Games Worth Over $1000 on Sega Genesis & Mega Drive
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Retro game prices have exploded over the last two years with many collectors being priced out of the hobby. All areas of gaming have been affected whether you are a PlayStation 1, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, N64, SNES, Nintendo Switch, or a collector of any of the big gaming consoles you’ve felt the price increases. One console that has seen some of the most dramatic price increases is the Sega Genesis and the Sega Mega Drive. More than any console in the retro gaming community, this one has seen dramatic price increases, and in today’s show, we will be looking at games that are now worth over $1000.
Chapters.
00:00 Intro
01:13 Our first Sega Mega Drive game for over $1000
01:59 One of the most expensive Sega Genesis games
03:03 Japanese Shmup over $1000
03:49 The developer makes this game expensive
04:44 The largest single price increase in a year
05:58 One of the best shmups for the Sega Mega Drive
06:47 The most expensive PAL game?
7:36 One of the rarest and most expensive Sega titles
08:22 Final thoughts
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I bought most of these when I began collecting 10-15 years ago, because I knew the prices would skyrocket in time. Nowadays I don't collect very much, instead I develop new Mega Drive games :).
Ya I had bought quite a few games back when they came out that are now worth a lot of money.
Oh! Which ones?
@@brorianszk I worked on Pier Solar and the Great Architects as a designer, QA and copy edit on Canon: Legend of the New Gods and have helped out on various other games as well. Now I'm making a co-op action-RPG called The Viking & The Ninja.
@@KaskelotenZebbe Pier solar? Nice!
I've never heard of The viking and the ninja but I'll follow it now. Seems that you've subscribed to the RPG genre hehe.
@@brorianszk Yeah, The Viking & The Ninja is still in development :). Indeed, I love RPGs :).
My God, that's how much money it takes to collect the entire collection, including these expensive games...
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You can get death And the return of superman at CEX for £350. Great vid Mike thank you.
Great tip, thank you.
Over a decade ago, I played Battlemania Daiginjou on an emulator with an english translation patch. I was honestly floored by how extraordinary this game and it's music was. If I had known that I would get me a Mega SG in the fiture and it would be this highly coveted to having such an astronomical price, I would have snagged me a copy.
I think are quite a few games I've owned back in the day and then sold for almost nothing, that are now worth a lot.
I legit had mega man on the mega drive complete. I bought it for £5 from gamestation and sold it for £50 on ebay. Looking back, it still doesn't bother me as when i played it it wasn't the same as the nes titles and plus i have it on the mega drive mini sega released few years back.
No regrets, that's the way to do it.
These prices are crazy! I do appreciate the disclaimer right before the list starts. Very cool man😎👍
It's hard to buy some of these games now when just a few years ago they would have been within people's budget. Does this now mean that people won't sell their games unless they get a certain price.
Yikes, it's really crazy how steeply prices have been rising in recent times. Love the vids though, I'm always discovering cool-looking games I'd not come across before :)
That's good to hear. I like making these videos because I learn about new games as well.
It was like pulling teeth when I parted with $350 to get mega man wily wars back in 2014
It’s a shame Snow Bros never made it out Japan as a kid back then in Australia I always wanted it on my mega drive console and played it a lot in the arcades one of my favourites
I'm always amazed at the number of games that did not get a world wide release.
Nice list! Interesting to see that Crusader of Centy has settled down around $1300 (according to pricecharting), I've seen it go for over $2000. No mention for Outback Joey though? I know some people argue it shouldn't count, but it does play on any standard Genesis/MD console so long as you have the controller peripheral (the Heartbeat console it comes with is just a standard Model 1 with a custom shell), and the game is Sega licensed, complete with their seal of quality badge. Also, if you're going to count unreleased games (Lakers vs Celtics), you should count the cancelled Tetris port, which had a few copies stolen prior to the first print batch being destroyed, and sell in the 5-digit range
I excluded any games that game with peripheral or hardware that could increase the price and games that had shipped under a hundred copies so Tetris from Tengen didn't make it. But MD and Genesis fans know both of these games exist so I don't think they are missing out on anything.
@@RetroGamerBoy Aren't there only like a dozen copies of Lakers out there though?
