RARE/must have games list.

evad_lhorg

Ok basically im lookin to expand my collection to be full of some classics so im lookin for rare games that are good for ps1/2, n64, cube , xbox. i know they are fairly new consoles but im just lost tbh. ill say what i can think of atm:

PS1:
Vagrant story
FF IX
parappa the rapper
FF Chronicles

PS2:
ico(have it already but ill put it here)
rez

Gamecube:
Ikaruga

mainly ps1 games this list will be but tell me what you think!

Brock

i have been looking for twisted metal world tour for months now i found it on ebay but lack of credit card meant i could not get it so if anyone has it please sell it to me
thats the only ps1 classic i can remember

TerrorFirmer

A superb game for the PSone that was underadvertised and got no attention was Panzer Front.

Fantastic WWII tank simulation game, with loads of senarios with the chance to play as American, Russian, British and German in missions ranging from Normandy and Kursk to Berlin.

Nice graphics for a PSone at the time as well.

Another great but totally under advertised game that came out way too late and flopped was Delta Force Urban Warrior for the PSone.

They got out of it the max the PSone could give, shame it didn't come out earlier.

Gummy Panda

You could get FFIX of ebay.co.uk but its pretty expensive. I paid 30 pound sterling for my copy about 4 months ago. Mint condition though. Like it was never played. Also got FFVII in mint condition of there.

Wanna get FFVIII aswell but i'll wait to i find a new job when i come before bidding.

bounty

final fantasy is utterly ****. so is chrono trigger and radiant silvergun before any elitist bitch says them


multiplayer versions of these games are good: age of empires 2 the conquerors, counter strike 1.6 or source, unreal tournament 2004, mario kart and goldeneye

Retr0gamer

bounty wrote:

final fantasy is utterly ****. so is chrono trigger and radiant silvergun before any elitist bitch says them


multiplayer versions of these games are good: age of empires 2 the conquerors, counter strike 1.6 or source, unreal tournament 2004, mario kart and goldeneye

You have to be taking the piss. I also seriously doubt you have played the sinfully brilliant radiant silvergun. I have. In fact since i got my saturn last September I haven't stopped playing it.

Also the games you mentioned aren't exactly rare.

I hope everyone is prepared:

PS1
Suikoden 1 and 2 (will set you back a fortune but worth it just remember to get the two games from the same region)
Einhander
R-type delta
Soukyugurentai
Lunar silver story
Lunar 2 eternal blue
Front mission 3
Gradius Gaiden
Final Fantasy Tactics
Grandia
Vandal Hearts 1+2
Valkyrie Profile
Silhouette Mirage

PS2
Katamari Damacry
Gradius V

Gamecube
Ikaruga
Skies of Arcadia Legends

N64
Paper Mario
sin and Punishment
Space station silicon valley

They are just my rare but excellent games for Cube, PS1 and PS2. I don't own any of the rare games i mentioned for N64

If I think of anymore i'll post them. If you want a Sega Saturn list i'll do my best as well.

Rhyme

I was waiting for Retr0 to get in there...

What happened to the release of Chrono Trigger and the remaining old FF games on one disc?... was waiting for that.

Some people may disagree, but the old Resident Evil games and Dino Crisis would feel at home in any collection... good scares.

Dont be at yourself

Have:

Rez
Ico
FFVII
Jet Set Radio
Burning Rangers
Fighters Megamix
Christmas Nights + analogue controller
Super Metroid

Want:
Vagrant Story
Space Station Silicone Valley

Creature

I used to have Vagrant Story. I was happy. But then I sold it. Now I'm sad .

rainbow kirby

lol. I'm getting Skies of Arcadia Legends real cheap tomorrow when I get paid.

And I sold my copies of Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy IX a couple of months ago.. For double what I paid for them.

Retr0gamer

Rhyme wrote:

What happened to the release of Chrono Trigger and the remaining old FF games on one disc?... was waiting for that.

