Your holy grail of gaming

Anybody have games or game systems that are at the top of there list of, "I will NEVER get rid of this" or stuff they just can’t find that you would like to share here?

For the longest time I’ve been wanting another copy of the original Super Mario Bros. 3 with box and instruction manual. They were stolen from me when I was in 7th grade :(. I’ve only been able to find the original cartrige which is in really good condition, but today I found a near mint game with box and instruction that I just won off of eBay. I also still have my "black lable" copy of Final Fantasy VII and a copy of Secret of Mana which I hear are both worth a lot, but probobly worth more to me to sell. I think the only 2 things I wish I had again were the original Nintendo Power strategy guides for SMB3 and Mario Mania Super Mario World, which is the SMW strategy guide, but also has a history on SMB, art, etc.

The original Crash Bandicoot games which don’t suck.

I went to my dads house yesterday to pick some stuff up. I found my original Final Fantasy IX. However, my younger brother had been using it. The bloody second disk is fucked. I am really pissed off. I have other stuff i wont get rid of, like my Strategy guides, that i have had for years. But i kept them in such good condition that some still have the new book smell. 🙂

I still have my Megadrive and SNES in boxes in the attic. One of the things i loved, but cannot find anywhere for the life of me, is Blackhawk for the SNES. It was a great game.

But i still have most of the games i have ever bought. Bar a few that i felt were mediocre enough to trade in for others.

i will sell like that easy money

I have the Mario Mania guide and Secret of Mana, complete in box.

Also the original FF, complete in box. Pics of SoM can be provided if requested. FF is in Cabinet Awesomeness video on my YouTube account. Mario Mania is in closet, no pics anytime soooooon~

I have the Mario Mania guide and Secret of Mana, complete in box.

Also the original FF, complete in box. Pics of SoM can be provided if requested. FF is in Cabinet Awesomeness video on my YouTube account. Mario Mania is in closet, no pics anytime soooooon~

Grr…

I, too, have Secret of Mana, in a bawks with everything, also F-Zero.

However, the most precious thing I want is what I not have – a ROB ;-;

Let’s see. I have my non-greatest hits PSOne games that include: Final Fantasy VII-IX (lost the 4th disc of IX though :(), Silent Hill, Xenogears, and Parasite Eve I-II. Terminator 2 for the NES (love that game!!), Super Mario Bros. 1-3 on the NES, Maniac Mansion for NES, and Zelda on NES. These are the games I will keep till the day I die. Also, my NES systems of course. I found 2 in a house I was rehabbing and they both work perfectly.

I WISH I had Secret of Mana… It’s my favorite game of all time ;_;

OT: Uh… Noth-ing? Never had anything I wished I didn’t sell. (FTR, I’ve never owned SoM, but my cousin did and that’s where I played it.)

For me, it’s my Sega Saturn, and 32x. As well as my Super Nintendo. My original Playstation. Many gaming guides. Many classic videogame review mags. I have many games for each of these systems. Some I’ve sold while others I’ve kept.

I kept Final Fantasy IX, but sold Final Fantasy VII and VIII for example. I still have Xenogears, Wild Arms, Legend of Legaia, etc, and that’s just the RPG’s.

Almost forgot about My Sega Channel. Still have the equipment, even though it’s useless now.

Championship Manager 01-02. I’ve been playing it for almost a decade and its still the best one. Pro Evo 5 also, but it could potentially be surpassed if Konami stop making the new ones shitty.

well…
i have too many games and accesories that one would consider "holy grail"

-space invaders for the atari 2600, with box and booklet
-dragon warrior 1 (nes), box and book
-illusion of gaia (snes), box and book.
-ninja gaiden 3 (nes), box and book.
-super mario bros, mint condition (hell, it even has the plastic surrounding the cardbox,has been like that since i had it)
-my atari 2600, box, book, propaganda.
-virtual boy, box, book.
-black labeled final fantasy vii with MASTERPECE print error.
-the aura interactor, box only (but the vest is complete)
– gameboy, box and book
gameboy camera, box and book
gameboy printer, box and book
paper for the gameboy, boxed (no book obviously)
the list is way big… not enough room to post it all.

for each system there is a game i love (ill post the most systems i play):
NES: mario bros 3 (which i own complete, cost me 20 dlls)
SNES: arcana
sega genesis: afterburner 2 and beavis and butthead
n64: perfect dark, goldeneye, mario kart 64
psx: final fantasy 8
ps2: sky gunners (which i dont own but wish to BADLY), lethal skies 2, onimusha 3
ngc: zelda windwaker, top gun combat zones, skies of arcadia
dreamcast: vigilante 8 2nd offense, street fighter 3 third strike, mdk2

I have nothing that is particularly rare or fancy, and I also rarely sell/get rid of games so its hard for me to choose a holy grail.

