Lynx sealed collection... or not

[Damon Plus]

I started collecting Lynx games back in 2007. Nothing serious, just some boxed games, some loose ones... Fast forward to 2012, and I have the chance to buy quite a few sealed games (26) at a good price, so I purchase them.

 

Having a third of the officialy released Lynx library sealed, I consider the idea of getting all of them sealed. But, my bugdet is not as big as I'd want, and I'd have to dedicate it entirely to getting sealed Lynx games (Lemmings? Desert Strike? Double Dragon? Xenophobe? Ninja Gaiden? Good luck with them), with the disadvantadge of not being able to play them.

 

On the other hand, a Lynx sealed collection looks SO cool, and it might be valuable in a future as sealed games are less available as time passes.

 

What would you do?

[vince]

I play my lynx games, don't matter if they're loose games, boxed or sealed when I buy them.

 

For loose games, I have to thank AtariAge, all manuals I needed for loose games were available there.

[+davidcalgary29]

It's a nice personal goal, but it would limit your collection to Atari's own releases...even if you could afford to acquire (or even find) a sealed Lemmings at this point. Most of the rarest and most valuable titles in the Lynx library are third-party releases, and most of those were never sold 'sealed' in plastic. I'd also be somewhat worried about faked sealing done on a used game just to jack up the asking price.

[Atari Smeghead]

Really, it depends on why you want the Lynx games in the first place. If you're collecting them to play, which when you think about it is the whole point of a video game, then you'll never get the enjoyment out of having all the games. If, on the other hand, you just want to have all the games in a cool, complete collection (which there's nothing wrong with) then sure, try to find 'em sealed, put 'em on the shelf, and smile every time you walk by the shelf.

 

My personal taste is, if I buy a video game, I want to play it. I have 126 Lynx carts, and I have played them all. That, to me, is the point of collecting video games.

 

Cheers,

Smeg

Edited July 18, 2012 by Atari Smeghead

[Michael David Morsette]

I'm definately not a "sealed" kind of guy. My sons and I got into collecting hotwheels EVERY car was raced down the track I made more than one collector groan when I break the blister pack on some of the rarer harder to find ones. What can I say, they were made to play with. I feal the same about the Lynx games. Now I definately want things complete and in good if not mint condition. I like to have the box, the manual, I even like the warranty card if I can. I've bought a lot of my games "CIB" because they were complete, but they never stay "CIB" . A thought I've had, several of the CIB games I've bought had corrosion, so if you want to keep them sealed to keep everything mint that might be a bad idea. Open games in the hands of someone who takes good care of them (keeps the corrosion off) may be playable longer than those kept CIB.

Edited July 18, 2012 by MrBland

[GadgetUK]

Ive had 2 new and sealed which started with light corrosion in the box! Just be aware that whilst they look mint outside you can start to have problems on the inside.

[high voltage]

Bubble Trouble, a 94 Telegames release was never sealed

[+davidcalgary29]

Bubble Trouble, a 94 Telegames release was never sealed

 

And a much more recent example is Zaku. I suppose that I could seal both of my boxed copies, but what would be the point?