On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 01:26 PM, Feldhamer, Stuart wrote: [Snip]
I'm with you on the shrinkwrap. While it can be fun to have a complete shrinkwrapped collection, I most enjoy replaying the old games with all the goodies at hand. There's nothing quite like playing Suspended with the face mask staring at you over the monitor while you chart where the robots are or using the cloth map in an Ultima to see where you want to go next.
I don't know...I hate the idea of keeping software in shrinkwrap. I can
understand that shrinkwrap makes the value higher, because someone buying a
piece of old software would rather buy a new item than a used item. But as a
collector, why would I want my software shrinkwrapped unless I'm in the
hobby for profit? I couldn't really enjoy my collection if it was all
shrinkwrapped and I couldn't examine the documentation, feelies, etc. I
mean, I also collect comics. If they were shrinkwrapped, forget it. I would
never have gotten into the hobby. Collecting shrinkwrapped software, you
might as well just be collecting the box art.
I know some of you keep shrinkwrapped and non-shrinkwrapped copies of the
same game...maybe if I had a warehouse I would do this too... : )
--
Edward Franks
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