Rare and Valuable Playstation (PSX/PS1) Games

[Harrison]

Whilst the original Playstation is one of the best selling and most popular games consoles of all time, next only to the Playstation 2, it has a lot of games that have been very collectable even while the system was still current.

Among the most collectable have always been some of the great Role Playing Games released for the system, of which there were many, and the Playstation still remains one of the greatest platforms for RPG fans.

Among the rare and collectable RPG titles are:

• Elemental Gearbolt: Assassin's Case ($1200 - $1379)
• Suikoden II ($135 - $295)
• Tactics Ogre ($89 - $191)
• Valkyrie Profile ($89 - $155)
• Revelations: Persona ($79 - $123)
• Final Fantasy VII (original black label release) ($74 - $417)
• Lunar Silver Star Story Complete ($62 - $167)
• Ogre Battle Limited Edition ($55 - $153)
• Persona 2 Eternal Punishment ($56 - $140)
• Tales of Destiny II / Tales of Eternia ($55 - $135)
• Lunar 2 Eternal Blue Complete ($54 - $120)
• Brigandine: The Legend of Forsena ($55 - $90)
• Tales of Destiny ($49 - $80)
• Final Fantasy VII Greatest Hits ($53 - $160)
• Xengears ($50 - $154)
• Suikoden ($50 - $115)
• Legend of Mana ($47 - $80)
• Arc the Lad Collection ($44 - $103)
• Monster Rancher (US NTSC release, not UK version which is actually US Monster Rancher 2) (price unknown)

And I'm happy to say that I own original copies of all of these! It took me a long time one summer a few years ago to build up my Playstation RPG collection and I'm very proud of it. Some of these titles were quite rare even back then and took some time searching Ebay and a far few other US and UK game collectors sites to find them. I definitely didn't pay what they are now worth though.

Other Playstation games that are now worth money and are quite collectable include:

• Dance Dance Revolution Disney Mix
• Intelligent Qube
• Team Buddies
• Bust a Groove
• Bust a Groove 2
• Tomba
• Einhander
• X-COME UFO Defense
• X-men vs Street Fighter
• Marvel vs. Capcom
• Spyro Collectors Edition (complete)
• Castlevania Symphony of the Night (black label)
• Klonia Door to Phantomile
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories Premium (w/cards)
• Return Fire
• Mega Man Legends 2
• Herc's Adventure
• Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter

Here are some rare Playstation games that are not actually worth much:

• Lifespan Learing Games
• Psychic Detective
• Fo Hunt
• Syndicate Wars
• Motor Toon Grand Prix
• Guilty Gear
• Goal Storm
• Super Puzzle Fighter II

And finally the most expensive inport games:

• Rakugaki Showtime
• Zanac X Zanac
• Harmfull Park

So do you own any of these rare Playstation games? Did you even realise they were so rare?

I will add rough US prices to each when I get time.

[Shoonay]

I always loved those crazy multiplayer games such as the Bishi Bashi series, Salary Man, and arcadish non-sense stuff like Incredible Crysis.
Or that Power Shovel simulator, haha, only the Japanese could make such fun games

[Harrison]

The Japanese have, and still do, create some of the maddest video games out there, that is for sure. They have also been responsible for creating some of the best gameplay too compared to a lot of Western developers who tend to be more conservative in their gameplay design and tend to stick more to realism.

[Teho]

Well, among the rare RPGs i have the black label Final Fantasy VII. Of the others I have Kurushi (pal version of Intelligent Qube) and also its sequel Kurushi Final which I believe is also a rarity even though you didn't list it. And I have the black label Symphony of The Night among those.

Of the worthless rarities I have Psychic Detective and Syndicate Wars. Didn't realise either of those was rare. But I can tell you Psychic Detective really is worthless. I didn't even buy it, a friend just gave it to me as he didn't even want to have it in his house!

Syndicate Wars on the other hand isn't half bad. But it gets unplayable because of the unfriendly interface, you just aren't able to react to situations fast enough with it to get through later missions.

[Harrison]

I also have Syndicate Wars on the PSX and I agree about the interface problems. It just wasn't designed to be played with a console gamepad. In contrast the PC version is much nicer to play as it uses a near identical interface, but is mouse driven.

I will try to add price guides for the other games I've listed later today.

[v85rawdeal]

I noticed Monster Rancher was not on the list, yet opened copies tends to go for a fair bit on certain auction sites nowadays.

And having three copies of it, two of which are sealed, makes me a very happy chappie indeed.