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The old list was nolonger being maintained, so I'm taking it upon myself to keep track of the list and any revisions that people believe the list needs. Feel free to chime in on any CIB game boy games that you believe should be added to the list or moved further down to the lesser rares list, or even taken off completely.
Nominations are needed in order for this list to stay accurate over time, so the collaborative efforts of all game boy game collectors will definitely be helpful.

The list itself has been wiped clean of all users that have or had the games on this list. If you would like to be added or re-added, be sure to make a post in this thread with what CIB game boy games from this list that you have!
It's subject to change, so don't be disappointed if a game you have gets removed due to it being too common.


Top tier, R9s and R10s
Amazing Tater: clr2k
F1 Pole Position:
NIV Bible: clr2k
Spud's Adventure: clr2k


Second tier, R8s
Avenging Spirit: clr2k
Captain America: Sjp5412
Centipede (Accolade): clrk2
Chuck Rock:
Cool Ball: clr2k
Felix the Cat (Hudson, 1st print): clr2k
Fish Dude: clr2k
Hit the Ice:
Mr. Do!: Sjp5412, clr2k
Ninja Boy 2: rondy_, Mofasa, clr2k
Race Days: clr2k
Spanky's Quest: Mofasa
Sports Illustrated for Kids Ultimate Triple Dare: SNESfinder-
Sumo Fighter: mydogsrule, clr2k
Tail Gator: clr2k
Toxic Crusaders: the_wizard_666, Mofasa, clr2k
Wayne's World: clr2k


Third tier, R7s
Alfred Chicken: Sjp5412, clr2k
Atomic Punk (w/Poster): clr2k, Sjp5412
Bart Beanstalk: Sjp5412, rondy_
Battletoads / Double Dragon: the_wizard_666
Blaster Master Boy: clr2k
Cool World: Sjp5412, clr2k
Dick Tracy: clr2k
Felix the Cat (Electrobrain Version):
Great Greed: Sjp5412, the_wizard_666, clr2k
Iron Man X-O: clr2k, Sjp5412
Itchy & Scratchy: rondy_, Sjp5412
Jetsons: Sjp5412, TheBiRD, clr2k
Jeopardy Teen Tournament: Sjp5412, clr2k
Joe & Mac: clr2k
Jimmy Connor's Tennis: Penguin
Kid Dracula: the_wizard_666, Mofasa, romiked2689
Knight's Quest: Sjp5412, Penguin
Lazlo's Leap: clr2k, Sjp5412
Metal Masters: Sjp5412
Mortal Kombat I & II: Sjp5412
Ninja Taro: Sjp5412
Rampart: the_wizard_666, Sjp5412
Robocop Vs. Terminator: clr2k, Sjp5412
Skate or Die Tour De Thrash: Sjp5412
Snow Brothers: TheBiRD, clr2k, Sjp5412
Spiritual Warfare: Sjp5412
Stop that Roach: clr2k
Titus the Fox: the_wizard_666, clr2k
Total Carnage (w/Poster): clr2k, Sjp5412
Universal Soldier: Mofasa, clr2k
Zen Intergalactic Ninja: Sjp5412

Fourth tier, 6.5s
Addams Family Pugsley's Scavenger Hunt: clr2k, Sjp5412
Blues Brothers: Sjp5412
Boxxle II: Sjp5412, clr2k
Castelian: Sjp5412
Darkman: clr2k
Dennis the Menace: clr2k
Ducktales 2 (Non-PC, 1st print):
Flintstones Treasure Island: clr2k, Roystorey
Ghostbusters II (Black & Blue): clr2k, Sjp5412
International Superstar Soccer 98: rondy_
Jordan Vs Bird: Sjp5412
Lethal Weapon: Sjp5412
Out of Gas: Sjp5412, clr2k
Seaquest DSV: Mofasa
Shaq Fu: Sjp5412
Soccer Mania: clr2k
Super Chase H.Q. (Taito):
Swamp Thing: clr2k, Sjp5412
Zool: Sjp5412

Jonebone's GB Commons that aren't so Common List!
(Range = Close R5s - Close R7s)
All Star Baseball '99:
Cool Spot (Not the Green one, and not New Adventures):
Days of Thunder: Penguin, Sjp5412
Elite Soccer:
Extra Bases: Sjp5412
Frogger: Sjp5412
Goal! (Note: Heavily counterfeited out of Europe, don't buy from there): Sjp5412
Judge Dredd:
Lamborghini American Challenge:
Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow: Penguin, Sjp5412, clr2k
Muhammad Ali Boxing:
Riddick Bowe Boxing: Sjp5412
Robin Hood: Sjp5412
Stargate: Sjp5412
Talespin (First Print Capcom, not Sunsoft): Sjp5412
True Lies: Sjp5412
World Circuit Series: Sjp5412

 

I've got:
Barbie Game Girl
Bart & The Beanstalk
Cool World
Great greed
Jetson's
Knight Quest
Spiritual Warfare
Square Deal
Zen

I'd also like to nominate Last Action Hero and Rampart to the list. I'm sure I'll think of a few more as the day goes on.

