What Are Your Collecting Quirks?

[EnemyZero]

I know we all have things about us that others think odd, and theres thing we do that WE know are odd...what are they?

I can't buy games with "greatest hits" or ""players choice" or any of that crap, it annoys me and it stands out, so my friends and family hate buying older newer gen games for me because its like going on a treasure hunt.

I hate loose carts, even though I have ALOT, they drive me nuts, if a guy was selling a loose copy of something for 2 bucks and a complete for 15 id pay the 13 extra bucks even if its a crappy title.

Anything I see gaming related I buy... I'm so bad...if im in cvs and theres a sonic coloring book, i buy it....especially sega, i buy anything and everything. Stuff I don't need, like they had a bunch of sonic and mario folders on clearance at TRU for like 30cents each, i dont need them, but i baught them

I could go on about more but I won't, so lets hear yours!

[Cauterize]

i cant buy greatest hits either... unless its a game i really really want...
apart from that i dont really have any little wierd things abotu collecting...

[digitalpress]

I HATE GREATEST HITS.

... remember?

http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=31832

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Can't stand any rereleases.

Also, my friends think i'm mental for doing this, but I MUST buy all my games factory sealed. No matter what system, they must be properly factory sealed. And none of this crappy heat wrap stuff neither. It must be the original cellophane it left the factory with!

[anagrama]

No re-releases unless absolutely necessary.
Gotta be original model hardware.
Nothing may remain sealed :)

That's about it, I think.

[Flack]

I think one of my collecting quirks is I buy just about any system I run across. For example, I picked up a loose SMS not too long ago for $5. It has no cables, no controllers, I have no games for it and it's completely untested ... but I still picked it up. It looks great on display with my other consoles, and then when people ask me about it I'm like, "I don't know, I just bought it and put it there." It's kind of dumb, really. Same thing with Sega Genesis consoles. I've got like 10 of them right now, mostly 2's but a couple of 1's.

[98PaceCar]

I think one of my collecting quirks is I buy just about any system I run across. For example, I picked up a loose SMS not too long ago for $5. It has no cables, no controllers, I have no games for it and it's completely untested ... but I still picked it up. It looks great on display with my other consoles, and then when people ask me about it I'm like, "I don't know, I just bought it and put it there." It's kind of dumb, really. Same thing with Sega Genesis consoles. I've got like 10 of them right now, mostly 2's but a couple of 1's.

I do the same thing. Bought an untested, loose, model 1 mega drive and game last night for $5. I'll pretty much buy anything that's put in front of me for a good price!!

[kainemaxwell]

If its part of my actual collection, cannot be a Greatest Hits.

[thehistorian]

I'm controller, peripheral and accessory junkie. I have more strange and unusual items than I know what to do with. And I still have a few I need to get..

The most recent purchase was a pair of Gamester Clash Pads for PS2. Basically it's two controlloers linked by a box in the middle of their cables. The controllers allow players to screw with an opponent's controls with the push of a button. Take command of your opponent's controller, alter the sesitivity of the analog controller, switch buttons or turn the controller off completely. These only work for a brief period of time and of course your opponent can do it to you as well...

Bought NIB @ EB for $9.99

[Funk Buddy]

I can't stand Greatest Hits either. It's so bad that I was actually giddy when I picked up Twisted Metal: Black and the GH label was just stuck in side the package. LOL I only own a couple of them for the JPN Saturn and they're hard to spot compaired to todays games.

I tend to buy anything (when I can afford it), for any system... even if I don't own said system. I have VB, SMS, SFC, Intellevision and Atari 800 games, but no systems (yet ;)). If it's a good deal and I have five of them already, chances are good I'll pick it up anyway. That's how I ended up with eight or nine NES systems and six N64s.

[le geek]

I prefer non GH, but it's not a big deal. I think the PS2 GHs look better than PSOne.

I no longer pick up any cheap game I see (could just be a phase).

I do spend hours making my own shockbox inserts for most of my Neo Geo MVS games.

When I pick the next game to play, whether it is old enough to review for my website is a consideration.

I spent far too much time on VG websites and message boards :D

[Zing]

No Greatest Hits. Ever.

All games must be complete, excellent condition, no writing, etc.

I live in Canada, so some of the games here have French packaging and manuals. I hate this. Luckily, this is very rare on Playstation games (except for Square-Enix games). I would go nuts if I was a Nintendo fan. Probably half of the Gamecube games have French all over the case and manuals.

[rhiohki]

well letl's see.

With harder to find games, I need to have two copies, unless it's a game that's insanely hard to come by. Reason why I need two is for one to be completely brand new factory sealed, and the other one so that I can actually play the game.

Everything I collect must be organized and spaced out, even if it means a whole seperate shelf for just one system and game...yeah..luckily I have big rooms.

