dom56

http://www.racketboy.com/retro/raregames.htm

Scroll down to click on the lists.

I have just Panzer Dragoon Saga #20 on the list. Shocked to see that the #1 is 1990 Nintendo World Championships Gold Edition for NES. Only 26 copies were every made and can fetch for around $10,000.

I have the Honorable Mentions.

Sega Saturn
Guardian Heroes
Dragon Force

PS1
Tactics Orge

SNES : Not really rare but their high prices are due to demand.
Lufia
Final Fantasy II and III
Breath of Fire Series ( I only have the first one)

Gideon68

I have Panzer Dragoon Saga. I had FFIII for the SNES but sold it.

I'm surprised John Madden Football '93 Championship Edition for the Sega Genesis isn't on the list but then it was available for rental so there may have been a lot manufactured.

DJ_Longfellow

What are all 20? I cannot access that site at work.

superdeluxe

Yes please someone post.

I know Final fantasy III fetches a decent peny.

KurrptSenate

i recently sold my copy of Tactics Ogre for the PS1. The GBA game is also very rare, but goes for about 1/2 the price

DVD Josh

Only in its complete form (i.e., box and instructions). I've sold several carts only on eBay and probably only made $25-$40 per. Best find was this old pawn shop we passed by in a small town that was blowing out cart based games. They had like 12 FF2 and FF3s. Guy took $30 for the whole lot.

KurrptSenate

I know my friend recently sold a mint, new in box version of FF1 for the NES. He got like 280 for it on ebay

Daryl

here is a rough version of the list - I snipped out the comments to each game:

20. Panzer Dragoon Saga (Sega Saturn; NTSC-U, PAL)
Copies Produced: 10,000
Estimated Price (Complete): $175

19. Psychic Killer Taromaru (Sega Saturn; NTSC-J)
Copies Produced: 7,500
Estimated Price (complete): $235

18. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Master System; NTSC-U)
Estimated Price (Complete): Up to $200

17. Congo Bongo (Intellivision; NTSC-U)
Estimated Price (Loose or Complete): $300

16. StarFox: Super Weekend/Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartidge (SNES; NTSC-U, PAL)
Copies Produced: SSW - around 2000; DKCCC - 2,500
Estimated Price (Loose): $200+

15. Magical Chase (TurboGrafx 16; NTSC-U)
Estimated Price (Complete): $225

14. Myriad 6 in 1 (NES; NTSC-U)
Copies Produced: at least 888
Estimated Price (Loose): $350

13. Bounty Bob Strikes Back! (Atari 5200; NTSC-U)
Estimated Price (Complete): $500

12. Mine Storm/Mine Storm II (Vectrex; NTSC-U)
Estimated Price (Loose or Complete): $500

11. Bubble Bath Babes (NES; NTSC-U)
Estimated Price (Complete): $500+

10. Metal Slug (Neo Geo; NTSC-U)
Estimated Price: $1000 (Complete)

9. Atlantis II (Atari 2600; NTSC-U)
Estimated Price: $1000+ (Complete)

8. Virtual Bowling/SD Gundam Dimension War (Virtual Boy; NTSC-J)
Estimated Price: $1000+ (Each, Complete)

7. Air Raid (Atari 2600; NTSC-U)
Estimated Price: $3500 (Loose)

6. Stadium Events (NES: NTSC-U)
Copies Produced: 2000
Estimated Price: $1000+ (complete)

5. Bangai-O: Prize Edition (Sega Dreamcast: NTCS-J)
Copies Produced: 5
Estimated Price: Undetermined

4. Pepsi Invaders
(Atari 2600; NTSC-U)
Copies Produced: 125
Estimated Price: $1200+ (Complete)

3. 1990 Nintendo World Championships: Tournament Cartridge (NES;
NTSC-U)
Copies Produced: 90
Estimated Price: Around $4000

2. Kizuna Encounter (Neo Geo; PAL)
Copies Produced: Less than 12
Estimated Price: $10,000+ (Complete)

1. 1990 Nintendo World Championships: Gold Edition (NES; NTSC-U)
Copies Produced: 26
Estimated Price: $10,000+