Star Ocean 2 though I play religiously and have played religiously since it came out in ’99. Admittedly though, I currently play a second copy since my original copy had a disk go bad.

I have the orginal Final Fantasy VI 3 Disc Official Soundtrack.

No one touches that, not even me >.>

I used to be keen on collecting. Everything has a box.

Wrapped, they are:
-Ico (PS2/Import) w/the better box art.
-Ico (PS2/US)
-Star Ocean 2: The Second Story (PSX)
-Final Fantasy Chronicles (PSX)

Unwrapped:
-Xenogears (PSX) + Perfect Works
-The entire Legacy of Kain series
-Metal Gear Solid (PSX)
-Final Fantasy Anthology w/ Limited Ed. OST (PSX)
-Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne w/ LE OST (PS2)
-Halo Edition Green X-Box signed by Bill Gates
-Chrono Trigger (SNES)
-Final Fantasy III/VI (SNES)
-Shenmue I + II (DC)
-Virtua Fighter (Saturn)
-Virtua On (Saturn)
-Arc the Lad Collection (PSX)
-Steel Battalion w/big fucking controller (XBOX)
-Legend of Zelda: Oracles of Seasons/Ages (GBC)
-Legend of Zelda collector disc thingy w/ Ocarina and Majora’s Mask (GC)
-The other LoZ collector disc thingy w/ Master Quest (GC)

Actually, I’m not too attached to any of these barring Xenogears and Perfect Works.

How did you get Bill Gates to sign your Xbox? And I thought Shenmue II was only for the Xbox?

1. All the Halo special editions Xboxes came signed, I guess. He wasn’t on hand to sign them, if that’s what you mean.

2. The European version of Shenmue came out on DC, but minus an English dub (I hear the dub isn’t all that great anyway). I bought it at an import store and enjoyed a full year of gloating before it’s subsequent port.

I haz Pacman in my 360.

I will never sell my sega genesis or my atari and the centipede game I have for it.

FFIII (VI) in box w/all manuals even the plastic cart protector, Breath of Fire II, Secret of Mana, and ChronoTrig for SNES.

Ummm mine would be… definitely Final Fantasy VII (First edition, non Greatest HITS) I bought that with my own money back in 1997, I think I was like 12 years old.

And a few years ago, my girlfriend almost touched it and I yelled at her… haha, she dumped my ass xD

Final Fantasy I, complete with box, book, and maps (I think there were maps…)
Gauntlet 2, in the original box

I would never get rid of:
-Original Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
-Valkyrie Profile
-Super Metroid

My holy grails:

– Border Down (sealed) DC
– Ikaruga (complete/mint) DC
– Skies of Arcadia (sealed) DC – 1 of 2 copies
– Shenmue II (UK version/complete/mint) DC
– Blast Wind (complete/mint) Saturn
– Hyper Duel (complete/mint) Saturn
– Thunder Force V (1st print/complete/mint) Saturn
– DoDonPachi (complete/mint) Saturn
– Akumajou Dracula X: Gekka no Yasoukyoku (complete/mint) Saturn
– G Darius (complete/mint) PSX
– R-Type Delta (complete/mint) PSX
– Einhander (complete/mint) PSX
– Castlevania: SOTN (black label/complete/mint) PSX
– MTV Music Generator (complete) PSX
– Vagrant Story (complete/mint) PSX
– Shadow of the Colossus (complete/mint) PS2
– Castlevania: Lament of Innocence (complete/mint) PS2
– Dragon Ball Z: Hyper Dimension (complete/mint) SFC

Ummm mine would be… definitely Final Fantasy VII (First edition, non Greatest HITS) I bought that with my own money back in 1997, I think I was like 12 years old.

