Lone Soldier

An alien force known as the Varinians have invaded Earth, and stolen an experimental "super-missile" in order to blackmail the world's governments into delivering further payloads of radioactive materials to them.

Having further bolstered the defenses of their mothership by hiring on human mercenary forces and other ne'er-do-wells, there's only one man capable of wading through the enemy forces and defeating the alien menace: An ex-special ops unit by the name of Hank, who claims to "pick his nose with a bayonet and wipes his arse with sandpaper." Gameplay sees players taking direct control of Hank from a behind-the-back perspective, as you shoot your way through linear stages.

The original PlayStation (1994) brought CD-based gaming and 3D graphics to the mainstream, ending Nintendo's console dominance of the previous two generations. It's now firmly in "retro collecting" territory: original jewel cases with intact manuals command a real premium over disc-only copies, and several RPGs from its later years (when Sony deliberately courted the genre) are among the most expensive commonly-collected games from the era.

Gamevaro tracks Lone Soldier for PlayStation with separate market values for loose, complete-in-box (CIB) and factory-sealed copies, sourced from real eBay sales. Prices also vary by region — PAL, NTSC-U and NTSC-J releases of the same game often sell for different amounts due to print run sizes and regional collector demand.

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Market insights

Lone Soldier has a steady sales history on the tracked marketplaces, meaning enough copies circulate to establish a reliable market price.

Complete-in-box (CIB) copies typically command a premium over loose cartridges/discs because the original box and manual are more fragile and get discarded or damaged over time — fewer complete sets survive.

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