[autobotracing]

This was just discussed a while back wasnt it? :/ :eek 2: x_x :hmm: :roll:


http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45270&highlight=

[joshnickerson]

I try as hard as I can to avoid Players' Choice editions, aside from the two I already have (Super Mario Kart and Link to the Past). The Cube ones stand out the most in a collection, with that yellow tag on the side. If they'd just left it black, and just kept a yellow stripe on the front, I probably won't have any problem with it.

I have to buy Gamecube games sealed, but if I'm forced to buy a used one, I have to inspect the disc and manual carefully before making a purchase, which has drawn the ire of one or two Gamestop clerks. Cartridges I just check to make sure the label's in good shape and that there is no corrosion on the connectors.

I guess if you could call it a quirk, I only collect Nintendo system games. Nothing personal against other systems, of course, but I'd prefer to just focus on one "line" of consoles.

[goatdan]

Mine is that I can never bring myself to complete a collection. I've been sitting on one missing Dreamcast game for almost a year. Same with the Jaguar. I've seen the games I'm missing for decent prices, but I just don't feel like paying for them so that I can get them for a better price or in better condition.

It wasn't until the Xbox that I started really disliking Greatest Hits packaging. That hasn't made me avoid it, but when I see a great deal and it is in the platnium packaging, I usually have to really debate whether I should get it or not.

I only get games that I will play, so for the two collections that I have that are mostly complete, I have spent hours trying to go through and play every game for a while. There is probably only one or two Jaguar games that I need to do this with, and about one hundred DC games.

And perhaps my biggest quirk, if I fall in love with a system I seem to do stuff for it. I made three different Jaguar joysticks back in the day, a 2600 joystick and am currently working on publishing a bunch of Dreamcast games. If I don't like the system as much, chances are that I won't devote time to doing stuff for it. Most of that stuff started out as stuff that I just did for myself (the Jaguar and 2600 joysticks, which ironically I don't have ANY of any more all started that way).

[tritium]

I dislike GH packing on the PS2, but I dont collect for it, just play it, so i'll suffer through it ....

I WILL NOT buy GH packing for the DC.... but for the psOne I prefer greatest hits packing... I like the little green label...

-Tritium

[shai hulud]

I will buy any shooter
I will buy any 2D fighter


I wont buy any game with the word extreme in the title
I never have a sports game that has a newer "model"

[sharc]

sounds like the most common trait is not buying greatest hits rereleases, and i'm definatly a subscriber to that. no player's choice/all-stars or whatever unless it's the only copy i can find of an older game and it's gonna be too expensive or time-consuming to hunt down the first release.

main thing with me is, if i'm not going to play it, i don't want it in my collection. regardless of how good a game is, if it's not something i play i'm not going to take it. better off somewhere else. between that and not caring about boxes and manuals for cartridge games, i think i save myself a lot of money, heh.

-sharc

[BenT]

Whenever I open a new game, I rotate the manual 720 degrees, lick the back of the disc in a clockwise fashion, and use a Sharpie to black out any occurrences of the word "The" on the back of the package. Only then is the game "purified" and safe to play in my consoles. The ritual must be repeated after every five or so hours of gameplay -- four if it's a Nintendo-published game.

Don't tell me I'm the only one who does this.

Also don't buy greatest hits, except for VF4 Evo on PS2.

[drummy]

I know we all have things about us that others think odd, and theres thing we do that WE know are odd...what are they?

I can't buy games with "greatest hits" or ""players choice" or any of that crap, it annoys me and it stands out, so my friends and family hate buying older newer gen games for me because its like going on a treasure hunt.

I hate loose carts, even though I have ALOT, they drive me nuts, if a guy was selling a loose copy of something for 2 bucks and a complete for 15 id pay the 13 extra bucks even if its a crappy title.

Anything I see gaming related I buy... I'm so bad...if im in cvs and theres a sonic coloring book, i buy it....especially sega, i buy anything and everything. Stuff I don't need, like they had a bunch of sonic and mario folders on clearance at TRU for like 30cents each, i dont need them, but i baught them

I could go on about more but I won't, so lets hear yours!
Holy shit...I'm 100% EXACTLY like that! I FOUND MY TWIN!

[scooterb23]

My quirk - I will pass up boxed copies of games for loose ones...unless they are disc based.

[Emily]

Im obsessed with variety. I like having at least two of each genra for each system im collecting for, even if im not a fan of that type of game, im the kind of person who likes letting games grow on me. I never used to like puzzles, Sims, RPGs, Sports,card games, or Strategy, so now I always give stuff a try.
Also, I tend to pass on complete stuff, %50 of the time.I dont know why, but when i see complete games...it just feels more risky,I obviously have mental problem :hmm:

[Gemini-Phoenix]

There are actually people who collect NOTHING BUT Greatest Hit's / Platinum / Player's Choice games!!!

