Multiple Copies of games - What do you do?

[JakeHC]

Hey everyone,

Recent hunting and picks ups has left me with a few doubles of games that tend to be some of my favourite of times past.

These include Pokemon on the gameboy, Dragon Quest and Star Ocean on the PS2 etc. They tend to be rather valuable in comparison to the cheap pick up. When it comes to your favourite titles, do you keep multiple copies that you love or flip them to buy an extra game or two for your collection?

[sheep2001]

Mine go into a pile to be sold, that  I never actually get around to doing.  Prefer to swap for things that aren't in my collection, but being in the middle of nowhere in rural france, that never happens either! Lol

[wiggy]

Mine go into a pile to be sold, that  I never actually get around to doing.  Prefer to swap for things that aren't in my collection, but being in the middle of nowhere in rural france, that never happens either! Lol

Like this guy, I have a big bag of stuff that just sits here.

[noclass_nick]

Ive got about 90 cartridge only sega master system spares sitting in a box... just collecting them up as I buy complete versions to replace incomplete and stealing the clamshells from them

[sheep2001]

Ive got about 90 cartridge only sega master system spares sitting in a box... just collecting them up as I buy complete versions to replace incomplete and stealing the clamshells from them

Me too.  Have you got a list of master system dupes?  It's my priority system at the moment, going for full set.  Don't mind cart only.

[JakeHC]

Funnily enough, I'm in the current situation, got a load of ps1, ps2, and the odd gameboy sitting around to sell. But I'm unsure if I should sell the valuable ones or hold on to them longer (mainly ps2) and hope that in a few years they're worth a bit more. I find my best place to sell is eBay. Not much of a community and flea markets unlike the US.

[kzbolin]

Personally when it comes to duplicates, if they are one of my favorite games I like to keep them around because if they are my favorites then I have a back up game just in case something goes wrong with my other copy (ex: disc scratch or the contacts get damaged on a cart or something like that) Most my duplicates are of the Gameboy and Gameboy Color Pokemon games and I enjoy looking at all of them (including dupes) on my shelf for some reason lol 

[noclass_nick]

Me too.  Have you got a list of master system dupes?  It's my priority system at the moment, going for full set.  Don't mind cart only.
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not a digital list only physical, pm what you need, I have a folder full of inserts as well when I stole their cases. mostly common games spare

[quickfingers818]

Mine go into a pile to be sold, that  I never actually get around to doing.  Prefer to swap for things that aren't in my collection, but being in the middle of nowhere in rural france, that never happens either! Lol

Like this guy, I have a big bag of stuff that just sits here.

Same here. I just tend to get lazy and not want to post my stuff on craigslist or eBay.

[JakeHC]

Do a lot of you guys come across ps1 games and ds games on a regular?

Funnily enough, there's some I'm hunting but didn't want to pay extortionate shipping costs.

Or can you give me a rough guide on what you'd recommend to pay for the following?

Nintendo DS:
Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume
Final Fantasy III
Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded
Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days
Radiant Historia
Heroes of Mana
Etrian Odyssey Series


PS1:

Parasite Eve
Legend of Mana
Chrono Cross
Final Fantasy Chronicles
Final Fantasy Tactics

[TDIRunner]

eBay and Craigslist are becoming such a hassle nowadays that I usually don't bother.  However, I've had good luck listing my duplicates on a trade thread.  I traded about 75% of my duplicates a few weeks ago and I ended up with some really good games that I didn’t have in my collection.  All the trades were with TCP members so I know they went to good homes and we didn’t have to screw around with any eBay fees.  Technically, you don’t have as much protection if someone tries to screw you, but I was only dealing with people that have been members for a while,  plus I wasn’t dealing with any high dollar games, so the risk was pretty minimal for me.  If you have duplicates of high value games, that’s sort of a different story. 

[Ozzy_98]

If the shells are good I use them for parts.  I've been cleaning them up real good and selling them in batches, but I think at least for nes games I might try making cheap repos out of some of them. 

[Zalovar]

I usually list my games on 99gamers.com and trade them for coins so I can get games I need.  So far, it has worked out great as I tend to browse thrift shops and sometimes find good deals on games I already have. 

[scottmog]

I usually have one plastic tub with extras I throw into my backpack on saturday and sell to local game enthusiast friends at the swap meet.

[Megatron]

I usually have one plastic tub with extras I throw into my backpack on saturday and sell to local game enthusiast friends at the swap meet.

I do something similar.  I sometimes get lots of duplicate copies either from thrift shops or from lots that I buy.  Mostly I will trade them in to a local game shop credit.  Once in a while I find something like Mega Man Legends 2 or Smash Bros. which usually ends up on eBay.