The yanks got Chrono Trigger with Final Fantsy VI as a compilation. Being the europe hating bastardos that they are, Square only released FFVI on its lonesome over here. I got an e-mail printed in digitiser having a moan about this

Ishmael

I Might have a copy of ff9 at home somewhere if ya are interested, i didn't like it as much as the other ff's.

R-type delta is a good(but fustrating) game.
The only place i could find a copy was on ebay,
got it for around 10 euro mark from uk.

This is one i've been looking for and could never find.
the copy of Bubble bobble that came out on the PS1
couldn't find it anywhere.

Retr0gamer

Ishmael wrote:

R-type delta is a good(but fustrating) game.
The only place i could find a copy was on ebay,
got it for around 10 euro mark from uk.

Nice one. It usually sells for an awful lot more.

Ishmael wrote:

This is one i've been looking for and could never find.
the copy of Bubble bobble that came out on the PS1
couldn't find it anywhere.

Don't bother. It was ported by Probe software who are unbelievably in competent (just look at the terrible mega drive MK conversions). They made an absolute shambles of this game on the Saturn as well. It's playable but nowhere near perfect and, I don't know how they managed it, lower res than the arcade. You are better off with playing it on mame which is much close except for the extend letters bug.

BTW Bubble Symphony on the Saturn rocks my socks!

TerrorFirmer

It was ported by Probe software who are unbelievably in competent

Didn't they handle Mortal Kombat? I loved that game....even on the MD

d22ontour

Ahh space station silicon valley what a great game.I got stuck a good bit into the game and gave up on it.I haven't touched it in years.

Retr0gamer

MobileInfantry wrote:

Didn't they handle Mortal Kombat? I loved that game....even on the MD

they did and made a balls of it. The snes version despite having no blood was a much better game. It was smoother and had combos. As for MK2 the mega drive version was a shambles. All the juggle combos were taken out and the game just felt wrong. Despite SNES games taking up more memory on a cartridge the SNES version had everything from the arcade game and was an extremely close conversion

Headshot

lads what games and console do ye recommand for me to invest in so i can make a bit of an earner for myself in years to come

Retr0gamer

The Dreamcast is the next Sega Saturn in terms of retro gaming. There are a lot of rare games that are going cheap but will be worth a mint in a few years.

Headshot

Retr0gamer wrote:

The Dreamcast is the next Sega Saturn in terms of retro gaming. There are a lot of rare games that are going cheap but will be worth a mint in a few years.

and what games are these

and what are the best dreamcast games

honru

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

and what games are these

and what are the best dreamcast games

Here's a list of some of the most sought after games;

Bangai-O
Canon Spike
Fatal Fury: Mark of the Wolves
Gigawing 2
Ikaruga (unreleased outside of Japan)
Last Blade 2
Mars Matrix
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Rez
Project Justice: Rival Schools 2
Samba De Amigo (w/ maracas)
Shenmue II
Street Fighter III: Double Impact
Street Fighter III: Third Strike

Retr0gamer

Add Border down and Trizeal to that list

honru

Retr0gamer wrote:

Add Border down and Trizeal to that list

Aye, the "new" Dreamcast games. Must look into them actually.

ykt0di9url7bc3

I had Twisted metal World tour for PSone and I now have it for PC... but it was a fantastic game... both in 2 player combat and co-op it was fantics fun with combos and tactics...

Mr Slam
Freeze Blast + Special + keep firing rockets... pure evil...


Another game which i played so much on the PSone was Vigilante 8....

same as above but a little more down to earth

evad_lhorg

rainbow kirby wrote:

lol. I'm getting Skies of Arcadia Legends real cheap tomorrow when I get paid.

And I sold my copies of Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy IX a couple of months ago.. For double what I paid for them.

damn you kirby damn you!!!!!!!!!
skies of arcadia isnt really as rare as i once thuoght. we got a few new copies in once in dawson st about 2 months ago and we receive a few preowned now and again. is a very good game but i havnt bothered my ass to play it.

