Current price of Dracula X?

[esteban]

I care about the presentation of my pc engine CD games, and I play my games as well.  It just doesn't look appealing without it.  I know some people don't care about them, but I care about the presentation because that is how they used to come when they were brand new. 

I don't get it... 

Not meaning to bust your balls, but how are you presenting them? The spine cards aren't staying on the outside unless glued or shrink wrapped....

If he has cellophane CD bag, or plastic case, he could keep the spine card in its proper place.

HOWEVER, it would become incredibly annoying to remove/replace games when you have to worry about crushing/bending the spine card.

Plus, I did not think that collectors would want the spine card to experience so much handling/potential damage.

[Necromancer]

Ya just gotta be careful, este.

[esteban]

Ya just gotta be careful, este.

Gotcha.

[Jibbajaba]

I would need to see some pics to understand why PC Engine games, on a shelf, look less appealing without the spine card.  i guess my library of Turbo games looks like shit, then.

[xelement5x]

I care about the presentation of my pc engine CD games, and I play my games as well.  It just doesn't look appealing without it.  I know some people don't care about them, but I care about the presentation because that is how they used to come when they were brand new. 

I don't get it... 

Not meaning to bust your balls, but how are you presenting them? The spine cards aren't staying on the outside unless glued or shrink wrapped....

If he has cellophane CD bag, or plastic case, he could keep the spine card in its proper place.

HOWEVER, it would become incredibly annoying to remove/replace games when you have to worry about crushing/bending the spine card.

Plus, I did not think that collectors would want the spine card to experience so much handling/potential damage.

This is what I do.  It's really not as much wear and tear or difficulty as you might think.

For a single CD case, when I pull out the case with the disc in it, the spine card just stays back in the corner of the poly bag and retains the shape of the case.  As long as you don't jam the case back into the bag like a hillbilly on prom night it's not hard to just get the obi to match right back up when you put the game back after playing.

CONFESSION: I am an obi lover and will try to get games with them as frequently as possible, but I'm not gonna cry about missing them if I'm saving money over a copy without it.  For my birthday last year (maybe 2 years ago?) I bought myself minty copies of Cotton and Drac X with spine and reg cards and I paid about $150 for the pair I think. 

[Black Tiger]

If people like spine cards, that's cool, but to me PCE games look kinda fugly and unnatural with them on. Especially a bunch of spined games in a row.

[poponon]

what's the point of collecting spine cards?

[Necromancer]

What's the point of collecting TG-16 boxes?  Or cases and manuals even?  It's cool if you don't want 'em (I personally don't give a poop one way or the other), but the reason some peeps want them is pretty obvious.

[toymachine78]

I don't give two Fuchs if a game has a spine card. I can't believe so many of those things survived in the first place. When I was a kid, that shit would be going in the trash with the cellophane.

[poponon]

What's the point of collecting TG-16 boxes?  Or cases and manuals even?  It's cool if you don't want 'em (I personally don't give a poop one way or the other), but the reason some peeps want them is pretty obvious.

Manuals still contain some original artwork and story that pertains to the actual game, understandable. Cases keep the game in a protective cover with original artwork.  spine cards ____ ??

[esadajr]

I don't give two Fuchs if a game has a spine card. I can't believe so many of those things survived in the first place. When I was a kid, that shit would be going in the trash with the cellophane.

Fuchs? like in Fred Fuchs?

[SignOfZeta]

I would need to see some pics to understand why PC Engine games, on a shelf, look less appealing without the spine card.  i guess my library of Turbo games looks like shit, then.

Well, yes, they look like weird Halloween decorations. That's got nothing to do with obi though, just that the "Turbo" alter ego of PCE was designed by blind men and idiots.

[tknjin]

I don't get it... 

Not meaning to bust your balls, but how are you presenting them? The spine cards aren't staying on the outside unless glued or shrink wrapped....

spine card description
Anesan
JPN:アクションゲーム２人同時プレイ可能。 伝説の一番紅い日。姉が姿を消したその日から、愛の新たな人生が始まった。親友とともにレディスを結成、全国制覇を目指し、今旅立つ
ENG: Action Game, 2 Player Compatibility.  The legend of the Crimson Day Bout.  Since the day her sister came missing, it began a new love for life.  These ladies joined together in order to aim for global domination. Now, their journey begins(may not be 100% accurate, but this is what I translated)



spine card description
Gensou Tairiku Aurelia
JPN:五つの国を舞台に復讐の旅が始まる。戦乱の大陸オーレリアに安息の時をもとらす者は？
ENG:  The stage towards revenge for the five kingdoms has been set.Who will be the one to restore peace to the continent of Aurelia once more?

It is something about these spine cards that just really look nice.  Like with Anesan have the kanji for Ane on the bottom portion of the spinecard.  Aurelia doing both pink and lime green to compliment the colors from the back of the cd case to the front brings character.  BTW, Aurelia is a fantastic CDrom2 RPG which looks damn near super CD status.  Ane san may not have been like a omg good game, but its got character and wanted to give examples of the cd rom games.  Also to the Lost Monkey you weren't busting balls, it was a good question.  Funny thing is I used to not be like this.  One day I just got fed up, and sold off my pc engine/saturn and other jp cd games in order to gain them back with their spine cards.  I think it is the fact that I love the pc engine, and it blew my mind when I bought it quite a few years ago now.  I wanted to get these games in the way they came, and its fantastic to see these games being preserved in the way they came.  That is my 2 sense

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[BigusSchmuck]

I got mine in a lot for $90 about 3 years ago. I suggest if you want a good deal lots are the way to go. Or just get the psp version for cheap:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Castlevania-The-Dracula-X-Chronicles-New-Sony-PSP-Game-/311310063542?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item487b8697b6

[esteban]

I think that spine cards are interesting because they certainly are part of the original retail experience in Japan. It's fun and interesting to me, especially if I could read Japanese.

I don't feel the need to collect spine cards, but I would love to see them scanned and documented (as some folks have been doing).