The "Is This Game Rare?" Thread

As far as DS games go, can anyone speculate how those will fare in the future, value-wise? I know that counterfeiting ends up hurting the value of some DS games, so that's a negative.

Something that I've noticed about DS games, though, is that it's often incredibly hard to get the case and manual on the Used market because people tend to throw them away (storing their games together in pouches instead).

Then again, portable systems in general haven't really had a whole lot of rare gems, have they?
 
[quote name='GuardianE']As far as DS games go, can anyone speculate how those will fare in the future, value-wise? I know that counterfeiting ends up hurting the value of some DS games, so that's a negative.

Something that I've noticed about DS games, though, is that it's often incredibly hard to get the case and manual on the Used market because people tend to throw them away (storing their games together in pouches instead).

Then again, portable systems in general haven't really had a whole lot of rare gems, have they?[/QUOTE]

Not a lot of rare gems, but it can be really hard to find complete or new Gameboy and Gameboy Color games. They can sell for a premium since they can be so hard to find.
 
I think DS games are more complete because the cases are made of plastic this time around, while GBA and GB games still had paper and cardboard boxes that were tossed out.
 
[quote name='Link927']I think DS games are more complete because the cases are made of plastic this time around, while GBA and GB games still had paper and cardboard boxes that were tossed out.[/QUOTE]

yep, same reason it's easier to find complete Genesis games than it is to find complete SNES or N64.
 
[quote name='allyourblood']that's just how SoS was sealed, from the factory. here's a couple shots of my sealed SoS and Wetrix, both of which use that cheaper sealing method. Spirit of Speed has a tear/opening on the back because i peeled off one of those RF security tags.
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Awesome, thank you for this. Looks just like my copy. Let's keep our SoS sealed. Together.
 
[quote name='Link927']I think DS games are more complete because the cases are made of plastic this time around, while GBA and GB games still had paper and cardboard boxes that were tossed out.[/QUOTE]

At the GS stores near me it seems like 95% of their DS games are cart only, most of them piled up in the same glass cases they put their GBA games in.
 
[quote name='Friend of Sonic']Awesome, thank you for this. Looks just like my copy. Let's keep our SoS sealed. Together.[/QUOTE]

forever, gentle friend.



forever.
 
[quote name='Rozz']At the GS stores near me it seems like 95% of their DS games are cart only, most of them piled up in the same glass cases they put their GBA games in.[/QUOTE]
at the gamecrazy I work at a ton of DS games are cart only. It is rediculous. I hate having cart only ds games.
 
[quote name='Friend of Sonic']Awesome, thank you for this. Looks just like my copy. Let's keep our SoS sealed. Together.[/QUOTE]

[quote name='allyourblood']forever, gentle friend.



forever.[/QUOTE]

lol, I was gonna mention that your SOS 1937 is legit checking mine but I see allyourblood beat me to it and even took pictures. I got my copy at KB Toys back when they clearanced out a bunch of stuff in late 2005. You guys are making me feel like an outsider here with your little bonding here I might even have to do something drastic.......like opening my copy of Spirit of Speed :D
 
[quote name='perdition(troy']I know its not very rare, but I just found a complete copy of Contra Force in an old NES box I had in my basement.[/QUOTE]

It is somewhat "rare", but that doesn't really matter if you are just going to sell it. What matters is what it will go for in terms of dollars. If it's in good condition then you just earned yourself a $100 bill. There are a s--tload of "rare" games that aren't worth anything. There are a bunch of "common" games that are worth quite a bit.

Anyways. Good find. Why was it in your basement?
 
[quote name='Rozz']At the GS stores near me it seems like 95% of their DS games are cart only, most of them piled up in the same glass cases they put their GBA games in.[/QUOTE]

I've heard of some locations doing that, but to every store I've been to, the cases are out on the shelves with the rest of games.
 
[quote name='schuerm26']It is somewhat "rare", but that doesn't really matter if you are just going to sell it. What matters is what it will go for in terms of dollars. If it's in good condition then you just earned yourself a $100 bill. There are a s--tload of "rare" games that aren't worth anything. There are a bunch of "common" games that are worth quite a bit.

Anyways. Good find. Why was it in your basement?[/QUOTE]

Got a new house 3-4 years ago, boxed up a ton of stuff and didn't label a lot of it properly when we moved (There were tons of boxes, I guess you could call me a packrat :bouncy:). I honestly thought I lost quite a bit of my old games/systems. Was digging through the basement the past few days and found all my old gaming stuff. Needless to say I was a happy man finding all that stuff.
 
