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Family Computer => Famicom / Disk System => Topic started by: FamicomFreak on January 15, 2007, 11:13:52 am

Title: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: FamicomFreak on January 15, 2007, 11:13:52 am
Can anyone fill me in on the rarest ones? A list perhaps of the hardest famicom carts to find. Thanks
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: JC on January 15, 2007, 01:19:20 pm
Hard to say, really. I've never come across a game that was all that rare. I can think of special versions of some carts, like gold Rockman 4 or that one final Gundam (I think) of which they only made 1,000. Otherwise, I'm drawing a blank.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: mundocombo on January 15, 2007, 03:50:05 pm
When I Landed in Akihabara, the most expensive games I found in shops were Special Kung-Fu with english letters, Gold puch out, Snowbros,  Moero Twin bee, Castlevania 1 (Dracula's Castle I think), in this order.
Snow bros was very expensive, about 20000y or so, Gold 45000, and Kung-fu don't remember but I believe it goes something like 100000y maybe more. Crazy!
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: JC on January 15, 2007, 11:11:00 pm
Oh, I forgot about those. There's also Special Pro-Wrestling, which sells big. Those prices you were seeing, mundocombo, seem a little bit inflated. Maybe that's because it was in a store and not in an auction. I just bought a CIB Gold Punch-Out, with the letter, for 20500yen. Probably too much, since I was only one of two bidders, but I've sold a shit CIB one on eBay for over $300.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: mundocombo on January 16, 2007, 01:36:24 am
yesyes, talking about stores, potatos and softmaps etc
Anyone knows about snow bros? Is it really so rare? it cost me a lot, but i cannot let it pass when i had it in my hands... Never saw one in yahoo too, only pirates.
BTW some new games are coming to me now :p I'll show yiu when those beauties arrive
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: JC on January 16, 2007, 01:43:45 am
I've never seen Snow Bros. for sale either. I imagine it's hard to come by. Probably as hard as Bio Miracle, the cart version. I've seen a CIB Bio Miracle sell for a couple to several hundreds of dollars.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: FamicomFreak on January 16, 2007, 09:10:38 am
WOW I have to get me one of those rare carts!
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: jbholio on January 18, 2007, 03:24:53 pm
I'm having a lot of trouble of finding some of Hacker International games.  Miss Peach World is very rare and expensive.  Still looking for it  :(
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: FamicomFreak on January 18, 2007, 04:48:53 pm
Quote from: jbholio on January 18, 2007, 03:24:53 pm
I'm having a lot of trouble of finding some of Hacker International games.  Miss Peach World is very rare and expensive.  Still looking for it  :(


any pics of this rare famicom cart?
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: JC on January 18, 2007, 06:06:50 pm
This is from jbholio's site: HERE (http://www.er.uqam.ca/merlin/fd491499/nintendo/nes/hackerinternational/misspeachworld/).
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: FamicomFreak on January 18, 2007, 09:29:45 pm
uhh me want
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: featherplucknfilms on January 24, 2007, 09:10:45 pm
I was just in Toyko a few days ago and took a picture of this for you guys.  It's a Gold Dodgeball and it's in some sort of glass case.  I don't know anything about except it is damn expensive!  690000 Yen!!! = about $6000!!!!   

(http://www.subphylumclothing.com/690000.JPG)
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: JC on January 24, 2007, 09:59:02 pm
Is that a Super Famicom cart? Kinda looks like it. Neat as heck, whatever it is. Wish we knew the story behind it.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: featherplucknfilms on January 24, 2007, 10:56:54 pm
yeah, super famicom
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: DevIancE on January 25, 2007, 04:07:43 am
That Super Dodge Ball cart is badass, but for $6,000, it would have to be solid gold, cook me dinner, and give me sex on call for the next year.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: vealchop on January 25, 2007, 07:07:18 am
sick! i wonder what it was made for, maybe another contest?
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: vealchop on January 25, 2007, 07:17:42 am
From some quick research I did I found that its called:

Kunio Kun Dodgeball Zenin Shuugou! Tournament Special (gold SFC cart)

It was a prize for some kind of tournament and only 10 were made.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: madman on January 25, 2007, 08:04:15 am
Only in Japan would a cart sell for $6,000. 
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: vealchop on January 25, 2007, 08:24:29 am
You're forgetting the Nintendo World Championship gold cart that sells for $5000 on ebay here in the states. 26 were made.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: madman on January 25, 2007, 01:25:03 pm
I thought the last one went for like $2k?  I can appreciate collecting and all of that, but I can't imagine any game that would bring me $2000 worth of entertainment or joy.  Let alone $5000 or $6000. 
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: vealchop on January 25, 2007, 01:30:42 pm
$5,100

