Rare PS2 games?

[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.

[Harrison]

The English version of Final Fantasy VII also doesn't sell for very much these days. There are copies for less than £10 at the moment on ebay.

I think with FFVII it was the game in the Final Fantasy series that made the series famous. It was the first game to really show what could be achieved on the original Playstation, and every PSX owner I knew bought the game, so a lot of copies are out there. A lot of buyers didn't actually play the game that far into the story, but were just buying it for the technical amazement of the game. It was single handedly responsible for getting a lot more people interested in the RPG genre, and I was surprised by the number of my friends who did actually complete it, or get a long way through the game. Many of them not playing RPGs that much before it, or playing that many games for very long. Equally I knew a lot of people that never got beyond the first disc, and maybe only got as far as the initial Chocobo farming, if that.

I do remember a friend being quite annoyed because every time he got home from university and wanted to play it some more to progress he would find his girlfriend was already playing the game and had progressed further than he had.

[Demon Cleaner]

I do remember a friend being quite annoyed because every time he got home from university and wanted to play it some more to progress he would find his girlfriend was already playing the game and had progressed further than he had.

Ha, that's funny, can imagine how frustrating that was

I have the french original from a friend, he played it for 30 minutes, then stopped, he really is the RPG hater, but only because he doesn't like the turn based stuff at all. He wants action on the screen, whether FPS or racing games.

As you know it was also my first JRPG I played, and I played it on the PC, as I didn't own any console yet. After that, I still played FFVIII on the PC, before then finally buying a PSX because I saw how many of these style RPGs were already out. After that, I wanted to own every existing RPG, which I eventually did.

[Harrison]

The PC version of FFVII seems to be more sort after now than the PSX one. Think it is a lot rarer, plus also harder to get working on current OS's, although there are a set of patches to help, plus in Windows 7 Ultimate or Pro you have the XP mode to help further.

[Demon Cleaner]

I remember there was a patch, which I had to use straight away, when using a 3dfx Voodoo card, the screen was upside down.