Rare PS2 games?

[AlexJ]

I've also got both Rez and Fantavision (bought mainly because past experience says that these are the kind of games that may become rare and collectable and I've kicked myself for not buying such games in the past when opportunities have arisen). Both are OK to play once every now and again.

I think it's the Dreamcast version of Rez that's considered quite rare at the moment. There are still plenty of copies of the PS2 game around.

[Harrison]

The DC version is definitely rare and sort after. And many other DC games are now getting harder to find, with American buyers especially looking for many games as towards the end of the DC's life games were only released in Europe and Japan and not in the US.

[Puni/Void]

I think the games in the Gradius-series on the Playstation 2 are both rare and expensive. After what I've seen of Gradius on this platform, it looks simply amazing if one enjoyes shooters of this kind.

[Harrison]

This is resurrecting a very old thread. I bet there must be a lot more PS2 titles now becoming harder to find and pushing their price up. Will have to have a look on ebay and see what has lots of bids.

Gradius is definitely a great shoot 'em up series, with Gradius V on the PS2 being especially good. Still using mostly a 2D playfield, but rendered on 3D, it uses some nice location transitions by rotating and moving the camera with the 3D environment. Such 3D effects in a 2D Shoot 'em up were first seem in the famous shooter Ikaruga. And have you noticed how the Amiga game Project-X stole the power-up system from Gradius? The power-up bar that moves up through the options as you collect power-ups until it reaches the one you want to activate.

[Harrison]

Having a quick look on ebay, some PS2 games look like they have become quite collectable. Although some of the sellers might just be over optimistic!

Not that many PS2 games detching that high a price though. But quite a few still selling equal to, or slightly more than their original retail value.

PS1 games are however still a lot more collectable and sort after, as reflected in the list I've posted below the PS2 one.

Hyper Street Fighter II anniversary edition - £149.99
Spiderman 3 - £100
Disgaea Hour of Darkness (NTSC) - £99.99
Streatfighter EX 3 - £99.99
Star Wars Battlefront II - £99.98 (I don't believe this is that rare)
Magna Carta: Tears of Blood Deluxe Box Set (NTSC) - £69.99
Dark Cloud - £69.99
Dark Cloud 2 - £69.99
Metal Gear Solid 3 Subsistence - £55
Disgaea 2 - £54.99
Shadow of the Colossus - £49.99
Champions of Norrath - £49.99
Phantom Brave - £49.99
Magna Carta (PAL) - £47.95
ICO - £43.78
Rule of Rose - £44.99
Rez - £39.99
Unlimited Saga - £39.99
Star ocean - Till the end of time - £39.99
SNK vs Capcom - £39.99
Suikoden IV - £39.99
Suikoden V - £39.99
Final Fantasy X - £35.99
Naruto Ultimate Ninja - £37
Hitman 2 Trilogy - £34.99

Rare PS1 games I also noticed still sort after:

Legend of Legaia - £90.00
Vandal Hearts - £79.99
Ogre Battle - £69.99
Alundra 2 - £49.99 - 59.99
Broken Sword/Myth/Road Rash (Charity compilation) - £59.99
Darkstalkers - £59.99
Dino Crisis 2 - £59.99
Dragon Valor - £59.99
Kurushi Final - £59.99
Sega Frontier 2 - £59.99
The Legend of the Dragoon - £59.99
Discworld 2 - £54.99 - 49.99
Resident Evil 2 (sealed) - £51.99 - 49.99
Ballistic - £49.99
Broken Sword 2 - £49.99
Castlevania Chronicles - £49.99
Dynasty Warriors - £49.99
Evil Zone - £49.99
Panzer General - £49.99
Ridge Racer - £49.99
Street Fighter Alpha 3 - £49.99 (DC version is a lot rarer so should be worth more!)
Tekken 2 - £49.99
Wipeout - £49.99
Suikoden - £49.99
Star Ocean The Second Story - £49.99
Final Fantasy Origins - £46.99
Metal Gear Solid - £45
G-Police - £44.99
GunGage - £44.99
Metal Slug X - £44.99
Star Gladiator - £44.99
Tekken 3 - £44.99
Tekken - £44.99
Kula World - £44.99
Discworld - £44.99
Tombraider - £44.99
Thousand Arms (NTSC) - £42.50
Alien Resurrection - £39.99
Atari Anniversary - £39.99
Bomberman - £39.99
Bust-A-Move (all versions) - £39.99 - 35.00
Colin McRae Rally 1 or 2 - £39.99
Gran Turismo 2 - £39.99
Star Wars - Masters of Teras Kasi - £39.99
Syndicate Wars - £39.99
Theme Park - £39.99
Tobal No.1 - £39.99
Soulblade - £39.99
Magic the gathering battlemage - £37.99
Streetfighter EX Plus - £37.99
Tombraider 2 - £37.99
Capcom vs SNK - £34.99
Deathtrap Dungeon - £34.99
DieHard Trilogy - £34.99
Jade Cocoon - £34.99
Koudelka - £34.99
Dino Crisis - £34.99
Final Fantasy IX - £34.99
Vagrant Story - £34.99
Final Fantasy VIII - £34.99
Chocobo Racing - £34.99
Final Fantasy Anthology - £34.99
V-Rally 2 - £34.99
Gran Turismo - £32.50
Ridge Racer Revolution - £32.99

Interesting to see that for both PS2 and PS1 games, RPGs and Beat 'em ups are still the 2 most popular genres, as has been the case for collectors for a long time.

[Demon Cleaner]

I know that Xenogears for PSX always sells for very high.

[Harrison]

Actually I was surprised by Xenogears. Back when it came out in the US and wasn't available in the UK it was very sort after and collectable and would often sell for over £50. And a couple of years later if started to sell for around £100. However, looking on ebay now, you can find it selling for around £10, although that is an auction with 4 days left and not a BIN. I'm going to watch that one and see where it ends.

Although someone is currently selling the complete series of Xenogears, plus all 3 episodes of Xenosaga for $299 US (£196) BIN, or starting at $119.99 US (£79).

[Demon Cleaner]

I still have an original Final Fantasy VII in french, maybe I should sell that at the french eBay.