Cheapest loose/Most expensive boxed game?

[Cassidy Nolen]

I was thinking about this recently.....

 

What single game title would be cheapest to buy loose but cost a small fortune to find boxed?

 

My vote would be Submarine Commander. They only get about 10-15 loose but boxed they go over 100.

 

I don't mean what is the cheapest boxed game etc, I mean the same game just being extreme in value depending on complete/loose.

 

Possibly Silver Gravitar?

 

Any others you can think of?

 

Cassidy

[video game addict]

I guess it depends on what you consider cheap on the loose side of that. All the club releases are hard to find boxed, but most other R7-9s are anyways, so not much difference. I think all across the board boxed is higher. Just a few cases where a pal box can sub for a ntsc, where pal is actually common.

 

Submarine Commander does not come around often in the box, but the last one I saw was sold as part of a mixed lot with a bunch of other stuff & it didn't even break $100. I traded for the copy in my collection, and it was a dup from whom I got it from. I think it's a solid $50+ title in box, but I wonder if people pass it off since it's a Sears title sometimes, even tho it's an exclusive title.

 

I think you can make a plea for most R6+ where a loose cart could be selling under $20, and boxed complete well over $100 I think Frogger II falls in this catagory.

 

I think the Pengo box is alot rarer than people give it credit for. I've personally only seen around 4 copies of this over the past 2+ years of looking. PAL Pengo is rare, but NTSC Pengo box is not an easy find either. I've seen more of Rubik's/Video Cube & Waterworld in box than I have of Pengo. But the last few that have sold were in lots, so hard to determine a price.

[adams_ale]

Track and Field only goes for less than 20 dollars loose, but boxed it costs over 300 dollars. :!: Rarity 6 games is were you find the largest price difference in loose versus boxed.

[adams_ale]

Up n' Down is a rarity 7 that is almost always under 20 dollars loose and CIB copies are extremely hard to find so I'm sure they fetch over 300 dollars as well. Actually I have this game CIB and I hope it fetches over 300, because I paid over 300 for it. My CIB copy is still sealed in the box however.

Edited November 23, 2005 by adams_ale

[the 5th ghost]

Cosmic Commuter seems to be a tough sale loose for $5, but boxed, sellers ask around $100

[Wester]

I don't think I've ever seen a boxed Cannon Man before. Could it be a contender?

[CPUWIZ]

Crazy Climber

[the 5th ghost]

Up n' Down is a rarity 7 that is almost always under 20 dollars loose and CIB copies are extremely hard to find so I'm sure they fetch over 300 dollars as well.  Actually I have this game CIB and I hope it fetches over 300, because I paid over 300 for it.   My CIB copy is still sealed in the box however.

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You sellin?

[sku_u]

Track-n-Field is definitely the champion.

 

Waterworld is a conteder. Loose it sells for about $40-50. Boxed is another story.

[AtariAger]

Track-n-Field is definitely the champion.

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Winner... .

[Cassidy Nolen]

Good answers

 

I think Track and Field does take the cake on this one. Was this game short shipped or supplied? I wonder why that game seems to be SO hard to find even though it was: 1. An Atari release AND 2. The 84 Olympics were all the rage because the summer games were in LA that year.

 

I can't even say its because of the bigger box because Indy and Star Raiders have the same sort of thing and they are common as dirt.

 

Cassidy

[Zonie]

ANY Gatefold box. The carts are common as hell, the boxes are not. Especially the Sears releaases.

[Rick Weis]

if you are including PAL games i would say atari 32 in 1!

 

Rick

[adams_ale]

Up n' Down is a rarity 7 that is almost always under 20 dollars loose and CIB copies are extremely hard to find so I'm sure they fetch over 300 dollars as well.  Actually I have this game CIB and I hope it fetches over 300, because I paid over 300 for it.    My CIB copy is still sealed in the box however.

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You sellin?

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Yeah, it's available.

[Spirantho]

if you are including PAL games i would say atari 32 in 1! 

 

Indeed - that's the most extreme example.

Loose - common as muck.

Boxed - practically impossible to find.

 

It's because it was bundled without a box with every junior....

 

BTW, the person who said that PAL Pengo is rare - that's like saying Video Life is rare.

 

In fact, there are more known Video Life carts than there are PAL Pengo carts.

[the 5th ghost]

I'd think that a boxed Atlantis II would easily qualify

[The_Laird]

Definatly loose text label Combat or even silver label Centipede some times that can go for as much as 50p!

 

Or maybe Pole position . . . .

 

[ATARIPITBULL]

Good answers

 

I think Track and Field does take the cake on this one.  Was this game short shipped or supplied?  I wonder why that game seems to be SO hard to find even though it was: 1. An Atari release AND 2.  The 84 Olympics were all the rage because the summer games were in LA that year. 

 

I can't even say its because of the bigger box because Indy and Star Raiders have the same sort of thing and they are common as dirt. 

 

Cassidy

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You got that right, I tried to sell a Track & Field cart, manual & controller combo and not one person here wanted it!!

 

:!: :!:

[A.J. Franzman]

I'd think that a boxed Atlantis II would easily qualify 

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Oh? Do you have a loose one to sell cheap? I'm looking for one.