Terms I may use: cause I know some of you may not be privvy
OE = Original Equipment
OEM = Original Equipment Manufacturer
ok so this is something I have been thinking for a while, has the "scene" gotten to the point where if the parts being used are not the original parts the system / game shipped with does it affect the value?
Think of it like in terms of restoring a car and theres the term where its "numbers matching" usually refers to all of the serials across the OE power train all match to what the OEM would have on file, some times it goes beyond that.
for an example in the gaming world. a SNES, they go yellow some times you get a half yellow or a full yellow. Lets say this one in particular is fully yellowed and the shell is not salvageable. you have one that looks good but doesn't work. so you swap the working guts into the good shell. the serial number on the yellowed one is for a SHVC sound motherboard and the serial number on the good shell is a one chip. both of these are dirt common systems but if you knew it had taken place would it affect the value of the system at that point?
another, more real, example
about a month ago I won this auction:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331476056876...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
I was after a square button famicom, I cant tell if that system (scroll down a bit) is a square button famicom but I see the box is and that in it self is most of the value of that particular version of the system.
but that system looks super bad from the top view. usually the bottom part of the famicom is ok, the tops almost do a SNES like yellowing on top of being 33 years old (its basically the first run famicom)
so this one is missing a big chunk in the back top, the red flappy over the cart slot and who knows what else. I have a good top from a "non working" round button famicom. assuming everything works, swap the tops and have a good looking square button and a crappy looking round to mod. would it still affect the value.
also famicoms usually have a serial number on the box on the system and in the manual if I had a complete setup with manuals and the serial numbers didn't match would it affect the value of the system in your mind?
as for that auction. it shipped about a month ago so I have roughly 2 more months to wait, and yes i'll probably sell off one of the saturns but I have to check them out before I do any thing
edit:
I cross posted this on Famicom World