Pal rare games

This game obviously had a bigger draw in Japan than it did in the States, as copies of the North American port are now extremely rare. Some of you might be thinking that playing through some of those Bible tales would be pretty epic, but there are no exciting side-quests or epic adventures to play through on this game. This is essentially a portable, digital version of the Bible. I added digital there because books are pretty portable as it is. If strange releases are your bag, then this one needs to be in your game case.

PAL versions can be bought relatively cheaply, but this North American game box has a strange feature that makes it one of the rarest Gameboy games on the market. The next title in our list of rare Gameboy games is based on a popular cartoon series that many of you have probably spent hours watching. Unlike most titles that see releases in multiple regions, Toxic Crusaders only had a North American release.

The price of this game has skyrocketed over the past four years. It received another wave of interest after appearing on the Angry Video Game Nerd in , prompting gamers to resume the hunt once more.

Avenging Spirit is a bit of an enigma. The North American cover featured an American gangster wielding a Tommy Gun, whereas the Europan and Japanese cover features a cute-looking ghost and various small characters that look anything but frightening. Why are they so different, I hear you ask?

To add more confusion, the game was also known as Phantasm in Japan. Maybe they always knew that they would be able to make a killing on the retro market! Perhaps it was down to Ubisoft guessing that Europeans likes tennis more than Americans that led to this game becoming such a rarity in the States.

Sports games have always been popular on every console, and surprisingly, you can still pick up a cheap copy of this title for the Atari Lynx. Players could work their way through the ATP World Tour and challenge their mates using a link-up cable. The final title on our list of rare Gameboy games is one that you can only find in Japan. Chikyu Kaiho Gun ZAS was never released in any other regions, but it pushed the DMG to the max and made for incredible gameplay that was hard to put down.

It might be hard to believe looking at the picture below, but this game was cutting edge when it was first released. It plays like R-TYPE and takes some seriously steady hands to get your craft around the different levels. It garnered solid critical reviews due to its noting the deep gameplay system and solid story-telling. It slowly become a cult classic and eventually saw a PSP re-release in Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth which made changes to the cutscene formats.

As the series grew with a few follow-ups on the PS2 and portable platforms and Playstation RPG fans looked to expand their collections, Valkyrie Profile, with its rather small print run became a natural to rise in value.

The arcade game got ported to both the Playstation and the Dreamcast. Neither one is easy to find. Eternal Punishment also received a PSP two years later in Loose and low-end copies rose gradually from there, however complete copies in nice condition has seen a steady rise over the last decade. This action-adventure game was developed by CyberConnect the studio that later went onto develop the.

It has the charming storytelling you might expect from an Atlus game and has a positive and fun-loving atmosphere. This 2D platformer from Psygnosis is a spin-off of the classic Lemmings series. The player takes the role of Lomax, a lemming character that has to save his friends and animals from an evil doctor. Looking back, the 2D art style is quite charming, but in hindsight, it is quite easy to see how the typical Playstation owner in might not have been interested in the game.

It has been roughly at its current range since early It was praised for its flexibility and innovation in its game engine, but can seem rough around the edges elsewhere. Beatemups had their heyday in the arcade in the very late 80s and first half of the 90s. Acclaim was hitting their stride in the arcade in the mid 90s with NBA Jam and Mortal Kombat and decided to take a swing at the side-scrolling brawler genre while bring in the Batman Forever movie license. Although this is different than the Batman Forever game they released a year earlier on the bit era platforms.

And while the Saturn version is an honorable mention in the Rare and Valuable Saturn list , the Playstation version is surprisingly more valuable at this moment. It also has a colorful and fun style that will appeal to all ages. In late and early , we saw a big spike in sale prices, but then it calmed back a bit over this past year.

Perhaps not as much as the Sega Saturn , but the Sony Playstation was a wonderful console for fans of 2D scrolling shooters. While most of the shooters were arcade ports, one of the very best on the system was exclusive to the Playstation and actually was published by Squaresoft. Einhander also felt true to its 2D gameplay roots while still sporting some slick polygons.

