The rarest computer/console/game you own
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Great thread 
Anyway, this is quite a difficult one, as I'm not sure if anything of mine is rare or not!
Rare Hardware
Amiga 1000 - it's an NTSC machine, not a PAL one, however, after discussing with olihd at Play Expo, we suspect mine is a rarer earlier model (it's lacking the big Commodore badge on the front) but I know very little about the A1000 anyway
Amiga 1500 - I would say this is somewhat rare, especially being as it's a model that's specific to the UK market only. I've only ever seen one of these other than the one I own, and that was in Dixon's back in the early 90s
Acorn Archimedes A4000 - not seen many of these about, can they be classed as rare?
Amiga 500 OCS Kickstart 1.2 RED Power LED and Commodore badge on keyboard - yup, I have one, but it's not working. Unfortunately, it was never working properly when I got it and suspect mobo failure as I've changed every chip I can on the board (and changed them back) but it just gives me a black screen no matter what I do, but power LED does light up - I'm reluctant to change the mobo as I don't know if I'll be able to get the same revision, all the A500 mobos I've found are newer that the one in this machine, in which case, it'll lose it's rarity/originality if changes.
Also, I do think the outer case was changed before I acquired the machine, as the outer case has a flat C= logo, not the embossed one, by the floppy drive (above the Power LED and Floppy LED) so it's not in original condition anyway.
Original Gameboy in Black - yes, despite popular belief, Nintendo did make the ORIGINAL gameboy in colours other than beige. I have a boxed black one.
Original Gameboy in Red with the Manchester United logo on it - yes, despite popular belief, Nintendo did make the ORIGINAL gameboy in colours other than beige. I have a Man Utd limited edition model, but it's unboxed.
Everything else I have is pretty common though.
Rare accessories
Don't think any of my accessories are rare to be honest! I suppose the rarest accessory is the MegiChip I have to give 2MB CHIP RAM on A500/A2000.
Another rare-ish accessory (by today's standards anyway) is the Commodore A570 CD-ROM drive
Rare software/games
Street Fighter II (Sega Master System) - this is a rare release, only released in Brazil under the Tectoy publishing label. It's a crap version, and mine is still sealed (making it worth even more) - I've played it under emulation and therefore know exactly how bad it is without having to open it. THIS IS THE ONLY SEALED GAME I HAVE, as I don't believe in buying something and not using it.
Street Fighter II (Commodore 64 Floppy Disk version) - not boxed, disk only, but I no longer have a working C64 floppy drive
it's not a great version anyway
Street Fighter II (Spectrum cassette version) - yup, there was a Speccy version, it's aweful, and takes an age to load
Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES 'silver tin' ltd. edition with pin badge and early serial number) - LOL shame I don't have a SNES to play it on anymore, but I kept this one as I thought there may be some value behind it. It's in pretty battered condition, but it's the same condition as when I bought it.
Although maybe not considered as 'retro', these are extremely difficult to get hold of - Windows XP Tablet Edition (original, not 2005 edition) and Windows XP Media Center Edition (original, not 2005 edition) - these were released to Tier 1 OEMs only, but a couple of years ago, I managed to get my hands on generic (non-branded) OEM discs of these (originals, not copies) - quite a find! The 2005 editions of these were released through all the usual OEM channels (including the OEM System Builder channels were non-Royalty OEMs get OEM versions of Windows XP) and hence not as rare to get hold of as the versions I have. Although I have these, they are not boxed, are disc only and the license COA stickers are used on PCs that I still own.
That's about it, everything else I have is as common as muck and easy to get hold of.
If you have the MP3 (the modulator that connects to the Amstrad monitor, converting it in to a TV) then that IS a rarity
Anyway, this is quite a difficult one, as I'm not sure if anything of mine is rare or not!
Rare Hardware
Amiga 1000 - it's an NTSC machine, not a PAL one, however, after discussing with olihd at Play Expo, we suspect mine is a rarer earlier model (it's lacking the big Commodore badge on the front) but I know very little about the A1000 anyway
Amiga 1500 - I would say this is somewhat rare, especially being as it's a model that's specific to the UK market only. I've only ever seen one of these other than the one I own, and that was in Dixon's back in the early 90s
Acorn Archimedes A4000 - not seen many of these about, can they be classed as rare?