One other thing I can't stand is companies like Capcom have a habit of releasing various versions of PAL games. One will be a North European version (With French, German, and of course English on it) and also a South European version (With Spanish, Italian, and English on)

This can be very annoying.

Nintendo often do it with GBA games. Quite often the main UK release will actually have English and Dutch...

Most other games have a multitude of languages on them though. Often English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, and Dutch.

I think it is some kind of European law that states that all games MUST have English on them, even if they are only released in Spain or France and not the UK...

[joshnickerson]

Whenever I open a new game, I rotate the manual 720 degrees, lick the back of the disc in a clockwise fashion, and use a Sharpie to black out any occurrences of the word "The" on the back of the package. Only then is the game "purified" and safe to play in my consoles. The ritual must be repeated after every five or so hours of gameplay -- four if it's a Nintendo-published game.

You TOO!!!??? O_O

[davidleeroth]

Whenever I get a game which has a insert cover (SMS, DVD cases), I absolutely have to align it perfectly to fit the spine. No matter if it takes fifteen minutes, it has to be perfect.

PS2 games are a pain in the ass cause sometimes they have that barcode sticker on the top of the box. No way I'm breaking that mighty looking seal, I have to fiddle the CD and manual out with my fingers. x_x

[nesgamer]

I just really collect for the NES. I buy any NES related stuff with my own money. For the GC, PS2, and XBOX, I just ask for stuff for those systems for Christmas.

[Cryomancer]

Am I the only one who LIKES the different colored Dreamcast spines? The orange rereleases are actually rather nice looking if you ask me, from a seeing the side in a cd rack perspective.

[Porkchop]

I'm a system hardware nut. I have to have every model of a system. Genesis 1, 2 ,3 etc. I haven't gotten into wanting all of the different color system, yet. :-P

[The Manimal]

Whenever I get a game which has a insert cover (SMS, DVD cases), I absolutely have to align it perfectly to fit the spine. No matter if it takes fifteen minutes, it has to be perfect.

PS2 games are a pain in the ass cause sometimes they have that barcode sticker on the top of the box. No way I'm breaking that mighty looking seal, I have to fiddle the CD and manual out with my fingers. x_x

I actually do this for DVD type inserts because if they hang over, the ends will get all worn out, and even worse if it's foil on the cover, it'll chip off.

[GrayFox]

Whenever I get a game which has a insert cover (SMS, DVD cases), I absolutely have to align it perfectly to fit the spine. No matter if it takes fifteen minutes, it has to be perfect.

PS2 games are a pain in the ass cause sometimes they have that barcode sticker on the top of the box. No way I'm breaking that mighty looking seal, I have to fiddle the CD and manual out with my fingers. x_x

I actually do this for DVD type inserts because if they hang over, the ends will get all worn out, and even worse if it's foil on the cover, it'll chip off.

Wierd, I'm the same way with the inlays. What sucks though, is that the MGS3 that I just purchased new, had the inlay in kind of bad. Got home, and fixed it, it's just there's some white on the top of the inlay now. The sad part is, I'm mad and considering exchanging it.

[Kejoriv]

Catridge based games dont have to have the box or case.
Cd based games do.

Oh, I buy any Nes game I see that is reasonably priced. Even if I have multiple copies. Excellent for trading.

[Ed Oscuro]

I hate Greatest Hits *and* The Best copies. PSOne Books versions aren't too bad but I try not to get those either.

I also try to buy only mint games. If it's not mint, I won't buy it. If it's sealed I really don't want to buy it, either.

[The Manimal]

As far as the DREAMCAST "All Stars" releases in that linked thread and as far as those go. I thought about it a bit, and conformity doesn't really work well for me even if they are all originals (early - white, late - black), simply because if you place them in alphabetical order (like I do), it'll be like




BWBBBBWBWWWWBWWBBBWWWBWBWWWBBBBBWWBBBWWW

no pattern whatsoever

not BWBWBWBWBW

not BBBBBBWWWWWWWW

it's just screwy either way, and more colors like orange really won't kill it.


I changed my mind on GH titles for PS1, PS2, XBOX, GC....they do look worse. YES, I HAVE BECOME ANAL RETENTIVE ABOUT THIS IN THE PAST MONTH OR SO. Especially on GC and PS2, because of the color contrast of black to yellow and likewise, black to red. I think those look worse than PS1 GH spines. Simply because the box art on the spine is always different. There will be no consistency that way at all, other than that strip. That strip makes them match. Kind of like having that oddball KILLER INSINCT or X-MEN or whatever game for SNES... PS1, yeah, I think they are ugly now ( LOL ) but there were still inconsistencies with the spines, like the second ODDWORLD title having some wacky yellow print, as opposed to play white text .SQUARE and several other companies are like this too.

I just think I've bought too many "GH" PS1 titles since I got my PS1 last year. It's too late for me to turn around on this system. I'd have to rebuy most of what I have, and that would suck. I don't own any "PC" GC titles, so I could just keep up with what I have, and likewise, I'd only have to re-purchase ONE PS2 title.

