Need a rarity check on the following JP Megadrive games

[Fighter17]

Since DP doesn't have a rarity rating on these imports, it's better to ask the members here on what the rarity ratings of these JP Megadrive games:

Road Blasters
Fire Mustang
Chiki Chiki Boys
Same! Same! Same! (Fire Shark)
Twin Hawk
Strider
Gaiares
Vapor Trail
Super H.Q. (Chase H.Q. II)

I would like to have a expert in JP Megadrive games try to give a rarity rating on all of these games (other people try to give one as well), with 1 for being common and 10 for being ultra rare.

Thanks.

[Ed Oscuro]

Nice little group of games; I'm missing most of those. The only one I feel certain about is Strider, which as a highly anticipated conversion is certainly no rarer than an R2.

I feel I should know the rest of the group better...but I don't. Probably a number of R3s in there, but I'm not seeing many of them on my last resort (eBay) - namely Fire Hawk and Gaiares (seeing US versions of them, no imports). Chiki Boys seems pretty common, or at the least not expensive (going by the BINs on loose copies I see).

Road Blasters shouldn't be super common, but it's not rare (or at least not expensive). Dream Stars has a complete copy, A- all around (whatever that means, you know), for $22 BIN (and that seller charges HIGH prices for FM Towns/x68000 games and peripherals). Super H.Q. also shouldn't be rare, I would think, given the series' popularity, but it's surprised me before...I'm not seeing any copies.

Vapor Trail? Seems a fairly uncommon game all around. Dojar's got a copy, $44, which means...probably not that rare given the price, but at least a bit uncommon.

Hope that's a bit helpful. Looks like a great group of games, like I said (would love to have 'em all).

[Fighter17]

Nice little group of games; I'm missing most of those. The only one I feel certain about is Strider, which as a highly anticipated conversion is certainly no rarer than an R2.

I feel I should know the rest of the group better...but I don't. Probably a number of R3s in there, but I'm not seeing many of them on my last resort (eBay) - namely Fire Hawk and Gaiares (seeing US versions of them, no imports). Chiki Boys seems pretty common, or at the least not expensive (going by the BINs on loose copies I see).

Road Blasters shouldn't be super common, but it's not rare (or at least not expensive). Dream Stars has a complete copy, A- all around (whatever that means, you know), for $22 BIN (and that seller charges HIGH prices for FM Towns/x68000 games and peripherals). Super H.Q. also shouldn't be rare, I would think, given the series' popularity, but it's surprised me before...I'm not seeing any copies.

Vapor Trail? Seems a fairly uncommon game all around. Dojar's got a copy, $44, which means...probably not that rare given the price, but at least a bit uncommon.

Hope that's a bit helpful. Looks like a great group of games, like I said (would love to have 'em all).

Out of all these games, I don't own Super H.Q., yet.

The deal is that Peter of Genki Video Games is trying to get Super H.Q. for me, but he told me that it'll cost me a good bit since it's uncommon (on the rarity scale, he gives Super H.Q. a R6).

Strider I had a good feeling that it's super common, since you can buy it cheap anywere I go.

Gaiares, well I think it's a R3.

The rest, well I don't have a clue. x_x

[Ed Oscuro]

I think he might be right about Super H.Q. - I don't know why, it's a popular series with releases for all the major systems, but some of the releases have been uncommon. Just one of those things.

[Fighter17]

Come on, anyone can help me?

[All Things Sega]

Those games aren't the most common but fall under the "show up once in a while" category we all know and love. I sold a batch of them on ebay and got decent prices since they are not in high demand plus don't have many differences from the USA versions. Couple of japanese sellers on ebay that usually have them. They always pop up, just depends on how much your willing to pay or wait.

[Fighter17]

Those games aren't the most common but fall under the "show up once in a while" category we all know and love. I sold a batch of them on ebay and got decent prices since they are not in high demand plus don't have many differences from the USA versions. Couple of japanese sellers on ebay that usually have them. They always pop up, just depends on how much your willing to pay or wait.

