Collection and new guy here o/'

[General_Murdock]

Hi all,

This is my first post here and I've been dragged here because of the discussion about psx long boxes. But this I'll comment on another topic.

I've been collection games for almost a 1 now.
A video store closed down near my house them my collection grow a lot!

My question is, do you guys collect complete games ? I mean complete in box ?

All my games are in box, but not all of them have manuals.
Games that are cartridge only I don't really consider a collection.
Am I wrong ?

What do you guys think ?

Oh and I'm talking about Genesis, Nes, Snes, atari collection.

[Superman]

Welcome to the forums, General Murdock!

This question gets asked quite a bit and there is no right or wrong answer.

Some people collect only complete items and then on the other hand, there are others who think the boxes just take up space so they only collect the games themselves.

I think most people fall somewhere in the middle. They may want a certain game or system complete, but for the most part, they just enjoy collecting.

As long as you are enjoying your hobby that is the most important thing.

[General_Murdock]

Thank you very much :)

Soon enough I'll be posting pictures of my collection.
Who has the biggest collection here in the forum ?

[Swamperon]

Not entirely sure but I'd say Joe (the owner and founder) could probably lay claim to that title. Some users have upwards of 15,000 games or more. All very impressive stuff. :)

[todesengel]

For me it depends on the system if I'm gonna go for the game being complete. Genesis/Mega Drive, Master System and all CD based systems I go for complete but Famicom/NES and SNES/SFC I don't because it's harder and cost a good bit more for complete copies. Turbografx games I don't bother trying to get the outer boxes either cause it's a pain and really expensive for that one.

[General_Murdock]

As I'm from Brazil, the only way to put my hands on games are tough ebays or sometimes popular markets but that doesn't happen very often.

Are you saying genesis is cheaper them SNES ?
Or PSX, Neo Geo CD, cd based system are cheaper them SNES ?

I really would like to know more, because I sometimes get snes games complete for 2-3 dollars in ebay. The same for NES games.
But I payed 30-40 dollars for Final fantasy 7 on ps1.

Do you collect cd based systems with boxes or just the games ?

How much is cheap for you for a complete game ?

[todesengel]

for me most complete Genesis games I get are around $2-3. I collect complete CD games (Turbografx CD, Sega CD, PSX, PS2, XBox, Dreamcast) but most SNES games I run into are usually over $10 for complete copies.

[zektor]

I have a different type of thought when it comes to collecting in regards to boxes or loose. In my personal opinion, if the game came in a cardboard (aka degradable and flimsy package) it is ok to collect loose. This goes for Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision, NES, etc etc.

On the other hand, if the game originally came in a sturdy box (ie: plastic boxes like SMS and Genesis, CD cases, etc) then it should not be in my collection without them.

I'd take loose carts for Colecovision/Atari/NES all day long, but never so much as touch a loose Sega Master System game ;)

Anyway, that is my personal take on collecting loose and boxed.

[General_Murdock]

But the complete snes and nes games are so beautiful. It's a shame loose the box of those games.

But I agree that psx games without the original boxes are just cds floating around.

You guys said about Joe's collection. Is there pictures of it in the forum ?
Can somebody link it here ?

[Nico87]

You should take a look in the Collection Galleries section. Lot of nice collections there.

[megasdkirby]

I try my best to collect only if it's complete, at least with it's box and manual as well.

It takes up too much space, but I really like searching for a complete copy.

There are exceptions: NES and 2600 are two of the exceptions because prices are so high, the only way I can get CIB copies of certain games is to sell myself LOL

But otherwise, I try to collect CIB as much as possible. I am not too anal about condition: as long as it's in good shape, then I am happy. I'm not too picky when it comes to how minty a game is.