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    Quote Originally Posted by Casati View Post
    This Ebay seller has a lot of cropped boxes available. Why would somebody cut the lids off of them? Maybe it would tidy their appearance if they had worn lids, but would seem to ruin their functionality and value.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Nintendo-NES...item415c0694d2
    Looks like someone used to run a pirate-rental store out of their basement. I remember quite a few people around where I grew up, who did the exact same thing. You'd cut off the flaps and tape the thing together to make a "divider" for the "crate" you had all your games in and then have cart+manual in the dust sleeve in front of said divider. This way people could easily flip through your games and check out the artwork and screenshots before "renting" the game (Usually a couple of bucks a day). I know a lot of kids did this to make a few extra bucks besides their regular paper routes.

    As for OP's question, I'd rather have the manuals so I can play the damn games!
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    I usually wont pick up a game unless its complete. The majority of times I will want the box for display purposes. Unless its an RPG I'll never read the manual.

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    Quote Originally Posted by starchildskiss78 View Post
    ...especially the SNES games which I think the boxes are such big pains in the butt to take a game out and put them back in.
    I couldn't agree with you more. The day I realized I was essentially destroying my NES/SNES/N64 boxes (really anything with top flaps that hook in like that) each time I opened them I decided to switch to Universal Game Cases. I've never looked back and couldn't be happier.

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    I'd go w/manuals as well for games that came in cardboard boxes, I'm working on a CI N64 set, mainly because my space is limited at the moment. The other other systems I really collect are Lynx and Vectrex, for which I only go CIB. Other systems I casually buy games for I really only care about the cart.

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    Box.
    I just like it better as it's easier to store on my shelf.
    If only cart and manual I have to store in two different places



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    Boxes for me. Boxed games look nice on a bookcase. Loose games, even with manuals will just get stored in a big box with other loose games. Besides, if I need the manual to play the game I can always download it.

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    Depends on the game... Disc games I prefer the case.. Cartridge based games would depend on the content of the manual.. If there is nothing to it then I would prefer the box.. If it's a game where the manual is of importance then I prefer the manual.
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    Boxes for shelf look, but I really like the manuals from snes/gen days

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    Depends on what my plans are for the game in question. If it's one I just want to play, I'd like a CIB copy, but I need another copy I'm not gonna weep over when it gets a little label wear or whatever. If I plan on selling the game, I want the box (duh). If it's for me, if it's complicated at all, the manual is better. But if it's some easy platformer or old 2nd gen game, who needs the book?

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    While some manuals are definitely cool to look at, I basically look at them once and that's it. I like to have boxes not just for display (but that's a big part of it) but to make it easy to find the game I want to play and to get me stoked to play the game. When it's just a cartridge, it's tougher for me to commit to playing a game. Looking over the box art really helps seal the deal, as it were. So definitely boxes for me. I might be running out of room for stuff, but since I'm not going for a full set on anything, I really don't feel like I have anything to worry about. I'll get some bookshelves when we get a house and that'll be it.
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    Boxes, Because You Can Show Them Off
    You Could Be Like Hey Look Guy's I Got The BOX For Metroid Look How Cool It Is
    You Dont Wanna Be Like Hey Look Here's My MANUAL For Metroid


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    love having boxes but manuals help more

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    Default manuals

    boxes are cool to look at screenshots on back but manuals help me more

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    Hmm....boxes would be rarer and harder to find for older systems but sometimes I'd rather just have the manuals due to lack of space for all the boxes. So I'm going to go with manuals.
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    Manuals. Give me manuals, and lots of them.

    Boxes? Who cares?

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    Depends on the system.

    NES would be manuals. I like the look of the carts on my shelf. No boxes needed.

    Original GameBoy would be boxes, as I still have most of my manuals.

    Genesis would be boxes/cases. Manuals would be a bonus.

    N64 would be both. Wouldn't purchase an N64 game any other way.

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    Boxes. Couldn't really care less about manuals.

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    Generally speaking...

    There aren't many games that I'm dying to play or acquire.

    So I'm fine waiting for something in the form I want and at a price I agree with.

    For me these days, it's all or nothing. However by "all", I mean box/case, instructions and game. The little cards and warnings are icing.

    The only time I make an exception for a loose game are for famicom pirate carts. However that's reasonable because for most pirates, a box/instructions were never produced.

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    The only ones I really prefer complete are SMS, Genesis and TG-16 (and for me complete is case, manual and game, no need for cardboard sleeves in the case of TG-16)

    I will accept case and game if necessary but prefer manuals at all costs. For example, I passed on a Case and cart only copy of Genesis Carmen Sandiego for $9 since I think that particular game really needs the manual as some game clues, suspect profiles, etc are in the manual.

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    I usually try to get the manuals for all my cart games, not the boxes. The boxes just take up too much room. For CD or DVD based games, I only collect them with the complete case, art, and manual.
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