Gamers and Collectors

[mojoeskateco]

Only problem I have with your post is that you willingly sold SNES copies of the Donkey Kong Country games. >:/

Kinda odd how DKC3 is usually the most expensive, seeing as it's the one people like the least. I guess it coming out after the Nintendo 64 impacted it a bit(It still managed to become a Player's Choice, much like the previous entries)

They were doubles.

DCK2 was in better shape than my copy I swapped it out.

Most people I sell to don't care too much about the cart condition as long as it plays.

I'm not super anal but if I can upgrade a cart in my collection at no cost then I'll do so.

[Beastman1975]

Id guess im a G/C  , i play every game i buy ( finishing is another story )  but im a little OCD when it comes to condition of games i buy ( must be mint/near mint and complete ) only exception i make to this rule is older cartridge systems ( heck its why i visit this site so much ) i do have some duplicates  but usually its Import/domestic  ( just couldnt wait for soul calibur on gamecube )

[AO007]

Only problem I have with your post is that you willingly sold SNES copies of the Donkey Kong Country games. >:/

Kinda odd how DKC3 is usually the most expensive, seeing as it's the one people like the least. I guess it coming out after the Nintendo 64 impacted it a bit(It still managed to become a Player's Choice, much like the previous entries)

They were doubles.

DCK2 was in better shape than my copy I swapped it out.

Most people I sell to don't care too much about the cart condition as long as it plays.

I'm not super anal but if I can upgrade a cart in my collection at no cost then I'll do so.

Should have mentioned that in your post. lol

Anyways, I do the same as well, in terms of replacing.

[larryinc64]

I guess im mostly a G/C
I do not care much about the condition, depending on the price and game. If i can spend a few more $ on a game for a better condition label or whatever, I will, but If i get it cheep and beat up, but works, I do not care. Luckily most of my findings have been good. I built up my collecion of NES, SNES, N64 & Gen games mostly from Goodwill, Tag sales, Freinds and a old video store that had a bunch of boxed games. I do have some games a bought just to make my collection bigger, but I do play them occasionally and plan on doing a review show soon.
I got a copy of Moonwalker for the genesis online for 10$ with the label mostly torn off. It normally goes for 30$ on a good condition.
The only one I plan on replacing is my Super Mario Bros for NES with a slightly torn label because its cheep.

I like to have the manual, I only want boxed copies of games I like, I have many boxes, most of which I got for 5-3$ from the Video Store, some of them were so I can scan them for TCP, But I did want most of them. I have a few on display, but most of them are just shoved somewhere and all of them are empty.

I will admit I bought a few games with the intention to resell

a sealed copy of Elder Scrolls Morrowind GOTY for Xbox i got for 10$ at Goodwill, I only decided to keep it sealed after I saw how much it goes for. I almost opened it on the car ride back home.

At a tag sale I got Zelda OOT grey cart and 2 Zelda MM Special Edition for $0.50 each, I did not have MM but had a gold OOT.

The 25th Anniversary Mario All-stars, I opened it but the only reason I got it was it might be valuable Someday. The book was cool and it does look nice on a shelf.

The gold Controller that came with Goldeneye 007 on the Wii, I used it once and it stays in the box warped in the foam bag, but I do not want to damage it or get it scratched up because it looks cool and I have other Classic controllers anyway.

It was one of the reasons I bought Xenoblade Cronicals for Wii, but I also wanted to support the people begging Nintendo to get it released and I ended up loving it.

NONE OF THESE I HAVE SOLD YET. I might go on the sealed game forum and try to sell mt sealed Xbox game, its annoying having it in my room because I want to play it but I feel a bit guilty opening it to.

[larryinc64]

Forgot to say something:
I gave myself a 30$ cap on what I'm willing to spend on a single game not inducing new games, with a few that I would pay more for. Any game more expensive tan the console it's played on is not worth it.
One example is Earthbound, I would be way to careful with it and never want to play it with the fear of damaging it, I may reconsider if i get it cheep but with some games, like very rare titles or prototypes or whatever I would properly immediately sell or whatever just to ease my nerves, who ever buys it would probably enjoy it better. I am occasionally around stupid people who do not understand "Do Not Touch"
I have a few games that are exceptions like Super Mario RPG.

On something kinda related, I used to be a VG toy collector and I opened everything even though I knew it would be worth more seiled. I did keep the boxes, and my Majora's Mask Link and Epona is kept in the box, but opened. Same with my warehog Sonic, mostly because it can not stand by itself and it brakes easily.