As far as "PC" packaging on SNES and GB carts. The boxes look the same from the sides. The carts look the same lined up. Sure, there's that "golden badge" on the label but you don't really see it lined up. And for many of these games, the battery in them is newer...

[Algol]

I don't care if it's a rerelease or not. In other words, I can buy Greatest Hits. :P Although I don't see them too often.

I also have a bad habit of buying a system without any games, only to not touch it for months.

[EricRyan34]

I refuse to buy any of the greatest hits and players choice etc.

[Dr. Morbis]

No Greatest Hits. Ever.

All games must be complete, excellent condition, no writing, etc.

I live in Canada, so some of the games here have French packaging and manuals. I hate this. Luckily, this is very rare on Playstation games (except for Square-Enix games). I would go nuts if I was a Nintendo fan. Probably half of the Gamecube games have French all over the case and manuals.
^^ Me to a 'T'.

Additionally I've gotten really uptight about what 'counts' for my NES collection. When I started collecting NES, I was just after loose carts. In less than 2 years I had 742 games, 99% loose and mostly scraggly looking with ripped torn labels, writing, rental stickers, etc.

Then in January of 2003 I had an epiphany and decided my method was too easy and I was accomplishing my goal of having a complete NES collection waaaaaay too quickly. So I started going for complete near mint NES games only - all my loose carts would no longer 'count'. So overnight I went from the 700's to like 5 NES games in my twisted mind. I also started selling all my loose scraggly NES games to finance the purchasing of complete ones. Right now I'm in the mid 300's for my complete NES game collection, and I only have maybe 100 loose scraggly carts left over. At least this time it will take me longer than 2 years :-P

[imanerd0011]

The only thing weird about my collecting is that I only collect mint condition games. If the game even has the slightest flaw on it, it has a very slim chance of getting in my collection. A few of my friends saw the games that I put aside to trade because they weren't in great condition, and they thought I have OCD or some disease, because I am so damn picky. LOL

[Zing]

main thing with me is, if i'm not going to play it, i don't want it in my collection.

I am the same way. I collect games, but only the good ones. After I got my PS2 in March, I realized that I had missed out on years of great PS1 games. I sat down at my computer, went to gamerankings.com and pulled up a list of all the top rated PS1 games. I then read through the reviews of all the games with ratings of ~80% or higher. I now own 30 of what I consider "the best" Playstation games. There are a few more that I am considering getting (Ape Escape, Jumping Flash), but otherwise, my collection is complete in my mind.

[GarrettCRW]

First and foremost, I have to like the game for it to stay in my house.

Secondly, if it's a disc-based game (PlayStation, PS2, GC, DC) or a Genesis game, it *must* be complete. The only exception is a copy of Resident Evil I've had forever, and that's only because I haven't bothered to replace it.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

I hate Greatest Hits *and* The Best copies. PSOne Books versions aren't too bad but I try not to get those either.

I also try to buy only mint games. If it's not mint, I won't buy it. If it's sealed I really don't want to buy it, either.

What the hell is wrong with you? Are you some kind of freak? Why the hell wouldn't you want a PERFECT copy of a game?

I never understood this. People on eBay will pay more for an unsealed version of a game than they will for a factory sealed version...



As far as the DREAMCAST "All Stars" releases in that linked thread and as far as those go. I thought about it a bit, and conformity doesn't really work well for me even if they are all originals (early - white, late - black), simply because if you place them in alphabetical order (like I do), it'll be like




BWBBBBWBWWWWBWWBBBWWWBWBWWWBBBBBWWBBBWWW

no pattern whatsoever

not BWBWBWBWBW

not BBBBBBWWWWWWWW

it's just screwy either way, and more colors like orange really won't kill it.

So why not just put them in alphabetical order, white first, then alphabetical order, black?


My American PSone games I have all in alphabetical order, but have to have all the double disc sized boxes first, then I do the single size boxes. Otherwise it just looks silly!

And PAL Mega Cd games first came out in large size boxes, then cd sized boxes. If you did it alphabetically, you'd have large ones popping up all over the place!

[jdc]

Hmmm.

In my case, the more heavily I get into this hobby called videogame collecting, the LESS quirky and picky I am becoming.

A few years ago...everything HAD to be new or in such a mint state that you couldn't tell that the disc/cart and box/case/instructions had ever been touched by the previous owner.

Now? If it's something like an N64 game....and it is complete, but the box shows reasonable wear, I'll take it. I'm considering loose N64 carts as well. This is my only "collecting" system.

PS2, XboX and Cube still have to be mint or new......but in my area it's REALLY hard to find Dreamcast games that AREN'T scratched, so I've relented with that system....and that system only. I buy games that want to play for these systems.

