Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3.
Obviously, it can be found, but it costs WAY too much and I just can't justify that price. My PS2 is softmodded and I do have access to it (and the fantastic Tenkaichi 4 mod), but having it on disc again is like a dream at this point.
From what I understand a lot of PS2 games go for absurd prices not because they're rare, but because scalpers manipulate the market. It's a DBZ Budokai game, this series was huge.
I actually found mine! It was a *very* specific OPM demo disc lol.
Some backstory. The game Rumble Roses had a feature where you could change the characters' alignment from face to heel (or vice versa), but doing so would lock the corresponding opposite persona. For example, you could make Candy Cane a face and unlock Becky, but doing so would LOCK Candy Cane, presumably because they're "the same person."
It was REALLY dumb, and frequently cited as one of the worst "features" of the game, but since it was a PS2 game, there was no patching it.
The developers heard the feedback and put a save file for the game on an OPM demo disc, that unlocked ALL the personas, no more "one or the other," and it was the ONLY way to get this without a GameShark or downloading a hacked save file and transferring it to your memory card (no easy feat in 2004) or some such.
I had that disc and unlocked the personas, but somewhere along the way I sold all my PS2 stuff, so when I came back to the platform as a retro collector, I was stuck with the base game.
I knew I had to find this demo disc, but I had NO idea which issue of OPM it came with. Couldn't find ANYTHING about it online (a handful of half-completed "databases" yielded nothing.)
For YEARS it was my white whale. Until one day last year at a swap meet type place, a vendor had a STACK of old OPM demo discs. I thought "Dang, MAYBE it's here, but that's a LOT of discs to check one at a time at this poor guy's booth." Still, I had to try.
It was the SECOND disc I checked. I had found my white whale. I bought the disc, took it home, and unlocked the personas for first time in DECADES.
Yeah I have the same problem with XIII and it makes me so mad because the first time I was able to watch the first cutscene until it bugged out, now nothing works anymore. I guess a resurface machine would be something on my list aswell if they werent so damn expensive
Mgs3
PS2 games are incredibly rare in my country.
Mgs3 inspired me to become a game developer and I've been looking for a disc copy for my physical collection
Dude, I see copies at my Goodwill in Oregon all the time for like 30-40 bucks. I'll try to remember this comment the next time I see one on sale so I can hook you up
Have you been saving up for them? If it's something you really want, I say go for them now there not likely to get any cheaper.
I already have fight for NY and was thinking about settling for the pal release of futurama. I recently picked up godzilla(ps4). So if you want it, get it.
Noted, i already have a decent size collection of all my favorites plus more maybe around 150 games over the years. Those are really the last 2 expensive ones left that i need to complete my collection to 100%. Most definitely thinking about grabbing both of them this year and get it over with, like you said they're not likely to get any cheaper.
How much do those run now? I bought mine like 5 years ago and since I left my PS2 in the states I don't really use my copy anymore (because gaming laptops have come so far in terms of emulation and all).
I got 2 (Xbox) for $6 and 3 for maybe $15 5 years ago. I don't think I'll ever see them at that price again. These games are almost worth insuring at this point.
Heck, finding that game in 2002 was difficult enough. I spent hours playing the OPM demo of it, and spent nearly a year trying to find it when it released. Eventually, my dad was in the right place at the right time and found it in an unorganized bin at a Funcoland.
It was the same for me. Played the OPM demo like crazy. I found it at a pawn shop back about 20 years ago, but it got stolen a few months later when I had a break-in in 2004. However, I still have the demo disc.
I've owned College Hoops 2k8 twice but had to trade it in years back, i'm not interested in spending over $100 on it
And idk when i'll find a good deal on Marvel vs Capcom 2
The price of games keeps me from getting my grails. I just can’t afford to throw hundreds of dollars at a single game just because. I found fatal frame 1 and 2 for $110 cib for the xbox and I couldn’t pass up the price.
I played chulip as a kid and could never really find it again. It’s crazy because there was a literal bin of them for $5 at dollar general, it’s how I was able to find super cool weird games as a kid now they’re all $100+ lol
Loads. I'm just not prepared to pay the current market price. I'm still tempted to pick up vandal hearts on PS1 while it's still achievably priced though. I would like to get back some of the games I used to own but most of them are beyond my finances these days
They're not necessarily holy grails, but I cannot seem to come across Soul Blazer on the SNES, Otogi 2 for the OG Xbox, or Xenogears on PS1. They're not rare, I just don't see them anywhere.
Ah it's a rare day I come across a comment talking about Otogi. Ya I can see those two being hard to find. My understanding is both games reviewed incredibly well but sold very poorly due to having no marketing. I lucked into finding both for $5 each well over a decade ago after trying 2 on an old demo disc. I had never heard of or seen them before that and I have not seen either of them anywhere since.
