Rare titles

[geise]

Hehe, that's because it was made only a little over a year ago, and not in 1993.  Plus the devs are on these forums.

[Bklyn4ever]

What do you mean Necro? Don't the 2 usually go hand in hand? How many games you know that are rare that can be obtained easily?

[Necromancer]

Desirability is a big factor.  Sadly, collectards will shell out hundreds for rather crappy games (or non-game slide shows for the booby discs) yet have little interest in homebrew games.

There's plenty of examples of rare games (in terms of numbers produced) that are easy to find.  Look at Darius Alpha - one of the rarest HuCARDs, yet there's almost always one available on ebay.

[Bklyn4ever]

In the case of Darius Alpha, I think that is because the game is Japanese. If the title were US based I do not think it would be so easily found

[Necromancer]

.... so it'd be more desirable?  More would want it if it were a complete, unique game too.  So what?

[Bklyn4ever]

Ok so why do you think certain games command that price? Lets use MC for example. Out of the 94 hucards I could easily think of 40 other turbo grafx games I would rather play than that. None of them come close to commanding that amount. Although legend of hero tonma is almost as rare and in my opinion 10x's better no one fusses over it like MC

[geise]

Ok so why do you think certain games command that price? Lets use MC for example. Out of the 94 hucards I could easily think of 40 other turbo grafx games I would rather play than that. None of them come close to commanding that amount. Although legend of hero tonma is almost as rare and in my opinion 10x's better no one fusses over it like MC

Give it time.  Collectors will figure it out and gouge it accordingly.

[mrhaboobi]

they already are, didnt a sealed LOHT get something like 600 USD on ebay in teh last week or two.

[Bklyn4ever]

I saw that but I do not think it was sealed though

[MrWunderful]

I tried to dig up a copy of mysterious song but I could not.

[InfraMan]

I tried to dig up a copy of mysterious song but I could not.

Check http://gooddealgames.com/inventory/Turbografx.html

I think they still have it in stock.

[Necromancer]

Ok so why do you think certain games command that price? Lets use MC for example. Out of the 94 hucards I could easily think of 40 other turbo grafx games I would rather play than that. None of them come close to commanding that amount. Although legend of hero tonma is almost as rare and in my opinion 10x's better no one fusses over it like MC

Poor ripple is a victim of perceived rarity and price manipulation (active and passive).  There is no logical explanation for people paying 10x what other games sell for.

[warpig227]

wow didn't know those existed. awesome stuff

[synbiosfan]

Does anyone have the numbers on how many people received the Mysterious Song Pre-Order Bonus Set?

[xelement5x]

Does anyone have the numbers on how many people received the Mysterious Song Pre-Order Bonus Set?

50 maybe?  Rover would know for sure.  I remember I was just barely on the cutoff for it.