I used to collect anything that is game related....but it's way too much of a drain on the wallet, and I'd rather spend that money on another N64 find.

[Ernster]

Well I dont really have anything weird, but I do collect anything NES, boxed or unboxed and Im starting to get into N64 collecting and even though I have a few unboxed N64 games, I plan on just buying boxed games in the future.

I dont collect for any other systems. O_O

[The Manimal]

I also have a bad habit of buying a system without any games, only to not touch it for months.

I've done that....


Also buy games but not own the system for around 5 years after...

[The Manimal]

The only thing weird about my collecting is that I only collect mint condition games. If the game even has the slightest flaw on it, it has a very slim chance of getting in my collection. A few of my friends saw the games that I put aside to trade because they weren't in great condition, and they thought I have OCD or some disease, because I am so damn picky. LOL


What about if you buy a used disc thinking it's in total mint condition...then you get home and notice there's one or two very tiny scratches that you didn't notice? This has happened to me, and it irks me though I don't really go out and return/rebuy them... As long as they aren't TOO bad in these circumstances.

[The Manimal]

Now? If it's something like an N64 game....and it is complete, but the box shows reasonable wear, I'll take it. I'm considering loose N64 carts as well. This is my only "collecting" system.



I will buy an N64 with a box that is worn, but I won't buy loose N64 carts... I buy loose GEN, NES, SNES, etc carts, but for the N64 there aren't very many games in the first place, and most are just too easy to find. I'd buy a loose cart for $5 and then a week later find a complete package of the same title for the same price, and I'd get peeved.

[GamerTheGreek]

the sad thing with me is if i see an atari 2600 or something (especially dirty one) and someone says like 10$ or less. il jump on it neglected systems are more in need of a good home than nice looking ones. unless its rare i dont buy loose genesis games. if i see a good title game for a low price like how i got my final fantasy 3 on SNES spare at $5. yeah ill buy it and see if i can sell it off at a disc. price to what everyoen else sells it at. help people out. boxed games are something else i rarely pass on. the last big quirks are ps2 games can NOT be greatest hits, and yes at a good price i will buy systems without testing

[dethink]

no store re-wrapped "new" titles.

back in the DC's heyday, EB and babbages/GS had their brief flirtation with a 10-day-no-questions-asked return policy, it drove me INSANE. i'd pony up $50 for a new 5 cent slab of plastic, open it up, flip it over, and it'd be covered with scratches and fingerprints of the greasemonkeys that work there or whoever returned it. sorry, when paying that much money for something as fragile as a disc, i want it to be virgin.

i think i went through 4 copies of ready2rumble before i got an untouched one.

had the same experience recently with pandora tomorrow on the xbox.

i've almost completely stopped shopping at game stores, and just get my stuff from best buy or CC. the only exception is for trade ins - i'll trade stuff in to PRE-ORDER something i know hasn't been touched by human hands. and now that we have FYE that takes games in trade, and doesn't handle the merch...

and NO GH games. if i can't get a mint original, i'll just go without.

i don't understand the point of this from the manufacturers' finances. it's somehow cheaper to print new packaging/game discs than use the same design and just charge less?

oh, i also have to close my PS2/xbox/etc. games using the corners of the case, not the face. i hate seeing dents in the cover from the holes where the insert clips are. and i also have to push the spindle "button" all the way in so there's no clicking action on the hole in the disc. i lost my original copy of GT3 that way, when from insering it and removing it from the spindle hub in the case without pushing that down all the way, it started to crack from the middle out. the holographic seals are removed by opening the case from the bottom for the first time, so i don't have to dig at the edge of it with a fingernail and dent the insert. i also make sure the insert isn't caught up under the edge of the sticker before i remove it. when i first got my PS2 back on launch day, i damn near ripped the cover of tekken tag tournament in half because a sliver of it was stuck to the seal.

(yeah i'm anal.)

[Gemini-Phoenix]

no store re-wrapped "new" titles.

back in the DC's heyday, EB and babbages/GS had their brief flirtation with a 10-day-no-questions-asked return policy, it drove me INSANE. i'd pony up $50 for a new 5 cent slab of plastic, open it up, flip it over, and it'd be covered with scratches and fingerprints of the greasemonkeys that work there or whoever returned it. sorry, when paying that much money for something as fragile as a disc, i want it to be virgin.

i think i went through 4 copies of ready2rumble before i got an untouched one.

had the same experience recently with pandora tomorrow on the xbox.

i've almost completely stopped shopping at game stores, and just get my stuff from best buy or CC. the only exception is for trade ins - i'll trade stuff in to PRE-ORDER something i know hasn't been touched by human hands. and now that we have FYE that takes games in trade, and doesn't handle the merch...

and NO GH games. if i can't get a mint original, i'll just go without.

i don't understand the point of this from the manufacturers' finances. it's somehow cheaper to print new packaging/game discs than use the same design and just charge less?

oh, i also have to close my PS2/xbox/etc. games using the corners of the case, not the face. i hate seeing dents in the cover from the holes where the insert clips are. and i also have to push the spindle "button" all the way in so there's no clicking action on the hole in the disc. i lost my original copy of GT3 that way, when from insering it and removing it from the spindle hub in the case without pushing that down all the way, it started to crack from the middle out. the holographic seals are removed by opening the case from the bottom for the first time, so i don't have to dig at the edge of it with a fingernail and dent the insert. i also make sure the insert isn't caught up under the edge of the sticker before i remove it. when i first got my PS2 back on launch day, i damn near ripped the cover of tekken tag tournament in half because a sliver of it was stuck to the seal.

