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[Clock]

I have had delivered 6 games I got off ebay. To my surprize they are all shrikwrapped and brand new.

Do I open them or do I not?

Games are as follows and all are Pal so rarity is hard to know

#1 XEVIOUS
#2 HAT TRICK
#3 COMMANDO
#4 CHOPLIFTER
#5 SUPER HUEY-IX
#6 NINJA GOLF

I have lots of 2500 games and only ASTEROIDS built in on my 7800... So I really want to see what it can do.... but from a collecting point of view the're more valuable sealed......maybe I should buy the same titles again on ebay (if I can find them!)

What do you guys think?

[Mock]

Not that my opinion counts....but this is the way I look at these kinda things.

They are not making them anymore...so, what is left in "mint in box" condition is what is left. If you are a collector, then this probably means a lot to you...if you can pick up the same games on ebay again cheap and already open...you don't have to be very picky about cart condition because you already have the ones in the box.

I'd leave them in the box if it were me....but then again nothing like the feeling of breaking open a new game...lol.

[Paralistalon]

Odds are they were previously opened but the seller re-shirnkwrapped the games himself. Once I saw the people at Blockbuster, and then the people at a localy owned gaming store shrinkwrap things themselves, all credibility of having something in the shrinkwrap went out the door.

[Brad2600]

In order to ensure the box's condition, I remove shrinkwrap. It's basically useless and as long as the box holds the game and it's in good shape, that's all that matters to me.

I have some boxes in terrible shape that I've managed to repair a bit so they at least hold the game and manual.

Besides, shrinkwrap warps the boxes over time..another reason to ditch it. If you prefer to keep it, at least cut a hole at the top to all air to flow inside.

[SS]

Stop the insanity! Crack those suckers!

[tyranthraxus]

Well PAL Commando is not quite as rare as the NTSC. You should just
rip them open. I got 15 MISB games and I opened all but a couple. The
few I didn't were really crappy games like Jinks and some light gun games
that I knew I just wasn't going to play. The best part was getting several
of those nice Atari posters/catalogue.

[sku_u]

At least remove the shrink wrap. Most of my 7800 games were NIB when I got them, but I couldn't resist the urge to open them and play them.

[eric_ruck]

I'm one of those nuts with shrink wrapped copies of everything for the 7800 as well as play copies. I wouldn't open them, especially since getting play copies of most of those games isn't too tough. Besides, if you don't collect shrinkwrapped, it's too easy to complete your collection, what with the rather small library of games.

Eric

[tyranthraxus]

Eric you are nuts But that is a good point. If you want to collect
shrinkwrapped games then I suppose holding onto them would be a
good idea. But Xevious and Hat Trick are ultra common, its as easy to get
those sealed as loose. Don't keep them sealed if you think they are going
to be more collectable and valuable because those games just aren't
ever going to be.

[MegaManFan]

tyranthraxus said:

Eric you are nuts    But that is a good point. If you want to collect
shrinkwrapped games then I suppose holding onto them would be a
good idea. But Xevious and Hat Trick are ultra common, its as easy to get
those sealed as loose. Don't keep them sealed if you think they are going
to be more collectable and valuable because those games just aren't
ever going to be.

That's exactly why I just ripped open my 5200 Berzerk. The shrinkwrap was damaging the box to the point "airing it" wouldn't have helped any more, and since it's such a common game I figured I would rather take it out and play it since I didn't have any loose copies.

[bloodreptile]

Games are for playing esp. X which is superb. I have shrink wrapped copy of fusion frenzy on my x box been that way for three months now. Of course I am going to open it when I get four vid game freak to play it.

[Edit_5]

I hope there all not NTSC games, I bought a load of games off eBay that where still in the shrinkwrap and they where all NTSC, no good for uk PAL, unless your TV/Video can convert NTSC to PAL...

[Clock]

I think thay are Pal carts, but my TV will run all standards anyway.

[Edit_5]

Good, I hope they are PAL, btw Cool Sid Avatar...Howay!

[Nintendo Penguin]

Ues, If the shrinkwrap is damaged at all I would open it... otherwise keep it sealed.

[eldunko]

I just got a copy of Descent for the ps, in one of those ghetto 1996 big black casey things. Anyways I debated weather to open it or not, but then i thought, I'm probably just gonna play this game like once and never again so why not just leave it all wrapped up?