It’s not Jack Bros. or anything, but I just got a good deal on a sealed copy of Virtual League Baseball on eBay. I don’t think I’d play that game very much, though I am interested in viewing/handling the inserts, since I’ve never actually had the opportunity to open a new in box VB game (I sadly was not a VB owner back in the 90s, I only got to play Mario’s Tennis on a Blockbuster unit back in 95/96). I do not own any other sealed Virtual Boy games, and don’t have any for other systems either, besides Knight Move for Famicom Disk System, which frankly I *would* like to play but it looks so minty lol.
I know shrinkwrap etiquette is kind of a polarizing topic in retro video game circles, so I was wondering what people around here think. Also if anyone has had their own sealed Virtual Boy games get damaged over time?
I have so much respect for people that can open sealed collectibles.
When Covid first happened I thought the end was neigh and I unsealed a $100 LP. now its regret! haha
What I will do sometimes to prevent damage is loose in the shrinkwrap by cutting it just in certain spots, so its not squeezed so tight on there. But I still leave it sealed enough thats its new. cause Im weird 😛
It’s not weird! I get it. I couldn’t bring myself to open something super super valuable, but I do like actually using stuff. And I really did enjoy the experience of opening a Virtual Boy game!
Just as an aside, as an original collector of VB since ’95, I find it amusing that you say you got a “good deal on a sealed copy of Virtual League Baseball.” I can recall when you could buy a case of those on ebay for next-to-nothing, cause it was such an unpopular game on an unpopular system. I toyed with buying a bunch at the time to stockpile them, but didn’t. Story of my life!
Honestly sealed copies only going for about $50 isn’t much of an increase 30 years later, it’s for the best you didn’t stockpile them. Jack Bros, on the other hand, though…!
