Are boxes and manuals important to you, for older games?

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Such as NES, SNES, Genesis?

I used to want EVERYTHING to come complete... boxes and manuals and all that jazz. The real kicker was that I generally paid alot more for older games, just to get them complete.

It looks great in a collection, but the fact is there are still some games I want to play and check out, however they are alot cheaper if I got them cart only.

Seeing as how I don't even read the manuals (most of these older games are easy to figure out, as opposed to say, current generation stuff), and the boxes are hard to take care of being cardboard and all, I think my point of view is starting to change.

Seeing as how a ton of CAG's collect older stuff, what is your opinion on this? Do you favor complete copies, or do cart only games work for you?
 
For newer games that come in CD/DVD cases there is no excuse to not have it come complete (I can deal with a cracked case though). For older games as long as I can play it I don't care. I don't collect games though...
 
It's nice to have older games complete if I can get them on the cheap. But cart only works just fine. If by the rare chance I should ever pay a legitimate price on an old game and the game has any significantl monetary value, I would try and get it complete
 
[quote name='snotknocker']It's nice to have older games complete if I can get them on the cheap. But cart only works just fine. If by the rare chance I should ever pay a legitimate price on an old game and the game has any significantl monetary value, I would try and get it complete[/QUOTE]

Even if say, cart only is $5 and a complete copy is $25?

Sometimes the difference between the two is extreme.
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Even if say, cart only is $5 and a complete copy is $25?

Sometimes the difference between the two is extreme.[/quote]

Depends on the game. Im usually okay with Cart only for older stuff, but I would love to own complete copies of my favorites. The more I like the game, the more Im willing to pay for a complete copy.

For CD games, case + manual is almost a must. I wont buy a disc only game unless is very, VERY cheap. If Im paying more than $10 for a game, it must be complete.

Current gen stuff, I will only buy complete. Theres no excuse for it not to be complete.
 
NES and Atari 2600 are the only platforms where it doesn't bother me not having it complete. Everything else, I search high and low for the cases and manuals. The cases are a little more important to me. Sometimes I'll buy the case and manual before I even have the game, I paid $15 for a Snatcher case the other day.

I've got a list of wanted cases and manuals in my tradelist a mile long.
 
Personally I only collect/play PS1 and PS2. For those, I must have the complete game (and will pay a little extra, although I could care less whether it is sealed or not). If were to collect older than that, it would depend on the system and how games were packaged. For example, I would want my genesis games complete, since they always came in convenient cases anyways. As for NES, SNES, Atari, etc... I would do cart only, although it would be nice to have the manuals and any other important documents for the game as well. Just my $.02
 
I only worry about completeness with current gen stuff. GBA I can deal with cart-only, but I've lucked out with enough used games coming complete at EB where I'm sad I jumped so quickly on a bunch of carts a while ago.

I have plenty of NES/SNES/N64 stuff that's cart-only, and that's fine. I'm not interested in those being complete since 90% of the time the manual and box would be torn up after 10-20 years. But if I can pay a couple bucks extra to get an SNES game complete, I'll do it.

Hell, even the NES games I owned as a kid aren't complete, I guess I never bothered with the boxes back then - they're all in those transparent plastic Nintendo-brand cases. However, all the SNES games I owned are complete and in great condition, and I'm proud of that (especially the beauties like FF3, BoF, and SMRPG). But I don't really care about SNES games I buy now coming complete.
 
If the case was used to store the game (i.e. Genesis or any CD based game) then I want the case. Manuals are important to me as well, but if the price is right, I will forego a manual. Current Gen stuff better be complete or really damn cheap
 
Basically if it's a cart based game, I don't mind it being cart-only (except for DS games); current gen and disc-based games MUST be complete (although I can deal with having no manual sometimes).
 
Depends on the game and how much it would cost me complete vs cart/disc only. For plastic I usually am ok with cart only as the better the game the more it's gonna cost complete vs cart only unless you find something at a good/insane price bargin hunting in the wild.

For newer games I usually prefer/only want complete but if it's cheap enough disc only will do for example Strikers 1942 used to be 2.99 B/C IIRC at EBgames old site.

GBA games I typically only like to buy complete but if it's something OOP that I don't see around my area anymore new I'll buy it cart only if the price is right.
 
[quote name='botticus']I only worry about completeness with current gen stuff. GBA I can deal with cart-only, but I've lucked out with enough used games coming complete at EB where I'm sad I jumped so quickly on a bunch of carts a while ago.

I have plenty of NES/SNES/N64 stuff that's cart-only, and that's fine. I'm not interested in those being complete since 90% of the time the manual and box would be torn up after 10-20 years. But if I can pay a couple bucks extra to get an SNES game complete, I'll do it.

Hell, even the NES games I owned as a kid aren't complete, I guess I never bothered with the boxes back then - they're all in those transparent plastic Nintendo-brand cases. However, all the SNES games I owned are complete and in great condition, and I'm proud of that (especially the beauties like FF3, BoF, and SMRPG). But I don't really care about SNES games I buy now coming complete.[/QUOTE] Yep, I generally agree with you. Current gen must be complete, if not it must be dirt cheap. Older generations with cardboard paper boxes I accept cart onlys.
 
For NES and SNES, it doesn't really bother me about the cases, as they were thin cardboard and easy to destroy. Now for Genesis games, theres no reason why it shouldn't have a case. Those things were hard ass plastic. If I remember correctly, didn't Gamestop, used to throw away the boxes and manuals when someone traded them in when they accepted those games??
 
I don't really care about older games being complete or not, as I'd be glad to just have the game. For newer stuff, PS1 and on, I very much prefer anything but disc only.
 
i dont really care because they werent really made to be kept together. its not like nowadays where the games and manuals are all put in a nice little case for you. they were paper packages. the only ones that were easy were genesis, i kept a TON of those cases for a long time, but dumped em all awhile ago, i kinda wished i kept them, but oh well.
 
For cart games it's really not important to have the box/manual, as the games by themselves can be distinguished from one another when stored vertically due to their labels. It's nice if you can find a complete copy of a game for only a little more than you might pay for cart-only, but in the end I have found that boxes and manuals just take up more storage space and aren't worth the extra money you'd typically spend to acquire them.
 
Cart-only is acceptable, but completeness is a priority. Complete older games make better trophy pieces, especially since they're harder to come by.
 
I am not a collector, so I really dont care at all whether a manual is included. It is a nice bonus but nothing I search for.

And even with new games, it does not bother me too much. I am buying it for the game. And that is what I care about. But once again I am not a collector.
 
My priorities are complete games (even Atari though rare), then non-complete CART only if I have no other choice.

There is NO excuse for disk based games (Dreamcast on) to be incomplete!
 
[quote name='Roufuss']Even if say, cart only is $5 and a complete copy is $25?

Sometimes the difference between the two is extreme.[/QUOTE]

Depending on the game, if it were in pristine condition I would drop the skinnys.
 
manuals are not important at all to me~ I never read any manuals and they have no uses at all. I guess only dump people need to read it before they can play a game. It is totally not necessary
 
Boxes for me on the Genesis games are important to me since most where in their own plastic case, but for the paper boxes such as some of the later GEN, SNES, and NES games they're not as a big deal to me since they usually get smashed by me or by the previous owner somehow. Manuals I would like since I like the cover and other artwork found in them.
 
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