I don't think the list should be that long. If you are starting over, you may as well start from scratch.

I'll nominate the games that I consider to be the the rarest. Tried to go "in order", but many would be debatable.

Top tier, R9s and R10s
Spud's Adventure
F1 Pole Position
NIV Bible
Amazing Tater

Second tier, R8s
Sumo Fighter
Centipede Accolade
Mr. Do!
Cool Ball
Avenging Spirit
Ninja Boy 2
Felix the Cat (Hudson, 1st print)
Wayne's World
Chuck Rock
Spanky's Quest
Fish Dude
Captain America
Tail Gator

Third tier, R7s
Great Greed
Cool World
Mortal Kombat I & II
Jetsons
Snow Brothers
Flintstones Treasure Island
Ninja Taro
Jeopardy Teen Tournament
Skate or Die Tour De Trash
Stop that Roach
Metal Masters
Knight's Quest
Toxic Crusaders
Itchy & Scratchy
Zen Intergalactic Ninja
Kid Dracula
Blaster Master Boy
Jimmy Connor's Tennis
Titus the Fox
Bart Beanstalk
Iron Man X-O
Spiritual Warfare
Battletoads / Double Dragon

R6s shouldn't be on the list. This would include stuff like Boxxle II, Fastest Lap, Dennis the Menace, etc. There's probably 40-50 titles you could consider R6s, and it isn't worth tracking at that detail.

Also, I'd lump most of your expensive populars (MM IV, MM V, TMNT III, etc.) into the R6 category.

And finally, there are some titles I'd consider "R6.5", meaning I could see arguments either way for them being a 6 or 7. Stuff like Jordan Vs. Bird, Joe & Mac, Buster Bros., etc. I think it just depends who you ask as to where they would put them.

Now that I have a CIB set I don't search anymore but Universal Soldier and Shaq Fu took me forever to get. R8 or R7 for these?

I'd consider Universal Solider an R7 but I'm not so sure on Shaq Fu. It's definitely not a GB holy grail that it once was, as most copies that turn up are sealed. Maybe R7, at least an R6.

Oh and after thinking a little more, this is another good one:

Race Days

Easy R7, probably R8. This game simply never appears in the USA version, only as Euro. Can't even remember the last time I saw a USA version up for sale.

Alright, the list has been revised and split into tiers. Here's what has been removed, and of course, feel free to voice your opinion on the removal of these games from the list.

Barbie Game Girl: (REMOVED)
Bionic Commando: (REMOVED)
Blues Brothers: (REMOVED)
Boxxle 2: (REMOVED)
Buster Bros.: (REMOVED)
Daffy Duck: (REMOVED)
Darkman: (REMOVED)
Dennis the Menace: (REMOVED)
Dig Dug: (REMOVED)
Fastest Lap: (REMOVED)
Ghost Busters II: (REMOVED)
Hit the Ice: (REMOVED)
Jeep Jamboree: (REMOVED)
Jeopardy Platinum Edition: (REMOVED)
Joe and Mac: (REMOVED)
Jordan vs. Bird: (REMOVED)
Kung Fu Master: (REMOVED)
Lethal Weapon: (REMOVED)
Mega Man IV: (REMOVED)
Mega Man V: (REMOVED)
Miner 2049er: (REMOVED)
Monster Truck Wars: (REMOVED)
Nail 'N Scale: (REMOVED)
Out of Gas: (REMOVED)
Prophecy of the Viking Child: (REMOVED)
Robocop vs Terminator: (REMOveD)
Rolan's Curse 2: (REMOVED)
Shaq Fu: (REMOVED)
Soccer Mania: (REMOVED)
Spot the Cool Adventure: (REMOVED)
Spy Vs. Spy: (REMOVED)
Square Deal: (REMOVED)
Super Chase H.Q. (Taito): (REMOVED)
Teenage Mutant (REMOVED)
Total Carnage: (REMOVED)
Zool: (REMOVED)

