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Topic: For your retro collection, do you buy "Complete in Box" or "Cart Only?"

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Ryno

I recently received my copy of Links Awakening DX and I was just wondering how many of you out there in Nintendolife spend the extra money to get the manual, box, inserts, case etc. along with the cartridge as opposed to paying less for the cartidge only? If you do spend the extra money, why? Do you display your collection? Lately I have been getting more and more into retro gaming and was just curious what others did.

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Tasuki

For me it depends on the price and whats available. Yeah I wouldnt mind the box book etc. but if its a huge difference of price I will just get the cartridge. After all I am more interested in the game. Its not like I am going to turn around and sell it so all that stuff doesnt really matter to me. And to be honest if I need instructions I can probably find some on sites like Gamefaqs.

Of course if we are talking CD/DVD/Blu-ray games I defiantly want the game in a jewel case rather than a paper sleeve.

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I would rather have the box, but usually it's not an option. As with what Tasuki said, all discs need the case or I ain't buying them.

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Yeah, I'd love to have them complete. But price is often much higher on retro games.
I think I kinda missed the boat on buying Famicom games. I remember about a decade ago they seemed remarkably easy to find complete.
(though I remember that even then, NES games were more expensive to find complete. It's been said Japanese players kept their stuff in better condition because they couldn't rent games, so they kept them nice to resell the games they didn't like.)
Now, in the last couple years I've probably dropped quite a bit of change to get cart only copies of average-scarcity games.
And good luck finding some of the more obscure desirable games, even cart-only, at reasonable prices.

So I only have like 5 NES boxes, a couple dozen SNES boxes (either bought back when the SNES was only a little out of production, or more recent purchases of lower-demand games), but a lot of SFC.

I'll agree Genesis games are easier to find complete (unless they're for rare, high-demand games) because most of them came in plastic cases which is a bit more justifiable to save than cardboard.

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Ryno

Waveboy, thanks for posting that "Bodacious" photo of Shadowgate and all the inserts. I like totally want that to dude!!!

I am actually surprised that you guys (or girls) dont drop the extra coin to get the games complete. I would have thought you "usuall supsects" did. Anyway it is cool to find a site and some people out there who still are into the classics and discuss them.

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Waveboy, thanks for posting that "Bodacious" photo of Shadowgate and all the inserts. I like totally want that to dude!!!

I am actually surprised that you guys (or girls) dont drop the extra coin to get the games complete. I would have thought you "usuall supsects" did. Anyway it is cool to find a site and some people out there who still are into the classics and discuss them.

Main reason I dont is as I said I am more interested in playing the game the having a complete package. I suppose if I was a real collector/trader than I would. But especially with NES and SNES games its hard to find a complete package and even harder to find games in the boxes due to the fact that they were just simple cardboard boxed. They werent like the Genesis boxes or even like PS, Xbox or Wii boxes where they doubled as a convenient way to hold games. I know alot of my friends who still have their SNES games but dont have the boxes cause they tossed them out over the years to make room for other stuff.

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If I find it either way, I'll get it.

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TeeJay

Mostly I get just the cart, but when I got Super Mario 64 DS, I got it brand new, unopened in the box, the works. I...still don't know why. XD I would post a picture but photobucket, where I have the picture stored, is undergoing maintenance atm.

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Cart only, unless I can get ahold of the box for a reasonable price Still, a box or two would be nice for my 64 collection

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I almost always spring for box and manual when buying an old game. Box is an absolute must. The manual is less important but I still prefer having it. There are very few retro games out there that I would buy just in cart form. Ultra rare games are the only exception. A game isn't typically worth having in a collection unless it has everything with it.

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StuffyStuff

I buy games to play them, so of course the cartridge is the most important thing, but it is fun to get the boxes because you can find goodies in them. I bought TMNT II and inside was a coupon for Pizza Hut that expired in 1990.

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StuffyStuff wrote:

I buy games to play them, so of course the cartridge is the most important thing, but it is fun to get the boxes because you can find goodies in them. I bought TMNT II and inside was a coupon for Pizza Hut that expired in 1990.

I remember those coupons.

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kidcoyote_anarchy

It doesn't matter to me. I buy what I can find. The real question is how much am I willing to pay? I will definitely pay more for a game the more complete the package is, but seeing how cartridge based games found complete are rare these days, I'll take a loose cart if thats all I can find.

As far as disc based games. If you don't have the case I'm assume you don't take care of your games, and the disc is going to be scratched up. I'll still buy it, but not more than 25 cents.

TeeJay

Oh, I forgot about this! Well, photobucket works now, so I'll post the pics. This is the first time I didn't get just the cart.
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SpentAllMyTokens

It depends on the game and the price difference. Zelda, Mario, and Sonic titles - always spring for the whole set. For other games it really just depends on how much I want the game and the price difference. If it's less than a $10 difference, I generally get the complete set. Also manuals > box for me.

TBH, I don't really do a whole lot of collecting. If the game's on the VC, I just go that route for the convenience. My collecting is just picking up a couple of must have GCN titles I want to play, since I basically skipped the Game Cube and games that I want to be nice and have a complete set for on my Genesis.

May pick up an N64 for Rare games sometime though.

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For cartridges, I aim for the cartridge first, but always complete it with box/manual later. With CDs, it's everything or bust.

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DarkLloyd

as long as it works for me then its cool but i try not to think about the boxes too much with a * oh well a collection shouldnt matter to me since i might die at some point or another lol i mean then the collection will be useless* yeah i know a weird self positive thought

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noblo601

Yeah I tend to only go for the cartridges. I do like the cartridges to be in good condition.
I am mostly referring to the old gameboy titles, which can lose all their image where the game used to protrude out of the gameboy. I have been buying lots of old gameboy games recently, and love to get the plastic cartridge case to hold them because it keeps the picture better.

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bonesy91

for me it has to be the whole package (since I'm gonna pay a lot anyway, why not just save for the whole pizza instead of just a slice)

I've recently been working on my Zelda collection again (sold it years ago with the GC to buy PS2... never again will i listen to my brother)

like the two games I just picked up:
Zelda Oot/master quest for GC full $40
Zelda Wind waker/ Oot/ Master quest. full $35
now both of these without the cases would run at about $20-$25. So as you can see, I didn't really spend to much more buying them full.

and also (last thing I promise lol) I could now turn around and sell these if I ever had to for 3 times as much with them being complete.

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