Your luckiest gaming pickups?

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I take it that I'm not the only one here who still owns a few physical game copies. This is slightly inspired by the fact that my sister recently really wanted to rub it in my face that she got one of those 3DS XL collectors edition Zelda consoles for less than 1/5 of what they sell for on ebay (and it was new in box), so I feel the need to rub it in someone else's face that I've also been a bit lucky with these things. So here are some of the lucky ones I've been able to pick up: picture

You might go "Baldur's Gate, well that's nothing special". Try to find a complete boxed copy in good condition for less than 4€. Some of the other ones might need a bit of explaining:
Redguard While not a super rare game, it's one that still fetches a decent price due to the series it's linked to. It's an elder scrolls game, released between Daggerfall and Morrowind. Got a new in box one for I think 5€ (was a while ago, so I don't quite remember).
System Shock 1 Again, not super rare. Found a shrink-wrapped copy back in 2003 (I think) in a bargain bin for 2€. Budget edition, so it came in one of those old blue boxes that EA used, but still, not a bad find.
Pink System Shock 2 You'll never be as fabulous as me until you own a pink System Shock 2. It's from a compilation that I bought back when System Shock 2 was hard to find, for next to nothing. SS2 still stands as one of my favourite games of all time, and it was the standout game of that compilation (I bought it from Dungeon Keeper 2, which turned out to only be so-so)
Limbo of the Lost For this one it's more down to the story behind it, which made the game get recalled. Sadly it's the more common European release (being European and all, that's no surprise), but still, it's a game that is quite interesting to own and (try to) play. This wiki details what makes it special. The game is awful though, absolutely awful, it's just the story attached to it that makes it funny.
Ultimate Wizardry Archives Here is a game that actually holds some value. I've seen it go for like 70-80€ on more than a few occasions (and that is without the box). Sadly my copy also lacks the box, but I got it for 1€+shipping, courtesy of the local Ebay counterpart not drawing a huge crowd (Sweden does not have a large enough population, so it's not super uncommon for rare and expensive thins to be overlooked).
Mr. Gimmick It's one of the most expensive NES games in existence. No, it's not as expensive as the tournament cartridges, or the very small handful of rental-only games (actually, it's more expensive than some), but it's still really expensive. I ended up getting it before it became expensive, back when I was just a kid. I traded a copy of Ice Climbers for it. The reason why the game is so expensive is due to the simple fact that it got a very limited release. It was only ever released in Japan and the Scandinavian countries, and right at the end of the NES's lifespan. The game itself is also really good, I would even go so far as to say that it's one of the best NES games ever made, and it also had an outstanding soundtrack. The Japanese version of this game had a special sound chip, which the Scandinavian one lacked (so the Scandinavian release sounds a bit worse than the Japanese one), but what's more special about it is that the game also had a custom graphics chip, which might be why it did not see a wider release, because it was so expensive to produce.

So what are some of your luckiest gaming pickups?

And because I know that you would never be here if there was no chance of a giveaway: here goes, a game about finding hard to find things

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