Top 20 rare PAL games for all systems?

[sj33]

Surely Dragon Ball Z (PAL SEGA Saturn) is one of them? Or was that an elaborate fake I saw a picture of?

Edit: NM, here's one:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Dragon-Ball-Z-...d=p3286.c0.m14

It was only released in France, so is hard to find as games go. Not sure how rare it is though.

[SUMIRE]

Has anyone thought of doing a top 10 rare game list, but for games that are actually good?

[S3M]

Is Starwing Competition really as rare as every thinks / says? I only ask because I've seen at least 4 ebay'd over the past couple of weeks, none of which even pushed over ?50. Maybe I shouldn't be sharing these things... or maybe there's a fair few repro's out there. Either way, I've seen it more times this past week than I've ever seen an English Soul Blazer.

Starwing Competition isn't as rare as some people would have you believe, sure it's hard to get hold of but it's what I call ebay fodder.

These days a game is only really rare if it doesn't appear on ebay every other month.

Oh and Dragon Ball Z (PAL SEGA Saturn) got released in France & Spain, resulting in the reason there is two cover designs for it.

[Escape-To-88]

Are you sure they were not US NTSC versions mate? The PAL versions were never released in the UK and I think it far more likely that somone whould have imported US versions into this country as at least they would have had English Instructions and English on the box.

It's possible, I seem to distinctly remember it being a PAL copy, but if like you say, it was not released then perhaps it was a U.S copy.

[yesteryeargames]

Some of those are a bit debatable as to how rare they are, Captain Commando I?ve seen a lot on ebay. There's about 50 PAL games that are very rare, Megaman X3, Super Chase HQ and Final Fight 3 should go on that list in truth the SNES is a real minefield for rare games.

Saturn wise Swagman and Mortal Kombat Trilogy and for the DC it?s dragon riders, Aqua GT and Caesar Palace 2000, but no DC game is that rare.

How many complete copies of Captain Commando haven you seen? It's rarer than Final Fight 3, Megaman X3 and Chase HQ I can assure you.

I have only seen 3 complete PAL copies of Captain Commando it in the last 5 years yet I have seen that many Megaman X3's this year alone!
I've also seen at least 4 complete Chase HQ's this year and 2 or 3 Final Fight 3's.

Maybe Megaman X3 gets a higher price than most PAL SNES games but that does not mean it is rarer! It's really because there are so many Megaman Fans out there so the prices of all Megaman retro games are always pushed high.

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[Tirian]

Oh and Dragon Ball Z (PAL SEGA Saturn) got released in France & Spain, resulting in the reason there is two cover designs for it.

And Portugal ...

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[chocklo]

How many complete copies of Captain Commando haven you seen? It's rarer than Final Fight 3, Megaman X3 and Chase HQ I can assure you.

I have only seen 3 complete PAL copies of Captain Commando it in the last 5 years yet I have seen that many Megaman X3's this year alone!
I've also seen at least 4 complete Chase HQ's this year and 2 or 3 Final Fight 3's.

Maybe Megaman X3 gets a higher price than most PAL SNES games but that does not mean it is rarer! It's really because there are so many Megaman Fans out there so the prices of all Megaman retro games are always pushed high.

A

PAL Captain Commando is fairly rare agreed but not the rarest. I've seen a few exclusively German copies over the past year which would qualify as Pal. However, it's the one with English in the instructions and box (as well as German I think) which appears to be super rare. One bloke sold one on ebay about 3 months ago. I tried to do a cheeky offer of ?80 but he rejected it. Eventually it went for around ?160.

Nice condition as well!

[chocklo]

Oh, back on thread.

You've no chance of finding the likes of Whirlo and Cool World etc. at a car boot. Especially since they weren't sold in UK outlets.

All PAL unless stated less rare but still desirable titles - but you've no chance really of seeing them in a UK car boot, mainly since they were mostly released outside of the UK and imported by collectors-

Final fight 2 (German yellow box)
Earthbound (US)
E.V.O. (US)
Harvest Moon (Aus)
Lufia (Aus)
Anything published by Titus (PoP2, Oscar, Ninja Warriors, Wild Guns, Whizz etc. but not The Brainies)
Any of the Dragonball Z games
Fatal Fury
Fatal Fury 2
Any of the Capcom scrolling fighters (as well as CCommando, Knights OT Round, King of Dragons)

You've more chance of seeing these (but still not a great chance!!). If you do, bag em cos they'll go for a nice price.

Terranigma
Bomberman 3
Hagane
Final Fight
Secret of Mana
Sparkster
Super Double Dragon
Double Dragon and Battletoads
Turtles in Time
Super Adventure Island 2
James Pond Crazy Sports
The Adventures of Batman and Robin
The Lost Vikings 2
Hagane
The Firemen
Castlevania Vampire's Kiss
Pocky and Rocky 2
The Death and return of Superman
Super Mario All Stars and World
Run Saber
Ultimate Mortal Kombat
Lagoon
Ranma 1/2
Super Turrican
Super Turrican 2
Hungry Dinosaurs
Megaman x
Mr Do
Hook
Sunset Riders
Tintin in Tibet
Any Marvel superhero game except Spiderman Arcades Revenge and Hulk (especially Spiderman AA, Spiderman Seperation Anxiety, War of the Gems, Mutant Apocolypse)

[Cauterize]

Good list Chocklo, but you're actually missing the two rarest PAL SNES games off there.

Soul Blazer (Scandanvian) - Only PAL version with English in game text.
X-Zone (Scandanavian Only)

[MikeRox]

I'm sure the 'standard' version is harder to find than this one.

It is, I used to have the standard version. Was about the onyl copy I ever saw.

CastleVania: A Vampire's Kiss on the SNES is a scarce one (loosely based on the PC Engine CD game). I found it in an indie store for ?11.99 years ago, have since seen it command upwards of ?100 complete on ebay. Never tend to see it complete very often at all now. Though lately there have been a fair few cart only's suddenly appear.

[ninjabearhug]

I only collect for Sega systems and in my experience there isn't that many truly rare games for them, most appear at least twice a year on Ebay/forums. Variations of games however, now that's a totally different story.

Perfect example would be Sonic 2 on the SMS, one of the commonest games available for the system. But, try finding the Master System 2 box variation of the game, extremely rare.

Game Pak 4 in 1 for the Game Gear springs to mind too. Cart only copies are included with pretty much every GG bundle on Ebay, but you try finding a complete copy.

[MikeRox]

I guess the 4 in 1 pack was primarily bundled in with consoles which will be why there are so few (if any?) boxed versions?

The same is the case for Tetris on the GB.

[samanosuke]

EDIT: Never mind.