Fatone1927 Conkers isn't really rare, just extremely popular. Just like Super Smash Bros, its one of the must have games on the N64. I remember when I was in middle school seeing advertisements for CBFD all the time, was a really hyped up game. Definitely not a rare game but a Rare game ;)
Hey AlphaOmegaSin Im gonna be going off topic here, do you think Bloodborne is just a Nightmare Creatures reboot that never came to be? Seeing as you are big on horror games, I'd like to see your opinion on the "rehashed"(even though unintentional by the devs) setting and gameplay that actually already existed 16 years ago. What if someone decided to pull Nightmare Creatures out the IP grave and give it a reboot, will it be the one copying Bloodborne or is it still the original even though its quite underwhelmingly received when it comes to popularity?
I'm currently playing Snatcher on my android tablet after years of wanting to play it, I'm really impressed so far! Certainly cheaper/easier than getting an official copy + system
best thing about snatcher is that you play it with a control pad and a light gun both plugged in at the same time, cant really get that feel any other way but with the Sega CD system
Floydthefuckbag Ever heard of a straw man argument? I never said all game collectors are hipsters, I was saying hipsters are creating more market demand and thus increasing prices.
DUDE i've been watching your channel for so long and must have missed this. but that's so crazy you have Darius Alpha! I love that series, but don't think i'll be picking that up anytime soon lol.
EarthBound is my all-time favorite game.. I was lucky enough to get EarthBound, Super Mario RPG, and Breath of Fire I & II for around $250 off ebay back in 2010.
The rarest games I own is Clay Fighter: Sculptor's Cut for the N64 which was a block buster exclusive and Panic Restaurant for NES. Great Video, I enjoyed the games you showed!
Rare games I have: Snatcher, EVO, Pocky and Rocky, Ducktales 2, Chip n dales rewcue rangers 2, Earthbound, Shantae, Castlevania dracula x, mega man 5, Misadventures of Tron Bonne, Suikoden II, Demons Crest, Castlevania Legends, Parasite Eve II, Valkyrie Profile, Tactics Ogre, Final Fight CD, Mega Man X3, The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest, Fire n ice, Gargoyle's Quest II,
Nice video Jonny,the nice thing about your collection is that you play your games I do the same thing with my rarest games,that are mostly neo geo aes.
I think my rarest game would be Mega Man: The Wily Wars for the Sega Mega Drive. They only released this game here in Europe and it goes for 400-500 Euro (625 Dollar, round about) now. its absolutely crazy. I bought it back in 1993 if im not wrong and its still in almost mint shape. i really want a copy of earthbound too though! they never released earthbound here in europe :(
Cool vid, Johnny! I was pretty surprised at your rarest game being Darius Alpha. Crazy! The rarest, most expensive game I own is Hyper Duel for the Saturn. It's gone up in value quite a bit in just the last couple of years due to it's obscurity and low print run. Pretty awesome shmup too. $350+ according to eBay. Honorable mentions can be Blast Wind for the Saturn, and a sealed copy of Border Down for the Dreamcast.
I have a few rare items in my stash of games, but was in for a shock when I found Zombie Nation for the NES. I grabbed it up for 2 dollars. I was not only surprised by what people want for it today, but that you are a severed head leveling buildings and shooting fire at enemies. I knew nothing about it but was happy to see it is a collectors favorite. Thanks for the video, stay happy.
The Treacherous Disciplin Terranigma isn't rare in German, only the English version. Never came out in the US, any US copies you see are either repros or fake or you know, both. lol The English version is worth quite a lot. 270 bucks + boxed. Just checked.
The Treacherous Disciplin And i allways wonder why Here in Germany Terranigma is one of the best SNES games in US TH-camr like never speak about it. . . .
Love your channel HCG. I know I'm going to miss some but ones that immediately come to mind are a couple you have already. Earthbound, Snatcher, Metal Storm, Dracula X (both PCE and SNES), Giga Wing 2, Illbleed, Rolling Thunder 3 CIB, Night Trap for Sega CD and 32X CD, Fox Hunt for PS1, Valkyrie Profile, Digimon World 2... That's all I can think of for now.
Some of the rare games that I have are Dark Cloud 2, Shining Wisdom, Shining the Holy Arc, and Shining Force lll Scenario 1. I used to have Azure Dreams but my parents sold it while I was off in the army. Kind of miss that game.
I don't have a lot of my old games, but the ones I did hold on to, and am now glad I did are Suikoden I and II. I didn't know when I got them they'd be as rare as they are, but I still have my copies from 1995/1997 respectively and am very happy that I never got rid of them.
I remember going into Blockbuster back in 95-96 and they had Earthbound big boxes in their discount bins...like I mean A LOT! (I do own the game but not in big box form lol). would love that guide tho! Great Vid Johnny ^>^ (Retro Matt)
samuel kidwell, not really. I remember a few specific parts, but it has never hindered my experience with the game. It will soon be on the Virtual Console, along with Gargoyle's Quest II, so I'm glad more people will get to try them out.
Matthew J. Boone That's great. But I'm sure you know as well as me that there is nothing like playing the game on the original console with the aged yellowing controller on a box tv. One day I'll be able to afford the physical version, but I'll get the digital in the mean time.
samuel kidwell Oh, I agree! I have close to 1700 physical games (just about all of them are complete, in box), and I just prefer that format; I've been collecting since the mid 90's.
Matthew J. Boone My goodness, well congratulations to you. I'm not dedicated enough to devote that sort of money. But considering the span of time you did it over, it may be more manageable.
You ever pick up a game that you thought would be very rare, but it's not? I had that happen to me with some PS2 games lol. I don't know what the rarest game I own is, I am sure if I actually looked into it I might have a few. I seen some videos on Soul Blazer, looks like a really good game. Great video Johnny.
Rare should not be defined by price, as the word rare has more to do with being scarce or hard to find. For example, Earthbound IS NOT rare. Anyone with a credit card and the expendable cash can pay $120+ loose or $400+ for the complete in box set. Earthbound is expensive. Not rare.
Rare games are often pricey because there are less in circulation compared to other games. Its easy to find any game online as long as at least 1 person in the country is selling it. If you look at a video game price chart, the cost problem has been made worse by people controlling the market. Game prices were relatively steady for hard to find games at about 60-100$ at most for game only. Since 2011/2012ish the price on everything has shot up by double or triple. The less common a game is the easier it is for assholes to buy and then resell games to shape the market in their favor.
