool too!

Will put me up to 16 games for it altogether so far, but I still have quite a few games remaining on my GBA wishlist. I want to get all 3 of the Donkey Kong Country games too. I have all of the GBA Sonic games already, so I think I need to get all of the DKC games to enhance my collection soon.

[Kuros]

If anyone is interested in a GBA Box/Manual/insert trade, here's what I have and what I'm looking for:

GBA: (B+M+Inserts)
Donkey Kong Country 2
Quad Desert Fury
Harry Potter: Prisoner of Azkaban
Super Mario Advance 4 (Also has e-reader cards)
Yoshi's Island (Has some sticker on it)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf
Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
Legend of Zelda: Adventure of Link
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Metroid Zero Mission
DBZ Buu's Fury
Castlevania Harmony of Dissonance

Wanted:

Castlevania Circle of the Moon
Super Mario Bros. (Classic series)
Contra Advance
Rtype 3
Phantasy Star Collection
Mario Golf Advance
River City Ransom
Street Fighter Alpha 3
Namco Museum
Yugioh Eternal Duelist Soul

[Iron Draggon]

I just got a factory sealed copy of Advance Wars for the GBA at my local WalMart for less than $20 including tax!

[Iron Draggon]

I just got a factory sealed copy of Advance Wars for the GBA at my local WalMart for less than $20 including tax!

[snes_collector]

Picked up Disney Sports Basketball and NHL Hitz 2003 yesterday. I know DSB is rare, but what about NHL?

[ganondorf]

Super Mario Bros. NES Classic Series - This is going for ridiculous amounts on eBay. Good luck


you could do what I did with FF7 on this game. Its pretty common but worth$, find someone that has it and thinks its garbage and get its for $5 CIB