European Rarity Guide v0.1

[anagrama]

OK, I've been promoising this for a while, so here it is!
The figures are based on a sample of just under 30,000 games that myself & Sim logged from on eBay UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland, Belguim & Austria between May and December last year.

I've sorted the raw numbers, and have now produced the following rarity guide which rates them on a familar 1-10 scale. It will shortly be incorporated into the Games Database on the main site here.
If anyone wants to see the raw numbers, drop me a PM.

So, without further ado...

4 Ace of Aces
1 Action Fighter
6 Addams Family
5 Aerial Assault
1 Afterburner
3 Air Rescue
3 Aladdin
4 Alex Kidd in Miracle World
2 Alex Kidd in Shinobi World
3 Alex Kidd: High Tech World
4 Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars
2 Alien 3
3 Alien Storm
4 Alien Syndrome
2 Altered Beast
5 American Baseball
6 American Pro Football
5 Andre Agassi Tennis
3 Arcade Smash Hits
4 Assault City
7 Assault City [light phaser version]
1 Asterix
7 Asterix and the Great Rescue
5 Asterix and the Secret Mission
5 Astro Warrior / Pit Pot
2 Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP 2
2 Aztec Adventure
4 Back to the Future II
4 Back to the Future III
4 Bank Panic
6 Bank Panic [card]
4 Basketball Nightmare
1 Batman Returns
3 Battle Outrun
3 Black Belt
6 Blade Eagle 3-D
5 Bomber Raid
4 Bonanza Bros
5 Bram Stokers 'Dracula'
3 Bubble Bobble
8 Buggy Run
1 California Games
6 California Games II
3 Captain Silver
3 Casino Games
1 Castle of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
1 Champions of Europe
8 Championship Hockey
2 Chase HQ
6 Cheese Cat-astrophe Starring Speedy Gonzales
2 Choplifter
2 Chuck Rock
5 Chuck Rock II: Son of Chuck
4 Cloud Master
4 Columns
3 Cool Spot
6 Cosmic Spacehead
5 Crash Dummies
2 Cyber Shinobi
5 Cyborg Hunter
7 Daffy Duck in Hollywood
5 Danan: Jungle Fighter
4 Dead Angle
5 Deep Duck Trouble Starring Donald Duck
4 Desert Speedtrap
3 Desert Strike
3 thingy Tracy
1 Double Dragon
5 Double Hawk
7 Dr Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine
4 Dragon Crystal
7 Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
5 Dynamite Duke
4 Dynamite Dux
4 Ecco the Dolphin
1 Enduro Racer
4 E-SWAT
5 F1
3 F-16 Fighter
6 F-16 Fighter [card]
6 Fantastic Dizzy
2 Fantasy Zone
5 Fantasy Zone II
6 Fantasy Zone: The Maze
5 Fire & Forget II
5 Flash, The
4 Flintstones, The
4 Forgotton Worlds
4 Gain Ground
4 Galaxy Force
4 Ganster Town
2 Gauntlet
6 George Foreman's KO Boxing
2 Ghost House
5 Ghost House [card]
2 Ghostbusters
3 Ghouls & Ghosts
2 Global Defense
1 Global Gladiators
2 G-LOC: Air Battle
1 Golden Axe
4 Golden Axe Warrior
3 Golfamania
4 Golvellius
4 GP Rider
6 Great Baseball
5 Great Basketball
5 Great Football
2 Great Golf
7 Great Soccer [card]
5 Great Volleyball
2 Hang On
5 Hang On [card]
3 Heavyweight Champ
3 Heroes of the Lance
8 Home Alone
2 Impossible Mission
7 Incredible Hulk, The
1 Indiana Jones & Last Crusade
5 James Bond 007: The Duel
3 James Pond 2: Robocod
5 Joe Montana Football
1 Jungle Book
2 Jurassic Park
4 Kenseiden
3 Klax
5 Krusty's Fun House
2 Kung Fu Kid
1 Land of Illusion starring Mickey Mouse
4 Laser Ghost
1 Lemmings
5 Line of Fire
2 Lion King, The
4 Lord of the Sword
9 Lucky Dime Caper Box Set
1 Lucky Dime Caper Starring Donald Duck, The
2 Marble Madness
4 Marksman Shooting/Trap Shooting/Safari Hunt
2 Master Games 1
2 Master of Darkness
8 Masters of Combat
6 Maze Hunter 3-D
4 Mercs
1 Micheal Jackson's Moonwalker
6 Micro Machines
4 Miracle Warriors
6 Missile Defense 3-D
5 Monopoly
3 Mortal Kombat
6 Mortal Kombat II
4 Ms Pacman
3 My Hero
6 My Hero [card]
3 New Zealand Story, The
4 Ninja Gaiden
1 Ninja, The
1 Olympic Gold
1 Operation Wolf
3 Ottifants, The
2 Outrun
6 Outrun 3-D
3 Outrun Europa
2 Pacmania
2 Paperboy
3 Parlour Games
5 Penguin Land
3 PGA Tour Golf
4 Phantasy Star
3 Pit Fighter
1 Populous
7 Poseiden Wars 3-D
4 Power Strike
7 Power Strike II
3 Predator 2
2 Prince of Persia
2 Pro Wrestling
5 Psychic World
2 Psycho Fox
4 Putt & Putter
5 Quartet
3 Rainbow Islands
3 Rambo III
4 Rampage
3 Rampart
3 Rastan
4 RC Grand Prix
5 Renegade
1 Rescue Mission
5 Road Rash
6 Robocop 3
2 Robocop vs Terminator
4 Rocky
2 R-Type
4 Running Battle
3 Sagaia
10 Schtroumpfs Autour du Monde, Les
5 Schtroumpfs, Les
4 SCI: Special Criminal Investigation
4 Scramble Spirits
2 Secret Command
3 Sega Chess
7 Sega World Tournament Golf
5 Sensible Soccer
2 Shadow Dancer
2 Shadow of the Beast
5 Shanghai
1 Shinobi
5 Shooting Gallery
3 Simpsons, The: Bart vs the Space Mutants
7 Simpsons, The: Bart vs the World
4 Slap Shot
6 Sonic Spinball
1 Sonic the Hedgehog
1 Sonic the Hedgehog 2
1 Sonic the Hedgehog Chaos
2 Space Gun
3 Space Harrier
6 Space Harrier 3-D
3 Speedball [Image Works]
3 Speedball [Virgin]
3 Speedball 2
5 Spellcaster
1 Spiderman
6 Spider-man: Return of the Sinister Six
5 Spy vs Spy
6 Spy vs Spy [card]
3 Star Wars
2 Streets of Rage
6 Streets of Rage II
3 Strider
2 Strider II
3 Submarine Attack
3 Summer Games
1 Super Kick Off
1 Super Monaco GP
6 Super Off Road
3 Super Smash TV
3 Super Space Invaders
1 Super Tennis
5 Super Tennis [card]
4 Superman: The Man of Steel
6 T2: Judgement Day
8 T2: The Arcade Game
1 Taz-Mania
5 Tecmo World Cup '93
2 Teddy Boy
6 Teddy Boy [card]
2 Tennis Ace
1 Terminator, The
1 Thunder Blade
4 Time Soldiers
2 Tom and Jerry: The Movie
1 TransBot
5 Transbot [card]
2 Trivial Pursuit
4 Ultima IV
7 Ultimate Soccer
3 Vigilante
6 Wanted
1 Wimbledon
4 Wimbledon II
2 Winter Olympics
4 Wolfchild
1 Wonderboy
1 Wonderboy III - The Dragon's Trap
2 Wonderboy in Monster Land
5 Wonderboy in Monster World
2 World Class Leaderboard
2 World Cup Italia '90
6 World Cup USA '94
2 World Games
1 World Grand Prix
1 World Soccer
6 WWF Steel Cage Challenge
3 Xenon 2: Megablast [Image Works]
3 Xenon 2: Megablast [Virgin]
5 Y's: The Vanished Omens
5 Zaxxon 3-D
4 Zillion
4 Zillion II: Tri Formation
6 Zool