I see, I would like to have a rating on these games from 1-10. ;)

[Vroomfunkel]

Since DP doesn't have a rarity rating on these imports, it's better to ask the members here on what the rarity ratings of these JP Megadrive games:

Road Blasters
Fire Mustang
Chiki Chiki Boys
Same! Same! Same! (Fire Shark)
Twin Hawk
Strider
Gaiares
Vapor Trail
Super H.Q. (Chase H.Q. II)

I would like to have a expert in JP Megadrive games try to give a rarity rating on all of these games (other people try to give one as well), with 1 for being common and 10 for being ultra rare.

Thanks.

I'm not exactly what you would call an expert, but I will have a bash at rating these if that's what you want

Road Blasters - R3
Fire Mustang - R3
Chiki Chiki Boys - R2 / R3
Same! Same! Same! (Fire Shark) - R3
Twin Hawk - R3
Strider -R1
Gaiares - R3
Vapor Trail - R4
Super H.Q. (Chase H.Q. II) - R4

(based on the definitions in the Rarity Guide
(http://www.digitpress.com/lists/0_dpguide.htm#scarcity)

I might be being a little over-generous even with some of those. There's certainly nothing there that would rate more than the bottom end of "uncommon".

[GaijinPunch]

Gaiares is definitely not R3. R2 at best, and maybe R1. It is not hard to find. Chiki Chiki boys, closer to R3.

[GaijinPunch]

Gaiares is definitely not R3. R2 at best, and maybe R1. It is not hard to find. Chiki Chiki boys, closer to R3.

[Fighter17]

I'm not exactly what you would call an expert, but I will have a bash at rating these if that's what you want

Road Blasters - R3
Fire Mustang - R3
Chiki Chiki Boys - R2 / R3
Same! Same! Same! (Fire Shark) - R3
Twin Hawk - R3
Strider -R1
Gaiares - R3
Vapor Trail - R4
Super H.Q. (Chase H.Q. II) - R4

(based on the definitions in the Rarity Guide
(http://www.digitpress.com/lists/0_dpguide.htm#scarcity)

I might be being a little over-generous even with some of those. There's certainly nothing there that would rate more than the bottom end of "uncommon".

Good jobs on the ratings, but I see Vapor Trail go higher, and same for Super H.Q. :hmm:

[Fighter17]

I'm not exactly what you would call an expert, but I will have a bash at rating these if that's what you want

Road Blasters - R3
Fire Mustang - R3
Chiki Chiki Boys - R2 / R3
Same! Same! Same! (Fire Shark) - R3
Twin Hawk - R3
Strider -R1
Gaiares - R3
Vapor Trail - R4
Super H.Q. (Chase H.Q. II) - R4

(based on the definitions in the Rarity Guide
(http://www.digitpress.com/lists/0_dpguide.htm#scarcity)

I might be being a little over-generous even with some of those. There's certainly nothing there that would rate more than the bottom end of "uncommon".

Good jobs on the ratings, but I see Vapor Trail go higher, and same for Super H.Q. :hmm:

[mgriff]

sorry to threadjack, but in an auction i won on ebay, i have the following jap megadrive games coming to me in the mail...

Bare Knuckle (aka Streets of Rage)
Ringside Angel
Mamono Hunter Yoko
Gaiares
Arrow Flash

if people could help me out with the rarity ratings on these, that'd be great...

[mgriff]

sorry to threadjack, but in an auction i won on ebay, i have the following jap megadrive games coming to me in the mail...

Bare Knuckle (aka Streets of Rage)
Ringside Angel
Mamono Hunter Yoko
Gaiares
Arrow Flash

if people could help me out with the rarity ratings on these, that'd be great...

[Fighter17]

sorry to threadjack, but in an auction i won on ebay, i have the following jap megadrive games coming to me in the mail...

Bare Knuckle (aka Streets of Rage)
Ringside Angel
Mamono Hunter Yoko
Gaiares
Arrow Flash

if people could help me out with the rarity ratings on these, that'd be great...

I think Bare Knuckle is a R2
Ringside Angle (unknow)
Mamono Hunter Yoko, R3 I think
Gaiares I think it's a R3 or R2
Arrow Flash is a R2

Oh yeah, can you show me the ebay auction? ;)

[Fighter17]

sorry to threadjack, but in an auction i won on ebay, i have the following jap megadrive games coming to me in the mail...

