Curiosity: Vacuum-sealed games for preservation?
Was just thinking randomly about my foodsaver vacuum sealer, used for vacuum sealing food, and wondered if anybody out there vacuum-sealed their games? I can see that if you had something like loose carts, memory cards, folded up boxes/inserts, or loose consoles, then you could preserve them decently with a vacuum-sealing. Based on how food sealing is, they would be impervious to water, dust, bugs, and other common killers. Maybe you could also get something that was naturally insulated as well to use as the sealing medium? Just throwing this out there, interested to see if anybody does it already.
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...They likely will see your crap game collection like we do our Fathers 8-Track collections and sell them off at a yard sale. The point of collection is to preserve and enjoy the shit you have. Sealing off stuff you paid money for means you can't enjoy them anymore unlike the rest of us.
If you are worried about you're collection, rather get something like unit too adjust the humidity.
But sealed games usually have "air holes" in them because of buildup of gases right (read that somewhere). So if you seal it...wouldn't that make the gases build up?
This. Even CGA graded comics are not air tight. Completely sealing something is pretty much a death sentance to a great number of things on a long enough timeline. PARTICULARLY paper products.
It's probably a better idea to just buy box protectors.
The only thing we have to worry about right now, is protos. EEPROMs have a limited lifespan and those need to be dumped for preservation, because those won't be around forever. However, everything is variable so no one knows how long it will take for them to stop working.
How is the concept of collecting just for the sake of collecting so lost on so many members here? Do they truly just not understand the concept? It's not new, it's ancient. I collect games that not only have I not yet played, I have games and gaming items that I spent a load of money on that I have absolutely no intention of ever doing anything with other than displaying them for my own satisfaction. I'm not gonna play them, I'm not gonna let others play them, they're off the market just so I can sit and look at them, like "yep, that's where my money went, and I'm happy about that". Why are people so strongly opinionated about that? Who cares? There's no rational argument against it. Am I holding a copy you could put to better use? Tough, you should've been there to buy it when I was, or just use an emulator or find another copy.
It's like anytime someone starts a thread asking about something from a purely "collecting" standpoint, their motives are immediately called into question and criticized by members of the peanut gallery. God forbid someone starts a thread asking if they should VGA grade something.
Cart only could be fine but the process might crush some brittle plastic on some snes carts, it is a poor choice way to protect some older games. Tupperware boxes will do the job fine and have done so for years.
Also as mentioned, that would be a good idea to temporarily seal stuff off that might be facing a hurricane (not so much the food sealer size, but those big ass ones you hook the vacuum hose up to).
Lay off the guy. Maybe he wants to buy them and keep them preserved in a goddamned tomb, never playing a single one of them for as long as he lives, who cares. "Hahaha"...yes, hilarious stuff here, truly. Do you guys go to your grandmother's house and give her a hard time about collecting the fine china? Razz your uncle for collecting coins he won't spend? "What, you mean you spend money....on OTHER money in smaller denominations, and you don't even spend it? Do you then spend THAT money on even older, smaller quantities of money? I've got a dollar here I'll sell you for $50, you interested? Huhuhuhuhuh!!"
How is the concept of collecting just for the sake of collecting so lost on so many members here? Do they truly just not understand the concept? It's not new, it's ancient. I collect games that not only have I not yet played, I have games and gaming items that I spent a load of money on that I have absolutely no intention of ever doing anything with other than displaying them for my own satisfaction. I'm not gonna play them, I'm not gonna let others play them, they're off the market just so I can sit and look at them, like "yep, that's where my money went, and I'm happy about that". Why are people so strongly opinionated about that? Who cares? There's no rational argument against it. Am I holding a copy you could put to better use? Tough, you should've been there to buy it when I was, or just use an emulator or find another copy.
It's like anytime someone starts a thread asking about something from a purely "collecting" standpoint, their motives are immediately called into question and criticized by members of the peanut gallery. God forbid someone starts a thread asking if they should VGA grade something.
So, what you're saying is you spend money on things you enjoy, and enjoy those things as you please? HOW DARE YOU?!
So, what you're saying is you spend money on things you enjoy, and enjoy those things as you please? HOW DARE YOU?!
I know I know, I should "just open them and play them, geeez!"
Congrats on 10k posts my man, we need to get you a cake!
Lay off the guy. Maybe he wants to buy them and keep them preserved in a goddamned tomb, never playing a single one of them for as long as he lives, who cares. "Hahaha"...yes, hilarious stuff here, truly. Do you guys go to your grandmother's house and give her a hard time about collecting the fine china? Razz your uncle for collecting coins he won't spend? "What, you mean you spend money....on OTHER money in smaller denominations, and you don't even spend it? Do you then spend THAT money on even older, smaller quantities of money? I've got a dollar here I'll sell you for $50, you interested? Huhuhuhuhuh!!"
How is the concept of collecting just for the sake of collecting so lost on so many members here? Do they truly just not understand the concept? It's not new, it's ancient. I collect games that not only have I not yet played, I have games and gaming items that I spent a load of money on that I have absolutely no intention of ever doing anything with other than displaying them for my own satisfaction. I'm not gonna play them, I'm not gonna let others play them, they're off the market just so I can sit and look at them, like "yep, that's where my money went, and I'm happy about that". Why are people so strongly opinionated about that? Who cares? There's no rational argument against it. Am I holding a copy you could put to better use? Tough, you should've been there to buy it when I was, or just use an emulator or find another copy.
It's like anytime someone starts a thread asking about something from a purely "collecting" standpoint, their motives are immediately called into question and criticized by members of the peanut gallery. God forbid someone starts a thread asking if they should VGA grade something.
Well said!!! *Standing Ovation!!