Rare games in your collection
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I have some games across a bunch of systems.
Sega Saturn
-Panzer Dragoon Saga
-Shining Force III
-Albert Oddysey
Dreamcast
-Grandia II
-Skies of Arcadia
SNES
-Chrono Trigger
-Final Fantasy IV
-Final Fantasy VI
-Secret of Mana
-Breath of Fire
-Breath of Fire 2
PSX
-Wild Arms
-Wild Arms II
-Grandia
-Thousand Arms
-Legend of Mana
-Breath of Fire 3
-Breath of Fire 4
-Suikoden
-Suikoden II
-Valkyrie Profile
I have most of the other PSX and PS2 games listed so far, but these are the ones that I think are quite rare.
Sega Saturn
-Panzer Dragoon Saga
-Shining Force III
-Albert Oddysey
Dreamcast
-Grandia II
-Skies of Arcadia
SNES
-Chrono Trigger
-Final Fantasy IV
-Final Fantasy VI
-Secret of Mana
-Breath of Fire
-Breath of Fire 2
PSX
-Wild Arms
-Wild Arms II
-Grandia
-Thousand Arms
-Legend of Mana
-Breath of Fire 3
-Breath of Fire 4
-Suikoden
-Suikoden II
-Valkyrie Profile
I have most of the other PSX and PS2 games listed so far, but these are the ones that I think are quite rare.
According to a list I read in a magazine a few years back, Pikmin 2 is one of the 10 rarest Gamecube games due to it's release near the end of the systems life span & I have a copy of it in great condition.
I also owned a copy of Golden Nugget 64 witch the same magazine stated was one of the 10 rarest Nintendo 64 games but I sold it.
Tips & Tricks was the name of the magazine I think. It had a column called Collectors Closet in it that told me about this.
I also owned a copy of Golden Nugget 64 witch the same magazine stated was one of the 10 rarest Nintendo 64 games but I sold it.
Tips & Tricks was the name of the magazine I think. It had a column called Collectors Closet in it that told me about this.
I'm not sure how you're defining "rare", so ill let you judge:
The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga
John Romero's Daikatana
The Ultimate Doom
Doom 2
Heretic II
Shadow Warrior
Carmageddon II - Carpocalypse Now
(All PC Games)
The Incredible Hulk: The Pantheon Saga
John Romero's Daikatana
The Ultimate Doom
Doom 2
Heretic II
Shadow Warrior
Carmageddon II - Carpocalypse Now
(All PC Games)
Hmm, let me see...I used to really like JRPG's...
Master System & Megadrive/Genesis
- Phantasy Star 1,2,3 & 4
- Landstalker
- Sining in the Darkness
- Shining Force 2
- Bunch of sega series (Shinobi, streets of rage etc., not exactly rare though)
SNES
- FF 4, 6, Crono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Starfox/wing, Vortex, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma, Breath of Fire 2, Cybernator, Shadowrun + all Nintendo's own titles
Saturn
My pride & joy, a treasure trove of great & rare games
- Panzer Dragoon 1,2 & Saga.
- Guardian Heroes
- Dragon Force 1 & 2
- Shining the Holy Ark
- Shining Force 3 Ep.1,2,3
- Albert's Oddysse & Magic Knight Rayearth
- Deep Fear
- Nights Into Dreams
Playstation One
- Castlvania SOTN Collector's Edition
Square stuff I don't really consider rare
N 64
Zelda & Mario's.
Uh, that's about it, Think PS2 is too new to be considered rare. I started collecting early & didn't sell off much...xcept games I really didn't like which included Mario Kart (yes, sounds weird, I know)
Master System & Megadrive/Genesis
- Phantasy Star 1,2,3 & 4
- Landstalker
- Sining in the Darkness
- Shining Force 2
- Bunch of sega series (Shinobi, streets of rage etc., not exactly rare though)
SNES
- FF 4, 6, Crono Trigger, Secret of Mana, Starfox/wing, Vortex, Illusion of Gaia, Terranigma, Breath of Fire 2, Cybernator, Shadowrun + all Nintendo's own titles
Saturn
My pride & joy, a treasure trove of great & rare games
- Panzer Dragoon 1,2 & Saga.
