Yeah, even from this picture, you can see thats a rewrap.
Theres far too much damage to the box and in areas most commonly handled for it to be never removed from the wrapping.
Its still valuable if it has the map and poster but seeing the look of the box on the outside, i'd be incredibly worried that the map/poster is either not there or looks like crap.
>the plastic wrap looks loose and done with an at home plastic sealer
That’s obvious as frick, moron. It’s there to prevent further damage to the delicate cardboard box, moron
Don't man, I found out a few years ago my mum threw out a folder I used have as a kid, it had every single 1st edition Pokemon card in it, near mint condition. The entire fricking collection and she threw it out. I still haven't talked to her since.
Literally the same thing has happened to me and my brothers. We had alot of first edition Pokémon cards, (not all of them, we traded around and half ass played the game) too many NES, SNES and N64 titles and consoles, tamagotchi's, Furby's etc. First edition Disney VHS etc. Our parents eventually just got rid of that stuff. Hindsight man... it hurts sometimes.
I can understand if you really, really like one certain thing, and you want a special version or edition of it, but too many people seem to go all in and want that for every single thing they own.
>doesn't matter what edition.
sometimes it does. the newest version is not always the best. some revisions remove shit, others contain unwanted 'fixes' (e.g. PS2 copies of GTA: SA that remove the Hot Coffee minigame)
>play
Play. You mean spend a month exploring shaders to get the pixels to render properly and give that nostalgia feel just like you remember it on a CRT tv. Art never designed to be pixel perfect, but created on CRT such that they edges blend just as the artist intended.
Serious question: if I reprinted the exact same graphics on an identical cardboard box, map, cartridge (you get the idea) but for $20 would you be as excited?
No, it wouldn't smell the same, or have the same cardboard oxidation that the real deal would have.
I have no doubt that there are people out there that have gotten decent at "antiquing" game paperwork/boxes, but anyone who has handled a bunch of the real ones can spot a fake.
I remember buying it at a thrift store for 5$ back in 2001. It was still a steal then, as it was getting more expensive to find, and mine definitely didn't have the box, but this is just sad to me.
I really don't understand collecting a physical copy of things as to me its like a book, as they could republish them any time. Instead though companies like Square push scarcity so you always need feel FOMO.
Book collectors exist too, I get that and collecting, but in book circles that is niche is shit, and in gaming it is common, thus I don't get it.
no one is going to republish a cartridge game.
even hipster indies who want to do a retro release will scour fleamarkets for the 60 copies of madden no one wants and write over the memory.
999 euros? Dude, I've got that plus the original Nintendo Player's guide. I may ever have the original receipt stashed in the box from where I got it from Toys R Us back in the day. Send me $600 and its yours.
The fun part is that the Japanese equivalent can be easily found in any dedicated store going for like 50 bucks tops
Went to Japan a month ago and seeing all their hobby stuff going for dirt cheap felt like being some abused woman finally opening her eyes
ROMs are free, buy a flashcart. The only carts worth holding onto are from childhood for their own sentimental value. Thank you for coming to my home ec course.
>The only carts worth holding onto are from childhood for their own sentimental value
Thats really the only thing I collect, shit I lost for nostalgia's sake, outside that idgaf.
>You're chasing something you can't reobtain
That's the point though, there's no light at the end of the tunnel, it's all downhill from here & looking back what once was is the only respite I get from that unpleasant reality.
5 months ago
Anonymous
Trust me, my life is worse. Not doxing myself but trust me. I'm not as much of a doomer as you. Life is about what's in front of us. You can look back on the memories and even play the game anytime you want. A plastic cart won't change that.
5 months ago
Anonymous
>my life is worse therefore you must deprive yourself of pleasant memories & embrace the bottomless pit of negativity
That's a good plan.
5 months ago
Anonymous
No, I'm saying the memories are with you in your soul, in your ability to reexperience the game. I'm saying it's good to draw strength from better times but I believe it gets better.
5 months ago
Anonymous
frick off and let them have the cart you empty vessel.
5 months ago
Anonymous
You do you, I sell games so I need plastic fetishizers like you but I pity you.