Mitcellie Sales have a lot to do with it's "rarity" as well, and there are plenty of people who go on about how they saw "piles of Earthbound boxes" in their stores back in the day, and how they wished they had bought them so they could sell them online. Earthbound didn't sell well, so it's hard to find USED copies at random stores and/or online. There ARE a lot of "new" copies in existence, the game just sold significantly less than what NoA had hoped.
How is star wars battlefront 1 and 2 rare? They where the best selling star wars games of all time and I don't think that they have gained much value over the years (unless you live in a country where they are difficult to find which is possible)
Michael Sriqui I'm from Ireland which is PAL like UK and I've got 2 copies of Battlefront 2 and I am at least certain that I know about 10 people that own the game. So it really isn't rare.
I remember when I found a copy of Earthbound at a pawn shop and bought for like 10 bucks in 2000 or 2001 I believe. It's not boxed, but the copy itself goes for 200+. Of course that doesn't matter much to me because I know I'll never sell it! Love it too much!
Mine are not that rare: Resident Evil Remake for Gamecube (Not a lot of people knew it existed until they heard of the ps4 HD port announcement) I guess it's rare now, I don't know. Resident Evil: Code Veronica X for the Gamecube (I heard that it's rare but I found a couple in different stores) and this is not a game but I have a Gameboy Advance SP Classic NES edition.
markasscop Arev Yeah, I just checked on ebay and the remake is around the 20s. I thought it would cost more but whatever. Code Veronica is like from 30 up to 45.
+HappyConsoleGamer Cubic Ninja for the 3DS. It was a good deal, 48,00 Euros including shipping. The only good reason to own this game is the exploit because actually it is kinda bad. @4:22 Nope, I recently saw it on Ebay in the €100.00 prize range. It goes from collectors item insanity to the no prize depreciation prize range. @7:04 That's why imports are important.
Great episodes. Way cool having Darius Alpha for the PC Engine, yes it goes for quite silly prices. My rarest titles would have to be some of my MSX titles, I am lucky to have Zanac Ex, Aleste and Aleste 2, they are all worth a few hundred each at a minimum. I also have complete copies of some of the MSX Bee Card titles, they are actually rarer number wise, but don't go for as much as the titles above.
Entity1037 I got the gold holographic Majora's Mask for $20, but the corner is broken. Still plays just fine though. Megaman X3 is supposed to be one of the rarest SNES games, since it was one of the last made for the system.
Valkyrie Profile, I never imagined it was going to be worth so much. I also got my hands on the JP version of the game recently, it is nice having both of them on display next to eachother.
I have a well-played Misadventures of Tron Bonne. I ordered it online when it came out because I never found it in any stores. Buying things off the internet back then was pretty sketchy too. I read that Mega Man Legends 2 is kinda rare too, I have that as well.
You own the entire 64DD collection! LOL My "rarest" would be Conker's Bad Fur Day, if you want to count that as "rare", because it's one of the few M games on the 64.
I got a lot of rare TG-16 games.Might and Magic 3, Cotton, dungeon Explorer 2, Godzilla, Super air zonk, Bonk 3 CD, Soldier Blade, Camp California, to name a few.
My friend says he remembers going into game stores in around 2006, and in the bargain bins all he saw were copies of Gotcha Force for the GameCube for like, $20. Now that game goes for around $80. Thank goodness he got it!
Super jelly of your rare games Johnny, I never collected for any of those systems, played the hell of them when I was a kid at my friends houses though. :) Anyways, my rare games are as follows, not that rare but still special to me: Demon's Souls Deluxe Edition (Pretty much mint) Super Robot Taisen OG Saga (Sealed copy, bought two on accident when it came out) My boxed XSEED games (YS, Lunar, Trails in the Sky) for the PSP and VITA, they're just beautiful and well put together, all of them. Those are just a few of my favorites. Great video as always!
My rarest games are: Phantasy Star 1, 2, 3 and 4, Golden Axe Warrior, Ys: the Vanished Omen, Shining in the Darkness and Suikoden 1 and 2. The funny thing is that most of these were ex-rentals so I got them for dirt cheap.
One of the rarest games I know of, and an odd one at that is Outback Joey for the Genesis/MD. Only about 1,000 are believed to have been made, even better you can't even play the game with a normal controller, only the special one made for it. It was part of some kind of wellness health thing. Special looking console for it too but that is just its outer shell, its still a normal Genesis/MD underneath. There are only two videos of it on here too, they pretty much never appear on eBay or places like that from what I have read. You have some really special games here I have to say, pretty cool.
The only rare game I own, or perhaps obscure, is a really awesome pal version of Doshin the Giant. I live in the US so to play it I had to do the old wii swap disc trick to play it, I need to get one with an action replay to play it again! So much fun!
A couple rare ones I still have despite the move, Deluxe Box for Thracia 776 for the Super Famicom, Ys V Expert, Rudra no Hihou, and my Kiseki (Trails in the...) series.
0:25 Tough Question... Rarest Game would be either *(cib) Bound High for Virtual Boy [US]* but that is a non-official production run of approx not more than 150 copies! Otherwise it would be *(cib) StarCraft 64 for N64 [PAL]* with an official limited print of 5000 copies worldwide. And lastly would probably be *(cib) Mega Man X3 for SNES [PAL]* also a quite limited run here especially to get it in my local language (German) but I have no official numbers for this :( Financialy I would list up also (all cib and at least 300€ each): • Mega Man 7 [PAL] for SNES • Mega Man X2 [PAL] for SNES • Chrono Trigger [NTSC] for SNES • Conker's Bad Fur Day [PAL] for N64 • Mega Man IV [PAL] for GB • Mega Man V [PAL] for GB • Mega Man - The Wily Wars [PAL] for MegaDrive • Blackthorne [NTSC] for 32X • Panzer Dragoon Saga [PAL] for Saturn • Mega Man [NTSC] for GameGear • Rockman Collection [NTSC-J] for PS1 • Harmful Park [NTSC-J] for PS1 • Judgement Silversword - Rebirth Edition [NTSC-J] for WonderSwan • Rockman Battle & Fighters [NTSC-J] for NeoGeo Pocket Color
Wow the sealed Metroid is a beauty. That game got me into "hard core" gaming. I owned an Atari 2600 and used to play a decent amount, but I never played any game for 8-10 hours straight like I did Metroid.
