Quote from: mrhaboobi on April 18, 2012, 04:24:01 PMRARE = Duo Demo 01That one is indeed rare, but it's not a "game released in America".
RARE = Duo Demo 01
While I think there is some value in discussions of which games are most expensive/valuable, I'm not sure knowing which titles are rare necessarily helps much. Demand defines price and value, and rarity is only a small part of that equation where retro games are concerned.
Quote from: mrhaboobi on April 18, 2012, 10:58:38 AMQuote from: tg16manaic on April 16, 2012, 12:28:00 PMIMO the top ten rarest games are:Syd Mead's TerraformingSuper Air ZonkGodzillaMagical ChaseDynastic HeroMight & Magic 3: Isles Of TerraBeyond ShadowgateBonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure CD... also rare are the two Hawaiian Island Girl releases if those even count. There are 3 island girl games not 2.I think we need to seperate RARE ( as in hard to find but not always expensive ) with just Expensive..Cotton turns up all the time,Bonk cd aswell, but super air zonk not so muchterraforming seems a hard one to find.MC isnt hard to find, just expensive.The island girls games are hard to find.. i also have a sealed Keith Courage ( along with god knows how many loose ).. but i havent seen that turn up much, was it sealed when sold as a pack in?Bonk 3 CD does not come up for sale often. I check ebay almost daily for the hard to find titles. In the past year, I saw about 4 or 5 listings tops for that game. Bonk 3 huey pops up much more often.
Quote from: tg16manaic on April 16, 2012, 12:28:00 PMIMO the top ten rarest games are:Syd Mead's TerraformingSuper Air ZonkGodzillaMagical ChaseDynastic HeroMight & Magic 3: Isles Of TerraBeyond ShadowgateBonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure CD... also rare are the two Hawaiian Island Girl releases if those even count. There are 3 island girl games not 2.I think we need to seperate RARE ( as in hard to find but not always expensive ) with just Expensive..Cotton turns up all the time,Bonk cd aswell, but super air zonk not so muchterraforming seems a hard one to find.MC isnt hard to find, just expensive.The island girls games are hard to find.. i also have a sealed Keith Courage ( along with god knows how many loose ).. but i havent seen that turn up much, was it sealed when sold as a pack in?
IMO the top ten rarest games are:Syd Mead's TerraformingSuper Air ZonkGodzillaMagical ChaseDynastic HeroMight & Magic 3: Isles Of TerraBeyond ShadowgateBonk 3: Bonk's Big Adventure CD... also rare are the two Hawaiian Island Girl releases if those even count.
Quote from: spenoza on April 19, 2012, 02:04:56 PMWhile I think there is some value in discussions of which games are most expensive/valuable, I'm not sure knowing which titles are rare necessarily helps much. Demand defines price and value, and rarity is only a small part of that equation where retro games are concerned.I hear you, but isn't "rarity" interesting simply as "trivia"? I know some folks are concerned about prices/values, but I am interested in "rarity" for very different reasons.
Rarity has two definitions. Sought after (high demand), and Hard to find/expensive (low supply).
Unfortunately, it's impossible to separate the two discussions. Whenever we talk about rarity, somebody says "NUH-UH! If it's so rare then why do I see it on ebay all the time!?!?"
Hard to find in the wild at all and very expensive everywhere else: Final Fantasy VII = rare (low supply) and sought after (high demand) game.
Quote from: Black Tiger on April 26, 2012, 02:21:54 PMHard to find in the wild at all and very expensive everywhere else: Final Fantasy VII = rare (low supply) and sought after (high demand) game.FF7, really? Didn't it sell like 10 million copies?
