Tempest Posted August 14, 2009 Share Posted August 14, 2009 I just picked up some rather rare boxed Intellivision games (River Raid, Super Pro Decathlon, and Pole Position) that appear to be sealed. How can I tell if the shrinkwrap is new or original? If it's original I'll just leave them sealed and sell them, but if it's newly put on I'll open them and keep them for my collection. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xg4bx Posted August 15, 2009 Share Posted August 15, 2009 (edited) im no scientist but id judge it by how the shrinkwrap looks. plastic breaks down over time and were talking 25 years so id think if it seemed stiff, scuffed or slightly cloudy/yellowed (like an old comic book storage bag), its original or at least not recent. its hard to say, personally i think id know it if i saw it. Edited August 15, 2009 by xg4bx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 15, 2009 Author Share Posted August 15, 2009 im no scientist but id judge it by how the shrinkwrap looks. plastic breaks down over time and were talking 25 years so id think if it seemed stiff, scuffed or slightly cloudy/yellowed, its original or at least not recent. its hard to say, personally i think id know it if i saw it. It's new. I took a chance and opened them. It sure looked authentic though. Doesn't really matter though, these are going in my personal collection. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 I actually purchased a couple of Cases of new games (original packing from the manufacture) the games came 6 to a case.....and were NOT shrinkwrapped. Now two cases of different games isn't conclusive I suppose, but I do know Utopia and Astromash were not shrinkwrapped originally. But then again,some retailers may buy fewer than a full case, or if the games were ordered singly maybe the company shrunkwraped them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedEye Posted August 16, 2009 Share Posted August 16, 2009 Now two cases of different games isn't conclusive I suppose, but I do know Utopia and Astromash were not shrinkwrapped originally. I can say for sure I bought an authentic shrinkwrapped Astrosmash at an old CGE (1999 maybe?), so it definitely happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Video Posted August 17, 2009 Share Posted August 17, 2009 Probably like I said, if it was to small an order, or odly numbered, the loose ones got shrinkwrapped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremysart Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I just picked up some rather rare boxed Intellivision games (River Raid, Super Pro Decathlon, and Pole Position) that appear to be sealed. How can I tell if the shrinkwrap is new or original? If it's original I'll just leave them sealed and sell them, but if it's newly put on I'll open them and keep them for my collection. Tempest You got those from Destiny games. They are not factory sealed, Ted seals them himself. I opened a few of them, to know they were not factory because the manuals have tears or the overlay has a wrinkle. So dont get too excited, we can pretend (I wont open up that copy of Congo Bongo) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremysart Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Im sure some of the games are factory, I know some of the Imagic games I opened looked brand new.. :-/ but quite a few I could tell had been used. You must have passed up the boxed ECS he had up there? It was only $25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 Im sure some of the games are factory, I know some of the Imagic games I opened looked brand new.. :-/ but quite a few I could tell had been used.You must have passed up the boxed ECS he had up there? It was only $25 Oh? I didnt ask the price because I had one. I'll probably pick it up next time I'm there if it's still there. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 19, 2009 Author Share Posted August 19, 2009 You got those from Destiny games. They are not factory sealed, Ted seals them himself.I opened a few of them, to know they were not factory because the manuals have tears or the overlay has a wrinkle. So dont get too excited, we can pretend (I wont open up that copy of Congo Bongo) Yeah I figured as much after I opened one and noticed wear on the overlays. However I'm 99% sure that the 2600 games I picked up are sealed because one of them had an old style tab hanger on the back. That and the shrinkwrap seemed 'old' and brittle. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremysart Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 Its always kick ass to find stuff that is factory sealed, just thinking that its been sitting around unscathed for over 20 years. I still have some sealed "digital data packs" for the Adam lol. I also happened across a sealed copy of Windows 3.1 so I could get my old 286 back on its feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maximebeauvais Posted August 19, 2009 Share Posted August 19, 2009 I do remember reading that some intellivision game never had shrinkwrap on them (especially INTV compagny: decatlon, pacman, spiker, stadium...etc) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Psionic Posted August 20, 2009 Share Posted August 20, 2009 I do remember reading that some intellivision game never had shrinkwrap on them (especially INTV compagny: decatlon, pacman, spiker, stadium...etc) Correct. I purchased Thin Ice brand new and it was not shrinkwrapped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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