- Guardian Heroes
- Dragon Force 1 & 2
- Shining the Holy Ark
- Shining Force 3 Ep.1,2,3
- Albert's Oddysse & Magic Knight Rayearth
- Deep Fear
- Nights Into Dreams
Playstation One
- Castlvania SOTN Collector's Edition
Square stuff I don't really consider rare
N 64
Zelda & Mario's.
Uh, that's about it, Think PS2 is too new to be considered rare. I started collecting early & didn't sell off much...xcept games I really didn't like which included Mario Kart (yes, sounds weird, I know)
OMEGA BOOST IS FUCKING AWESOME WELL DONE SIR!Ultra_Caboose said:
Phew, sorry about that, I thought I was the only one. Which region do you have?
I'd say the rarest I have are Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy 2 and 3, and Link's Awakening, and Demon's Crest if only for the fact that most people just brought it back to the store. I also have Silent Hill 1 and 2, not sure how rare they are at this point. But at least I can be comfortable that if everything falls apart I can still sell Chrono Trigger for at least $40, which is pretty impressive for an SNES game at this point.
However it's easy to have obscure games, rare games are hard to find. Once videogames started becoming more mainstream companies generally made quite a few more copies, back in the earlier days of the NES or SNES they didn't have the finances to make millions of copies of games, especially because they had to make an entire cart complete with the ROM. I suppose the fact that SNES games were at $70 or more helped mitigate the cost, but switching to CD's and more powerful consoles helped for a bit, until they realized they could go back to charging $60 for a disc shaped piece of plastic.
However it's easy to have obscure games, rare games are hard to find. Once videogames started becoming more mainstream companies generally made quite a few more copies, back in the earlier days of the NES or SNES they didn't have the finances to make millions of copies of games, especially because they had to make an entire cart complete with the ROM. I suppose the fact that SNES games were at $70 or more helped mitigate the cost, but switching to CD's and more powerful consoles helped for a bit, until they realized they could go back to charging $60 for a disc shaped piece of plastic.
Super Metroid: It wasn't really a rare game at the time, but finding a copy these days can be a bit of a chore since nobody sells it.
Ranma 1/2 Hard Battle: In a rare fit of young Anime fanboy fury I bought this game on day one. And it's terrible. I don't think it got a particularly wide release and the idea that someone might pay to play it is almost unthinkable to me.
Super Mario Brothers/Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet: In the before times, in the long long ago. Well before DDR and Wiimotes. Nintendo thought it could get away with motion controls by adding a stupid pressure sensitive exercise mat and a terrible olympics game with which you could use it. They included it with their NES along with the standard SMB/Duck Hunt.
Secret of Evermore: Trivia time. Did you know there was a North American development team for Squaresoft? Did you know they only released one game? No? Well there's a good reason for that. Because Secret of Evermore was boring, repetitive and the plot sucked.
Y'know it seems that with the exception of Super Metroid all of my "rare" games are only considered such because I was the only one stupid enough to buy them
Following this chain of logic I also have copies of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Legend of Kage.
I also have an old pong machine around here somewhere. But that wasn't really rare it's just that I'm the only one holding on to theirs.
Ranma 1/2 Hard Battle: In a rare fit of young Anime fanboy fury I bought this game on day one. And it's terrible. I don't think it got a particularly wide release and the idea that someone might pay to play it is almost unthinkable to me.
Super Mario Brothers/Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet: In the before times, in the long long ago. Well before DDR and Wiimotes. Nintendo thought it could get away with motion controls by adding a stupid pressure sensitive exercise mat and a terrible olympics game with which you could use it. They included it with their NES along with the standard SMB/Duck Hunt.
Secret of Evermore: Trivia time. Did you know there was a North American development team for Squaresoft? Did you know they only released one game? No? Well there's a good reason for that. Because Secret of Evermore was boring, repetitive and the plot sucked.
Y'know it seems that with the exception of Super Metroid all of my "rare" games are only considered such because I was the only one stupid enough to buy them
Following this chain of logic I also have copies of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and The Legend of Kage.
I also have an old pong machine around here somewhere. But that wasn't really rare it's just that I'm the only one holding on to theirs.
