I have a bunch of SNES games from a lot I bought recently that have PROPERTY OF HOLLYWOOD VIDEO branded into the back of the cartridge plastic. I'm not sure if these are worth anything. I mean; they still work, but that branding just seems like a total value killer.
I personally stay away from any game with a brand or difficult-to-remove sticker. I prefer my items as close to original and new as possible. That's just me though.
Clayfighter 63 1/3 - Blockbuster Sonic Adventure Limited Edition - Hollywood Video Those are. For nostalgia sake they sometimes are. I've got some Genesis boxes that I replaced with Blockbuster orange cases when they were throwing them out way back when. Its awesome when someone recognizes what it is.
Well these are just cartridges, but on the back it has Hollywood Video melted into the plastic. It's ridiculous that they would do this and ruin a cartridge. I can't think of any way to remove it. I'm not home right to tell which ones have it, but I know for sure Mario Is Missing has it. Not sure how much it would be worth.
Like they took a red hot branding iron with their logo and punched it into the plastic? Jesus. I recall when they first starting renting DC games they needed a security deposit as "games were being stolen". Not my problem asses. I can't imagine the games are worth *more* than their counterparts honestly, just less or equal to.
Exactly. Just like cattle branding. And I'm not asking if they're worth more, as a buyer myself; I wouldn't pay anywhere near retail for a cosmetically destroyed copy of a game.
I would if that form of cosmetic destruction was the creation of a sculpture (Although I don't see much cartridge art...)
I've actually heard that some games where the normal difficulty was set higher if the specific cartridge was ment for retail. I can't find any real source for it, so take it with a pound of salt. Also to sate my curiosity, care to upload some pics of the branding? I wanna see how bad these look.
I also have a handful of games that sport this branding. Hollywood video as well. Definitely annoying, but I don't plan on selling them so it doesn't matter at all. I just hate how Hollywood Video would put stickers on the actual cartridge sticker, meaning once you try to delicately peel off the HV sticker the game title comes with it. BULLSHIT!:banghead: Also as for the branding changing value... that's a finicky subject, mainly because whatever game it is probably isn't worth much anyway, I would say the main necessity is that it plays... So as long as it still works I would say around the same value, cuz whoever would be buying it to have it would be doing so to play it, not necessarily a collector.
I'll scan one of them either today or tomorrow. And yeah I hate that stickers on the labels. I spend 10 minutes trying to safely peel it off only to leave sticky residue on the label. 15 years of a sticker on plastic leaves marks as well.
I wouldn't bother removing 'property of stickers' as they are part of the cart's history and help show that it was indeed a workhorse. Would you remove the property of [insert developer] off your development hardware? No, because it adds to the coolness factor and it is part of the history. It would be kind of lame if everyone who ever owned it stickered it, but it is nice to trace the original owner. Bottom line is if you want a clean cart buy a clean cart, or clean up a dirty one, but tampering with a cart that is is franchised will take you more time and effort than it's worth and kill it's history.
I dug out all my SNES games to snap you a pic, but I could only find it on my copy of Megaman Soccer, and the branding was only barely pressed on so its a little hard to make out. Honestly, its not all that interesting, just a branding saying "Property of Hollywood Video". + as I was browsing through my games I noticed a few that have carvings in them from the owners themselves. My Mortal Kombat has three different carvings of initials on it, and my Shaq Fu has a name written on it (First time anyone was proud to claim ownership of that probably...) My only question is, was I the only kid not obsessed with writing my name on every cartridge to prove their mine? Even as a kid I tried to keep my games in the best condition
Branded commercial carts - no more valuable than an original, loose cart. Exclusives - definitely valuable.
If it were a game like The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, and if the price were low enough, and if the disc was in good shape, I would. I got it seven years ago at a Game Crazy for $12, back when they were awesome with all the retro games available. It was rare to find this game, even back then. The sticker may ruins your eyes, and admittedly the disc cover, but I wasn't looking for aesthetics. I'm just looking for the game to play. No way in hell am I gonna risk taking that cover off. *Is reminded of when he tried that with Marvel Vs. Capcom 2* Off topic note: I'm just glad I managed to get a copy of this game at all. It's like a hundred dollars online. Used. At the very, very least.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Misadventures-T...4325?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item4aa7940015 Only rare and expensive because everyone says it is. I remember that game getting a review from X-Play at the time and them going away saying it was fun and pretty good but no damn way is it $250 good. Moron will find nobody to buy at that price.
Definitely worth less in any case. But of course if you have something like Chrono Trigger that looks great but happens to have that branding on the back I don't think it'd drop the value that much if you were trying to sell it to a gamer and not a collector. That's crazy and stupid that they would brand the plastic. Wasn't it enough for them to put stupid stickers on them? Funny thing though is that those stickers later on made me realize they must have been afraid of people opening the games up and swapping the PCB or just returning the game with only the Plastic Cart and no PCB inside. But don't you think the next customer would fucking bitch about it and they'd know who'd rented it before them.