5 months ago
Anonymous
I pity you for being a reselling homosexual. Unfortunately there's no cure for that.
5 months ago
Anonymous
Pity me why? People love buying this shit and my prices are low for the market.
5 months ago
Anonymous
>I pity you for buying my games >why do you pity me my deals are good
dude at this point you're saying nothing of value, besides I'm a pirate, but let the idiots buy their carts if they want.
5 months ago
Anonymous
Saying a hell of a lot more than your sad ass who only opens this site to nitpick at others to try and feel superior. It must be tough feeling so small.
5 months ago
Anonymous
I pity you dude. It's real sad. I feel honestly bad for you dude. I sell games.
>Omg I finally got the thing! I love it! >Instantly put it in a shelf or even inside a closet to avoid further damage >Never glances at it ever again >Resells it for half the price a few years later because his stupid ass can't even pay rent
Just fricking download roms. Plastic shit from your past is not a time machine and while it will be nice to look at it will only serve as a constant reminder that things are worse than they weree thus keeping you in a constant regretful, nostalgic spiral. Waste of money, spirit vampire.
there are no more memories to create, the internet will never be like it once was, capitalism has sucked all the soul out of all forms of entertainment while social media has made sure to ruin the very last bit of anything you engaged in, whether that be hobbies or personal relationships. it's literally, unironically over.
I see. I'm diagnosing you as blackpilled. I prescribe 1 month of living life outside of the internet. That means zero Ganker, alright? Put down the electronics and go outside. Talk to people, get active.
ummm sweetie if we PIRATE nintendo games nintendo amazing and bontiful workes that work VERY HARD will lost MONEY and they cant FEED their family so uh chuds owned ghost of the kviev style, learn your place stinky pirate pirate stinky
It's just a clique of grifters trying to grift other grifters now. Emulators exists. You can play these games basically and literally for free. Don't spend hundreds of dollars on a stupid sentimental box to put on your shelf.
I wouldn't mind buying some of old games in the boxes if they were so fricking expensive tbh. Owning the stuff physically is cool and I enjoy some of the boxes but it's just hard to justify with the crazy prices
I paid a bunch of money for a "mint" condition Super Metroid game and it ended up being a fake. It plays the game fine and the cartridge, box and everything looked real but it was a reproduction. That was the first and last time i paid money for a retro games. Never again.
>only arcade gun as accurate as CRT based ones, is technically more responsive too >fricking $400, PLUS the IR sensors if you don't wanna bother making some
fricking Black folk
>that probably no longers works?
Why wouldn't it work, moron? Rom chips will out live us. If a rom chip is bad it's from a manufacturing error and they've been bad for years. I have a few Sega Genesis games like that and they're still repairable by externally replacing the gate.
However 999 euro is way too much for a used copy of that game.
If you want Chrono Trigger as a physical cart/disc, you're better off getting the DS version anyway, what's the point of price gouging the SNES release besides "muh original" autism?
I don't get collecting. You can play the rom RIGHT NOW for FREE just download the rom and an emulator and you can play it. Hell you can even go on your digital distribution platform of choice and pay for that rom and emulator if you were so inclined. Playing the game again will be a far more enjoyable way to reconnect with your childhood memories of playing the game. Buying a boxed copy of a game for $1000 only to throw it on shelf and look at every once is such a pointless waste of money. When you die, someone will throw this shit in a cardboard box, stuff it in an attic and there it'll sit for decades until anyone who still remembers or cares is long since dead and its lost any value it once had, just like your grandpa's old baseball cards.
Speaking of emulation is there a preferred romhack for Chrono Trigger? I know the SNES Final Fantasies usually have some massive hack that uncensors, corrects the translation, restores cutcontent, and/or fixes copious bugs that every recommends playing over the official version. Does Chrono Trigger have anything like that?
They have these stores all over New York and they are priced out to shit.
How the frick is eBay the cheaper option for Americans in 2024?
I think the problem here is you're comparing prices from NY when they were known to overprice everything.
NY is the worst state to collect retro games in by far.