(yeah i'm anal.)

At last, someone on my wavelength! GameStation are notorious for resealing games which have been returned within their 10 day period thing.

They look at me weird when I demand an actual factory sealed game. They say "But it is a new game - it was only released last Friday" and I say, "bullshit!"

Games must have their original cellophane with their original tearstrips.

And why the hell do they put 10 copies of the same game on the shelf unsealed? You ake one to the counter and say you want a sealed one, and they say they haven't got any cos they are all out on the shelf... Do they think they will magically sell all 10 copies at the same time? No, so why not put one on the shelf and keep 9 back sealed???

I prefer the supermarkets as they tend to use those big bulky outer plastic cases. The games inside remain sealed, whilst the shop has an almost secure security system!

Or, Toys R Us has a system where you take a display case to the till, and then you go to a special counter where they will exchange the display case for a sealed game!

[Famidrive-16]

I don't care about GH games. If it doesn't have a label that's awesome, but i'll take it if it's got one too.

boxed/sealed/loose games, don't care as long as I've got the game, although it's pretty sweet to find complete NES games (with those posters and stuff inside too)

i have a weird quirk about loose CD games, however. I've got a couple but i'd much rather own the complete case.

[Mattiekrome]

I am a "neat freak" so I always try to keep everything high quality. If I get some games that have scuffed labels, I will set them aside to resell instead of adding to my collection. I am the same way with manuals and boxes. I am also into complete games. I would collect factory sealed games, but in todays times I just dont trust anything "factory" sealed. At least with a complete game you know what you are getting because you can see what you are getting. The reason behind this is because I bought a "factory" sealed Bible Adventure Color Dreams game. Upon receiving the game I noticed that there were some imperfections underneath the "factory" seal. So upon opening the game I found that it was in fact Bible Adventures, however the label looked like someone tried to scrape it off with a fork. [/rant] :)

[goatdan]

I also have a bad habit of buying a system without any games, only to not touch it for months.

Heh, I didn't even think about this until after the your post, but I'm the exact opposite.

If there is a game that I really want to play, that I know will be rare and I know that I can get for a good price, I'll buy it even if I don't have the system. I have a Game Boy Advance game now with no GBA (*may* get a NDS, but not for a long time but I'll have this game!), I had about 10 games for the Playstation before I actually got one, etc.

I for some reason am very particular about labels too, but in a really weird way -- if I am getting a game for my collection, the label must be perfect. If I am getting a game to play, I don't care. And then, I won't trade it for a better game because it was *my* game that *I* enjoyed playing with the beat-up label. Earthbound is one of my favorite games, and I got a used copy from a Family Video store a while ago with the box. The cartridge looks like it got run over, but I refused to swap it for another, even when I had a complete, mint copy of Earthbound that I could've switched it with.

[XxMe2NiKxX]

If I see a sega Genesis, I will buy it. I will steal a four-year-olds birthday money to buy it, but it will not leave my sight. And, even if it's a double, I will open it up and play it. I have absolutely no sealed material.

[astronautcowboy3]

I collect only for Sega Saturn...that's one quirk.

My second quirk is the periphels I buy must all come new because that's the only way I know I am getting everything that SHOULD come with them. Unless I can find one that I know has everything, I go new.

[izret101]

I have alot of them.
Like a few people mentioned i don't buy anything that is GH PC or PH unless there is no way arouns it.
If i can find any slight variation to a game i own i keep it. example i have 3 Mario Bros/Duck Hunt games they all have a different label.
Rather than get rid of an empty box or extra manual i have i will try to get the game that goes with it. Sometimes even if i already own it.
I don't buy almost anything unless it is complete.(Very few exceptions)
If i see a complete copy of agame i already have in better condition i am tempted to buy it (applies only to NES and Genesis).
I box EVERYTHING.
Lately i have been getting boxes for all my systems. I also will get boxes and manuals for games my cousin has because that gives me a reason to offer him a trade for them.
I go out of my way sometimes to get demos. I think they are cool little pieces to have.
I also have been getting alot of promotional items lately. Hats, T-Shirts, etc.
I grab alot of the "Free take one" stuff too. Something else just to have.

