GBA BOXED COLLECTORS UNITE! WHat are the toughest to find?

[DreamTR]

Yeah, I meant INVADER.

It if has the oval seal of quality, it's North American, if it has the circular, it's European.

Mike, does Downforce exist in the UK? I wonder why Game Dude had it listed at one time. Then again, they have ISS Soccer for GBA listed, and I KNOW that is Euro only.

[2Dskillz]

Is super gunstar heroes already rare?

Also is it difficult to find a box and manuals for Astro Boy Omega Factor?

[Oobgarm]

Strike Force Hydra?

I've only seen it one time in the wild, and it was used but complete. They pop up on eBay, I've noticed.

[mikeetler]

Mike Etler: Check www.gamedude.com

THey have MOST of the GBA games on that list in STOCK NEW and SEALED still. I live very close to Game Dude, and can grab anything if needed. They had Amazing Sea Monkeys and basically get ANY GBA game in you can find with the exception of SUper Collapse II and Book Worm.

Unless they have a second page somewhere, the only titles they show as in stock new are Sea Monkeys and Disney Sports Football. Then again, they're web site isn't the greatest.

Just to confirm, Intruder and Black Belt Challenge by XICAT are NOT US releases, correct?

Invader and BBC are non-US only. There was some talk of them coming here but it's unlikely that it'll happen.

[mikeetler]

Strike Force Hydra?

I've only seen it one time in the wild, and it was used but complete. They pop up on eBay, I've noticed.

I was thinking of adding SFH as well as a couple of other AIA releases, but a number of them were re-issued by Ignition. I don't think SFH was one of them but I have to check since I saw copies a few months ago at a couple of EB's.

[mikeetler]

Mike, does Downforce exist in the UK? I wonder why Game Dude had it listed at one time. Then again, they have ISS Soccer for GBA listed, and I KNOW that is Euro only.

It came out in Europe but it supposedly shipped in the US as well. This is Titus we're talking about though, so there's a good change it didn't make it out here.

[mikeetler]

You must mean Invader if it's by Xicat, I have a friend that managed to find a copy in a South Carolina CostCo/BJ Warehouse type place, but I still think that the game was officially marketed for strictly Europe and his find was a fluke.

Mr. Etler do you have any light to shed on that one?

This is a great thread, I love boxed GBA games for some reason.

If you can check that Invader box I'm very interested to see if there was a small US print run. A US release would have an ESRB rating and the oval Nintendo seal. Even if you can check the cart a US label would have the ESRB rating and the part number would end in "-USA"

[DreamTR]

Titus. Ugh.

I have had enough problems trying to figure out what did and did not come out tin the USA by that company...

You would think that since Titus was local to the Los Angeles area, we would have a better chance of tracking down all of the Titus titles, but even then it's a chore....

Random games like Robocop for GBC and Hercules for GBC that were not released in the USA just makes me relive Downforce once again= (

Game Dude usually has MORE than what you see listed on the site NEW, and is ALWAYS looking for stuff. I will contact the owner about DOWNFORCE for Game Boy Advance and see what he can do, as there are tons of distributors out here.....

[Bratwurst]

I'll ask the guy, in the meantime I did a little google searching and check it out:

http://www.vgmuseum.com/scans/gba/lu...16/invader.jpg

http://www.toysnjoys.com/gba/invader.jpg

And here is boxart without the oval seal:

http://www.gamestracker.com/images/packshot/1347.jpg

[DreamTR]

Bratwurst, the problem with google searching is that you end up finding all sorts of stuff like that for SNES that was not released, and many other systems that have the "E" rating.

Here's a specific GBA game in mind:

Santa Claus for Game Boy Advance by Telegames.....

check out www.telegames.com

It even has a pic of the box with the E rating, but it's sold in the USA with the Circular seal, and there isn't an oval rating one anywhere to be found says Telegames....

[Ed Oscuro]

Sigma Star Saga is hard to find?

Edit: Also, Aria of Sorrow is - well, used to be - easier to find boxed than Harmony of Dissonance by a good deal. Hopefully the double pack reprint alleviates the problem a bit.

[Bratwurst]

Just a followup on my friend's copy of Invader, it doesn't have the ESRB logo and the manual has six languages, so it is most likely an Euro issue.

[mikeetler]

Just a followup on my friend's copy of Invader, it doesn't have the ESRB logo and the manual has six languages, so it is most likely an Euro issue.

Definitely Euro. Thanks for checking that out.

[Tan]

i seem to be having a helluva hard time finding splinter cell for the gba, pandora is easy enough to find, but the first one is just killer.

[DreamTR]

I think it is safe to say any of the "Castlevania" games are just in collectors hands, no necessarily hard to find, just people snatch em up to play'em, just like they did with Dracula X for PC Engine Duo.

Most of the toughies are listed in Etler's mini-list, and things like Sigma Star are NOT hard to find...yet...

[mikeetler]

Sigma Star Saga is hard to find?

I personally don't think a number of the titles mentioned are currently difficult to locate but a number of them have strong potential, including SSS.

Edit: Also, Aria of Sorrow is - well, used to be - easier to find boxed than Harmony of Dissonance by a good deal. Hopefully the double pack reprint alleviates the problem a bit.

The 2 in 1 has definitely brought the price down of AoS and HoD down somewhat. HoD complete has been going for $20-30, down from $40-50 six months ago. I wouldn't be surprised if some people are selling them and picking up the 2 in 1 in their place. There does appear to be a high number of sealed copies of AoS out there right now. I haven't seen any at retail but eBay had a lot recently.

[joshnickerson]

What about Bookworm? That's one I haven't seen often in the wild and it seems to go for crazy amounts on eBay occasionally.

[mikeetler]

What about Bookworm? That's one I haven't seen often in the wild and it seems to go for crazy amounts on eBay occasionally.

I mentioned it on page 1. I was able to confirm with sources at Majesco that 20K copies were produced. Many of the ones that show up on eBay are bootlegs but the occasional legit copy averages about $50 complete.

[dualfreak1]

i say headphones wireless adapters andnormal gbas!

(EDIT: By GAC, Too many !!!! were messing up forum format)

[hezeuschrist]

Alright seriously guy, you need to go away or have something to say that doesn't suck. You also need to not destroy the formatting of the page by a now useless exclamation.