Any rare PC games?

[Sonicwolf]

I wonder how rare the original release of SimCity is in complete back with 3 and 5 inch floppy disks' for IBM compatibles.

[Cornelius]

This isn't complete, nor is it a list of 'OMG rare' games. Rather, it is a list of games worth picking up for all of us craphounds (thanks for that term K.S.). This is compiled from personal experience and games mentioned in this thread. A bunch of them listed in this thread are not listed because I couldn't verify, which probably means they are so rare you aren't likely to come across them anyway. Such a list of ultra rarities could be made, and would be cool, but it wouldn't be helpful a vast majority of the time.

If CIB or original is noted, it really needs to be in that condition to definitely be worthwhile, though it might still be if it is loose.

<<<list removed since it was out of date, pm me your email if you'd like my xcel file>>>


p.s. I'm happy to add to and tweak this list based on input if people are interested.

[Diatribal Deity]

I would add:

-Most if not all Avalon Hill strategy games especially if CIB
-The residents Bad Day on the Midway and Freakshow (value on these flctuate)
-Relentless: Twinsen's Odyssey
-Riana Rouge (one of the few comercially released AO games)
-Queen: The Eye

I'm trying to stick to more commercially available games that have not been mentioned although some of the older Avalon Hill games are probably not too common. These games tend to have decent value regardless of just in a jewel as well. I'll add more as they come to mind...

[Cornelius]

I would add:

-Most if not all Avalon Hill strategy games especially if CIB
-The residents Bad Day on the Midway and Freakshow (value on these flctuate)
-Relentless: Twinsen's Odyssey
-Riana Rouge (one of the few comercially released AO games)
-Queen: The Eye

I'm trying to stick to more commercially available games that have not been mentioned although some of the older Avalon Hill games are probably not too common. These games tend to have decent value regardless of just in a jewel as well. I'll add more as they come to mind...

Thanks for the suggestions. I've got a couple loose requirements for my list for additions:
-It has to be a specific game. 'Avalon Hill' games may be useful generally, but it just isn't the kind of list I'm making. And a quick search of Avalon Hill on eBay isn't too impressive (maybe I've got something wrong?)... which leads to...

-It has to be common enough to show up on eBay from time to time. This is a loose rule, but makes the list more useful to craphounds and beginner collectors. Yeah, this means I should take a few things off my list, but I like having a couple of the more 'grail-like' games around a la Akalabeth.

-Some of the games on the list are there because of personal affinity, not necessarily a lot of value (e.g. some of the monkey island games). I may remedy this as I go.

-If the game is for Mac only (or even C64, etc) that's fine, but please note that for me. Also if it is only the Mac version that is worth much, and not the PC version (or vice-versa) that'd be good to know, too.

Applying that to the above suggestions, and Bad Day on the Midway might make it (Freakshow doesn't appear to be worth much), but 'Avalon Hill' is too vague and I couldn't find the rest (and haven't otherwise heard of them in order to add them anyway).

Hope that doesn't sound harsh or anything, that's not my intent. Its just every list has to have some criteria. I threw up those 41 titles without even trying: obviously any 'PC' game list will get too big very fast. I'll limit this one to 50 at the most, and may pare down to 40.

[Diatribal Deity]

Thanks for the suggestions. I've got a couple loose requirements for my list for additions:
-It has to be a specific game. 'Avalon Hill' games may be useful generally, but it just isn't the kind of list I'm making. And a quick search of Avalon Hill on eBay isn't too impressive (maybe I've got something wrong?)... which leads to...

-It has to be common enough to show up on eBay from time to time. This is a loose rule, but makes the list more useful to craphounds and beginner collectors. Yeah, this means I should take a few things off my list, but I like having a couple of the more 'grail-like' games around a la Akalabeth.

-Some of the games on the list are there because of personal affinity, not necessarily a lot of value (e.g. some of the monkey island games). I may remedy this as I go.

-If the game is for Mac only (or even C64, etc) that's fine, but please note that for me. Also if it is only the Mac, and not the PC version (or vice-versa) that'd be good to know, too.

