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00:00Not saying the Xbox 360 is up there entirely with the PlayStation 2, but it's pretty damn close.
00:05The early days of crackdown collectibles, Gears of War blowing our hair clean off,
00:09Halo 3's legendary ending and the legendarily tiny cat helmet collectible,
00:14Xbox Live Arcade achievements, The Blades, there was so much to love,
00:18collect and all out enjoy about being an Xbox fan.
00:21Speaking of, chances are you hoovered up your fair share of collector's editions.
00:25Smaller titles may be given boxed releases, or any number of cool things you may or
00:29may not have realised would go on to be worth far more than they were at the time.
00:34I'm Scott from popculture.com, and these are the 14 rarest Xbox 360 games ever.
00:39Number 14, Dead Space, Ultra Limited Edition.
00:42One of the coolest versions of an already incredible game,
00:45there were only 1,000 of these made for Dead Space's debut run.
00:49Comprising a graphic novel, the first Dead Space animated movie downfall,
00:52a signed custom lithograph by legendary comic artist Ben Templesmith, the game itself,
00:57an art book, Ishimura crew patch and a custom box to put it all in, combined with a limited
01:02production cycle, and you have to embark on an Isaac Clarke-sized mission yourself
01:06if you want to track one down.
01:08Number 13, Aliens vs Predator, Hunter Edition.
01:11Once a proud gaming franchise morphed into a laughable one thanks to some naff movies,
01:16AVP on 360 is actually super recommendable, coming with three overlapping story campaigns
01:21and lots of xenomorph or yautja finishes. The Hunters Edition then was an AVP fan's dream,
01:26coming with an actual replica facehugger and tie-in graphic novel,
01:30plus assorted trinkets and materials.
01:32Considering how starved for genuinely cool things this fandom are,
01:35the Hunters Edition has turned into a highly sought-after collector's item.
01:39Number 12, DJ Hero, Renegade Edition.
01:42For a while across the late 2000s, Activision were pumping out hero games like there was no tomorrow,
01:47going from guitar to band, DJ and back again.
01:49For DJ Hero's Renegade Edition, it's the one that came with the JZ and M&M Twin CD pack,
01:54along with changing the colour of the hardware itself to a slick black and gold combo,
01:59perfect for collectors.
02:00Thanks to being a new and unproven franchise though, not many people snapped this up immediately,
02:05meaning such a limited run never had the demand to be followed up on,
02:08resulting in a paltry amount circulating online and in many storage units around the world.
02:13Number 11, Fallout 3, Survival Edition.
02:15The one thing that makes this so special isn't necessarily the freestanding Pip-Boy wrist clock,
02:20but an awesome little Pip-Boy figure.
02:22These little guys are incredibly hard to come by in versions that aren't bobbleheads,
02:26making for an irresistible combo when taken with everything else.
02:29A robust bundle in itself, both the aforementioned items sit alongside some limited edition art,
02:34a soundtrack and the collector's edition of the game too.
02:37Bethesda knew exactly how to make an entrance with their take on Fallout.
02:41Number 10, Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions Limited Edition.
02:44Now, this isn't anything fancy in terms of what you could take home physically,
02:48as instead the limited edition of Spidey's cross-dimensional outing
02:51came with a code to redeem a negative zone suit.
02:54Shattered Dimensions tended to go down well with fans and no one else,
02:57so thanks to the game's lacklustre scores and the suit's limited availability,
03:01it's combined to drive prices up to ridiculous heights.
03:04Unless you find someone randomly posting the code online having not used it this whole time,
03:08you can literally only get one from these editions.
03:11Number 9, Darksiders 2, Collector's Edition.
03:14Hidden gems of the shiniest kind, all four Darksiders games are just great action titles,
03:19filled with fun, intricate lore, chunky characters and meaty combat.
03:23Though Darksiders 3 was a bit of a dud compared to its predecessors,
03:26Darksiders 2 saw Vigil Games shoot for the stars,
03:29introducing a more open world, mounted combat, a complex loot system and plenty more.
03:34To mark the occasion, we got a couple of limited editions,
03:36one with a hulking statue and one ultra-rare variant featuring Death's mask itself.
03:41The latter only seems to surface every few years at one place or another across entire countries,
03:46remaining an ultra-valuable collectible if you picked it up in the first place.
03:50Number 8, Kingdoms of Amalur Reckoning, Signature Edition.
03:53Seems that having your development team go out in a blaze of glory does wonders for the trading
03:57market, as 38 Studios had one hell of a time getting Kingdoms of Amalur out the gate as a
04:02franchise. Included in this Signature Edition, the rarest of the Special and Collector's variants,
04:06is a unique Todd McFarlane-signed sketch, a sizeable troll figure also signed by either
04:11McFarlane, Ken Ralston or Curt Schilling, the game's soundtrack, the game itself,
04:16a set of playing cards modelled after in-world Destiny cards, more unique artwork, a dice set
04:21and a themed playing mat. Oh, and there are only 300 of them on the planet Earth. Happy hunting.
04:27Number 7, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Prestige Edition.