[Jasoco]

I also try to buy only mint games. If it's not mint, I won't buy it. If it's sealed I really don't want to buy it, either.

What the hell is wrong with you? Are you some kind of freak? Why the hell wouldn't you want a PERFECT copy of a game?

I never understood this. People on eBay will pay more for an unsealed version of a game than they will for a factory sealed version...Uuuuhhhh.. Read that again. I think he meant to say "If it's NOT sealed". I would guess going on the rest of his paragraph.

[The Manimal]

As far as the DREAMCAST "All Stars" releases in that linked thread and as far as those go. I thought about it a bit, and conformity doesn't really work well for me even if they are all originals (early - white, late - black), simply because if you place them in alphabetical order (like I do), it'll be like




BWBBBBWBWWWWBWWBBBWWWBWBWWWBBBBBWWBBBWWW

no pattern whatsoever

not BWBWBWBWBW

not BBBBBBWWWWWWWW

it's just screwy either way, and more colors like orange really won't kill it.

So why not just put them in alphabetical order, white first, then alphabetical order, black?



Because it would be too odd having SONIC ADVENTURE and SONIC ADVENTURE 2 not right next to each other :)

[Jasoco]

I just alphabetized my DC games. Man they look ugly now. All the 1999-2000 games are white and 2000-end are all black. Then the two orange outcasts in there. *sigh*

[Iron Draggon]

Every game that I buy absolutely MUST be factory sealed, even though I'm just gonna open it, no matter how old and rare it is. That's why I still don't have Chrono Trigger for the SNES yet, and probably never will, because I just can't afford $600 for the priviledge of removing the shrinkwrap from it. But rest assured if I ever can afford it, that's exactly what I'll do. I'm insane.

I've made very few exceptions to that rule. I do have a few Genesis games that I bought used, because I just couldn't find them new, but very few. And that's the only system that I've ever bought used games for. Every single one of the games for all my other systems were all bought sealed. So I have no more than a dozen used games throughout my entire collection.

I avoid reissues as much as possible. I have NONE of the Majesco crap for Genesis or SNES scarring the beauty of my collection, nor do I have ANY of the PS Greatest Hits crap doing the same. The very few reissues that I do have in my collection are all games that I believe truly are classics, and thus they deserve special packaging calling attention to them, so I don't really mind them being reissues. But I own very few of these. Less than a dozen.

Here's a complete list of all the reissues in my collection of about 1500 games:

Genesis:

Columns (red Sega Classic box)
Golden Axe (blue Sega Classic box)
Revenge of Shinobi (blue Sega Classic box)
Shadow Dancer (blue Sega Classic box)
Sonic the Hedgehog (red Sega Classic box)
Super Monaco GP (blue Sega Classic box)

Saturn:

Tetris S (Sega Saturn Collection)

Dreamcast:

Sonic Adventure (Sega All Stars)

BTW, I just won the Tetris S on ebay, so technically I don't quite own it yet.

That's it for my whole collection, only 8 reissues, all on Sega systems. And the only reason why I have the reissued versions of those games is because by the time I got around to buying them, the original versions just weren't available at any of the stores in my area anymore. I didn't have access to the internet at the time, so I didn't know anything about ebay, or where I could get the original versions. So I figured that I'd better get them while I could. I'd much rather have the reissues of those than to not have them at all, and I did get them all factory sealed, so at least they aren't used on top of that. I definitely would never buy a used reissue of anything, so maybe I should try to replace them all with originals, but I don't see any need for it right now. I still have quite a few holes left to fill, so that's alot more important to me than replacing a few reissues with originals. It's not very hard to find all the replacements for them anyway, so if I ever get around to it, maybe I will.

Oh, and I actually bought the Sonic the Hedgehog reissue just so I could get rid of the unsightly pack-in version of it with the God awful NOT FOR RESALE plastered all over the cart label in huge red letters! Geez, I hated that with a passion! I couldn't even concentrate on playing it because that was all I saw! I hated Sega for doing that! So the reissue of it was definitely the lesser evil. And I kinda like having a complete set of Sega Classic reissues for my Genesis. I would prefer to have the original releases too, but I could never track them all down sealed after all these years, and I can't just swap out the boxes for them because those games actually have some kind of difference in the ROM as well. I know this because the Game Genie codes for them are different than the codes for the original releases. I dunno why they went to all that trouble, but they did, so it really makes you wonder which version of those is the rarest. The one that sold so many copies that they decided to re-release it with a different package, or the one that hardly anybody bought because it wasn't sold in the original package anymore? I sure would like to know.

