Valuable games

While the details of the gameplay are unclear, what is clear is that it's a very rare find. Inflation was one of the first Monoply-esque games invented. It was very popular back when it came out in the mids, and it's very hard to come by today. Intended for two to seven players, the game challenges you to trade and sell your way to a million dollars.

It's more challenging than Monopoly, but just as fun. The particular edition up for sale comes with all the pieces and very little wear and tear. This game, The Settlers of Catan , has a board made up of unusual hexagonal tiles, which can be rearranged each time players start a new game. Players compete for natural resources, such as lumber, wool, brick or grain, and deal with accidents and incidents.

Raiding the resources of other players and building roads, cities and settlements let a player accumulate points. While the game involves strategy and planning, the players also create a storyline as they play. The Settlers of Catan won major game awards from to Another intriguing game from the '60s is the original Jonny Quest board game. It followed the adventures of a boy named Jonny who joined his dad, a scientist, on wild adventures.

It was a major franchise at the time, including the original series, two television films and three video games. The version up for sale is missing a few pieces, but it's still one of the most valuable board games on the market. Keywood is a settlers game in which two to five players try to settle and control six villages.

Each player must start as a farmer and then buy trade licenses, which allow them to become traders. In addition, each village must select its leaders who make decisions about taxes, trade licenses and markets. As each village is able to open a new market, its income doubles. Between earning income and paying taxes, players accumulate money. The player with the most money at the end of the game wins.

The game Fortune was released by Parker Brothers in and was similar to Monopoly. Only about 5, were made as Parker Brothers bought the rights to Monopoly shortly after releasing this game. At that point, they changed the name of Fortune to Finance and Fortune, and finally discontinued it. This PAL release is exceedingly rare. In fact, it is likely the rarest video game ever released for the PlayStation 2! That said, it's not as valuable as that distinction may suggest probably because no one cares.

You may not think it, but Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is actually worth quite a lot of money! Serving as the fourth installment in the iconic Marvel vs. Capcom series, this game featured a ton of new features, including three-on-three gameplay and a simpler control scheme. Despite receiving good reviews, Capcom subsequently lost the license to publish Marvel characters, and the series embarked on an extended hiatus.

Maybe it's due to the unfortunate history behind the game, but either way, sealed copies of Marvel vs. Xenosaga 3 was the last entry in the role-playing game series Xenosaga , which was pretty well regarded until it was suddenly stopped in Because of the third installment's relative lack of popularity, and the fact that the franchise has been dead for 15 years, copies of this game can get pricey.

According to pricecharting. This 3-D platformer based on the original Futurama cartoon series boasts cutscenes that form a "long lost" episode. Players take on the roles of Fry, Bender, Leela, and Zoidberg as they shoot their way through various enemies to help the Sun People and build a time machine.

The show was canceled in , but the game had already been in development, so it was released after the cancelation. Because the show didn't seem to be doing well, the developers only printed a few copies.

Of course, the series was picked back up a few years later, yet the PS2 game remains a collector's item. The game features 98 characters in forms, which is the largest roster in the entire franchise.

The fighting game has several new stages and new combo attacks. This particular installment did not receive great reviews or see many sales. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is a different take on the original Silent Hill game that keeps the basic story intact while also psychologically profiling the player to alter the game.

It's a unique concept, and one that's been expanded upon in modern games. Haunting Ground is a Japanese survival horror game that shares a lot in common with the Clock Tower series. Unlike that series, Haunting Ground received mixed reviews and never really found an audience. Critics lauded the graphics, overall presentation, and the unique player-avatar relationship with protagonist Fiona, but they still found the game too derivative of past survival horror titles As you can see, the price of Kuon tends to jump quite a bit, depending on a variety of factors.

Kuon is another survival horror video game , and it was actually developed by Dark Souls ' FromSoftware. After hearing of the success of this eBay seller, a man in Kansas dug up a factory-sealed copy of the game that he was just about to donate to Goodwill. He had purchased the game in , but could never find the fitness mat to go with it. His game became only the second known sealed copy in existence.

In , Nintendo held a city gaming tournament to find the best player in the world. Players had to get the best score in demo versions of three games— Super Mario Bros. A gold version was sent out to those who won a promotional contest in the pages of Nintendo Power magazine. In the early s, Nintendo held competitions on college campuses and at popular Spring Break destinations. Like the World Championships, players had six minutes to play for high scores in demo versions of three games: Super Mario Bros.

Most copies of the game were destroyed after the competition tour ended, but one Nintendo employee kept his cart and sold it to Rob Walters at a garage sale in Shortly after, the buyer of the cart, collector J. With more than titles for the SNES fan to collect, there are bound to be a few that demand a high price. Back in , the exercise equipment company Life Fitness released the Exertainment System. As the cheesy name implies, it was a combination exercise bike and entertainment system with a TV screen built into the console.

Now gym rats could watch regular cable television, Life Fitness exercise programs, or play games on the built-in Super Nintendo using specially designed controllers split between each handle of the bike.

While Mountain Bike Rally was available as a standalone cartridge, Speed Racer was only available as part of a combo cartridge that also included Mountain Bike Rally. Gym owners could buy either of the cartridges with the Exertainment cycle, but they could be purchased through retail outlets as well.

Of course the bikes were expensive and very few people had one in their homes, so the retail versions mostly went unsold.

As the Exertainment cycles were replaced by newer equipment, most owners simply threw the cartridges away since they weren't compatible with a regular SNES. This has led some to speculate it was also released in North America by a different company, American Softworks. Whether it was released here or not, the alternative version of the game is hard to find, so naturally collectors are clamoring for it—so much so that bootlegs from Brazil have started cluttering eBay, making buyers wary of spending too much on a loose cartridge.

Presents Major League. The person with the best score from each city was later invited to come to San Diego and compete at the Nintendo World Championships II.