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Title: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: jamespmt on June 20, 2008, 01:36:27 AM
ill go first.

Caltron 6 in 1 (nes). I bought it for 15$


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: BadEnoughDude on June 20, 2008, 08:35:30 AM
International Superstar Soccer for $10 :D


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Moriya Hanzo on June 20, 2008, 08:59:20 AM
Bronkie SNES $3
Wildguns SNES Factory Sealed $3
Captain Novolin SNES Factory Sealed  $5
Shadowrun SNES Factory Sealed  $5


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Silent Scythe on June 20, 2008, 09:05:20 AM
Breath of Fire SNES $4


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: phoenix1967 on June 20, 2008, 03:06:10 PM
Disgaia: Hour of Darkness. He was asking $12 and I talked him down to $10.



Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: den68 on June 20, 2008, 03:11:26 PM
Swordquest: Waterworld - 50 cents.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on June 20, 2008, 06:00:08 PM
Got Wild.C.A.T.s for the SNES CIB with poster and everything for $7. I was happy.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: OatBob on June 20, 2008, 06:16:30 PM
Sonic Adventure Limited Edition - $9

I didn't know it was rare at the time.  A lot of research a year later told me what I had.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Atarian75 on June 20, 2008, 06:50:01 PM
Radiant Silvergun (complete) $4



Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: frood42 on June 22, 2008, 10:37:08 AM
Boxed Game and Watch 'Ball' £1



Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: UNFORGIVINGPAIN on June 22, 2008, 10:45:39 AM
Exertainment Mountain Bike Rally boxed for $1.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: cverz2 on June 22, 2008, 09:18:34 PM
Probably...... Pirates Gold for Sega.  Complete  for 2.00 at goodwill. Found it in the Books section.

Unfortunately I sold it b/c I needed the money.   :(


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: James on June 23, 2008, 02:58:23 PM
Zero The Kamikaze Squirrel for the Mega Drive - AUS PAL.

I can't remember exactly what I paid but it was under £1 in a bundle of games for however much the bundle was.

Unfortunately I sold it thinking it would go for a fair amount, but it didn't. :( I think it was around £7.50 including postage.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: nester on June 23, 2008, 03:53:25 PM
Boing! for 2600 for $2.00


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Atarian75 on June 23, 2008, 07:51:37 PM
Boing! for 2600 for $2.00

I picked up a Boing! for $2 as well. Nice.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: jcalder8 on June 23, 2008, 08:25:08 PM
I've got a couple of different ones.
The first is Vulture Attack for the 2600, bought it for 1.50.
The second is a table top arcade machine called Monster Maze 3D which no one had heard of before so that makes is quite rare, that one cost me $3.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Kimoosabi on June 26, 2008, 02:17:15 PM
Mine would be Secret of Evermore and Yoshi's Island for the SNES. Got them both at once for $5 each about three years ago, and each was boxed, complete, and mint. I've never found anything that old, cheap and complete in the wild since.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Alabama-Shrimp on June 27, 2008, 03:47:57 PM
Panzer Dragoon Sage £13,,,,Snatcher and Shining Force CD about £5 each in a bundle,,,about 7 Symphony of the night, sold 1 a month ago for £50


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Talen on June 28, 2008, 12:10:53 AM
A Starfox Super Weekend cartridge, bought at the used game store for 5$.  They must have thought it was the normal Starfox Cart.

Now if I can only figure out what Super Weekend is actually worth...


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: BadEnoughDude on June 28, 2008, 12:42:38 AM
A Starfox Super Weekend cartridge, bought at the used game store for 5$.  They must have thought it was the normal Starfox Cart.

Now if I can only figure out what Super Weekend is actually worth...

Books @ $175 in the latest VGC. Who knows how accurate that is for such a rare cart, though.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Talen on June 28, 2008, 10:07:26 AM

Books @ $175 in the latest VGC. Who knows how accurate that is for such a rare cart, though.

Thanks for the info, I had heard of it going for $100-$200 on ebay, but those were all past auctions, nothing current that I could find.

Its just cool that it is a collector's item, not that it is worth x amount of $, for me anyway.  Usually I just collect standard release games, not rarities, so this is a great find for me.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: BadEnoughDude on June 28, 2008, 10:24:31 AM

Books @ $175 in the latest VGC. Who knows how accurate that is for such a rare cart, though.

Thanks for the info, I had heard of it going for $100-$200 on ebay, but those were all past auctions, nothing current that I could find.

Its just cool that it is a collector's item, not that it is worth x amount of $, for me anyway.  Usually I just collect standard release games, not rarities, so this is a great find for me.

Yeah, the last one sold on eBay for $217. Not bad at all.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Feechy on June 28, 2008, 09:26:07 PM
Today I got Final Fantasy II at a garage sale for .50.

Yay.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Sauza12 on July 01, 2008, 06:32:41 PM
Complete Power Lords for the Odyssey 2 for $5


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Game Freak on July 05, 2008, 05:04:06 PM
around (Collectively) 50 PS2, PS1,and Genesis games, along with 2 Game Gear games, plus a genesis and PS1 RF switch, for $2!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: logical123 on July 05, 2008, 08:46:19 PM
Worms Armageddon w/box - $10


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: MrFizzle on July 08, 2008, 07:21:15 PM
I Found Aerobiz Supersonic in box w/manual at a yard sale
it was in a box with about 25 SNES Games and the System w/2 controllers
cost $25 for all of it


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Jimmy Yakapucci on July 31, 2008, 12:58:11 PM
I have had a couple finds.  One notable one was Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for the DC complete for $3 at a flea market.

JY


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: logical123 on July 31, 2008, 01:43:58 PM
Final fantasy 1 for a buck and Soul Caliber CIB for $0.75. I never find anything really rare.  :( ;)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Mr. Ksoft on July 31, 2008, 01:59:09 PM
Hands down, rarest thing I've come across out there in the wide wide world was my big TurboGrafx-16 find. (http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=7740.0)

TG16, TurboBooster, TurboTap, 3 controllers, TurboExpress w/ TV tuner, and 9 games... for $10. :)

Of course, if we're talking single items, reducing that to just the TurboExpress or something still makes it my rarest find.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: logical123 on July 31, 2008, 01:59:57 PM
Hands down, rarest thing I've come across out there in the wide wide world was my big TurboGrafx-16 find. (http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=7740.0)

TG16, TurboBooster, TurboTap, 3 controllers, TurboExpress w/ TV tuner, and 9 games... for $10. :)

Of course, if we're talking single items, reducing that to just the TurboExpress or something still makes it my rarest find.

Of course... Rub it in my face. :)

You sir are indeed very lucky.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Mr. Ksoft on July 31, 2008, 02:01:17 PM
Eh, it's my job to rub it in other people's faces.  I'm proud of my find.  :P


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: logical123 on July 31, 2008, 02:02:51 PM
I would be too, if I had that kind of luck.  ;)

That is called luck, isn't it? ::)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: MrFizzle on August 04, 2008, 07:35:59 AM
i bought a Dragon Warrior III CIB for $20 at a flea market in Brooklyn
it even had the Weapons Guide
the cartridge literally looks brand new


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: jamespmt on August 07, 2008, 09:43:23 PM
i bought a Dragon Warrior III CIB for $20 at a flea market in Brooklyn
it even had the Weapons Guide
the cartridge literally looks brand new

Thats really good! i paid 40$ for DW II,III,and IV. But they were cartridge only.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: asz22 on September 17, 2008, 11:00:48 AM
I found a complete in the box Earthbound with 2 sealed n64 games and 3 sealed primal rage for sega genesis games and a bunch of other randoms.  The box of games was only 10$ and the best find I have found in a while.

A few weeks later I bought a sega genesis for 10$ and it came with a complete toe jam and earl and 10 or 15 other games.  I had a good month


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Ghost Soldier on September 17, 2008, 11:14:59 AM
^nice finds


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Moriya Hanzo on September 17, 2008, 01:03:11 PM
Haven't posted here in awhile, found a Nomad for $10 a few months back.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: asz22 on September 17, 2008, 07:13:57 PM
nice find Hanzo!  I found three nomads with battery packs and 7 genesis games for 20$.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Tondog on September 17, 2008, 08:22:56 PM
I suppose I should mention Einhander for $5.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: cant-grow-up on October 06, 2008, 12:22:44 AM
Hands down, rarest thing I've come across out there in the wide wide world was my big TurboGrafx-16 find. (http://www.rfgeneration.com/forum/index.php?topic=7740.0)

TG16, TurboBooster, TurboTap, 3 controllers, TurboExpress w/ TV tuner, and 9 games... for $10. :)
And that ladies and gentlemen is why i love garage sales.....
Best find of mine-My Sears Video Arcade (Atari 2600) found it in a box next to somebodies trash in my grandparents neighborhood years ago- came with the system,2 joysticks,1 paddle controller (2 pads one hook up),1 Racing Controller (same as the paddle controller, and one weird joystick/twist stick/button combo controller thingy, and 20+games. Free and it worked first try, worked perfect after a good cleaning



Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Sirgin on October 06, 2008, 04:14:16 AM
^ Free deals like that are the best, aren't they? :)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: sailorneorune on November 13, 2008, 07:25:40 PM
A few years ago, I found Shining Force CD at a Book & Music Exchange. My first thoughts were "hoo boy, this is going to be expensive". I was preparing for sticker shock when I flipped it over, but I saw 4.95. I could barely contain my happiness as I took this up to the counter, but I expected them to pull something, like "no, this is actually $74.95. the sticker is just really old. Look, here's the 7." or something like that.

