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Zelda: Ocarina of Time CE ... reseal ??? Help me out here..

LucioNintendo — 2010-11-18T19:37:21 -05.00

Hey guys, confirmed that mine was a reseal. I opened it up and there was obvious wear, etc.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time CE ... reseal ??? Help me out here..

LucioNintendo — 2010-11-18T19:04:52 -05.00

Sweet Jone. Good documentation. Thanks.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time CE ... reseal ??? Help me out here..

LucioNintendo — 2010-11-18T18:38:18 -05.00

^ Great pics. That's very interesting about the Superman. I have never owned one personally. I would be interested in further confirmation and if there are any other titles like that. There are some anomalies in sealed GBA games too, but nothing compared to the strange world of N64.

I hold out for games with vertical seams when it comes to the 64. Because of that, my 64 collection is the smallest out of all the systems I collect.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time CE ... reseal ??? Help me out here..

LucioNintendo — 2010-11-18T18:24:51 -05.00

Originally posted by: MoeDown

Originally posted by: lucbar1980

If there are indeed zero vent-holes, does that 100% mean reseal?

With NES, SNES, N64, GB, GBC, GBA and VB ...... yes. They have to have ventholes. The white crease lines are the give away that the flaps have been opened. How long ago did you buy it and can you get your money back? Or, if you're not into it for an amount more than CIB prices, I say open it up. Verification of contents is not as important to me as removing fakes from the market. The few reseals I've purchased over the last few years, I opened and sold as CIBs.

I'm still out to lunch on whether or not all the N64 sealed games have to have factory vent holes. I'd say that the overwhelming majority do, but Superman has caused me some confusion. I won one for cheap ($10) and when it arrived, the seal looked odd and had no factory vent holes. So I took the expert advice and returned it, seller was cool about it.

Then I won another one for cheap from a separate seller a month later, it arrived with the same exact seal and no factory vent holes. Needless to say, I kept this one. I doubt that there's some conspiracy to mass produce fake sealed copies of a cheap game, but I dunno.

Either way, back to the topic, I took some pictures of various N64 seals.

Seam on three sides, only missing on left (yellow) side:

Seam on three sides, only missing on right (red) side:

Seam on three sides, only missing at top (purple) side:

But unfortunately, all 3 of these games do have some vent holes and none of them have whitening at the edges as your copy does. So ultimately, I have to agree that you do have a reseal.

But in general, N64 sealed collecting is a pain in the ass. I'm a CIB guy, but when I stumble into sealeds for cheap, I grab them. It has helped me learn alot along the way.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time CE ... reseal ??? Help me out here..

LucioNintendo — 2010-11-18T15:48:56 -05.00

Originally posted by: lucbar1980

If there are indeed zero vent-holes, does that 100% mean reseal?

Zelda: Ocarina of Time CE ... reseal ??? Help me out here..

LucioNintendo — 2010-11-18T15:38:48 -05.00

Looks like a reseal to me. True, there were 64 games sealed similar to this, but the wrap on this copy is way too loose and homemade looking. Also, you mentioned very light white on the opening flaps, which further leads me to think this is a reseal.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time CE ... reseal ??? Help me out here..

LucioNintendo — 2010-11-18T09:19:46 -05.00

Thanks Jonebone, if you could check that'd be cool. Yeah I'm at work, but I looked pretty damn thoroughly and I didn't see any vent holes. If there are indeed zero vent-holes, does that 100% mean reseal?

Zelda: Ocarina of Time CE ... reseal ??? Help me out here..

LucioNintendo — 2010-11-18T08:05:15 -05.00

That's definitely close, but the left seam does look suspicious. And if there's the whitening you mentioned, then its a reseal.

I'll have to double check some of my games, but the 3 sided N64 seal is more common than most people think. I'm pretty sure I have some legit games with the 3 sided (top / left / bottom) seal, only leaving the right (red side) blank.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time CE ... reseal ??? Help me out here..

LucioNintendo — 2010-11-18T08:01:05 -05.00

Just make sure you check really closely for those ventholes - they are very small. I had a sealed copy that everyone told me was a reseal, but upon further research, I found it was legitimate. Mine looked almost exactly like yours, except the seal was "tighter" on the ends, and there were definitely a bunch of really small vent holes.

Zelda: Ocarina of Time CE ... reseal ??? Help me out here..

LucioNintendo — 2010-11-18T07:56:21 -05.00

Sorry .. haha .. so to be absolutely sure I can go ahead and open this sucker up??