Games you have trouble finding in good condition?

[Muscelli]

sonic adventure limited edition, I bet a mint copy doesnt exist

[plaidbrad3141]

It took me forever to find a clean copy of Fatal Frame for the PS2 in the wild.

[bust3dstr8]

Finding good condition HuCards is tough. Even if the top looks great, the bottom is often very scuffed up. It's just the way the PC-Engine is designed I guess, if people don't clean the card slot off its worse. The dirt seems to get
ground real deep into the card.

[BocoDragon]

Somehow, in like 15 years of active searching, I have never found a decent looking copy of Super Mario Bros 2. I kid you not.

[RadiantSvgun]

Megaman X3
Crusader of Centy
Capcom Vs Snk 2 gamecube
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
Lunar 2 psx
Dracula X snes
Splatterhouse 2
Elemental Master
contra nes box
contra force
Final fight guy
Mighty final fight
Kickle cubicle
Axelay

[DigitalSpace]

I was having some trouble with Rumble Racing (PS2), but I finally manged to find one in good shape at an EB a while back. Same thing with Driver 2 (PSX) until I got a copy at GameCrazy about a week and a half ago.

The games that come to mind right now are:

Rayman 3 (Gamecube)
Road & Track Presents The Need For Speed (PSX)
Kings of the Beach (NES)
Road Rash 3 (Genesis)

[sirhansirhan]

I never owned a Gamecube but bought a Wii on launch day, so I've been trying to catch up on all of thr Cube games I've wanted all this time but have never bought. It's a shame that new GC games are hard to come by these days, because as a system, I've never seen more consistently shitty looking used games.

A rough estimate would be that half of the used PS2 and X-Box games I come into are in good enough shape (for me, anyway), and maybe 1/3 of PS1 games, but it really seems like only about 1/10 of the used Gamecube games I look at are in acceptable shape. Is it because the discs are small? Or because it is generally perceived as a system for kids, and kids are harder on their discs? I don't know.

[goemon]

I guess that obi completeness counts for this topic... there are some games that are really hard to find compete with obi:

Kitchen Panic (PS): I've never seen a complete copy for sale/auction. I searched for a while trying to find one, but I found a great deal on an incomplete copy and went for it. Great game BTW!

Ningyo no Rakuin (PS): Another uncommon/semi-rare game that I've had trouble finding with the obi intact. It's easier to find sealed than Kitchen Panic, though.

Those are the only examples I can think of offhand.

[Cambot]

Somehow, in like 15 years of active searching, I have never found a decent looking copy of Super Mario Bros 2. I kid you not.

I guess I got lucky a couple months ago at a thrift store, then.

[BocoDragon]

I guess I got lucky a couple months ago at a thrift store, then.

You're the one who's stealing my karma!!!

And how did you know that boxed SNES games (including the Square greats) were the other thing that would make me jealous....?

[Pilotwings]

Un squadron ( usa version) seems hard to find in good nic.

[Cambot]

I always used to have a hard time finding Mario Paint in good condition. I finally got one from a co-worker,

You're the one who's stealing my karma!!!

And how did you know that boxed SNES games (including the Square greats) were the other thing that would make me jealous....?

Yeah, sorry. I like to randomly throw that find out there.

[mEgAsHoT]

The game that I can't find in a good condition around my area is Ridge Racer V for the PS2. I've only seen one copy in my area (McDonough, GA), and that only copy was horribly scratched up. I haven't found another copy of the game since then.

[kataboom]

Somehow, in like 15 years of active searching, I have never found a decent looking copy of Super Mario Bros 2. I kid you not.

i agree with this one. sm2 is hard to find in good condition.

[dojosky]

sonic adventure limited edition, I bet a mint copy doesnt exist

it sure does exists ! I have one i bought directly from a sega employer it was sealed but one night he decided to open it to play it GRRR but its still MINT . to be honest i dont think they were ever sealed why would an exclusive game be sealed ?? . but I might be wrong .. that Night i bought many sealed dc games from him and 3 brand new dc systems too ! plus am sure some collectors has mint sonic adventure limited edition in their hands...

[Penguin]

Couple games that come to mind are Zelda and the Adventure of Link gold carts for NES, Ive seem more of them missing gold than I have non gold ones. Another game would be Frogger for 2600, whenever I find one it always has a dirty/damaged label, or the stupid hole worn open on the middle of the label.