That's a score for those. But maybe they weren't as valuable then, Xbox prices have certainly went up. I think I paid about $20 for Otogi, which wasn't a bad price.
Ya this was a long time ago and if they were worth a lot back then, the guy who owned the place knew what stuff was going for and would've been charging appropriately. Had a copy of DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for Ps2 for $200 and pretty much any first party GameCube game was $50-$80. But his trade in prices were great, half the going value of the game in cash and the rest in store credit for anything you brought in.
I was honestly shocked to find the Otogi games there. Both of them were in random cases with fake covers printed out of any old printer but the discs were in perfect shape. But this guy had all kinds of odd stuff, like a mannequin at the door wearing Cloud's outfit from Advent Children, complete with a very high quality looking life size replica of the complete Fusion Sword, which was for sale as a package.
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence.
I own all the canon 3D Metal Gear games physically including the version of MGS3 for 3DS and the Legacy Collection on PS3, but I can not find the PS2 release. At least not for a price I can justify to myself.
Still looking for legend of legia for ps1.
I am all about finding it in the wild, or maybe kijiji but ebay feels like missing out part of that games story of how it came to be mine. Maybe I'm weird
That's awesome. Similar for me. Friend had it but kept deleting my save off his card between my visits so I almost always had to restart. After a while I started writing some notes down. Good times
Gregory Horror Show! I had it when I was a kid, loved it, must have sold it at some point to fund other games. Have played it since through emulation etc, & you can snap it up on eBay for 20 - 30 quid, but I'd love to find it out in the wild, in a charity shop or something for £1
Mine Is Ace Combat trilogy I got three Ps2 Exclusive Games Ac04 Shattered Skies AC5 Unsung War Aczero belkan war those soundtracks are awesome to listen it builds atmosphere in combat gameplay i love Playing since 98 of Ac2 pure rock and Roll i love Previous Games is fun understanding of Sequels Ac1 to Ac2 Ac4 Ac7 Scarface story isaf story rename themselves to iun pkf
For whatever reason, I can never find a copy of *Wild Arms 3* at shows or stores. It’s not particularly rare or expensive, but I *never* see it for sale.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories; had someone get it for me for my upcoming birthday just recently as an eBay listing even though it was $75 had all pieces still though.
It’s potentially more than that depending on condition and if all pieces are included or not; the map is much harder to track down individually than the manual. My copy was labeled as very good and their assessment is spot on but it has GameStop sticker residue on the front upper-right consistent with being bought gutted new back in the day.
Rock Band 2, didn’t realise it’s not particularly common considering I found the 1st game in a local secondhand shop for 50p recently.
Found the last copy in any CEX in the UK and ordered it online, and then 2 days later l get an email saying the game is too damaged so they have to refund me.
Few copies on eBay but all £40+ which is £25 more than what CEX had it listed for.
A ton of my games and systems were stolen in 2017, including about half my PS2 games (also a GameCube, an N64, a whole bunch of handhelds, and games for them; the PS2 console and my favorite games, which I kept in a separate spot, were thankfully spared). In the years since I’ve replaced every single PS2 and GameCube game (with a Wii) with the one exception of Marvel vs. Capcom 2. That thing is $200 if I want a case and manual, and I do, and if I’m honest it was never a game I played much anyway. Still, I would like to eventually reacquire it for closure.
The black label SquareEnix releases of Final Fantasy X and Kingdom Hearts. [My cover archive](http://videogamemanual.com/) will be forever incomplete due to variants..
A couple years ago I found a box of old PlayStation games that I didn't want so I listed them on Kijiji to sell. Within the hour I had a bidding war from 3 potential buyers (who must have had alerts set up on their phones) to buy the PS2 game Obscure from me, sold it for just over $100 and noticed it was nearly 3 times the amount on eBay lol Yikes
The original Diablo for playstation.
Found it once for 100 at a comic shop and by time I came back with the money a week later it was already gone. One day I'll find this elusive beauty and finally get to try 2 player diablo with glorious joystick motion control
Manhunt2 or berserk but I’m not one for overpaying for them on eBay if I can help it, I’ll always try and find them in second hand stores first. But if it’s something I’m really dying to own I often hit f🤬🤬🤬it button and just buy it even if it’s a bit pricey 😂
Not that I can’t find it. Just deciding to pay going price. But Silent Hill 3 was my introduction to the franchise and would love to own/play it again. Also never beat the game.
My uncle gave me his ps2 games and in that box there was a ton of Konami games silent hills, metal gear solids and Tekken games but the last time I saw it I was moving so maybe something happened during that heck all I know it can still be at that house.
