I opened the box.... am I evil?

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tosk
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I opened the box.... am I evil?

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Last night I progressed quite far in Half-life, so I decided to save. Unfortunately although I keep a whole VMU seperate for Half-life usually, this time I had saved something onto it I didn't want to delete. And there was no room for the save file

Then I remembered... I had a black, unopened VMU sitting in one of my console boxes.

Usually I'm of the train of thought of "It was meant to be used, not sat in a box all its life", but then I wondered what if everyone did this? Then there would be no examples of untouched hardware. I know black, unopened VMUs aren't hard to come by, but what if everyone opened their unopened VMUs? Then there would be none left :shock:

I struggled with the problem for a little while before giving in and opening the box. (I still kept the box. Its always worth keeping)

To be honest it doesn't bother me all that much. Its not as if I'd opened something particularly rare. But it did make me want to ask the question - If anyone here has something factory sealed, would you open the box? Does it depend on what it is? Is a sealed Limited edition Dreamcast worth keeping sealed, and a standard controller worth ripping open? Are you from the school of "Its meant to be played dammit!!" or "We must preserve all hardware for future generations, brothers!!"

Just curious
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I had a sealed copy of the ltd edition Segagaga until recently. I ended up giving the T-shirt to my sister and dished out the badges to some pals of mine. Also I opened up a copy of Under Defeat just so I could show some friends what a great game it is. I think life's too short to keep things under wraps.

I suppose I'm glad there are some more devoted collectors out there who keep there collections in pristine condition. It's great for future Dreamcast fans.

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tosk
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Fantastic. Also good to know I'm not the only one who likes things to be played :)
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well now it isn't worth as much, dosn't affect me, just kinda you!
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I much prefer it being used than not. Especially a VMU, I mean, this isn't Earthbound or Panzer Dragoon we're talking about.
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Post by Mephiles550 »

I thought half life on the dreamcast was cancelled? wouldn't it play like ass anyway since there's no joystick for camera only move in directions?
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