GRcade Retro Gaming Chat

[jawafour]

I was a bit older at the time of the N64 and I was careful about looking after the boxes. (Plus, I barely played them etc ). In more recent years I bought plastic box protector cases and they do look pretty lush in 'em.

[Parksey]

The clever thing to do would have been to just take the carts out and store them separately, as repeatedly opening the flaps (Kenneth Williams.jpeg) probably wasn't great for the boxes. I know a few people used to fold them out and flatten them too, but don't know if you get could be reassembled and be good as new still.

[Drumstick]

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I've invited you to a retro buying and selling FB group. Might help you with your N64 collection.

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Can you get these box protectors for later gens, i.e. GC, PS2?

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Dunno about anyone else but I could really go for a Parksey full N64/GC collection picture when you're back in the UK.

[Corazon de Leon]

Because of the gooseberry fool condition of 99% of N64 boxes a copy of something in good nick can go for ridiculous amounts of money depending on what it is. Nobody in their right mind would pay £95 for boxed Mario Kart though.

Mythologies was one of the worst reviewed games on the entire system and sold like gooseberry fool, so that’s why it goes for big cash boxed - no bugger bought it. :lol

Yeah, the only reason I remember it is because I think N64 Magazine rated it the worst game on the system for a while maybe. And I bought this random game guides mag which had a full walkthrough of the game with basically a photo of every screen in the game. Basically played through the entire thing just by reading it.

It'll be interesting to see what my N64 collection is like back in the UK. I am a bit of a fusspot so I tried to keep them in good condition. But I did stack them on top of each other and then put them in a cupboard for storage. I know a few of the boxes failed due to being the bottom of a stack and from a run-in with my friend's little sister. Towards the end of the console's life I dropped a lot of my scruples and started buying cart-only games.

Got a few rare ones (and Rare ones, LOLZ). I have Conker's Bad Fur and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 boxed (the latter was basically the last PAL game out right?). Got a few niche ones too like Turok Rage Wars, Body Harvest, Rocket: Robot on Wheels, Banjo-Tooie and Battle for Naboo. I have all of the major releases too, though only know if anyone them have any real value.

I have a horrible feeling that them being just stashed in the cupboard above my bed, with loads of other gaming tat and all my old wires and controllers might have not been the best way to store them. I was also only about ten so even though I tried to treat them carefully, I was still technically an idiot with inferior brain power at that age.

I’m up around 130 games now for the N64 - only about twenty are boxed because I simply don’t have the funds to go for boxed only. I would be very interested in your copies of BFD, Banjo Tooie and Battle for Naboo if you ever fancy selling them.

[Dangerblade]

Oh my god the copy of retro gamer that just came through the door

Issue 200 is coming up which is mindblowing to me. Can't believe it's been able to run for that long. I remember issue 100 like it was yesterday.

I think I told the story before but I was a colleague of Martyn Carroll's (the original RG editor) for years before I realised who he was. I ended up emailing him asking if it really was him, and it turns out that day was 10 years to the day RG died for the first time (back in 2005). Top man

[Cumberdanes]

Not sure how well known this is but I just discovered a version of 40 Winks was released for N64 some time this year. From what I gather the N64 version was finished and ready for release back in the day but it was cancelled at the last minute.

[jawafour]

Not sure how well known this is but I just discovered a version of 40 Winks was released for N64 some time this year. From what I gather the N64 version was finished and ready for release back in the day but it was cancelled at the last minute.

That's right, Salads. It was funded via a Kickstarter project; I was aware of it but didn't sign up. As you say, it was coded around the time of the PS1 version but the publisher decided - due to the declining N64 market - not to release it.

It's nice seeing this N64 chat as, although I haven't collected for a few years now, I'm still a fan. I would love to see an Analogue NT / SG -type model of the N64 one day!

[Parksey]

Cora, I probably won't ever sell them, but if I have the mental functions to remember you if I do, I'll give you first refusal. In theory I'd like to keep my N64 stuff (and the GC collection I mentioned previously) but I know that when I move back to the UK and get a place there, I'm going to have sort a lot of stuff out and it'll be a case of sell, take with me or leave at my parents'. My girlfriend probably has a limit as to how much stuff she wants filling up her house too.

