Most Prized In Collection - What you got + How Much $$?

[ShoothimNow]

I feel like I am going to be like Kelly starting this thread up (however Kelly's was "What's your most rare").  So I would like to start a thread on "Most Prized Collection".

Even though YOU may not pay this much for a game DOES NOT MEAN that others will not pay the price.  The fact is that people have, will, and most-likely pay more in the future for "RARE" games.  If you have a problem, go back to your emulator and/or flash carts


Highest Amount Paid For A Game: $450
Highest Game Paid Title: Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge

Honorable Mentions:

NES:
Battletoads & Double Dragon
Best of the Best Championship Karate
Bomberman (CIB)
Contra Force
Final Fantasy (CIB)
Kirby's Adventures (MINT / CIB / SEALED)
Mario Is Missing
Mega Man 6
River City Ransom
TMNT Tournament Fighters

SNES:
Adventures of Batman & Robin
Battletoads & Double Dragon: The Ultimate Team
Battletoads in Battlemaniacs
Donkey Kong Country Competition
Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally
Legend
Legend of Zelda - A Link to the Past
Mario Is Missing
Mario Paint (CIB W/Mouse)
Mega Man X
Secret of Evermore
Sim Ant
Super Bases Loaded 3 (Sports, but Sealed)
Super Mario All Stars (CIB)
Super Mario RPG Legend of the Seven Stars
SWAT Kats
Uniracers (CIB)

N64
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Conker's Bad Fur Day
GameShark Pro v3.3
Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (Collector's Edition)
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (CIB)
Mario Kart 64 (CIB)
Mario Party
Mario Party 3
Mario Tennis (CIB)
Mega Man 64
Mortal Kombat 4
Shadowgate 64: Trials of the Four Towers
Star Fox 64 (with Rumble Pak) (CIB)
Super Mario 64 (CIB)
Super Smash Bros.
Transformers: Beast Wars Transmetals
Worms Armageddon

Genesis: Complete (unless otherwise noted)
Alex Kidd in the Enchanted Castle
Batman
Castlevania: Bloodlines
Contra: Hard Corps (no case)
Ghostbusters (loose)
John Madden Football '93: Championship Edition
Michael Jackson's Moonwalker
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny
Spider-Man and the X-Men: Arcade's Revenge
Spider-Man: The Animated Series
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Hyperstone Heist
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Tournament Fighters
Time Killers
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

Saturn:
Bubble Bobble Featuring Rainbow Islands
Bug!
Die Hard Trilogy
Quake
Rayman
Resident Evil
Sonic 3D Blast
Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

PS1:
Alundra
Azure Dreams
Beast Wars Transformers
Blazing Dragons
Castlevania Symphony of the Night
Chrono Cross
Crash Bandicoot
The Crow City of Angels
Doom
Final Fantasy VII
Final Fantasy Tactics
Ghost in the Shell
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Mana
Medievil
Mega Man Legends
Mega Man Legends 2
Mortal Kombat Trilogy
Parasite Eve
Parasite Eve 2
Power Slave
Primal Rage
Resident Evil Survivor
Spyro Collectors Edition
Torneko The Last Hope
Warpath Jurassic Park

PS2:
Capcom vs SNK 2
Dark Cloud 2
Devil May Cry 5th Anniversary Collection
Dragon Ball Z Budokai Tenkaichi 3
Final Fantasy XI with HDD
Marc Ecko's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure: Limited Edition
King of Fighters 2000/2001
Kingdom Hearts 2
We Love Katamari

PS3:
Batman Arkham City: Collectors Edition

TG-16:
Air Zonk
Bonk's Revenge
Galaga '90
Military Madness
Soldier Blade

Virtual Boy:
3-D Tetris
Galactic Pinball
Red Alarm
Teleroboxer







I am not the one who makes up these prices, but I do plan on collecting for resell later.  If I can buy cheap, f***, ill sell it for a profit down the road when I am financially challenged.  Look at Soldier Blade.  Only 1 on ebay, 2 in completed listings.  Both in completed listings sold ($80 loose [like mine] and $199 for complete).  I bought the game (with 10 others) and the system for $3.  Not bragging, but I mean... come on!  I may not be collecting to fill out a set of games, but SOME GAMES ARE HARD TO FIND.  The prices IMO are completely fair as they have been on the market for quiet some time and if you really wanted a copy of say Conkers Bad Fur Day for the N64, it has been out since March 5, 2001.  You have clearly had enough time to buy it within the 11 years it has been out.  The prices are high because it's a good game.  If it was a terrible game and one that EVERYONE HAS, I would say F*** that to the price!  [For example: went to a garage sale and a person wanted $10 each for SNES sports games! HA!].

