+nanochess Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I have that guilty pleasure feeling myself sometimes when I take an already open game from its box. I'm like, "Wow! This game is packed in there with a catalog that's not the original, a warranty card that someone probably just found, and an instruction book that probably didn't originally come with it. It must be brand shiny OLD!" It sure doesn't seem old, though. Serious, there must be some kind of magic coming out of the box at that point. Yep, there is some kind of magic of getting a cart out of its box. I've bought a Zaxxon CIB for CV somewhat damaged and it had some yellow particles glued to front manual that I've removed. At some point I hope really that it was only old glue and at some point I really don't want to know what it was originally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow460 Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Most of the RPGs I'd prefer to be CIB, because I love the old manuals, maps, etc... I have more than a few of the old computer game RPGs complete or mostly complete in box. I'm not picky on condition tho, as I intend to use them.. I wouldn't mind the Shadow of the Beast games for the Amiga CIB, but I'm probably to cheap to ever get that.. Now, if B could stand for Baggie and money wasn't an object... Akalabeth.. Complete in Baggie would be awesome. desiv You have a point there. Older RPGs that couldn't display in game maps sometimes relied on paper maps within the box instead. The pack ins for Final Fantasy Legend 3 rivaled the lists found in most of that game's FAQs. The back side of the world map had a complete item list on it with things like how much each item sold for, how much each magic spell would cost in MP, etc. I vaguely recall it only having two shipwrecks on it, though. Perhaps the map itself represents a snap shot of how the world appeared right at the game's start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr3vor Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I'd like to get a CIB Pokemon Gold, LttP, Kirby's Adventure and yars' revenge. Those are my favorite games and those are pretty much the only ones I'd consider shelling out the extra cash to get CIB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I've always wanted a CIB Donkey Kong for the Colecovision. That's probably the top box I'd go for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaxda Posted January 15, 2013 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I bought a boxed copy of Beat'em and Eat'em at a church sale some time ago and after I got a load of the little lockbox that comes with it and the over-the-top box art I knew I wanted all of the Mystique games CIB. Got lucky and grabbed 3 of them for $100 on eBay and now I think I have 6 total and they are excellent conversation pieces. Still do not have a boxed copy of Sub Commander though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cybercylon Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I bought a boxed copy of Beat'em and Eat'em at a church sale some time ago and after I got a load of the little lockbox that comes with it and the over-the-top box art I knew I wanted all of the Mystique games CIB. Got lucky and grabbed 3 of them for $100 on eBay and now I think I have 6 total and they are excellent conversation pieces. Still do not have a boxed copy of Sub Commander though! I don't even want to ask how a game like that ended up at a church sale. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtariLeaf Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 From the 2600, I would like to have many of the commons I have loose CIB, and that would be doable. Me too. My one shelf contains my top 50 favorite 2600 games and it would be nice to have all those CIB but of that 50 only 23 are CIB. They're mostly common but some may be pricey to get CIB like Pengo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarilovesyou Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I've got a bunch of great condition VCS games CIB, but I don't think one of them is still sealed. They do suck up a little too much space, but when I see some of the awesome smaller collections here, it's awesome. I'm having a hard enough time trying to whittle down my small collection of NES carts, let alone figureing out what sealed games to display... I really like complete CV carts...my first system, and they just looked so cool. And brand-new CV carts have a great sheen to em', can't really explain it. I'd say I'd like a CIB, sealed Frenzy for CV, and a Robot Tank for 2600...and Final Fantasy for NES. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atari_Bill Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Are we talking about "sealed" stuff here? CIB to me is "complete in box" nothing more. Defintely not sealed. I honestly wouldn't go out of my way for anything sealed. A piece of plastic shouldn't double the price to purchase IMO. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael David Morsette Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 When I get my 2600 one of my first purchases will be River Raid CIB. My neighbor and I would play for hours, growing up it and Gauntlet were the games that held the best memories for me. I remember pulling all nighters with my cousins playing Gauntlet... funny though I can't remember which port of Gauntlet we use to play... I think it was on the ZX Spectrum... but it may have been the DOS version... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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