19 replies to this topic

[stringfellow]

I recently won this auction
eBay Auction -- Item Number: 250826954571

and now I can't decide whether or not to open these. These are both games I didn't have in my collection and have never played. On the one hand I have got two games that I have never played and would like to. On the other hand I have two mint sealed games and you don't see many of those. AHH what do I do?

[sdamon]

Unless you're trying to build a collection of unopened 5200 games, I say go ahead and open them. Neither is super rare, and both are fun to play.

[Lord Helmet]

Open = play!

[Rex Dart]

Keep 'em sealed. Buy opened copies for playin'.

[GrandviewCoin]

Rex Dart, on Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:15 PM, said:

Keep 'em sealed. Buy opened copies for playin'.

Yep, what rex said.

[Dr Manhattan]

Buy one of those brilliant SD Carts from Atari Max and keep both of your games sealed.

But if I had to choose one I'd go with Gremlins. I love that game.

[82atari5200]

Dr Manhattan, on Wed Jun 22, 2011 6:54 PM, said:

Buy one of those brilliant SD Carts from Atari Max and keep both of your games sealed.

But if I had to choose one I'd go with Gremlins. I love that game.

You only live once...

[rayik]

I've opened and played every NIB 5200 game I bought (including the two the OP bought).

[tep392]

I really enjoy the new cart smell. It brings the childhood memories flooding back.

[jetset]

I've found it very difficult to play games while still sealed in the box. There's not much point to buying a game and leaving in them in the box. In fact, there's none that I can think of...

[Nukey Shay]

A cartridge that has never been played is meaningless. Like a car that you never drove, or a prom date that remains clothed.

[Inky]

If you want to collect something to just look at, get into HUmmel figurines. Games were made for playing, not for looking at. Open both of 'em.

[stringfellow]

I think I will be opening them on my next day off. To those who said buy opened copies I don't see gremlins too often for sale open or not especially for what I paid. Any suggestions on the gentlest way to open them? I will be keeping the boxes even after opening them.

[phuzzed]

Buy a multi-cart from AtariMax and leave'em sealed in the box! You get the best of both worlds then!

[opeygon]

Open them and inhale the good clean 1980's air sealed inside them.

You can still keep the boxes and games nice and minty.

[horseboy]

FYI a sealed Gremlins just sold on Ebay for $75. There are people that collect sealed. Trade this game to one of them for an opened copy plus something else. Or sell the game and buy an opened copy plus a couple of other games. There are thousands of opened copies out there, don't kill a sealed copy.

[stringfellow]

AHHH I am still so unsure. If I could get a complete open copy I would sell the sealed one and make a profit but I don't see even open copies very often.

[Curious Sofa]

stringfellow, on Sat Jun 25, 2011 9:19 AM, said:

AHHH I am still so unsure. If I could get a complete open copy I would sell the sealed one and make a profit but I don't see even open copies very often.

I'm with the "open both" crowd. It isn't as if the value of the sealed ones is $1000 or anything; play them, keep them in minty shape to appreciate them.

Unless you really want to sell them for $100 or something, for a net profit of roughly $50 for all your efforts, and then you have to hunt down nice condition copies of each if you want them...etc.

Open. Play. Enjoy. Don't look back!

[stringfellow]

I just know my luck, right after I open them I will find open copies for cheap.

[DocEss]

I see no real point in sealed copies. People might faint and scream over someone popping the seal and *gasp* playing the game, but. . .

What good is a sealed copy? It's a box on a shelf, that you can never DO anything with. Yep, there's a game in there. Nope, you can't really do anything at all with it. Ever. Except look at it. Isn't the core of this hobby the love of Atari games, not the love of Atari boxes?