The rarest games I have are: Super Metroid CIB, and Super Ghouls and Ghosts with box and manual. Not rare enough, but the top games of my small collection.
My rarest and most favourite ps1 games that I own are Tomba (Tombi I'm Australia), Jade Cocoon (studio ghibli made the opening and cut scenes for this back in the 90s) and Too Human on the 360 which I still think is an amazing game.
Rarest game I own maybe not high in price but one I find like no one ever talks about, Beyond Oasis for Genesis, loved it and still got to be one of my favorite games to of played for the Genesis.
It's so funny that you talked about Soul Blazer & a thrift store. I got it & Illusion of Gaia CIB for 20 bucks from a store called Rainbows end. There were more & I think I'll never score like that again.
Holy shit! I knew you had a lot of rare titles but I never would of dreamed you would own Darius alpha, incredible to say the least. I'm quite jealous :P.
I got so many rare games. I got cart only Earthbound, boxed Lufia 2, Cart only Bonk's Adventure, Suikoden 2 (I actually own every US Suikoden game), Sealed Magic Knight Rayearth, NCAA Basketball 2K3 (Gamecube)... I could go on but this is off the top of the head
At one point I had a MASSIVE game collection, with a whole host of hard to find or just coveted games. Sadly I had to sell the entire collection about eight years ago to fund a move, but probably my RAREST item wasn't even a game itself, but a console. A lot of people forget that the Atari 7800 wasn't only released in 1987, but had a short run a couple of years before that, right on the tail of the 5200 and before Atari's big sell-out. There were only about 5000 consoles manufactured during that first run, with the rainbow logo the opposite direction from later ones and the expansion port fully intact. I managed to find one, not knowing what I had, at a yard sale for five bucks. As far as games? I've always collected because I wanted to play a game rather than collected for rarity itself, so I've made some pretty boneheaded deals in my day, like trading my original black label Final Fantasy VII for Riven and Masters of Tera Kassi on the PS1. ...Don't judge me. Frankly, I find the prices on retro games right now rather ridiculous. Yes, the hardware and cartridges/CDs are a lot rarer now than they ever were back in the day, but it's a really strange market where the contents of the cartridge is only a very small part of the item's actual value. Games like Earthbound are a perfect example of this: even the most die-hard fan of the series would have to admit the game itself isn't worth 800 dollars. If it were, Nintendo would be charging that on the VC. And it isn't even really the contents of the box, either: Infocom had far cooler boxes and contents back in the day, and you don't see their games going ridiculous like this. It's just... strange. I do wish I still had my vintage copy of FInal Fantasy now, though. That thing's overpriced too.
I have a complete cave story 3d. there was recently a gamestop "reprint" (many assume they bought crates of them in bulk when the game wasnt selling) but the influx of used copies is cart only. so I am proud of owning it
HappyConsoleGamer My rarest games CIB, off the top of my head are: 1. Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn). 2. Lucienne's Quest (3DO). 3. Phantasy Star Online: Episodes 1 & 2 Plus (Gamecube). I lucked out and bought a couple of these at release, but I got a great deal on Saga in 2003, as the seller was a fan of my old band.
Id say the rarest games I have are probably the Zelda Collection on Gamecube and Xenoblade Chronicals with the pro controller, I'm only 18 and I've been properly collecting for maybe three years now but out of what I own (so far) they really do stand out to me :)
Some of the most valuable games I own at the moment are Demon's Crest (SNES), Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64) complete with its box and inserts, and Klonoa: The Door to Phantomile (PS1).
My rarest game that I own is Conker's Bad Fur Day (PAL Version). Got it 2 years ago and I got lucky on an auction on Ebay, haha! :) These versions are EXTREMELY rare and always cost over about 150 dollars.
I have a few rare games, but the rarest video game item I have is the Sega CDX. I bought it off a good friend several years ago for $20, I never knew how rare it was until recently. I also own a NES 2 top loader with box and dog bone controller and that has become very sought after over the years.
Fun video and thanks for sharing. My copies of Shining Force 3 and Burning Rangers for the Saturn "disappeared" a while back, unfortunately. I never could find Panzer Dragoon Saga when it was new, despite trying. I do have Magic Knight Rayearth for Saturn which would likely be considered rare. Dragon Force probably wasn't too common either. I love that one. I found two copies of Warsong on the Genesis in the late 90s, one of which was sealed, though I don't know if it was the original plastic or not. I also have an SVC Chaos arcade board.
I think the rarest game in my collection is Power Stone 2 for the Dreamcast. Honorable mentions for Contra Hard Corps and Ghostbusters on the Genesis. Although if you count non-games, I also have the PlanetWeb 3.0 browser for the Dreamcast which I've seen go for close to $100.
Aside from also having a boxed copy of Earthbound, I have a loose copy of Clayfighter Sculptor's Cut. My copy of Gotcha Force is getting up in price, as well.
Great content as always dude. Rarest game I ever owned: Enternal Darkness - Gamecube Skies of Arcadia - Sega Dreamcast Megaman X4 - PS1 (not sure about that one though).
My rarest game is probably the japanese-only Nakoruru rpg collector for Dreamcast. I bought it for the figure. I also have the Nights into Dreams remake for PS2 with the children book. Other than that all my GBC and GBA games are in excellent condition, with boxes and notices. I have MGS, Boktai 1&2, Megaman Zero games, Metal Slug, Gunstar Future Heroes, etc.
Think my most rare games are Suikoden II and Valkyrie Profile. Special to me as I bought them around when they came out not expecting them to become worth anything later on. I would never sell them though as along with most of my PS1 JRPGs because the nostalgic value is priceless.
Games that i have which have become valuable HCG.Panzer Dragon Saga,Dragon Force,Saturn Bomberman,Sengoku 2,Exile Wicked Phenomenon and Suikoden II.Though i feel like a fool,when i gave snatcher away to a friend and this was right after i sold the sega-cd.Back then i didn't know snatcher would have become a rare one.Oh well "i'm just content" with having the sega saturn and pc-engine version of snatcher.
