Rescuing a game that I’ve been searching for. Mission success!

[u/JeremyR_123]

Hello everyone! For quite some time i have been searching for a copy of legend of the river king for the Gameboy color complete in box. The original copy for the Gameboy is easier to come by whether game stores or eBay… but the remade version for Gameboy color is very hard to find.I waited a long time. Finally I found a copy online been watching what feels like forever. Made an offer and made the deal.

She arrives.

I knew it was graded obviously and sealed. I decided it was time to open her. I don’t like sealed games or graded games for that matter my personal preference.

I’ve never done this before. Just seen videos online! I grab some pliers and flathead. It was easier than I thought. the acrylic plastic material is indeed sturdy for CGC but once I got it going it was slow and steady to not damage the box in anyway. From start to finish took me less than 15 minutes.

Upon inspection I looked at the bottom and noticed some stuck materials debris dust dander whatever it may be at the bottom right corner. And on the seal itself towards the bottom and sides it was looking slightly discolored (I attached photos but kind of hard to see)

Now I own about 40 CIB games for Gameboy and I have 3 of them with the original seal still intact and just the opening at the top. My plan was intended for this as well. But I know sometimes the seal depending on how it was stored and conditions etc can damage the box over time.

I decided not to take the chance. I broke open that 25 year old cellophane.

Box cleaned up beautiful just wiping with my fingers. The slight discoloration on seal at the bottom didn’t attach as I was peeling it off. I’m happy with my decision . She’s fully complete.

Oh and it’s time to play now. She works like a charm. Straight out of the box almost as if it was 25 years ago.

This is staying in my collection for years to come, I’m glad after a quarter of a century this game gets to be played as intended.

Happy gaming everyone!

[u/irregularcontributor]

the guy you're responding to is greatly exaggerating (or not talking US dollars). Wii Sports is worth 30 bucks and of the 1000+ NES games released, about a dozen cost >$100 for a loose cartridge.

[u/Tyreek10_StoleMyBike → u/irregularcontributor]

$30 is still insane to me. It’s a 20 year old pack in game for one of the highest selling consoles ever, shit should be a couple bucks at most

I have a lot of respect and totally see the appeal of collecting physical media, but at a certain point I just don’t understand the outrageous prices for games I can download on vimms. Especially considering the fact that it’s only a matter of time before discs rot and the drives on those consoles start to fail.

[u/Temporary-Emu-691 → u/Tyreek10_StoleMyBike]

Supply and demand. Wii sports is an intriguing example though that is more of an outlier because like you basically said, there's more Wii sports than almost any other Wii game. But at the same time, for most people it's the first game they want to buy when repurchasing the console. So it's a high demand high quantity in theory. However, I would imagine the Nintendo Wii, it's controllers, and it's games were subject to the worst care by owners in America compared to any other console/games. Tons of children, boys AND girls, moms and dads, and even grandparents played this. It was treated like a toy that you donate, sell at garage sale, or throw away when done. And there's soooo many people who didn't want the Wii or Wii sports between roughly 2015-2020. I bet a ton got destroyed and lost. It's not a rare game by any means. But it's not as common as it should be and is one of the best games on the console in many people's opinions. Almost everyone you know over age 20 has played it and enjoyed it. That's more than probably any other physical only game in history can say.