[quote name='Friend of Sonic']
This is off topic, but I don't want to make an entirely new topic for this-- I bought a game off of Amazon which was supposed to be factory sealed-- Spirit of Speed for Dreamcast-- and it seems like a reseal job. The only seam is one that runs through the back of the case, in the middle. Manual looks like it has a crease on the left by the staples, but that may not be proof of anything. Mostly every DC game I ever bought had Y-seals. I asked the guy and he said that since it has the seam on the back, then it makes it factory sealed. Any ideas?[/QUOTE]the overlap seal in the back is legit. they also did vertical overlap seams for grandia 2 (at least thats the one i have). they did the seam-seal for some games for the dreamcast too.

[quote name='Rozz']Any of you guys ever sell a rare game and it goes up like a month later? I did that with Devil Summoner. Sold a mint copy for $20 ('cause I thought the game sucked) and then shortly after that it went up quite a bit. At least I only payed $10 for it. :lol:[/QUOTE]all the time :cry:. a month ago or so i sold my sealed Resident Evil CVX for GC for $106. had it listed for $130 for a very long time (i think 2 months) and i decided to accept someones offer for $106. a week later it started selling for $70 to $100 more than what i sold it for.

[quote name='MillerTime2523']How much is a pokemon N64 system worth?[/QUOTE]
about $50 sometimes more. if you have the box maybe it would go for more
 
Any of you guys ever sell a rare game and it goes up like a month later? I did that with Devil Summoner. Sold a mint copy for $20 ('cause I thought the game sucked) and then shortly after that it went up quite a bit. At least I only payed $10 for it. :lol:
all the time :cry:. a month ago or so i sold my sealed Resident Evil CVX for GC for $106. had it listed for $130 for a very long time (i think 2 months) and i decided to accept someones offer for $106. a week later it started selling for $70 to $100 more than what i sold it for.
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I did the same thing with Devil Summoner, I sold it a month before DS2 for like $35 shipped, and of course when the game came out it jumped up quite a bit.

On a side note, that's pretty crazy that your sealed CVX sells for so much. I thought it was a common game so I wouldn't have figured a sealed copy would've made THAT much of a difference. Congrats!


I got a question. I found a weird gameboy advance today and decided to pick it up since it was cheap. It's orange on the top and light green on the bottom... I've never seen one like this before, and wikipedia or ebay seem to have any details. It's definitely not a custom paint job. Anyone know what color this is supposed to be, and does it have any worth?


*EDIT* Speaking of Res Evil, I have another rarity question. There's about a million iterations of the PS1 Resident Evil games, and I was just wondering which versions are the rarest? I ask because I have a black label copy of RE1 which I believe is the second release(the one after the longbox version, before the dualshock support, director's cut, greatest hits etc). I never thought it was worth much(I had an auction bundling it and RE2 together that started at $15 and never sold) but I just checked some completed listings and one guy sold his mint copy for $73.00!
 
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I got a question. I found a weird gameboy advance today and decided to pick it up since it was cheap. It's orange on the top and light green on the bottom... I've never seen one like this before, and wikipedia or ebay seem to have any details. It's definitely not a custom paint job. Anyone know what color this is supposed to be, and does it have any worth?[/QUOTE]

i seem to recall that we sold that one at TRU. it's the Spice/Lime GBA SP. i don't remember it being a special edition or anything, though. just a fun color variant. maybe someone else knows more.

search "orange green game boy" on eBay under completed auctions, and you'll see a handful. they all closed under $40.
 
45 2600 games boxed for 60 dollars. Should I bite?
Porky’s
2. Phoenix
3. Warlords
4. Street Racer
5. Adventure
6. Space Jockey
7. Pac-Man
8. Dragonfire
9. Swordquest
10. Astroblast
11. Outlaw
12. Real sports Football
13. Missile Command – 34 Video games
14. Yars Revenge
15. Football – 3 games
16. Indy 500
17. Video Olympics – 50 games
18. Asteroids
19. Basketball
20. Black Jack
21. Football
22. Space Invaders
23. Asteroids – 66
24. Demons to Diamonds
25. Space Attack
26. Raiders of the Lost Ark
27. Berzerk
28. Miniature Golf
29. Super Breakout
30. Air-Sea Battle
31. Bowling
32. Combat – 27 games
33. Real Sports Baseball
34. Slot Racers
35. Sword Quest – fire world
36. Home Run – 8 games
37. Casino – 4 games
38. Canyon Bomber
39. Space Invaders
40. Haunted House
41. Mash
42. Missile Command
43. Night Driver
44. Surround
45. Centipede
 
How rare are ps1 longbox games? I've only got Wipeout in the longbox, but I've got the opportunity to buy a couple more, and I'd like to know the rarity before I make the jump.
 
[quote name='Chairman_LMAO']How rare are ps1 longbox games? I've only got Wipeout in the longbox, but I've got the opportunity to buy a couple more, and I'd like to know the rarity before I make the jump.[/QUOTE]

Sort of rare, I mean you usually have a better chance of finding a jewel case version of those games than a longbox from my experience. As far as rarity VALUE-wise, you'll have to throw out some names. Not all of them have any real worth... I have need for speed and wwf arcade and they sell for like $2 each on ebay.
 
