Halo: The Master Chief Collection

A GUIDE TO CONDITION TYPES

Condition Types

• NEW Factory Sealed
• Game/Box/Manual
• Game/Box only
• Game/Manual only
• Game Only

  GAME/BOX/MANUAL: Our CIB (complete in box) listing.  Includes the Disc or Cartridge, Original insert/cover art, and original manual. May or may not include additional inserts like ads, posters, cards, etc. All original cardboard cases (NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, Atari, etc.) will be in a clear plastic box protector. The case may be a reproduction or replacement. Acceptable Wear for this category includes:

• Minor shelf wear on the case or manual
• Minor creasing/fading on the cover or cardboard box 

  NEW FACTORY SEALED: Factory-sealed copy of the game in the original manufacturer’s seal.   All sealed original cardboard cases (NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, Atari, etc.) will be in a clear plastic box protector over the seal. Acceptable wear for this category includes:

• Very minor shelf wear to the seal.
• NO tears or breaks in the original seal.

NOTE: We have experts on staff to identify if a seal is original or if it is re-sealed.  Games identified as re-sealed or with broken seals will be opened up and sold as Game/Box/Manual.   GAME/BOX ONLY Original disc or cartridge with original insert/cover art.   All original cardboard cases (NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, Atari, etc.) will be in a clear plastic box protector. The case may be a reproduction or replacement. Acceptable wear for this category includes 

• moderate shelf wear including but not limited to fading, moderate cosmetic damage to the case or cover insert, and minor cracks or chips in the case plastic.
• Stickers/Sticker residue from previous retailers (Which can be particularly hard to get off and in some extreme cases damage the case when removal is attempted)
• Fading/minor peeling on cartridge labels.
• Rental stickers or warranty stickers on disc/cartridge.

  GAME/MANUAL ONLY Original disc or cartridge with original manual. The case is a replacement with our generic branded insert/cover art. Acceptable wear for these categories includes 

• moderate shelf wear including but not limited to fading, and moderate cosmetic damage like minor tears or wrinkles in the manual.
• Fading/minor peeling on cartridge labels.
• Rental stickers or warranty stickers on disc/cartridge.

  GAME ONLY Our Loose listing.  Original disc or cartridge only.  The case is a replacement with our generic branded insert/cover art. Acceptable wear for these categories includes 

• Minor shelf wear including but not limited to cosmetic scuffs/scratches on cartridge shell, discoloration/yellowing of cartridge shell, or minor fading/peeling on cartridge label.
• Rental stickers or warranty stickers on disc/cartridge.

If the case, disc/cartridge, or manual are damaged beyond these stated standards, they will be listed as if without that item, so you may buy a “game only” listing at the loose price of the game but also receive a cosmetically compromised case or manual for free!  

• A Note on PRICING/AVAILABILITY & CONDITION DISCREPANCIES:

All games are priced using Pricecharting ("PC" gathers an average of prices) and a heavy dose of discretion.  Prices and availability are subject to change. We try to keep prices as steady and consistent as we can, but we don’t control the economy around these games nor do we control the rate at which they are sold to us. We are a small but dedicated team here at Nostalgic Video Games, and sometimes individual discretion is used when inventorying and pricing these games.  Due to the sheer amount, influx, and outflow of our stock, we aren’t able to individually photograph every game we list for sale, so we work off of this bulk-style inventory system to deliver games to you as efficiently as possible!  If you disagree with the condition of the game you received, let us know and we will work with you to make sure you’re satisfied!  

• A Note on LABELS/STICKERS:

All of our games will be stickered and labeled BY US!  Every game we inventory will have at least 2 labels: 

• A larger inventory barcode tag, usually on the front bottom right corner of the box, but may be located in another corner or on the back depending on the case's art. 
• And a price tag along the spine of the game. 

Some games will have the same type of price tag as the spine on the front of the game as well for front-faced display in our brick-and-mortar store.   Labels will usually NOT be placed directly onto cardboard boxes/sleeves or a sealed game, but cheaper games or cardboard sleeves over standard cases will sometimes be directly tagged. If a game’s insert/cover art is directly tagged by a previous retailer, we will not remove it and risk damage to the insert.  

• A Note on DISC CONDITION/RESURFACING:

Most of our disc-based games will be sent through our industrial disc-resurfacing machines to polish and buff out any scratches on the discs.   We check every disc by hand and some with very minor scuffs/smudging will be deemed fit for sale and skip this process. However, Blu-ray discs and Gamecube Mini-discs CANNOT be run through our polishers.  These games are all checked and determined if they are fit for sale.  Thankfully Blu-ray discs (PS4/Xbox One and newer) are pretty hardy. Every Gamecube disc that comes through our store is put into a console and tested to make sure it starts up.  Gamecube discs are SUPER finicky about being polished, so if the game looks scratched up but still plays, we won’t risk polishing it.  Check out our video about Gamecube preservation for more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Huu8zDMS4MM If a game you purchase is scratched and not reading, contact us and we will work with you to make sure you’re satisfied.    

• A Note on FAKES/REPRODUCTIONS:

We NEVER sell fake games.  Games identified as fake are destroyed with extreme prejudice (Follow us on youtube for that) If a game you received is indeed a fake and somehow slipped through our checks, let us know IMMEDIATELY and we will work with you to make sure you’re satisfied. We mark ALL of our Cartridge boards to ensure no swapping with returns. Some of the items we carry from distributors are recently OFFICIALLY LICENSED rereleases of older games from companies like Retrobit.  These will be CLEARLY STATED as official REPRODUCTIONS/collectors editions as well as have official imagery from the manufacturer.