Found Sonic 2 Master System Sealed
Oct 9, 2022 13:29:59 GMT
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Post by SpeedStarTMQ on Oct 9, 2022 13:29:59 GMT
It’s been a long time since I’ve been on this board!
I’ve posted this elsewhere but then I remembered that this excellent forum exists, and thought it would be interesting to the SMS fan community. It’s definitely an exciting find to me.
My uncle was clearing out a load of his stuff recently, and messaged me on Friday to say he’d found something he thought I’d want. He proceeded to send me a photo of a sealed copy of Sonic 2 Master System, with a sticker of £29.99 from WHSmith (A long-standing and still trading U.K. store).
He had a Mega Drive, not a Master System, so he presumably stashed this away with the intent to return it but then forgot about it for... well, not sure when he bought it, but the sticker says it was £29.99? I’m not sure what price games were back then new vs a few months / years after release so this might help date it. In any event it’s at least 28 years old.
WHSmith seem to have moved the sticker from the front over to the side, as there’s some residue outline of an older sticker, and for some reason they or the manufacturer also wrapped a line of sellotape horizontally and vertically around the wrapping, presumably to make it harder to break into. The glue has turned a brown / red in some places, seemingly where the factory would have heat sealed it shut.
The game case itself is in perfect condition, and was stored at room temperature in a large chest of drawers for nearly three decades so I can’t see there being any issues with the cartridge internals.
It’s a really cool find and I never thought one of my own family would have something like this stashed away.
I run an SEGA-related Instagram page so here’s some photographs of the game:
It seems pretty rare to find sealed Master System games nowadays, and I can’t really find much online for them either. If it’s not worth that much though, it would be tempting to open it.
I’ve posted this elsewhere but then I remembered that this excellent forum exists, and thought it would be interesting to the SMS fan community. It’s definitely an exciting find to me.
My uncle was clearing out a load of his stuff recently, and messaged me on Friday to say he’d found something he thought I’d want. He proceeded to send me a photo of a sealed copy of Sonic 2 Master System, with a sticker of £29.99 from WHSmith (A long-standing and still trading U.K. store).
He had a Mega Drive, not a Master System, so he presumably stashed this away with the intent to return it but then forgot about it for... well, not sure when he bought it, but the sticker says it was £29.99? I’m not sure what price games were back then new vs a few months / years after release so this might help date it. In any event it’s at least 28 years old.
WHSmith seem to have moved the sticker from the front over to the side, as there’s some residue outline of an older sticker, and for some reason they or the manufacturer also wrapped a line of sellotape horizontally and vertically around the wrapping, presumably to make it harder to break into. The glue has turned a brown / red in some places, seemingly where the factory would have heat sealed it shut.
The game case itself is in perfect condition, and was stored at room temperature in a large chest of drawers for nearly three decades so I can’t see there being any issues with the cartridge internals.
It’s a really cool find and I never thought one of my own family would have something like this stashed away.
I run an SEGA-related Instagram page so here’s some photographs of the game:
http://instagram.com/p/CjdPC2doOR5
It seems pretty rare to find sealed Master System games nowadays, and I can’t really find much online for them either. If it’s not worth that much though, it would be tempting to open it.
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