I managed to build a complete copy of Earthbound earlier this year after 2-3 years of searching for a box, manual and inserts at decent prices.... I also happen to own Suikoden II as well after I found it in a shop nearby a few Christmases ago, and my parents were cool and bought it for me as an xmas present :). I do also have Rodland and Surprise at Dinosaur Peak, two of the rarest NES games here in Europe. However the rarest games I probably own are Metal Slug X and Metal Slug 5 for the Neo Geo AES (both English versions, and if you are aware of Neo Geo collecting, English versions are ALWAYS harder to find). Bought them many years ago and I shudder to think what they would go for now.
Quite an awesome collection you got there My rarest games are: - Ibara (PS2) - Rakugaki Showtime (PS1) - Zanac X Zanac (PS1 (check this one out!)) - Guardian Force (Saturn) - Border Down limited edition (Dcast) - Eschatos first print (Xbox 360 (one of the best shoot'em up I've ever played)) - Muchi munchi pork & Pink Sweets(Xbox 360) - Mushihime sama futari first print limited edition (xbox 360) and finally, althought it's not that rare and that expensive, THE best game on the N64... Sin & Punishment! I'd love to find a copy of Hyper Duel someday :')
My "rare" game for me would have to be Namco X Capcom for the Japanese PS2. It cost me 80 dollars when it came out new and it never came out in English. The game took me 108 hours to finish and I remember having 4 hour play sessions. I've played all the big games since the NES, but I feel that the experiences are the most valuable. A game is nice to look at and to own, but the memories and the feelings these games evoked are just priceless.
Don't really own many rare games, though my most priced gem is Donald Duck: Quackshot for the Sega Mega Drive, complete with cover and manual. I also have Zool for the Mega Drive (cartridge only), Panzer Dragoon for Sega Saturn and Castlevania: Cricle of the Moon for GameBoy Advance. Not a big collection, but I'm working on it. :)
My brother has quite a few rare games in his collection. Some I can remember off the top of my head is Earthbound and Tengen Tetris. Nice shirt dude, Captain Commando was always one of my favorite characters to play as in the Marvel Vs. Capcom fighting games. That's fucking cool you own that super rare pc engine game.
Great topic! My 2 most expensive items off the top of my head are the Starwing competition cart and Mega Man 5 complete. I bought both at a fleamarket for about 5€ a piece. Funny enough I bought titles that are far less rare for about 20 times that price.. Money and collecting dont always make sense..
Earthbound isn't quite as expensive on eBay right now as you mentioned here, thankfully. I've seen a complete big boxed copy, with all original inserts and guide go for $400. But most of them are in the $500-600 range nowadays.
Probably the rarest games I own are the boxed, complete amiga games I own. Its difficult to determine the exact value of each game, but they seem to go from anywhere from 40-100 dollars. One game called Archon: the Light and the Dark I have been told is worth over 200 dollars but I have not been able to confirm this. I got all of them at a flea market last week for 5 bucks each.
For me, rarest would probably be between Earthbound and Castlevania Dracula X for SNES. But I don't know if those could be considered "rare"...more like just valuable.
I actually have Wii Sports on Wii, which I am told is very rare!
some of the Rare games that I own are Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Tooie, Golden Eye, and Conkers Bad Fur Day
lol
Forgot the original killer instinct
well conker is really is a rare rare ware game
Fatone1927 Conkers isn't really rare, just extremely popular. Just like Super Smash Bros, its one of the must have games on the N64. I remember when I was in middle school seeing advertisements for CBFD all the time, was a really hyped up game. Definitely not a rare game but a Rare game ;)
+Cliff Reeser the joke just went over your head lol
Snatcher definitely on of the more rare games I have too and one of the games we definitely need to have re-released at some point for sure
Hey AlphaOmegaSin Im gonna be going off topic here, do you think Bloodborne is just a Nightmare Creatures reboot that never came to be? Seeing as you are big on horror games, I'd like to see your opinion on the "rehashed"(even though unintentional by the devs) setting and gameplay that actually already existed 16 years ago. What if someone decided to pull Nightmare Creatures out the IP grave and give it a reboot, will it be the one copying Bloodborne or is it still the original even though its quite underwhelmingly received when it comes to popularity?
Yep.
I want snatcher on virtual console yesterday
I'm currently playing Snatcher on my android tablet after years of wanting to play it, I'm really impressed so far! Certainly cheaper/easier than getting an official copy + system
best thing about snatcher is that you play it with a control pad and a light gun both plugged in at the same time, cant really get that feel any other way but with the Sega CD system
Hipsters are driving up the cost of these old games.
If people who collect old and rare games are hipsters, I guess Johnny is like the lord of all hipsters.
Floydthefuckbag Ever heard of a straw man argument? I never said all game collectors are hipsters, I was saying hipsters are creating more market demand and thus increasing prices.
habadashery2009 How? What definition of hipster are you operating under? What makes a 'hipster' different from a collector?
Floydthefuckbag Honestly do you even speak English?
habadashery2009 Yes, my English is perfect. Do you not understand how to read it?
my rarest game is super mario/ duck hunt
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My rarest game is Clay Fighters Sculptors Cut, bought it for $4 from my local blockbuster back in like 2002
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DUDE i've been watching your channel for so long and must have missed this. but that's so crazy you have Darius Alpha! I love that series, but don't think i'll be picking that up anytime soon lol.
I really like your enthusiasm in this vid. Great to see physical copies of these and hear some good insight into them!
EarthBound is my all-time favorite game.. I was lucky enough to get EarthBound, Super Mario RPG, and Breath of Fire I & II for around $250 off ebay back in 2010.
Crazy how much all these games are worth nowadays. Great video.
Crazy how much they’re worth NOW lol
Yes cant wait to watch. Love your videos and you channel.
The rarest games I own is Clay Fighter: Sculptor's Cut for the N64 which was a block buster exclusive and Panic Restaurant for NES. Great Video, I enjoyed the games you showed!
Blejsafispfjsf I need Snatcher.
Yes. NEED.
Great video Johnny :)
Rare games I have: Snatcher, EVO, Pocky and Rocky, Ducktales 2, Chip n dales rewcue rangers 2, Earthbound, Shantae, Castlevania dracula x, mega man 5, Misadventures of Tron Bonne, Suikoden II, Demons Crest, Castlevania Legends, Parasite Eve II, Valkyrie Profile, Tactics Ogre, Final Fight CD, Mega Man X3, The Legend of Zelda Collector's Edition, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Master Quest, Fire n ice, Gargoyle's Quest II,
oh and mega man 7
Nice video Jonny,the nice thing about your collection is that you play your games
I do the same thing with my rarest games,that are mostly neo geo aes.