@@billybob884 Definitely less than 20 have been found but 192 have been made.
"oooooh, scratch ending, s'cool i do those all the time!!" - nathan barley
You know about Nathan Barley? I'm impressed.
Cool list. Being from the US, it's cool to see what's considered rare and pricey elsewhere. Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs being so rare is crazy to me since it's so plentiful here. I didn't know about the licensing and everything puts into perspective the craziness of it all in what can make a game go rare by region. The only game from this list that I'm tempted to want to own eventually is Crusader of Centy. I had the opportunity to buy it from the $20 bin at my Hollywood Video. Looked cool, but I just got a PlayStation, so I went with some used game for that instead. Hindsight, huh?
Yup I think as we all look back we passed up or sold great games that are now rare or valuable.
“No teacups.” Made me chuckle. Lucky to own a fair few of these (and the teacup). Did not realise some had risen so much. Glad I am not trying to buy them now.
I don't think many will get the teacup reference or the game 😁👍
@@RetroGamerBoy Cotton and teacups go together like Bacon n Eggs lol. Even newer Cotton games are coming bundled with tea sets in Japan :).
Crazy how bad NTSC SNES complete in box prices are, I was shocked when I randomly looked up some prices for some games I bought years ago(or as a kid).
Oh ya some are at insane prices. Emulation is fast becoming the most cost effective way to play these games. Although some companies are doing re-releases now for the MD and Genesis.
Seeing those japanese games reminded me I need to get my megadrive region modded. Also picked up some great stuff from the birmingham game market yesterday including a great condition copy of turrican
Very nice. I missed out on the market but went down to the Portsmouth Comic-con and found a single store but found Shining Force II, Arrow Flash, and a mint copy of Hardball!
@@RetroGamerBoy looking forward to the next collectors edition
Damm… I remember close to 20 years that I wanted to buy some of this games. Little did I know… ;)
My friend at school wanted to swap Mega Man Wily Wars for my basketball when I was a kid. I said no.
@@RetroGamerBoy ;)
"Little bit curious"?... I'm... MEGA curious.
Lol
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Honorable mentions to Twinkle Tale and Panorama Cotton
Yup Panorama Cotton with the tea cup would sit quite high up in the list.
Prices like these are why I have now stopped collecting. I have a large library of N64 and Gamecube games, but after seeing a few prices of games that sold a decent amount of copies start going for over £100 I knew it was no longer about fun but about people collecting to make more money down the line.
That is certainly true for some people. I have no intention of selling my games and love the physical nature of them.
Great video thanks. I bought a mint condition UK copy of Soleil (Should be Pronounced in the French way - So-Lay not So-lil) off eBay for £140 recently. Expensive but glad I got it before it inevitably spirals further. I’ve read the European translation is better than the US one so we’ve arguably got the better game. Also picked up Battlemania Daiginjo with a bonus from work 3 years ago - still the most expensive game I’ve ever bought but for just over half what you quote here. Sorry to be the pronunciation pedant again but I would say Toe-Ah-Plan not Toe-Plun😔 still despite my pedantry really enjoy your content Mike. Great work.
Thank you for the feedback. I'm still chasing a copy of Soleil for a half decent price, but it just keeps on going up 😅😥
And because of this video they’ve just gone up again 😂
I think all of us UA-camrs are a bit responsible for these price increases, but what can you do ?
It makes for good viewing 😎👍
😅 I think for that to happen people would have to care about what I think.
I love the videos Mike, and your honest comments regarding prices and values of games. When and where the bubble will burst who knows? I try and keep physical copies to games in knee and played basketball co in the
Currently the bubble is still here but seems to be slowing down.
And The Punisher too? Great video :)
It's expensive, it goes for around 350 - 550! ouch
I really enjoyed your video. Do you remember actually seeing megaman the wily wars out in shops back in the day? I moved out of London in the early 90s and where I lived they didn't have the bigger shops, or at least some of these obscure titles.
