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| lex2000:
I'm the type of person that likes to see all of their games up on a shelf, so it does irk me a little that I have so many loose games. My question to everyone is this: What do you use to get cases/boxes for your older loose games and what is, in your opinion, the best way to get them? As for my case, all of my loose games are for handheld systems, I'm mostly looking for cases for the Game Boy lineup and some DS games. |
| telekill:
I've seen shops on Etsy that print reproduction boxes and manuals. I've had a few Game Gear manuals printed and they came out printed a little light, but they were crisp and clear to read. I ended up making myself a Game Gear box template for my Ninja Turtles Game Gear project. I simply took the measurements and Photoshopped it up. Took it to a print shop and they did it on a nice cardstock. |
| bikingjahuty:
With disc based games the case has always been a must, unless of course it was some insane deal of a disc only copy, but then I just worked on finding the case and manual after getting the game. Otherwise I only purchase disc based games complete or at least with the case. As for carts, I initially didn't care about the box or manual, however after obtaining most of the loose carts I wanted I've been slowly working on reuiniting them with their boxes. I'm doing this with the SNES, Genesis and N64 only though; I don't care enough about the NES or most handheld systems to spend the money and time trying to do with for those. So far this has been coming along nicely, but I still have a ton of loose SNES and N64 carts especially I'm still trying to find boxes for. It's not a priority for me at this time however so I just pick them up when I come across them at decent prices in stores. Eventually I might kick this into overdrive and start using ebay to track them down, but I'm definitely not there yet. |
| tripredacus:
The only carts I have no real storage solution for are the portables, like Game Boy or Game Gear. They all just go into a small cardboard box. NES carts are no issue, since they fit onto CD spaced shelves just fine. Genesis, Mega Drive, SMS and Famicom games fit on cassette storage. Optical media goes into a CD book. I can see if this is a concern for console only collectors, but the amount of loose console CDs I have is probably around 20. I am already used to having CD books for PC games/software, many of which never had a nice display box. |
| oldgamerz:
--- Quote from: tripredacus on December 15, 2020, 10:12:25 am ---The only carts I have no real storage solution for are the portables, like Game Boy or Game Gear. They all just go into a small cardboard box. NES carts are no issue, since they fit onto CD spaced shelves just fine. Genesis, Mega Drive, SMS and Famicom games fit on cassette storage. Optical media goes into a CD book. I can see if this is a concern for console only collectors, but the amount of loose console CDs I have is probably around 20. I am already used to having CD books for PC games/software, many of which never had a nice display box. --- End quote --- CD books can be dangerous I've already lost a ton of my music CD's due to them being in a CD book, they can get stuck and warp. I never put a CD into a CD book or CD wallet now, the top layer could come off not to mention the bottom layer could get scratched it no better than having them in paper sleeves. |
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