Some cool stuff here. I've loved Soul Blazer since I first played it as a kid. The Suikoden series is really fun too.
I think my rarest game would be Mega Man: The Wily Wars for the Sega Mega Drive. They only released this game here in Europe and it goes for 400-500 Euro (625 Dollar, round about) now. its absolutely crazy. I bought it back in 1993 if im not wrong and its still in almost mint shape. i really want a copy of earthbound too though! they never released earthbound here in europe :(
My rarest game is Duck Hunt on the NES. That's right ladies, get in line.
Cool vid, Johnny! I was pretty surprised at your rarest game being Darius Alpha. Crazy!
The rarest, most expensive game I own is Hyper Duel for the Saturn. It's gone up in value quite a bit in just the last couple of years due to it's obscurity and low print run. Pretty awesome shmup too. $350+ according to eBay.
Honorable mentions can be Blast Wind for the Saturn, and a sealed copy of Border Down for the Dreamcast.
I have a few rare items in my stash of games, but was in for a shock when I found Zombie Nation for the NES. I grabbed it up for 2 dollars. I was not only surprised by what people want for it today, but that you are a severed head leveling buildings and shooting fire at enemies. I knew nothing about it but was happy to see it is a collectors favorite. Thanks for the video, stay happy.
My rarest game is probably Wii Sports.
I own Terranigma for SNES, It's pretty rare I think. I also owned a CIB Soulblazer in extremely good condition but recently sold it.
RARE in the US. Pretty common in Europe ,-) But still a great game.
Terranigma was only released in Australia and Japan, I think. Maybe Europe too. US never got it.
Terranigma was released in Europe especially in Germany it is pretty common in a big box and a strategy guide.
The Treacherous Disciplin
Terranigma isn't rare in German, only the English version. Never came out in the US, any US copies you see are either repros or fake or you know, both. lol The English version is worth quite a lot. 270 bucks + boxed. Just checked.
The Treacherous Disciplin And i allways wonder why Here in Germany Terranigma is one of the best SNES games in US TH-camr like never speak about it. . . .
Love your channel HCG. I know I'm going to miss some but ones that immediately come to mind are a couple you have already. Earthbound, Snatcher, Metal Storm, Dracula X (both PCE and SNES), Giga Wing 2, Illbleed, Rolling Thunder 3 CIB, Night Trap for Sega CD and 32X CD, Fox Hunt for PS1, Valkyrie Profile, Digimon World 2... That's all I can think of for now.
Some of the rare games that I have are Dark Cloud 2, Shining Wisdom, Shining the Holy Arc, and Shining Force lll Scenario 1. I used to have Azure Dreams but my parents sold it while I was off in the army. Kind of miss that game.
Rarest has to be sonic 2006 considering almost every copy of it on the planet has been burned and smashed by a slab of concrete
Johnny, I just looked up Metroid on ebay... $2300 sealed.
WOT? LOL
Jesus crazy prices
No it's not... videogames.pricecharting.com/game/nes/metroid try around $200
Chris Cornish Everything is expensive on eBay...
There's a reason you found that on Ebay.. It hasn't sold. Nobodies paying that much for that game so it's not worth that much.
I don't have a lot of my old games, but the ones I did hold on to, and am now glad I did are Suikoden I and II. I didn't know when I got them they'd be as rare as they are, but I still have my copies from 1995/1997 respectively and am very happy that I never got rid of them.
I remember going into Blockbuster back in 95-96 and they had Earthbound big boxes in their discount bins...like I mean A LOT! (I do own the game but not in big box form lol). would love that guide tho! Great Vid Johnny ^>^ (Retro Matt)
My rarest game is either Eliminate Down or Summer Carnival 92 Recca. Both worth it imo.
Those are top tier shooters,though i just have reproductions of both.Which in fact is good enough for me.
Progearspec The repros are actually pretty fantastic if you ask me! It's just a damn shame how expensive shootem'up collecting can be now days..
Oh i know for any console it's very expensive.Heck i been trying for a MD aleste musha as of late,but it's a costly one.
The rarest games that I own, are probably Panzer Dragoon Saga, Shining Force III, Demon's Crest, Dragon Force, and Snatcher.
I want Demon's Crest so badly! Is the lag at certain parts a frequent problem?
samuel kidwell, not really. I remember a few specific parts, but it has never hindered my experience with the game. It will soon be on the Virtual Console, along with Gargoyle's Quest II, so I'm glad more people will get to try them out.
Matthew J. Boone That's great. But I'm sure you know as well as me that there is nothing like playing the game on the original console with the aged yellowing controller on a box tv. One day I'll be able to afford the physical version, but I'll get the digital in the mean time.
samuel kidwell Oh, I agree! I have close to 1700 physical games (just about all of them are complete, in box), and I just prefer that format; I've been collecting since the mid 90's.
Matthew J. Boone My goodness, well congratulations to you. I'm not dedicated enough to devote that sort of money. But considering the span of time you did it over, it may be more manageable.
I knew you would have some awesome games in your library. Good stuff!
You ever pick up a game that you thought would be very rare, but it's not? I had that happen to me with some PS2 games lol. I don't know what the rarest game I own is, I am sure if I actually looked into it I might have a few.
I seen some videos on Soul Blazer, looks like a really good game.
Great video Johnny.
Rare should not be defined by price, as the word rare has more to do with being scarce or hard to find. For example, Earthbound IS NOT rare. Anyone with a credit card and the expendable cash can pay $120+ loose or $400+ for the complete in box set. Earthbound is expensive. Not rare.
why do you think people will pay that much for an old snes game. Because it's not that easy to find.
The reason its so pricey is because its not common. If super mario world was boxed with limited copies circulating, itd probably be $400+
Rare games are often pricey because there are less in circulation compared to other games. Its easy to find any game online as long as at least 1 person in the country is selling it. If you look at a video game price chart, the cost problem has been made worse by people controlling the market. Game prices were relatively steady for hard to find games at about 60-100$ at most for game only. Since 2011/2012ish the price on everything has shot up by double or triple. The less common a game is the easier it is for assholes to buy and then resell games to shape the market in their favor.
