Hi guys I was wondering which SNES game you consider very rare? I have heard that Mario World Brutal, Starwing Competition and Donkey Kong Competition are saught after but what others, if you had the chance, would you like to lay your hands on?
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Hi guys I was wondering which SNES game you consider very rare? I have heard that Mario World Brutal, Starwing Competition and Donkey Kong Competition are saught after but what others, if you had the chance, would you like to lay your hands on?
The vga graded ones.
Heath do VGA rate games more to do with the actual quality of the product and its condition rather than its rareness?Quote:
Originally Posted by Heath
I only know "normal guy" rare as opposed to Nintendo Championship kind of rare. The rarest SNES games I have are probably RPGs like Terranigma, and the English-PAL version of Soul Blazer (didn't know this was rare until Retro Gamer said so, but if RG says so...*Shrugs*). The only other game I want for SNES is Bahamut Lagoon.
Not crazy rare, but I'd add Mega Man X3 to the list.
Typically it seems a game will end up being rare based on a few conditions
1. Some quirky japanese import or just a Square title
2. It was released near the end of the console's life cycle.
Does anything in the SNES library get rarer and/or more sought after than Earthbound?
Boxed, complete w/guide book and insert?
This is also regional. The EU chases have some games that are only rare over there. It's weird shit too like Beethoven the Movie pt2.
Couple other ones:
Ninja Gaiden Trilogy
EVO
Harvest Moon
and pretty much any RPG get money.
Final Fantasy IV, V or VI fully boxed and manual +inserts will be very expensive. Also I think Star Ocean would be quite expensive. Oh, and Terranigma too.
problem is, earthbound is not a rare title.Quote:
Originally Posted by Magician
sought after, yes. rare, no.
expensive does not equal rare.
Agreed. Think of a Link to the Past: it's not rare, but because it's such a great game everyone wants it, making it expensive. Anything that is EU/PAL exclusive is going to be quite rare.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdamm
Street Fighter 2 sure it got pulled when it didn't sell!
Rarer than a Euro Kizuna!
The earthbound price is a joke, game is only ok, don't care what anyone says. I had a boxed one I bought from best buy on close out for 10 bucks, sat on the shelf for two years finally opened and played, ugh, no fun for me. Sold it off.Quote:
Originally Posted by cdamm
I recently brought Brutal Mario World. I was really chuffed to have for it. It's in mint condition with box etc. haven't played it yet but I understand that around 2000 copies were ever made.
Man I love the SNES and Neo Geo days. The games were actually challenging, graphics were really being pushed and gameplay was so important. Roll back the 90's!!!
I was never fond of EarthBound either. People get so angry when you tell them that, just like saying Ocarina of Time isn't as good as Majora's Mask or A Link to the Past.
Yeah, Earthbound, not good.
i actually liked it. kind of a fun quirky story.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kiel
even though it is very easy, super linear, and basic in terms of gameplay.
its not necessarily something i need to play all the time, but its not a bad game.
Earthbound is awesome :(
I too enjoy EarthBound. In fact, both the NES and SNES installments. I love their atmosphere, simplicity and strangeness. The SNES version has great sound design, love it... I think some people hate just to hate. If you want a hyper complicated, long and groundbreaking game, just go back to Square's games. EarthBound is expensive because of it's uniqueness and the very low odds of Nintendo bringing the series back to the US. Final Fantasy III and Chrono Trigger have been re-released many times and Square Enix hasn't tried to bury them, hence why the originals aren't that expensive.
Other than the ones you've mentioned, I don't think there are many "rare" SNES cartridges. Boxes and manuals, though? Some are a bitch to find, and to secure. Games like Super Turrican 2, Incantation, Mr. Nutz, Zero Kamikaze Squirrel and 3 Ninjas Kick Back (the box and manual can hit 4 digits, no lie). Pocky & Rocky 2 and oh yeah, Aero Fighters comes to mind as well. AF is "rare" but you can still find the cart. However, the box and manual are INSANE. The cart alone is $120+, but the box and manual put it in the 350+ range. I'm just so thankful I got 95% of my SNES shit years ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by Badboy1980
edit: I love Earthbound. The suburban feel and quirky sense of humor pulled me in from the start.