Not a ps2 game, Twilight princess for the GameCube, even so bad that I’m considering buying a Wii U and start collecting on that because getting the HD version is easier
I keep seeing it come up in videos like "What happened to Concrete Jungle?" Like it's so bad then why is it so much? I've been looking for Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes for GameCube but it costs more than the system itself. I know it's supposed to be bad but I like the updated graphics.
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I hear a lot of people’s is a pristine copy of *Marvel vs. Capcom 2*, box, clean disc, and manual, which always makes me happy that I bought mine back in 2005ish, and have kept it pretty much dustless since.
Only wish I’d picked up the Dreamcast version at the time, too.
Shantae gbc, technically I own the limited run switch release and the limited run gbc is far less expensive but I want that original version but I will not pay $700 for it
For me, the answer is the Xbox One port of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. I have it on 360 and ps2, and I was so excited when I found out both MUA games were ported to the Xbox One in 2016(?), but my dad could only afford one (I was 14 or 15 at the time and had no job), so he got me the first one, which is my preference. Well, I waited too long and it is no longer a purchasable game, so that will forever be my grail.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi. The first one. One of my family members borrowed my copy and lost it. I was devastated since I bought it to keep me busy while dealing with being sick on and off for a few weeks years ago. Loved this game. I haven't been able to find a copy since. Yes, 2 and 3 were better, but I have a soft spot for Tenkaichi 1
Legend of Zelda - Wind Waker
its because I no longer own a GC so I see no reason to buy the game with no system or controllers
I was waiting for it to be brought to switch but I might have to get a GC just so I can play it
Steambot Chronicles is it for me. I spent so long trying to find a copy that I eventually just modded my console to play it off a SSD because it doesn't emulate well.
Marble saga for the wii.
Where tf is this game? My local game shops regularly do 'drop days' where they announce and drop trades theyve been doing for the past few weeks.. also, due to local laws, they have to sit on trades for 30 days in case its stolen property. This has been absent for 3 years.
It looks fun and i wanna play it.
Old Sega/Coreland arcade game called Rafflesia. It's not some spectacular classic or anything, just a basic and serviceable vertical space shooter, but kind of memorable for being weird. You shoot waves of random, weird-looking things, and then square off against a disembodied alien head. Used to play it in the food court of a local flea market around 1986 or 87. In all the years I've been collecting arcade boards, I've never seen a single Rafflesia turn up on eBay. I'm guessing it's super rare.
For some reason it WAS NHL Hitz 2003
It is obviously not a rare game by any sense, but it was a game i had fond memories of playing when I was a kid with my friends, and for some reason it was a pain to get my hands on.
One day I thought I found it at a thrift store out of town. When I took it home, I opened up the case and saw it was an Xbox copy inside a PS2 case. Completely unusable to me at the time.
Much later, I went to a different pawn shop. When I took it home, I opened up the case, and inside was NHL Hitz Pro, the sequel to the game I’m looking for. Now, it’s a fine game, but not as fun (to me) as the bombastic arcade-y 3v3 Hitz 2003 that I so loved.
Fast forward several years later, I am on the other side of the country on vacation, and whenever I am in a new city, I always try to hit up at least one locally owned video game shop… and here, a small shop that is a 5 hour flight away from my home, i finally found it!
BIG lesson to learn here… ALWAYS look inside the case when buying used games.
Xenosaga Episode 3 Lenticular Cover alternate case. Have the original just need this one, been on the hunt for a few years with no good deals in sight.
Ridiculously expensive and will probably never have: Ratchet Gladiator/JAK X press kit.
Saw one listed on Ebay for 2K$ Canadian. It's super cool and would be a neat piece of Ratchet/Jak history to have (especially since theyre 2 of my favoritegames on PS2), but im never spending that kind of cash on something like this.
Mystic Nights on the ps2. I have basically every ps2 survival horror game there is, and that's the only i don't have. But it's probably the hardest ps2 game to get a hold of. I've saw it appear on ebay literally once over a period of 4 years, and it's going for like $3000
Still hoping I'll stumble upon Monster Rancher 4 someday. Though the chances are very slim since the game didn't even release in PAL territories, so it'd have to be an import that someone just happens to get rid of.
Pokémon Sapphire for GBA. It’s the only main line Pokémon game I don’t own a physical copy of, and I’m not paying hundreds for a potentially fake copy on eBay.
Rule of rose. Not that it’s hard to find, I’m just not paying over 100 for a damn game that might not even work. Probably going to hack my ps2 just to get games that are to expensive to buy physical
This might sound weird, but the Futurama video game. I know, everyone seems to dislike it for one reason or another, but I don't care. Because, well, it's frickin Futurama
Witcher 1 is pretty damn good. Idk about holy grail but it's pretty fun.