BloodBath

Retro how do you have time to post on boards with all those games? God help you if you got wow. There is no end, nooooooo.

Retr0gamer

I'm never going to play a MMORPG. I feel that if I did I would have to give up my life.

I used to have loads of time to play games but since after christmas my phd has gotten harder and all I've had time is for shoot'em ups on my saturn. I'm now going to make an effort to play KOTOR 1+2.

BloodNinjaCult

wow = bad.... DON'T RUIN YOUR LIFE KIDS!!!! I get to see the type of people who buy it and....it ain't pretty. 70% percent of the time anyway.

Rare games? try;
a)Mario 64 N64
b)Izzys Quest for the Olympic Rings N64

Must have games? try;
a)Pokemon Snap N64
b)Chocobo Racing PS1

AWESOME!

ShiverinEskimo

This is a little gem that didn't get near as much as press as deserved - dunno if it falls under rare but definately must have:

Beyond Good & Evil

CiDeRmAn

The problem with collecting all this stuff is I will eventually not have enough minutes left in my lifetime to devote to finishing every game I have.
Not to mention the fact that, to my wifes eternal confusion, I cannot stand the idea of selling any of them!
110 ps1 games and counting, all pretty good stuff, even a couple of RPGs in there, though I hate all that turn based stuff.

But there must be a game out there for all collectors like us that represents everything we got into this hobby for, mine is my Vectrex, a handsome mother of a beast and I had to jump through some serious hoops to get it, but its worth every penny.
Anyone else got a machine or game that shows their hobby off to its very best or do you have a nemesis, that thwarts your evey attempt to get a hold of it?

d22ontour

ShiverinEskimo wrote:

This is a little gem that didn't get near as much as press as deserved - dunno if it falls under rare but definately must have:

Beyond Good & Evil

While i enjoyed the game i finished it in 6 hours which is somewhat disappointing as without collecting all the items/racing would have shortened the game even more.

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote:

But there must be a game out there for all collectors like us that represents everything we got into this hobby for, mine is my Vectrex, a handsome mother of a beast and I had to jump through some serious hoops to get it, but its worth every penny.
Anyone else got a machine or game that shows their hobby off to its very best or do you have a nemesis, that thwarts your evey attempt to get a hold of it?

My japanese V-Saturn and radiant silvergun. It's one of those games that there is an awful lot of hype about but when you do play it you realise none of it was true. It's better than everyone says it is.

Deadwing

Retro get wow, trust me its worth it..real life isnt all its cracked up to be anyway lol.
A really cool game that got sod all press on the ps2 was Ring of red. Excellet real time strategy/shoot em up with giant robots kicking the crap out of each other.
Im glad ive still got my original copies Vagrant story, FFVII/VIII, MGS1, special missions, etc, tbh i dont think id sell em..only recently started replaying FFVII using epsxe on my PC, its nice to see it all spruced up with none of the psx jaggies. Might have a game of vagrant story or mgs next

Mitch Connor

Creature wrote:

I used to have Vagrant Story. I was happy. But then I sold it. Now I'm sad .

i have vagrant story but never got into it....

want to get ico but can't afford the cash for it

Rhyme

BloodNinjaCult wrote:

a)Pokemon Snap N64

Ha ha, bought an N64 off a friend for 20 euro and got that with it... never thought it'd ever be worth anything.

cosgrove80

Tauren wrote:

i have vagrant story but never got into it....

want to get ico but can't afford the cash for it

Yeah I have Vagrant Story in the cupboard too. Got into into for a bit but once you leave it a while its very hard to get into. Really must try and play it again.

CiDeRmAn

Mate of mine just gave me a copy of Vagrant Story for nothing, happy days!