It's not that I am cheap, it's that I know a good price when I see it.  If you are DIRELY IN NEED OF A GAME, Gamestop type stores / Ebay would be the way to go.  Otherwise, you have to HUNT for the good prices.  Couple weeks ago, my girlfriend found a fully functional Power Glove with all the hookups for $5.  FIVE DOLLARS.  I would have personally paid up to $60 for it, but FIVE DOLLARS!?!?  FUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuu....!!!!!

The way I see it, if a certain "someone" is complaining on how much a game costs, all I have to say is cut a little out from what you eat each day.  I am not saying "GO ON A DIET FATTY!".  I am saying, if you happen to go to McDonald's twice a week, try to go once.  You will save ~$5 each week.  In a month, you can afford a a pretty reasonably priced retro game that has good re-playability.  

Don't cry that everything is too much money.  The fact is the game is:
1) No longer in print
2) No longer distributed
3) Copies are breaking on a regular basis from misuse / retards throwing them out.
4) Set "decreasing" SUPPLY vs "increasing" DEMAND
5) It's because the people who grew up playing those games are willing to spend lots of money to buy them.
5b) Not only are the people trying to re-buy them, they are trying (again.. a select FEW) to buy duplicates for backups


So my question to everyone is:

Highest Amount Paid For A Game: ____________
Highest Game Paid Title: _______________

Again, mine are

Highest Amount Paid For A Game: $450
Highest Game Paid Title: Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge

[madrocsz]

Hrm, Tricky question having to dig deep on what I paid the most for. I more know what I would pay for certain games if I ever had the chance lol.

Highest Amount Paid For A Game: $95
Highest Game Paid Title: Star Fox 2 Reproduction

Yeah, ridiculous I paid that much for it, honestly I bid that just out of being annoyed I kept losing auctions on them thinking I would get outbid (they were going 100+ at the time)

I can say I have bid some ridculous amounts but never won such as:

500$ on Uncharted 2 Fortune Hunters Edition
Earthbound CIB 300$ - Crazy thing is I don't really care for boxes, but the EB one is so big I wanted it more for display piece lol

[Arseen]

Not 100% sure

Highest Amount Paid For A Game: 300  Euros
Highest Game Paid Title: Several actually:
- Mint condition CIB Chrono Trigger
- Mint condition CIB Terranigma
- Near mint CIB mr Gimmick.

Just bought Brand new German NES Miracle Piano for 160 Euros (200 with postage).

[larryinc64]

Highest Amount Paid For A Game: 50$
Highest Game Paid Title: Xenoblade Chronicles and other new Wii games
Heh, I have not payed over 20$ for a cartridge mostly because I do not have the money because I do not have a job because Its hard to get a job when you are 17 with child labor laws and in this economy.
Most of my stuff I got from Goodwill, Tagsales, Old Video Stores, Ect. But I do have some cool stuff, not the rarest stuff, but its most prized so this is my favorite stuff I own, most of these I got for very cheep:

NES:
Super Mario Bros 1, 2 & 3 CIB
Duck Hunt CIB
Pro Wrestling CIB (5$)

SNES:
Illusion of Gaia: Mint CIB (Free, Prize for Seymor Onion's logo contest)

N64:
Yoshi's Story: Mint CIB (Free, Prize for Seymor Onion's logo contest)
Zelda OOT: Gold (10$) and Grey cart (0.50$)
Zeld MM: 2 Holographic carts, I may trade one to a friend for a normal cart. (0.50$ for both)

NGC:
MGS Twin Snakes CIB Missing disc 2 - free
Donkey Kong Jungle Beat - With Bongos CIB - Free