Applying that to the above suggestions, and Bad Day on the Midway might make it (Freakshow doesn't appear to be worth much), but 'Avalon Hill' is too vague and I couldn't find the rest (and haven't otherwise heard of them in order to add them anyway).

Hope that doesn't sound harsh or anything, that's not my intent. Its just every list has to have some criteria. I threw up those 41 titles without even trying: obviously any 'PC' game list will get too big very fast. I'll limit this one to 50 at the most, and may pare down to 40.

Absolutely. I see where you are coming from. I collect and play many adventure games so I am aware of all the valuable and more obscure titles. As a result of my research into these I also have become aware of various other genres and values. So how about a couple that fit your criteria better like:

- Loom (PC and MAC)
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (PC and MAC)
- Sam and Max Hit the Road (PC and MAC)
- Cival War Generals 2 (For PC by Sierra)
- Emperor: Battle for Dune (PC)


Also just for general info for those interested, I have been noticing an in increase over time in the value of Star Trek games. Here is a sampling of titles (the academy and command games tend to have the most value - the others maybe down the road):

STAR TREK JUDGEMENT RITES
STAR TREK ACADEMY
STAR TREK STARFLEET COMMAND
STAR TREK: SEEP SPACE NINE DOMINION WARS
STAR TREK STARFLEET COMMAND III
STAR TREK 25TH ANNIVERSARY
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION BIRTH OF THE FEDERATION
STAR TREK STARFLEET ACADEMY
STAR TREK STARFLEET COMMAND VOLUME II EMPIRES AT WAR
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION A FINAL UNITY
STAR TREK KLINGON ACADEMY

[Diatribal Deity]

Absolutely. I see where you are coming from. I collect and play many adventure games so I am aware of all the valuable and more obscure titles. As a result of my research into these I also have become aware of various other genres and values. So how about a couple that fit your criteria better like:

- Loom (PC and MAC)
- Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (PC and MAC)
- Sam and Max Hit the Road (PC and MAC)
- Cival War Generals 2 (For PC by Sierra)
- Emperor: Battle for Dune (PC)


Also just for general info for those interested, I have been noticing an in increase over time in the value of Star Trek games. Here is a sampling of titles (the academy and command games tend to have the most value - the others maybe down the road):

STAR TREK JUDGEMENT RITES
STAR TREK ACADEMY
STAR TREK STARFLEET COMMAND
STAR TREK: SEEP SPACE NINE DOMINION WARS
STAR TREK STARFLEET COMMAND III
STAR TREK 25TH ANNIVERSARY
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION BIRTH OF THE FEDERATION
STAR TREK STARFLEET ACADEMY
STAR TREK STARFLEET COMMAND VOLUME II EMPIRES AT WAR
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION A FINAL UNITY
STAR TREK KLINGON ACADEMY

OK here is another one I always forget to mention...

- Return of Arcade Anniversary Edition (Microsoft)

And if you ever come across the Soundtrack to the FPS Outlaws by Lucasarts - it has some great value. It was offered as a promo when the game originally came out. Obviously the soundtrack is already accessible on the game cd's, but this was offered separately in its own jewel - so keep your eyes peeled for it. It is not plentiful but may get mixed with music cd's at a thrift, thrown into a boxed version of the game, etc...

[Diatribal Deity]

OK here is another one I always forget to mention...

- Return of Arcade Anniversary Edition (Microsoft)

And if you ever come across the Soundtrack to the FPS Outlaws by Lucasarts - it has some great value. It was offered as a promo when the game originally came out. Obviously the soundtrack is already accessible on the game cd's, but this was offered separately in its own jewel - so keep your eyes peeled for it. It is not plentiful but may get mixed with music cd's at a thrift, thrown into a boxed version of the game, etc...

Here is the elusive Outlaws soundtrack...should end around $40-60 possibly a bit more. It should be a decent small gauge of the current PC collectable market.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...E:B:SS:US:1123


Hmmm...just noticed it's listed under music>cd's. Might be a good opportunity for someone.