Headshot

was looking up ebay and saw this

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4313&item=5202757445&rd=1

looks class

i never new half life came out on the dreamcast

i wonder how much is it going to make probley 100 pounds [dam you euro]

Retr0gamer

there are a few beta versions around. It got canned when it was basically complete. I think it was even playable on-line. It was a big blow to the DC community when it was canned. The second hand book and game store on talbot street had the official guide for the DC version of Half Life a few months ago. Should have picked it up.

Headshot

the dreamcast controller must have been fair hard to get use to looks very big

BlitzKrieg

its a lovely controller...one of my all time favs and the vmu was such a great idea (usefull but didnt make it such a big thing that every game required a whole new concept (like the DS)

hey Retro I just spotted Treasure's Alien Soldier for the MEga Drive going for 60 odd quid over here? Thats a rare one too isnt it? Also can a mega cd 2 work with a mega drive 1? I know there is no difference in hardware more curious about the shapes connecting (original mega cd looked like a cd deck) cause thats for sale as well with original sonic cd (drool)


and someone remind me, the saturn version of resident evil unlocks death tank when its on the memory with a game from lobotamy (like Quake or duke nukem) right (or is it just duke nukem? i cant remember which one)

Retr0gamer

Alien soldier is quite rare. Bloody excellent game. 60 euros is what it should sell for tops but you should be able to get it a bit cheaper if you get lucky on ebay. I'm almost sure the MCD 2 will work with the mega drive 1. you might want to check that up.

The lobotamy games unlock the death tank and death tank zwei games (so exhumed/powerslave, Quake and duke nukem 3D).

On a side note, weren't lobotamy brilliant. they were one of the few developers that could utilise the Saturn properly and the pors of Duke 3D and Quake were amazing.

Retr0gamer

http://www.whipassgaming.com/powerslave/deathtank.html

Info on death tank and death tank zwei

BlitzKrieg

you know retro...i really like you...your damn usefull

and yes lobotmay were brilliant...man there conversion of quake was top notch...cant remember how i got death tank working on my saturn...cause i had quake but not duke nukem and a freidn came over with res evil (he might have had duke as well cant remember) and we played neither game just death tank all weekend and well into next week...man it ruled

Retr0gamer

Why thank ypu

Duke Nukem and Quake were playable on-line which was a first for console fps games at the time. If your friend had duke nukem then that was probably how you got it. all you needed was a duke and quake save on your system to unlock it. Check out the death tank theme pn the site, it's hilarious.

BlitzKrieg

hey dont diss that theme...we had some great headbanging moments with that theme...I didnt know duke nukem and quake for the saturn were playable online!?!?! thats amazing!

CiDeRmAn

It was just a system link up, same as Doom and Ridge Racer on the PS1 at the same time. Pretty cool nonetheless. The way to unlock DeathTanks was to have a save game from another Lobotomy game on the Saturns memory. Then when you stuck in quake or Duke it was a playable option. Lobotomy also did a egyptian based shooter, awful stuff but I think it did allow the unlocking of DeathTanks, a console version of a great PC game called Scorched Earth, eventually to evolve further into Worms.

BlitzKrieg

exhumed was the egyptian one...and it was a good game...

Retr0gamer

CiDeRmAn wrote:

It was just a system link up, same as Doom and Ridge Racer on the PS1 at the same time. Pretty cool nonetheless. The way to unlock DeathTanks was to have a save game from another Lobotomy game on the Saturns memory. Then when you stuck in quake or Duke it was a playable option. Lobotomy also did a egyptian based shooter, awful stuff but I think it did allow the unlocking of DeathTanks, a console version of a great PC game called Scorched Earth, eventually to evolve further into Worms.

Exhumed was good on the saturn (not PC). Did some absolutely amazing things with the hardware that the saturn really shold not have been able to do.

Duke and Quake were playable over Sega's netlink on-line service to my knowledge.

ykt0di9url7bc3

Redneck Rampage... I want to play it again