But it was honoured, and I walked out of Book & Music Exchange with a $5 Shining Force CD, complete - in very good condition, even with that little foam block that secures the disc.

Being without a Sega CD, I had to test it on my computer, and it worked great. A week later, I sent it off  as part of a trade for Panzer Dragoon Saga. Today, this gentleman is my fiancé. Funny how things work out. ^_^

Shining Force CD - $5
Priority Mail Shipping to California - another $5
having Shining Force CD come back attached to a wonderful guy - priceless :)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Mezmoron on November 13, 2008, 10:41:54 PM
A few that I liked:

Sealed Keio Flying Squadron for Sega CD - $2.00
Sealed Taiko Drum Master (big box) for PS2 - $2.00
Final Fantasy 7 for PC - $.50
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 for PS2 complete - $2.00

Ken


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Sirgin on November 14, 2008, 07:54:21 AM
Shining Force CD - $5
Priority Mail Shipping to California - another $5
having Shining Force CD come back attached to a wonderful guy - priceless :)
"Some things in live you can't buy. For everything else, there's Master Card."

:P


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: sailorneorune on November 14, 2008, 08:40:18 AM
Yeah, I should be PUNished for that.  ;D


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Sirgin on November 14, 2008, 09:29:42 AM
Yeah, I should be PUNished for that.  ;D
It was too tempting to resist. :P


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Yurf on December 14, 2008, 03:59:40 AM
My rarest find in the wild:

Streets of Rage 3 (complete - mint) - 2 euro

SoR 3 isn't that rare, but a lot of people in Europe want this game. On eBay it often sells for 60 - 70 euro.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: NESman93 on December 14, 2008, 11:29:48 AM
TG-16 Vigilante CIB - $2
TG-16 Dungeon Explorer - $2


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: bum-man on December 15, 2008, 08:30:33 AM
I guess my recient find of Chase the Chuck Wagon would be my rarest.  It was in a bag with 63 other 2600 carts and a Star Raiders controller, so I guess it cost around 54 cents.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: itatton on December 26, 2008, 06:18:32 PM
My best finds were Mr. Do's Castle cart only for $.75 at a flea market and Euro Reversi for Neo Geo Pocket for $4 (though I don't know if it's really as rare as Digital Press makes it out to be).


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: itatton on January 11, 2009, 07:10:56 PM
I picked up the Sunrise version of Quest for Quintana Roo today for $5 bucks.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Feechy on January 11, 2009, 09:29:38 PM
How much is it really worth?


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: itatton on January 12, 2009, 09:50:58 PM
According to Atari Age it's a rarity 8, but Digital Press rates it as a rarity 6 valued at $30 loose.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: BadEnoughDude on January 12, 2009, 10:26:52 PM
I guess I could add the sealed Time Gal (Sega CD) I found this summer to this list. I think I paid $4 for it.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cellplanman on January 18, 2009, 02:51:21 PM
Final Fantasy (all PS1's) for 40$ total... darn GH but still pretty sweet

soon (hopefully in an hour) FF tactics for 20$ BL


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: blcklblskt on January 18, 2009, 04:22:29 PM
Probably my 3DO for a $1


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on February 05, 2009, 05:54:17 PM
Got:
Dragon Force (Saturn)
Shining Wisdom (Saturn)
Dark Savior (Saturn)
Norse by Norsewest (Saturn)

All CIB and all for less than $2 each!!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: cverz2 on February 11, 2009, 10:40:38 PM
Probably...... Pirates Gold for Sega.  Complete  for 2.00 at goodwill. Found it in the Books section.

Unfortunately I sold it b/c I needed the money.   :(

I guess I'll have to change this and say that my find on Craigslist.  I answered an ad on Craigslist for CIB NES games and before it was all said and done, I bought 63 CIB MINTY FRESH NES games from this guy.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Tynstar on March 04, 2009, 01:50:52 PM
Hmmm......PAL Stadium Events CIB, Star Fox Weeknd Comp cart, Caltron 6-1, CIB Swordquest: Waterworld,  Bount Bob Strikes Back and Meteorites. I think thats about it.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: gamepopper101 on March 25, 2009, 12:44:42 PM
I don't have a find but I lost out on an auction on Marko's Magic Football for the Mega CD, Ending at £30


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: wildbil52 on April 20, 2012, 10:36:10 AM
Probably my minty CIB Mega Man for $5.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: disloyalhead on May 03, 2012, 10:27:08 AM
I just picked up Gun-Nac for $5. It's one of the more hard to find nes games. And a fun shooter.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cellplanman on May 09, 2012, 10:20:06 AM
action 52 at a swap for $12
chip n dale 2 on kijiji for $12


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: senseiman on June 26, 2012, 08:48:06 AM
Gimmick! CIB for the Famicom for 100 yen (about $1.25 US).  Goes for about 250$ or so if you can find it on Ebay.  Crazy good deal.  Got it at a shop that has since (tragically) closed down.  Got some crazy bargains there over the years:

http://famicomblog.blogspot.jp/2012/03/omocha-souko-part-1-greatest-retro-game.html


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on June 26, 2012, 10:40:13 AM
Definitely the Super Mario RPG I payed for $3 as the obvious choice.

As for pure rarity "The Twisted Tales of Spike Mcfang"(which is an R6) for $6


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: wildbil52 on June 26, 2012, 10:48:16 AM
Definitely the Super Mario RPG I payed for $3 as the obvious choice.

As for pure rarity "The Twisted Tales of Spike Mcfang"(which is an R6) for $6

I got my Super Mario RPG cart for $2!  I'm definitely not trying to "one up" you, I just wanted to welcome you to the "Super Mario RPG for less than $5" club! We should make jackets!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on June 26, 2012, 10:51:16 AM
There are actually quite a few of us here that have gotten SMRPG for < $5. Surprising.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: wildbil52 on June 26, 2012, 10:53:18 AM
Definitely the Super Mario RPG I payed for $3 as the obvious choice.

As for pure rarity "The Twisted Tales of Spike Mcfang"(which is an R6) for $6

I got my Super Mario RPG cart for $2!  I'm definitely not trying to "one up" you, I just wanted to welcome you to the "Super Mario RPG for less than $5" club! We should make jackets!

Just realized that I may have gone a little crazy with my exclamation points in that post.  Sorry about that!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: understatement on June 26, 2012, 11:37:19 AM
If we're making jackets count me in, I went into a thrift a few years ago that had one game that’s it just one a flipped over SNES game picked it up thinking it was going to be junk and I find Mario RPG with a $.99 sticker on it.

As for rarest find I got an Atari Gameline CIB but it’s not really a game anymore.

The rarest game I’ve found is Bubble Bobble part 2.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on June 26, 2012, 11:42:32 AM
Definitely the Super Mario RPG I payed for $3 as the obvious choice.

As for pure rarity "The Twisted Tales of Spike Mcfang"(which is an R6) for $6

I got my Super Mario RPG cart for $2!  I'm definitely not trying to "one up" you, I just wanted to welcome you to the "Super Mario RPG for less than $5" club! We should make jackets!

I wear a XL-2XL depending on the style if we do.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: RetroRage on June 28, 2012, 06:59:31 PM
I bought a mystery lot from my friend, I had no idea what games he had, and I don't think he did either.  Does that count as "in the wild"?

One of the games included was TMNT: TF CIB for NES.

(http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w365/adsanislo/TMNT.jpg)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: wildbil52 on June 28, 2012, 07:05:03 PM
F***********CCKCKKKK!!!!! Awesome, dude. It's in beautiful shape too.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Addicted on August 16, 2012, 08:09:19 AM
I bought a mystery lot from my friend, I had no idea what games he had, and I don't think he did either.  Does that count as "in the wild"?

One of the games included was TMNT: TF CIB for NES.

(http://i1072.photobucket.com/albums/w365/adsanislo/TMNT.jpg)

Great find! I still need that one for my collection.  :)

I have been blessed enough to find many great games in the wild but the best would be this lot: (Paid $65 for all the games excluding Lufia 2. Lufia 2 was $50 by itself)

(http://nintendoagemedia.com/users/5363/photobucket/DB609D10-0A38-6A5D-969FF5BE030794E6.jpg)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: BadEnoughDude on August 16, 2012, 10:33:56 AM
Definitely the Super Mario RPG I payed for $3 as the obvious choice.

As for pure rarity "The Twisted Tales of Spike Mcfang"(which is an R6) for $6

I got my Super Mario RPG cart for $2!  I'm definitely not trying to "one up" you, I just wanted to welcome you to the "Super Mario RPG for less than $5" club! We should make jackets!