It's a shame, as the N64 was the first console I properly loved (way before the girlfriend) but keeping the stuff is a bit of an extravagance. The boxes are cumbersome and it's not really a console I ever load up and play anymore. A lot of the games I loved have been released elsewhere and going back to the N64, with its slightly awkward one stick controller and blurry resolutions, is a little painful.

Funnily enough, even though N64 Magazine said it was bit disappointing and inferior to Rogue Squadron, I really enjoyed Battle for Naboo and stuck some hours in. I think I got all the platinum medals on it and spent ages replaying all the levels. I much preferred it to Rogue Squadron, probably because at this point Episode I was the only Star Wars movie I'd seen (don't judge me).

[jawafour]

...I probably won't ever sell them... In theory I'd like to keep my N64 stuff... It's a shame, as the N64 was the first console I properly loved... but keeping the stuff is a bit of an extravagance... going back to the N64, with its slightly awkward one stick controller and blurry resolutions, is a little painful...

It sounds like uncertainty abound, Parksey! I'd suggest holding off from selling your N64 collection in haste. Your thinking sounds similar to mine when I moved (many years ago) into my flat. Caught up in the excitement of moving, I got rid of loads of gaming stuff including my Asian Mega Drive and collection of Japanese games, and my entire collection of Master System games. A few years later I started regretting those sales.

If you still have a fondness for the games, keep 'em. You'll find space for them somewhere. On the other hand, if you genuinely think "I'm never going to want to actually play them or look at them" then, hey, sell 'em to someone who will :-) .

[Victor Mildew]

The biggest thing for me is not in the selling of my stuff, its wanting to know it's going to a good home. Some of my games are really important to me, so I'd want to know it was going to someone whod treasure and appreciate it.

[Green Gecko]

The clever thing to do would have been to just take the carts out and store them separately, as repeatedly opening the flaps (Kenneth Williams.jpeg) probably wasn't great for the boxes. I know a few people used to fold them out and flatten them too, but don't know if you get could be reassembled and be good as new still.

I folded my stuff out and stored them in plastic bags. My brother threw half of it away because it was "just a bunch of cardboard".

So boxed copies of things like both Metroid GBA games that now go for upwards of £50 each boxed, and several of my N64 games/manuals. I eventually found the Metroid carts though and, for some reason, the manuals, so it isn't too bad.

So yeah don't do that if you have parents/family who won't understand why you did that and think you're just a crazy hoarder.

The biggest thing for me is not in the selling of my stuff, its wanting to know it's going to a good home. Some of my games are really important to me, so I'd want to know it was going to someone whod treasure and appreciate it.

I wish someone on here bought my 360 Slim and like 25 decent games because I'm pretty sure the lot were scooped up for about £80 by a shop which is strawberry float all. I split a few out though, thank strawberry float I did.

[Parksey]

Both GNA Metroid games are worth something? Managed to nab them both too (think someone from here sold me Fusion). My Zero Mission copy is from the US though. Picked it up a few months before it came out here on my first ever trip over there, along with an SP. I remember how much brighter and more colorful it felt with the backlight.

This is why, generally, I don't mind picking Nintendo stuff up close to launch and always try and go with physical copies. Even the stuff that is rare holds its value better than other games, and there's always a chance that it will become a collector's item if it is niche or at the end of a consoles' life. I think it helps that a lot of people still like to pick up old Nintendo stuff to actually play rather than just sit on a shelf, as well as Nintendo's maddening reluctance to create a permanent Virtual Console catalogue.

Drummy, I'm back for a wedding in November. If I remember I'll try and take some photos of my GC stuff. Maybe I'll open that cupboard and check on the N64 things too. I imagine it'll be like a sarcophagus and as soon as I open the door and let the air in, it will all just turn into dust.

[Ironhide]

The clever thing to do would have been to just take the carts out and store them separately, as repeatedly opening the flaps (Kenneth Williams.jpeg) probably wasn't great for the boxes. I know a few people used to fold them out and flatten them too, but don't know if you get could be reassembled and be good as new still.

I folded my stuff out and stored them in plastic bags. My brother threw half of it away because it was "just a bunch of cardboard".

So boxed copies of things like both Metroid GBA games that now go for upwards of £50 each boxed, and several of my N64 games/manuals. I eventually found the Metroid carts though and, for some reason, the manuals, so it isn't too bad.

So yeah don't do that if you have parents/family who won't understand why you did that and think you're just a crazy hoarder.

The biggest thing for me is not in the selling of my stuff, its wanting to know it's going to a good home. Some of my games are really important to me, so I'd want to know it was going to someone whod treasure and appreciate it.

