How much important are boxes for you?

[Retro_player]

Hello...

How much important are boxes?
Do you search for boxed games? Do you pay a big difference for boxed games? Do you hate loose carts?
Tell me all about your relationship with boxes! :D

Regards!

[Ed Oscuro]

Tell me all about your relationship with boxes! :D

I love my "boxen" quite much :)

Hello there, interesting question! If it's a game I want to play, I don't mind loose carts (and if you have a cabinet like a NES or N64 cartridge storage module, it works better that way). On the other hand, I really hate not having a complete copy of a title--Especially if I paid for a complete copy (that would be my loose copy of Contra courtesy of my favorite Gamechoice.com.hk).

[mrhaboobi]

Boxes are everything!.. for my Turbo Grafx collection im trying to get everything mint boxed.. its a damn hard struggle, if only i could get the last few boxes i need i be sweet :) Oh magical chase where are you :)

[Gunstarhero]

I have a strange way about how I feel on boxes. When it comes to N64, Jaguar and Neo Geo, I MUST HAVE BOXES, because my whole collection with these systems include the boxes, so I don't want to disrupt the harmony of having a totally boxed collection. Everything else, meh, I'll take the box if its there, but its not required, its just a bonus.

[Raccoon Lad]

For any game made by Sega, or for a Sega system, boxes are a necessity.

Nintendo, on the other hand, I could care less. I actually prefer NES games to be loose.

[AlanD]

I agree with Raccoon here. For SMS and Genesis I must have the box. They were usually saved so I will pass up a loose cart and be reasonably sure I will find a boxed one down the road. N64 I prefer boxed since I am only missing around 20 boxes having them all - of course I only have half the games but slowly...slowly I will fill in the holes :) As for 2600, NES etc I will take the box if I need the cart but I definitely do not hunt down the boxes.
Alan

[swlovinist]

When I started collecting, I did not care much for boxes because they took up so much space. Times have changed and I am actually going after complete collections in the box. I started out with the 32X and got each one in the box complete. I have now pursued the N64 with missing about 60 boxes and about 150 games for the set complete. For me, if I start collecting a game series out of the box, it does not matter. If I find a whole bunch in the boxes of one particular system, then I will "keep the flow" and get the rest. My biggest challenge right now is regular NES...I am missing only 27 for my set, and I now have over 400 complete in the box. If I can get 400, then I can get the rest boxed. The problem is that I have no place to put them up....space is always an issue with boxes!

[Zubiac666]

I only want them for snes and n64.
For Nes i don't need them cause they look good enough without boxes (cause the name of the game is on top of labels else well)

[udisi]

I like to have boxes with everything. I used to buy loose NES stuff, but I remember the boxes for a lot of the games and wish I had them, so I've been trying to upgrade my collection so everything is boxed

[briskbc]

Here are mr preferences:

- Any cd game not only has to have a case, it has to be complete.
- Pre crash games can ba loose
- NES and up cart games should have a box. Instructions are a bonus.

Exceptions are made based on price and rarity.

[Arqueologia_Digital]

Hello...

How much important are boxes?
Do you search for boxed games? Do you pay a big difference for boxed games? Do you hate loose carts?
Tell me all about your relationship with boxes! :D

Regards!
Boxes are IMPORTANT for me, i usually pay different for boxed and non-boxed games. I don´t hate loose carts, also, if there is a rare cart, i will buy it loose, but i´m usually very histeric :angry: with boxes and manuals...I WANT COMPLETE GAMES!!!

[MarioAllStar2600]

I like boxes (how they look) but they're no big deal to me. Most of my carts for the 2600 are loose. I found that boxed are generally to expensive. But I will not buy a non boxed GC, PS2, or X-box game.

[WiseSalesman]

Games for any CD or DVD based system absolutely, positively must be complete.
Games for Genesis should be complete, as they have nice boxes, but it doesn't always apply.
I used to try to get the boxes for other systems, but as they are becoming harder to find, I now settle for loose, although preferrably with instructions.

[Kevin Listwan]

If the box is their great, if not I could care less. The game is more important to me than the completist attitude of others. Then again I am not really a collector, I just like to play the games on the system that they were suppose to be on, mods just don't cut it.

