The Video Game Critic

"The most expensive...I own....Leisure Suit Larry collection(PC)"

I was unaware that ANY Computer Discs were considered rare! Once programmed and produced, isn't it like EXTREMLY cheap to copy millions of these things? I know people collect Computer CARTRIDGE games for old systems, but are original Floppies/ Cassetes/ Cd roms considered rare? How could you be certain a loose disc was original? And especially with cassete tapes do any from the 80's still work? I got a Vic 20 and TRS-80 that had tapes (along with cartridge games) -the carts worked fine but the tapes were unusable. Even old TRS-80 floppies would no longer load. Do any sites list prices on these? The Digital Press Guide is my bible to game values, but they DO NOT list cassetes/ Floppy Discs.

I owned some very rare games for the Magnavox Odyssey.  These included a copy of Percepts complete in its original shipping box, Basketball, and Interplanetary Voyage.  The first was a mail-in game, and was extremely rare in its original box.  Basketball was a game that was only released in a limited fashion and then pulled from the shelves.  Interplanetary Voyage came so late in the life cycle of the Odyssey that almost nobody bought it, though along with Haunted House and Table Tennis, it was among the more substantial games on the system.

 

The rarest two games I've owned outside of the Odyssey were Halloween and Texas Chainsaw Massacre for the Atari 2600.  Since my collection was stolen, I've limited myself to collecting games in the Zelda and Metroid series, and survival horror and video pinball.  I figure that's a good place for me to start again, so I am working hard to own Halloween and TCM again for the 2600 to go into my survival horror collection.

R-Types (psone)
Castlevania Cronicles (psone)
Tall Infinity (psone)
Qix Neo (psone)
Builder's Block (psone)

Pooyan (2600)
Room Of Doom (2600)

Twinkle Star Sprites (Neo Neo cd)

[QUOTE=Harry]The rarest game I ever owned was the first Dragon Warrior for the NES.  I don't know anyone else who's ever even seen one.
[/QUOTE]Is it really that rare? I got it as a mailaway when it came out years ago but quickly traded it for Ninja Gaiden II. I still have the box and instruction book, though.

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I have an orginal black label version of Final Fantasy VII in mint condition. 

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I wish I had the foresight to keep my copy of that game back when I had it however many years ago. If I had known I could score $50 on Ebay for my $20 game...well I still would have sold it because I wasn't pacient enough to wait 10 years for a $30 profit, but still, it would have been nice to know.

I still have my black label FF VII . . . my original PlayStation was stolen years ago, so it along with the memory card with my saved game went into storage for years. I recently recovered it. I didn't know it was considered rare.

I've got an original unopened package of Doom for the PC--and I'm pretty sure none of you have ever seen what I'm talking about.  I should almost post a pic.  It's a paper sleeve that contains some 3.5" disks, with artwork that was obviously done by someone at id.  It's pretty funny, but a classic.

I also have a copy of a game entitled "Halo 2" that you may or may not have heard about.

All three Odyssey 2 Master Series games in near mint condition, with all the playing tokens still in their original bags and punch cards.

[QUOTE=Alienblue]"The most expensive...I own....Leisure Suit Larry collection(PC)"

I was unaware that ANY Computer Discs were considered rare! Once programmed and produced, isn't it like EXTREMLY cheap to copy millions of these things?[/QUOTE]

Yes you are correct about those games being copied, but the Leisure Suit Larry Collection is on CDs.  It was a compilation released a few years after Leisure Suit Larry 7: Love for Sail.  It has a really big box and came stuffed with extras and goodies.  Mint condition copies sell anywhere from $60-$175 dollars on ebay.  At least the last time I checked they did.  Since then a new Larry Collection has been released it could have ruined the value of the previous package.

Also about Final Fantasy VII..."a" you mention being able to sell it for $50 and that is the absolute least you would get for that game.  I watch copies sell in the $80-$100 range all the time.  The better the condition the more people waste their money on a game that is a common as pacman on the 2600.  Its really silly.

[QUOTE=Alienblue]"The most expensive...I own....Leisure Suit Larry collection(PC)"

I was unaware that ANY Computer Discs were considered rare! Once programmed and produced, isn't it like EXTREMLY cheap to copy millions of these things? I know people collect Computer CARTRIDGE games for old systems, but are original Floppies/ Cassetes/ Cd roms considered rare? How could you be certain a loose disc was original? And especially with cassete tapes do any from the 80's still work? I got a Vic 20 and TRS-80 that had tapes (along with cartridge games) -the carts worked fine but the tapes were unusable. Even old TRS-80 floppies would no longer load. Do any sites list prices on these? The Digital Press Guide is my bible to game values, but they DO NOT list cassetes/ Floppy Discs. [/QUOTE]

Alienblue, yes, original computer games can be considered 'rare' in the exact same way that carts and other console games are; complete originals with all (or most) of the documentation.  An original copy of, say, Ultima I for the C64 goes for well over $150 on Ebay.  Yeah, people can play all those games as emulations (just like you can for any NES, SNES, Gensis, etc. game) but there are collectors out there always looking for a prized original.  No difference between computer games and console games!
Sudz