I've seen some good prices at antique shops in the indian reservations, admittedly they are the exception to the rule.
Does ggg stand for costs g-g-gazillions?
it's 9.99 euros they just forgot a comma
No, it would be 9,99€
There’s damage to the box and the plastic wrap looks loose and done with an at home plastic sealer. I’d be cautious
Yeah, even from this picture, you can see thats a rewrap.
Theres far too much damage to the box and in areas most commonly handled for it to be never removed from the wrapping.
Its still valuable if it has the map and poster but seeing the look of the box on the outside, i'd be incredibly worried that the map/poster is either not there or looks like crap.
>the plastic wrap looks loose and done with an at home plastic sealer
That’s obvious as frick, moron. It’s there to prevent further damage to the delicate cardboard box, moron
How much is ggg in real dollars? Really wish I had some of our stuff from the early 90's. I wouldn't be working everyday.
Don't man, I found out a few years ago my mum threw out a folder I used have as a kid, it had every single 1st edition Pokemon card in it, near mint condition. The entire fricking collection and she threw it out. I still haven't talked to her since.
Literally the same thing has happened to me and my brothers. We had alot of first edition Pokémon cards, (not all of them, we traded around and half ass played the game) too many NES, SNES and N64 titles and consoles, tamagotchi's, Furby's etc. First edition Disney VHS etc. Our parents eventually just got rid of that stuff. Hindsight man... it hurts sometimes.
same, but for me it was yu gi oh cards, i had the entire fricking exodia man 🙁
When I went to college my little brother taped all our cards to the wall in his bedroom as decoration.
just buy the DS version
I'll literally never understand this collector mentality of I need the first editon. Like, I want the thing, doesn't matter what edition.
I can understand if you really, really like one certain thing, and you want a special version or edition of it, but too many people seem to go all in and want that for every single thing they own.
>doesn't matter what edition.
sometimes it does. the newest version is not always the best. some revisions remove shit, others contain unwanted 'fixes' (e.g. PS2 copies of GTA: SA that remove the Hot Coffee minigame)
What do your sticky fingers say?
Nice box bro, now are we gonna play video games or what?
I got this game from a used bookstore for like $25 in the early 2000s.
It's only three gs
Stop stealing our NTSC games, you fricking PAL Black person
>Three g's
Damn I could buy Chrono Trigger for three g's written on a piece of paper this entire time?
You could play it for free if you have a computer
>play
Play. You mean spend a month exploring shaders to get the pixels to render properly and give that nostalgia feel just like you remember it on a CRT tv. Art never designed to be pixel perfect, but created on CRT such that they edges blend just as the artist intended.
sounds like a severe case of skill issue if you can't install and configure shit someone else made in a few minutes
>999 for a rom on a plastic cardridge in a cardboard box
Game collecting is stupid.
>Silent Hill.
>Gameboy Advance.
The frick is that?
It's quite an interesting story anon, its on google.
No no just..
Im kinda surprised it exists.
I had no fricking clue either.
it's not very good, it's just a visual novel that uses screencaps from the PS1 game
Serious question: if I reprinted the exact same graphics on an identical cardboard box, map, cartridge (you get the idea) but for $20 would you be as excited?
No, it wouldn't smell the same, or have the same cardboard oxidation that the real deal would have.
I have no doubt that there are people out there that have gotten decent at "antiquing" game paperwork/boxes, but anyone who has handled a bunch of the real ones can spot a fake.
>GGG
baby baby baby
Just pirate it, moron
We live in an odd world.
I remember buying it at a thrift store for 5$ back in 2001. It was still a steal then, as it was getting more expensive to find, and mine definitely didn't have the box, but this is just sad to me.
I really don't understand collecting a physical copy of things as to me its like a book, as they could republish them any time. Instead though companies like Square push scarcity so you always need feel FOMO.
Book collectors exist too, I get that and collecting, but in book circles that is niche is shit, and in gaming it is common, thus I don't get it.
no one is going to republish a cartridge game.
even hipster indies who want to do a retro release will scour fleamarkets for the 60 copies of madden no one wants and write over the memory.