I wear a XL-2XL depending on the style if we do.

Consider me for membership: I agreed to pay $5 for the CIB (and really nice) copy that I have. That person eventually forgot about it, so I ended up paying $0.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: understatement on August 16, 2012, 11:23:06 AM

I have been blessed enough to find many great games in the wild but the best would be this lot: (Paid $65 for all the games excluding Lufia 2. Lufia 2 was $50 by itself)

(http://nintendoagemedia.com/users/5363/photobucket/DB609D10-0A38-6A5D-969FF5BE030794E6.jpg)

Forget Lufia 2, I’ll give you what you paid for everything for Aero Fighters alone!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: inRainbows on August 16, 2012, 01:44:41 PM
Its been long sold for about 7 years but it would be my CIB Little Samson. 5 dollars..... would kill to have it back...


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on August 16, 2012, 04:33:34 PM
Its been long sold for about 7 years but it would be my CIB Little Samson. 5 dollars..... would kill to have it back...

Yeah that would definitely sting a bit these days, lol


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: burningtoys on August 16, 2012, 09:07:28 PM
I picked this up a few days ago for $3 at a thrift store.

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/burningtoys/photo5-1.jpg)

I don't even really collect for Playstation!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: blcklblskt on August 16, 2012, 09:17:19 PM
Nice find!

My friend at the flea market picked up a sealed one for around the same price a few months ago.  This was after finding a like new Mega Man Legends 2 for $5 a few days prior.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Duke.Togo on August 16, 2012, 09:19:38 PM
I picked this up a few days ago for $3 at a thrift store.

Very nice!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: burningtoys on August 16, 2012, 09:57:15 PM
Nice find!

My friend at the flea market picked up a sealed one for around the same price a few months ago.  This was after finding a like new Mega Man Legends 2 for $5 a few days prior.

Ha. I picked up a few of Megaman games with Tron Bonne including Legends 1 and 2. It looked like they JUST put out someones PS1 collection when I got there. Since I don't really collect for PS1 I picked the megaman titles up. I knew Tron was expensive so when I got home I was looking it up and to my surprise I saw what Mega Man Legends 2 was going for.  I also picked up Mega Man 8 and X4 but Tron Bonne is by far my rarest find in the wild.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on August 17, 2012, 01:03:11 AM
I picked this up a few days ago for $3 at a thrift store.

Very nice!

Seconded!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Addicted on August 17, 2012, 07:44:05 AM
Nice find!

My friend at the flea market picked up a sealed one for around the same price a few months ago.  This was after finding a like new Mega Man Legends 2 for $5 a few days prior.

Ha. I picked up a few of Megaman games with Tron Bonne including Legends 1 and 2. It looked like they JUST put out someones PS1 collection when I got there. Since I don't really collect for PS1 I picked the megaman titles up. I knew Tron was expensive so when I got home I was looking it up and to my surprise I saw what Mega Man Legends 2 was going for.  I also picked up Mega Man 8 and X4 but Tron Bonne is by far my rarest find in the wild.

Nice find! If I remember correctly not that bad a game to play as well.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: slackur on August 17, 2012, 09:22:16 AM
I'm so glad I picked up Tron Bonne and the Mega Man Legends games many years ago.  I had played them after release and frankly I just couldn't get into them despite their charm.  Almost passed them up because even then they cost more than I would typically pay for a Playstation game, especially ones I wasn't in the mood to play.  (This is the par of the story where a sane person would forget about them and move on.)  But that silly collector's mentality (mental condition?) told me to bite since the price hadn't dropped in a few years, and sure enough, now I look them up and know I just wouldn't pay what they go for now.  Since then, I've come to appreciate Tron Bonne in particular.  Just a taste that had to be acquired for me.

So congrats!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Hungrymoose on October 01, 2012, 08:24:53 PM
I picked this up a few days ago for $3 at a thrift store.

(http://i215.photobucket.com/albums/cc269/burningtoys/photo5-1.jpg)

I don't even really collect for Playstation!
Good grab.  I paid $40 for my copy a while back.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: AAirhart on October 20, 2012, 10:15:52 PM
Springer - Atari 2600 - 30 cents
Frankenstein's Monster - 30 cents

Nintendo ROB - $20


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Tynstar on October 21, 2012, 12:10:04 AM
Springer - Atari 2600 - 30 cents

Thats awesome


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: kwvintgegmes on October 31, 2012, 10:14:40 PM
maxi 15 NES - $8 off kijiji


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: InvadErGII on November 01, 2012, 08:25:00 AM
World Series Baseball for 32X, complete and in amazing shape. I believe it was $3, about 7 years ago. I believe I flipped it shortly thereafter for the going rate at the time, which was $30. :(


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: slackur on November 01, 2012, 12:55:43 PM
My rarest find in the wild? My gamer wife!! :D

Also, it has been rare to find a good gaming collection site with a great community in the 'wilds' of the internet, but I found that a few years ago too. ;) 

My rarest 'finds' were actually from friends looking out for and then selling things to me, so not really in the 'wild' in a sense; those include a sealed NIB Vectrex and over a dozen of the games also NIB, and my original Odyssey with games and the gun CIB, bought from the original owner.  I did pay fairly for them, cheaper than the market at the time but not quite 'cheap'...

Best traditional deals include NES Snow Bros and Little Samson for about $5 apiece, cart only, several years ago.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: GamerNick on November 20, 2012, 01:21:38 PM
Tournament fighters nes $5.00 a while back cart only flea market in Cali...suidoken 1, einhander, saga frontier 1 & 2, threads of fate, thousand arms, wild arms all free, dragon force cd only free, bunch of stuff over the years way too many to name off the top of my head.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: SirPsycho on November 20, 2012, 02:02:37 PM
einhander

I got that for free from a dumpster. I gotta say that was a good day, a green label FF7 was one of its brothers.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: wildbil52 on December 05, 2012, 10:58:31 AM
Little Samson cart on craigslist.  $75 for the lot that it was a part of but I'm pretty sure I can sell the rest of the stuff for at least $75.  So, free Little Samson!  It went straight to Duke and his nearly complete NES collection.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Hungrymoose on December 06, 2012, 06:48:49 PM
Little Samson cart on craigslist.  $75 for the lot that it was a part of but I'm pretty sure I can sell the rest of the stuff for at least $75.  So, free Little Samson!  It went straight to Duke and his nearly complete NES collection.
Happy for Duke but at the same time secretly hate him. lol  If you find another in the future can you put me on your list? :D


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: wildbil52 on December 06, 2012, 07:00:30 PM
Little Samson cart on craigslist.  $75 for the lot that it was a part of but I'm pretty sure I can sell the rest of the stuff for at least $75.  So, free Little Samson!  It went straight to Duke and his nearly complete NES collection.
Happy for Duke but at the same time secretly hate him. lol  If you find another in the future can you put me on your list? :D

Sure thing!  As long as you keep an eye out for a CIB Web of Fire for me.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Techie413 on December 06, 2012, 07:09:14 PM
So far, Red Baron Flight Simulator for the TI-99/4A in a thrift store bin last year.  I know it's not from as popular a system as the NES, but I paid $0.75 and have yet to see an active listing or recent sale anywhere.  It's listed as extremely rare to the point that I have never even seen a pic of the cart online anywhere. Guess that means I should get it scanned into the database.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on December 06, 2012, 08:11:33 PM
Exceltec/Data Biotics...they had the most random crap.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: jansolee66 on December 08, 2012, 12:52:05 PM
I'm still holding out hope for a super rare find in the wild. I guess the best deal I've been able to score was a CIB Vectrex in pristine condition, all of it's original packing foam intact and a plastic sleeve to cover it. It came with one extra game. I dealt the guy down to $110. Shortly thereafter, I got in some financial troubles and needed money quickly (for rent). I sold the system to a guy I shop from at a flea market for something like $160 + store credit. I would have preferred to have kept it, though. 


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Hungrymoose on December 08, 2012, 01:03:59 PM
Little Samson cart on craigslist.  $75 for the lot that it was a part of but I'm pretty sure I can sell the rest of the stuff for at least $75.  So, free Little Samson!  It went straight to Duke and his nearly complete NES collection.
Happy for Duke but at the same time secretly hate him. lol  If you find another in the future can you put me on your list? :D

Sure thing!  As long as you keep an eye out for a CIB Web of Fire for me.
I have the cart but no box/manual. :(


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Missionfailed on December 11, 2012, 07:27:57 AM
Suikoden II in a Ps2 lot i paid $65.
Wacky Racer nes manual for free


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: wildbil52 on December 11, 2012, 07:29:46 AM
Suikoden II in a Ps2 lot i paid $65.
Wacky Racer nes manual for free

That Wacky Races manual is a pain to find.  VERY cool to get one for free.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Missionfailed on December 11, 2012, 09:50:13 AM
So i was told, not even a NES collector so it is available


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Am4zingGam3r on February 12, 2013, 05:55:38 PM
Super Noah's Ark 3D CIB $8
Telstar Colortron CIB $20
Boxed Virtual Boy $50
Pac-Man (NES) Official Nintendo ver. $1
Action Max CIB $20
Secret Scout in the Temple of Demise $5
ZAPiT Game Wave CIB $33
Buzztime Home Trivia System $5
XR Game Station Controller CIB $7
Color a Dinosaur (NES) CIB $.50


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: cverz2 on February 12, 2013, 09:55:03 PM

Action Max CIB $20


I picked up one of these CIB for 10.00 at Goodwill.  But I couldn't sell it for anything.   Finally after EBAY, Craigslist, and RFgeneration.  Someone signed up here at RF just to buy the Action Max from me.  I checked recently, he never logged back in again after contacting me through the Message system here. LOL


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on February 13, 2013, 01:44:04 AM

Action Max CIB $20


You found the worlds one and only Action Max enthusiast!!

