also, people were laughing at me using ziplock bags for storing my cheaper commons. i saw a guy using sandwich bags that you fold! at least mine have a zipper lol
the solid wall of blue is SNES, the multicolored ones are N64, im still debating what exactly to do with them
Man. Gotta say. Those clamshells look pretty gross when you have that many in one place. It looks more like some office supply closet or the back room of a video rental store than a gaming room. Not being able to see the individual art or titles, or even the cartridges themselves sucks any joy out of looking at a collection.
I bought 1,200 UGCs to cover my collection and temporarily used masking tape with handwriting, so his is a darn sight better than mine was.
For N64 I'd just order one of those full-set end label sheets if I were him. They're intended to go on the top side of the cartridge but I assume they'd work on case spines just as well. Too bad those don't exist for NES, SNES, and other platforms or I would've been all over them.
Instead, I ordered a $70 Ricoh C250DN color laser printer because at 1,200 cases I couldn't afford quality inkjet photo prints. Even then, I only got 200 prints before I needed more toner, so that's a high cost-per-page.
Another $70 printer with toner made more financial sense than replacement toner since the printer was still on sale, especially because the manual implied that it could not distinguish starter cartridges from replacements (said replacing the starter carts with standard carts before using the printer would result in being unable to utilize the full capacity of the cartridges).
I ran with the second set until it stopped at 427. That's $140+tax+paper and other expenses so far. These things trip circuit breakers warming up and getting a good deal on Legal-sized paper is tough, so the other costs aren't negligible either. I ordered a couple sets of reset chips to see what else I can get out of these two sets of toner carts, but that's even more expense ($16 a set). I'm done with SNES and N64 so hopefully that will carry me through Sega Genesis, 32X, GBA, Virtual Boy, Atari, etc.
I can't do NES until I have more shelving and I have other possible ideas for that anyway. Since there there doesn't seem to be a label set I started work on making some with ripped sprites but I didn't get through the As before I misplaced my thumb drive a few months ago.
Games with original boxes stay in their boxes (no protectors). Loose, cheap games get dust sleeves. Loose games in the $15 and up range get clamshells. Looks like a bit of a hodgepodge on the wall but eh.
I have one Bitbox which I bought just to check them out. I like it, but my gaming budget is pretty limited and I don't want to spend money on just cases that I don't strictly need.
Nothing, I don't use cases. Another member one time had messaged me, overly concerned about this point. But (some of) my rarest / favorite items go behind glass.
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that title got me
lol...just saw this post
also, people were laughing at me using ziplock bags for storing my cheaper commons. i saw a guy using sandwich bags that you fold! at least mine have a zipper lol
are you SURE! that box protectors like this: http://www.videogameboxprotectors.com/store/4569532134 are NOT damage the boxes over time, why? I collect comics too and believe me best way to protect is using MYLER SLEEVES! this ones: http://www.egerber.com/category.asp?CategoryID=450&SubcategoryID=566 NOT plastic material like those game protectors.
they claim this:
-PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate)
-Acid Free and Ligind Free
-Safe for long term storage
-12mil/0.3 mm thick
but... is true?
so is better search plastic sleeves like this: http://www.steelbookcentral.com/sw3-premium-blu-ray-fullslip-steelbook-protective-wraps--sleeves-40-micron-509-p.asp
???
Clamshells for NES
sorry, old picture, there's more now...
the solid wall of blue is SNES, the multicolored ones are N64, im still debating what exactly to do with them
Man. Gotta say. Those clamshells look pretty gross when you have that many in one place. It looks more like some office supply closet or the back room of a video rental store than a gaming room. Not being able to see the individual art or titles, or even the cartridges themselves sucks any joy out of looking at a collection.
I bought 1,200 UGCs to cover my collection and temporarily used masking tape with handwriting, so his is a darn sight better than mine was.
For N64 I'd just order one of those full-set end label sheets if I were him. They're intended to go on the top side of the cartridge but I assume they'd work on case spines just as well. Too bad those don't exist for NES, SNES, and other platforms or I would've been all over them.
Instead, I ordered a $70 Ricoh C250DN color laser printer because at 1,200 cases I couldn't afford quality inkjet photo prints. Even then, I only got 200 prints before I needed more toner, so that's a high cost-per-page.
Another $70 printer with toner made more financial sense than replacement toner since the printer was still on sale, especially because the manual implied that it could not distinguish starter cartridges from replacements (said replacing the starter carts with standard carts before using the printer would result in being unable to utilize the full capacity of the cartridges).
I ran with the second set until it stopped at 427. That's $140+tax+paper and other expenses so far. These things trip circuit breakers warming up and getting a good deal on Legal-sized paper is tough, so the other costs aren't negligible either. I ordered a couple sets of reset chips to see what else I can get out of these two sets of toner carts, but that's even more expense ($16 a set). I'm done with SNES and N64 so hopefully that will carry me through Sega Genesis, 32X, GBA, Virtual Boy, Atari, etc.
I can't do NES until I have more shelving and I have other possible ideas for that anyway. Since there there doesn't seem to be a label set I started work on making some with ripped sprites but I didn't get through the As before I misplaced my thumb drive a few months ago.
I have one Bitbox which I bought just to check them out. I like it, but my gaming budget is pretty limited and I don't want to spend money on just cases that I don't strictly need.