The only sealed game I ever had was Kirby's Adventure. Otherwise, the $200+ price tag on most of those games was enough of a deterrent for me.Originally Posted by Beelzebub
I really do love the NES, it's what got me into collecting. Although I really have a special place in my heart for the Sega Genesis. I would love to have a decent CIB collection for it. On the plus side since a good majority of Genesis games were plastic cases. It's much more common to find them CIB, and generally cheaper than most. Of course you have your rarities, but nothing that comes close to a Stadium Events/NWC/NCC for the NES. I mainly want to start by working toward a complete RPG collection for the Genesis CIB, as my first goal.
I think I have maybe 6 sealed video games total. Like you said, I just picked them up when I had a good opportunity.
The great thing about collecting Genesis games is when you do find them with their boxes, they are usually in great shape, at least comparative to NES games of the same age. Even if the cases were somewhat mishandled in their time, they don't fray and tear the same as any of the NES/SNES boxes did. There were a couple games in my collection that were in pretty rough shape around the edges/flaps.
If I ever did try and build a complete CIB collection, it would only be officially released titles at first. That gives me a couple of benefits -- I don't have to try and track down Bubble Bath Babes/Hot Shots/Peek-A-Boo Poker and the rarer Tengen titles, and I don't have to try and grab those multicarts that quickly skyrocket in price, like Myriad 6-in-1, or the rare tournament carts, like NWC or NCC. (Which reminds me, a gray NWC cart is on eBay right now for $17K).
Once I get a complete officially licensed collection, I'll move onto unlicensed games. Which I'll probably have a good helping of anyways thanks to lot auctions.