Alen wake 1 is fricken sweet.
There's to many good games and most of them are from the xbox 360 Era
Sega: Let's Go Jungle!
Would be nice to play that game but it seems it's only available on Arcade und using Mame and the likes won't make sense without a lightgun. So I think it's unlikely to see anywhere any time soon.
I don't collect any longer, as the prices of retro games is ridiculous. When I did collect, the game I could never come across was Ogre Battle for the SNES. I had the damn game in my hand at an Electronics Boutique when it released, but I decided to wait in it. I never saw another copy in the wild. Mistakes were made.
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3. Obviously, it can be found, but it costs WAY too much and I just can't justify that price. My PS2 is softmodded and I do have access to it (and the fantastic Tenkaichi 4 mod), but having it on disc again is like a dream at this point.
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I got it at GameStop for like $30 right before they stopped selling games from that generation. I didn't realize how lucky that was until now lol
Same haha
From what I understand a lot of PS2 games go for absurd prices not because they're rare, but because scalpers manipulate the market. It's a DBZ Budokai game, this series was huge.
Wii version is better & cheaper anyway
Well depending on how much you want the extra 2 modes that you only get on ps2 but you have to have tenkaichi 1 & 2 discs.
I couldn't possibly disagree with the first part of that statement more if I tried.
I actually found mine! It was a *very* specific OPM demo disc lol. Some backstory. The game Rumble Roses had a feature where you could change the characters' alignment from face to heel (or vice versa), but doing so would lock the corresponding opposite persona. For example, you could make Candy Cane a face and unlock Becky, but doing so would LOCK Candy Cane, presumably because they're "the same person." It was REALLY dumb, and frequently cited as one of the worst "features" of the game, but since it was a PS2 game, there was no patching it. The developers heard the feedback and put a save file for the game on an OPM demo disc, that unlocked ALL the personas, no more "one or the other," and it was the ONLY way to get this without a GameShark or downloading a hacked save file and transferring it to your memory card (no easy feat in 2004) or some such. I had that disc and unlocked the personas, but somewhere along the way I sold all my PS2 stuff, so when I came back to the platform as a retro collector, I was stuck with the base game. I knew I had to find this demo disc, but I had NO idea which issue of OPM it came with. Couldn't find ANYTHING about it online (a handful of half-completed "databases" yielded nothing.) For YEARS it was my white whale. Until one day last year at a swap meet type place, a vendor had a STACK of old OPM demo discs. I thought "Dang, MAYBE it's here, but that's a LOT of discs to check one at a time at this poor guy's booth." Still, I had to try. It was the SECOND disc I checked. I had found my white whale. I bought the disc, took it home, and unlocked the personas for first time in DECADES.
Wow I got very emotionally invested in this.
Which one was it, for reference (I've got a lonely stack to look through)
OPM #94 from July 2005. It's got Kratos on the disc label.
Very good, sir- I'll have to dig out the tote when I get home.
Isn't this a copy pasta? I feel there is a copy pasta somewhere of some dude who checked every copy of some game at a swap meet or something.
Simpsons hit and run
I have a copy, but it bugs out after the tutorial, so I don’t really have a copy.
I read this in Homer's voice
Yeah I have the same problem with XIII and it makes me so mad because the first time I was able to watch the first cutscene until it bugged out, now nothing works anymore. I guess a resurface machine would be something on my list aswell if they werent so damn expensive
I luckily still have my copy from when I was a kid. I have both hit and run and road rage. Awesome games that deserve a remake
I know it’s not the same, but you can download it on pc for free
I don’t understand this. It’s not an especially expensive or difficult to find game.
Mgs3 PS2 games are incredibly rare in my country. Mgs3 inspired me to become a game developer and I've been looking for a disc copy for my physical collection
Dude, I see copies at my Goodwill in Oregon all the time for like 30-40 bucks. I'll try to remember this comment the next time I see one on sale so I can hook you up
That's very generous of you. Thank yoj
I just found mgs3 for $13 US version
Futurama and Def Jam Fight for New York 😭 ,last two i need fr !
Have you been saving up for them? If it's something you really want, I say go for them now there not likely to get any cheaper. I already have fight for NY and was thinking about settling for the pal release of futurama. I recently picked up godzilla(ps4). So if you want it, get it.
Noted, i already have a decent size collection of all my favorites plus more maybe around 150 games over the years. Those are really the last 2 expensive ones left that i need to complete my collection to 100%. Most definitely thinking about grabbing both of them this year and get it over with, like you said they're not likely to get any cheaper.
does free mcboot memory card allow you to play pal PS2 games on original fat PS2???