[quote name='eastshore4']Sort of rare, I mean you usually have a better chance of finding a jewel case version of those games than a longbox from my experience. As far as rarity VALUE-wise, you'll have to throw out some names. Not all of them have any real worth... I have need for speed and wwf arcade and they sell for like $2 each on ebay.[/QUOTE]

The only one I can think of right now is Street Fighter Alpha.
 
[quote name='Unickuta']Mario Party 6 sealed in the box, but the outer box is damaged a bit. Please?[/QUOTE]

You don't see too many of those very often. That game has been out of print for awhile and a sealed copy could easily go for $60.
 
SFAlpha longbox is around $15-$20 used.

Resident Evil Longbox seems to have its value back thanks to the RE craze. sealed ones go for around $400-$500 a year or 2 ago. havent seen one since.
 
What would be a good price to ask for on a 20gb PS3 with one sixaxxis and the following games dl on it.
FF7
Burnout Paradise Ultimate Bundle
Rag Doll Kung Fu
Bionic Commando
Suikoden
Flower
maybe one or two more, but those are the big ones.
Just got a 60gb tonight, so I don't wanna sit on this 20gb for real long, but want to get a decent amount for it.
 
[quote name='myl0r']What would be a good price to ask for on a 20gb PS3 with one sixaxxis and the following games dl on it.
FF7
Burnout Paradise Ultimate Bundle
Rag Doll Kung Fu
Bionic Commando
Suikoden
Flower
maybe one or two more, but those are the big ones.
Just got a 60gb tonight, so I don't wanna sit on this 20gb for real long, but want to get a decent amount for it.[/QUOTE]

DL'd games don't really up the systems value. I'd say 200-250 is the most you'll get for it.
 
[quote name='Chairman_LMAO']DL'd games don't really up the systems value. I'd say 200-250 is the most you'll get for it.[/QUOTE]
that's what I planned on asking, but didn't know if being BC would up it's value that much. thanks
 
Anyone know how much a .hmmessage P { margin:0px; padding:0px } body.hmmessage { font-size: 10pt; font-family:Verdana } Super Pro Fighter Q sells for? I haven't seen any prices for it on ebay.

It is an accessory for the SNES that allows you to backup copies of Super Nintendo games.
 
[quote name='momouchi']I haven't found a firm price for this game yet, is it rare?

Dragonball Z Legends Japanese Import for the PS1.[/QUOTE]

It's not super rare. Back in DBZ's peak popularity, it was imported all the time, especially since it was the only DBZ ps1 game that wasn't released here.

If you've got one that says PlayStation the Best for Family and looks like this
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, then you've got the more common one (like mine!)

If you've got the normal version that looks like this
DBZ_Legends_Front.jpg
without the white border, than yours is the more rare version, as this one was out of print before DBZ became popular here. If you've got the Saturn version, I officially hate you.

The Best for Family version = $10-$15
Regular = $20-$30
 
Does Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout for the PS1 demand anything anymore? I remember back in the late '90s it was commanding a high sticker price ($100+ from what I remember).
 
[quote name='Shady3011']Does Dragon Ball GT: Final Bout for the PS1 demand anything anymore? I remember back in the late '90s it was commanding a high sticker price ($100+ from what I remember).[/QUOTE]

Ever since the re-release, not really. The Atari re-release is exactly the same disc BanDai released in 1997. The Atari one is much easier to find, and it drove the original's price down. The original release nets about $25-35.

Edit: The reasoning behind the price, according to Wikipedia:

Due to Dragon Ball's obscure popularity at the time, Bandai America only produced 10,000 copies of the game, thus making it a rare gem for collectors of both video games and Dragon Ball-related merchandise, with online retailers Amazon and eBay featuring prices for the game from $100 to $250
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I knew it was released in limited quantities, but I didn't know it was that little. It is Wikipedia, so take it as you will.

I really don't know why anyone would pay that much for the game. It sucks. Hard. It does have the distinction of being the first Dragon Ball game released in the U.S., and it predated anything Dragon Ball GT by almost a decade.
 
Yeah. It was really terrible compared to Budokai and other modern DBZ games. The thing that drove its price sky high was the limited print and the DBZ fever that popped up towards the end of the '90s.
 
Recently noticed that the value for the LE Bioshock for the 360 has raised to about $80 used and $200 new. Just wanted to know if there's a difference in value for the PC version, cause I've got 2 sealed ones.
 
i remember dbz as one of the first true collectible for Ps1 when it went oop. everyone knew it was worth alot. and looking back now i remember seeing them upto $120 on ebay before. this is the one with the blue cover correct?
 
