I'll bet Zeldo will get a high bid with that gold box.

Good lord that's a waste.

I can't tell you how many times I lusted after the NES Metal Gear ad in the back of magazines before it came out. The one that listed all the weapons.

Anyone ever notice how much the cover version of Solid Snake looks like Michael Biehn from the first Terminator movie?

Not that I would spend that much on a game but thats a really good idea to protect collectors from getting fucked over. Definitely makes them more drool worthy.

I loved that Metal Gear!

I think sealing them and officially grading them is a bit too much. I've got a bunch of old games that I look at from time to time and think "man even to this day these are still awesome". But looking at them only last for so long, it's much more fun to PLAY them.

Games are meant to be enjoyed not cased up for viewing. I completely disagree with the grading process. Comics and Games are meant for use, grading is driving up prices and robbing normal people with less cash flow of ever being able to afford these things. I find it ridiculous and useless.

I prefer to play the games I buy.

I was going to agree with what a waste it is, but then I thought people hold on to tiny photos of roided out dudes swinging a stick at a ball so why not games too.

Plus, I remember going from store to store looking for Super Mario Bros 3 when it came out and finally seeing it in the 5th store I went to. Oh I was a happy boy that day...

Still waiting for a mint copy of Balloon Fight.

With stuff like baseball cards, this makes sense. You can still get just as much out of it as if it were loose.

With comics and games, it's a total waste and is only for the most gullible collector. Comics are meant to be read. Games are meant to be played.

...you'll probably still have to blow on that near-mint cartridge to get it to work on your old NES console though...

People are dumb. Let them waste their money. I'll be playing my copy of SMB3 when my RetroDuo arrives.

I'd never buy them, I'd never use them, so why do I still want them?

Yeah, I miss how games used to have ART on the cover.

Two things related to this...

First, there was a novel I read where the protagonist fell in with a group of "off the net" scam artists, and he convinces them to steal a bunch of comic book sealed proofs and to sell those with unauthentic comics inside. Anyone read this that can recall the name or author?

Second, has anyone seen a Dragon Warrior IV yet? That game is $60 even without the box or instructions, and I sure feel like an idiot for losing my copy.

What a waste! You're pretty much just paying for a cardboard box. If you're just going to keep it sealed, unopened, what's the difference if there's even a game in it/instructions or not?

On the flipside, I have a bunch of SNES games that I kept in mint condition, plastics and everything. I wonder how much I can get from them...

It was copied almost directly. In fact, a couple sites have comparison shots of the two.

In a world, where nerds have stopped buying comics and collecting Pokemon cards... geeks turn their attention to their next adventure, here comes "OLD GAMES IN THEIR SHRINK WRAP!"...

and everyone says people should take Video Games seriously... ...

I can describe this with a few words.

Scam. Ripoff. Waste. Useless.

Whoever falls for these guys' grading system deserves to lose their money.

Grading GAMES now? wtf? This angers me.

This is why I stopped collecting baseball cards and comics. Everything became worthless unless you paid some official grader to grade your stuff.

I thought VGA-graded games were games that could handle the higher resolution of the VGA monitors that were used back then.

EBAYERS UNITE AGANST THIS. I collect games and put them away - I buy something that looks perfect - but who are these guys tring to fool. They are creating a artificial price increse - as you have to pay them to grade your game - (they are the only authority, theres no second opinion) if you don't like the grade too bad.. and then it fucks over the people like me who put 100's of games away for years in a padded box hoping to double their value one day.

This needs to be stopped...

your gonna ruin selling video games, collecting video games - ect.... The point of ebay is - you take a bunch of pictures - and let the bidders decide HOW MINT your game is - and the final price reflect that.

UGH THIS MAKES ME SICK

Did it ever occur to any of you that people LIKE to protect pieces of their past? The reason why you put cards/comics/games in sleeves or whatever kind of case is to keep them almost timeless. A box is very likely to get damaged from dust, moisture, dents, bends or rips or whatever else you can think of to do to cardboard. Hell, what if the house burns down or there's a leak in the roof? Good thing you protected your collector's item with a plastic case right? Okay, so maybe it wouldn't be fireproof... But if you're a real collector you would run out of the house carrying it XD

Collections take a lot of patience for the value to go up. You might not think that something is worth much now, but ten years from now someone is going to pay a lot of money because you were one of the few to keep something sealed/mint. You need to dedicate living space for the item(s). So not everyone can be a collector. It's even harder when you're moving.