/vr/ - Retro Games

>>1449991
Those 'VGA graded' games are a joke. It's supposed to be some sort of preservation method, but its nothing more than an exuse for the seller to artificially inflate the price like crazy. To everyone else, it just plain stupid because you can't play the god damn game.

>>1450023
one day when i'm unreasonably wealthy i'm going to buy a bunch of sealed VGA graded games on ebay then do unboxing videos.

ending with me throwing them, loose, into my pile of ridiculously expensive carts for the lawls

one day.

>>1450049
That'd be hilarious. Just you smashing them out of their plastic containers with a hammer, ripping the wrapping off, and throwing them onto your pile of games.

>>1450065
Yeah good idea, I won't even play them.

I'll be /vr/'s favorite e-celeb.
I'll use my youtube ad revenue to buy you all captcha passes

>>1450049
Don't buy the graded games from sellers, just buy sealed games and get them graded yourself, then open them.
If you buy the games graded, your only feeding the jews.

>>1450078
This guy gets it.

How much is grading these days? I remember it being pretty fucking expensive back a few years ago.

I used to get mad at these VGA guys, but really, all they've done is artificially create holy grails for "geek culture" enthusiasts (morons) to covet.


Who pays for VGA grading? Idiots and resellers.
Who buys VGA-graded games? Idiots and resellers.

It's just taking a few sealed videogames which were never going to be in circulation or even played, and putting them on a platform to distract the worst of the wealthy end of the hobby's spectrum. I am all for it.

I always offer them $1. That's about how much I'd pay for a video game I can never play.

>>1450023
>seal a CD in an oxygen-rich environment
I'M PRESERVING IT GUYS

Nobody even remotely likeable is being fooled by this stuff. Just laugh and filter out VGA from your search.

Someone post that picture of 100 VGA score Twilight Princess being sold.

The only appeal of sealed games to me is the fact that they kinda make you relive the moment you got a new game as a kid. In that aspect, a sealed game is like a time machine to the 80's/90's. It's the same thing with Lego collectors. Opening that new lego box makes you feel like a kid again.

The VGA grading is just stupid though. It's just an artificial tool to increase the price based on how perfect the box looks.

>>1452165
Not that I buy into the retarded rating system, but how would they get 100? Having it delivered from the factory to the VGA guys?

Would it be possible to buy high-rated games and shake them inside the plastic until they got crumpled, or are they fixed in place inside there?

>>1452182
You could put the box in water and it would probably get trough. Or you could zap it with an ESD gun and break the game.

>>1452181
Some guy just send the new Twilight Princess he bought straight to them and had it graded. Then he tried to sell it for a lot more.

>>1452187
I bet it worked.
Actually a good idea to fleece twats. Buy a game on release, get it graded.

Somebody will buy it .

>>1452195
I'm sure it didn't because in that case he was trying to sell it for thousands of $ on ebay. No one is that stupid...yet. Gotta wait until it's completely gone from stores.

>>1452203
oh, I didn't realise it was that retarded a price.

>>1450023
>To everyone else, it just plain stupid because you can't play the god damn game.
That's not what collectors are interested in. They like factory sealed and will pay more for it.

If you just want to play the game then you're not the market they're aimed at.

>>1452181
There isn't exactly a list of criteria for this sort of thing. The ratings are made by some guy sitting in his garage and they're based entirely on how he's feeling on that particular day. I'm not even sure if it's possible to get a 100 rating. It's quite common for people to send in brand new games and get a rating of 85 or less, while paying far more than the game's worth for the privilege.

>>1452156

Actually, they fill the casing with Nitrogen, to preserve.

Faggot.

My VGA 95± "Chameleon Twist 2" for N64 will be with about $500 in a few years time. No pic, as the flash would strain the ink on the box.

>>1452317
Filling a case with nitrogen doesn't help when they put air holes for it to "breathe."

>>1452318
Is this for real?

Are people this retarded they send this guy money to put a number and a plastic case?

>b-b-ut trust me there was nitrogen in there!

>>1452318

This.

>>1452317

Obvious troll is obvious. Not as obvious as VGA, but close.
3/10, I replied

>>1452317
>My VGA 95± "Chameleon Twist 2" for N64 will be with about $500 in a few years time
no it won't.

I have a question. I see VGA graded Famicom games, despite Famicom games never being sealed. While they obviously still grade them, why do they do it? How do they know you didn't open a new game, play it, fill the box with pubes, close it up and send it in to them?

I also like the stupidity of the prototype authentication service. If you have almost any experience with these games, you can easily tell if they are protos or not. The only ones that are ambiguous I would bet money that they too would be unable to get strong proof of one way or the other.

>>1452338

They do open EVERYTHING up. They'll know if you put pubes in there dude

>>1449991

No you cannot open these things, otherwise the game could be replaced with a reproduction or be tampered with. These cases are not just plastic sealed boxes, but almost like liquid plastic let to set. One of these things will withstand a nuclear happening while preserving the contents inside. Once an item has been graded like this, it's only purpose is to look good and will never be played again.

>>1452317
>Actually, they fill the casing with Nitrogen, to preserve.
This troll would have been more effective if you'd used a noble gas.

Also, if VGA cases were something impermeable, and not cheap plastic.

Also, if you had mentioned a CD game, and not something on a virtually-indestructible mask ROM.

You know what, it was just a generally shitty post. You should probably fuck off back to >>>/v/.

>>1453435
>One of these things will withstand a nuclear happening while preserving the contents inside.

>plastic

>>1452165
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Legend-of-Zelda-Twilight-Princess-VGA-U100-NEW-SEALED-NINTENDO-NES-SNES-N64-Wii-/130741566140

HAHAHA HOLY SHIT. FIFTY THOUSAND FUCKING BUCKS.

>>1449991
People will send in a game to be graded, which basically means the game is worth like $500, and the grading people charge like $300, and so the final result is an $800 tag. It means literally nothing.

>>1453750
>15 offers

>>1453750
>Not even the Gamecube version
What the actual fuck man

I'm always on the fence about VGA graded games. I dislike them since they inflate the prices on the games, yet I have a bunch of buddies who collect VGA graded games, so I feel like a dick when I criticize. But then I think to my buddy Paul's copy of Super Mario Bros...

>>1454283
And here's the back side. Note the top screen cap...

>>1454283
>>1454286

>>1454286
>>1454283
Holy shit that's hilarious.

At this point why even bother.

>>1454283
>>1454286

At least it won't have to suffer any more.

>>1453750
what the fuck why would anyone buy this it literally makes no sense, this is actually annoying.