Sealed MarioLand Gameboy Game Graded at 85-90?

[Ed Oscuro]

But for some reason, grading was huge for baseball cards. It seems weird to me.
All you can do with baseball cards or coins is look at the exterior. With a card, there's literally only two parts (card front, card back w/ gum stain). It does make sense to grade those because both can be worn which literally wears away details (well, with coins anyway...with cards it's usually just a subjective thing based on impossible criteria like "was it centered right").

While I don't think I own any PROGRADED cards or coins, there was a recognized grading standard in place before the pro graders set up shop (Red Book anyone?) that eventually won the respect of enthusiasts and investors.

Comics and especially games make no sense (for starters) because they can't be enjoyed in a bag or box.

But they also don't add any real grading value. Trying to grade a game is almost like trying to grade a car. It has lots of parts and the hidden parts can degrade over time in a way that a coin or a card doesn't. More to the point you can't see the insides, so you have to take it on faith the fancy-dancy scanner (what would they use, anyway? Both CAT and MRI should be bad for games) can see if the manual is damaged or off-printed, and of course unlike a slabbed card or coin you can easily still damage it by shaking it around (but nobody will be able to tell). So, on top of all the other woes, there's no respected grading standard in place and it certainly isn't widely respected.

This is why I only go for opened games...that way you can check the contents, and make sure that it's a game in there and not an ancient twinkie.

[allyourblood]

Woah, woah, woah.


Let's talk more about these ancient twinkies.

[Hawksmoor]

I wholeheartedly agree with the majority sentiment that game grading is ridiculous. However, this is a hobby where people routinely pay a shit ton of money for sealed games just to have them sit on a shelf. That seems equally absurd, yet isn't scoffed at the same way game grading is. Go figure.

[Vectorman0]

I wholeheartedly agree with the majority sentiment that game grading is ridiculous. However, this is a hobby where people routinely pay a shit ton of money for sealed games just to have them sit on a shelf. That seems equally absurd, yet isn't scoffed at the same way game grading is. Go figure.

Collecting sealed games for your own personal gratification is very different than buying sealed games, getting them graded, and trying to sell them for absurd amounts of money you know they aren't worth.

[Jorpho]

Collecting sealed games for your own personal gratification is very different than buying sealed games, getting them graded, and trying to sell them for absurd amounts of money you know they aren't worth.If you can actually make money that way, it can also be good for your own personal gratification.

[skaar]

Who wants to buy a factory case of Chavez II sealed? :D

[SparTonberry]

Checking ebay to see how many "VGA games" have sold, I only see 2 recently.
Someone paid $350 for Metroid II, someone paid $500 for Mega Man II (NES), and somebody paid $35 for a "Superpad" third-party SNES controller.
Somone paid $225 for Illusion of Gaia for SNES that doesn't have a T-shirt.
I thought all copies came sealed with a T-shirt (NA, not the alternate titled JP and EU versions).

(the only other SNES irregularity I'm aware of is that Flintstones (Ocean's movie-based game) originally came shrinkwrapped with a random cartoon VHS)

I noticed sealed Game Boy consoles. Can a GB still be considered mint when the batteries inside have probably corroded if it is indeed unopened?

[tubeway]

and somebody paid $35 for a "Superpad" third-party SNES controller.

I noticed sealed Game Boy consoles. Can a GB still be considered mint when the batteries inside have probably corroded if it is indeed unopened?

In regards to the controller -- are you shitting me? I can't believe someone would get a third party controller VAG graded.

As for the GameBoy, you're probably right. I suppose one could also claim that many NES cart batteries have died by now as well. Unsure if those are capable of corroding. Some batteries do age more gracefully than others, though; I've come across toys from the early 80s with their original AA batteries that have died, but just a tiny layer of powder on their contacts.

[Gameguy]

I noticed sealed Game Boy consoles. Can a GB still be considered mint when the batteries inside have probably corroded if it is indeed unopened?
I don't think the batteries were actually inside the system, they were just included inside the box. That's what it was like when I got my Gameboy Pocket, at least I think so. I honestly didn't remember about batteries being included until I saw your post, I hope I'm remembering correctly. Whenever I got anything brand new and batteries were included, I always had to install them myself.

[neuropolitique]

Batteries in Game Boys can in a shrink-wrapped pack. Still perfectly able to corrode. I wonder if VAG will grade an intact set of Game Boy batteries.

[dodgeme]

Lol totally unrelated but I had an RCA remote to a stereo from about 1992 that we kept the original batteries in and they worked up until about a year ago.

Back on-topic I see the grading of games to be completely pointless. Their meant to be enjoyed not kept in a sealed placque.

[Gameguy]

I forgot about it, but I still have D batteries from the early 80's(maybe around 1983) that still work fine. I cleaned out the basement a couple of years ago and found a bag of old corroded batteries that was packed away and forgotten about. Inside the bag everything was bad, except for a new package of D batteries. I took them out and tried them in a flashlight to test them and they worked fine. I have them off to the side, I really don't use D batteries too often so they're still waiting to be used. They're made by Duracell, and I believe they still contain mercury.

[dcx516]

time to stir up the shit again....look at these

http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=m38&_nkw=vga+graded

[Shadow Kisuragi]

NEW & SEALED - FINAL FANTASY CHRONICLES - GRADED VGA 85
$185 BIN or BO

...I should undersell him 50%.