How do you feel about shrinkwrapped games?

[ATARIPITBULL]

I Have a crap load of shrinkwrapped games in my collection and I have noticed that some of them are starting to get crushed and I was wondering if you guys think it would take away from the value of the games if I removed all the shrinkwrap from them?.

[Skatepunk60]

Yeah .. Whhat i do for that problem is make a small slit it the bottom .. Allows air to escape or get in or something but it stops the shrinking process and still looks perfectly shrinkwrapped

[ubersaurus]

I open em ;p games are meant to be played!

[Skatepunk60]

word

[Philflound]

I agree that if a game is starting to get crushed due to the shrinkwrap, then slice a hole. Shrinkwrap will continue to shrink, but if something is sealed for 20+ years and it hasn't already seen signs of the crushing effect, then it should pretty much stay alright. Most shrinkwrap naturally has the small hole in it.

 

Phil

[smile_walle]

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Originally posted by ATARIPITBULL:

I Have a crap load of shrinkwrapped games in my collection and I have noticed that some of them are starting to get crushed and I was wondering if you guys think it would take away from the value of the games if I removed all the shrinkwrap from them?.

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Well....I love shirkwrapped Atari boxes, I amitted to you that I have lots of orginal shrinkwrapped way back 1982 boxes and some '88 boxes, some of my atari boxes without shrinkwrapped.....I did remove orginal shrinkwrap from my Atari box and I put in Combat Two to keep mint for long time, to keep good value, that is my point of view....

 

Jason

[King Atari]

I like shrinkwrapped games, they're cool to own, and a nice bit of Atari memorabilia.

[JCroniger]

The shrink wrapped games are great. Maybe try storing them in a cooler place? That might help. I always feel guilty opening a game that's been wrapped for 20 years On the other hand, it's like a tiny time capsule.

[AtariKen64]

so do games as well as other items in shrinkwrap, compress and constrict over time? would in 200 years a sealed game be nothing but a small crushed brick?

 

so wha does happen with a shrinked game?

[StanJr]

if its your only copy of that game, OPEN IT AND PLAY IT for the love of mike! But if you've got lots of copies, its a tougher call. The box ro me is more important than the wrap.

[Albert]

I have removed the shrinkwrap from many games that were getting crushed, to save them from further crushage. While having a shrinkwrapped game is nice, it's not a huge deal to me. Especially since people have been known to re-shrinkwrap games themselves. On more than one occasion I have bought a supposedly "New in the Box! Shrinkwrapped!" game on eBay only to find out that the game didn't have the original shrinkwrap.

 

Also, I store loose carts and manuals separately from boxes (for easier access), so if it's a game I don't have, I'll often open the box to extricate the manual and cart. I'm not a big box collector yet and if I'm lucky I'll never start down that path.

 

..Al

[ATARIPITBULL]

I have all my 2600 game cartridge collection in those big see through plastic bins with labels on them and I have them in this order:

1) Games shrinkwrapped.

2) Games Complete.

3) Games with instructions.

4) Games by them selves.

 

What I think I will do is just remove the shrinkwrapping from the ones that are getting crushed and leave the rest alone.

[Ranthulfr]

I would think that the shrinkwrap itself would split before crushing a box too badly. I've seen some shrinked boxes that were a little crushed but never any that were totally mangled. Anyone have horror stories about shrinkwrap damage they've seen first-hand?

[Scooterb23]

Since I don't collect boxed games, shrinkwrap means nothing to me.

[smf_4ever]

My atari is to play.. so when every so often I get a shrinkwrapped sucker.. I rip it open like a 5 yr old on christmas and play..