MrWunderful | 2,932 Posted December 30, 2021 Share Posted December 30, 2021 Anyone use anything similar? Looking for a good way to store all my GB and advance games, that isnt them thrown in a rubbermaid. I dont care about displaying the labels, just want some easy access. Ideas, comments, recommendations welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 5,162 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 I don't care about flashing labels either, I like good clean order, and I know they're in there A-Z so that's all that matters to me. The first image that's mine from awhile back, antique library card catalog of two drawers I found years ago at a flea market. As you can see they're deep and a great width for 8bit GB/GBC sized carts and with a spacer fits 2 columns in each and pretty deep I think it'll take about 80 per drawer (2x40) or you can get creative. GBA would sit the same, a few less due to the lip that pops out on the tops. Unless you're a crazy collector something that size would hold easily an entire gameboy/color collection as you're talking over 150 games. Now the second image I stole that off amazon for ease. Earlier this year at a garage sale I got 5 of those red ones off a table for $2. When my GBA collection got a bit in the way of the GB stuff you see in that cabinet as it's now into like 3/4 of the 2 drawers I needed a solution. I put a small divider into the slot on the inside of those red akrobins and it's excellent. I line the GBA games on their side and it holds a bunch of them. They're clearly not as deep as the wood, but it still held a large amount of games in a smaller place. I recently reorganized it though as I had another better snap case and put the GBA all into one of those, put my GB/C accessories into some of the reds, and saved 2 of them for Virtual Boy. The width is great, I have it like a rolodex or floppy disk carrier with the games label out in one, and an adapter with the manual selection entirely in another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood | 209 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 For the cart only i have, I keep them in the 3in1 official nintendo cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 5,162 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, Driftwood said: For the cart only i have, I keep them in the 3in1 official nintendo cases. Official? Licensed maybe from Pelican/PDP or something but Nintendo never made shells for GBA games, GBC either as they caved to greenpeace type harassers years of whining over plastics, then just realizing it made a good excuse to save a buck while still charging the same. Edited December 31, 2021 by Tanooki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood | 209 Posted December 31, 2021 Share Posted December 31, 2021 7 minutes ago, Tanooki said: Official? Licensed maybe from Pelican/PDP or something but Nintendo never made shells for GBA games, GBC either as they caved to greenpeace type harassers years of whining over plastics, then just realizing it made a good excuse to save a buck while still charging the same. Tldr i dunno,... they are branded Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,932 Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share Posted January 1, 2022 23 hours ago, Tanooki said: I don't care about flashing labels either, I like good clean order, and I know they're in there A-Z so that's all that matters to me. The first image that's mine from awhile back, antique library card catalog of two drawers I found years ago at a flea market. As you can see they're deep and a great width for 8bit GB/GBC sized carts and with a spacer fits 2 columns in each and pretty deep I think it'll take about 80 per drawer (2x40) or you can get creative. GBA would sit the same, a few less due to the lip that pops out on the tops. Unless you're a crazy collector something that size would hold easily an entire gameboy/color collection as you're talking over 150 games. Now the second image I stole that off amazon for ease. Earlier this year at a garage sale I got 5 of those red ones off a table for $2. When my GBA collection got a bit in the way of the GB stuff you see in that cabinet as it's now into like 3/4 of the 2 drawers I needed a solution. I put a small divider into the slot on the inside of those red akrobins and it's excellent. I line the GBA games on their side and it holds a bunch of them. They're clearly not as deep as the wood, but it still held a large amount of games in a smaller place. I recently reorganized it though as I had another better snap case and put the GBA all into one of those, put my GB/C accessories into some of the reds, and saved 2 of them for Virtual Boy. The width is great, I have it like a rolodex or floppy disk carrier with the games label out in one, and an adapter with the manual selection entirely in another. My wife and i were talking the otherday how card catalogs are something obliterated by modern technology. Great idea though, my dad ended up with a bunch of industrial high school furniture, including card catalogs and I used them for years for my trading cards. A bit much for what I am looking for now though. More of something i can throw on the shelf inside my game closet, i will probably only be at about 50 games when im done with all the games i want. the small item open storage bins are more up my alley. 16 hours ago, Driftwood said: For the cart only i have, I keep them in the 3in1 official nintendo cases. i like this idea for on the go, might have to pick up one or two. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanooki | 5,162 Posted January 1, 2022 Share Posted January 1, 2022 Yeah seems fair, it's why I gave a couple choices depending on space, needs, and pleasure to the eyes. The red ones work great and easily store into a closet. A couple of them would suit your gameboy needs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phart010 | 1,798 Posted January 5, 2022 Share Posted January 5, 2022 On 12/31/2021 at 6:40 AM, Driftwood said: For the cart only i have, I keep them in the 3in1 official nintendo cases. Hey that’s not even a real game 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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