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| FritzWhite:
A week or two ago I picked up a craigslist lot of snes games. They all came in paper boxes and one of them came with a manual. I have always ignored manuals in the past, but I realized I liked having the manual in the case with my cart and now I just picked up some more on ebay. I've always considered myself more player than collector, looking only for carts and avoiding expensive boxes and manuals. I'll never see the point of original paper boxes over durable UGC and plastic cases, but ever since I caught manual fever I've questioned this fascination. There was a time when I couldn't care less if the game was complete, but now I like the idea of cart+manual. A few months ago I was hit with a brief obsession to have a couple packs of 3D glasses in my copy of Rad Racer for NES, which now rest in the case with the cart. I just wish the UGC had a holder for the manuals Do you care if a game is complete or not? Do you get carts just to play or do you like to collect complete/semi complete games? How do you find information on the market value of complete vs cart? video-what is CIB? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih3aGk7nvHQ |
| Spoonman:
I agree. I used to feel exactly how you're describing. Several years ago I got a few games on ebay just because I never owned them before and wanted to play. Didn't matter to me what shape the label/cart was in or anything. Now I have a much higher standard and I'm trying to clean up / repair those older ones as best I can. Actually just got a whole bunch of loose manuals this weekend at a shop to put in the UGC's of a bunch of my NES games. Much more fun sort of boxing it all back together again. |
| larryinc64:
Well, Onion cases are soon coming out and they will have full manual support, in the mean time I suggest getting a binder and some Photo holders. I do not care to much about the box, but I do like having some of the original boxes. Mostly the SNES, NES, and N64. I also have some GBC and GBA boxes. I have the original Mario 1-3, and a few Black Box games. I love SNES boxes the most. I have no interest in the Genesis cases though all of mine are in a closet somewhere. I'm only trying to get Saturn and 3DS games CIB. I also try to get CD and DS games CIB. If the game is only a few bucks more CIB, I'll probably get it CIB. I love the manuals, a case feels empty without one, I got 3 binders of NES, SNES, N64, GB, GBC, GBA, and Genesis manuals. Almost all my DS and Wii games are CIB. Manuals are good to have for alder games, mostly NES era, some games have important info in the manual. |
| larryinc64:
I must admit, I've been more of a collector than a gamer lately, I havenot sat down and played a game in a while, minus last night when my freind Matt pushed me to play it, but I'm starting a Game Review show and also a Game Play Commentary show with Matt: Coming Soon It will push me to play more of my games. |
| madrocsz:
I made the decision when I started collecting some years back to not mess with manuals and boxes. While cost was the major factor why I decided not to I considered other things. I live in the south and humidity is an issue, thankfully UGC's help with this and of course I like they way to look. Boxes etc are harder to care for in this sense and obviously more prone to damage. I thought about when I was younger too, I always tossed box and most times lost manual so its not as nostalgic to me. Over the years I have come across a ton of manuals and have always sold or given them away. However, when it comes to disc based games I absolutely want them complete, suppose its due to more durable cases and I didnt feel like making a ton of dvd cases/art etc. Cant just have a stack of discs laying around. |
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