Skick & GraderingWhat Separates a Shelf-Worthy Mega Drive CIB From a BeaterThe hinge gives it away every time. Open a supposedly mint Mega Drive case and a healthy clamshell swings freely and clicks shut with a firm snap; a tired one creaks, wobbles on a single pin, or simply falls into two halves in your hands. Sega shipped its 16-bit games in hard plastic cases while Nintendo was still using crushable cardboard, and that one decision is why so many complete copies survive today — and why grading them is its own little discipline.
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