For example, I only ever saw mystic defender once, and that was in a newsagents in a rack. Lol. I remember seeing loads of copies Havoc in rumbleows going cheap before they closed. I did have death and return of superman on the snes back in the day and saw the megadrive one in Littlewoods once. Shining force one was really hard to find where I lived. Manage to get that. Cheers
Do you know what, I saw a fraction of the games that were released in the shops. It's only through trying to build out a full collection that I learn about these games. I did have a friend at school who wanted to swap Wily Wars for my basketball. I said no because I think I thought the graphics were rubbish on the screen shots on the back of the box.
Thanks Mike for introducing Battle Mania Digendu..what an attractive looking game!
It is a stunning game, so much fun to play.
I had know idea that these games for the MegaDrive are at these prices Mike. Welp, I learned something new today. 8^)
Anthony...
Yup, they are starting to get up to Neo Geo price ranges which is crazy.
🤑Great little touch with the 'IMPORTANT notice' at the start. Them prices definitely warrant considering repro's, sometimes it just has to be... 😕
Agreed, it a decent solution
Just a little warning because some repros can damage your console because the PCB is too thick or because of the current management.
I’m not sure if the “bubble” is going to burst anytime soon especially due to the trend of game companies moving to a digital or subscription service future so thinking that fact may extend the run and could possibly even go higher. Just my opinion
I think you may be right.
Hey Mike, I’ve been going for a full set mainly doing it from CEX. But there’s no guarantee of a manual. Where do you recommend to look for missing manuals?
I have a few games that are missing manuals as well and they can be a challenge to get hold. I'v got some from ebay, a few from private sellers and some from game markets.
@@RetroGamerBoy thanks mate, I’ll keep trawling, absolute mare to find them.
🙌🏾 new show . 💪🏾 yes !!!!
1:59- yes I was against reproduced carts .!! 😡 but now.! Repros are so good in quality . The only thing they don’t have is a UPC code. Coming with even new manuals & cases with even better coloring than the original products .
Repros and even official re-releases like Mega Man are great ways to still have a physical collection. Although even some of these repros are going up in price 🤦
@@RetroGamerBoy no winning 😔
I'm going to have to have a word with Rishi Sunak about this madness. He clearly hasn't punished us simple folk enough!
Be careful he may put fuel prices up.
@@RetroGamerBoy that's ok I got a hose ready 😎
I actually got a copy of the death and return of superman from a carboot sale for the pricey sum of 6 English pounds last summer complete aswell I am well chuffed.
That is amazing, awesome find there.
I haven't had so much luck as of late though hahaha. Keep the content coming mate.
I actually have a few of these games including Crusader of centy.
Wow, that's cool. Did you own them from when they originally came out or have you bought them later on.
Wait so I saw alladin on video cover and again in intro but no price. ?? Bummer man :)
So are you saying that if you saw Aladdin in the video for over $1000 that would make you happy. You could just do an eBay search. The thumbnail markets the video and is relevant to the video content of MD and Genesis games selling for over £1000. I'm not having a go at you, your welcome to your views but I do find it odd how UA-cam seems to have unwritten marketing rules that apply nowhere else. If I followed them then I want my money back on our Disney holiday, the picked showed me happy smiling families in nice uncluttered theme parks. I got a screening tired kids who wanted to go in the pool and a park full of tourists who would kill me just to get our place in the queue for Space Mountain.
@@RetroGamerBoy I hear ya 😎 but definitely got us, thought maybe there was a unique version or something.
Awesome inclusion from Kubbi in the intro
Wait, a sequel to Trouble Shooter? I'm just now learning this AND that it's so pricey...whyyyyy!?
I'd love to pick your brain sometime about whether or not this boom in reselling is what's driven the price up of games despite so many who do it swearing it has no relevance to the value hikes.
You'll need to set aside many hours for that discussion Tom😅
Amazing haha!!
Certainly expensive
😭 I had every $1000+ NA Sega game imaginable... But sold everything before the prices skyrocketed. Crusader of Centy, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Snatcher, Keio Flying Squadron, dozens more , etc etc all cib.
I got four common n64 games for Keio, $150 for PDS, just for examples. Makes my heart bleed.
ah man that's hard to hear. I've sold my fair share of high priced titles for very little. I sold a huge SNES collection CIB for something like £200 back in the day.
