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| oldgamerz:
sealed Plastic bags might help protect a loose box or a loose cartridge. humidity or dampness can destroy cardboard boxes if you're not careful you can get bugs/insects in them. I don't collect Complete In Box, but when it comes to disc based games? I don't like them loose at all. Unless their in a some kind of plastic CD/DVD case. |
| wartoy:
For me disc base games and newer game systems like Switch,Vita,Psp,Ds,3Ds the games must be cib. The older systems that used carbord boxes like Nes,Snes,N64,Gb,Gba,game gear,jaguar,turbo grafix these systems I consider myself lucky to have found them at all.Though sometimes you might get lucky and find a reasonably priced cib game it's not a must have for me. Except Sega Genesis and Master System games I usually have to have it cib due to the fact these are easier to find cib imo. |
| dakooldood:
I don't particularly care if cartridge-based games aren't CIB, but discs have to AT LEAST have a case and label. I gotta have something to display on my shelves. NES and SNES games have labels on the top of the carts, so I'm cool with getting those loose. I have custom label stickers for N64 games. The only exception is handheld games, since they're typically hard to display anyways. |
| emporerdragon:
--- Quote from: dakooldood on May 26, 2020, 07:22:16 pm ---I don't particularly care if cartridge-based games aren't CIB, but discs have to AT LEAST have a case and label. --- End quote --- That's how I look at it too. If the game came with a case it was designed to be put into, I want that case; If the packaging was meant to be discarded, not as big of an issue. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: emporerdragon on May 27, 2020, 01:00:06 am --- --- Quote from: dakooldood on May 26, 2020, 07:22:16 pm ---I don't particularly care if cartridge-based games aren't CIB, but discs have to AT LEAST have a case and label. --- End quote --- That's how I look at it too. If the game came with a case it was designed to be put into, I want that case; If the packaging was meant to be discarded, not as big of an issue. --- End quote --- Interesting I collected cib in excellent shape for cheap on purpose for the following reasons - If I where to go cart only I would be less motivated to complete a game someday. - Keeping the collection smaller wouldn't grow as big as if I where to accept all conditions lose carts etc + i would never be dissatisfied since the condition is always pretty nice or that something was missing. Still the keeping the collection small part to prevent a backlog didn't work out in the end ::) have an everdrive for a ton of these systems I'm not to worried about missing out on gameplay to ever collect cart only. |
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