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Let's hear specific collection brags!

Post by dpful »

Trying to be specific?
A post to list just ONE of your specific collections. I'll go first-

Raizing shmups I've got for the arcade

Battle Garegga
Battle Bakraid
Armed Police Batrider
Dimahoo
Soukyugurentai
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Both gone now I'm afraid, but I had the Ninja Warriors triple screen arcade machine, and a twin screen Darius II right next to it.
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My Gradius collection-

Gradius Galaxies - GBA - sealed
Gradius 3 SNES - complete and mint (also a loose copy)
Gradius Gaiden - PSOne Books version
Gradius 3/4 - PS2
Gradius V - PS2
Nemesis handheld - complete and mint (I got this awhile back when they found some crates full of these and auctioned them off for 15 bucks a piece 8) )
Life Force NES - loose
Konami E3 promo pack - contains Gradius 5 postcard (really great I know!)

I think that's about it!
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I had the Ninja Warriors triple screen arcade machine, and a twin screen Darius II right next to it.
????? You're serious???? How the heck did u obtain those??? :shock:
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I've got a modest collection of console shmups, but nothing specifically stands out as far as its rarity or anything like that...I COULD possibly brag about some of the deals I've managed to get though....I'll try to recall a few off the top of my head...

Strikers 1945 II (SAT): Mint and complete (w/spine + reg cards), approx. 13$ plus shipping.

Skull Fang (SAT): Same condition and almost the exact same price as above.

DoDonPachi DOJ (PS2): New and sealed, 45$ shipped.

EDF (SNES): Cart + box (no inst.), 55 cents, plus shipping (which was several times what I actually paid for the thing :mrgreen:)

Those are about the best I can recall offhand...hopefully this post won't derail the topic or anything, heh.
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tehkao wrote:
I had the Ninja Warriors triple screen arcade machine, and a twin screen Darius II right next to it.
????? You're serious???? How the heck did u obtain those??? :shock:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jamesg22/cabs/garage.html

Both came from a German operator in a large haul a friend of mine imported, you can see pictures of the two in question there, and some others in the /cabs directory.
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Harmful Park
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complete MUSHA (ugly ass cart label though) $8
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Here's my prize piece in my tiny collection...

Wonderswan Color, RUN=DIM: Return to Earth, complete with sealed mech figurine.

Am I the ONLY person on this entire board to own this???
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Post by tehkao »

I don't have much to brag about really...

Sagaia (Genesis)
MUSHA (Genesis)
Zero Gunner 2 (DC)
Radiant Silvergun (Sat)

Man, that's pretty pathetic. :(
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Saturn -

Soukyugurentai
Layer Section
Panzer dragoon Saga
VF2, Exhumed, Sega Rally yada yada an a tonne more

Master system with a shitload of games I cant remember

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The only thing I have worth noting is my copy of Sin & Punishment. Got it off some guy on eBay who had bought a bunch of copies of the game, unscrewed the back of the cartridges, and replaced them with the backs of cheap US games. It probably totally kills its collector value, but I think it's pretty fucking nifty. Didn't have to blow extra money on a converter cart. And it cost about half what the game goes for usually on eBay.

I'm just getting into collecting. I've got my eye on amassing a gigantic selection of Saturn games, and it's likely I'll come into having a wide variety of Genesis games too. Oddly, no compulsion to collect Dreamcast games.
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NES -

Gradius
Lifeforce
Abodox
Legendary Wings

SNES -

R-Type III - the Third Lightning
Raiden Trad

GBC/GBA -

Gradius Galaxies
R-Type DX

Genesis -

Thunder Force III
Thunder Force IV
Wings of Wor (Gynoug)
Gaires

Saturn -

Panzer Dragoon
Panzer Dragoon II - Zwie
Operation: Galactic Attack (Rayforce)

PS1/PS2 -

Gradius III & 4
Gradius V
RayStorm
RayCrisis
Raiden DX
Thunderforce V

Neo Geo -

Pulstar
Blazing Star

X-box -

Panzer Dragoon Orta

Tg-16/Duo -

Lords of Thunder
Gate of Thunder



To be honest,some of these are games that i have had, not DO have. I'm a victim of the early-childhood-trade-the-best-shit-away beast and am sad.
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Post by tehkao »

This is all the PCE stuff I traded away too. One of my biggest regrets ever.

PCE CD:
Spriggan
Spriggan Mark 2
Hellfire-S
Nexzr Special
Super Darius

It sucked to be a poor starving student where the only way to afford new games was to sell your old ones. :(
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Post by The Bullet Dodger »

here are some games I think were a steal:


Thunder Force V (Saturn) complete, mint cond. - $17

R-Type III (SNES) complete, mint cond. - $15

Raiden project (PSX) complete, mint cond. - $25

Giga Wing 2 (DC) complete, mint cond. - $12

Einhander (PSX) complete, mint cond. - $12
( GameCrazy had 2 copies. So I bought both! )

G. Darius (PSX) complete, mint cond. - $8

Mars Matrix (DC) brand new - $17

Ikaruga (DC) brand new - $30

RayCrisis (PSX) brand new - $16

Gradius Gaiden (PSX) brand new - $23


Most of these I got on eBay using "Buy It Now". Got lucky finding some of 'em too. A few I got from either a dealer or a gameshop.

