Sadly these days most Amiga games are not worth much. It is common for most games to be found on ebay selling individually for £0.99 or as big lots of 20+ games for under £10. But there are rare exceptions that do still attract collectors and command much higher prices.

At the moment a mint condition boxed copy of Moonstone is selling, and has so far reached £66 which is very high for an Amiga game, original and mint or not.

Are there any other Amiga games you have seen sell for a high price? Or do you know of any Amiga games that are now rare and as sort after?
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I bought
Elite Frontier for 10 pounds (i think)
SpeedBall I for 7 pounds

They are in excelent condition with maps/posters ...etc...

But nothing like those 66.... that is to much
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£66 is a lot of money for Moonstone, but I can't say I'm highly surprised. It is a *real* collectors item and very, very hard to get hold of. Would of course like a copy myself, but it's not often one sees it available. Maybe luck smiles sometime in the future at a market with second-hand stuff. Have seen some Amiga and C64 stuff at such markets, so it's possible to make some bargains.

By the way.. I've noticed that Amiga games doesn't go for much in the US or the UK. I think things are different here in Norway. As there aren't many Amiga items for sale, the prices tend to get a bit higher.
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I vaguely remember getting rid of my copy of Moonstone... some lucky charity shop, as far as I remember (along with my A500)...

To clarify that situation... D'OH!!!!! I is a plonker!
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Well regarding rare titles, I still haven't seen First Samurai on Ebay for sale, only the Super Nintendo version.
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Moonstone regulary goes for similar prices.
Never having played it, couldn't say why.
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You need to give it a try TiredOfLife, it is a brilliant game. Right up there as one of the best games the Amiga saw.
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Funny thing is, I don't remember magazines rating Moonstone that high at all. Most scores I've seen were in the average range. A prime example of how different opinion can be between critics and the general public.
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The problem with magazine reviews is that they get to see every game being released on a platform, so have the ability to compare each new game with every other released, which can often lead to some being over critical.

But with regard to Moonstone, I remember the reason was because the game contained a lot of bugs that made it unstable, and the first version released couldn't actually be completed because the game would crash when you tried to reach the centre of the map for the final part.

But saying that, I often see a similar thing on site's like GameSpot who give the press scores and the readers (general public) scores, and often the reader scores are higher. I think if you are a reader and are prepared to rate a game then it will generally be because you either really like it, or think it is complete crap. In comparison the press will rate a game because it is their job.
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I would also be very interested in seeing a list of the rarer Amiga games, as there is a shop just round the corner from my parents that sell a wide range of old Amiga and ST and even some 8-bit stuff.

I should have a browse for all the Amiga stuff and make a really skanky offer for them, then work out whether there are any rare games amongst them...

But I can't afford it...

So if anyone could furnish me with a list of the rare Amiga games, and especially if people are looking for a specific game I can have a nose through their games and see what gems they may have.
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