The rare of the rare =

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Be grateful that you can get the quality games for next to nothing.

 

In Japanese stores they are always displayed if they are included.

 

The review (in french) is online : http://nekofan.free.fr/

 

Not 100% true. Games in Hard Off or Book Off sometimes tend to hide the spine inside the case. Always a nice surprise when you open it at home

As for those Kid's Station collection, it still could be the case, that they keep the spines inside the jewel case, since putting back the spines to where they belong is always a little bit risky, because each time you have to bend them for-and backward once. So regarding the high price and high rarity level, it might not be the best idea, since one of those spines probably are more worth than a mint-cib dracula x.

 

Yes, this is very true. When I go game shopping in Manga Soko I'm always looking down the clear part of the CD case to see if there's a spine card in there. People must think I'm mad, :lol:

Yakumo

 

OBI HANTÂ YAKUMO:lol:

 

What exactly is so special on it ?

 

Beside its rareness, probably not that much.

 

Why become such uninteresting games so expansive ?

 

You have the answer right there (and a few posts up): Nobody buys uninteresting games -> they become rare -> they become expensive :nod:

 

Indeed, apart from a few holy grails that have appeared through the years (betas of popular games, unreleased stuff like Starfox2 and Sonic Xtreme) and others that are yet to be discovered, the rest is composed of weird and mostly uninteresting games which its only virtue is to just be rare, to exist in very small quantities.

Quoted for Truth:nod:

 

Well, I don't think quality really matters when the price is in the thousands. It's all about owning rare pieces of gaming history and most people won't even take those games out of their boxes more than once due to its value.

No need bashing bad hibaihin's here, or maybe it's just a question of aims in collecting. If I had the money to spare, I'd definitely go for hibaihins of which only a handful exist and that cost 5000$.
Now the games that are actually fun to play can mostly be had for 20-150$, go figure...

 

My point is that for a game to be a part of history it had to be relevant in some aspect, to really made a footprint in the genre.

A bad game nobody bought doesnt qualify as collectible to me, is like those guys dying over tossed test recordings from bands, even if its just a cassette full of farts sounds.

 

I see your point, but I still do disagree. I still think it's fun to collect very rare, dull items. I don't own much of them, but the ones I own that are actually valuable, I'd never sell even though they are a pain in the ass to "play" (like Super Keirin for Saturn... argh). They just seem so interesting and odd, an aspect of collecting that I wouldn't give up for any good game that came along.

Though I have to admit that tossed test recordings can be quite an odd thing. Remember when Michael Jackson died and weeks later that "lost song" turned up, distributed as a new post-mortem CD release by MJ? That had to be the biggest pile of shite I've ever seen with the name Michael Jackson on it! Damn, there was a reason why Michael didn't want that lame ripoff of "Horse with no name" to be published...

 

I'm not saying its completely useless, but to pay thousands of dollars for some old low quality shovelware seems pointless to me.

Now, if you find those in a 99cents bin then go ahead: the plastic alone is worth more than that.

 

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! I Love it!

 

I asked for its price but it's not for sale atm (as assumed). they probably wait till they will get the ten-key controller as well to make it complete. the spines are hidden in the cases. so they seem to be complete so far.

 

It's a piece of gaming history and an investment, anything else is pure conjecture

 

Hello,

Resume HERE with pictures. (in french )

It say it was distribued in one school near Tokyo only and and no more for the bad quality of programs. His is thinking that after, stock in factory was destroyed.