HERE (http://cgi.ebay.com/Nintendo-World-Championships-1990-Gold-NES_W0QQitemZ220057045617QQihZ012QQcategoryZ62053QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)

Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: madman on January 25, 2007, 01:48:20 pm
Unbelievable.  People are crazy.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: kite200 on January 25, 2007, 03:50:59 pm
Actually no they're not, 5k is a small price to pay if thats the only thing you need to complete your collection. The people who paid 100 for a metroid manual on the other hand were quite crazy and in need of mental care
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: Doc on January 25, 2007, 07:08:04 pm
That Super Famicom cart looks great. I wonder if anyone actually bought it...
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: featherplucknfilms on January 29, 2007, 05:18:45 pm
That thing will be in that store forever.......
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: mundocombo on January 29, 2007, 11:57:49 pm
Quote from: featherplucknfilms on January 29, 2007, 05:18:45 pm
That thing will be in that store forever.......


Who knows :)
I was looking at it in Super Potato, isn't it?
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: featherplucknfilms on January 29, 2007, 11:59:52 pm
yep
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: FamicomFreak on January 30, 2007, 09:38:54 am
Amazing rare stuff!
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: Chinson on June 09, 2009, 06:22:48 pm
Beside the grails listed on this site, are there any other super rare or expensive games for the famicom?
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: nintendodork on June 09, 2009, 06:39:17 pm
Tons.  One that comes to mind is Mr. Splash, there's also All Night Nippon and I Am a Teacher: Super Mario no Sweater.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: Rob64 on June 09, 2009, 08:48:24 pm
Would Super Mario World on famicom be considered rare?
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: nintendodork on June 09, 2009, 08:52:27 pm
The JY Company 45-in-1 is more rare than the single cart itself.  It's also in higher demand since it has the full version.  On this forum though, I've seen the single cart version go for $45.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: JC on June 09, 2009, 09:03:34 pm
The single cart SMW is highly sought after but not rare at all.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: L___E___T on June 10, 2009, 12:42:50 pm
That weirdo science and materials teaching cart (that wasn't a commercial release) I forget the name.  Hella rare and expensive!

Kind of hazardous materials and physical science..
http://ameblo.jp/gemgemmania/entry-10171199058.html#main

Also see here for a nice list:
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://beraboman.fc2web.com/hibaihin.htm&ei=awwwSoyPGMKz-QbhssmbCg&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dhttp://beraboman.fc2web.com/hibaihin.htm%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: JC on June 10, 2009, 02:06:53 pm
Actually, there are two Konami teaching cart, a high school one and a college one. I forget the names, but I've got pics of both somewhere. I think the adaptor you need to play them is more rare than the games.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: nintendodork on June 10, 2009, 02:46:57 pm
Maybe this is one of the ones you're talking about, JC, but there's that one that explains stocks (or something like that) to new employees, and it used the Family Computer keyboard.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: nensondubois on June 21, 2009, 03:29:43 pm
I have a Gold Super Xevious with a Japanese label which has five Japanese characters on the top of the label. Maybe it's a special edition. I think it's pretty rare. I bought it dirt cheap, somewhere around $20 on ebay. I think I got it from Canada. The cart has one small crack on the side though.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: manuel on June 21, 2009, 06:22:20 pm
Can you post a photo of that?
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: UglyJoe on June 21, 2009, 09:11:02 pm
All of the Super Xevious carts are gold.  I'm guessing the 5 Japanese characters are ガンプの謎?  That just says Gamp no Nazo (Mystery of GAMP), which is the subtitle of the game.  I don't think it's anything special.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: nensondubois on June 23, 2009, 11:47:42 am
I do believe that is the one I have. A photo? Not now. I need a camera.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: nurd on June 23, 2009, 12:06:17 pm
Quote from: nensondubois on June 21, 2009, 03:29:43 pm
. I bought it dirt cheap, somewhere around $20 on ebay.


I think you overpaid.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: manuel on June 24, 2009, 05:11:51 am
I second what nurd said.
I have sold my Super Xevious to UglyJoe for 5$.
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: nintendodork on June 26, 2009, 03:17:32 pm
http://cgi.ebay.com/Super-Xevious-GOLD-FAMICOM-Nintendo-NES-U-S-Sell_W0QQitemZ290262191103QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games_Games?hash=item4394f98bff&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12  :-\
Title: Re: Rarest famicom carts
Post by: Rogles on June 26, 2009, 03:48:00 pm
Hm, I might snag that one.