04:30The one with the Night Vision goggles was a landmark moment in gaming for pre-order bundles,
04:35as not only had Activision gone slightly mad by including what was touted to be a
04:39working pair of Night Vision goggles, but we all immediately realised there were clearly
04:43no limits on what could be packaged in with our favourite titles. Sadly, in action,
04:48as reality settled back in, these advanced goggles were not military-grade, and instead
04:53were pretty blurry and lo-fi when using them in the dark. Still, it remains the coolest pack-in
04:57this side of Saints Row 4's $1 million pre-order that aimed to send a lucky fan to the moon. Yes,
05:04really. Number 6, The Beatles Rock Band, Limited Edition.
05:07Ask a Beatles fan how much they'd pay for a guitar that was actually used by the members
05:11of the band. Exactly. Now think about how MTV and Harmonix clearly had that idea in mind when
05:17they created The Beatles Rock Band, as the Limited Edition features a whole band's worth
05:21of instruments licensed to be replicas of those used by John, Paul, George and Ringo.
05:26It's a shame this didn't take off more in retrospect, as from the incredible setlist
05:30to cartoonish takes on locales ranging from the Apple Building to the Ed Sullivan Show,
05:34Rock Band's first major spin-off remains one of its best.
05:37Number 5, Halo 3, Legendary Edition.
05:40The entire launch of Halo 3 was more like a cultural event than a game release,
05:44with Times Square plastered in Master Chief adverts left, right and centre. Before launch,
05:48though, fans who coughed up the substantial asking price for the Legendary Edition thought
05:52they were getting a life-size Chief helmet to wear. Instead, the reality was storage for the
05:56game itself, leading to the Cat Helmet label I mentioned at the beginning. To this day, fans
06:01trade the Legendary Edition online for hugely varying amounts, depending on what state it's in.
06:062015 saw one signed by the entire Bungie team go for $10,000, so if you plumped up the cash at
06:13launch, hold on, because a time might come where you can make that money back many times over.
06:18Of course, that's providing you can let that beloved Cat Helmet go.
06:21Number 4, The Legend of Spyro, Dawn of the Dragon. A game that's not worth a huge amount of money
06:26compared to many other entries on this list, but one that came in the midst of a franchise changing
06:31hands multiple times, right before Spyro would end up with the Skylanders crew. We're literally
06:35talking about the base game here, but through the factors mentioned, it became a collector's item
06:40through sparsity alone. Looking back, Dawn of the Dragon is a total hidden gem for fans of Spyro
06:45himself, a fairly bold, mature take on his aesthetic that included Elijah Wood as Spyro
06:49himself, plus Mark Hamill, Gary Oldman and more reprising their roles from A New Beginning and
06:54Eternal Night to wrap up the Legend of Spyro trilogy.
06:57Number 3, Bioshock Infinite, Songbird Edition. Bioshock's status in the industry is legend at
07:02this point, a genre-bending fourth-wall breaker that anyone who favours the original will shout
07:07about from the rooftops any chance they get. By the time we'd had one awesome underrated sequel
07:11though, it was time to shift gears and journey out from Rapture up into the clouds. This produced
07:16Bioshock Infinite, a real head-scratcher with more iconic elements, great characters and one of the
07:21best world designs of all time. From its hulking Songbird statue, who you'll have grown to love
07:26over the course of the game, to the tiny handyman figure, art books, posters, a small Murder of
07:31Crows tonic keychain, and the game itself, 2K knew exactly how to capitalise on such a dedicated
07:36fanbase.
07:37Number 2, Mass Effect, Limited Collector's Edition. Back when Bioware set the Mass Effect ball
07:42rolling in 2007, even just looking at how conversations work was genuinely mind-blowing.
07:47For this fancy collector's edition then, you get a limited edition art book,
07:51making of DVD with exclusive footage never seen anywhere else. The game, a really neat
07:56Shepard-slash-Seren steelbook case, 36-page Galactic Codex guide to the Mass Effect universe,
08:01and some unique art from the base game's cover. Mass Effect of course blew up beyond Bioware's
08:06wildest dreams, and this has gone on to become a bonafide legacy item only a few can call their
08:11own.
08:12And number one, Combat Wings, The Great Battles of World War II. Do yourself a favour and pick
08:17up a game from a no-name studio every now and then. You never know what's going to develop a
08:21devoted following comprised of people who'll do anything to get their hands on it at some
08:25point in the future. Combat Wings is such a game, especially on Xbox 360, where a copy is
08:30rarer than a 2K title without microtransaction. Developed by Citi Interactive, the game received
08:35fairly mixed to negative reviews, but as flight sim lovers are a dedicated bunch, Combat Wings'
08:40inherent rarity through a very limited production has made it one of the most valuable games on
08:45the system. To this day, even the Metacritic page for Combat Wings' 360 version is completely empty,
08:50setting up insane prices to own a copy, like at one time, a copy shifting for $10,000.
08:56And those are the 14 rarest Xbox 360 games. Maybe you've just realised you're sitting on a gold
09:01mine. Let me know your favourite titles down in the comments below, and please subscribe to the
09:05WhatCulture Gaming Podcast. For now, I've been Scott from WhatCulture.com, and I'll catch you soon.