[Sinistral]

Great! I'll have a look properly and post back later.

[Damon Plus]

To me, it looks very accurate

Good work!

[Stan]

Just so everyone knows, I have been working on the NTSC rarity guide, so I'll be posting that on here soon. I meant to have it done yesterday, but I decided to alphabetize my collection instead.

[Tonto]

Good work the both of you. Look forward to seeing the US guide.

[Sinistral]

Sorry i meant to post back earlier about this but got side-tracked. Looks all pretty good to me, although there are a few surprises in there, the numbers speak for themselves though, I've been working on a page that will display only the rarity information and gamename (to replace the little rarity guide page we have up just now) but it should get the figures from the database, so updating the database will update the page. Also adding a little text area so you can write a bit about how the numbers are complied and what each rarity value means etc but i'll leave this up to you I'll post back when i've got this in place.

Andy

[anagrama]

Stan said:

but I decided to alphabetize my collection instead.

tsk! Us hardcore folk sort 'em by publisher & part number instead. I mean, they're so ugly with all those different-style spines jumbled up together.

Order & neatness! That's what's missing in this day and age!

;D

[onyx]

all this rarity stuff is killing the sales of sms games

[Stan]

That's why I'm glad I captured the goods before the rush! The numbers are a bit odd, I must add, I can't wait to get some feedback on my list because I was surprised by a few games. I like them by letter man, letter, that way I can find them easily.

[psychofox]

definately by letter

good work James and Stan

[dezanuebe]

excellent work, kudos to you all!!!