What titles are actually "rare" ?

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What titles are actually "rare" ?

Post by tlh » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:03 am

After digging through my CDI"s, I was wondering what titles are actually rare ones. For example, is Atlantis considered rare, Flashback or perhaps 7th Guest? Or are only foreign titles that I have never heard of "rare." I have a title called NFL Hall of Fame Football, which is by the way a terrible game, but I recall that it was hard to find at the time. So, is there a comprenesive list that everyone agrees on which lists the rarity of a particular title? Thanks.. tlh

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Post by Bas » Thu Mar 12, 2009 7:53 am

It is heavily depending on time and place when one of us think a title is rare on CD-i. I see the second market has changed over the years although a number of titles just had a small pressing, especially the games that were releases in 1997 up to 1999.

We've once had the CD-i rarity guide on the gamespy forums and I'm posting them back on Interactive Dreams, which gives an idea when a certain game is rare or not, scaling them from 1 (not rare) up to 10 (very rare). You can find it here.

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Post by TheCDiFanboy92 » Thu Mar 12, 2009 11:39 am

so de zaak van sam is rare??? lol i have it here in perfect condition!!!
i never played it because my CD-i wouldn't play it :cry:
lol and arcade classics is also very rare!!
i have a better CD-i colection then i thought :wink:

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Post by tlh » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:56 am

When you say you have it "perfect", does your version have a cardboard case around it? I Zak, but it is just the jewel case, instructions and cd. What I wouldn't give for that cardboard... lol .. tlh

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Post by Bas » Sat Mar 14, 2009 7:26 am

cardboard? You mean around the jewelcase? That was only with US releases, not with De Zaak van Sam (iirc) ?

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Post by TheCDiFanboy92 » Sat Mar 14, 2009 12:32 pm

Bas wrote:cardboard? You mean around the jewelcase? That was only with US releases, not with De Zaak van Sam (iirc) ?
yeah i have all my games in the cases witch it was in the stores and de zaak van sam is not a cardboard box :wink:

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Post by tlh » Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:06 am

All of my games have cardboard around the jewel case, except Atlantis and De Zak Van Zam Investigative Detective. I bought these online, and they were mailed to me without the cardboard. Apparently, De Zak is correct without the cardboard, but isn't Atlantis supposed to have a cardboard outer shell? Thanks..tlh

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Post by tlh » Mon Mar 16, 2009 2:12 am

Yeah, I know... De Zaak Van Sam...Duh!

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Post by Bas » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:48 am

No, Atlantis does not have a cardboard sleeve. Because Atlantis was only released in Europe. Normally, on the back of the game you can see on european releases "Printed in Germany" >> these didn't have a cardboard (with some exceptions like Pac-Panic and World Cup Golf) and on US releases "Printed in USA" >> these were released with a cardboard (perhaps there were also exceptions)

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Post by tlh » Tue Mar 17, 2009 3:46 am

Thank you for the info. Ok, I have what I now think is a complete Atlantis and De Zaak Van Sam. In addition, I have a few other titles that are in jewel cases without a sleeve. One of those titles appears to be import called Doors and Windows Cranberry. It is not a game, but a interactive music video. I don't even know where it came from.. I have another box in storage with other titles. When I find it, I will start posting. Do I start a thread here to post pics ? Or do I post collection pics in another location. Thanks, tlh

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Post by Bas » Tue Mar 17, 2009 7:59 am

You decide ;)

The Cranberries disc is also an interesting disc as it plays on both CD-i and CD-ROM. There is both a CD-ROM autostart which is detected on PC's and a CD-i file which is detected on CD-i players. Most of these hybrid discs have its software pressed twice on the disc, but possibly both applications share the video files, who knows more about that?

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