Remember: Soleil --) So-li or So-lij, not So-lil.
thanks 👍
Why did I start collecting Sega in 2024 😅
I basically stopped collecting games due to price hiking, I blame eBay for ruining collecting for game players and the c virus drove those ridiculous process even higher. Makes the case for mini console / everdrive gaming perfectly though.
You mean scalpers and people that talk about this limited edition bullshit it’s those assholes that ruined everything
Mini consoles are a great option, but it is sad to see people being priced out of their hobby.
@@RetroGamerBoy absolutely emulators are great too but I was just trying to buy the stuff I couldn’t when the fam was so broke
We couldn’t afford almost anything so now that I have a some extra dough I wanted buy some child hood dreams turns out I can’t afford them still lol prices are outrageous lol 😂
Pretty much all Sega Mega Drive/Genesis games are worth big dollars in terms of just how amazing they are. Every time I go to my retro store the genesis is always the first place I go to.
Snap
Would be nice if you might try and find out the reason why my Retro Games Boy 78 account is unable to comment on this channel! I do find it kind of suspicious that the only channel this occurs on, is one that shares a similar channel name to my own.
I'm not sure what you think it is that I can do. All I see are comments that I can reply to and that's it. I have no blocked accounts and no comments being held for review. UA-cam is who you need to contact, they own and operate the platform, I'm just a user like you.
These prices makes me question humanity. #sarcasm
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@@RetroGamerBoy XD
Wonder why Musha is not on here
I looked at MUSHA but could not find a sale in the stores, or online that sold for more that $1000 in the last 6 months. It may have but I could not find it.
Um, why is Aladdin on the thumbnail? It’s not that expensive. -_-
It's on there for that exact reason. Gamers who know their MD and Genesis can see that these are not the most expensive games so what are. For people who don't know the console then these are just 2 games for the consoles. It's a little high brow for some to get.
It seems that they launder money, with those prices.
I'm sure some do. The Wata stuff I'm sure is used for that.
If you're paying that much for wilywars I hope it doesn't have the cover pictured lol
😂 That would be a suspicious purchase.
@@RetroGamerBoy it's probably been mentioned but fatal fury 2, Australian pal release over $1000 also. Keep up the great content mate!
Sega could do limited releases and make some good coin
Just my two cents, but I have always considered that if a cheaper version exists in a different region (for example, the European version of Crusader of Centy), then it's a scam to make people pay $1000 for the US version.
Especially if you get a region-free modified console, do you even need the overly expensive US version?
Unless you're a scalper who is only interested in "investing", I don't see the point.
It's a bit like Sega Saturn games. European versions are crazy expensive, while their Japanese counterparts are usually very affordable.
If you can speak Japanese or even understand the basics (for an action game, it's enough), just get the the Japanese version.
it's a bubble created by game graders and online buying companies... they sell their own games to themselves at ridiculous prices
I bought an SNES Classic for $150 and have 166 games for it, 156 SNES/Super Famicom games + 10 32X games... all patched, all working... you can keep your $1000 boxart and booklet.
Yup I made a video on this where people on eBay sell a game and buy it back at a stupid price. The everyone else jumps onboard and then they just ride the wave they created.
Eliminate Down still been looking for love my shmups the rest don't really grab my attention. I do have Crusader of Centy found at garage sale in a lot bought the lot for 75 bucks still made my money back on the resale of the rest. But dang I hate how prices are going up I'mma end up getting everdrive cause all in all prices getting to high
Quite a few people who do this for a hobby are being priced out.
@@RetroGamerBoy yeah I like that a lot of people are into it, but miss when it was niche I been since my father worked at KB Toys in the 90s it's sad to see superficial inflation that's going past the country inflation rate but only within this medium.
One word repro
one word reaction: amen
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Are they worth it or are they at that price because someone on eBay thinks it's worth that price? It's not a regulated market so anyone can say a game is worth as much as they think it's worth. Let's take the two games in the picture that you see before clicking on the video. Them two games were popular back in the day and sold well so they are not what I would call "rare" so how is a popular game worth more than a lot of games that is more rare? My bet is on someone inflating the price because the market is not regulated.