I picked up one of these CIB for 10.00 at Goodwill.  But I couldn't sell it for anything.   Finally after EBAY, Craigslist, and RFgeneration.  Someone signed up here at RF just to buy the Action Max from me.  I checked recently, he never logged back in again after contacting me through the Message system here. LOL


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Beardcore84 on February 13, 2013, 05:42:44 PM
Super Noah's Ark 3D

or

Donkey Kong Country Demo Not For Resale version


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Johnny Nintendo on February 13, 2013, 07:04:32 PM
I have said this before, but I am gonna mention it again because I recently traded it away.

I found Demon's Crest CIB for SNES in a pawn shop for $2.00. It was in excellent condition.  The weird thing is, this same pawn shop hardly ever has any retro games.  I recently traded Demons Crest for Final Fantasy III CIB, Battletoads CIB, and Lone Ranger CIB.  That pawn shop had about 40-50 CIB NES games that same day for $2.00 a piece, so I bought every one of them.  Included in them was Mega Man 5 CIB.  Oh, and FF III is for trade..........


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: GamerNick on March 16, 2013, 02:51:14 AM
I would have to say most of the boxed or new nes games I have found over the last year or so...but more importantly a CIB Menace Beach and CIB Panic Restaurant are probably some of the rare I found and bought.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: A8scooter on May 21, 2013, 09:11:39 PM
Mogul Maniac, Topper , Seachase, Starion all by romox and an atari 400 system for 1.00  Try to price the Mogul Maniac out . It cant be done.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on August 22, 2013, 05:25:15 PM
Mogul Maniac, Topper , Seachase, Starion all by romox and an atari 400 system for 1.00  Try to price the Mogul Maniac out . It cant be done.

Video game price charts says $6, it's like a R4 XD.


I grabbed that Freak Show game I mentioned in the small scores thread the other day, it seems relatively uncommon complete and seems to have a decent value for a old PC game(around $30), but's hard to gauge rarity on PC stuff.  I also grabbed a loose Mega Man Soccer for $2.39 the other day.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: A8scooter on August 22, 2013, 05:31:48 PM
Mogul Maniac, Topper , Seachase, Starion all by romox and an atari 400 system for 1.00  Try to price the Mogul Maniac out . It cant be done.

Video game price charts says $6, it's like a R4 XD.


I grabbed that Freak Show game I mentioned in the small scores thread the other day, it seems relatively uncommon complete and seems to have a decent value for a old PC game(around $30), but's hard to gauge rarity on PC stuff.  I also grabbed a loose Mega Man Soccer for $2.39 the other day.

Which are a R4 game? Are you looking at the Atari 8 bit XE XL section?


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on August 22, 2013, 05:34:56 PM
Mogul Maniac, Topper , Seachase, Starion all by romox and an atari 400 system for 1.00  Try to price the Mogul Maniac out . It cant be done.

Video game price charts says $6, it's like a R4 XD.


I grabbed that Freak Show game I mentioned in the small scores thread the other day, it seems relatively uncommon complete and seems to have a decent value for a old PC game(around $30), but's hard to gauge rarity on PC stuff.  I also grabbed a loose Mega Man Soccer for $2.39 the other day.

Which are a R4 game? Are you looking at the Atari 8 bit XE XL section?

It's the only version even coming up, It's only ON the 2600 from what I can find. If that's for something else it might be a hack(which would explain the issues finding and pricing it):

http://videogames.pricecharting.com/game/atari-2600/mogul-maniac


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: tactical_nuke on August 22, 2013, 06:05:44 PM
Conker's Bad Furday, loose 3$. I didn't know it was that expensive at the time so I didn't experience "the rush".


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on August 22, 2013, 06:06:08 PM
Considering it's Romox shoboni, it's likely unreleased.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: A8scooter on August 22, 2013, 06:58:50 PM

http://www.digitpress.com/video-game-guide/?mode=GameInfo&gameid=762



Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on August 22, 2013, 07:03:16 PM

http://www.digitpress.com/video-game-guide/?mode=GameInfo&gameid=762



I'd be iffy on assuming it's real, that page says it was only found on a compilation cart. Maybe get it looked it.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: NxCmp on December 04, 2013, 03:02:13 AM
Factory sealed at goodwill Yoshi's Safari 2.50$, it was originally 5$ but its color was the 50% off color that day.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: A8scooter on December 04, 2013, 01:07:46 PM

http://www.digitpress.com/video-game-guide/?mode=GameInfo&gameid=762



I'd be iffy on assuming it's real, that page says it was only found on a compilation cart. Maybe get it looked it.

It was produced on 5.25 if i recall correctly but also available through the romox  download station for a set price. They had 20 or 30 games that could be put on a rom chip in an atari 8 bit cart. It wasn't an original cart based title from Amiga but cart only if you went to the download station.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: GamerNick on December 04, 2013, 01:19:45 PM
I think I should re-post I have a bunch of stuff that I have found:

Originally posted although not cheap but found CIB:
NES - Panic Restraunt, Bomberman II, Die hard, Menace Beach, Ducktales 2 originally just had the manual and cart my brother won on eBay cheap & we have a box, I found Rescue Rangers 2 CIB and basically got it free. I guess those might be the most expensive rares I found.

Semi Rares - not overly expensive - CIB Mint Uncharted Waters, Bible Buffet, Tecmo Cup Soccer with Manual.  

These are probably other Rares I own - Atari 2600: Cakewalk - My dad got it a long time ago from a discount bin at his store, Malagai & Gauntlet won at a Auction for $25.00 a piece, Smurfs Save the Day I think for $5.00 on eBay, Berenstain Bears for $7.00 on eBay.  SNES - although I think highly sought after not really "rare" Earthbound with Guide, Zero The Kamikaze Squirrel, Mega Man X2, and Adventures of Batman & Robin.  I have a sealed Action 52 on Sega Genesis my brother bought off eBay a few years back for I think $30.00.  And we have quite an extensive PS1 rare or sought after library along with some Saturn stuff.  And lastly Spider-Man Web of Fire with Manual on 32x from eBay a while back for a cheap price my brother won it for.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Tynstar on December 05, 2013, 10:29:58 AM
Malagai & Gauntlet won at a Auction for $25.00 a piece

How the hell did you win those for that price?


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: singlebanana on December 05, 2013, 11:35:47 AM
Aero Fighters for $5 at the flea market. Sold it this year after my local store got in Sonic Wings for the S-Fami, which I got for $15.

Also found a Loaner Atari 2600 Gremlins prototype cart at the local Value Village for $1.36.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: GamerNick on December 05, 2013, 01:12:27 PM
Malagai & Gauntlet won at a Auction for $25.00 a piece

How the hell did you win those for that price?

My brother won them at an auction that his work was having and he pretty much was the only one that bid on them.

Oh and to note my brother lost the bid on Eli's ladder on Atari and bmx airmaster to his boss who already has gauntlet and malagai and 7 prototypes and yah he's rich.

Also my brother won aero fighters on SNES a while back for $30 on eBay I believe maybe chase the chuckwagon aka game gavel.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Tynstar on December 05, 2013, 05:45:18 PM
I hate your brother. Oh and you since you are related to him.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on December 26, 2013, 12:33:50 PM
I picked up Radical Rex for the SNES, loose(DP R6) for like $4 the other day. I also got Biker Mice From Mars(R5) for $2.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Fokakis79 on January 04, 2014, 02:11:32 AM
It was either a Sega Master System CIB, that I found at the thrift store for pretty cheap, i think I paid around 15.00 for it  or Ogre Battle March of the Black Queen LE for PS1 that i picked up for about .50 cents


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: DJ_D on April 29, 2014, 07:27:51 AM
I found a Watermelon Red Nintendo 64 system with few 3 cart only games, 9 Cart + manual games and 1 CIB game..
The CIB one was Kirby 64 - The Crystal Shards
All PAL. Got them for €25 (about 35 USD)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: A8scooter on May 09, 2014, 10:34:12 PM
Last 7 days I picked up a Saturn for 5.00 and a 3DO for $20.00 both need help with getting the discs to spin but should be quick fixes and for the price who could pass on them.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on June 25, 2014, 06:11:56 PM
I wouldn't call it rare, but I got a GBA/GB lot that both Pokemon Yellow and Fire Red in it for $8 today.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on July 06, 2014, 06:00:38 PM
I picked up a CIB copy of Speed Racer for the PS1(disc has some wear, but it should work) from Goodwill and Digital Press calls it an R7.