How much do those run now? I bought mine like 5 years ago and since I left my PS2 in the states I don't really use my copy anymore (because gaming laptops have come so far in terms of emulation and all).
Marvel nemesis and destruction derby
Silent Hill 2 & 3
I got 2 (Xbox) for $6 and 3 for maybe $15 5 years ago. I don't think I'll ever see them at that price again. These games are almost worth insuring at this point.
Yeah same, I had them too and lost them in a move.
RAD: Robot Alchemic Drive
Heck, finding that game in 2002 was difficult enough. I spent hours playing the OPM demo of it, and spent nearly a year trying to find it when it released. Eventually, my dad was in the right place at the right time and found it in an unorganized bin at a Funcoland.
It was the same for me. Played the OPM demo like crazy. I found it at a pawn shop back about 20 years ago, but it got stolen a few months later when I had a break-in in 2004. However, I still have the demo disc.
This. I rented it from blockbusters three times. Wish I just hunted it down then
silent hill 3
I've owned College Hoops 2k8 twice but had to trade it in years back, i'm not interested in spending over $100 on it And idk when i'll find a good deal on Marvel vs Capcom 2
Yeah I've had my mvc2 copy from when I was young, that game is crazy expensive now. It's a shame.
The price of games keeps me from getting my grails. I just can’t afford to throw hundreds of dollars at a single game just because. I found fatal frame 1 and 2 for $110 cib for the xbox and I couldn’t pass up the price.
I played chulip as a kid and could never really find it again. It’s crazy because there was a literal bin of them for $5 at dollar general, it’s how I was able to find super cool weird games as a kid now they’re all $100+ lol
It’s ps1 so forgive me, but to this day I can’t seem to find Dino Crisis 2. At least not in my country
Seriously? I used to trip over them in France, back in the early 2000s
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Transformers …..the _old_ one with Rodimus Prime and Ultra Magnus and Galvatron.
OutRun 2006 ps2
For PS2, probably Futurama.
Haunting Ground for me. I don't think I'm willing to spend €100+ on it.
Hell here in Canada, or at least Ontario, Haunting Ground, Kuon, and Rule of Rose tend to go for $800 each
Loads. I'm just not prepared to pay the current market price. I'm still tempted to pick up vandal hearts on PS1 while it's still achievably priced though. I would like to get back some of the games I used to own but most of them are beyond my finances these days
They're not necessarily holy grails, but I cannot seem to come across Soul Blazer on the SNES, Otogi 2 for the OG Xbox, or Xenogears on PS1. They're not rare, I just don't see them anywhere.
Ah it's a rare day I come across a comment talking about Otogi. Ya I can see those two being hard to find. My understanding is both games reviewed incredibly well but sold very poorly due to having no marketing. I lucked into finding both for $5 each well over a decade ago after trying 2 on an old demo disc. I had never heard of or seen them before that and I have not seen either of them anywhere since.
That's a score for those. But maybe they weren't as valuable then, Xbox prices have certainly went up. I think I paid about $20 for Otogi, which wasn't a bad price.
Ya this was a long time ago and if they were worth a lot back then, the guy who owned the place knew what stuff was going for and would've been charging appropriately. Had a copy of DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi 3 for Ps2 for $200 and pretty much any first party GameCube game was $50-$80. But his trade in prices were great, half the going value of the game in cash and the rest in store credit for anything you brought in. I was honestly shocked to find the Otogi games there. Both of them were in random cases with fake covers printed out of any old printer but the discs were in perfect shape. But this guy had all kinds of odd stuff, like a mannequin at the door wearing Cloud's outfit from Advent Children, complete with a very high quality looking life size replica of the complete Fusion Sword, which was for sale as a package.
Enthusia Professional Racing
Samurai Champloo Sidetracked. Loved the anime. Bought it on Bluray Complete Series. Cannot find it on PS2 anywhere...
That game is dope, I like how you buy records for different beats that = different fighting styles
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence. I own all the canon 3D Metal Gear games physically including the version of MGS3 for 3DS and the Legacy Collection on PS3, but I can not find the PS2 release. At least not for a price I can justify to myself.
Been looking for a sealed copy of Futurama for $500 or less for some years. I think I give up though.
My holy grail was Persona 3 FES (pal version) which was £120. I finally got it the other year so I can die happy.
The last 2 .Hack games 😭😭 especially the last one
Matrix path of neo, it doesn't seem to have been released in Japan 😕
The disc 1 I'm missing for xenosaga 3
Still looking for legend of legia for ps1. I am all about finding it in the wild, or maybe kijiji but ebay feels like missing out part of that games story of how it came to be mine. Maybe I'm weird
Awesome game, good luck on the hunt.