I thought he explained the pricing pretty well at the beginning, and did say these were the higher prices.
@@sloppynyuszi I'm not referring to the video. I'm just referring in general
There are people for sure inflating the price. They are doing it with some of the games that are scarce, this in turn has pushed up seller prices. I believe The Death and Return of Superman could be an example of this.
Sir I have vintage rare sega don quijote/ Donpen virtua fighter t-shirt
Where did you get it?
I buy it from the thrifty store and I am planning to sell it
@@RetroGamerBoy i am looking for a collector who have an interested to my Vintage sega x donpen shirt
The youtuber Sega Head may be interested
@@RetroGamerBoy can you offer it to him?
Jogos caprichados
And expensive
Any chronophobes out there? Why do I ask of this? Price for stuff rising. Scary thought, isn’t it? Makes you want a time machine, doesn’t it so you can pay $30 back in 1994 instead of paying $1000 today.
Yup 🤣
It's ridiculous people are that greedy for these games I can get them for $10 and don't tell me cause of a stupid box and manual makes it cost that much that's just silly
It's insane the increase in price over the years.
I understand why people choose to use click bait thumbnails but when they use images in the thumbnail that have nothing to do with the video topic, that irritates me. Congrats gamer boy, you tricked me into watching your video! At least I now know to avoid your channel.
🤣 what are you on about? That is a Sega mega drive game and other a Sega Genesis game. And the video cover Sega Mega Drive and Sega Genesis games that cost more than $1000. What are the elements that do not refer to the video? 🤣 Are you lonely?
@@RetroGamerBoy calm down bud, no need for insults. You put Aladin & Ristar in your thumbnail making it look like those are the two games you're gonna have in the video. You know exactly what I'm referring too. And what's with this "are you lonely?" crap, because I criticize your thumbnail, you choose to get salty like that? Whatever man, best of luck.
This is one of the Biggest Reasons I hate collecting. I get that some games are Rare but 1k is alot of money for a piece of plastic that may or may not continue to work over the next 30 years...
It's the same with stamps and pokemon cards. There are a few Pokemon cards that sell for hundreds of thousands.
Lol none of these games are worth those crazy prices.
It’s not about the game itself at this stage. This is about a collection and people having a display.
If you want to play it there are re releases easily available, roms, and a bunch of ways to emulate these roms or even play directly on original hardware.
It's stunning isn't it.
Good call, the mini consoles with their various mods are also a good buy.
@@sloppynyuszi you can literally collect the Japan Version of a game for a fraction of the cost. You don't really need to know Japanese. It's called greed.
Im calling bs :)
Your welcome to call it what ever you like
I farted.
Ripper?
Hi Mike, I got a couple of question in regards to the adaptor that allows cartridges for Genesis, Mega Drive and japaneese ones???? to be compartable between all these SEGA game consoles that probably have different ports in it. And I wonder if so called "mega key" is a solution?
A mega key would work but there similar carts that do the same thing but are much, much cheaper.
@@RetroGamerBoyI can't find it anywhere. Don't even know how it looks like. Wonder if you have some video of showing how those adaptors look like? And are those adaptors compatible if man wants to play japaneese exclusive (cart with its round corners), but has mega drive type russian version of the console?
I try to collect as many megadrive games on my very limited budget. I have just over 50 games now and I'm very grateful for what I have 😊. I like yourself dream of owning some of these games but reality is I'm gonna have to settle for repro. I personally don't think any game is worth this much money , but hey! that's just my opinion 😊. Great video mike. Your a true megadrive fan that holds the console in your heart just like myself 💙. Awesome content as always 💯⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
I think the repro market is a great option to build a physical collection, although I've even seen price rises here as well. And 50 games is a huge collection. At its height the software attach ratio was 6 games.
By the next generation of video game systems, I'm afraid I can't be a retro gamer collector no more these prices are going to be so insane. I might as well buy the new generation systems instead. I see everdrive cartridges
in my future🔮🙌🏻! If I want to really maintain playing retro games.
I will no longer be a retro collector
but rather a retro video gamer.
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I think that is the same for a lot of people. Emulation a repro carts will be a viable option for most.