That officially makes it the rarest thing I own unless you count my Atari Jaguar as more rare. 


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: AtariTexas on July 25, 2014, 01:07:01 PM
About 9 years ago, I found Music Machine for the Atari 2600 for 25 cents at a Barn Sale of all places. Just that game with a Pac Man game along with some old farming equipment for sale. Just goes to show you can find stuff anywhere if your at the right place at the right time.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: tactical_nuke on July 25, 2014, 03:05:33 PM
I really don't want to use the term "rare" to describe some of my finds, they're mostly just valuable:

Castlevania Dracula X & Tales of Destiny in a huge lot from a small yard sale I got for super cheap.
Conker's Bad Fur Day for 3 bucks from my local pawn shop.
Faria on NES for a mere 2 (or 3?) bucks from the Flea Market.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on July 25, 2014, 06:34:13 PM
I spotted a N64 cart in a box of crap and it when I pulled it out it was Castlevania: LOD. I ended up paying like $2 for it because it was a junk shop and my friend that tagged along was jealous.

Similar thing happend in a pawnshop that usually only has crap in the SNES games, there was a copy of Super Mario RPG in there for $3.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on July 25, 2014, 06:58:29 PM
I spotted a N64 cart in a box of crap and it when I pulled it out it was Castlevania: LOD. I ended up paying like $2 for it because it was a junk shop and my friend that tagged along was jealous.

Similar thing happend in a pawnshop that usually only has crap in the SNES games, there was a copy of Super Mario RPG in there for $3.

Welcome to the < $5 SMRPG club! We'll print you up a jacket. ;)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Boshamp on July 25, 2014, 08:07:00 PM
For me, it wouldn't be a rare or pricey find in terms of value...but rather the method I obtained them that made it a "rare" find. During one summer in high school, I worked for a local petting zoo. They wanted to refurbish the attic of the building leading outside to display more indoor animals, so they took me away from my normal duties for a few days to clear out all the storage that had been up there from the previous owners. Most of it was shelving and old furniture from whatever business was there before the petting zoo bought the building, but way in the back of the attic hall, I found a pseudo "Break room" and there was a small TV connected to a SNES with the game Home Improvement inside it. The owner told me I could keep them, so I was happy to snag another SNES for my bedroom growing up...but man...Home Improvement was a terrible platformer...ha ha


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: calistarwind on July 26, 2014, 08:24:55 AM
A guy came into my store needing gas money and sold me complete in box copies of Chrono Trigger and Lufia 2 for $5 a piece. I never had that kind of luck randomly again.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: techwizard on July 26, 2014, 11:50:21 AM
A guy came into my store needing gas money and sold me complete in box copies of Chrono Trigger and Lufia 2 for $5 a piece. I never had that kind of luck randomly again.

wow, calistarwind wins


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Boshamp on July 26, 2014, 11:56:27 AM
That certainly trumps even my little brother's luck. He found Super Mario RPG and Mega Man Soccer in a grocery store parking lot when we were in middle school. I ended up with them, so I won in the end, but I still wish it was me that found them.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Slowman on July 26, 2014, 04:19:58 PM
Rarest find in the wild is either E.V.O for SNES or Maxi-15 for NES.  I suspect Maxi-15 is the rarer one.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Weapon X on July 28, 2014, 06:37:02 AM
Found a PlayStation 2 copy of Jurassic Park Operation Genesis in mint condition for $3.

When I picked it up I thought the price was a mistake I said to myself why are you out here and FFX is in the glass case?

If it was a mom and pop store I would told them how much it's going for but the store is like a larger version of Gamestop so yeah, score one for me  :)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: GamerNick on July 28, 2014, 06:47:16 AM
Nice weapon x!  My brother and I found jurassic park og for ps2 and xbox and the strat guide each under $10...so yours is totally an awesome rare find! 

I have more to add to the rarest finds pile I have on here but for now I'll just put my second copy of sega 32x World Series baseball I found for $5 while the local store priced it as the genesis World Series baseball. Then I sold it.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: GamerNick on July 28, 2014, 06:48:23 AM
Rarest find in the wild is either E.V.O for SNES or Maxi-15 for NES.  I suspect Maxi-15 is the rarer one.


Jealous of both Slowman...I'm hoping to find an Evo someday.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: naisu_boato on July 31, 2014, 09:06:54 PM
a ways back i found Serial experiments lain for ps. was one of the hardest buys for rare games on my end of things...


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on July 31, 2014, 09:47:49 PM
That certainly trumps even my little brother's luck. He found Super Mario RPG and Mega Man Soccer in a grocery store parking lot when we were in middle school. I ended up with them, so I won in the end, but I still wish it was me that found them.

Oh! I found Mega-Man Socker for $2.39 a while back in Goodwill a while back as well.

For me, it wouldn't be a rare or pricey find in terms of value...but rather the method I obtained them that made it a "rare" find. During one summer in high school, I worked for a local petting zoo. They wanted to refurbish the attic of the building leading outside to display more indoor animals, so they took me away from my normal duties for a few days to clear out all the storage that had been up there from the previous owners. Most of it was shelving and old furniture from whatever business was there before the petting zoo bought the building, but way in the back of the attic hall, I found a pseudo "Break room" and there was a small TV connected to a SNES with the game Home Improvement inside it. The owner told me I could keep them, so I was happy to snag another SNES for my bedroom growing up...but man...Home Improvement was a terrible platformer...ha ha

Sounds like the time I found a Genesis with a copy of Ms. Pac-Man in it lying in a tote on the curb.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: SirPsycho on July 31, 2014, 10:00:05 PM
I found a minty copy of Einhander in the dumpster.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on August 05, 2014, 12:53:37 AM
I found a minty copy of Einhander in the dumpster.

That might be the only time Minty and Dumpster have been used in the same sentence.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: mumboking on August 05, 2014, 10:27:08 AM
That might be the only time Minty and Dumpster have been used in the same sentence.
On here? Possibly, although the search doesn't find the 'norch's "Hey now"s, so it may have been done before. :shrug:


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on August 06, 2014, 09:09:21 AM
That might be the only time Minty and Dumpster have been used in the same sentence.
On here? Possibly, although the search doesn't find the 'norch's "Hey now"s, so it may have been done before. :shrug:

I meant in the history of the world


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: naisu_boato on August 07, 2014, 05:26:39 PM
does getting something mailed to you count as a find in the wild?

if so i had my japanese friend (who i adore greatly for doing this for me btw) get me a ticket for the fatal frame movie in japan and the clearfile for pre-ordering the ticket.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: YannBer18 on August 07, 2014, 10:10:52 PM
MegaMan V on Gameboy CIB for 5$


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: ganonbanned on August 11, 2014, 07:23:00 AM
You guys have some pretty cool shit in this thread.

I picked up a Sharp NES TV for $30 "Broken" AKA needed a new pin connector.
Also got an N64, NES, and virtual boy all CIB for 50 cents, they came into goodwill when I worked there, I was the person pricing and I hid them and bought them when my shift is off...sorry hahaha


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: techwizard on August 11, 2014, 02:04:46 PM
Also got an N64, NES, and virtual boy all CIB for 50 cents, they came into goodwill when I worked there, I was the person pricing and I hid them and bought them when my shift is off...sorry hahaha

wow, amazing deal there


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on August 11, 2014, 02:10:33 PM
"I'm away for years, and all I found was this "broken" Sharp NES TV"


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: mumboking on August 11, 2014, 02:53:49 PM
"I'm away for years, and all I found was this "broken" Sharp NES TV"
DUDE! I just found awesomeness!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/131263023962
No, not the outdated TV, but what's being played on it!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Hungrymoose on August 24, 2014, 03:15:04 PM
May be these 2 manuals I found yesterday:
(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10593157_10152611882699462_9110801875759190097_n.jpg?oh=c039d7fe2447631fb22afd80753795c7&oe=545D80D5)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on August 24, 2014, 03:23:53 PM
May be these 2 manuals I found yesterday:
(https://scontent-a-ord.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/10593157_10152611882699462_9110801875759190097_n.jpg?oh=c039d7fe2447631fb22afd80753795c7&oe=545D80D5)

Not your CIB Sqoon??

PS - If you don't need that manual for yourself get in touch with wildbil52. I just sold him a box and I think he'd like that Chip n Dale 2 Manual.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Hungrymoose on August 24, 2014, 04:01:41 PM
Possibly my Sqoon. Lol. And I do need both manuals as I have both games. One of these days maybe I'll find the boxes. :D


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: retrosportsgamer on August 25, 2014, 02:48:35 PM
I'm going to change the definition of "rare" here in the sense that this was so incredibly random, it was one of my weirdest and rarest finds ever.

