/vr/ - Retro Games

The cartridges are hard plastic to begin with, and don't need any covering. They knew people would throw the boxes away, which they mostly did.

>>8919961
you are supposed to throw it in the trash & lose the manual

thrash the cart etc
live, life isn't about preserving everything
enjoy them and move onto the next new adventure to enjoy that

>>8919961
Because it's a children's toy.

>>8919968
>>8919985
but my collection...

God I'm glad I have no desire to collect cardboard game boxes.
I can understand the mindset of wanting to have things complete, but even when kept out of light and handled infrequently, Nintendo cardboard boxes just seem to disintegrate without any stimuli.

>>8920008
M-M-MUH CO0MLECTIOooOOON!!!

>>8919961
They just focused on making the games and lacked the foresight to enable an stagnant speculative market a couple decades later. Nintendo fails YET AGAIN!

>>8920018
The boxes always ended up looking like trash. But
>>8919985
>thrash the cart
Only American niggers who wear shoes in the house do this

>>8920067
never had younger siblings?
why do you think i keep everything in cases now
i probably have ptsd

>>8920021
Zoomers can't afford to collect.

>>8919961
The only Nintendo system I grew up with that used cardboard boxes was the Game Boy, and all my boxes are fine.
The fuck are you people doing to them to get them in that state?

>>8920395
Not them but when I was a kid I had a literally autistic friend (had a teacher's aid etc.) who would just throw his games in the closet with his wrestling figures and other shit without the box half the time. This included Sega CD/PSX games. He ended up letting me borrow Snatcher once and never asked for it back.

this is currently for sale on eBay....

>>8919968
>>8919985
shitty excuses

>>8920709
>just the box NO GAME OR MANUAL
>Like New
That'll be $300 please.

>>8920712
Nah they're perfectly fine responses. You're just the dipshit OP trying to defend his worthless thread (which is about as useful as a cardboard N64 box)

>>8920809
first, im not op, second,I'm not a retard and I don't store my games in some toybox, and third, kys

>>8920824
You're not fooling anyone.

>>8919961
this is why stuff like this is ideal

Nobody cares about boxes aside from hoarders.

>>8920825
whatever makes you sleep at night

For me it's jewel cases, but of course this is only an option for superior disc based systems. Enjoy your clutter of loose cartridges and manuals, Nintendrones.

>>8919961
so youve payed money for a game but aren't going to play it?

>>8920995
what a fucking retarded argument, also cringe pic

>>8920971
my atari carts are older than me by a few years and still great.
ive got a copy of drunken master that is almost unreadable after only 10 years.

>>8921021
nice meme, also take care of ur stuff retard

I kept all my boxes but want to downsize, could I still get money for selling the box and manual but keeping the cart for myself?

>>8921035
A little, some people are willing to spend a little bit of money to complete their loose carts with boxes and manuals, more so if they're in good condition.

>>8921029
It would seem as if I dont even NEED to take care of carts then... wow almost like its better for collecting.

if you're not emulating cd based games by now you're the retard

>>8919968
>and don't need any covering
Water vapors in the air are enough to damage cart connectors.

>>8921052
just kys, if you can't even keep cds in good condition you don't deserve to own them, its just natural selection

>>8921064
you got me so good dude

They could have used plastic boxes, like the VHS ones, but they were jewish
I use them to store my old games without boxes

>>8921050
Sweet

>>8921102
Good money here

>>8921102
>>8921121
the n64 box is 120 - 150+ by itself because n64..

>>8921128
No way, I better get to selling it, it just sits in the basement all year around

>>8921140
If you still have the console tho Id keep. because selling the console with the box can really crank up the jew meter if you want.

>>8921146
I do still have the console and manual but I don’t think I’ll ever sell the units themselves. The boxes just sit around empty. You really think I should sell the whole thing complete and then rebuy back a console only for cheap?

>>8921008
no whats retarded is buying a game and putting it on a shelf to collect dust never to be opened, why not just get a piece of cardboard and print the box art on it

>>8921156
Just buy a cheap console and resell it with the box, I bought a pokemon stadium 2 because I had the empty box and sold them for way more

>>8921073
cringy cope

>>8921160
you do know that you can play ur games, and still have the boxes in good condition you autistic tranny, just dont be a retard

There are clear plastic boxes for your cardboard boxes

>>8921182
the pic is sealed

>>8921073
He did.

>>8921196
and?

>>8921073
>what do you mean I cant leave my ps1 games baking in my car

>>8919968
Lol, what about Genesis games that are carts yet you can frequently find them complete in box?

>>8921332
Most Genesis game boxes are plastic. People were more likely to keep plastic boxes back then.

>>8919961
man.. i miss those boxes.. big box pc stuff too. seeing this picture gave me legit feels.

Reminder that you're supposed to recycle the boxes

>>8920021
This show was sick, I remember on the pbs website their section had a game on how to spot industry plants. Probably why it’s not around anymore and they don’t show reruns

>>8920864
gameboy boxes hold up way better than 64 ones though, its heaps easier to find a complete gameboy game in good condition.

>>8921191
that doesnt really help when theyre already fucked up

>>8922232

>>8921339
That. Meanwhile, cardboard box, unless cared for perfectly will end up like in OP's pic. What a mess

I wish they came in sturdier boxes just so they'd store nicer between plays.

Yes, even as a little kid I kept my games neatly sorted.

>>8920709
So I can't play PD if I don't have an expansion pak, right?

>>8921021
>Dude did you hear Y2K!? It's real! Be afraid!
>Dude did you hear disc rot!? It's real! Be afraid!
Fool me once...

>>8920864
Wait, Gameboy games in Deutschland got packaged in VHS boxes?

>>8923584
The design life is from 20 to 100 years, depending on the quality of the discs, the quality of the writing drive, and storage conditions. However, testing has demonstrated such degradation of some discs in as little as 18 months under normal storage conditions. This failure is known as disc rot, for which there are several, mostly environmental, reasons
>information is known widely. compares to Y2K as if there's any correlation
> "doesn't happen to me, so it doesn't happen" lol ok

>>8922548
Love this

I will never understand the lust for physical products.
Digital is superior on every level.
You can even use digital replications to print out physical ones if you so choose.

>>8923646
>Digital is superior on every level
no

>>8923646
Cool. Print me out a copy of Paper Mario that I can run on my N64, dude.

>>8923704
OK COOMLECTOR
XD

>>8923706
https://krikzz.com/our-products/cartridges/ed64x7.html
https://www.ebay.com/itm/154125069630
Here you go anon
Upload your game to the Everdrive, then paste the sticker over the cart.

You can do it yourself or just buy a reproduction already made for you, thanks to digital
https://www.ebay.com/itm/115386577388?epid=2686&hash=item1add9371ec:g:xkQAAOSw7SNig0bI