Mitcellie Sales have a lot to do with it's "rarity" as well, and there are plenty of people who go on about how they saw "piles of Earthbound boxes" in their stores back in the day, and how they wished they had bought them so they could sell them online. Earthbound didn't sell well, so it's hard to find USED copies at random stores and/or online. There ARE a lot of "new" copies in existence, the game just sold significantly less than what NoA had hoped.
The only games i've got that are slightly rare are Conkers Bad Fur Day and Starwars Battlefront 1 and 2.
How is star wars battlefront 1 and 2 rare? They where the best selling star wars games of all time and I don't think that they have gained much value over the years (unless you live in a country where they are difficult to find which is possible)
Michael Sriqui
I'm in the UK. Battlefront goes for around £50-£60 on Ebay I think.
Michael Sriqui
Just checked, Battlefront 1 isn't worth anything but number 2 sells for around £40- £50.
Wow I did not realize that, I guess that game must be rarer in the UK than it is here in the US.
Michael Sriqui I'm from Ireland which is PAL like UK and I've got 2 copies of Battlefront 2 and I am at least certain that I know about 10 people that own the game. So it really isn't rare.
I remember when I found a copy of Earthbound at a pawn shop and bought for like 10 bucks in 2000 or 2001 I believe. It's not boxed, but the copy itself goes for 200+. Of course that doesn't matter much to me because I know I'll never sell it! Love it too much!
Kororinpa Marble Madness on the Wii. One of those that I never thought would be rare, but now it's a "hidden gem" on the system
Mine are not that rare:
Resident Evil Remake for Gamecube (Not a lot of people knew it existed until they heard of the ps4 HD port announcement) I guess it's rare now, I don't know.
Resident Evil: Code Veronica X for the Gamecube (I heard that it's rare but I found a couple in different stores)
and this is not a game but I have a Gameboy Advance SP Classic NES edition.
last i saw resident evil on gamecube was like around the 20s
did it go up?
markasscop Arev Yeah, I just checked on ebay and the remake is around the 20s. I thought it would cost more but whatever. Code Veronica is like from 30 up to 45.
AgentSaibot yeah code veronica on gc is getting up there
I have all the 6 for the Gamecube. I think RE2 is more rare than Code Veronica.
PS4 and X1 HD port.
Did u hear about westone possibly going bankrupt johnny?
I certainly did, very sad news!
+HappyConsoleGamer Cubic Ninja for the 3DS. It was a good deal, 48,00 Euros including shipping. The only good reason to own this game is the exploit because actually it is kinda bad.
@4:22 Nope, I recently saw it on Ebay in the €100.00 prize range. It goes from collectors item insanity to the no prize depreciation prize range.
@7:04 That's why imports are important.
Great episodes.
Way cool having Darius Alpha for the PC Engine, yes it goes for quite silly prices.
My rarest titles would have to be some of my MSX titles, I am lucky to have Zanac Ex, Aleste and Aleste 2, they are all worth a few hundred each at a minimum.
I also have complete copies of some of the MSX Bee Card titles, they are actually rarer number wise, but don't go for as much as the titles above.
It's really hilarious to watch this video imagining each time you say "Rare," you're talking about RareWare XD Anyway, amazing games~
I guess my rarest game is the Gold Holographic Majora's Mask.
Oh yeah! I also have Megaman X Collection and Megaman X8! Those are pretty hard to find...
Entity1037 I got the gold holographic Majora's Mask for $20, but the corner is broken. Still plays just fine though.
Megaman X3 is supposed to be one of the rarest SNES games, since it was one of the last made for the system.
TimedRevolver Huh...
Gold Holographic Majora's Mask is supposedly rare, from what I've heard. And so is the Normal Grey Ocarina of Time cart.
IDK.
Entity1037 I also bought it from a flea market. The same place I found both Parasite Eve and The Marvelous Misadventures of Tron Bonne.
Entity1037 I have two of those, I didn't know they were rare
earthbound is not rare its just expensive
Valkyrie Profile, I never imagined it was going to be worth so much. I also got my hands on the JP version of the game recently, it is nice having both of them on display next to eachother.
I have a ton of rare games, but I have a special place in my heart for Mega Man X3. Friggin love it.
My "rare" games would be Psychic Detective and D for PS1, and both are CIB. I always loved both FMV games and survival horror games.
I have a well-played Misadventures of Tron Bonne. I ordered it online when it came out because I never found it in any stores. Buying things off the internet back then was pretty sketchy too. I read that Mega Man Legends 2 is kinda rare too, I have that as well.
You own the entire 64DD collection! LOL My "rarest" would be Conker's Bad Fur Day, if you want to count that as "rare", because it's one of the few M games on the 64.
I got a lot of rare TG-16 games.Might and Magic 3, Cotton, dungeon Explorer 2, Godzilla, Super air zonk, Bonk 3 CD, Soldier Blade, Camp California, to name a few.
My friend says he remembers going into game stores in around 2006, and in the bargain bins all he saw were copies of Gotcha Force for the GameCube for like, $20. Now that game goes for around $80. Thank goodness he got it!
Super jelly of your rare games Johnny, I never collected for any of those systems, played the hell of them when I was a kid at my friends houses though. :)
Anyways, my rare games are as follows, not that rare but still special to me:
Demon's Souls Deluxe Edition (Pretty much mint)
Super Robot Taisen OG Saga (Sealed copy, bought two on accident when it came out)
My boxed XSEED games (YS, Lunar, Trails in the Sky) for the PSP and VITA, they're just beautiful and well put together, all of them.
Those are just a few of my favorites. Great video as always!
Suikoden II. Which is hilarious because I picked it up used for like 15 bucks and an EB Games back a couple years after it was first released hahaha.
I hope all of these nostalgic wonders are insured against theft, fire, flood, and the like.
My rarest games are: Phantasy Star 1, 2, 3 and 4, Golden Axe Warrior, Ys: the Vanished Omen, Shining in the Darkness and Suikoden 1 and 2.
The funny thing is that most of these were ex-rentals so I got them for dirt cheap.
