Minus the prototype stuff I would vote the RDI Halcyon as well. I don't think the Zemmix is that rare. Besides my two I think I've seen two others sell on ebay over the years.
Minus the prototype stuff I would vote the RDI Halcyon as well. I don't think the Zemmix is that rare. Besides my two I think I've seen two others sell on ebay over the years.
Maybe in the US, but they're common as dirt in Asia. I've known several people who've used them as phones, poor bastards.Originally Posted by ProgrammingAce
Mazora Dreamcast has got to be up there, I would think. Halcyon has got to be the winner, though.
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I'm not so sure about how rare it is but I have Hyundai Super Comboy and can honestly say, I've never seen once since. It's even hard to find pictures of it on the web.
It's just a Korean SNES but does anyone else have one of these units?
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What was that Memorex game system? I was the size of one of those 80s era VCRs, iirc. It was the big bitch. Can't remember its name.
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The VIS? They were still available with a pack of "games" as recently as a few years ago. Great if you want some edutainment, but not much beyond that. They do have the distinction of being the first console to run an MS operating system.
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The rarest one I care about? Neo Geo AES never seen one in person but really want one! None around here just online.
I have yet to find a complete Vectrex.
The Halcyon is factually the rarest console past prototype stages. There were only around 25 or so made and they were only sent to the investers of the company. Only like one or two are accounted for.
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Don't know where you got your stats from, but there are more than one or two accounted for...
What about the Wondermega/X'eye? Or maybe the LaserActive TG16 module? Or that other portable PC Engine thing? (Not the Turbo Xpress, but that laptop-styled one.)
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So if there were only 25 Halcyons produced and they were never available for sale at retail, why would that be considered "beyond the prototype stage"?
Like other people have said, I think it's difficult to say that systems like the Zemmix or Super Comboy are really very rare. They may be rare in the U.S., but much less so in Korea. In fact, I'd say that if any of them show up in the U.S. at all, they can't be all that rare in Korea. There may be some truly rare systems released in Korea that are more along the lines of the Adventurevision is terms of rarity, but chances are we wouldn't have ever even heard of them over here.
Speaking of obscure clone systems from other countries, has anyone ever heard of this one:
It's apparently an SG-1000 clone from Hong Kong. I got that picture from an eBay auction, so I guess it fails my "if you've seen it in the U.S., it's probably a lot more common in it's country of origin" rule anyway and it might be unlicensed, too, maybe you wouldn't count it in a question like this. Pretty cool, though.
Also, there were dozens of regional variations on the 1292 Advanced Programmable, so considering how rare even the most common of them are, I wouldn't be surprised if one of those wasn't the rarest all-time system. Unless you count prototypes, though, I'm sure we'll never really be able to know what the rarest is.
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There are indications that the Halcyon was available for public sale, at least in a very limited capacity. I'm sure there are rarer proto consoles, but for the ones that are at least rumored to have had a retail release, it's the king.
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I was also under the impression that it did get an extremely limited "retail distribution". I can't recall where I read that though.
I've been wracking my brain trying to remember as well. I do recall that it was a stop-gap move to try to keep the investors involved by showing that it was a true retail product.
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I own a Neo Geo AES in the cabinet and everything!
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don't you mean MVS? I really hope someone didn't mod a AES with a cab since AES was already originally based on the MVS.
I've seen a couple of AES systems modded for use in a cabinet. Why? Because brand new AES carts were cheaper than brand new MVS kits. So some of the more unscrupulous arcade operators would obviously choose the cheaper route.
What? Where'd you get that information? Nokia sold something like two million worldwide.
If you're talking about rare portables, the Gizmondo would have to be up there. They only sold around 30,000. I think the Tapwave Zodiac sold something like 50,000.
Ya sorry an MVS! AES was the home MVS right?
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