WTB: Dungeon Explorer II (US) + a couple others...

[BlueBMW]

I dont think mine is quite mint enough.  I'd say its good to excellent but not mint.  Found one tiny scratch on the disc

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[bob]

What a horrendous copy.  You need to replace that shit ASAP.

[BlueBMW]

I was hoping it'd be mint so I could replace it with the OP's more gamer friendly copy hehe (and maybe relieve him of some of that wallet weight in the process)

[bob]

And look at that dust. It would be a crime to seal that dust in acrylic.

[sicboy057]

Yours has the same wear marks near the binding/fold. I wonder if they all do that.

[BlueBMW]

I think that's just part of sitting inside a case for a long time.  Other manuals of mine look the same way.  If anything it might be a sign that the manual rarely if ever left the case.

[BlueBMW]

I dunno lol.  I think I'll leave it alone.

[LostFlunky]

Yours has the same wear marks near the binding/fold. I wonder if they all do that.

Mine looked like that too...

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[HailingTheThings]

Will you please stop saying mint.

I like mints.  I want my breath to be minty fresh.  Wish they worked on my farts too though.....

I think they have mints for farts, but I wouldn't recommend it, sir. 

[ToyMachine78]

Yours has the same wear marks near the binding/fold. I wonder if they all do that.

Mine looked like that too...

See Sic... Maybe yours is Minty-mint after all! Go get a good nights sleep tonight.

[sicboy057]

I'll sleep well when bonk 3 cd isn't $600 on ebay...

[bob]

i recently scored a gem dynastic hero for 150.  want to buy it for 2000?

[xcrement5x]

Yours has the same wear marks near the binding/fold. I wonder if they all do that.

Mine looked like that too...

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I've noticed this in a lot of jewel case games with a decent sized manual.  Here is my collectard guess/explanation:

When you stack CD games vertically on top of each other (each one laying fully flat on top of the next), the combined weight eventually pushes down more on each of them.  Then when the stack is moved or anything you're essentially rubbing the manual against part of the CD tray, making the coloring on the manual wear away. 

If you look at this one as an example (and I've seen a lot of PS1 games with the same kind of thing), you'll notice the rubbed away part only happens where the tray isn't cut out to hold the cd.  Why does it only happen near the edge of the manual?  Probably because that part with the staple is the thickest part of the manual and the first to be "rubbed raw".  teehee


I'm sure turbo games show it a lot more than others due to the overall age and storage conditions.  It's a lot easier to stack and carry games one on top of another.  Once I started noticing this I began storing my games standing up on CD racks.  I also put a thin piece of foam or bubble wrap where the tray spindle goes to avoid having it rub either, I learned about that trick after getting lots of JP games like that. 

[sicboy057]

Does it come with mints?

[sicboy057]

I apologize. I was unaware DEII was that hard to find and I'm sorry for posting a wtb thread. It just appeared (from ebay sales history) that a lot more of them had been for sale the past 90 days.