As you would expect from Square, Einhander utilized the Playstation hardware beautifully to create a very modern-looking shmup that fans of the genre could still rally behind.

And even though it looked modern at the time and still has quite a futuristic look to it it still played tribute to old-school sensibilities. It gave the iconic series new life and became a Defining Game — especially for a 2D bit game and actually pushed the system to its limits well. SOTN was one of the best-sellers on the platform that received a Greatest Hits releases with the lime green spine.

They are typically more attractive and a bit harder to find since the Greatest Hits versions were sold at a budget price in retail. Pretty interesting dynamic and something to keep in mind when thinking about long-term value. It also happens to be one of the shooters in shortest supply.

However, as more Shmup fans have been building their PS1 collections, this one has gradually climbed up in value. Check for Harmful Park on eBay.

Our dreams can be pretty weird and open-ended and this hidden gem captures this spirit quite well. LSD: Dream Emulator is a surreal exploration game that lacks any solid objective, but rather lets you experiment and experience this unique creation.

The game was eventually re-released on the Japanese Playstation Network, but the original copy has still remained pretty consistent in value over the past decade. It was a bit of swan song from the team at Compile at the time many of its members were moving on to work at other studios and projects. Other than a few slight fluctuations here and there, Zanac X Zanac has actually stayed quite consistent in value from our first edition of this guide in through this day.

Check for Zanac X Zanac on eBay. While they are best known for Gunstar Heroes and Radiant Silvergun, they also have a handful of rather unknown gems like the Japanese exclusive, Rakugaki Showtime. Rakugaki Showtime takes a arena battle concept like Power Stone or Poy Poy but takes a more 2D-ish approach by using a paper-like technique made popular in the Paper Mario series. Check for Rakugaki Showtime on eBay.

If you are a PS1 collector and see a boxed or sealed copy of any of these on eBay for a low price, you might want to snatch them up — you may never see them again. How about oddball rare hardware and controllers?

Basically like a Nintendo Power Glove but not wireless. It made the original Wipeout a joy to play. I got mine from Dan Kramer who consulted on the design. Dan designed the trakball for the Atari back in the day. A PS1 version was made and I believe the only game to fully use it was Forsaken — itself a really shitty Descent clone.

Only a few games supported single shock at the time, the Japanese release of Bushido Blade had single shock and also supported analog control which the US version did not. For the most part games released with single shock had this feature removed when they were released outside Japan. Noteworthy because Dual Shock controllers were still new at the time and was not the regular pack-in controller until at least a year later.

Only missing Team Buddies and Intelligent Qube. I remember distinctly having a conversation with my brother while in Software, Etc. It was only released in Australia and New Zealand as far as I know. It takes place in Edo Japan, centering around protagonist Goemon.

He's a thick-haired ninja known for carrying a kiser. The game had revised a few core gameplay mechanics that made some aspects more difficult while others were made easier. Ultimately, EA scrapped the project but copies of this super rare PS3 title can still be found online. Some games are made for learning and Eli's Ladder is one of them. The goal of this game is to help kids learn math. As players complete math problems, Eli the alien ascends his ladder which leads to his spaceship.

If you want to get Eli to the moon, you better whip out a calculator. The original game came with instructions, a certificate, a worksheet, and even a wall chart with stickers. Finding all of the accessories is nearly impossible. Amazing Tater is a puzzle adventure game for the original Game Boy. The second part of a series called Kwirk or Puzzle Boy in Japan , the game features simple gameplay: the player pushes blocks around the screen to solve a series of puzzles.

Unfortunately for developer Atlus, audience reception was poor and sales were far lower than its predecessor. This was likely due to a mix of poor marketing and a general distaste for the vegetable-based character design. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is an action-adventure game by studio Naughty Dog.

It was released on the PlayStation 3 back in , but only a lucky few got their hands on the Fortune Hunter Edition.

This special pack included:. Winners were randomly chosen from a pool of users who participated in the demo weekend contest. Any PlayStation user who played the game online was entered into the drawing automatically.

