What is the Single RAREST Item In Your Collection?

[ProgrammingAce]

The last few months, i've taken a cue from BuyAtari and started picking up various VG artwork...

This is one of the more amusing ones...


I fail to see how Sonic and Ariel combine to form Donald Duck.




Hardware wise, i'm particularly fond of my prototype Xbox w/ the Sega Chihiro (Sega arcade system) connector. I've only ever seen one other, and that one didn't work.

[Barbarianoutkast85]

Miracle Piano Teaching System (Genesis) R8
Blockbuster World Video Game Championship II (Genesis) R9
Spiderman web of fire (32x) R7
Tail of the Sun (ps1) R7
Fox Hunt (PS1) R8
Cheetahmen II (NES) R9
Solitare (NES) R7
Bebe's Kids (SNES) R7
Fun N Games (SNES) R8

I think those are my rarist

[scallen]

Probably Bumper Bash for 2600 for me. Not complete, but I do have the cart and the manual, along with the warranty card.

Came in the same lot as Master Builder and Gas Hog. (They both have manuals as well)

has Bumper Bash become less rare in the past 10 years? i remember when i first found one people on usenet were clamoring over it, then i found 3-4 more over the next coupla years... (they all sold for around $100 from what i can remember, more for the CIB one)

the one good thing about Canada - video game dumping ground -- 2600 Zellers carts and Spectravision carts seemed plentiful up here... also Maxi-15s seemed abundant in the Winnipeg area...

[S7venBills]

I have a complete boxed Bally Arcade home system that was releases in '79 along with 8 games still factory sealed. I'm yet to find anyone else who is even familiar with this thing. It's sort of like the atari 2600. I even scored the pre-order reciept that was used to buy it.

[kazuo]

The Dreamcast Matching Service Games are not rare, nor is Phantasy STar SMS. All are fairly common, with Phantasy Star SMS a little less so, but still easy to obtain (and inexpensive).

It's really hard to classify stuff as rare, so here goes my list:

Segata Sanshiro (Saturn JPN; hard to find, sorta expensive)
Dungeons & Dragons Collection (Saturn JPN; not that hard to find, but expensive)
Metal Wolf Chaos (Xbox JPN; sorta hard to find, not too expensive, if you're lucky)

Those three are probably the rarest softs I own.

[Princess-Isabela]

probably one of the rarer ones - Ninja Masters on Neo Geo AES, worth about $600 or so.
incredible game at that ^^

[daminmancejin]

Shadow dancer!!!

[DigitalSpace]

Rarest SNES games: Zero The Kamikaze Squirrel (R7), Hurricanes (R7)
Rarest Genesis game: Joshua: The Battle Of Jericho (R7)
Rarest NES games: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Tournament Fighters (R6), Qix (R6)
Rarest PlayStation game: Porsche Challenge (R6)

[xtremegamer]

Just a couple odd rares:

Duck Dodger's Proto w/ debug menu
Brand New Sealed Tactics Ogre

[rarebucky]

Factory sealed Bubble Bobble Part 2 for original Gameboy

[evil_genius]

My single rarest game is radiant silvergun or joshua for gen

[Gemini-Phoenix]

The Getaway (100 Million Discs Limited Edition version) ~ PAL PlayStation 2:



Here we have an example of "The Getaway" ~ Sony produced 1,000 special versions to commemorate 100,000,000 (One hundred million) PlayStation 2 discs. As far as I know, these were only given away to employees at Sony, and have "Not To Be Sold Separately" in place of the barcode. The whole cover, back and front, is a silver coloured rendition of the standard game cover, with minor differences unique to this edition.

On the front in small writing, it says "Limited Edition of 1,000", plus a small white sticker beneath the cellophane which has the edition number printed on it (In this case, mine is 100.000.476) ~ The game is wrapped in the usual thick cellophane with a clear tear strip in the usual place about an inch from the bottom, plus the "Y" style folded ends.

As far as I know, this edition also holds the original game code which the first release had, which was later withdrawn from sale and replaced due to legal issues between Sony and BT (British Telecommunications) because of a certain in-game mission which involved blowing up BT branded service vans, or something similar

I also believe The Getaway was a UK only game in the first place. Set in London, it's a GTA style modern gangster themed game much alike the film "Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels"


A game such as this is the true definition of "RARE", as it is clearly limited in numbers and sought after by collector's. Sealed examples are even rarer. This particular game is obscure to start with, which adds to the obscurity of this particular Limited Edition version

[otaku]

in addition to those NGPC games I now have: radiant silvergun, panzer dragoon saga and a bunch of level 4 games for saturn (working designs stuff mostly)

[grolt]

I have lots of rare complete games for the US Saturn:

All the Working Designs games
Panzer Dragoon Saga
Winning Post
The House of the Dead
Shining Force III
Guardian Heroes
Burning Rangers

Here's a few more moderately rare US games from other systems:

Lunar II: Eternal Blue (Sega CD)
Lunar: The Silver Star (Sega CD)
Vay (Sega CD)
Lords of Thunder (Sega CD)
Dungeon Explorer (Sega CD)
Pitfall (Sega 32X)
Blackthorne (Sega 32X)
T-Mek (Sega 32X)
Phantasy Star (SMS)
Mickey Mouse: Castle of Illusion (SMS)
Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's Trap (SMS)

[ScourDX]

Herc's Adventure (PSX)
In the Hunt (PSX)
Syndicate Wars (PSX)
Team Buddies (PSX)
X-Com: UFO Defense (PSX)
Sonic Adventure: Limited Edition (DC)

[otaku]

Previously my rarest was level 7 (cotton for NGPC) but now I have a level 8 game-crows the battle action for saturn! 5000 copies and one is mine!

[Neo-Gozira]

My Japanese Neo-Geo AES Homecart System which is like new and complete down to the plastic baggies and twist ties inside the box. Heck, the box is in better shape than some new console boxes that I have seen being sold in local stores today. It took me a while to find such a nice one but it was well worth the wait. Sometimes it's condition makes me not want to play on it, but who can resist the Neo-Geo? I sure can't.

[N 2 Nintendo]

My rarest item is Flintstones Surprise at Dinosaur Peak (NES) with box, box being in very good/fair condition.

[fahlim003]

I'd wager it's Shinrei Jusatsushi Taromaru on Sega Saturn. Either that or Mizubaku Daibouken also for SS.

[azuma2007]

I have Zanac X Zanac(PSX), Radiant Silver Gun(PSX & DC), Harmful Park(PSX), Ibara(PS2), Choaniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko(PSX)