Amiga 500 OCS Kickstart 1.2 RED Power LED and Commodore badge on keyboard - yup, I have one, but it's not working. Unfortunately, it was never working properly when I got it and suspect mobo failure as I've changed every chip I can on the board (and changed them back) but it just gives me a black screen no matter what I do, but power LED does light up - I'm reluctant to change the mobo as I don't know if I'll be able to get the same revision, all the A500 mobos I've found are newer that the one in this machine, in which case, it'll lose it's rarity/originality if changes.
Also, I do think the outer case was changed before I acquired the machine, as the outer case has a flat C= logo, not the embossed one, by the floppy drive (above the Power LED and Floppy LED) so it's not in original condition anyway.
Original Gameboy in Black - yes, despite popular belief, Nintendo did make the ORIGINAL gameboy in colours other than beige. I have a boxed black one.
Original Gameboy in Red with the Manchester United logo on it - yes, despite popular belief, Nintendo did make the ORIGINAL gameboy in colours other than beige. I have a Man Utd limited edition model, but it's unboxed.
Everything else I have is pretty common though.
Rare accessories
Don't think any of my accessories are rare to be honest! I suppose the rarest accessory is the MegiChip I have to give 2MB CHIP RAM on A500/A2000.
Another rare-ish accessory (by today's standards anyway) is the Commodore A570 CD-ROM drive
Rare software/games
Street Fighter II (Sega Master System) - this is a rare release, only released in Brazil under the Tectoy publishing label. It's a crap version, and mine is still sealed (making it worth even more) - I've played it under emulation and therefore know exactly how bad it is without having to open it. THIS IS THE ONLY SEALED GAME I HAVE, as I don't believe in buying something and not using it.
Street Fighter II (Commodore 64 Floppy Disk version) - not boxed, disk only, but I no longer have a working C64 floppy drive
it's not a great version anywayStreet Fighter II (Spectrum cassette version) - yup, there was a Speccy version, it's aweful, and takes an age to load
Street Fighter II Turbo (SNES 'silver tin' ltd. edition with pin badge and early serial number) - LOL shame I don't have a SNES to play it on anymore, but I kept this one as I thought there may be some value behind it. It's in pretty battered condition, but it's the same condition as when I bought it.
Although maybe not considered as 'retro', these are extremely difficult to get hold of - Windows XP Tablet Edition (original, not 2005 edition) and Windows XP Media Center Edition (original, not 2005 edition) - these were released to Tier 1 OEMs only, but a couple of years ago, I managed to get my hands on generic (non-branded) OEM discs of these (originals, not copies) - quite a find! The 2005 editions of these were released through all the usual OEM channels (including the OEM System Builder channels were non-Royalty OEMs get OEM versions of Windows XP) and hence not as rare to get hold of as the versions I have. Although I have these, they are not boxed, are disc only and the license COA stickers are used on PCs that I still own.
That's about it, everything else I have is as common as muck and easy to get hold of.
I have one of these as well (with the MP2 RF mod/PSU) but I wouldn't call it rare exactly.
If you have the MP3 (the modulator that connects to the Amstrad monitor, converting it in to a TV) then that IS a rarity
Rare i dunno this is what i have
I have fully working a500 1.2 need to check what mobo in it' it has red led also.
A3020 4mb and hdd
2 dragon 32 both boxed with all original manuals and starter tapes.
Boxed c64c pack with floppy drive and game pack etc
Boxed atari 2600 woody many games
Boxed intellivision many games some boxed
Rubber key 48k spectrum
C64 breadbin
Bbc master
Newer stuff
2 amiga 1200. 1 is 040
Amiga 500+
N64
Snes
Boxed master system ii
Xbox,xbox 360
Dreamcast
Ps1,ps2,ps3
Saturn
Other stuff I prob forgot.
I have fully working a500 1.2 need to check what mobo in it' it has red led also.