Standard flea market with the same vendors every week, hocking old VHS tapes, vases, etc. Old lady at the end of the row has no electronics, just that typical junk except I eye a stack of black cartridges. She has six 32X carts, no other video games, nothing. But 32X somehow. I bought them for around $8 and while they were all generally commons (Virtua Fighter, Virtua Racing, Mortal Kombat II for example), I did snag the Spirit Squadron and NFL Quarterback Clubs for my own 32X collection while trading the others.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Boshamp on August 27, 2014, 01:03:40 AM
Going to change mine to my recent SNES Earthbound pick up. $12 at a local thrift store.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: singlebanana on August 27, 2014, 08:09:51 AM
Going to change mine to my recent SNES Earthbound pick up. $12 at a local thrift store.

I'd say that's acceptable. :P


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: shaggy on September 21, 2014, 06:04:41 PM
Picked up Quest for the Rings for Magnavox Odyssey 2... twice, two separate occasions!  One was complete, the other was complete except for the manual.  I think they were both $5.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: zcrich01 on September 23, 2014, 01:41:19 PM
I would say my rarest finds would probably be the CIB Learning Fun I and II for Intellivision I found in a random craigslist lot, Body Slam Pro Wrestling CIB for Intellivision that I found at Half Price Books for $20 or maybe Super Bowling N64 CIB for $30 I also got at Half Price Books...

I also got Madden Championship Edition for Genesis for $1 at a random game store once.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: singlebanana on September 23, 2014, 02:26:55 PM
I would say my rarest finds would probably be the CIB Learning Fun I and II for Intellivision I found in a random craigslist lot, Body Slam Pro Wrestling CIB for Intellivision that I found at Half Price Books for $20 or maybe Super Bowling N64 CIB for $30 I also got at Half Price Books...

I also got Madden Championship Edition for Genesis for $1 at a random game store once.

Very nice grabs! Looks like your first post, so welcome to the site. :)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: zcrich01 on September 23, 2014, 02:50:03 PM
I would say my rarest finds would probably be the CIB Learning Fun I and II for Intellivision I found in a random craigslist lot, Body Slam Pro Wrestling CIB for Intellivision that I found at Half Price Books for $20 or maybe Super Bowling N64 CIB for $30 I also got at Half Price Books...

I also got Madden Championship Edition for Genesis for $1 at a random game store once.

Very nice grabs! Looks like your first post, so welcome to the site. :)

I've been lurking for a while, but I hadn't been compelled to post. Thanks for the welcome. I love the resources available here.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: TheSaintOfPain on October 04, 2014, 03:29:55 AM
My rarest find in the wild that I actually found myself was my Ms. Pac-Man tabletop arcade, which was only three bucks at a community garage sale.  The rarest thing I have in my collection from the wild, though, is my copy of TMNT Tournament Fighters for NES that my sister found at a garage sale, along with 11 other games including the other three NES TMNT games, for a total of fifteen bucks.  That averaged out to a buck twenty five a game, but since she insisted on just giving me the games and wouldn't accept any money back, I essentially got it for free. :)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: MetalFRO on November 04, 2014, 03:22:32 PM
Radiant Silvergun (complete) $4



That, right there, is the score of a lifetime.

I don't own that many "rare" games, and most of the ones I do I either picked up as new releases, or bought used before they became known as rare.  Probably my best rare item score is the unlicensed Genesis shmup "Earth Defense" (or "The Earth Defend" if you believe the manual or title screen).  I snagged a CIB copy for something like $5 or $6 about 12 years ago.  I've never seen a copy in the wild since.  Second to that might be a CIB longbox copy of Raiden Project for PS1.  I paid $10 for it, if memory serves.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Ikariniku on November 05, 2014, 06:27:03 PM
My rarest find that I picked up is either:

Boxed, mostly complete Power Glove at a garage sale for $3

or

Tengen Tetris, picked up at my local game shop for about market price.

Edit:

RarityGuide.com says that my actual rarest find in the wild is Mega Man 5, picked up from my friend at his yard/moving sale.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on November 05, 2014, 06:35:39 PM
*facepalm* PLEASE don't use RarityGuide.com for a reference for anything. It's terrible, and their attempt at pricing is laughable.

If anything, please use reputable sites like Digit Press or NintendoAge. Digit Press says Tengen Tetris is rarer than Mega Man 5, but that may have been based on older findings. NintendoAge says they're about the same.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: SirPsycho on November 05, 2014, 06:35:52 PM
Rarity Guide is not really a good guide to rarity. Tengen Tetris is much harder to find than Mega Man V.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: zcrich01 on November 11, 2014, 04:05:15 PM
Rarity Guide is not really a good guide to rarity. Tengen Tetris is much harder to find than Mega Man V.

When I first began collecting, I too fell victim to the absurdity disguised as expertise of rarityguide.com. Then I found pricecharting.com and realized that RG hadn't been updated since the Clinton administration.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: singlebanana on November 11, 2014, 04:14:03 PM
Even pricecharting can be way off sometimes, but I often still reference it in conjunction with other sites. Your best indicator of price IMO is looking up "sold" listings on eBay and taking an average of those sales. This often shows how much people are willing to pay for an item.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Ack on November 11, 2014, 04:18:04 PM
The rarest I have found in the wild is probably Super Turrican 2, though the rarest I own is likely Clayfighter: Sculptor's Cut.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: SirPsycho on November 11, 2014, 04:19:35 PM
I consider auctions to be a better indicator than a BIN, even though I do BIN myself. The auctions give you a good idea of where a fixed price listing should be to get a better deal. Also most pricing sites never take condition into consideration.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: techwizard on November 11, 2014, 04:35:16 PM
i usually check price charting first and then compare with ebay sold listings. rarely do i notice a huge difference in price between them, but pricecharting does seem to not quite catch all the copies that sold sometimes which can skew the price a bit. for the most part though it's fairly reliable.

one thing important to know with price charting is that you can look at the list of what auctions they use to get their actual average when you click to the actual game page. i almost never just take the average number they give me, i usually look at their sources too because sometimes the site glitches and only shows the most recent sale when there were quite a few others before it. plus you need to click on each one to get the CIB prices anyway, the main lists only show loose and sealed.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on November 11, 2014, 05:31:42 PM
I consider auctions to be a better indicator than a BIN, even though I do BIN myself. The auctions give you a good idea of where a fixed price listing should be to get a better deal. Also most pricing sites never take condition into consideration.

I disagree. Auctions are too heavily influenced by time and opportunity. BINs especially ones with Best Offer allow people to take the time to think or budget and negotiate with the seller. I think that offers a much better idea of anything that could be considered a "true" value of an item.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: SirPsycho on November 11, 2014, 05:38:16 PM
The problem with Best offers is that you can't actually see what the offer was. It just says 'Best Offer Accepted'. To the price sites it'll still list it as a $50 item even if the best offer that was accepted was $30. The auction game is better spent on more expensive games, and its what I've been watching for some games on my Saturn list.

I'll see Shining Wisdom auctions selling for less than $80, almost every one of them, but every BIN is close to or north of $100 and because of the auction prices people rarely bite.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Ikariniku on November 11, 2014, 06:16:40 PM
UPDATE: Armed with new knowledge, my rarest game owned/seen is Maxi-15.  I may have seen something more rare in Digital Press' museum cases, but I can't remember specifics.

*facepalm* PLEASE don't use RarityGuide.com for a reference for anything. It's terrible, and their attempt at pricing is laughable.

If anything, please use reputable sites like Digit Press or NintendoAge. Digit Press says Tengen Tetris is rarer than Mega Man 5, but that may have been based on older findings. NintendoAge says they're about the same.

Well, NOW I know. Rarity is hard to nail down definitively, and I was looking for any sort of touchstone with which to make my judgment.  My initial picks were based on current market price, while Rarity Guide reminded me that I had found Mega Man 5 in the wild, as well.  However, even were I just to use my metric of price, determined by Price Charting, the current Price Charting value on Tengen Tetris is below $40!  Zen: Intergalactic Ninja, Baby Boomer, Tagin' Dragon, Death Race, Mega Man, Maxi-15, and Mega Man 5 all outstrip it in price, and all of these I've seen in the wild.  I purchased every one except Tagin' Dragon, and every one of them was seen at my local game shop except Mega Man 1 & 5, which I bought from my friend.

Rarity Guide is not really a good guide to rarity. Tengen Tetris is much harder to find than Mega Man V.

In my own experience, this has not proven to be true.  I've only seen Mega Man 5 once in the wild, at my friend's yard sale.  Yet, I've seen Tengen Tetris both at my local game shop and at Digital Press.  Now, sure, anecdotal evidence is to be taken with a grain of salt, but my own experience would lead me to believe Mega Man 5 (and Maxi-15) are more rare than Tengen Tetris.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: techwizard on November 12, 2014, 04:54:30 PM
"rarity" is extremely different from city to city. the only things that are truly rare are confirmed cases of low print runs. anything else is just uncommon in my opinion.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on November 12, 2014, 05:12:04 PM
"rarity" is extremely different from city to city. the only things that are truly rare are confirmed cases of low print runs. anything else is just uncommon in my opinion.