Badboy... sadly I had to sell my SNES collection due to redundancy a couple of years ago. Out of all my complete and boxed titles, the ones that fetched the most were:
Ninja Warriors - New Generation
Megaman 7
Final Fight 2
Final Fight 3
Super Turrican 2
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Batman & Robin
I REALLY didn't want to ever sell Ninja Warriors (adore... ADORE that game!) but luckily it sold for enough to justify the loss...
the difference is that is not a real game. it's a hackQuote:
Originally Posted by Badboy1980
you're a hack.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoSneth
:annoyed:Quote:
Originally Posted by Badboy1980
Hacks are okay, but you have to remember that they can be reprinted indefinitely. They're never rare.
Very true.Quote:
Originally Posted by HeavyMachineGun
Loose Wild Guns cart.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wild-Guns-Su...torefresh=true
FFS I remembers just a couple years ago Wild Guns was like $35.00 for a loose cart. It's a good game but fuck, that's nuts. If this same shit happens with PS2 I'm gonna clean up. Who wants to preorder my used copy of Maximo for $150.00? Could net you $350.00 just a year later.
Home carts shmome carts.
How could you have sold that game for any amount of money. Don't worry you get to see the NINJA WARRIORS AGAIN as I have built and programmed them to find you. Hope you can live up to your user ID,Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoGeoNinja
"Plays like new"... erm they're carts, they always play like new.Quote:
Originally Posted by SNKorSWM
The fact that Alpha 2 netted any money is a hoot.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoGeoNinja
I applaud the team that ported it for trying, but my god is it an awful port.
READY
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FIGHT!
(10 seconds later)
HADOUKEN!
Rendering Ranger :eek:
I collect snes games primarily now, and I consider these to be rare.
PAL NON GERMAN Terranigma
Star Fox Weekend
Donkey Kong Competition cart.
Many demo carts are rare
Final Fight guy
Mega Man X3. I have this game CIB, I got it as a kid, and it was hard to find even at release.
Hagane is very rare.
Mega Man 7.
Final Fight 3.
Dracula X.
I consider Breath of Fire 2, Mega Man 7, Final Fight 3 and Mega Man x3 to be part of the dying snes cycle. I don't know how many copies capcom had printed for those, but it'd make sense if it wasn't many. BOF 2 isn't hard to get, but last year i snatched one up before the market kills it. I also had a blast playing it. I still prefer the original BOF though, both great games.
Earthbound is not that rare, just sought after. Same for chrono trigger. I have two copies of that game.
Same with soul blazer. That game had at least two print runs. It comes in old style snes and 1993 cut style.
Also, wild guns is a confusing one to me.
I also agree ninja gaiden trilogy is rare.
I know. Quite possibly my favourite game for the SNES, but I was in dire need of cash at the time and deduced that £-for-£, my SNES collection was worth the most (vs my MD collection, for example) - so I had to let it go. I sold EVERYTHING (save some bits I have saved for a friend) so I didn't see the need to hold onto the SNES for a few absolute must-haves MINUS the NW I'd sold. I went the everything or nothing route and it's wor...Quote:
Originally Posted by mainman
Hold on... I have to go. I can see the reflection of a certain Kamaitachi in my monitor...
I'm glad I bought most of these rarer titles when I did.
This has to be the worst time ever to start building an SNES collection.
Isn't Lost Vikings supposed to be rare? Been a bit since I worried about the rares but remember a big fuss about it.
Objectively speaking; yes, it's an awful port. But considering it was achieved on a SNES is near-miraculous imo. But yeah, the pausing is ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by OrochiEddie
*KICK*...
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K...O...
I often questioned why they didn't attempt the original Alpha instead. I think, considering there were much fewer characters in the original that the SNES *could* have achieved a decent port, considering Alpha 2 was doable...
I've questioned this as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by NeoGeoNinja
Popular, yet common, SNES games have nearly doubled in price the last year, an absurdity considering a lot of them are on Virtual Console. Games like Super Metroid, Super Mario All-Star, LttP, all used to be $15. Now they're fetching $30-40 for loose clean carts with working batteries. As others have stated, this is the wrong time to go into SNES collecting even if you're just looking for loose carts.
I signed up on Nintendo Age just to track down a Super Turrican 2. That forum has a worse mentality than eBay when it comes to NES/SNES. It's pretty much only FO threads (no prices anywhere), and everyone's want/trade list is the same 20 rare boxed titles. I remember looking at a loose Hagane at $85 and thinking "that's too much". Now, you pretty much have to get a PowerPak if you want to game on the original console.
Or you can do what I do and say fuck collecting scenes. Hit up thrift stores. I scored demons crest and chrono trigger for 10 bucks once. Countless others to. I paid four dollars for super metroid about a month or so ago.