A3020 4mb and hdd
2 dragon 32 both boxed with all original manuals and starter tapes.
Boxed c64c pack with floppy drive and game pack etc
Boxed atari 2600 woody many games
Boxed intellivision many games some boxed
Rubber key 48k spectrum
C64 breadbin
Bbc master
Newer stuff
2 amiga 1200. 1 is 040
Amiga 500+
N64
Snes
Boxed master system ii
Xbox,xbox 360
Dreamcast
Ps1,ps2,ps3
Saturn
Other stuff I prob forgot.
Maybe it's a US machine with a PSU swap? No US Amiga 1000 systems machines have the Commodore logo on the front. They were trying to distance themselves from the "video game" image of the C64. What's the keyboard layout?
and davideo
<hovis music, northern voice>
eh up lad, when I were 'kid I'd ride my bike down to east barnet to look through t'compshop window. Save'd up my pennies... never could afford one.
I SO wanted one of those. A UK101 is probably right at the top of my wish list!
Nice!
My rarest.. perhaps the BBC master Compact, and the RML 380Z. All the rest is dead common
and davideo
<hovis music, northern voice>
eh up lad, when I were 'kid I'd ride my bike down to east barnet to look through t'compshop window. Save'd up my pennies... never could afford one.
I SO wanted one of those. A UK101 is probably right at the top of my wish list!
Nice!
My rarest.. perhaps the BBC master Compact, and the RML 380Z. All the rest is dead common
<hovis music>
Lol memories are flooding back of the duck shooting game I made for the UK101 that had that as background music.
@All
And to join in with the topic of the thread - Nothing rare or to shout home about here.
I'm just lucky that I've finished up with the 4000D that I so wanted all those years ago when I had to make do with a humble 500.
Dave G
WoodyCool said:
My Dad owned an A1500 that he bought from Dixons back then; the A1500 badge on his machine didn't look quite right for some reason and when we carefully peeled it off, there was an A2000 badge underneath it!
WoodyCool said:
My Dad owned an A1500 that he bought from Dixons back then; the A1500 badge on his machine didn't look quite right for some reason and when we carefully peeled it off, there was an A2000 badge underneath it!
I have a 4000 with "Scala Workstation" label, and if i peel that off i bet it says Amiga 4000/030
I have a fully boxed original Memotech MTX-512 purchased new when they came out.
TC
TC
nurse! etc
I have a fully boxed original Memotech MTX-512 purchased new when they came out.
TC
I don't think it's the original keyboard tbh, and it's falling apart.
It has both A keys (no C= key) .... maybe not as rare as I thought then!?!
I have a dual 133 Bebox and a prototype Micro-A1 - I.
the rarest thing ? Any accelerated amiga that boots on a regular basis.
i have had i suppose rare things in my time but i dont have any now...years ago they weren't rare...i wish someone had said!
Sam coupe computer
zx80
IBM 386 PC
Ti99 PEB , P gram , Ram disk , serial card , and prototype boards from Ti
i have had i suppose rare things in my time but i dont have any now...years ago they weren't rare...i wish someone had said!
Sam coupe computer
zx80
IBM 386 PC
Ti99 PEB , P gram , Ram disk , serial card , and prototype boards from Ti
Oh, I have a fully working Nexgen P90 System with a VLB cache controller...
I have a fully boxed original Memotech MTX-512 purchased new when they came out.
TC
:interested: and have you made your own Kelly LeBrock with it yet?
I used to have an 2mb amiga 1500 years back, with a workstation type unit that the monitor sat on with 3 disk drives built into it. It was great for cannon fodder and monkey island etc, hardly any disk swapping involved with most games. I was the envy of my mates!
Rarest thing I have now aren't really rare compared to you guys. I have a parallel flash linker for the GBA (now sold-ish) and a super ufo cart for the Snes (an everdrive type thing)
Rarest thing I have now aren't really rare compared to you guys. I have a parallel flash linker for the GBA (now sold-ish) and a super ufo cart for the Snes (an everdrive type thing)
Rarest machine I own is probably my Atari Stacy4.
Next would be the zx80 or SX64.
Next would be the zx80 or SX64.