Adventure Island Electro-Brain Version: (REMOVED)
Revenge of the Gator Electro-Brain Version: (REMOVED)
Operation C Konami Version: (REMOVED)
Trax Hal Version: (REMOVED)
Duck Tales THQ version: (REMOVED)
Milon's Secret Castle Electro-Brain Version: (REMOVED)

Cliffhanger: (REMOVED)
Battletoads Ragnarok World: (REMOVED)
Pyramids of Ra: (REMOVED)
Batman Forever: (REMOVED)
Daffy Duck: (REMOVED)
WCW Main Event: (REMOVED)

Hmm... after reviewing what was removed, I'd have to throw these in there too:

R7s
Hit the Ice
Robocop Vs. Terminator

I'd probably include Super Chase HQ (Taito) in the R6.5 category as well.

I've been aggressively casting a pretty wide net since jan/feb this year and a few games I have yet to see pop up on eBay that aren't on the list or have been removed:
All-Star Baseball '99
Darkman
Megalit
Rampart
Star Saver
Tasmania Story

Ive jetson and snow bros

Yeah, a year for GB is nothing though.  I've been actively tracking almost 4 years straight now?  There will be many titles you never see in the span of a year, plenty other sports that you probably haven't seen or noticed.  Stuff like ISS 98, Elite Soccer,  Muhammad Ali Boxing, etc.  Stuff you would never notice till you start trying to fill in "commons".

You also have to search worldwide, half and Amazon.  There's a Mint Tasmania Story that's been on Amazon a couple of months now.  I cleaned out some of his nicest stuff when he started listing, he had around 150 CIBs.  I think Deathmore may have gotten some stuff off him too?

I'd say all of those, other than All Star 99 are at least R6s though.  I could see some arguing them as R7s.

Yeah, I don't quite see those being up to par with the rest of the list. While it may be true that some of the games on the list have had a few CIBs in just this year alone, I feel that it has more to do with the price that they go for more than anything. Money is a pretty good incentive to sell.

The closest CIB game out of those 6 to being an R7, would probably be Darkman. That was a pain in the butt to find CIB even as far back as 2009. I'll add it to the 6.5 tier for now though.

In case these get mentioned as well, these are some other CIB game boy games that probably won't be added to the list, as I'm not sure if I'm convinced that these would make the cut.
The number next to each game are the boxes I've seen in just this year alone, one has been bone dry, but it's debatable whether it would make the cut or not. It may only take one really good CIB sale in order for more to pop up.

Castlelian - 1
Pac In Time - 3
Pinball Fantasies - 3
Metal Masters - 0
Gradius The Interstellar Assault - 1

Metal Masters is already on the list   GameQuestDirect had a lot of sealed copies back in the day, but that well has been dry for at least 3 years.

And Gradius is at least an R6 too.

Oh yeah, dur. Lol I'm blind, don't mind me.

That seems to be a common-ish story for some gameboy games. It was that way for The Getaway as well, plenty of sealed copies for a while there, then they just disappeared and there was a drought. There still is, sort of.

I have CIB
- Ninja Boy 2
- Bart Beanstalk
- Itchy & Scratchy

ISS 98 should be there on the list IMO. I tracked the Simpsons games and they were way easier to get than ISS 98. That being said, I don't know how ISS 98 compares to most of the other rare GB titles.

I have ISS 98 as well.

Shouldnt kid dracula be higher?

Hey... if a hudson soft Felix the Cat box is an R8, how rare/valuable are the manuals?

Perhaps if enough CIB GB collectors agree on having it moved up to an R8.

A lot of rarities are a matter of opinion, but I could see an argument for Kid Dracula being an R8. Though you'd have to have MMIV and MMV as R7s at least if you measure Dracula as an R8.

DAng, I had NIV bible CIB, but a guy from church stole it from me. lol

Are you just referring Mortal Kombat I & II as two separate titles? There is one of each on eBay right now CIB for like $25.

Nope, it's a combo cart.  Image courtesy our NA database!  1 and 2 on their own are probably R3/R4 at best.

That explains it! I don't beleive I've ever noticed that cart let alone the box. Game Boy collecting is so intriguing.

I have a factory sealed Sumo Fighter. I've always been curious about it. I paid around $10 a few years ago when I visited California. I have been contacted about selling but I enjoy having it since I found it in the wild. Have any popped up forsale. I'm not sure about prices on this.