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The Holy Grails of Console Collecting

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the indiana-jones-worthy dept.

Retrogaming with Racketboy has up a feature looking at some of the 'holy grails' of console collecting. These are titles worthy of long, hard searches through auctions and used game stores ... both for their quality and their rarity. From the article: "16. Star Fox: Super Weekend/Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartridge, Estimated Price (Loose): $200. If there was a big one-two punch in Nintendo's fight against Sega's Genesis, Star Fox and Donkey Kong Country would be it. While the main retail games may not be rare at all, there was a special package that is quite desirable. The Star Fox: Super Weekend and Donkey Kong Country Competition cartridges were used by Blockbuster Video in tournaments held within the store, and never received a true commercial release. The winners of the tournaments would receive prizes such as jackets and sometimes even vacations."

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  1. The list by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    FOr those who don't crave writeups..

    20. Panzer Dragoon Saga (Sega Saturn; NTSC-U, PAL)
    19. Psychic Killer Taromaru (Sega Saturn; NTSC-J)
    18. Sonic the Hedgehog (Sega Master System; NTSC-U)
    17. Congo Bongo (Intellivision; NTSC-U)
    16. StarFox: Super Weekend/Donkey Kong Country Competition Cartidge (SNES; NTSC-U, PAL)
    15. Magical Chase (TurboGrafx 16; NTSC-U)
    14. Myriad 6 in 1 (NES; NTSC-U)
    13. Bounty Bob Strikes Back! (Atari 5200; NTSC-U)
    12. Mine Storm/Mine Storm II (Vectrex; NTSC-U)
    11. Bubble Bath Babes (NES; NTSC-U)
    10. Metal Slug (Neo Geo; NTSC-U)
    9. Atlantis II (Atari 2600; NTSC-U)
    8. Virtual Bowling/SD Gundam Dimension War (Virtual Boy; NTSC-J)
    7. Air Raid (Atari 2600; NTSC-U)
    6. Stadium Events (NES: NTSC-U)
    5. Bangai-O: Prize Edition (Sega Dreamcast: NTCS-J)
    4. Pepsi Invaders (Atari 2600; NTSC-U)
    3. 1990 Nintendo World Championships: Tournament Cartridge (NES; NTSC-U)
    2. Kizuna Encounter (Neo Geo; PAL)
    1. 1990 Nintendo World Championships: Gold Edition (NES; NTSC-U)

  2. Laptop 360 by Enderandrew · · Score: 2, Informative

    http://www.benheck.com/ - Ben Heck's XBox 360 Laptop. Only one in existance and it probably sold for several thousand considering it cost $1,200 in parts alone to make.

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