One of the rarest games I know of, and an odd one at that is Outback Joey for the Genesis/MD. Only about 1,000 are believed to have been made, even better you can't even play the game with a normal controller, only the special one made for it. It was part of some kind of wellness health thing. Special looking console for it too but that is just its outer shell, its still a normal Genesis/MD underneath. There are only two videos of it on here too, they pretty much never appear on eBay or places like that from what I have read.
You have some really special games here I have to say, pretty cool.
HappyConsoleGamer is the BEST!!!!! I've been listening to all your videos while grinding away at Destiny. Thank You for numbing the pain!
The only rare game I own, or perhaps obscure, is a really awesome pal version of Doshin the Giant. I live in the US so to play it I had to do the old wii swap disc trick to play it, I need to get one with an action replay to play it again! So much fun!
A couple rare ones I still have despite the move, Deluxe Box for Thracia 776 for the Super Famicom, Ys V Expert, Rudra no Hihou, and my Kiseki (Trails in the...) series.
0:25 Tough Question...
Rarest Game would be either *(cib) Bound High for Virtual Boy [US]* but that is a non-official production run of approx not more than 150 copies!
Otherwise it would be *(cib) StarCraft 64 for N64 [PAL]* with an official limited print of 5000 copies worldwide.
And lastly would probably be *(cib) Mega Man X3 for SNES [PAL]* also a quite limited run here especially to get it in my local language (German) but I have no official numbers for this :(
Financialy I would list up also (all cib and at least 300€ each):
• Mega Man 7 [PAL] for SNES
• Mega Man X2 [PAL] for SNES
• Chrono Trigger [NTSC] for SNES
• Conker's Bad Fur Day [PAL] for N64
• Mega Man IV [PAL] for GB
• Mega Man V [PAL] for GB
• Mega Man - The Wily Wars [PAL] for MegaDrive
• Blackthorne [NTSC] for 32X
• Panzer Dragoon Saga [PAL] for Saturn
• Mega Man [NTSC] for GameGear
• Rockman Collection [NTSC-J] for PS1
• Harmful Park [NTSC-J] for PS1
• Judgement Silversword - Rebirth Edition [NTSC-J] for WonderSwan
• Rockman Battle & Fighters [NTSC-J] for NeoGeo Pocket Color
Collection. Great channel!
Wow the sealed Metroid is a beauty. That game got me into "hard core" gaming. I owned an Atari 2600 and used to play a decent amount, but I never played any game for 8-10 hours straight like I did Metroid.
The rarest games I have are: Super Metroid CIB, and Super Ghouls and Ghosts with box and manual. Not rare enough, but the top games of my small collection.
I have some Master System games that were only released in Brazil and a complete copy of Mega Man for DOS. Great Video!
My rarest and most favourite ps1 games that I own are Tomba (Tombi I'm Australia), Jade Cocoon (studio ghibli made the opening and cut scenes for this back in the 90s) and Too Human on the 360 which I still think is an amazing game.
Rarest game I own maybe not high in price but one I find like no one ever talks about, Beyond Oasis for Genesis, loved it and still got to be one of my favorite games to of played for the Genesis.
It's so funny that you talked about Soul Blazer & a thrift store. I got it & Illusion of Gaia CIB for 20 bucks from a store called Rainbows end. There were more & I think I'll never score like that again.
Holy shit! I knew you had a lot of rare titles but I never would of dreamed you would own Darius alpha, incredible to say the least. I'm quite jealous :P.
I got so many rare games. I got cart only Earthbound, boxed Lufia 2, Cart only Bonk's Adventure, Suikoden 2 (I actually own every US Suikoden game), Sealed Magic Knight Rayearth, NCAA Basketball 2K3 (Gamecube)... I could go on but this is off the top of the head
At one point I had a MASSIVE game collection, with a whole host of hard to find or just coveted games. Sadly I had to sell the entire collection about eight years ago to fund a move, but probably my RAREST item wasn't even a game itself, but a console.
A lot of people forget that the Atari 7800 wasn't only released in 1987, but had a short run a couple of years before that, right on the tail of the 5200 and before Atari's big sell-out. There were only about 5000 consoles manufactured during that first run, with the rainbow logo the opposite direction from later ones and the expansion port fully intact.
I managed to find one, not knowing what I had, at a yard sale for five bucks.
As far as games? I've always collected because I wanted to play a game rather than collected for rarity itself, so I've made some pretty boneheaded deals in my day, like trading my original black label Final Fantasy VII for Riven and Masters of Tera Kassi on the PS1.
...Don't judge me.
Frankly, I find the prices on retro games right now rather ridiculous. Yes, the hardware and cartridges/CDs are a lot rarer now than they ever were back in the day, but it's a really strange market where the contents of the cartridge is only a very small part of the item's actual value. Games like Earthbound are a perfect example of this: even the most die-hard fan of the series would have to admit the game itself isn't worth 800 dollars. If it were, Nintendo would be charging that on the VC. And it isn't even really the contents of the box, either: Infocom had far cooler boxes and contents back in the day, and you don't see their games going ridiculous like this. It's just... strange.
I do wish I still had my vintage copy of FInal Fantasy now, though. That thing's overpriced too.
Snatcher yes! One of my favorite video games of all time! Wish they would make an updated version of that game for current consoles.
I have a complete cave story 3d. there was recently a gamestop "reprint" (many assume they bought crates of them in bulk when the game wasnt selling) but the influx of used copies is cart only. so I am proud of owning it
HappyConsoleGamer My rarest games CIB, off the top of my head are:
1. Panzer Dragoon Saga (Saturn). 2. Lucienne's Quest (3DO).
3. Phantasy Star Online: Episodes 1 & 2 Plus (Gamecube).
I lucked out and bought a couple of these at release, but I got a great deal on Saga in 2003, as the seller was a fan of my old band.
Id say the rarest games I have are probably the Zelda Collection on Gamecube and Xenoblade Chronicals with the pro controller, I'm only 18 and I've been properly collecting for maybe three years now but out of what I own (so far) they really do stand out to me :)
You have some sweet rare gems! My rarest game would be Panzer Dragoon Saga CIB! Got it in a Saturn deal with a couple other games for $20!
LOL I see you keep your games well organized.
Def Megaman legends 2 and the Misadventures of Tron Bonne. Those two games are amazing to me and I've kept em in great condition since I was a kid.