Yeah. The one with just Goku on the cover. I noticed that version still commands a nice price on eBay if sealed. Not as great as back then but still good considering the reprint.
 
[quote name='Shady3011']Yeah. It was really terrible compared to Budokai and other modern DBZ games. The thing that drove its price sky high was the limited print and the DBZ fever that popped up towards the end of the '90s.[/QUOTE]

This is true. I remember going to the local anime and game store and they were playing it. They let me play it, and I never wanted to touch it again. To this day, I still don't own it and probably never will.
 
Not so funny story, my friend ended up having to buy this game to replace the copy that was stolen from him that he borrowed from another friend. It was a bitch and a half to track it down. The worse part is that they found the lost copy later and couldn't return the one he bought for his money.

What sucked even worse is that the guy didn't steal it for the money. He actually liked the game.

Anyway, the game was actually really popular in my circle of friends at the time mainly because of the DBZ craze at the time. I always thought it was awful. Too clunky and a broken character roster.
 
I still have the JPN import of Legends and GT, no case though just the games. And holy crap, the Big Daddy figure goes for $20 alone. I still have my LE, I just took out the game and never touched anything else inside.
 
I really sleep on these collector's editions.. I never would've figured Bioshock CE would fetch so much, and I had a couple great opportunities to snag one of them on the cheap. SO STUPID!

Anyone know if either of these bad boys might have any value to them? Both are factory sealed:

-Jeopardy! (SNES)
-Boggle Plus (Gameboy)

I know they're both pretty crappy games but I figured that they might have some bit of worth to them soley because they are sealed.

On another note, what is the deal with R.A.D: Robot Alchemic Drive? From what I understand, the game is quite rare(before I tried ebay I spent many years searching for it at gamestops only to be told it went out of print a long time ago), but it really doesn't fetch a whole lot on the market. That's fine by me, I got mine for nice and cheap, it just seems weird... you would think a game like this would be a hot commodity for collectors.
 
I have that Dbz blue cover. Bought it on eBay years back for 30 bucks. I got my R.A.D: Super Cheap. I purchased after enix merged with squaresoft. Figured it would be high but still fetches low. Does anyone know how much my ps1 long box "Psychic Detective" is worth?
 
[quote name='Shady3011']Not so funny story, my friend ended up having to buy this game to replace the copy that was stolen from him that he borrowed from another friend. It was a bitch and a half to track it down. The worse part is that they found the lost copy later and couldn't return the one he bought for his money.

What sucked even worse is that the guy didn't steal it for the money. He actually liked the game.

Anyway, the game was actually really popular in my circle of friends at the time mainly because of the DBZ craze at the time. I always thought it was awful. Too clunky and a broken character roster.[/QUOTE]

If you think the roster is broken in this game, Try Ultimate Battle 22. 27 (I think) characters, and they all play the same.

A guy at the flea market has a sealed copy of UB22 (US version) for 20 bucks. It's still got the huge Circuit City price sticker on it, marked $19.99. I cif'd 5 and he took the game out of my hands, calling it a "collector's item". Right. Check the ebay prices. :roll:
 
[quote name='Chairman_LMAO']I cif'd 5 and he took the game out of my hands, calling it a "collector's item". Right. Check the ebay prices. :roll:[/QUOTE]

Everyone who has a sealed game not from the current generation thinks they have a collector's item...
 
[quote name='eastshore4']
-Jeopardy! (SNES)
-Boggle Plus (Gameboy)

I know they're both pretty crappy games but I figured that they might have some bit of worth to them soley because they are sealed.

On another note, what is the deal with R.A.D: Robot Alchemic Drive? From what I understand, the game is quite rare(before I tried ebay I spent many years searching for it at gamestops only to be told it went out of print a long time ago), but it really doesn't fetch a whole lot on the market. That's fine by me, I got mine for nice and cheap, it just seems weird... you would think a game like this would be a hot commodity for collectors.[/QUOTE]

for the sealed games maybe around $30 maybe less. its hard to find someone that might be interested in those.

RAD is rare but not sought after. so theres not much value over the years.
 
Well, this morning I got a complete Spider-Man for 32X that looks to be very clean and mint for 142 shipped. Obviously it's the most sought after 32X title aside from Darxide and some of the PAL releases, but is 142 for complete and mint a good price? I haven't been paying attention to complete sales. I think I've seen BINs for 200 on Ebay before that eventually disappear (sold?)
 
[quote name='Friend of Sonic']Well, this morning I got a complete Spider-Man for 32X that looks to be very clean and mint for 142 shipped. Obviously it's the most sought after 32X title aside from Darxide and some of the PAL releases, but is 142 for complete and mint a good price? I haven't been paying attention to complete sales. I think I've seen BINs for 200 on Ebay before that eventually disappear (sold?)[/QUOTE]

I thinks its a nice deal
 
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