999 euros? Dude, I've got that plus the original Nintendo Player's guide. I may ever have the original receipt stashed in the box from where I got it from Toys R Us back in the day. Send me $600 and its yours.
My mind is telling me noooo...
But my body... My body is telling me YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
there’s nothing wrong.....
....with a little bump & grind.
why would you pay for free things?
i never bought 1 single game my entire life
Not everyone is a thief.
not everyone lives in a first world country
yes i will pirate everything you make and you can't do anything about it, it's payback for colonization
Ok third world person.
The fun part is that the Japanese equivalent can be easily found in any dedicated store going for like 50 bucks tops
Went to Japan a month ago and seeing all their hobby stuff going for dirt cheap felt like being some abused woman finally opening her eyes
ROMs are free, buy a flashcart. The only carts worth holding onto are from childhood for their own sentimental value. Thank you for coming to my home ec course.
>The only carts worth holding onto are from childhood for their own sentimental value
Thats really the only thing I collect, shit I lost for nostalgia's sake, outside that idgaf.
If you lost it, let go. Only the cart you actually had has sentimental value.
Based
Based
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I'm glad you enjoyed my home ec lesson, any questions?
None, I agree, if I ever lost my games I’d take the insurance money and like have fun with it, not replace the games.
Idk I like seeing the shit I used to have, reminds me of better days having it on display.
You're chasing something you can't reobtain. The memories and access to the game itself is all you need. I believe in you anon.
>You're chasing something you can't reobtain
That's the point though, there's no light at the end of the tunnel, it's all downhill from here & looking back what once was is the only respite I get from that unpleasant reality.
Trust me, my life is worse. Not doxing myself but trust me. I'm not as much of a doomer as you. Life is about what's in front of us. You can look back on the memories and even play the game anytime you want. A plastic cart won't change that.
>my life is worse therefore you must deprive yourself of pleasant memories & embrace the bottomless pit of negativity
That's a good plan.
No, I'm saying the memories are with you in your soul, in your ability to reexperience the game. I'm saying it's good to draw strength from better times but I believe it gets better.
frick off and let them have the cart you empty vessel.
You do you, I sell games so I need plastic fetishizers like you but I pity you.
I pity you for being a reselling homosexual. Unfortunately there's no cure for that.
Pity me why? People love buying this shit and my prices are low for the market.
>I pity you for buying my games
>why do you pity me my deals are good
dude at this point you're saying nothing of value, besides I'm a pirate, but let the idiots buy their carts if they want.
Saying a hell of a lot more than your sad ass who only opens this site to nitpick at others to try and feel superior. It must be tough feeling so small.
I pity you dude. It's real sad. I feel honestly bad for you dude. I sell games.
>Omg I finally got the thing! I love it!
>Instantly put it in a shelf or even inside a closet to avoid further damage
>Never glances at it ever again
>Resells it for half the price a few years later because his stupid ass can't even pay rent
Anyone that would buy this or game collect is a moron
agreed. if you dont have a copy from your teenage years or childhood, just accept the L and move on.
Your heart betrays you.
Your wallet is your staunchest friend and ally.
i sold off my PS2 collection like 14 years ago, kinda want to rebuild it but it's literally a waste of money to do so
Just fricking download roms. Plastic shit from your past is not a time machine and while it will be nice to look at it will only serve as a constant reminder that things are worse than they weree thus keeping you in a constant regretful, nostalgic spiral. Waste of money, spirit vampire.
proceeding like things aren't worse than they've ever been is a cope. surrendering to nostalgia is based and romantic.
surrendering to anything is cringe. Remember fondly the memories you had and strive to make new memories to appreciate. Nostalgia is stagnation.
there are no more memories to create, the internet will never be like it once was, capitalism has sucked all the soul out of all forms of entertainment while social media has made sure to ruin the very last bit of anything you engaged in, whether that be hobbies or personal relationships. it's literally, unironically over.