And a few years ago, my girlfriend almost touched it and I yelled at her… haha, she dumped my ass xD

does your copy say MASTERPECE in the back?

Hmm not sure if I have a "holy grail" but there is almost no way in hell I’ll be selling SO3:TTEOT, like I love that game. And it has sooooo much to do after you beat the game, which is a fresh thing for RPGs. And it’s not New Game+ it’s extra levels, bad ass bosses, and enemies that are as strong as the final boss. Last time I played I was level 122.

Castlevania: SOTN (black label/complete/mint) PSX

We can do that:

For my buddy, Marv:

I would say Ocarina of Time but I somehow managed to lose it years ago. So I guess I’ll go with Majora’s Mask. I don’t really have any incentive to go back and play either anymore though.

For my buddy, Marv:

GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME

I have an old atari donkey kong cart which I thought was rare, but I just checked on ebay and dudes are dumping them for 99 cents…

Well i have three holy grails of gaming.

First one – Commodore 64, something we can call an better version of Atari. It used an cassete recorder as an drive instead of cart readers. Unfortunately the tape got stuck from time to time and it resulted in loss of good games sometimes 🙁

The second – Amiga 500+ a very far away ancestor of PC’s. This baby had an 5.25 floppy drive and cutting edge graphics (compared to the Commodore).
A fun fact, it used an operating system called "Workbench". The most interresting thing was that it looked almost like windows, although it appeared very long before Bill Gates operating system.

The third – My games magazines collection, oldest dated 1988. My main source of information about old games & systems. I still sometimes read them, and its always fun to compare old and new games, and their reviews.

And i must admit with pride – both machines still work and my magazines are in perfect shape 🙂

My Holy Grail is PS3 : Grand Theft Auto IV I will never sell or get rid of it or loan it

You revive a 17 month old thread just to say that? Thread necromancy is a a big no-no. Look at the date of the last post, BEFORE hitting the ‘Post Reply’ button. Create a new thread, instead of reviving an old one.

Hmm…

Genesis
– Trouble Shooter
– Valis
– Phantasy Star IV

Dreamcast
– Twinkle Star Sprites

you know which games I love: Dragon Quest.

PSX: Spyro and Crash games
PC: Diablo I,II and Starcraft
PS2: Way too many to bother mentioning.

you know which games I love: Dragon Quest.

But….that series sucks.

🙂

I think if I had gotten into Dragon Quest back when it came out, I’d probably like it. But now, eh, I really can’t get into it :O

Anyhow, this is a major toughy.. See, I have different ‘holy grails’ of gaming for different occasions. For instance, when I’m pissed, my preference shifts greatly over toward FPS titles, namely Quake 1-3, Doom 1-3 (and Final), and Half-Life 2 (which reminds me, I’d like to play that tomorrow). Pretty soon I forget why I was pissed to begin with. When I’m feeling a little more . . . shall we say creative, artistic even, I go for Zelda or Resident Evil. Those both incorporate lots of action into puzzle-solving, and I love that mix. And when I’m feeling depressed, I usually find my spirits instantly lifted by Final Fantasy. Now, that’s not to say I only play these games during periods of those respective emotions I mentioned, but when that happens, those are my holy grails.

But….that series sucks.

🙂

…. you take that back or I’ll have you BANNED FROM THE FORUMS!! AND I HAVE FRIENDS WHO CAN BAN YOU!!!

(not really, but damn man. DAMN.)

To be honest.. I’ve never even played Dragon Quest :O And now that I’m actually thinking clearly, there’s current Dragon Quest games out there.. I was idiotically thinking that the original NES Dragon Quest games were all there was :O I’m quick sometimes..

To be honest.. I’ve never even played Dragon Quest :O And now that I’m actually thinking clearly, there’s current Dragon Quest games out there.. I was idiotically thinking that the original NES Dragon Quest games were all there was :O I’m quick sometimes..

you mean slow, buddy? haha.

