Games you've gone to a great extent to find.

[ThePerfectionist]

Digimon Rumble Arena 2. I've been looking for it for a solid 5 years and STILL haven't found it!

Almost in this guy's boat. I searched for Digimon Rumble Arena for at least five years (in the process picking up DRA2) before I finally found it.

Actually, you do the math. I rented it when all we had was a N64 and a PSX, and I finally bought it months after getting a 360. So yeah, it was a long and hard search.

Not really worth it, playing it again, but the satisfaction of finding it soothed the pain.

 

[Ridley200]

I bought a PS2 about a year ago (i used to be strictly Nintndo and PC man) to play Snake Eater (and FFX/X-2/12, but i'd already emulated them, so i just felt obligated to buy them), which... turned out to be quite the challenge. I found Snake Eater itself all over the place, but no where had Subsistence, or at least for under $150au. Luckily after a LOT of hunting and searching, i found a copy on GameTraders and e-mailed the manager. A few days later i paid $30, and recieved a near mint condition copy.
Turns out the dude was a collector himself, which is why it was all perfect. I'm still wondering how it was so cheap because of that... or why he even sold it...
But hell, my win.

 

[DanielSPG]

yep, have you ever wanted a game so badly, that you would search up and down for it? And what game/s was it?

i don't actually have any personal experiences, i just wanted to hear all your stories.

Beasts and bumpkins i belive it wasent a real game and i just dreamed it up. (even though theres screen shots on google).

Haha I remember having a demo of that game on one of those old 20demo's a disk disks.

Anyway, for me; PC version of Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen. I got hooked to Legacy of Kain when Soul Reaver got ported to PC and got interested by the story so had to play all episodes, didn't have a ps1 though. Think itt'l be on PSN soon? (Never found it)

 

[RoyalSorceress]

It took me 11 years to find another copy of Earthbound. (I had shortsightedly sold my previous copy when I was 7)

I also had a hard time finding Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes and Psychonauts.

 

[Xerosch]

The enhanced, voiced version of 'Loom'.
Yes, it was pretty time consuming to find this bugger a gazillion years after its limited release...

 

[Rarhnor]

Monster Hunter. Damn, it was hard to find. I eventually found it in a second-hand bin at EB, after trying, to track it down on various websites.

 

[ShadowDude112]

I remember playing Dragon Ball Z: Legendary Super Warriors for the GBC as a kid and loved the damn thing. Then it got lost somehow. But at SGC 2010 this year, I found it in it's box with the manual and everything. I'm glad I got it. Only thing I hate is that I only got DB games at SGC this year. I don't know why I just did. They had Altered Beast for the Genesis. I'm so stupid.

 

[onewheeled]

I really don't try that hard to find games, but there was one time where I actually did put in some effort.

Back in middle school, I was crazy about Guitar Hero. I started with GH2, beat it on every difficulty, and craved more, so I set out to find Guitar Hero 3 with the wireless guitar, for PS2. I checked maybe five or six stores over a period of two weeks before finally finding it, and loved it to death. Now, not so much.

 

[Ridley200]

I also had a hard time finding Metal Gear Solid: Twin Snakes and Psychonauts.

Oh yea... it took me bloody ages to find Twin Snakes as well. Eventually had to get a copy from Switzerland for about $80au, and the box/manual are in German. It's not a huge issue for me, especially since it has the cooler PAL boxart, but i'd still prefer it to be in english, just to match the rest of my collection.

Man... i haven't had much luck with getting Metal Gear games easily...

 

[Nouw]

Aliens Vs Predator 2. An old PC game which I luckily found on Trademe (ebay for the rest of the world)

Digimon Rumble Arena 2. I've been looking for it for a solid 5 years and STILL haven't found it!

If you're serious, don't worry. It's not that good

Lol, don't give up yet. I played it with my friend and I love it.

 

[blankedboy]

Super Smash Bros.
No, seriously.

 

[ciancon]

Okami. Had to go to the other side of the country to buy it (good thing i live in Ireland!)

I bet i would've spent ages trying to find Shadow Of The Collossus but it actually just fell into my lap.

 

[Wraithspine]

Mine has to bee Blood Omen. I spent over a year trying to find that in all the second hand shops I could find as I was unwilling to spend an exorbitant amount on eBay. Finally found it in Gamestation. That was five years ago.

 

[voetballeeuw]

The game wasn't for me but for my brother. He had recently sprained his wrist or something and my mom wanted to get the game he wanted. Unfortunately I was at a friend's house, so we all went into my car and spent two and a half hours searching for it. Eventually we found it and when I got home my brother popped it into the Wii and it was broken (The game was Parallel Park or something, cant remember.

 

[Blackdoom]

Legend Of Zelda Wind Waker Collectors Edition. I know I could have just got the normal one but I wanted to get Master Quest as well and I knew that they had made a heap of them. Needless to say it took a couple of months and dumb luck seeing it in a random store.

At the moment it is Eternal Darkness and Rule Of Rose.

 

[Jewrean]

My PS1 is busted.

I have legally backed up my PS1 games as images onto my computer.

I can't find a working PS1 emulator. Does that count? Oh and anyone who can actually help me out of the issue deserve a life-time of virtual cookies.

I've tried ePSX (doesn't work even when bios has been put in).
I've tried PSX (only runs BIN/CUE and my images are stored as .img).

 

[Jack_Uzi]

I still wanted to have the Dig (old lucas arts point and click), but at the time I wanted it, most stores didn't sell it anymore. Some clerks even looked quite strange at me when I said: "Do you have the dig for me?"

 

[rapidoud]

BF2, at leasy a cheap copy.

Blockbuster had it at $49 like 2 years old at this time (not in America). Pizza Hut had a deal, buy 3 pizzas, get a free copy. Bargain! It came in a paper case but it was a free CD-key and i'm not complaining.

I have Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines as well from said blockbuster, only copy in the entire town pretty much. Also bought BnW2 off eBay (gaming isn't big in these parts), ArmA, The movies, and I think that's about it.

Went to great extents to get my classic G15 keyboard.

 

[crudus]

Painkiller, Evil Genius, and Duke Nukem Forever. One was found, one I can't even find on ebay, and one involved time travel.