Bare Knuckle (aka Streets of Rage)
Ringside Angel
Mamono Hunter Yoko
Gaiares
Arrow Flash

if people could help me out with the rarity ratings on these, that'd be great...

I think Bare Knuckle is a R2
Ringside Angle (unknow)
Mamono Hunter Yoko, R3 I think
Gaiares I think it's a R3 or R2
Arrow Flash is a R2

Oh yeah, can you show me the ebay auction? ;)

[mgriff]

sorry to threadjack, but in an auction i won on ebay, i have the following jap megadrive games coming to me in the mail...

Bare Knuckle (aka Streets of Rage)
Ringside Angel
Mamono Hunter Yoko
Gaiares
Arrow Flash

if people could help me out with the rarity ratings on these, that'd be great...

I think Bare Knuckle is a R2
Ringside Angle (unknow)
Mamono Hunter Yoko, R3 I think
Gaiares I think it's a R3 or R2
Arrow Flash is a R2

Oh yeah, can you show me the ebay auction? ;)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-8-Genesis-Games-Japanese-Video-Games_W0QQitemZ9134250396QQcategoryZ309QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

also in that auction are the following us games; gunstar heroes, dragon's fury, and valis III, overall its an amazing deal that i got that lot for...

[mgriff]

sorry to threadjack, but in an auction i won on ebay, i have the following jap megadrive games coming to me in the mail...

Bare Knuckle (aka Streets of Rage)
Ringside Angel
Mamono Hunter Yoko
Gaiares
Arrow Flash

if people could help me out with the rarity ratings on these, that'd be great...

I think Bare Knuckle is a R2
Ringside Angle (unknow)
Mamono Hunter Yoko, R3 I think
Gaiares I think it's a R3 or R2
Arrow Flash is a R2

Oh yeah, can you show me the ebay auction? ;)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-8-Genesis-Games-Japanese-Video-Games_W0QQitemZ9134250396QQcategoryZ309QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

also in that auction are the following us games; gunstar heroes, dragon's fury, and valis III, overall its an amazing deal that i got that lot for...

[Fighter17]

sorry to threadjack, but in an auction i won on ebay, i have the following jap megadrive games coming to me in the mail...

Bare Knuckle (aka Streets of Rage)
Ringside Angel
Mamono Hunter Yoko
Gaiares
Arrow Flash

if people could help me out with the rarity ratings on these, that'd be great...

I think Bare Knuckle is a R2
Ringside Angle (unknow)
Mamono Hunter Yoko, R3 I think
Gaiares I think it's a R3 or R2
Arrow Flash is a R2

Oh yeah, can you show me the ebay auction? ;)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-8-Genesis-Games-Japanese-Video-Games_W0QQitemZ9134250396QQcategoryZ309QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

also in that auction are the following us games; gunstar heroes, dragon's fury, and valis III, overall its an amazing deal that i got that lot for...

Dude I saw this lot before somewhere here and I said: "Must be this guy's lucky day!"

[Fighter17]

sorry to threadjack, but in an auction i won on ebay, i have the following jap megadrive games coming to me in the mail...

Bare Knuckle (aka Streets of Rage)
Ringside Angel
Mamono Hunter Yoko
Gaiares
Arrow Flash

if people could help me out with the rarity ratings on these, that'd be great...

I think Bare Knuckle is a R2
Ringside Angle (unknow)
Mamono Hunter Yoko, R3 I think
Gaiares I think it's a R3 or R2
Arrow Flash is a R2

Oh yeah, can you show me the ebay auction? ;)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-8-Genesis-Games-Japanese-Video-Games_W0QQitemZ9134250396QQcategoryZ309QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

also in that auction are the following us games; gunstar heroes, dragon's fury, and valis III, overall its an amazing deal that i got that lot for...

Dude I saw this lot before somewhere here and I said: "Must be this guy's lucky day!"

[mgriff]

sorry to threadjack, but in an auction i won on ebay, i have the following jap megadrive games coming to me in the mail...

