i have no problems with personal use etc, anyone who ask nice enough can have one of the few extremly rare games for sure but once i start handing em out, then the value will fall and since i am a collector value is important..
This is where I think you've flawed. Actual collectors want originals. Therefore, originals will always bring top dollar.
Take baseball cards, comics, whatever. The originals can sell for thousands of dollars. Exact copies printed on similiar material (reproductions) sell for little more than the cost of the paper and ink.
Well, those aren't functional items, you say. You can't really DO anything with a baseball card, except look at it... Software serves function, as well as art.
So, how about cars? A classic original Shelby 427 Cobra will bring a princely sum. A gorgeous reproduction Cobra (complete with Ford 427ci engine) brings only a few thousand dollars more than the cost of the parts.
There's nothing like an original. Unfortunatly, magnetic mediums decay quickly. The DATA on those originals needs to be preserved. CAPS seems like the best way to do it.
