Top 10 Most Expensive Limited Edition Gaming Consoles

Hassan Raza
7 min readJun 20, 2023

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Nowadays there are a lot of people who like entertainment of different types such as watching movies, clicking photos etc.

But one of the biggest and the most consumed source of entertainment is gaming. Gaming Industry is booming right now, its even bigger than the film industry.

If you don’t believe me then, look at the exponential growth of eSports and the cost of some of those games (Activision’s Destiny reportedly cost a budget of $500 million and Avatar, the highest-grossing movie of all time, cost a budget of $425 million).

Still, some retro consoles and limited-edition collectibles are invaluable, with only one or two ever made and never going to be sold (Bill Gates gave a gift to a South Korean leader).

On the other hand, there are limited edition consoles that hit the market from time to time, and enthusiasts flock to them and spend a lot of money.

Here are 10 of the most expensive limited edition consoles ever sold.

10. RDI Halcyon — $5,500

The RDI Halcyon is not a particularly limited edition, but it is one of the most expensive video game console of all time, selling for $2,500 in 1985 and $5,500 in today’s money.

The system was a giant, boxy laserdisc game console, and had only two games released in a short period of time.

Rick Dyer, creator of the popular LaserDisc video games Dragon’s Lair and Space Ace, has created Halcyon.

The console had several notable features, including a voice recognition processor and his Voltrax voice synthesizer that allowed the machine to communicate with the player.

Dyer compared this console to his HAL-9000 computer in his 2001:A Space Odyssey, calling the machine a “living being.” If Halcyon was alive, well, it would’ve been die younger.

9. Maziora Dreamcast — $6,000

The Sega Dreamcast changed into the less-famous successor to the Sega Saturn, even selling over 10 million copies throughout its lifespan.
During its 1998 release, and beyond, Sega partnered with many different companies to create limited editions of the console, such as with Maziora of Nippon Paint.
The Maziora Dreamcast was painted with a pearlescent coating, which modified colorings relying on the viewing angle.

There were reports that 500 of the consoles had been produced.

There had been methods to get one:

a) ordering online,

and

b) by winning it at a racing event, which produced two hundred signed versions of the console.

The Maziora Dreamcast was bought for $6,000 in a latest eBay auction, however price vary depending on console quality.

8. Gundam RX-78 Custom Edition Dreamcast — $7,300

Another prime example of various expensive limited edition Dreamcasts is this Gundam RX-78 CE.

A popular anime, Gundam has a thriving fan base and many limited edition items associated with it, making this console even harder to come by for die-hard fans.

There were only 78 units of this console ever made.

The console is coloured in the same scheme as the Gundam RX-78 model, and has various prices on auction sites throughout the world.

The maximum latest one was bought on eBay for $7,300.

7. Lara Croft Gem-Studded Xbox 360 — $11,000

This gem-studded Xbox 360 was a limited edition console that possibly shouldn`t have ever been made.
That being said, a few diehard Lara Croft fan is willing to shell out months of rent or loan fees to buy this thing, as it features Croft`s face in a stunning, gem-studded reality.
The console was adorned with the Lara Croft artwork, and then peppered with over 43,000 coloured crystals, and it could all be yours for just $11,000.

6. Rose Gold Xbox One And PS4 — $13,600

The “world’s first gold gaming console” was launched by UAE store Jumbo Electronics in 2014.

The Xbox One and PS4 consoles are glossy and unique, but those features don’t always warrant their $13,600 price tags.

The console was designed by renowned Italian jeweler Gatti Luxury and was showcased at the GAMES14 conference in Dubai.

While the PS4 appears to be 6 grams more than the Xbox, both machines are housed in special rose gold cases made up of over 220 grams of 9ct gold.

5. Atari Cosmos — $18,853

Atari turned into the first machine to start the home-gaming craze in the world, and, as such, a lot of their products are incredibly well-known and similarly pricey.

One such example was the Atari Cosmos, a hand-held device that was never really launched to the public.

If it were, it would have been revolutionary, due to the fact the Cosmos featured a holography display (holographic images that are superimposed over the LED-based display).

Development of the device started out in 1978, however simplest 5 of the devices exist, because it turned into in no way completed for public release.

Three of these devices are empty shells, at the same time as are completely functional.

One is owned by Atari (proper good fortune getting that one), at the same time as the alternative is owned by an Atari employee. In 2005, one of the incomplete shell devices was bought for $18,853.

4. Gold Legend Of Zelda Game Boy Advance SP — $20,000

In 2004, Nintendo created an advertisement to go with their launch of Link’s Minish Cap, which has since received notoriety in gaming lore.

The gold-coloured handhelds have been marketed as Willy Wonka Chocolate Bars (to tie in with the 2005 launch of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).

Nintendo claimed that some of the boxes contained a golden ticket, which might be exchanged for a solid 24-carat gold Game Boy Advance SP.

However, there have not been any confirmed winners of the contest, nor of the solid gold console’s existence.

But scammers are everywhere, and a few years back, an unopened “Special Edition 24-Carat Gold” SP sold for $20,000 to a few poor individuals, who either never opened the box, or if he did, he likely found out he’d been sold a much less-precious gold-COLORED version, which many humans won.

3. Emperor 200 Workstation — $40,000

The Emperor 200 workstation, defined by the developers at MWE Labs as “a comfortable, immersive, and aesthetically accurate environment for those who spend long hours in front of a computer,” looks like it is came from straight out of The Matrix.

It looks like a heavy and huge system.

The ‘workstation’ comes with 3 LCD screens, an LCD touchscreen, a leather-based recliner, a lighting machine, an included webcam, a Blu-ray player, a Playstation 3, and noise canceling headphones, all of these are designed to help you block out all of humanity or the actual world.

The machine sold for $40,000, and, shocker, wasn’t marketed thoroughly for your regular gamer.

2. Sony PlayStation 3 Supreme — $290,000

Looking at this console and its price, we have to agree that it’s as much of a human necessity as paying for cable TV.

But the Playstation 3 Supreme wasn’t built out of necessity, but made for waste.

And in this age of shameless decadence, we know someone will buy it.

Goldstriker designed this console.

This console has a price tag of £199,995 (around $290,000 in today’s money).

Only three were made, each of which took him 12 weeks to create, with 1,600 grams of pure 22 K gold and 58 of his 0.50 ct diamonds adorning the back buttons and more.

1. Nintendo Wii Supreme — $433,000

If Goldstriker’s Playstation 3 Supreme wasn’t your cup of gaming-tea, you may additionally purchase the inferior, Nintendo Wii model of the equal thing for £100,000 extra (£299,995 original price tag, around 1/2 of one million dollars at the time, or $433,000 now).

Despite being the most expensive gaming console ever created, and costing extra than many houses, it’s sad to assume that the real price of those machines is just a few hundred dollars.

The Wii Supreme comes with 2,500 grams of 22ct gold (900 extra than its Playstation counterpart), and the front buttons are adorned with 19.5ct diamonds.

Both of these systems have been designed by Stuart Hughes of Goldstriker International.

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