Yes, and that’s proof right there :O LMAO, you’re just seeing the tired me, that’s all 😉

Oh, and add ‘Severance: Blade of Darkness’ to my list up there under the ‘is pissed and needs to take out some aggression on something otherwise head will explode like a volcano in a heatwave’ list.

lol

I think if I had gotten into Dragon Quest back when it came out, I’d probably like it. But now, eh, I really can’t get into it :O

not really you wouldnt, not with the first one at least. i have 1 and 2 on the NES and the second one is much, MUCH better than the first.
the first one was a maelstrom of frustration, and not in the kind of "hey i like hard games".

as for my holy grail? i really dont know, i have a ton of videogame related stuff that i cant seem to point out my holy grail.
but i would consider the steel battallion controller i have a very close choice because its extremely rare.

This is my holy grail of my gaming collection. The thing works like brand new and I’ve not once ever had a flashing screen with a game.

Note: Actual image is not of my system. I don’t have a picture of it.

This is my holy grail of my gaming collection. The thing works like brand new and I’ve not once ever had a flashing screen with a game.

Note: Actual image is not of my system. I don’t have a picture of it.

Hey, that’s really cool! I’ve never had such a thing :O

Hey, that’s really cool! I’ve never had such a thing :O

It was released near the end of the NES’s lifespan in 1993 and was only available for less than a year in retail. It is pretty rare and still fetches a good sum of money online. I’ve seen them go between 70 and 100 bucks on Ebay.

Ah, the NES II. I still remember seeing that for sale when I just started high school. I feel old. :p

I have quite a number of rarities myself, but probably the holy grail of the collection would be either my complete SNES copy of Chrono Trigger, complete with box, manual, maps and everything, or the limited European collector’s edition of FFVIII, which came in a big box with the game, along with a memory card, memory card stickers, poster and t-shirt. Although it’s opened I still have everything intact and in good condition. I’ve seen them go for a small fortune on eBay now in far worse condition than mine. 😀

EDIT: also forgot about the European Dreamcast version of Shenmue II which I also own, but someone already mentioned that. :p

Ah, the NES II. I still remember seeing that for sale when I just started high school. I feel old. :p

I have quite a number of rarities myself, but probably the holy grail of the collection would be either my complete SNES copy of Chrono Trigger, complete with box, manual, maps and everything, or the limited European collector’s edition of FFVIII, which came in a big box with the game, along with a memory card, memory card stickers, poster and t-shirt. Although it’s opened I still have everything intact and in good condition. I’ve seen them go for a small fortune on eBay now in far worse condition than mine. 😀

EDIT: also forgot about the European Dreamcast version of Shenmue II which I also own, but someone already mentioned that. :p

You’re lucky to have even gotten that copy of Shenmue II. The US didn’t ever get a localized version for the Dreamcast because it died before it made it’s way over here. Instead we got a port to the original XBox which from what I’ve heard is inferior to the Dreamcast version. 🙁 I have the XBox version however and it’s still a great game.

One of my other rarities is that my Dreamcast is only a year old. ;p I bought it brand new last year and opened it. hehe

I have quite a few

to start, i got my 360 1 week before halo 3 and it was the reason I have a 360.

I still play halo 3 all the time, MW2 doesn’t interest me and same as the other fps’s out there, I will never get rid of Halo 3 along with my Halo CE and Halo 2 games.

also is Mas Effect I have the limited collectors edition for both ME1 and ME2 and love this trilogy that bioware has created, its an rpg of it own kind.

Ive got a fair few

Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete, Arc The Lad Collection, Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross legend of Dragoon, Parasite EVE 1&2, Xenogears, Breath Of fire 1 to 5,Dragon Valor,Vandal Hearts 1&2, Koudelka, Suikoden 1 and 2, Alundra,Castlevania symphony of the Night,Tobal 1&2 Legend of legaia, Threads Of Fate,Tale of Destiny,Castlevania Chronicles,Einhander

Phantom Dust,Devil May Cry 1-3, Soul Calibur 3, steambot chronicles, disgaea 2, odin sphere, persona 3 and 3FES, Mega Man X Collection, Warriors Orochi 2

I’d have all my old game boxes if I hadn’t cut them up for props and fodder for that pog maker. I’ll have to be a a hole lotta trouble before I sell my SNES, there are some stinkers in my game library that I’d trade or something to get some of the many things I’ve foolishly missed but other than that… I’d say my Holy Grail would be to find a girl who’s never played any games before and slowly introduce her to them and have her find out she’s great at them. And seeing as how she’s never been into any of this type of subculture she wouldn’t have any fanboy rage and would just enjoy to enjoy.