I see. I'm diagnosing you as blackpilled. I prescribe 1 month of living life outside of the internet. That means zero Ganker, alright? Put down the electronics and go outside. Talk to people, get active.
ummm sweetie if we PIRATE nintendo games nintendo amazing and bontiful workes that work VERY HARD will lost MONEY and they cant FEED their family so uh chuds owned ghost of the kviev style, learn your place stinky pirate pirate stinky
you can emulate it dude
literally why
with 1k you can buy a palmetto state armory AR15 rifle
>Collecting video games
>2023
It's just a clique of grifters trying to grift other grifters now. Emulators exists. You can play these games basically and literally for free. Don't spend hundreds of dollars on a stupid sentimental box to put on your shelf.
I wouldn't mind buying some of old games in the boxes if they were so fricking expensive tbh. Owning the stuff physically is cool and I enjoy some of the boxes but it's just hard to justify with the crazy prices
I paid a bunch of money for a "mint" condition Super Metroid game and it ended up being a fake. It plays the game fine and the cartridge, box and everything looked real but it was a reproduction. That was the first and last time i paid money for a retro games. Never again.
I bought one of those chink emulator consoles instead.
Frick scalpers and frick rereleasing roms to sell to idiots.
Why would you do that and not just use a raspberry pie and not have a spyware box in your home
i saw this exact item at mandarake in shibuya for 400000 jpy
Why didnt you buy it 10 years ago when it was cheap though
its because you got brainwashed by youtubers isnt it
>only arcade gun as accurate as CRT based ones, is technically more responsive too
>fricking $400, PLUS the IR sensors if you don't wanna bother making some
fricking Black folk
>people send $1000 on a rom and pdf they can get for free
upvoted
and have some reddit gold my friend
get a flashcard, moron
Why i wold buy a shit that probably no longers works? Maybe if i was rich.
>that probably no longers works?
Why wouldn't it work, moron? Rom chips will out live us. If a rom chip is bad it's from a manufacturing error and they've been bad for years. I have a few Sega Genesis games like that and they're still repairable by externally replacing the gate.
However 999 euro is way too much for a used copy of that game.
>Why wouldn't it work
Saving probably won't work.
>999 cuck bucks
Even your heart should feel uneasy.
Why would a eurogay buy the NTSC version of Chrono Trigger? Its not even going to work with your SNES.
>he doesn't know
It wasn't released in Europe originally
Coomlecting is a complete joke
>a-at least I own it legally!!!!
Sucker born every minute
If you want Chrono Trigger as a physical cart/disc, you're better off getting the DS version anyway, what's the point of price gouging the SNES release besides "muh original" autism?
Look, I love Chrono Trigger, but it's a fricking video game, not The Last Supper.
whats the best place to get oem replacement cases for ps4/ps5 games
I don't get collecting. You can play the rom RIGHT NOW for FREE just download the rom and an emulator and you can play it. Hell you can even go on your digital distribution platform of choice and pay for that rom and emulator if you were so inclined. Playing the game again will be a far more enjoyable way to reconnect with your childhood memories of playing the game. Buying a boxed copy of a game for $1000 only to throw it on shelf and look at every once is such a pointless waste of money. When you die, someone will throw this shit in a cardboard box, stuff it in an attic and there it'll sit for decades until anyone who still remembers or cares is long since dead and its lost any value it once had, just like your grandpa's old baseball cards.
>download the rom and an emulator
you're not actually playing the game, just a facsimile replete with bugs you may or not be aware of.
>i-it's not the same
what is this hoarder cope? if you're that anal about >MUH ACCURACY then get an FPGA or something to replicate the hardware.
SNES has had cycle accurate emulation for awhile, any bugs present were also on original hardware.
Even if this was true, current retro pricing on the whole makes buying to play completely ridiculous.
Frick your heat and your wallet.
If your Brain isn't saying "emulate it" then you're an idiot.
Speaking of emulation is there a preferred romhack for Chrono Trigger? I know the SNES Final Fantasies usually have some massive hack that uncensors, corrects the translation, restores cutcontent, and/or fixes copious bugs that every recommends playing over the official version. Does Chrono Trigger have anything like that?