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You are looking at the rarest Sega Master System US release which often contends with Sonic the Hedgehog. Some collectors feel that since Sonic the Hedgehog is the...

With Halloween just one day away, I wanted to give all our Rarity Zone fans a special treat by posting three Halloween related Atari 2600 rarities: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Halloween and Tooth Protectors. And with all that Halloween candy everyone is going to be eating, what better rare classic video game to feature than Tooth Protectors. To learn more about these titles and for some pixelated nightmares, click on the images below. Be safe, check your candy and have a great Halloween!

Amongst M Networks Kool-Aid Man and Purina's Chase the Chuck Wagon, 1983 also saw the release of another retail product tie-in called Tooth Protectors. Developed by DSD Camelot, Tooth Protectors was released exclusively to Johnson & Johnson costumers through a Mail-in offer only where customers sent in proof of pu...

L.A. based Wizard Video was a motion picture distrubtor founded by "B" movie legend Charles Band (Full Moon Features). Under the Wizard Video label, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I Spit on Your Grave and others were released on VHS. With it's connection to horror movie distribution, Wizard Video created two of their own horr...

L.A. based Wizard Video was a motion picture distributor founded by "B" movie legend Charles Band (Full Moon Features). Under the Wizard Video label, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, I Spit on Your Grave and others were released on VHS. With it's connection to horror movie distribution, Wizard Video created two of their o...

I updated the Air Raid Rarity Zone entry featuring the new Air Raid discovery! Click here to read about the newest discovered copy of Air Raid for the Atari 2600.

When I first heard about Wreck-It Ralph, I was intrigued by the concept of Disney creating its own retro video game in the form of an animated movie. As more information became available, the layers of Wreck-It Ralph began peeling back, revealing some exciting details. The concept became clear tha...

Considered to be the rarest Sega CD game, Keio Flying Squadron was released in 1994 towards the end of the Sega CD life cycle adding to its rarity. Keio is a side-scrolling shooter where Rami rides a fire-spitting dragon named Pochi and has two smaller companion dragons assist her. Two squeals whe...

Time to crack that whip in 3D! The latest issue of Nintendo Power has confirmed the rumored 3DS Castlevania title now known as Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate. The game will see the return of series favorite Trevor Belmont who will sport a modified version of Gabriel Belmont's Combat Cross fro...

Press kits are always home to some very rare and limited in quantity goodies. To find any classic gaming press kit is a major score! Here is one from 1992 for Jurassic Park on the Sega Genesis. The press kit includes: VHS tape of screen shots of the video game, 6 slides of screen shots from the game, Soundtrack CD from th...

Here is a very rare piece of video game memorabilia. This limited edition Yoshi & Baby Mario statue was given to select high performing GameStop managers back in 2007 from Nintendo. There are less than 100 of these statues and they're extremely rare. The polyresin statue measures 12" x 10 1/2" and comes housed in box featur...

When Shantae released in 2002, it was received to rave reviews from both critics and gamers. The game is a platform adventure developed by Matt Bozon on his own time. The game was then picked up by Capcom who published the game. Not often is a main stream hit a future rarity which is one of the attribu...

Here is an obscure rarity in the form of a key chain. This Earthbound Scratch & Sniff Pizza key chain has been a known mystery for years. Collectors have always heard of its existence but have never seen a physical key chain until now. A recent auction posted features the mysterio...

2012 the year of the dragon and more importantly the 25 year anniversary of Street Fighter. Capcom is going to be celebrating big this year including global tournaments and the limited edition release of Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector's Set for PS3 and Xbox 360.

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One of the many joys of being a collector is when you discover items that you never knew existed. Case in point these awesome Sega Genesis speakers. I really wish I had a pair of these back in the day to blast Sonic the Hedgehog with. Sega ran a promotion from December 26, 1990 to February 28, 1991 whe...

For fans of the first two Tron films, we have been left in dark recently in regards to updates on the third Tron movie. Lucky for us, Disney XD will premier the 10 part animated mini series Tron: Uprising on June 7th. The show takes place before the events of Tron: Legacy and centers around Beck (voiced by Elijah Wood), who's trained by Tr...

Snatcher for the Sega CD is a port of the Japanese PC Engine version. Several tweaks where made to the Sega CD version when it released in 1994; mostly in the censorship department. Their are some added goodies though in the Sega CD version including: Light gun support, extended opening intro, Act 3 r...

While not the rarest Sega Genesis game, The Punisher is going up in rarity and price! The game was originally released in arcades and later ported to the Sega Genesis in 1994. The arcade version was developed and published by Capcom while the Genesis version was published by Capcom and developed...

Stadium Events is a Holy Grail of NES and Video Game collecting. Originally a Bandai game licensed by Nintendo, Stadium Events was released in 1987 as a test market item in limited amounts of stores including Woolworths. However, Nintendo decided they wanted to release the game on their own so they had...

Sonic the Hedgehog is a fun and challenging rarity to collect for the Sega Master System and here is why. The NTSC version of Sonic the Hedgehog is identical in every way to the PAL version, however, there is one very important piece that differentiates a NTSC version from a PAL version an...