Rare SNES Games

[digitalpress]

I'd like to revisit this, I'm trying to compile a good list for my Tips & Tricks column and have had great input from the forum - I'll be crediting you in the column if I can pull it together in time!

Here's what we have so far: Please add or dispute these entries if you can - I'm thinking the list should only include those games that would be a "7" or higher on a scale of 1-10.

3 Ninjas Kick Back (rental)
Adventure of Kid Kleets (rental)
Aero Fighters
Aerobiz Supersonic
Air Cavalry
Ardy Lightfoot
Bazooka Blitzkrieg
Bebe's Kids
Brainies
Brandish
Bronchi the Bronchiosaurus (medical game)
Cannondale Cup
Capcom's Soccer Shootout
Captain Novolin (medical game)
Casper
Castlevania: Dracula X
Choplifter III: Rescue & Survive
Civilization
Clay Fighter: Tournament Edition (rental)
Donkey Kong Country CE
Dragon View
Dragon's Earth
Dream TV
E.V.O.: Search for Eden
Eek! the Cat (rental)
Final Fight Guy (rental)
Firestriker
Flintstones:Treasure of Sierra Madrock
Frantic Flea
Fun N Games (approx 2000 made)
Ghoul Patrol
Hagane: The Final Conflict
Harvest Moon
Head-On Soccer
Hurricanes
Imperium
Incantation
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice (not to be confused with King Arthur's World)
Lamborghini American Challenge
Lemmings 2: Tribes
Lufia II
Magic Boy
Mario Early Years: Fun with Letters
Mario Early Years: Fun with Numbers
Math Blasters Episode 1
Metal Warriors
Might and Magic III: Isles of Terra
Mohawk & Headphone Jack
Mountainbike Rally
Mr. Nutz (rental)
New Horizons
Nickelodean Guts
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
No Escape
Operation Thunderbolt
Oscar
Pac-In-Time
Packy & Marlon (medical game)
Paladin's Quest
Pieces
Pocky & Rocky 2
Prehistorik Man
Prince of Persia 2
Pushover
Q*Bert 3
RapJam: Volume 1
Relief Pitcher
Ren & Stimpy Fire Dogs (rental)
Rex Ronan: Experimental Surgeon (medical game)
Robotech
RoboTrek
S.O.S. Sink or Swim (by Titus)
Sea Quest
Secret of the Stars
Smartball
Snow White: Happily Ever After
Sonic Blastman 2
Star Fox Super Weekend Cartridge
Super Bowling
Super Noah's Ark 3D
Super Solitaire
Super Troll Island
Swat Kats
Uncharted Waters
Utopia: The Creation of a Nation
War 2410
War 3010
Wicked 18 Golf
Wizard of Oz, The
Zero: The Kamikaze Squirrel

[Kid Fenris]

I'm just going by personal experience, but I wouldn't say that Samurai Showdown and Battle Blaze are particularly rare. I've seen them quite often in the wild.

[D_N_G]

Ill try to get some more info for you today....

I agree with Kid Fenris on Battle Blaze and Samurai Showdown, there are a couple others on there too ..

You have Noahs Ark on the List 2 times. And I dont believe Wisdom Tree has anymore copies left.

[den68]

I just picked up boxed copies of Sea Quest and Mohawk and Headphone Jack this weekend. Either I got lucky or they're not that rare. I HAVE seen Sea Quest at Gamestop/Funco before though.

[Sega Hitman]

Sea Quest has got to be at least a 7. I've never came across the SNES or Genny version of it.

Mohawk & Headphone Jack might be a little questionable. I've seen a few of them before. That could be just be some territorial thing though.

You've listed "Super Troll Islands" and "Trolls" on there. I've never heard of Trolls. That might be a boo-boo.

-Hitman-

[DDCecil]

What about Whizz or Magic Boy? I've only seen each of those once in my life.

[mikeetler]

Definitely add:
Aerobiz SuperSonic
Brainies
Magic Boy <-- up until recent discovery of a few thousand pieces it was unheard of
Swat Kats

Maybe add:
Adventure's of Yogi Bear
Aerobiz
Disney's Pinocchio
Full Throttle
Looney Tunes B-Ball
Mario Early Years Preschool Fun
Mega Man X3
Mega Man 7
Mr Do!
Ren & Stimpy Time Warp
Sim Ant
Sim City 2000
Steel Talons
Syndicate

Drop:
Disney's Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games
Jim Power: The Lost Dimension
Tommy Moe's Winter Extreme

Dragon's Earth <-- I don't think this was a North American release

[WiseSalesman]

Mega Man 7 is not that rare. I've seen it in several different resale outlets. Same goes for Mega Man X3, in my opinion. I've also seen Zero: The Kamikaze Squirrel in stores a couple times, but I might have just gotten lucky.

[Kid Fenris]

DP, I took the liberty of showing your list to a local EB World clerk (and game collector). He agreed with most of the titles and suggested the addition of Carrier Aces.

By the way, what's Robotech? I don't recall any Robotech games on the Super NES.

[nesman85]

i have robotech for snes. i didn't know it was rare. its a pretty cool rpg too.

[nesman85]

oops, i meant robotrek, but that's on the list too. i would take ignition factor off. i have it complete, and have seen it loose a quite a few times. i doubt its a 7.

[Dire 51]

Hmmm... there was Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie for the Super Famicom, but that never came in the US (and boy, did we miss out). I don't recall ever seeing a Robotech game for the SNES. If there is one, I'd really like to see it.

[TRM]

Scooby Doo, though I might be wrong about that

[Jorpho]

@mikeetler: Full Throttle? That wouldn't be the Lucasarts game, would it?

I still wonder if Impossible Mission 2025 will ever show up anywhere, or if it's better listed as a proto. (There's got to be a few review copies out there if nothing else.)
And has anyone seen Kid Klown's Crazy Chase around?
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[NvrMore]

Hmmm... there was Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie for the Super Famicom, but that never came in the US (and boy, did we miss out).

Oh yes, probably the best shooter on the SNES (and my favorite shooter of any system) and it never got released outside of Japan.

In all fairness though, it's not terribly rare, probably only a 7 maybe 8 in terms of SFC rarity. It is expensive though, mainly due to what it's based on and the fact that it is such a fantastic game which means that gamers (especially shmups fanatics) are more than willing to pay the price to get a copy, but IMO it's easily worth the price that it currently sells for.

[digitalpress]

UPDATED.

Besides a few additions and subtractions I also removed the doubled up "Trolls" (which was an error).

QUESTION: Is there such a game as ROBOTREK? I've never seen or heard of it but someone reputable mentioned it. I'd have to go back to the original post, wondering if they meant ROBOTECH, the mech/RPG game?

[mikeetler]

Full Throttle? That wouldn't be the Lucasarts game, would it?

Nah, just a not too memerable jet ski/motorcycle racing game from CyberSoft.

Scooby Doo, though I might be wrong about that

Up until it's Majesco re-release it would have been, but not now.

[Achika]

Scooby's pretty easy to find here. So I think it's more uncommon than it is rare. I don't know how rare

3 Ninjas
Beethoven
Pac In Time

I've seen them a few times over the past few months, even if there are other collectors in Flint, NO ONE is buying them.

[mikeetler]

QUESTION: Is there such a game as ROBOTREK? I've never seen or heard of it but someone reputable mentioned it. I'd have to go back to the original post, wondering if they meant ROBOTECH, the mech/RPG game?

Yes, it is Robotrek. It was an Enix release.

[ShinobiMan]

What about Smartball? I always thought that was a rare one.... I've never seen one today, only in magazine ads.