Honorable Mentions:
Guardian Heroes, Dragon Force,Daytona USA: CCE Netlink Edition
(Sega Saturn; NTSC-U)
Rakugaki Showtime
(Sony Playstation; NTSC-J)
Radiant Silvergun
(Sega Saturn; NTSC-J)
Sonic Adventure Limited Edition (Sega Dreamcast; NTSC-U)
Border Down Limited Edition (Sega
Dreamcast; NTSC-J)
Tactics Ogre (Playstation; NTSC-U)
Earthbound, Lufia, Final Fantasy
II and III, Breath of Fire Series, various RPGs (SNES;
NTSC-U)**
Mega Man X3 (SNES; NTSC-U)
Akumajo Dracula X: Rondo of Blood (PC
Engine Super CD-ROM; NTSC-J)**
Darxide (Sega 32X; PAL)
Spiderman: Web of Fire (Sega 32X;
NTSC-U)
Spiker Super Pro Volleyball
(Intellivision; NTSC-U)
Color A Dinosaur, Caltron 6 in 1, Hot Slots (NES; NTSC-U)
Blockbuster World Video Game Championship II (Sega Genesis; NTSC-U)
Chase the Chuck Wagon (Atari 2600;
NTSC-U)***
Video Life, Quadrun, Swordquest Waterworld, Malagai, Eli’s Ladder, Crazy Climber (Atari 2600; NTSC-U)

DodgingCars

Wow.. didn't realize Sonic was rare.

mh4268

Thats the Master System version, not the genesis. That's why it's on there

Lastblade

Ninja Masters, Neo Turf Masters (both Neo Geo English/US) should be on the list. They are both as rare as Metal Slug, if not more so.

Spicollidriver1

Most people didn't know that there was a master system version.

DodgingCars

I didn't.

Noonan

I have a few of the honorable mentions but none of the top 20. I'm surprised Rez wasn't on there anywhere or Dracula X for Saturn.

Mordred

I bought an Atari 2600 for my wife about 4 years ago that came with 130 games or so. I'm going to have to go through them to see if any are actually rare and valuable.

darkside

I owned all of these, but sold off my 32X and Saturn along with those games.
I still have Tactics Ogre and all of those SNES RPGs.

PopcornTreeCt

And here I thought my Dreamcast copy of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 was rare. Oh well.

Wazootyman

I had and sold Panzer Dragoon and Dragon Force (played through both of them like 5 times and got bored with them)

Still have and play Guardian Heroes. Surprised some of the games from the latter part of Saturn's life aren't honorable mentions like Shining Force 3 Platinum (which I don't have and won't ever get until I can learn Japanese)

A random kind of rare one I have is Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter for the Saturn. There was a bonus joke character in that one who wasn't supposed to be seen stateside. When people imported it, that angered Marvel and they caused an embargo to be placed on the game, limiting availability here. Although, I'd imagine it's pretty plentiful in Japan

fujishig

Ok, I'll bite, who was the joke character that got Marvel upset?

Josh H

FFIII on the honorable mention list is the only one I ever owned.

tonyc3742

Isn't using prize giveaway games a little misleading? I would expect them to be rare.
Only one I had was Tactics Ogre, and I sold it for like five times more than I paid for it.
I had a copy of Kartia with a cover I've never seen again, it had a gloved hand holding cards.

dom56

I thought maybe Suikoden II should have been on the honorable mention. Konami didn't produced many copies of this fantastic RPG and going up in value. I saw one selling for over $300.

lordzeppelin

Same here on Panzer Saga and Dragon Force. I just played Guardian Heroes tonight, actually. I Had a few copies of Panzer Saga...Sold one for $135, and the other for $165. I loved the game, but I beat it twice and was just done with it. I also sold my copies of Burning Rangers, Shining Wisdom, Magic Knight Rayearth, Radiant Silvergun, and a spare copy of Guardian Heroes. The one I wish I hadn't sold was Burning Rangers, but I have an import version coming to me cheap...so it's been remedied.

Back in the SNES days, I had every damn enix and square RPG...sold all of them to fund my house purchase (part of the downpayment, at least). The one I'm surprised isn't listed is Ninja Gaiden Trilogy for the SNES. That game was rare the friggin' day it came out. I've got one sitting here that I found brand new at a KB Toys for $5 years back...no box, but perfect cart and instructions. I worked at EB at the time, and before that at a used game store. I remember when it came out, we couldn't even order the damn thing new...but working at game stores, I had all the rare shit all the time.

alexkat

I actually found a mint, used copy at blockbuster for $6.99 a few years back.

I still have FFIII in box somewhere in my house.

KrAzY3

Nice list, I'd love to have some of those...