Games you bought thinking they were rare but really weren't.

[boatofcar]

We've all been there. You're at a thrift, flea market, etc. You're looking through a pile of games, and one catches your eye. Your heart starts to race. You think you finally, FINALLY found a grail in the wild, or at least something that will get you a few approving nods on DP.

You rush home, open up the browser, fire up www.digitpress.com, and click on the rarity guide. Hmm, only an R3. I coulda sworn that....well, maybe it's one of those games that sells for major $ on ebay. The guide's not always right, right? Right?

www.ebay.com....hmm, seems a ton of them are on here. A quick glance at the completed auctions shows that several have gone unsold for BIN's of less than $5. Frustrated and feeling less than intelligent, you throw the game across the room, landing in your "trade" pile.

What games have thrown you for the rarity loop?

[boatofcar]

For me, it was the Wisdom Tree NES games. I found a Bible Adventures at a flea market once when I first started collecting, and I thought for sure the $5 or so I paid for it was a steal. Later, I found out where I could get sealed copies of all those games for $15 or so. Wasn't one of my shining moments :)

[BrokenFlight]

I bought a boxed Game.com with four games for £5. I felt completely ripped off.

[Kroogah]

Catrap for Game Boy. I was really suprised to find that DP says it's an R3, because I've only seen one in the wild the past 5 years or so.

[Poofta!]

speed racer for snes

[marshmannes]

I thought NES Mega Man 2 was rare when I bought it, but is actually quite common.

[Griking]

I picked up a sealed copy of Nester's Funky Bowling for the Virtual Boy thinking is was rare. It turns out it was Virtual Bowling for the VB that was rare. I paid less than $10 for it so I still think I got a decent deal.

[suppafly]

I bought a Chavez for SNES thinking it was rare....SOld it for 5 dollars later on...

[MrSmiley381]

A complete Sega CD Silpheed for $7.

Oh, dear, it really isn't rare...

Damn...

Although, I got a $7 cart only Phantasy IV the same day, I so I won't whine.

[noname11]

Final Fantasy V for the SFC .... got it for 7$ and I still think it's rare in the states... it wasnt released here and it's in its original cartridge format. I think the game is cursed. I always try to sell it [like 4 times already] and it never sells!

I remember back in hi skool [mid to late 90s] this game was listed in the back of EGM for like 79$ in those import store ads



Ah well

[jcheatle]

I bought Rhapsody and Persona 2 at the local EB back in December... before I heard about the reprints and saw copies upon copies of those two everywhere.

Other than that, probably back in fall 98 when I saw started collecting and saw Camerica games for the first time. Thought for sure they were super rare or something. Still though, 4 bucks apiece for Micro Machines and 2 others wasn't bad.

[Austin]

Wings of Wor for the Genesis. I have no idea why I thought it was rare.

[Steven]

Happened to me this past weekend. :/

Metal Slug 1st Mission for NGP (game only). Lost 10 bucks on that one. Anyone want it for $8 shipped? PM me and help me retract most of my loss...

[Crush Crawfish]

I bought a Chavez for SNES thinking it was rare....SOld it for 5 dollars later on...

I did the same exact thing, except mine's still sitting in my tradebox, unsold and unloved. Nobody wants it! LOL I also bought a copy of Micro Machines for NES for around $20, thinking it was rare.

[Porksta]

Fatal Fury for the Genesis.

[drwily008]

I can't remember if it is "Tooth Protectors" or "Plaque Attack" that is rare....I always forget.

Anyways I went into a store and saw (the one that isn't rare) for $15 sealed! Wow, I thought, how can you go wrong? Well I was entirely wrong, it was probably worth 5 bucks total.

Luckily for me it was factory sealed and I could return it! ;)

[sirhansirhan]

I bought a complete copy of Blazing Dragons on Saturn for $15 a few months back thinking it was rare. It was Burning Rangers I had in mind. Later, I almost did the same thing with Blazing Heroes. Stupid soundalike game titles.

Anyway, a few weeks after that gaffe I sold it for $1.49. I don't even have a Saturn (yet).

[Roi]

A Wonderswan with 2 games for €75 :-P .
Beginners mistake!

[Howie6925]

I found a copy of shadow madness for the ps1 which I never knew existed, so I bought it and got it home and it only an r1. LOL hmm :(

[Truffle]

I was also fooled by the game Bible Adventures! :/ Dammit!
I saw a blue NES game and got all excited...only to find it wasnt rare...or fun!

Oh yeah, I think I paid around $6 :embarrassed: ;)

[Jumpman Jr.]

The first time I saw Atari carts in the wild, I couldn't beleive it because I thought that they were really rare (I had just started collecting). I bought a bunch of them for $5 each, for a total of around $50. Games were something like Combat, ET, Yars Revenge, Missile Command, etc...

[CreativeOnlineSurname]

I just bought a boxed Sega Saturn with the three pack of free games for $60.00, and I feel I overpaid after seeing it's basically worth about $25.00.

But I've wanted one since it came out, and I've seen one maybe three times since then, never boxed. So I've still fulfilled a personal goal.

[Bleetness]

Bought the 3 in 1 mario/duck hunt/track meet for like 2 dollars thinking it was worth 50$. Dont matter, 1 month later I found a nes flinstones surprise at dino peak :D

[devilman]

I think for me it would be picking up Super Famicom versions of Chrono Trigger & the Final Fantasy games. Luckily I didn't pay too much for them but it took me a while to get rid of them!

[DigitalSpace]

Kawasaki Caribbean Challenge for SNES a few months ago. I was suprised to see it was only an R4. No big deal though, as I didn't buy it because I thought it was rare, but because it was a buck and I rarely turn down racing games at that price.

[sisko]

I bought a Chavez for SNES thinking it was rare....SOld it for 5 dollars later on...

I did the same exact thing, except mine's still sitting in my tradebox, unsold and unloved.

Me three LOL

[googlefest1]

man i have a ton of these - let me try and remember a few

starship hector - nes
bible adventures - nes
shipwrekers - ps1
1942 - nes
amagon - nes
Big nose the caveman - nes
caveman games - nes
dynowars - nes
kings night -nes
schezerade -nes
spelunker -nes
urban champion - nes
breath of fire -snes
breath of fire 2 - snes
drakken -snes
battle tech - genesis
battlemaster - genesis
buba n' styx - genesis
buble and sqweek - genesis
ernest evens - genesis
the humans -genesis
mutant fighter - genesis
\
and others

[fishsandwich]

Four years ago...

I remember reading about ALIEN SOLDIER for the Mega Drive and how it was such a great and rare game and all. I remember the article saying something about a USA release that was cancelled but rumors still persisted.

I saw the Genesis version of the game at a store a while back and about shit myself. The holy grail! It WAS released in the USA! I had proof! And for only $15!!!

FAILURE

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