Bare Knuckle (aka Streets of Rage)
Ringside Angel
Mamono Hunter Yoko
Gaiares
Arrow Flash

if people could help me out with the rarity ratings on these, that'd be great...

I think Bare Knuckle is a R2
Ringside Angle (unknow)
Mamono Hunter Yoko, R3 I think
Gaiares I think it's a R3 or R2
Arrow Flash is a R2

Oh yeah, can you show me the ebay auction? ;)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-8-Genesis-Games-Japanese-Video-Games_W0QQitemZ9134250396QQcategoryZ309QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

also in that auction are the following us games; gunstar heroes, dragon's fury, and valis III, overall its an amazing deal that i got that lot for...

Dude I saw this lot before somewhere here and I said: "Must be this guy's lucky day!"

yea, i had posted it in the finds thread at one point... :D

[mgriff]

sorry to threadjack, but in an auction i won on ebay, i have the following jap megadrive games coming to me in the mail...

Bare Knuckle (aka Streets of Rage)
Ringside Angel
Mamono Hunter Yoko
Gaiares
Arrow Flash

if people could help me out with the rarity ratings on these, that'd be great...

I think Bare Knuckle is a R2
Ringside Angle (unknow)
Mamono Hunter Yoko, R3 I think
Gaiares I think it's a R3 or R2
Arrow Flash is a R2

Oh yeah, can you show me the ebay auction? ;)

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lot-of-8-Genesis-Games-Japanese-Video-Games_W0QQitemZ9134250396QQcategoryZ309QQrdZ1QQcmd ZViewItem

also in that auction are the following us games; gunstar heroes, dragon's fury, and valis III, overall its an amazing deal that i got that lot for...

Dude I saw this lot before somewhere here and I said: "Must be this guy's lucky day!"

yea, i had posted it in the finds thread at one point... :D

[Vroomfunkel]

Good jobs on the ratings, but I see Vapor Trail go higher, and same for Super H.Q. :hmm:

Sorry, but if you already know so well how rare these things are, what the hell are you asking for? :hmm:

Gajinpunch is definitely more the expert than I am, so I'll bow to his corrections. But I would remind you that the rarity guide ratings are not about 'value' - it doesn't matter if the games go for higher amounts, it doesn't affect their rarity rating.

Vapor Trail, I would say is certainly not an R5 from the definition. Super HQ, I don't really know - perhaps. But certainly nothing over R5.

Vroomfunkel

[Vroomfunkel]

Good jobs on the ratings, but I see Vapor Trail go higher, and same for Super H.Q. :hmm:

Sorry, but if you already know so well how rare these things are, what the hell are you asking for? :hmm:

Gajinpunch is definitely more the expert than I am, so I'll bow to his corrections. But I would remind you that the rarity guide ratings are not about 'value' - it doesn't matter if the games go for higher amounts, it doesn't affect their rarity rating.

Vapor Trail, I would say is certainly not an R5 from the definition. Super HQ, I don't really know - perhaps. But certainly nothing over R5.

Vroomfunkel

[anagrama]

I'm also not an expert on the Japanese side, but Vroom's/GaijinPunch's ratings look pretty good to me.
None are what you'd call "rare", and while a couple may sell for more than the others, remember that rarity and value are two seperate entities - common/uncommon titles can get good prices because they are in fairly high demand, not just because they are hard to find.

[anagrama]

I'm also not an expert on the Japanese side, but Vroom's/GaijinPunch's ratings look pretty good to me.
None are what you'd call "rare", and while a couple may sell for more than the others, remember that rarity and value are two seperate entities - common/uncommon titles can get good prices because they are in fairly high demand, not just because they are hard to find.

[Ed Oscuro]

Gaiares is definitely not R3. R2 at best, and maybe R1. It is not hard to find. Chiki Chiki boys, closer to R3.
I've checked out eBay a few times now since this topic has come up, and I haven't seen one. Unless this is just a bad streak (which is pretty possible) I have a hard time seeing it as an R1...

[Ed Oscuro]

Gaiares is definitely not R3. R2 at best, and maybe R1. It is not hard to find. Chiki Chiki boys, closer to R3.
I've checked out eBay a few times now since this topic has come up, and I haven't seen one. Unless this is just a bad streak (which is pretty possible) I have a hard time seeing it as an R1...