DS:
Phoenix Wright Justice For All
Game And Watch Collection -CIB- Free

Genesis:
Moonwalker - 10$

Xbox:
Elder Scrolls 3: Morrowind -GOTY- Seiled/New - 10$

PS2:
MGS 3 Substance -CIB- 5$

3DO:
Goldstar system - 30$
Goldstar Controller CIB

Honarable Mentions:
All of my NES, SNES, N64, GBC, GBA boxes/ Manuals
All My Retro Systems
 

Other Things:
CIB Link and Epona Majora's Mask Figure - 35$
Donkey Kong Country Returns/ Kirby's Epic Yarn store display - missing 2 parts - Free
Club Nintendo Mario Hat - Free
Club Nintendo Mario Statue -CIB- Free
Japanese Mario and Bower Jr. Plush
Sonic Adventure Eggman and Kiki Robot figure, missing tail -1$
Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Joyride Sonic (10$ Open) and Shadow (50$ New) figures, Shadow has card and open package.

[Moviefan2k4]

The highest i ever paid for a single game was probably around $50, but I don't remember when.

My Collection So Far...

NES

Batman '89
Double Dragon
Double Dragon II: the Revenge
Dr. Mario
The Legend of Zelda (gold cart)
Mega Man 2
Mega Man 3
Mega Man 4
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!
Super Mario Bros. (solo cart)
Super Mario Bros. 3
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Arcade Game
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: The Manhattan Project
Tetris (official version)
Tiny Toon Adventures

Super NES

F-Zero
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Mega Man X
Super Mario All-Stars
Super Mario World
Super Metroid
Super Punch-Out!!
Super Street Fighter II
Tetris & Dr. Mario

[Mick Dundee]

Highest Amount Paid For A Game: $150
Highest Game Paid Title: Borderlands 2 Ultimate Loot Hunter Edition

2nd Highest Paid: $100
2nd Highest title: Darksiders 2 Collectors ED

Most Valuable Game: Earthbound near complete, cartridge looks great but box and book are worn...also missing inner tray
Paid: $25
 back when Saturn was on its way out I traded in my Sat. Games and got credit and bought that and DragonWarrior 7 (PS1)

I also Own a complete near mint-mint but open Chrono Trigger for SNES

 As far as favorites in collection:

 Alundra (PS1)
 Chrono Trigger (snes)
 Borderlands (all systems)

[madrocsz]

Ugh, I didnt even consider the borderlands ultimate loot chest I pre ordered too. Missed out on darksiders but have the sneaking suspicion gamestop will have extras, even with the way its sold out atm.

[Dr.Agon]

do arcade boards count?

anyway, a couple of months ago i paid £250 for a PGM motherboard with 2 games, Demon Front and Martial Masters, the mobo didnt work so if we discount that we get £125 for each game, demon front sells for at least the £250 on its own, so i got pretty lucky i guess.
in order to actually play them i had to buy another mobo for £100, so 350 / 3 = 116 ish, so still a pretty good deal IMHO.

but ive never paid more than £50 for a cart

[AO007]

Wii/GameCube
Super Mario Sunshine CIB Player's Choice
Paper Mario TTYD CIB Original Black Label
Mario Kart Double Dash!! With Bonus Disc CIB (Got it for $1!)
Wind Waker CIB Original Black Label
Zelda Collector's Edition CIB (Custom Cover Art instead of the crappy original one, though)
Metroid Prime CIB Original Black Label
Pikmin 2 CIB (Disc is like new, probaly my luckiest Gamestop purchase)
Super Mario All-Stars Limited Edition
Metroid Prime Trilogy (No Slipcase because I think it looks tacky)

Game Boy Series(All cart-only)
Pokemon Yellow (Pawn Shop find for $5)
Dragon Warrior I+II
Legend Of Zelda Oracle Of Ages
Pokemon Crystal
Classic NES: Super Mario Bros. (Traded a copy of Metal Gear Solid for it)
Classic NES: Legend Of Zelda
Pokemon FireRed
Pokemon LeafGreen (Given to me by my brother)
Pokemon Emerald
Mega Man Battle Network (Lucky Gamestop.com purchase, only $6!)
Mega Man Battle Network 2 (Same as above, except $7)

Nintendo DS Series
Phoenix Wright: Justice For All
Phoenix Wright: Trials & Tribulations (Walmart Clearance for $15!)
Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney
Tetris DS
Kirby: Canvas Curse

