10 Rare & Valuable Video Game Controllers You Might Own
9. Elemental Gearbolt Assassin's Case
Elemental Gearbolt is a decent but ultimately forgotten light gun shooter for PlayStation developed by Alfa Studios and published by Sony.
A very special limited edition of the game was made to celebrate its release and the word “limited” is very operative, with a best guess of 40 being produced. One was awarded to the winner of a tournament held at CES in 1998 and the rest largely went to publications and journalists. The complete package was something special: housed in an aluminium case with special coloured memory cards and, of course the reason it made it to this list, a unique controller.
The Elemental Gearbolt gun isn’t special from a specifications point-of-view, in fact it’s just a regular Namco GunCon of the era. However, it’s the golden sheen that the whole thing has, something that would get Francisco Scaramanga excited. This vacuum metallized peripheral even has matching golden screws, giving it a pretty stellar look.
As 40 were only made that makes it exceptionally rare, but considering most were sent to publications it’s possible that every now and then a new listing will appear on eBay from the special few in the industry clearing out their collections. So if your Namco GunCon happens to be gold, you might be sitting on a severely rare peripheral.