[KirbyStar27]

Boxed games are great because the value of the game increases tremendously and they look cool. Only downside is that they take up a lot more room than just a cart! :D

[TRM]

If it is NES, I really want the boxes. I'll buy any NES game locally (even if I already have it), if it is boxed. However, I don't really care about my boxes for the other systems. If I have it, good for me. If not, oh well.

[calthaer]

The boxes are me for very much the importants! Without, no on the shelf can sit. Also is very much the looking crappy without.

[StrychNiNE]

I used to not care about boxes at all, but then again I also was a youngin' when I started collecting - so I have virtually no boxes at all, except for my favorites like FF6 and Metroid...I have a few N64 boxes, but quite a few missing as well. More recently, I've decided that I MUST have the boxes. It's not worth anything to me otherwise. If i can't get the boxes there is no difference to me and emulation or even owning a burned copy. It just doesn't feel like the whole game, you're missing something (well, duh, but you know what I mean). I see tons of great GBA games going on Ebay for "teh cheap" but I won't touch then b/c 90% of them are without box/instruction manual etc.

[GameGuru]

If the game originally came in a plastic case/jewel case then I only purchase ones that come with it.

[Six Switch]

I try and the get the box for everything I have,but if not it isn't a huge deal.

[Stamp Mcfury]

When i get a new game I put the box away so it doesn't get damaged. When I am buying used games I'll prefer to have the box but its not needed. Unless its a CD game I'll only buy CD Rom Games if the have the Jewel Case.

[hamburgler]

I usually prefer collecting games that are complete, but if its a game that I have been looking for but it is loose, I still would buy it anyway. :D

[hades]

I didn't care about the boxes too much when I first started collecting... once I got a decent collection built up though and I started looking at other collections I felt mine was missing something. Of course that something was boxes. It looks much nicer having all the games in boxes anyway. ;-)

[maxlords]

I prefer to have boxes and manuals myself, especially for Genesis and SNES games. NES I'm not really as worried about, and I don't collect any pre-crash games. For SMS I like to have boxes cause the cart labels suck :D Basically any post-crash cart games I prefer to have boxes, but won't REALLY make a big deal unless it's an import...then it HAS to have it! For CD games, it must be complete...period. I won't collect incomplete CD based games.

[WiseSalesman]

When i get a new game I put the box away so it doesn't get damaged. When I am buying used games I'll prefer to have the box but its not needed. Unless its a CD game I'll only buy CD Rom Games if the have the Jewel Case.

See, what pisses me off is recently at gamestop I picked up Um Jammer Lammy(PSX) and Maken X(DC) both in cases with instructions. Didn't even notice till i had left the store that the backing slip (you know, where the information about the game is written.....the back of the cd case) was missing. :angry: So, my CD based collection now has two incomplete games, and that really pisses me off.

Of course, I do have a few incomplete Saturn games too, but I got them for free from someone on these boards (Chunky, maybe?), so I'm sure as hell not complaining. :D

[MarioAllStar2600]

Yea I would never buy a disc game without a case. I turned down a REALLY good deal on one of teh Bond games for PS2 cause it didn't have a case.

[dreamcaster]

For me, it depends on the console - here is my rationale:

Nintendo 64: Must be complete.
Atari Lynx: Must be complete.
Game Boy/Game Boy Color: Must be complete.
Sega Game Gear: Any condition.
Game Boy Advance: Must be complete.
Atari 2600: Any condition.
Nintendo GameCube: Must be complete.
Super NES: Any condition.
Nintendo 64 (NTSC): Any condition.
NES: Any condition.
PSX/PS2: Must be complete.
Sega Dreamcast: Must be complete.
Sega Saturn: Must have case.
Sega Mega Drive: Any condition.
Sega Mega CD: Must be complete.
Sega Master System: Any condition.
Microsoft Xbox: Must be complete.

[Sotenga]

Older games, I need not the box for. I almost always have to suffice for NES games, just the games. No box, no manual, just the game. If it works, then I'm keeping it.

As for more recent games, I want them as mint as possible. If there isn't a manual, then I'll refuse it, unless I desperately want the game. CD's are obviously not as durable as cartridges, so I'd prefer it if a CD-based game comes brand new.

[eolsen]

I would rather buy a game with a box than without. If there are some games for cheap with boxes, I will usually buy them. I have a lot of loose carts, but I wish I had more boxes.