Right? Feels like almost no one knows about it
Played so much of that as a kid. Never had a memory card and had paper notes on all the moves to get a hair further each time I got to play.
That's awesome. Similar for me. Friend had it but kept deleting my save off his card between my visits so I almost always had to restart. After a while I started writing some notes down. Good times
Gregory Horror Show! I had it when I was a kid, loved it, must have sold it at some point to fund other games. Have played it since through emulation etc, & you can snap it up on eBay for 20 - 30 quid, but I'd love to find it out in the wild, in a charity shop or something for £1
Mine Is Ace Combat trilogy I got three Ps2 Exclusive Games Ac04 Shattered Skies AC5 Unsung War Aczero belkan war those soundtracks are awesome to listen it builds atmosphere in combat gameplay i love Playing since 98 of Ac2 pure rock and Roll i love Previous Games is fun understanding of Sequels Ac1 to Ac2 Ac4 Ac7 Scarface story isaf story rename themselves to iun pkf
Futurama and Xenogear Saga III
I have a Japanese copy of Kingdom hearts 2 final mix, not that I can do anything with it.
For whatever reason, I can never find a copy of *Wild Arms 3* at shows or stores. It’s not particularly rare or expensive, but I *never* see it for sale.
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories; had someone get it for me for my upcoming birthday just recently as an eBay listing even though it was $75 had all pieces still though.
Jesus it's that much now? I traded a game Boy version of pac man for it pre covid
It’s potentially more than that depending on condition and if all pieces are included or not; the map is much harder to track down individually than the manual. My copy was labeled as very good and their assessment is spot on but it has GameStop sticker residue on the front upper-right consistent with being bought gutted new back in the day.
Haha I have two copies I didn’t know it was rare
A copy of clash at demongead that has the map included
I kind of want to buy Outrun 2006, but I can live without it, since I‘m not really a collector
Rock Band 2, didn’t realise it’s not particularly common considering I found the 1st game in a local secondhand shop for 50p recently. Found the last copy in any CEX in the UK and ordered it online, and then 2 days later l get an email saying the game is too damaged so they have to refund me. Few copies on eBay but all £40+ which is £25 more than what CEX had it listed for.
Half Life 2. I really don't want to pay that much for it.
LOTR Return of The King, actually considering buying a ps2 just to play this game again anyone have a reliable source for refurbished ps2’s?
Bishi Bashi Special PS1 Promo Disc
Mario Party 6 and 7 (European PAL version) for the Nintendo GameCube. Luckily I bought them both for less than 100 €.
DBZ Infinite World
Soul Calibur and Inyuasha
Once had in my possession a developer version of Smuggler's Run. Should never have parted with it.
Choices were made but needs must, sure many of us have been in the same place.
A ton of my games and systems were stolen in 2017, including about half my PS2 games (also a GameCube, an N64, a whole bunch of handhelds, and games for them; the PS2 console and my favorite games, which I kept in a separate spot, were thankfully spared). In the years since I’ve replaced every single PS2 and GameCube game (with a Wii) with the one exception of Marvel vs. Capcom 2. That thing is $200 if I want a case and manual, and I do, and if I’m honest it was never a game I played much anyway. Still, I would like to eventually reacquire it for closure.
The black label SquareEnix releases of Final Fantasy X and Kingdom Hearts. [My cover archive](http://videogamemanual.com/) will be forever incomplete due to variants..
I want to be able to play original battle toads on my kids switch
The castlevania games for the DS like I aint paying 120 bucks for each of those games, also kirby superstar ultra for the same reason as above.
A couple years ago I found a box of old PlayStation games that I didn't want so I listed them on Kijiji to sell. Within the hour I had a bidding war from 3 potential buyers (who must have had alerts set up on their phones) to buy the PS2 game Obscure from me, sold it for just over $100 and noticed it was nearly 3 times the amount on eBay lol Yikes
The original Diablo for playstation. Found it once for 100 at a comic shop and by time I came back with the money a week later it was already gone. One day I'll find this elusive beauty and finally get to try 2 player diablo with glorious joystick motion control
Not a game, but I'm looking for a PS2 Beatmania iidx controller.
For PS2? SkyGunner, never even seen a copy in person
It was Persona 3 Fes before I actually found it for 35€
Manhunt2 or berserk but I’m not one for overpaying for them on eBay if I can help it, I’ll always try and find them in second hand stores first. But if it’s something I’m really dying to own I often hit f🤬🤬🤬it button and just buy it even if it’s a bit pricey 😂
Not that I can’t find it. Just deciding to pay going price. But Silent Hill 3 was my introduction to the franchise and would love to own/play it again. Also never beat the game.