The complete set is hard to find and can be extremely valuable. Panzer Dragoon Saga stood out from other games in the Panzer Dragoon franchise at the time as they weren't even RPGs but rather rail shooters. The two struggled for years to get Shantae off the ground. It wasn't until that it finally found a home on the Game Boy Color. The timing of its release proved to be detrimental, having arrived after the Game Boy Advance launch.

Sales were low and, according to Kotaku , only 25, copies are estimated to have been produced—making Shantae a highly sought-after rarity. Customers received a small package of items to accompany their game—this included things like a full-sized guide book, scratch-and-sniff stickers, and more. The Nintendo 64 arrived a year later, making it hard for Earthbound to compete. Reception with American audiences was already low, pushing the game further into obscurity as only , copies were sold.

Since then, the game has adopted a bit of a cult following and is included as one of the games on the Super NES Classic Edition. Harvest Moon is a farming simulator for the Super Nintendo. It was released the same year as the Nintendo 64, making it hard to thrive in a market where gamers were already moving to the new system.

The game itself isn't notably rare, but the Assassin's Case Edition definitely is. Fewer than 50 cases were produced for this special edition and only four are confirmed to have sold. This special package could only be won at the Elemental Gearbolt tournament at E3 in Collectors will be hard-pressed to find a copy available for sale. Luigi's Mansion was released in for the Nintendo GameCube and it was a hit. Players control Luigi as the protagonist this time on a quest to save his brother Mario.

In a dark turn of events, Luigi finds himself capturing ghosts in a spooky, haunted mansion. This game on its own isn't that rare but early editions are another story. Mega Man V stood out from its predecessors with new levels, bosses, and original assets. The game was met with mixed reception, likely contributing to lower sales.

It didn't help that this was the fifth game in the Mega Man franchise, released while audiences were already feeling a bit of series fatigue.

Today, Mega Man V is one of the most sought-after rarities in the gaming market. Did you know that there's a mobile version of Mega Man 5 you can try?! And check out our list of incredible free-to-play mobile games. If you're a fan of Star Fox , you know what this game has to offer! This is a 3D rail shooter developed for the Super Nintendo in It was created in tandem by both Nintendo and Argonaut Software.

This cartridge is far from your everyday copy of Star Fox, however. Three guesses what this game is about! Players can choose from nine playable characters and 15 separate courses in this snowboarding-themed game for the Nintendo This game was developed by a team known as Racjin in This Atari game, known as Karate , saw multiple releases over the years. There are two separate versions for this title. If you have one of them, you might be sitting on a gold mine.

One edition is known as the Froggo release and it isn't that hard to come by. What you want to keep an eye out for here is the Ultravision release.

If you want to know what the gameplay is like, you don't need to shell out thousands for a rare copy of Karate. The Froggo edition plays exactly like the Ultravision release. Dead Space is a survival horror game for the Xbox Only 1, units were produced for pre-order on the EA Store. This rare package includes:. It's not easy to get your hands on this collector's set, but it's not impossible either.

Rule of Rose is a PlayStation 2 gam3 released in It's a survival horror game developed by a team known as Punchline. If you're into horror or just want to max out your PS2 collection, you may want to add Rule of Rose to your shelf. Pepsi Invaders is a unique edition of the classic Space Invaders.

It was part of a gift package, which also included an Atari , for Coca-Cola executives at a sales convention in the early s. The top of the screen reads "Coke Wins", but programmer Christopher Omarzu insists he has no memory of adding it to the game. Finding a copy of this promotional game is very difficult as only copies were ever made. Batman and Robin have stopped a few bad guys in their day, but, thanks to this game, they've also stopped a few collectors from completing their collections.

Players must complete multiple levels, each somewhat based on an episode of the animated series. Today, this game is noted for its rarity and collectible value. Instead of working through puzzles, this game is a full-fledged action RPG.

The story follows Spud, an eager potato who's determined to rescue Princess Mato. The developer of Spud's Adventure , Altus, didn't create many copies of this title—making it one of the rarest Game Boy games. This edition was released as a Blockbuster Video rental exclusive in , meaning you could only rent this game from Blockbuster.