I wish someone on here bought my 360 Slim and like 25 decent games because I'm pretty sure the lot were scooped up for about £80 by a shop which is strawberry float all. I split a few out though, thank strawberry float I did.

I'm still annoyed about my copy of Metroid Fusion being rendered worthless by someone leaving a damp clotth on top of the cartridge and subsequently ruining the label.

Equally irritating is that I've managed to lose my Harvest Moon cart, a boxed UK copy goes for around £60 (I've tried looking for a cart only copy but they're all either the US version or counterfeits from Chinese sellers).

[Green Gecko]

Both GNA Metroid games are worth something? Managed to nab them both too (think someone from here sold me Fusion). My Zero Mission copy is from the US though. Picked it up a few months before it came out here on my first ever trip over there, along with an SP. I remember how much brighter and more colorful it felt with the backlight.

This is why, generally, I don't mind picking Nintendo stuff up close to launch and always try and go with physical copies. Even the stuff that is rare holds its value better than other games, and there's always a chance that it will become a collector's item if it is niche or at the end of a consoles' life. I think it helps that a lot of people still like to pick up old Nintendo stuff to actually play rather than just sit on a shelf, as well as Nintendo's maddening reluctance to create a permanent Virtual Console catalogue.

Drummy, I'm back for a wedding in November. If I remember I'll try and take some photos of my GC stuff. Maybe I'll open that cupboard and check on the N64 things too. I imagine it'll be like a sarcophagus and as soon as I open the door and let the air in, it will all just turn into dust.

Fusion and zero mission CIB are worth about £35 and up to £80 respectively. As new zero mission has gone for £100 a few times.

That's why losing the zero mission box to family stupidity is especially maddening because the box alone goes for about £30.

I should have had at least the box and manual for MGS for GBC as well, which complete goes for about £85.

Still, my small collection as it is is worth a fair whack, it's my treasure and contingency for absolutely everything going wrong in my life. And surprising it is too. Although I say fair enough given how much money I've spent and care given to my games over the years, selecting games that weren't crap and keeping them tidy.

[Drumstick]

I believe my GC collection is worth around £1300 now.

[Green Gecko]

Have you got contents insurance? Since co-op cancelled mine I really need it sorted out. I need to find an insurer that will preferably disregard the things used for business outside the living space or just increase the premium or monthly by a reasonable amount.

No one will cover people nicking gooseberry fool you let in for parties etc though. I know that's happened to me at least once (twin snakes).

[Corazon de Leon]

I believe my GC collection is worth around £1300 now.

Nice! I think mine is worth around £7-800, and a fair proportion of that is the Resident Evil collection.

My N64 collection is more valuable - just burst over the 50% of all carts owned mark and the cart-only full PAL collection is worth between £4-5k, so what I've got is probably £1500-2000. I should probably get it specified in my contents insurance.

[jawafour]

...so what I've got is probably £1500-2000. I should probably get it specified in my contents insurance.

I once tried talking to my home contents insurance company about insurance for my games. The end result was (a) they gave me the impression that I was a strawberry-floating weirdo and (b) you can only note a specific item / game on your insurance if said item / game is worth over £1,500. Otherwise I just needed to ensure that the contents amount I was covered for would cover everything in my flat (including all my games collection). Far enough, but I bet questions would be asked if I submitted a claim that including X thousands pounds worth of gaming stuff.

[Corazon de Leon]

...so what I've got is probably £1500-2000. I should probably get it specified in my contents insurance.

I once tried talking to my home contents insurance company about insurance for my games. The end result was (a) they gave me the impression that I was a strawberry-floating weirdo and (b) you can only note a specific item / game on your insurance if said item / game is worth over £1,500. Otherwise I just needed to ensure that the contents amount I was covered for would cover everything in my flat (including all my games collection). Far enough, but I bet questions would be asked if I submitted a claim that including X thousands pounds worth of gaming stuff.

I work for my home insurer - Any collection worth more than about £2,000 needs to be specified on my home contents, and I think I've just about breached that now so it's time to get it added on. If I owned a single game worth more than £1,500 I'd have to add it separately as well. And trust me, I've added weirder collections than video games to a home insurance policy before.

[Pedz]

Did you get my Radiant Dawn yet Kerr? Surely you've somehow managed to get it for a fiver somewhere.