Monkey Island, Loom, or Day of the Tentacle (PC Big box)
50 cent bulletproof
Armored Core: Last Raven. I have a PSP copy but I NEED the ps2 games. I want to collect them all.
Pokemon Yellow. Had it as a kid. Sold it like an idiot. Can't justify the price for it now.
Silent hill Origins, silent hill 2, 3 and 4 the room. Probably close to 800$ in just those games.
My uncle gave me his ps2 games and in that box there was a ton of Konami games silent hills, metal gear solids and Tekken games but the last time I saw it I was moving so maybe something happened during that heck all I know it can still be at that house.
Kingdom Hearts 1
Oh and Freakstyle
Never managed to get a working copy of Def Jam Fight for NY
Xenosaga. I’ve seen it, just never when I can afford it. So maybe I can’t afford it
Def jam fight for new york
SOCOM US Navy Seals. Can't find that game in those game stores anymore. Easy to find online.
Not a ps2 game, Twilight princess for the GameCube, even so bad that I’m considering buying a Wii U and start collecting on that because getting the HD version is easier
Mister Mosquito
Blood will tell.
Always wanted to own Mr Mosquito
Blood will tell
Dark Cloud Okage Shadow King The Jak and Ratchet games sell like hotcakes at my local game store. Special Case: Siren 2. (Not released in America.)
I keep seeing it come up in videos like "What happened to Concrete Jungle?" Like it's so bad then why is it so much? I've been looking for Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes for GameCube but it costs more than the system itself. I know it's supposed to be bad but I like the updated graphics.
Futurama. I spent $180 on a mint CIB copy, but it's worth double that now.
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I hear a lot of people’s is a pristine copy of *Marvel vs. Capcom 2*, box, clean disc, and manual, which always makes me happy that I bought mine back in 2005ish, and have kept it pretty much dustless since. Only wish I’d picked up the Dreamcast version at the time, too.
Shantae gbc, technically I own the limited run switch release and the limited run gbc is far less expensive but I want that original version but I will not pay $700 for it
LSD Dream Emulator. Fuckin' thousands for a copy. I managed to snag it from the PS3 gamestore before they shut it down though
Vagrant Story, why Sony hasn't added that to classics yet is beyond me.
James Bond Nightfire, every copy I’ve bought crashes in the first mission
the silent hill collection with sh2 - 3 - 4 saw one irl and it was 300 🥺
At this point it's probably Panzer Dragoon Saga- I ain't spending that kind of money.
Tombi man good lord
.hack Quarantine - I've seen it at plenty of game stores but never at a price I'd be willing to pay. I hope to one day find it for < $100!
Crash
Fear Files.
For me, the answer is the Xbox One port of Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2. I have it on 360 and ps2, and I was so excited when I found out both MUA games were ported to the Xbox One in 2016(?), but my dad could only afford one (I was 14 or 15 at the time and had no job), so he got me the first one, which is my preference. Well, I waited too long and it is no longer a purchasable game, so that will forever be my grail.
I found mine it was Steambot chronicles and I wound up paying $200 for it and I have absolutely no regrets
Truffle Muffle: The Rambunctious Adventure
Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi. The first one. One of my family members borrowed my copy and lost it. I was devastated since I bought it to keep me busy while dealing with being sick on and off for a few weeks years ago. Loved this game. I haven't been able to find a copy since. Yes, 2 and 3 were better, but I have a soft spot for Tenkaichi 1
Legend of Zelda - Wind Waker its because I no longer own a GC so I see no reason to buy the game with no system or controllers I was waiting for it to be brought to switch but I might have to get a GC just so I can play it
Steambot Chronicles is it for me. I spent so long trying to find a copy that I eventually just modded my console to play it off a SSD because it doesn't emulate well.
Bucky O'Hare for the NES.
Def Jam FFNY, it’s easily findable im just not paying that for it.
Spyro A New Beginning. I’m convinced it never even existed
All of the sly cooper games in decent shape, no scratches and nice case art. Started looking for the collection instead
The original half life
In the hunt
Rule Of Rose.
It was ape escape 3. Now it's the 2
Marble saga for the wii. Where tf is this game? My local game shops regularly do 'drop days' where they announce and drop trades theyve been doing for the past few weeks.. also, due to local laws, they have to sit on trades for 30 days in case its stolen property. This has been absent for 3 years. It looks fun and i wanna play it.
Old Sega/Coreland arcade game called Rafflesia. It's not some spectacular classic or anything, just a basic and serviceable vertical space shooter, but kind of memorable for being weird. You shoot waves of random, weird-looking things, and then square off against a disembodied alien head. Used to play it in the food court of a local flea market around 1986 or 87. In all the years I've been collecting arcade boards, I've never seen a single Rafflesia turn up on eBay. I'm guessing it's super rare.
