Loose, Complete, or "Really" complete?

[Damon Plus]

Just being curious, which kind of collector are you and why? I've started collecting very recently, but I think I'm going for boxed games. I don't care how many time it takes me getting good deals on games. I know some of them will very hard to get (if possible at all). It's strange, because only the NGPC and the TG has made me think as such.

[DragonmasterDan]

Just being curious, which kind of collector are you and why? I've started collecting very recently, but I think I'm going for boxed games. I don't care how many time it takes me getting good deals on games. I know some of them will very hard to get (if possible at all). It's strange, because only the NGPC and the TG has made me think as such.

It depends on the system, since this is being posted in the TurboGrafx section of the forum  I'll answer relative to the TG. I generally stick with the following Criteria. If it's a HuCard or CD that came with a jewel case and outside box, I really only go for the jewel case, game, manual and any maps that came with it. If it's a CD game that came only in a jewel case then everything that came with it is what I look to collect. If it's a TTI released HuCard with a cardboard box but no jewel case I go for the game and manual. With that said I do have some with the cardboard boxes.

[sheath]

I'll go for the cardboard box if it's still reasonably priced.  Otherwise I consider the jewel case, manual and game to be complete. 

[chany60126]

I too go for cased copies of games, and for the TTI hu-card games, I just go for the game and manual. Getting a boxed copy of game is always a nice bonus, but I usually don't want to pay a premium to get it.

[Necromancer]

I want 'em complete minus the cardboard box, though I'll take the box too if the price isn't utterly retarded.

[Lilgrafx]

Just being curious, which kind of collector are you and why? I've started collecting very recently, but I think I'm going for boxed games. I don't care how many time it takes me getting good deals on games. I know some of them will very hard to get (if possible at all). It's strange, because only the NGPC and the TG has made me think as such.

I go for Jewel case and manuel. It just looks nice on a shelve unlike a stack of Hucards

[hizaygizirlz]

I like everything including the box, athough I will buy game-case-manual if it is a game I really want to play.

[SignOfZeta]

It depends on the system. NEC-related I usually only collect PCE Engine. In that case I only want the case, the game, and the manual. The reply card and obi can suck it. I do have a few US games. In those cases I don't give two shits about the redundant pointless outer box, but I need the case.

Same goes for Saturn. With Genesis and NGP I don't do loose unless I absolutely have to (ie: Last Blade US only exists as a loose cart). With SNES its complicated. With Japanese carts I only buy games with boxes and manuals, but with US games the boxes are so much shittier by design (ie: thin cardboard, sucky art, and a box that is %40 covered in logos) that I don't have any of those. Ostensibly I collect FC boxes, but they are pretty hard to find. All my NES carts are loose.

Of course all this OCD-ness really gets frustrating when the companies themselves make proper collecting impossible. For example, pack in games that lack a case (ie: Mario Kart DS that was bundled with my DS), and later TG-16 and Genesis games where they switched to a f*cking cheap-ass cardboard box after years of selling us real cases.

I don't collect homebrew boxes, ie: sparky's lables, MVS shock boxes, etc. If it isn't official its highly unlikely I'll be interested.

[Tatsujin]

I'm a really complete collector for most of the stuff.

[Jibbajaba]

I have no interest in the outer box.  Whenever I have purchased TG-16 games that came with the box, I have given the boxes away.  The games look great on the shelf in the jewel cases.  The box has more art on it, but it's just a hassle trying to collect them, and they won't fit in the case that I use for my Turbo games.

I don't mind loose games, but they have to be significantly cheaper.

Chris

[turbogrfxfan]

For tg i like to have the case, manual, and game. Same for the pce but,  if I can get the spine cover and reg.card its a plus but not important imo. 
To me its not worth the extra cash for the spine and reg card if i can get everything else for a cheaper price.  Im more of a gamer than collector though

[vestcoat]

For TG16 games I like to have the manual/map and some kind of official "container" for the game - jewel case or, for the final Turbochips that came without, the cardboard box.  For PCE I don't care whatsoever. 

I really can't understand why latecomers arriving on the Turbo scene decide to sodomize themselves and contribute to the current ebay insanity by buying only complete copies.  It's one thing if you already own a third of the library and have set a precedent for boxes, but why show up late to the potluck, pick a random system to which you have no prior attraction, know that most of the sellers are price gouging, and chose to go buy one hundred and forty games with prices starting at thirty dollars? 

[PunkicCyborg]

PCE and Turbo stuff I like complete cd games, spine and card aren't a necessity but I'll take them if they are there. Loose Hu cards aren't that big of a deal, I can use a Sparky sticker and print a manual or look for a better copy and pass the loose one off to a friend in the future.
Genesis and SMS game though I have to have the box, it doesn't make the price any different 90% of the time so you might as well.
NES SNES and SFC cart only but I'll take a box if It doesn't make it more expensive.
Anything else with a CD has to be complete

[Necromancer]

I really can't understand why latecomers arriving on the Turbo scene decide to sodomize themselves and contribute to the current ebay insanity by buying only complete copies.  It's one thing if you already own a third of the library and have set a precedent for boxes, but why show up late to the potluck, pick a random system to which you have no prior attraction, know that most of the sellers are price gouging, and chose to go buy one hundred and forty games with prices starting at thirty dollars? 

Because they're collectors and the boxes look prettier sitting on the shelf.

[SuperPlay]

+1 for boxed.

Will buy new if the price is right, however the seal gets broken when it arrives as then it goes into my machine