Topic: How do you know your wife loves you...

[GoldenPhoenix]

I really wish I would have taken better care of my NES and N64 games back when I was a kid and in my early teens. Though I bet if I looked hard enough I could find a few of them (I hardly ever throw game related boxes away!).

[Pale]

I'm the opposite. I love digital delivery.  I'm even tempted to rebuy PSP games as downloads and I'm not sure why. =P

I'm just upset that it looks like we may never see games like Majora's Mask on the VC because of the RAM expansion.

[Stogi]

Collecting games is overrated. Now coins, that's where it's at!

EDIT:

I'm just upset that it looks like we may never see games like Majora's Mask on the VC because of the RAM expansion.

You won't. But I will!

[Ian Sane]

Also, when I make classic game purchases, I only jump on those that still have the manual and box. If I can be bothered enough to keep that stuff, so can other people. Kids excluded.

Kids were the bulk of the market in the cartridge era though.  A friend of mine says his grandma would throw out game boxes if she saw them lying around because in her mind it was garbage.

If I was into eBay I would be much more picky about boxes and manuals but I limit my collection entirely to in-person finds.  I have to find it in a used game store or at a flea market or the thrill just isn't there.  In those situations finding a loose cartridge can still be a major find (ie: Ogre Battle, Earthbound).  It's all about what you enjoy about collecting.  If you want a perfect collection then the internet is a great tool for that.  To me it's not just the game but the story of where I found it, what it cost, and what condition I had to settle for.

My greatest find?  Star Fox Super Weekend cartridge for only 3 BUCKS!

[EasyCure]

I really wish I would have taken better care of my NES and N64 games back when I was a kid and in my early teens. Though I bet if I looked hard enough I could find a few of them (I hardly ever throw game related boxes away!).

I used to collect my SNES game boxes but my mom would throw them away constantly, so then by the end of the SNES and the early N64 days I would cut up the boxes and post the artwork on my wall, along with cut outs from old tired issues of NP (not just the posters mind you).

When Ocarina of Time came out and i got that special edition box... thats when started collecting them. I still have a shoe box with some of my game boxes (some with manuals some without) like PD, Goldeneye, both Zeldas and who knows what else.

[GoldenPhoenix]

Also, when I make classic game purchases, I only jump on those that still have the manual and box. If I can be bothered enough to keep that stuff, so can other people. Kids excluded.

Kids were the bulk of the market in the cartridge era though.  A friend of mine says his grandma would throw out game boxes if she saw them lying around because in her mind it was garbage.

If I was into eBay I would be much more picky about boxes and manuals but I limit my collection entirely to in-person finds.  I have to find it in a used game store or at a flea market or the thrill just isn't there.  In those situations finding a loose cartridge can still be a major find (ie: Ogre Battle, Earthbound).  It's all about what you enjoy about collecting.  If you want a perfect collection then the internet is a great tool for that.  To me it's not just the game but the story of where I found it, what it cost, and what condition I had to settle for.

My greatest find?  Star Fox Super Weekend cartridge for only 3 BUCKS!

I never heard about that competition cartridge, what does it have?

[Ian Sane]

I never heard about that competition cartridge, what does it have?

It appears to have the first two levels of the easy path only there's a time limit.  I've heard there is also a bonus exclusive level but I'm not very good at the game so I've never gotten far enough to see it without the time limit running out.  Supposedly the levels are slightly altered as well but I've never noticed.  I guess I would if I sat down and did a direct comparison.  I got it entirely because it was rare and really cheap but if I'm going to play Star Fox I play the real game so I've given the Super Weekend cartridge very little play time.

[bustin98]

I used to collect my SNES game boxes but my mom would throw them away constantly, so then by the end of the SNES and the early N64 days I would cut up the boxes and post the artwork on my wall, along with cut outs from old tired issues of NP (not just the posters mind you).

When Ocarina of Time came out and i got that special edition box... thats when started collecting them. I still have a shoe box with some of my game boxes (some with manuals some without) like PD, Goldeneye, both Zeldas and who knows what else.

I did this with the stats thing on the back of Transformers boxes. I had a stack of those plastic red readers, too. Man, I wasted alot of time in my youth.

[EasyCure]

I used to collect my SNES game boxes but my mom would throw them away constantly, so then by the end of the SNES and the early N64 days I would cut up the boxes and post the artwork on my wall, along with cut outs from old tired issues of NP (not just the posters mind you).

When Ocarina of Time came out and i got that special edition box... thats when started collecting them. I still have a shoe box with some of my game boxes (some with manuals some without) like PD, Goldeneye, both Zeldas and who knows what else.

I did this with the stats thing on the back of Transformers boxes. I had a stack of those plastic red readers, too. Man, I wasted alot of time in my youth.

You stuck stats up on your wall? At least i was  being creative making collages and whatnot, you really were just wasting your time!

I kid, i kid!

[Spak-Spang]

my wife just lets me buy my own gifts because Nov. 17th is when Nintendo almost always releases its big holiday game.