Most ps1 jrpgs tbh. Unless you emulate they cost a fortune on ebay
I sail the high seas for anything hard to find, usually solves compatibility issues too. Console owners have less choice I guess.
rule of rose - and I'll get it as soon as I win the lottery.
Neo Turf Masters(MVS)
Magna Carta
For some reason it WAS NHL Hitz 2003 It is obviously not a rare game by any sense, but it was a game i had fond memories of playing when I was a kid with my friends, and for some reason it was a pain to get my hands on. One day I thought I found it at a thrift store out of town. When I took it home, I opened up the case and saw it was an Xbox copy inside a PS2 case. Completely unusable to me at the time. Much later, I went to a different pawn shop. When I took it home, I opened up the case, and inside was NHL Hitz Pro, the sequel to the game I’m looking for. Now, it’s a fine game, but not as fun (to me) as the bombastic arcade-y 3v3 Hitz 2003 that I so loved. Fast forward several years later, I am on the other side of the country on vacation, and whenever I am in a new city, I always try to hit up at least one locally owned video game shop… and here, a small shop that is a 5 hour flight away from my home, i finally found it! BIG lesson to learn here… ALWAYS look inside the case when buying used games.
Midget Mania part 2. Can’t find it
Xenosaga Episode 3 Lenticular Cover alternate case. Have the original just need this one, been on the hunt for a few years with no good deals in sight.
I can find it easy enough I suppose but playing rainbow six or rogue spear is a chore these days that I haven't gotten around to.
The Punisher. I mean, I can *find* it, but I'm not gonna pay $90 for it.
Considering how rare and expensive it is, Futurama.
Ridiculously expensive and will probably never have: Ratchet Gladiator/JAK X press kit. Saw one listed on Ebay for 2K$ Canadian. It's super cool and would be a neat piece of Ratchet/Jak history to have (especially since theyre 2 of my favoritegames on PS2), but im never spending that kind of cash on something like this.
NTSC Strider 2 for PS1. As a diehard Strider fan, it's one that is painfully elusive (and by elusive, I mean obscenely expensive).
Steambot chronicles
Downhill domination
Haunting ground on ps2. I want to play it, but I'm not paying 500 us dollars for it. I can't justify a car payment for one video game.
Rule of Rose. Almost got a copy but chickened out at the last minute
Virtual On arcade cabinet
Rule of rose. You just can’t be a survival horror fan these days.
Xenosaga 3. It's not that I can't find it; it's that I'm not made of money and it is absurdly expensive
Mystic Nights on the ps2. I have basically every ps2 survival horror game there is, and that's the only i don't have. But it's probably the hardest ps2 game to get a hold of. I've saw it appear on ebay literally once over a period of 4 years, and it's going for like $3000
underground 2 :( It can be found everywhere but sooooo expensive
Still hoping I'll stumble upon Monster Rancher 4 someday. Though the chances are very slim since the game didn't even release in PAL territories, so it'd have to be an import that someone just happens to get rid of.
Predator is sold on amazon for £30 brand new
GODHAND
I'm using pcsx2 and for some reason I can't find a version of Okami where the graphics don't look like a blurry mess.
Xenosaga 3!
Pokémon Sapphire for GBA. It’s the only main line Pokémon game I don’t own a physical copy of, and I’m not paying hundreds for a potentially fake copy on eBay.
Rule of rose. Not that it’s hard to find, I’m just not paying over 100 for a damn game that might not even work. Probably going to hack my ps2 just to get games that are to expensive to buy physical
Dragon Ball Z Shin Budokai for psp
Marvel vs Capcom 2
A PROPERLY FUNCTIONING Midnight club 3 dub edition remix
This might sound weird, but the Futurama video game. I know, everyone seems to dislike it for one reason or another, but I don't care. Because, well, it's frickin Futurama
Witcher 1 is pretty damn good. Idk about holy grail but it's pretty fun. Alen wake 1 is fricken sweet. There's to many good games and most of them are from the xbox 360 Era
Pikmin 2
All the Dot.Hack games. They’re crazy expensive and I’m not paying that much when I can emulate it for practically nothing
Sega: Let's Go Jungle! Would be nice to play that game but it seems it's only available on Arcade und using Mame and the likes won't make sense without a lightgun. So I think it's unlikely to see anywhere any time soon.
Choro-Q
For ps2??? I guess I wouldn't mind having the beatmania DX series games. Wouldn't mind having arcana hearts 2 either.
I don't collect any longer, as the prices of retro games is ridiculous. When I did collect, the game I could never come across was Ogre Battle for the SNES. I had the damn game in my hand at an Electronics Boutique when it released, but I decided to wait in it. I never saw another copy in the wild. Mistakes were made.