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What kind of collector are you and why?

I voted for "Complete games" since even though I have loose games, I'm partial to owning the game with the game box and manual. And since "Sealed" games are also "Complete", this covers my method of collecting most accurately.

My reasoning is that if I see a used copy of a game but the price is for the game only, it's almost always being sold for the same price as a complete copy, so why not get the complete copy? Further, the value of a complete game is also higher, imo.

Lastly, if I'm playing a game and need a better understanding of the controls and/or gameplay capabilities it's good to have the manual handy.

I collect everything and it usually pay's off.  Sometime's I find loose games in one place and another place is giving me the box.  Plus I'm a sucker for Mario and Sonic toys.

well seeing as almost all games are sold here at least in a box i should have clicked that i oly collect complete but with some games and systems (Atari) its cheaper and eaiser to get something loose and maybe one day replace it with a boxed version than not have it at all.

Do I really need to say? I will let Den answer for me. ;)

I collect whatever I can find.

cart stuff, what ever i can find unless it's import.  if it's import, complete.  cd based must be complete unless it's missing something of no real importance like a spine card, registration card, or mag subscription offer.

I buy whatever I can find as long as it is cheap.  I prefer to find stuff that is boxed, but I certainly will not turn down a loose game.  I don't really care too much about manuals, they're hard to find and harder to keep in good condition.  I love finding the older Nintendo and Sega toys, but I mostly focus on Mario stuff. 

Everything and anything.

All kinds of store displays, a bunch of letters from various gaming companies, shipping boxes that games/systems came in(i think i only have Gameboy Color and a SteelBattalion one), if it is remotely videogame related i won't hesitate to take it.

For CD/DVD based games they have to be complete.
For carts, I just get what I can.

At the moment I collect free games when they miraculously appear on my hard drive.

i can't believe people don't think i am crazy for owning shipment boxes...

I have one for Odyssey 2 games and one for the Emerson Arcadia 2001 system.

Cool so i'm not the only one :)

Yea i picked them up when i use to raid Video Game Castle.
It gave me something to carry out all my CIB NES games and accessories in.

I completely filled the Steelbattalion box :)(it has the name number and address of the wholesaler which i have been tempted to try and get in touch with...)

A board filled with colectors who want to believe they are players in spite of how much games they have?  Most of us are hard pressed to admit we know anyone close that have as much let alone more games then we do.  I'm still more interested in what exactly drives the mentality of the colector and at what point did we cease being just players and decide to dedicate so much money and space to what could arguably be considered a disposable form of entertainment.  Your vice, it doesnt even cross my mind.  Now, those people with the home made princess peach full length pillows and the ones with DoA:XBV beach towls, those bother me some.  Actualy, I wouldnt mind a Hitomi beach towl or a Kasumi one either.

I have always been a collector of stuff. Now it is just games. I never have considered myself a gamer. I have always said I was a collector. For me collecting started at a very young age.

I have a lot of loose carts for various systems, mainly from my starting up habbit of buying any game I could find. I'm pickier now and prefer complete games all the way and in good+ condition. I believe there are enough games on my shelves now to pass up on common cartridges. As for CD-based stuff, it's all about complete except one time when I found a huge stack of loose CDs for $1 each. I had to pick up a whole bunch of RPGs, fighters, side-scrollers and lots of other cool games I really wanted despite no case/manual. For PC I prefer big-boxed games with everything however it's usually hard to find those bulky things so I will settle for a jewel-case/manual game, loose floppy discs are a no-no. I have a decent number of floppy based games and applications (like MS VB 3.0 w/manual, guide, old CompuServe ads, ect. :D) that get installed on my 400Mhz PII machine with 700 somethingish MB of memory... Yeah, overkill I know.

I picked complete games.  I try to get everything complete but if the price is right I will buy loose games.