Symphony of the Night, complete: what should be inside the case?
PlayStation complete in box is a smaller claim than NES complete in box, and it should be a stricter one. The standard a buyer should hold is a clean jewel case with the correct front and back inlay art for the region, the game disc with art that matches that region and pressing, and the instruction manual, complete and for the right game. Anything beyond that, such as registration material or advertising inserts, should be named individually in a listing rather than implied by the word complete.
Region checks come first because Symphony exists in distinct Japanese, North American and European PlayStation editions, plus a Japanese Sega Saturn version with its own packaging and extra content, covered in the Library's game entries. A US disc in a Japanese case is a playable game and a failed collectible. Match the disc art, the case art, the manual language and the catalog details as one set before you judge condition at all. Mismatched sets are common because loose discs and empty cases both circulate.
Pressing checks come second. North America gave Symphony a second life in Sony's Greatest Hits line, with the green banded packaging that marks the reissue. A black label original and a Greatest Hits copy contain the same beloved game and are not the same collectible object, and their prices should never be quoted as if they were. The same discipline applies in reverse: a reissue case art set with an original disc is a marriage, and honest sellers say so in the first lines of a listing.
Condition on a jewel case game is a study in small failures. Hinge cracks, a cloudy case that was swapped for a generic one, a manual with a bent or torn cover, disc scratches that catch light at an angle, and sun fading on the back inlay all matter more than they would on a cartridge release, because replacement PS1 cases are everywhere and originality is easy to fake by accident. Ask for the disc surface in raking light and the manual's back page, the two photographs sellers least often volunteer.
The collector read: Symphony is famous enough that every component was reproduced by the market in spares, so completeness is really a verification exercise. Buy the set you can audit from photographs, pay for original black label when the art and the original release are what you love, and let the Greatest Hits copy be what it honestly is, a fine reading copy of a masterpiece. This Library prices no version in this page, because condition spread on this title makes any single number a lie by morning.