Anyhow, so those I'm actually kinda proud of, instead of being ashamed of them, like I would be of any PS Greatest Hits or Majesco reissue. I think that my Legend of Zelda and my Sim City are both the Million Seller versions, but I don't think there's any indication of that printed on them anywhere but the box, and I didn't keep the boxes, so I don't really mind those two either. I never even think about it much, because they look identical to the originals. But I'm curious how other people feel about the Sega Classics on Genesis, Sega Saturn Collection on Saturn, and Sega All Stars on Dreamcast. To me they're kinda prestigious, because there aren't very many of any of them. So they're not like PS Greatest Hits, where any game more than 6 months old is gonna have that fluorescent green border on the manual. I really hate that myself, so that's why I will NEVER buy any PS Greatest Hits games, EVER. They might as well rearrange the letters on those and call them what they really are, "PlayStation Greatest Shit" because that's what those are to me.

[dreamcaster]

I don't have a problem with the Greatest Hits, or as they're called here, 'Platinum'.

It's the same game. It's a legitimate release. Who cares?

Anyway, one of my quirks is:

- Sega Master System/Mega Drive - I'm willing to buy cartridge-only games, but for some reason, when it comes to boxed ones, they MUST have the little hang-tag at the top. I have passed up many great games because they're missing the little tag.

[The Manimal]

I don't have a problem with the Greatest Hits, or as they're called here, 'Platinum'.

It's the same game. It's a legitimate release. Who cares?

Anyway, one of my quirks is:

- Sega Master System/Mega Drive - I'm willing to buy cartridge-only games, but for some reason, when it comes to boxed ones, they MUST have the little hang-tag at the top. I have passed up many great games because they're missing the little tag.


I'd actually prefer to break those off.... :evil: ...instead of having them catch on things and whatnot.

[Ed Oscuro]

And, even if it's a double, I will open it up and play it. I have absolutely no sealed material.
That last part strikes me as pretty stupid...but they're your games, not mine.

I'm also a bit like Goat Store Dan in that I'll buy games without a system to play 'em on, if I see something I like or know I like...no problem here. Still need to get a PS2 and I got a copy of Shinobi new at the store (that was at least half a year ago...probably much longer...)

[Iron Draggon]

I've been buying games for systems that I don't own yet ever since I started collecting. It keeps me from missing out on all the games I want and having a hard time finding them later, and it gives me lots of games to play when I finally get the system. I have an import PS2 game right now that I bought a year ago, just so I'll have it to play whenever I finally do get a PS2 and figure out which method I'm gonna use to get around Sony's stupid lockout efforts.

So I don't think that stuff like that is quirky at all. But passing up on Genesis or SMS games that you want, just because they don't have the little plastic hanger tags? Now that is quirky! I could understand it if you were actually gonna hang them on pegs, but I know you're not, so that's pretty quirky. I always cut them off of all my Genesis games, just so all the cases will match. They tend to break off very easily, so it's more common to run across them without the hangers attached than it is to run across them with them intact. And you really don't need them at all unless you're actually gonna hang them anyway. They have no use at all beyond that, and I like the cases alot better with them cut off. But if you really wanna pass up all those games, have at it.

[imanerd0011]

"What about if you buy a used disc thinking it's in total mint condition...then you get home and notice there's one or two very tiny scratches that you didn't notice? This has happened to me, and it irks me though I don't really go out and return/rebuy them... As long as they aren't TOO bad in these circumstances."

I only "collect" NES games. I buy games for other systems, but I really don't care about their condition, because I buy those games to play, and not to collect.

Iron Draggon , do you seroiusly buy all your games sealed, and then open them up ? @_@ That is INSANE!!! Why not just buy a really minty complete copy, and save yourself tons of money. Just my opinion.

[Jasoco]

I have an NGage game but no NGage. Never will own one either. But keep it so that one day when the NGage is long gone, I can point to it and say "Remember this thing?" Of course, when I bought it for $7 off eBay, it was still selling for full price at stores. Now all the games are discounted, so it's not as big a deal as it used to be.

[Ed Oscuro]

I also try to buy only mint games. If it's not mint, I won't buy it. If it's sealed I really don't want to buy it, either.
That's what I said, people, no typos.

I'm talking about the resale market here. I just bought a copy of Tenchu 2: Birth of the Stealth Assassins off eBay, and it was sealed. Why? Only because that's apparently the only way I can make sure I get a mint copy right now. What I mean is that I'm done with paying huge premiums for "sealed" copies...I will NEVER get into the sealed NES business. I'll only buy sealed games if they're at such a low price that it's obvious the seller isn't trying to get a premium off them (i.e. a copy of Zen: Intergalactic Ninja that was on a while back; actually there were copies of the GB and NES games from that license on at the same time...)

[Gemini-Phoenix]

Oh, so you actually mean you won't be buying games like Final Fantasy VII, Valkyrie Profile, and Star Ocean II in sealed condition, but you would buy a sealed game if it's cheap enough...???

The way you said it made it sound like you were some freak with a phobia of cellophane!!!

[Ed Oscuro]

I thought that the price point would be an obvious argument o:

Oh well, glad we're all on the same pane now...er...heh heh