Some of the most valuable games I own at the moment are Demon's Crest (SNES), Conker's Bad Fur Day (N64) complete with its box and inserts, and Klonoa: The Door to Phantomile (PS1).
My rarest game that I own is Conker's Bad Fur Day (PAL Version). Got it 2 years ago and I got lucky on an auction on Ebay, haha! :)
These versions are EXTREMELY rare and always cost over about 150 dollars.
I have a few rare games, but the rarest video game item I have is the Sega CDX. I bought it off a good friend several years ago for $20, I never knew how rare it was until recently. I also own a NES 2 top loader with box and dog bone controller and that has become very sought after over the years.
Not too many out there, but mint boxed PAL Hammerin' Harry for the NES.
Fun video and thanks for sharing. My copies of Shining Force 3 and Burning Rangers for the Saturn "disappeared" a while back, unfortunately. I never could find Panzer Dragoon Saga when it was new, despite trying. I do have Magic Knight Rayearth for Saturn which would likely be considered rare. Dragon Force probably wasn't too common either. I love that one. I found two copies of Warsong on the Genesis in the late 90s, one of which was sealed, though I don't know if it was the original plastic or not. I also have an SVC Chaos arcade board.
i love the art on the snes boxes
I think the rarest game in my collection is Power Stone 2 for the Dreamcast. Honorable mentions for Contra Hard Corps and Ghostbusters on the Genesis. Although if you count non-games, I also have the PlanetWeb 3.0 browser for the Dreamcast which I've seen go for close to $100.
Rule of Rose on the PS2. An often overlooked survival horror game that just keeps going up in price.
Aside from also having a boxed copy of Earthbound, I have a loose copy of Clayfighter Sculptor's Cut. My copy of Gotcha Force is getting up in price, as well.
Great content as always dude.
Rarest game I ever owned:
Enternal Darkness - Gamecube
Skies of Arcadia - Sega Dreamcast
Megaman X4 - PS1 (not sure about that one though).
I have Snatcher too, I really loved this game, never knew it was worth that much...
My rarest game is probably the japanese-only Nakoruru rpg collector for Dreamcast. I bought it for the figure. I also have the Nights into Dreams remake for PS2 with the children book. Other than that all my GBC and GBA games are in excellent condition, with boxes and notices. I have MGS, Boktai 1&2, Megaman Zero games, Metal Slug, Gunstar Future Heroes, etc.
Think my most rare games are Suikoden II and Valkyrie Profile. Special to me as I bought them around when they came out not expecting them to become worth anything later on. I would never sell them though as along with most of my PS1 JRPGs because the nostalgic value is priceless.
Games that i have which have become valuable HCG.Panzer Dragon Saga,Dragon Force,Saturn Bomberman,Sengoku 2,Exile Wicked Phenomenon and Suikoden II.Though i feel like a fool,when i gave snatcher away to a friend and this was right after i sold the sega-cd.Back then i didn't know snatcher would have become a rare one.Oh well "i'm just content" with having the sega saturn and pc-engine version of snatcher.
I managed to build a complete copy of Earthbound earlier this year after 2-3 years of searching for a box, manual and inserts at decent prices.... I also happen to own Suikoden II as well after I found it in a shop nearby a few Christmases ago, and my parents were cool and bought it for me as an xmas present :). I do also have Rodland and Surprise at Dinosaur Peak, two of the rarest NES games here in Europe.
However the rarest games I probably own are Metal Slug X and Metal Slug 5 for the Neo Geo AES (both English versions, and if you are aware of Neo Geo collecting, English versions are ALWAYS harder to find). Bought them many years ago and I shudder to think what they would go for now.
Quite an awesome collection you got there
My rarest games are:
- Ibara (PS2)
- Rakugaki Showtime (PS1)
- Zanac X Zanac (PS1 (check this one out!))
- Guardian Force (Saturn)
- Border Down limited edition (Dcast)
- Eschatos first print (Xbox 360 (one of the best shoot'em up I've ever played))
- Muchi munchi pork & Pink Sweets(Xbox 360)
- Mushihime sama futari first print limited edition (xbox 360)
and finally, althought it's not that rare and that expensive, THE best game on the N64... Sin & Punishment!
I'd love to find a copy of Hyper Duel someday :')
My "rare" game for me would have to be Namco X Capcom for the Japanese PS2. It cost me 80 dollars when it came out new and it never came out in English. The game took me 108 hours to finish and I remember having 4 hour play sessions. I've played all the big games since the NES, but I feel that the experiences are the most valuable. A game is nice to look at and to own, but the memories and the feelings these games evoked are just priceless.
Don't really own many rare games, though my most priced gem is Donald Duck: Quackshot for the Sega Mega Drive, complete with cover and manual. I also have Zool for the Mega Drive (cartridge only), Panzer Dragoon for Sega Saturn and Castlevania: Cricle of the Moon for GameBoy Advance. Not a big collection, but I'm working on it. :)
My brother has quite a few rare games in his collection. Some I can remember off the top of my head is Earthbound and Tengen Tetris. Nice shirt dude, Captain Commando was always one of my favorite characters to play as in the Marvel Vs. Capcom fighting games. That's fucking cool you own that super rare pc engine game.
Great topic! My 2 most expensive items off the top of my head are the Starwing competition cart and Mega Man 5 complete. I bought both at a fleamarket for about 5€ a piece. Funny enough I bought titles that are far less rare for about 20 times that price.. Money and collecting dont always make sense..
I have a PAL Castlevania Symphony of The Night limited collectors edition. It was hard to get, pretty expensive, and the jewel in my PS1 collection.
I have a lot of boxed snes games too like mario rpg, super metroid, link to the past, the good ones donkey kongs
Earthbound isn't quite as expensive on eBay right now as you mentioned here, thankfully. I've seen a complete big boxed copy, with all original inserts and guide go for $400. But most of them are in the $500-600 range nowadays.
Probably the rarest games I own are the boxed, complete amiga games I own. Its difficult to determine the exact value of each game, but they seem to go from anywhere from 40-100 dollars. One game called Archon: the Light and the Dark I have been told is worth over 200 dollars but I have not been able to confirm this. I got all of them at a flea market last week for 5 bucks each.
For me, rarest would probably be between Earthbound and Castlevania Dracula X for SNES. But I don't know if those could be considered "rare"...more like just valuable.