My more recent additions were Beatles Yellow Sub figures from 1999-2000, the Ringo and Paul I have is worth 30$-40$ seiled but I bought them and opened them because they look better out of the box. I have a John Sgt. Pepper still in box because i got a lot of 4 and already have it opened, I will probably resell it soon.

[wiggy]

One way around the old "fear of damaging something that I paid a small fortune for" is to buy the cart, stash it, and play it from a flash cart instead. Problem solved, plus it's quasi-legal

[larryinc64]

Yeah, but it kind of makes the point of owning the cart pointless, but "quasi-legal" I guess to have the rom. I normally play my roms on my Wii.

[wiggy]

Yeah, but it kind of makes the point of owning the cart pointless, but "quasi-legal" I guess to have the rom. I normally play my roms on my Wii.

It all depends on how you look at it. The other nice thing about a flash cart is that you don't have to worry about an old backup battery crapping out on you in the middle of a long RPG or anything like that.  My next SNES purchase will likely be a flash cart. Plus, then I can play a lot of the mods/homebrews/etc that I've only been able to play on my via emulation on my PC or another console until now.

[mojoeskateco]

Before I started to heavily collect for NES and SNES I struggled with the idea of just playing these on a modded Wii and selling my carts.

I did not really consider the legal aspect as the majority these games aren't really available at retail anymore (yes some are digital now) so developers would not be loosing any cash.

I just realized that I love the felling of hooking up the old systems and playing them.  This site also helped. 

Being able to display games in UGCs is amazing.

I may consider a flash cart as well, for RPG games as was mentioned.  I had the power go out while playing Lufia a while back and the surge wiped the saves.

[AO007]

Back in the mid 2000's, emulation helped me settle a few purchase decisions(Mostly GBA games).

Nowadays, I acknowledge that it's illegal and I try not to use it, especially when I have the Virtual Console at my disposal. About the only thing I use an emu for is to play games not available in my region. Still illegal, I suppose? I just don't believe in importing, really.

[madrocsz]

I used to have emulators, however never played them. Yeah, it can save me a ton of money but I was always too lazy to get a pc controller to play them and something about owning the original cart is so much cooler.

To me, its like wanting a ferrari but settling for the hotwheels version instead when it comes to emulator vs physical copy lol

[wiggy]

I'm not a much of a fan of bootlegging, but I think running ROMS from a flash cart isn't the worst thing if you own the cart.  I know how crummy it can be to lose a save file that took FOREVER to build up.  Both my all level 99 character FF4, FF5, and FF6 games were lost to dead batteries.  Pissed me off to no end.  I thought about doing the same on the PS1 versions, but they sorta suck.

I do get what you mean though.  Just like how the MP3 made music entirely disposable, flash carts do the same for games.  I've played plenty of SNES/NES/Genesis/etc games on a variety of systems via emulator, and it just sucks away the joy of what cartridge gaming was/is for me.

The same goes for the evolution of recorded music format.  If you're an LP lover, then you know what I mean.  You appreciate the music WAAAY more when it takes a huge amount of care to keep your albums clean, flat, and scratch free.  Plus, the work that goes into just playing records can be immense.  Making sure the stylus is properly balanced so you don't cut through your LPs prematurely, making sure that the player is actually running at the correct speed and calibrating it if not, not to mention the storage issues that an LP collection presents.  I sold my LP collection in college along with many of my old games, and there's nothing that I regret more than giving that stuff up. 

[AO007]

Err... I do support MP3s, though. In fact I convert youtube videos to MP3, for listening at a later time, or I can download them to my PS3(Though the files tend to corrupt, understandably).

There is nothing like being able to sit in your couch/bed and playing the games, though. It will be interesting to see if emulation continues to evolve to include 360/PS3 games.

[Damm92]

Before I started to heavily collect for NES and SNES I struggled with the idea of just playing these on a modded Wii and selling my carts.

I did not really consider the legal aspect as the majority these games aren't really available at retail anymore (yes some are digital now) so developers would not be loosing any cash.

I just realized that I love the felling of hooking up the old systems and playing them.  This site also helped. 

Being able to display games in UGCs is amazing.

I may consider a flash cart as well, for RPG games as was mentioned.  I had the power go out while playing Lufia a while back and the surge wiped the saves.

This is how i lost a good lot of NES games i though "nah i will just emulate them"... to this day i regret that decision.

[VideoGamerYoshi]

I'm defiantly a gamer-collector. I don't have a lot of cash, so I don't really get to be too picky about the condition of my games. I will always get the best condition I can afford. I won't buy disc-based games without their original case, but carts can be loose. Doubles are not welcome in my house, and I only buy good games. I have a list of games, and I stick to it, occasionally adding a new game to the list as I discover them.