Super Nintendo(All cart-only)
Super Metroid
Yoshi's Island
Super Mario RPG ($1, fool)
Super Mario Kart
Kirby's Dream Land 3

Nintendo 64(All cart-only)
Mario Party 3
Super Smash Bros.
Conker's Bad Fur Day
Pokemon Stadium 2

PlayStation Series
Mega Man Legends 2 Disc-Only
Tomba! Disc-Only
Tomba! 2 Disc-Only
Monster Rancher 2 Disc+Manual
Final Fantasy VII Complete Black Label
Dark Cloud 2 CIB
Mega Man X8 CIB
Monster Rancher 4 CIB
Klonoa 2 CIB

Xbox Series
Conker: Live & Reloaded

[wiggy]

I think I paid about $90 for X-men vs Street Fighter for the Saturn and the same for the Japanese House of the Dead 2 set that came with the gun and the EU version of Shenmue 2 both for the Dreamycast.

I'm sort of a cheap bastard, and I hunt for deals like its my job, so I prolly won't pay that much for a game again for a while.

Unfortunately, I'm down to the last 30 or so SNES games on my must-have list, and at least 3 or 4 are gonna cost me around 100 bucks :/


Most prized?  Prolly the 64DD. I'd really love to finish up the library for it, but Doushin 2 and Golf typically fetch 300+, which totally screws with my cheap bastard mentality LOL!  Prolly the only console that I want the entire library for, all 9 games

[scarmullet]

So far, most valuable thing in my collection: First Run 20 gig PS3 that still works and plays PS2 games flawlessly.
One of the most valuable games? Star Trek: The Next Generation: A Final Unity CD-ROM...SEALED. Worth $75, payed $3.

[madrocsz]

 Did you have a list did those snes games? I video game hunt like my life depended on it and would be glad to keep an eye out for deals. I'm down to a handful of snes games I want myself so always looking. I'll even ship them to ya for free (yay work shipping account lol)

I think I paid about $90 for X-men vs Street Fighter for the Saturn and the same for the Japanese House of the Dead 2 set that came with the gun and the EU version of Shenmue 2 both for the Dreamycast.

I'm sort of a cheap bastard, and I hunt for deals like its my job, so I prolly won't pay that much for a game again for a while.

Unfortunately, I'm down to the last 30 or so SNES games on my must-have list, and at least 3 or 4 are gonna cost me around 100 bucks :/


Most prized?  Prolly the 64DD. I'd really love to finish up the library for it, but Doushin 2 and Golf typically fetch 300+, which totally screws with my cheap bastard mentality LOL!  Prolly the only console that I want the entire library for, all 9 games

[wiggy]

Yeah, thanks!  Here she is...

Contra 3
Earthworm Jim 2
EVO
Earthbound
Breath of Fire 2
Lufia 1 and 2
Wanderer's of Y's 3
Gradius 3
Demon's Crest
Street Fighter 2 Turbo
Sim City 2000 (Super Famicom only)
Sim City JR (Super Famicom only)
Zombies Ate My Neighbors
TMNT Tournament Fighters
Soul Blazer
Ogre Battle
Super Smash TV
Sparkster
Battletoads
Battletoads Double Dragon
Jurassic Park
Super Double Dragon
Pocky & Rocky
King of the Monsters 1 and 2
Adventures of Batman and Robin
Sunset Riders
Secret of the Stars
Out of this World
Return of Superman
Axelay
Total Carnage

I know I'll eventually want more, but that's my current list.

[autobot]

Great topic!

Most Prized: Australian PAL Terranigma + English Language Action Replay Mk3

Total Paid: $129.99 + 3.99 shipping. I couldn't believe I saw this pair up on the 'bay (and the price!), so I jumped on it, as the Mk3 alone IN GERMAN costs $200+USD (at this time) to import it.

[Pikmin Overlord]

Believe it or not, there are two games that I paid $100 brand new back when they were both first released. Funnily enough, they couldn't be more different. The first was Chrono Trigger for the SNES (practically bought it on launch day), and the other was friggin NBA Hangtime for the N64! One of these games has held its value, and the other has not. You can probably guess which one has, and which one has not.