"Rarity" = Finding 4 copies of Snow Brothers and Cheetahmen II each within a year, yet only finding 1 copy of World Champ. My area is weird...


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Ack on November 12, 2014, 05:13:33 PM
"rarity" is extremely different from city to city. the only things that are truly rare are confirmed cases of low print runs. anything else is just uncommon in my opinion.

"Rarity" = Finding 4 copies of Snow Brothers and Cheetahmen II each within a year, yet only finding 1 copy of World Champ. My area is weird...

What is your area?


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on November 12, 2014, 05:23:58 PM
Central Florida / Orlando. The warehouse where the Cheetahmen carts were stored is somewhat nearby, so copies of Cheetahmen II tend to come up on Craigslist every once in a while. In fact, mine came from the son of a journalist who received a copy to review, who knowingly traded it in to a local Play 'N Trade "for someone else to enjoy", and it was subsequently marked with a generic $2.99 since they couldn't find it in the system (since he looked up Cheetamen II):

(Sorry Duke)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-u6M0EdjEH7w/TydaoWNrabI/AAAAAAAAAW4/27lwWRVbYpw/w1239-h929-no/WP_000313.jpg)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Ack on November 12, 2014, 05:26:42 PM
Wow, you're doing a lot better than I am.  I live up in Atlanta, and besides the lack of retro game stores, I tend not to see too much up here that's really worth pursuing.  Most of my collecting these days is done online or through private sellers.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Shadow Kisuragi on November 12, 2014, 05:28:25 PM
I see rare items all the time, but don't have any extra $ to pick them up. Passed up a Zombie Nation the other day...


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Confiusion on January 04, 2015, 06:05:14 AM
Its pretty hard to get rare items here in germany! The flee markets are full with turkish people who sell the same stupid stuff all the time and most of the privat persons are not selling old stuff either. The other problem is that the most second hand stores here in germany sell their stuff waaaaay too expensive and just have stuff from the ps2 era.

My rarest trophy wasnt that rare to be honest but i think it was waaaaaay to cheap. I got the whole .hack series vol 1-4 as ntsc version on german ebay for about 30 euro, so about 40 dollars.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Bildtstar on January 04, 2015, 06:25:51 AM
Its pretty hard to get rare items here in germany! The flee markets are full with turkish people who sell the same stupid stuff all the time and most of the privat persons are not selling old stuff either. The other problem is that the most second hand stores here in germany sell their stuff waaaaay too expensive and just have stuff from the ps2 era.

I have been to the "Internationaler Flohmarkt" in Bad Bentheim in 2012, and the games were like you said, way too expensive. But I did bought some, didn't want to go home empty-handed.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: GamerNick on January 04, 2015, 09:24:36 AM
I see rare items all the time, but don't have any extra $ to pick them up. Passed up a Zombie Nation the other day...

How Much?


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: bombatomba on January 04, 2015, 09:35:16 AM
Its pretty hard to get rare items here in germany! The flee markets are full with turkish people who sell the same stupid stuff all the time and most of the privat persons are not selling old stuff either. The other problem is that the most second hand stores here in germany sell their stuff waaaaay too expensive and just have stuff from the ps2 era.

I have been to the "Internationaler Flohmarkt" in Bad Bentheim in 2012, and the games were like you said, way too expensive. But I did bought some, didn't want to go home empty-handed.

I sympathize. I don't think I've ever seen anything good at a flea market in Metro Detroit.  There is a great big one in Romulus, but always present was a delta-bravo dealer who would go around, buy everything up (that was affordable), and kick it up past ebay prices.  I went three times and that was it.  Never walked out with anything but Legos for my kid.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Confiusion on January 04, 2015, 10:25:14 AM
Today i saw about 15 turkish seller who sold phone cases... just about 10 guys sold video games at all, 3 of them were professionals und this is what i bought:

gta 5 for 25 euro
quake 3 for ps2 for 10
Gears of war 3 for 10
Tales of symphonia 2 for 15


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Sauza12 on January 04, 2015, 10:59:37 AM
Its pretty hard to get rare items here in germany! The flee markets are full with turkish people who sell the same stupid stuff all the time and most of the privat persons are not selling old stuff either. The other problem is that the most second hand stores here in germany sell their stuff waaaaay too expensive and just have stuff from the ps2 era.

I have been to the "Internationaler Flohmarkt" in Bad Bentheim in 2012, and the games were like you said, way too expensive. But I did bought some, didn't want to go home empty-handed.

I sympathize. I don't think I've ever seen anything good at a flea market in Metro Detroit.  There is a great big one in Romulus, but always present was a delta-bravo dealer who would go around, buy everything up (that was affordable), and kick it up past ebay prices.  I went three times and that was it.  Never walked out with anything but Legos for my kid.

Dixieland in Waterford isn't too bad, assuming you go during the summer when they have vendors set up outside.  Those are usually people just looking to get rid of stuff so their prices aren't terrible.  Just stay away from established vendors. They don't have any real reason to price things decently since they can let their stuff sit there forever.

I haven't been to Gibraltar since Taylor became a ghost town, but apparently my wife likes going to flea markets with me (which I didn't find out until this past summer after 18 years being together.  Weird) so this summer I think we're going to make a few trips out to Mt. Clemens to see what the outside vendors are like.  There is one other flea market that I could mention and there's a good chance you already know about it, but it's been my honey hole for years now so I'm reluctant to even mention it.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on March 09, 2015, 07:57:12 PM
Mine is still probably that Atari Jaguar(Which had five CIB games that included Doom and Wolf3D) for $15.

It's pretty much one of the centerpieces of my collection because I've never seen a scrap of Jag stuff in the wild since then.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Razor Knuckles on March 09, 2015, 08:46:57 PM
I've had a good run of hard to find games in the wild. Not sure what the rarest one is but here is my short list and where I found them.

MUSHA (GEN) $1 cart only at local garage sale, Westland, MI.

The Amazing Spiderman: Web of Fire (32X) $9.99 cart only, Troll And Toad Games & Comics London, KY.

Clay Fighter 63 1/3: Sculptor's Cut (N64) $3.99 cart only, Goodwill Canton, MI.

Pitfall: The Mayan Adventure (32X) $3.99 for loose cart and later sold separately $3.99 for box, manual and poster at local game store Destiny Games. Canton, MI.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Boshamp on March 09, 2015, 09:45:13 PM
I am not too up-to-date on the number of copies for each of those, but I would think it has to be Sculptor's Cut. Once my Company finished closing the Blockbuster stores, anything from there shot up in value. It was also a very limited run by intention, where I don't think the others were as limited.

Found my sculptor's cut in a Gamestop back in the day, the sticker on it was for the original clayfighter 63 1/3 at $4.99. Aside from a lot of my rare 'cube stuff that I bought in the bargain bin back in high school, that 64 game might be one of the best buys I have ever made.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: KangaRump on August 10, 2015, 12:58:42 PM
At my local  thrift store they had Beat 'Em and Eat 'Em and Custer's Revenge in the little red colored Mystique cases they couldn't sell them due to adult content so they gave them to me


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: MetalFRO on August 10, 2015, 07:58:21 PM
Mine is still probably that Atari Jaguar(Which had five CIB games that included Doom and Wolf3D) for $15.

It's pretty much one of the centerpieces of my collection because I've never seen a scrap of Jag stuff in the wild since then.

Yeah, I found a Jaguar back in 2001 at a pawn shop, totally complete in box.  That, and a JVC X'Eye, console only at the same pawn shop.  Those 2 things comprise probably my best, and most rare item finds in the wild.

@RazorKnuckles - MUSHA for $1?  Can I just say that you suck?  :slick:


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: shaggy on August 11, 2015, 09:48:44 PM
At my local  thrift store they had Beat 'Em and Eat 'Em and Custer's Revenge in the little red colored Mystique cases they couldn't sell them due to adult content so they gave them to me

Are you kidding me?  They just gave them to you?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: mumboking on August 11, 2015, 10:36:28 PM
Let me see... My rarest find could be my boxed Atari Jaguar (Cybermorph bundle).


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: KangaRump on August 12, 2015, 02:39:25 AM
At my local  thrift store they had Beat 'Em and Eat 'Em and Custer's Revenge in the little red colored Mystique cases they couldn't sell them due to adult content so they gave them to me

Are you kidding me?  They just gave them to you?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

yes ... they said they were going to throw them away if I didn't ... the store is a Christian-run resale store and they weren't going to sell it because of Adult content ... and I'm really good friends with the owner.

the image isn't really good I just took them with a tablet.

(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t34.0-12/11855561_10204727519124639_1721391980_n.jpg?oh=232da39ad40bbd26be8c5b11d8a20c4b&oe=55CDC562)


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: shaggy on August 12, 2015, 06:16:28 AM
At my local  thrift store they had Beat 'Em and Eat 'Em and Custer's Revenge in the little red colored Mystique cases they couldn't sell them due to adult content so they gave them to me

Are you kidding me?  They just gave them to you?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

yes ... they said they were going to throw them away if I didn't ... the store is a Christian-run resale store and they weren't going to sell it because of Adult content ... and I'm really good friends with the owner.

the image isn't really good I just took them with a tablet.