[anagrama]

Gaiares is definitely not R3. R2 at best, and maybe R1. It is not hard to find. Chiki Chiki boys, closer to R3.
I've checked out eBay a few times now since this topic has come up, and I haven't seen one. Unless this is just a bad streak (which is pretty possible) I have a hard time seeing it as an R1...

C'mon Ed - a quick search shows 2 Japanese copies currently up:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GAIARES-for-the-SEGA-MEGA-DRIVE-JAP_W0QQitemZ8287016152

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MD-Gaiares-JAP-JP-IMPORT_W0QQitemZ8816734918

[anagrama]

Gaiares is definitely not R3. R2 at best, and maybe R1. It is not hard to find. Chiki Chiki boys, closer to R3.
I've checked out eBay a few times now since this topic has come up, and I haven't seen one. Unless this is just a bad streak (which is pretty possible) I have a hard time seeing it as an R1...

C'mon Ed - a quick search shows 2 Japanese copies currently up:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GAIARES-for-the-SEGA-MEGA-DRIVE-JAP_W0QQitemZ8287016152

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MD-Gaiares-JAP-JP-IMPORT_W0QQitemZ8816734918

[Vroomfunkel]

A couple more completed ones:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGA-SEGA-MD-Gaiares_W0QQitemZ8286736609

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MD-Gaiares-SHOOTER-lose-JAP_W0QQitemZ8287295510

It's by no means as common as Strider for example, but it's certainly not hard to find in any way.

[Vroomfunkel]

A couple more completed ones:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SEGA-SEGA-MD-Gaiares_W0QQitemZ8286736609

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MD-Gaiares-SHOOTER-lose-JAP_W0QQitemZ8287295510

It's by no means as common as Strider for example, but it's certainly not hard to find in any way.

[Ed Oscuro]

Gaiares is definitely not R3. R2 at best, and maybe R1. It is not hard to find. Chiki Chiki boys, closer to R3.
I've checked out eBay a few times now since this topic has come up, and I haven't seen one. Unless this is just a bad streak (which is pretty possible) I have a hard time seeing it as an R1...

C'mon Ed - a quick search shows 2 Japanese copies currently up:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GAIARES-for-the-SEGA-MEGA-DRIVE-JAP_W0QQitemZ8287016152

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MD-Gaiares-JAP-JP-IMPORT_W0QQitemZ8816734918
Those don't show up on www.ebay.com, just co.uk. Guess I need to check the UK site more! None are showing up for completed auctions on the regular eBay site, either.

[Ed Oscuro]

Gaiares is definitely not R3. R2 at best, and maybe R1. It is not hard to find. Chiki Chiki boys, closer to R3.
I've checked out eBay a few times now since this topic has come up, and I haven't seen one. Unless this is just a bad streak (which is pretty possible) I have a hard time seeing it as an R1...

C'mon Ed - a quick search shows 2 Japanese copies currently up:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/GAIARES-for-the-SEGA-MEGA-DRIVE-JAP_W0QQitemZ8287016152

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MD-Gaiares-JAP-JP-IMPORT_W0QQitemZ8816734918
Those don't show up on www.ebay.com, just co.uk. Guess I need to check the UK site more! None are showing up for completed auctions on the regular eBay site, either.

[GaijinPunch]

You know you can find these games on Yahoo Japan and asses their rarity there. If you see 5+ on YJ at any time, it's obviously no more than an R2. I even have all MD/MCD games in the Yahoo Japan assistant.

[GaijinPunch]

You know you can find these games on Yahoo Japan and asses their rarity there. If you see 5+ on YJ at any time, it's obviously no more than an R2. I even have all MD/MCD games in the Yahoo Japan assistant.

[anagrama]

www.ebay.com[/url], just co.uk. Guess I need to check the UK site more! None are showing up for completed auctions on the regular eBay site, either.

They do if you're smart and search for "items located in any country".

[anagrama]

www.ebay.com[/url], just co.uk. Guess I need to check the UK site more! None are showing up for completed auctions on the regular eBay site, either.

They do if you're smart and search for "items located in any country".