GBA Would you buy reprinted GBA boxes?

[KenaiPhoenix]

Ok, so a little story:

When I had my GBA I didnt have money to get more games (and I asked for the expensive Gamecube games in my birthday). Around 2013 I have my first job and among the things I wanted to get was more games for my GBA. I say Metroid Zero Mission, only cartridge, for around 10 bucks (in my local currency), which I just jump to get. Years will pass and I wanted to give the game another spin, but it didnt work: it has run out of battery. "Well thats weird..." i though, and after searching I realize I had and "alternative" GBA game, and that there are A LOT of these games.

So, I searched and found a sealed Pokemon Ruby for like 25 bucks, "alternative" ofc. I Ordered it and the quality is REALLY good. The cartridge doesnt use battery from what I can see, but the quality was really good.

This got me thinking, I lost all my GBA games boxes when i was a kid, specially one of my favorite games: Mech Platoon. I searched for online used boxes but the prices are just ridiculous. So i try to see if someone reprint them, like the pokemon box of the game I got, and even if it was hard I manage to find a guy that do it (mostly just sold the Pokemon already made), and even if its quality is not as good as the one of the Pokemon, I though it was really good as you can see:

So, would you reprint the boxes of your GBA (GB or GBColor)?

 

[Segadude113]

Yes, totally. Golden Sun, Dexter's Laboratory: Deesaster Strikes, Sonic Advance, i love GBA box art.

 

[Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka Redwall Muzyczka's icon]

I'd do that for literally every console -- it's just a good idea!

 

[Sotoka]

Funny I've considered doing this myself for PS2 games just because I like the box arts. I'd 100% do it

 

[Potapota]

It would be neat I guess but can regular inkjet printers do thin cardboard like this?

 

[Jayonnaise6105 Jayonnaise6105]

Finding most GBA games as "cartridge only" on eBay has stopped me from trying to collect them. If there's a cheap & easy way to reprint good looking boxes for the games, then sure. I think a friend of mine is looking into getting spare DVD cases so they can print covers for their disc games.

 

[Sir Auriel of Lionel]

Since I've gotten used to bulk storage of my games like wallets and multi cartage boxes I don't have a any nostalgia or longing for the old boxes of the few GBA titles but I did get one when I bought a reprint of FFT Advance with those plastic cases with the original box reprint stretched around it, I liked it, very nice, same with Tactics Ogre on the SNES. Maybe I like them more for being plastic than the paper box I knew they original came in that makes them feel worth keeping than try to find boxes for games that I grew up with that got discarded? Or maybe I have such a low GBA library that I don't think it's worth the effort.

 

[Turbo Kid]

Nope. It would just drive me crazy knowing it's not the real thing. I would rather just buy another authentic CIB copy no matter how much it costs.

 

[Mal]

Honestly, i would say if it doesnt bother you then go for it, right?

to me i like the idea of owning one in a box thats not completly smush to pieces by use or that its just by itself (only catridge i mean), doesnt matter if its official or not.

also i agree it looks great!

 

[qw90700]

Years will pass and I wanted to give the game another spin, but it didnt work: it has run out of battery. "Well thats weird..." i though, and after searching I realize I had and "alternative" GBA game, and that there are A LOT of these games.

So, I searched and found a sealed Pokemon Ruby for like 25 bucks, "alternative" ofc. I Ordered it and the quality is REALLY good. The cartridge doesnt use battery from what I can see, but the quality was really good.

I'm not sure what you mean by "alternative". If it means "pirated" actually official GBA games have batteries either for clock and/or saving. I know because my official ones had "died save data" issue because damn cheap Nintendo using battery, and in a Pokemon game I wanted to play it after a long time and it said "because battery died time-based in-game events can't happen" or something. That's why I threw my GBA and its games out of my window and fully transitioned to emulation.

Can't say for sure about if a game having battery or the lack of it would mean it's pirated, but battery way is cheaper way.

As to answer your question: When the games are not disc games I see no point for covers, boxes takes unnecessary space but when for disc games they are necessary to keep the disc preserved ok. Back then I bought pirated PS2 games that had no decent cover so I made my cover meself. I used to buy cheap covers from pirated movies -> print the game cover from a place that sells school stuff. I also funny cover for some games or I seriously designed fan artwork covers for my favorite games as cover art.