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Dakengard (C64 game.) Its worth like 150$ on Ebay
Got the original ginormous box and the floppies rather than the cassette (floppy version was worth more)
Best part is that I got it for 1$ at a seattle Ham show
Hmm, I don't really care about unneeded material posessions, but I do like my steelcase version of UTIII.
I have the PAL version of Panzer Dragoon Saga.
I'm particularly proud of the four CE boxes I have which are big or pretty enough to place on a shelf and look imposing. Especially the Fallout 3 one - the lunch box is just awesome.
Other than that, well, I'm a proud owner of several classic games, but none of them can really be considered as collectible since I threw away boxes and sometimes manuals as well.
I've only actually been "collecting" games for the last year and a half - that is to say, I didn't really know about Collector's Editions and how nice they can look on a shelf until then.
I've always been a gamer, and occasionally I've saved the boxes for a while, but it wasn't until I saw the World of WarCraft CE box that I realised that I might want my boxes to show on my shelves - to show my passion for gaming to the world.
Before that I took pleasure in occasionally hunting down a rare game I'd heard good things about so I could try it, but that was mostly for the sake of the game. It still is, of course - my CE boxes are there to show I own a copy of the game, nothing else, so I open the boxes and toy with the stuff inside, thus pretty much voiding the value of the box, but it feels good to know that I have something physical to show for my hobby.
Other than CE stuff, I'm pretty proud of owning an almost-new copy of Vagrant Story, my 6 old SNES games (alas, the SNES itself died a few years back... thank the gods for Virtual Console), a large collection of N64 games, as well my library of Game Boy games, and my CD version of Planescape: Torment.
It's difficult to say whether I'm really proud of actually owning a particular game - indeed, I would say that it's more important for me to have experienced the game in addition to owning it. I value Steam and GOG very much because of that: I might not be able to hold the games in my hands, but I can play these classics which were given up for lost to time.
I do kind of regret not getting Banjo-Tooie for the N64 back in the days, and if I recall correctly I had a yellow DK64 cartridge I lost , but I'm not overly bothered: next month I can afford a 360 which will allow access to the former, and the latter was solved by buying a new (standard grey) cartridge five or so years back.
Another thought occurs to me: I feel especially proud about the games I bought myself. My "big box" CEs cost a great deal, and my PSP-2004, while not exactly a great machine, was still worth scrounging for - and then I had to wait another month before I could afford a game and a memory card. I think that's still my single largest purchase, although I do spend more overall now.
I think I'm most proud of my PS2 RPG section of my collection because I have all the Shin Megami Tensei games for that system.
You can see what I have in my collection at: www.backloggery.com/jt
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Aatami: I primarily collect PS1 games.
Vanguard Bandits. My god this game is a bitch to get a hold of.
Team Buddies.
Legend of Dragoon
Kula World
Trying to get my hands on Tactics Ogre, Let us Cling Together
How's Team Buddies? I played it at my friend's house a few years ago, and I asked him about it but he said he lost it, which isn't too surprising for him. I'd say my rarest PS1 game is Jojo's Bizarre Adventure.
Original boxed Monkey Island 1 and 2 games with code spin wheels. I bought the Monkey Island bounty pack as well to get them on CD seeing as I can't use floppies on anything but my pentium 166.
World of Warcraft Battlechest, probably because of the books. <3
I must say I really enjoy every retail boxed version of a game I own but if I have to pick --
Boxes --
Might and Magic 4 and 5
Cloth Maps of --
Ice Wind Dale
Ultima VII
Ferelden
I still have the original boxed Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar for Apple II somewhere, complete with cloth map and ankh. But no Apple II to play it on anymore.
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jbunniii: I still have the original boxed Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar for Apple II somewhere, complete with cloth map and ankh. But no Apple II to play it on anymore.

Thats what emulation is for - or the Complete Ultima Archive for PC is also great - all dosboxed and ready to play.
Ultima 4. That's the version I played 2 years ago (since the megadrive version I had) and the link still exists.
For me personally it would be starsiege, the box came with 2 manuals, one was for the hercs and the other was pretty much a colored book on the history of the starsiege universe, never seen anything that big since in pages, seems like games nowadays have pretty scimpy box content.
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Lou: Thats what emulation is for - or the Complete Ultima Archive for PC is also great - all dosboxed and ready to play.

Good idea! I searched around and found and installed this:
http://xu4.sourceforge.net/
and now I have Ultima IV up and running for the first time since the 1980s!
You mentioned a complete archive - is that a commercial product or is it freeware, and where can I find it?
Cloth map from Ultima VI box. Unfortunately the box and game disks (for C64) have lost :( But the map will live on.