[The 1 2 P]

This isn't complete, nor is it a list of 'OMG rare' games. Rather, it is a list of games worth picking up for all of us craphounds (thanks for that term K.S.). This is compiled from personal experience and games mentioned in this thread. A bunch of them listed in this thread are not listed because I couldn't verify, which probably means they are so rare you aren't likely to come across them anyway. Such a list of ultra rarities could be made, and would be cool, but it wouldn't be helpful a vast majority of the time.

If CIB or original is noted, it really needs to be in that condition to definitely be worthwhile, though it might still be if it is loose.

1 Akalabeth: World of Doom
2 American McGee's Alice (CIB, esp the butcher knife version)
3 Civil War Generals 2
4 Commander Keen (any? Boxed full versions)
5 Curse of Monkey Island
6 Day of the Tentacle
7 Diablo Hellfire expansion (CIB)
8 Duke Nukem: Nuclear Winter
9 Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
10 Elder Scrolls: Arena
11 Emperor: Battle for Dune
12 Escape from Monkey Island (CIB)
13 Fallout (original releases CIB)
14 Final Fantasy VII
15 Final Fantasy VIII (CIB)
16 Grim Fandango
17 id Anthology
18 Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis
19 Knights of Xentar (?)
20 Leisure Suit Larry Collections (CIB)
21 Leisure Suit Larry: Land of the Lounge Lizards (original CIB)
22 Loom
23 Magic the Gathering Duels of Planeswalkers (CIB ?)
24 Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (CIB)
25 Monkey Island Madness (compilation disc; may come sleeve w/ single sheet inst., but loose is fine)
26 MVP 2005 Baseball
27 Mystery House
28 NASCAR 2003
29 One Unit Whole Blood
30 Pacific General (CIB)
31 Planescape: Torment
32 Quarterstaff: the Tomb of Setmoth (Mac)
33 Quest for Glory Anthology
34 Secret of Monkey Island (CIB)
35 Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire Alpha Centauri Expansion (original CIB)
36 SimHealth (?)
37 Star Saga (any?)
38 Star Saga: Two - The Clathran Menace
39 Star Trek: Birth of the Federation
40 Star Trek: Starfleet Command III
41 Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
42 The Neverhood
43 Ultima ??? (any original CIB?)
44 Ultima IX Ascension: Dragon Edition
45 Wing Commander: The Kilrathi Saga
46 Wizardry VIII
47 X-Com Collector's Edition
48 Zork (original CIB)

You are the man Cornelius. Thank you so much for this list. It will now be an invaluable and indispensible tool during my Goodwill pilgrimages and I'm sure others will share my enthusiasm

[Jorpho]

The Journeyman Project Trilogy also springs to mind. I'm tempted to suggest Pegasus Prime, as well, but that was Mac (Power PC) only and likely falls into the obscure-but-not-pricey category.

[NayusDante]

The Journeyman Project Trilogy also springs to mind. I'm tempted to suggest Pegasus Prime, as well, but that was Mac (Power PC) only and likely falls into the obscure-but-not-pricey category.

I'm going to take a wild guess and say that I'm the resident Journeyman freak here. I followed the series from the beginning, so I have all five releases. I'm missing the original jewel case insert for JMP, but I still have the box. JMP Turbo, I got as a jewel-case release, so that's complete. BiT is complete save for the catalog, which I would LOVE to find again, I really wanted that TSA coffee mug... LoT is complete, I think, might have a reference card sitting around somewhere that I haven't put back in recently. They're all PC releases, so I wouldn't mind finding the original Mac ones as collectables. I bought PP about two years ago, so that's complete, think I even threw the shrinkwrap back in the box. There was one guy selling them new (still had a CompUSA sticker on it), so check eBay on that one. I wish I had a real Mac to play it on though, because emulation sucks and my PowerBook is too old to have a CD drive.

I was actually on that team that was doing a remake of JMP in the Source Engine. THAT was an interesting experience. Needless to say, all that came out of that was some neat concept art, which actually just lost hosting recently... I can ask if I could post some of it if anybody here is a fan.


Urrrgh, I want that DoTT triangle box now. I played that game too much as a kid, and my original copy got dented. Soon after I got the Archives Vol 1, but that disk was color printed, the original is silver. I've still got the box and hintbook for DoTT, so I'd like to make that a complete copy someday, or go for the triangle box.