As far as rarity goes, I have nothing spectacular. A few rare prices for rare conditions is all. :)
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I have all the Takumi shmups on DC! Yeah, big deal. :lol:
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Post by llaoyllakcuf »

A post to list just ONE of your specific collections.
OK..

arcade shmups with at least one piece of genuine artwork

- esprade
- guwange
- ketsui (complete kit) :oops:
- pulstar
- strikers 1999
- trigon
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1 Guwange pcb with all the art work.
1 Dangun Feveron pcb with all the art work.
NEARLY every Treasure game that was released (no gamegear gunstar heroes).
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I am rather proud of my Judgement Silversword...

iatneH, Super Laydock has RUN=DIM as well. There was an online store selling 'em for $39 or something like that awhile back, I gotta check if they still have any left.
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Post by Herr Schatten »

I very possibly own one of the rarest C64 shmups ever: "Boom". I don't know how reliable that particular bit of information is, but I read somewhere on the net that the entire print run that was sold consisted of only 10 (!) copies. I own one of them.

It's debatable if the collectors value of that game is very high, though, because a) it's a terrible game and b) nobody has ever heard of it anyway.
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I take pride in having one of the most generic collections ever. No rares, no LE's. Now don't tell me that's not unusual for this forum!
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I also have a copy of MUSHA for Genesis. Oddly enough, even though it's a US version, I ended up buying it from a seller on the trade board here and having it shipped over from the UK. I've also got a Sega Nomad to play it on. My collection is pretty small though, although I can say that I have the complete collection of US Gamecube shmups (but that pretty much consists of Ikaruga and Xevious as an unlockable in Starfox Assault.)
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Post by llaoyllakcuf »

Ord wrote:1 Guwange pcb with all the art work.
damn, I'm jealous..

those promo flyers are simply awesome--
http://www.world-of-arcades.com/Cave/Gu ... motion.htm
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I think the rarest shmup I have is Gaia Seed for the Playstation. Seen that one around lately?
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Compile games:
GG Aleste
Zanac NES
The Guardian Legend NES
Blazing Lazers TG-16

Gradius games:
Nemesis GB
Gradius V PS2
Gradius III SNES
Gradius NES
Gradius Galaxies GBA
Gradius Gaiden PSX

Thunder Force:
Thunder Force III Genesis
Lightening Force Genesis
Thunder Force V PSX

Obscure games:
Whip Rush Genesis
Trouble Shooter Genesis
Iridion II GBA
Project S-11 GBC
Sky Kid NES
Solar Striker GB
Castle Shikigami 2 PS2
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my collection nuggets:

starwing competition cart

dimahoo factory new kit

armoured warriors kit

bakraid and batrider kits

R-type 3 excellent condition PAL version

castlevania SOTN collectors edition PAL version

Probotector 2 mint english version

..umm yeah, those are the ones im the most proud of, not necessarily the most expensive.. but pretty damn hard to find nonetheless.. :)
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Post by Brian »

I don't know how rare it is, though I think it is pretty rare.. I have a Konami Polystars board that was done on the infamous M2 system.
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Post by DazTM »

A bit predictable, but here are my Saturn Shmups

Arcade Gears: Gun Frontier
Batsugun
Battle Garegga
Capcom Generation 1
Capcom Generation 3
Detana! Twinbee - Yahoo Deluxe Pack
Donpachi
Dodonpachi
Game Paradise
Guardian Force
Gunbird
Kingdom Grandprix
Kyukyoku Tiger 2 Plus
Rayforce
Radiant Silvergun
Shienryu
Sonic Wings Special
Soukyugerentai
Strikers 1945
Strikers 1945 II (on the way)
Twinkle Star Sprites
Arcade Gears: 3 Wonders
Cho Aniki Kyukyoku Otokonogyakushu
Darius II
Fantasy Zone
Gokujyou Parodius Da! Deluxe Pack
Gradius Deluxe
Hyper Duel
Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius
Kaitei Daisensou (on the way)
Macross: Do You Remember Love?
Sengoku Blade
Sexy Parodius
Thunderforce Gold Pack 1
Thunderforce Gold Pack 2
Thunderforce V
Arcade Gears: Image Fight and X-Multiply
Salamander Deluxe Pack Plus

I was going for the whole collection, but I already seem to have all the best titles. If there are any I am missing please let me know.
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Post by dpful »

I have all the ray games for the arcade

Rayforce
Raystorm
Ray Crisis

I also have a COMPLETE collection of games for the Crystal system (that's a joke since there's only one game for it)

I've also got all the Takumi shmups except for Giga Wing 2

Kyokyuku Tiger II
Giga Wing
Night Raid
Mars Matrix
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Not all shooting related but stuff I like having in my collection:

Rez - purchased new for $30 a while back, it seems so rare now. It is almost a form of interactive art, rather than a game and I am glad to have it.

New smaller SNES in the box - I play the other version mostly, but it is cool to have one.

NES top loader - makes me feel good inside having one. It is funny when casual gamers come over and they are like: what is that?

Final Fantasy NES (complete with everything) - only paid $3 at a used shop a few years ago. Never play it, but I suppose it is worth more.

Namco Museum 1-5. It took a while to find 4 and 5, but having all of them now is kinda sweet. I like #2 the best, Gaplus rocks!
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Post by Brian »

Hey, stone, I think you need to get Namco Museum Encore to comlete your collection. Or am I wrong?
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