Fuck working battery drama. I replace every battery based title I get, and solder in a nice holder and pop in a fresh cr2032.
The well has dried up (edit: years ago). Things may be different in your neck of the woods, but thrift stores here are practically hip to online prices.Quote:
Originally Posted by LWK
Same here. All secondhand shops and flea market vendors in my area price their games and other wares according to eBay (and absurd BiN-based prices are the norm).Quote:
Originally Posted by andsuchisdeath
They are awesome down here.
Same problem in the Bay Area: most local thrift shops dried up, and the rest (along with swap meets) price according to eBay. There are some places still left in San Francisco and in remote East Bay locations, but driving there equates to at least a two hour investment and that's just not worth the risk if you have a small wish list.
I have about 95% of the SNES games I want out of the way, luckily. It has gotten totally bananas lately, although to be fair, the SNES is without a doubt one of the greatest consoles in history, with some of the very best games ever. Certainly Nintendo at its peak.
I paid $200 myself for a loose Wild Guns a couple months ago. I felt like I overpaid but I wanted one with a clean label and most of the ones on ebay are all ripped up (who treats games this way?). What a game though, wow.
I paid $75 for a fairly clean copy of Wild Guns a little over a year ago, at a flea market of all places. I felt like a fool paying that price, especially being in a flea market. I guess I don't feel as silly now knowing what price the game commands today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Geddon_jt
I sort of have a personal philosophy that I won't pay more for a game than it was new.Quote:
Originally Posted by andsuchisdeath
Records I will on rare occasion, but not video games. I am not totally sure what it is, but I just can't justify dropping that kind of coin... must be why I own more neo-geo ports than actual neo-geo games.
Yeah, the dying cycle of SNES. I still remember Capcom's ads... LONG LIVE SNES when ironically, it was nearing its end. I guess that was the point behind that all. It may have died in terms of new games being produced, but it'll never die in the hearts of gamers due to its fantastic library.Quote:
Originally Posted by LWK
LWK, have you ever played the fan translated BoF II? Apparently, the US version had a shoddy translation, and the fan translated one is much better.
And yes, nowadays deals are harder to find with more people, even non-gamers, being more aware that there truly is a market for these retro games. Especially with smart phones and the ability to instantly Google a game's going rate, times have changed. However, last December I found four Saturn games CIB at a goodwill, including Guardian Heroes, that sold for $6 each. I was lucky! I sold all four on eBay and think I made $180 profit off of it ;)
The SNES scene is brutal now, yes. I'm so glad I got back into it 2006, back when the scene was still plenty cheap and there were bargains to be had pretty much left and right. Them good old days. Game Crazy was still good back then, and so were the flea markets. I'm thankful I got back into it when prices hadn't yet exploded through the roof. I mean, Aero Fighters was going for around $30-$40 7 years ago. Today, $150+. Same for Earthbound, Wild Guns, etc. Madness.
I don't care. I liked it enough. There were numerous errors, but it got the point across. I only play original games. I'm sort of a purest. I don't have a single rom and just enjoy everything on my tv. Emulation doesn't feel the same on my comp. I also don't feel like flashing a cart with that to play it on my snes. Thanks though
All good, man. Everyone has their own preferences.Quote:
Originally Posted by LWK
Although, I must say... this is sick
http://d13z1xw8270sfc.cloudfront.net...ranslation.jpg
Yes I know it's not authentic but it acts as if it is, you still play it on your TV and on a real SNES controller. The repro scene has allowed gamers to experience gems like Terranigma and Secret of Mana 2 on their SNES as if these games really did receive a US release back in 1995.
Some of the more obscure stuff, like Square's Treasure of the Rudras, has received such a polished release that it's pretty mind blowing. The fans who went through the hard work of translating the Japanese to English and even producing authentic looking boxes have really opened a new portal to the whole SNES experience
http://d13z1xw8270sfc.cloudfront.net...the_rudras.jpg
But, to each his own. But for those interested, google "OCDGamer repros." He is the man. I recently went through NAMCO's 48-meg beast of an action RPG, Tales of Phantasia, and it was an absolute fuckin' blast. The voice acting (16 megs alone were devoted to it) is crazy. Battles were tedious now and again, but it has such a cool and epic BTTF type plot. I loved it. More than Secret of Mana personally, which I really like but do find a tad overrated.
http://d13z1xw8270sfc.cloudfront.net...fphantasia.jpg
That label is so pretty. I want a new label for my practically COOKED robotrek.