I've got FF7PC complete, save for the numpad cutout. That thing didn't survive. Those Eidos triangle boxes don't hold up very well, mine's not holding its shape these days. The disk holder is even more beat up, but I played the hell out of FF7 back then.

[Jorpho]

I wish I had a real Mac to play it on though, because emulation sucks and my PowerBook is too old to have a CD drive.

Have you tried emulation lately? It's not that bad. There's even a torrent out there that has everything neatly pre-configured for you.

[NayusDante]

Have you tried emulation lately? It's not that bad. There's even a torrent out there that has everything neatly pre-configured for you.

Yeah, I got everything to work, but swapping disks is a pain and doesn't always work, or flat out crashes it. I also can't get audio to work in Spaceship Warlock... A lot of disks show up as blank depending on which version of MacOS I use, particularly Pegasus Prime.

To make matters worse, trying to install any game with QuickTime breaks the installed QuickTime. I got Pegasus Prime to work because the Presto Studios site backup has a "patch" that lets you play the game without installing. All the installer did was install QuickTime and a shortcut to the game.

I still want a real Mac, for the same reason I play DOS games on a Pentium II.

[snes_collector]

24 NASCAR 2003
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Should be NASCAR Racing 2003 Season. Pretty sure EA made one called NASCAR 2003, it's not the expensive one though. The reason for the high price is since it was Papyrus' last NASCAR game they released the code for it and all kinds of mods have been made for it, still going strong today. I think the price is more of a demand thing because everyone who has a copy wants to hold on to it. I've been looking to no avail for a copy for about 2 years though. I seem to remember reading it doesn't work on Vista though.

[HurricaneAndrew]

Should be NASCAR Racing 2003 Season. Pretty sure EA made one called NASCAR 2003, it's not the expensive one though. The reason for the high price is since it was Papyrus' last NASCAR game they released the code for it and all kinds of mods have been made for it, still going strong today. I think the price is more of a demand thing because everyone who has a copy wants to hold on to it. I've been looking to no avail for a copy for about 2 years though. I seem to remember reading it doesn't work on Vista though.

NASCAR Racing 2003 is, infact, fairly rare. It happens that EA SPorts got exclusive rights to make NASCAR games in early 2003, forcing Sierra/Papyrus to stop making their version about halfway through the run.

Also, NASCAR Racing 4 and NASCAR Racing 2002 are compatible with the online racing leagues, not just NASCAR Racing 2003.

[Kitsune Sniper]

I think all three games share the same basic engine, don't they?

Anyway, one more to add to the list: The Ultimate Wizardry Archives. I sold a disc only copy for $60 a while back. I got a CIB copy yesterday. Those seem to be selling for $100 or so overseas, who knows how much they're worth here.

[NayusDante]

Tamagotchi for PC is a bit of an odd rarity. I saw a copy on eBay for something like $150, but also one for $15. It's definitely a rare one, but I'm not making promises about value. Wish I still had the back case insert for mine...

[Kitsune Sniper]

Tamagotchi for PC is a bit of an odd rarity. I saw a copy on eBay for something like $150, but also one for $15. It's definitely a rare one, but I'm not making promises about value. Wish I still had the back case insert for mine...

I don't think it's that rare, Bandai whored out the franchise for years until it finally tanked.

[HurricaneAndrew]

[QUOTE=Kitsune Sniper;1606128]I think all three games share the same basic engine, don't they?QUOTE]

Yes. NASCAR Racing 4, 2002 Season, and 2003 Season all have the same physics engine.

[phreakindee]

Okay wow, for some (mostly) rare games on eBay right now, check this guy

http://myworld.ebay.com/o*s*s/

Apparently these are from an ex-Sierra employee and software reviewer. Many of these are early and review copies. Some overpriced, but still plenty of absolute GOLD in there! An amazing selection of complete boxed games in almost perfect condition at any rate, impressive. Trying to avoid temptation...

[BetaWolf47]

Hey mods, this thread needs moving!