(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t34.0-12/11855561_10204727519124639_1721391980_n.jpg?oh=232da39ad40bbd26be8c5b11d8a20c4b&oe=55CDC562)

:laugh:  I can't tell what they are.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Tynstar on August 12, 2015, 04:17:20 PM
At my local  thrift store they had Beat 'Em and Eat 'Em and Custer's Revenge in the little red colored Mystique cases they couldn't sell them due to adult content so they gave them to me

Are you kidding me?  They just gave them to you?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

yes ... they said they were going to throw them away if I didn't ... the store is a Christian-run resale store and they weren't going to sell it because of Adult content ... and I'm really good friends with the owner.

the image isn't really good I just took them with a tablet.

(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xtp1/v/t34.0-12/11855561_10204727519124639_1721391980_n.jpg?oh=232da39ad40bbd26be8c5b11d8a20c4b&oe=55CDC562)

That is awesome!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: jansolee66 on December 03, 2015, 11:13:32 PM
It's not MUSHA for $1, but I was happy to find a Dragon Fighter at a Flea Market for $20.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on December 04, 2015, 09:01:41 AM
It's not MUSHA for $1, but I was happy to find a Dragon Fighter at a Flea Market for $20.

That's a wicked deal!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Whister on January 12, 2016, 01:24:47 AM
CIB Illusion of Gaia a long time ago for 20 bucks.

Too bad my parents threw away everything but the dang game.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: understatement on June 02, 2016, 08:15:31 PM
The rarest in the wild find that I've had is probably a three way tie between my: Sharp NES TV (for $50), Bubble Bobble part 2 (a good friend gave it to me, he found it for $2), and Aero Fighters (in a lot for $70). I've had a few other good finds but I think those are the rarest.



Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: zophar53 on August 09, 2016, 12:47:06 PM
My rarest find actually happened just two months ago. I don't even remember why, but I was headed out to a city that I don't go to very often as it's out of my way. I didn't intend to stop at the local game exchange store on the way home but as I was passing it I made a last minute decision and pulled in. Low and behold I found the only copy of Suikoden II I've ever seen in the wild, and in good condition. I paid $135 for it but from the searching I did online while in the store that wasn't really a rip-off price, so I was pretty stoked about it.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: SirPsycho on August 09, 2016, 05:17:36 PM
Suikoden II is a brilliant game.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: singlebanana on August 09, 2016, 06:34:00 PM
Yeah, I played the first and loved it. I've heard the second one is better, which is hard to fathom, but I've heard it enough to not question it. Though some may not consider that price a "deal," I would disagree. To me, a deal is any price you pay that you are very comfortable with for something you really want. I paid $90 for my copy a few years ago, at that time $120 was the average. In my eyes, one good game was worth buying compared to taking a risk on two new games that are unproven and possibly bad.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: shaggy on August 09, 2016, 08:05:14 PM
Sunday Funday for NES.  12 NIB for $1, 1 CIB for $1


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: zophar53 on August 09, 2016, 09:43:15 PM
Yeah, I played the first and loved it. I've heard the second one is better, which is hard to fathom, but I've heard it enough to not question it. Though some may not consider that price a "deal," I would disagree. To me, a deal is any price you pay that you are very comfortable with for something you really want. I paid $90 for my copy a few years ago, at that time $120 was the average. In my eyes, one good game was worth buying compared to taking a risk on two new games that are unproven and possibly bad.

Wow, that's awesome you got a copy for less than $100. And yeah, I don't consider my find a deal by any means, but I figured that if I ever found a copy that was about what it was going to be priced at. So in the end I didn't feel ripped off. I've had purchases I've regretted due to post-purchase price shock before, but that didn't happen this time thankfully.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: bickman2k on September 19, 2016, 02:16:33 PM
Can't believe I haven't posted in here yet. Some of the harder to find things I've found in the wild over the years have already been sold off at this point I think.

JVC X'eye with all JVC parts priced like a Genesis
CIB Jaguar with nice cardboard insert
Tengen Tetris that was priced like Nintendo Tetris
Virtual Boy in Blockbuster case with most of the library with manuals


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Bear78 on October 10, 2016, 04:38:04 PM
I've had 2 big, rare finds.

First, from 2012: Aero Fighters missing manual for $18 from a local flea market.

(http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8341/8198990316_b951117ab3_b.jpg)

And second (and even bigger) from 2015: legit Stadium Events for $120 from a local toy show (Guy thought it was a pal cart / didn't know what he had).

(https://c1.staticflickr.com/1/578/22754379865_0f3bf40244_b.jpg)

Also got a Hagane manual and two Stunt Racer 64 manuals for $3 each at the same toy show.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: singlebanana on October 10, 2016, 08:36:32 PM
Very nice!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: tactical_nuke on October 10, 2016, 09:50:29 PM
Holy finds, fit for a saint.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: OldSchoolGamer101 on January 23, 2017, 01:18:42 AM
There are some really nice finds listed here.  I am impressed.  My rarest finds for cheap would probably be Tagin' Dragon for $5 and Chubby Cherub for either $5 or $10.... I can't remember which of the two prices it was. 


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Faytz on June 21, 2017, 03:04:37 AM
3.99 for persona 1, complete in box mint condition.  

10 dollar for suikoden II (saw how rare it is decided to hit up some pawn shops and low and behold I found it first try..)

5 dollars for eihander

5 dollars for bayonetta 2

7 dollars each for great condition with box legend of zelda and complete in box with manual zelda II the adventure of link.  They didn't even put stickers on them, a paperclip with the prices stuck on the corner.

5 dollars each for complete in box with manual great condition Mario party 2, 3, super smash bros, around 7 years ago on Craigslist, didn't expect them to come in boxes... Sold mario party 2 and 3 for 120 each a few months ago.

not games but got 2 simpsons pop at a thrift shop this year (4.99) ... they weren't really pretty so I didn't want to get them, then decided to check them out on ebay, going for 130-150+. Bought them and sold off ebay for around 100+ each.

Edit: bought clayfighter sculptor's cut for 5 dollars 9 years ago... Didn't know the price shot up by so much...  Thank you new found site and knowledgeable members of the community.

Edit 2: Also found out the Flintstones the surprise at dinosaur peak is a rare game... Got it for 4.50 in 2011...

There have been others, but I guess those are the most notable ones.

Joining this forum and reading everyone post has made me richer... Got quite the rush when I realized the value of those two games...


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: singlebanana on June 21, 2017, 07:02:51 AM
Very nice finds indeed! 😁


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Cryptid Collector on September 05, 2017, 02:40:43 AM
Apparently this I paid $6 for and wasn't aware it was like an $80+, Digital Press R6 until tonight:

(http://i.imgur.com/Qsay3cT.jpg)

Like, the cheapest sold listing I could find for a loose cart was something like $78 and they went up from there.


I also have Radical Rex (another R6) but it's apparently not nearly as sought after so it only goes for around $15.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: singlebanana on February 21, 2018, 11:24:43 AM
Well, I have a new contender to replace my $5 Aero Fighters (SNES).  Let's just say I paid about 5% of actual value.

(https://i.imgur.com/kacnKEZ.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/sJQz07d.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/v8fK0c9.jpg)



Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: techwizard on February 21, 2018, 05:54:29 PM
wow, congrats!!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: DarQ Massacres on May 07, 2018, 11:11:35 PM
here are a couple of mine

$20 for Gas Hog - Atari 2600 (with manual)
$20 for Super Smash Bros. Melee (CIB)
$30 for a working Virtual Boy system

and more recently
$10 robin hood/sir lancelot - Atari 2600
$10 chuck norris/artillery duel - Colecovision


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: tactical_nuke on May 08, 2018, 02:49:21 AM


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: cverz2 on August 07, 2018, 09:13:48 PM
My rarest find in the wild has been changed now to this find I had this summer at a garage sale down the street from my house.

He had 2 systems and about 18 games.  I only had 25 on me so I talked him into 1 system and 5 games for 25. 

I almost cried when I got it back to my car. LOL(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180808/60b1323ce3c4275fb6cb56d36a49020d.jpg)

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Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: techwizard on August 19, 2018, 01:02:49 PM
wow cverz, amazing find!!


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Duke.Togo on August 19, 2018, 08:51:34 PM
That's a crazy find cverz. It's hard to find people that don't check everything on eBay these days.


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: WhyNotZoidberg on August 23, 2021, 10:09:47 AM
Some might have seen this on NintendoAge, but I hauled in a loose Stadium Events in a $100 lot 3 years ago


Title: Re: Rarest find (In the wild)
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on August 28, 2021, 10:38:03 PM
Some might have seen this on NintendoAge, but I hauled in a loose Stadium Events in a $100 lot 3 years ago

Whoa! That's quite the find!