OCD question about filing your collection...

[GamerMON]

I need to quit talking to you because you make me want to buy Gameboy games that Ill never actually play.

Here is the topic I am torn on. If you have the box for a game do you store it in the box and just play a backup/emu copy, or do you store the box in one place and the game in another? Soon I plan on buying several cases of game cases but am cross here.

no, no! Don't buy any GB games! In fact, if you find any just give them to me! I'm here to help.

this might disgust you, but when I obtain a CIB GB game, I put the cart and manual in a DS case, print the cover, and add the box to my trade list. Because:

1. my OCD prefers the uniform look of all the games in the same kind of case.
2. DS cases are thinner, and take up less shelf space than the cardboard boxes.

You need to post some pics of your GB collection. It sounds streamlined and large.

[noiseredux]

I need to quit talking to you because you make me want to buy Gameboy games that Ill never actually play.

Here is the topic I am torn on. If you have the box for a game do you store it in the box and just play a backup/emu copy, or do you store the box in one place and the game in another? Soon I plan on buying several cases of game cases but am cross here.

no, no! Don't buy any GB games! In fact, if you find any just give them to me! I'm here to help.

this might disgust you, but when I obtain a CIB GB game, I put the cart and manual in a DS case, print the cover, and add the box to my trade list. Because:

1. my OCD prefers the uniform look of all the games in the same kind of case.
2. DS cases are thinner, and take up less shelf space than the cardboard boxes.

You need to post some pics of your GB collection. It sounds streamlined and large.

It's probably not as large as you imagine. (I just checked -- 80 games) But it's getting there. People keep asking for pics. I attempted last week for the hell of it, but couldn't get the lighting quite right and gave up quickly. I will at some point though.

[aeon]

It's probably not as large as you imagine. (I just checked -- 80 games) But it's getting there.

HAHAHA! Sir you are one humble collector.

Back on topic though, i have extremely limited room to display my games, as I share a house and commons area with 5 other people. I alphabetically toss my games into cheap thriftstore backpacks and stack them under my desk.

[noiseredux]

It's probably not as large as you imagine. (I just checked -- 80 games) But it's getting there.

HAHAHA! Sir you are one humble collector.

shucks. I guess i feel like that because there are some serious classics that I'm missing. 'know what's sick though? Only like 6 or 7 of the 80 are without a DS case right now!

[Breetai]

I usually do alphabetical and then chronological within a series. So all of your #2 above would fall under "Z" for the Zelda series. This is the same reason I have "Super C" next to "Contra" on my NES shelf - both are in the "Contra" series.

This is also what I do.

[fingersmaloy]

A bit of a diversion from the original topic, but I've had this crazy idea for awhile that my ultimate game room that I'll have one day will have games organized by genre, with the most representative of the genre in the center, gradually diverting from the genre as it fans out. I wonder if it'd be possible to connect all genres seamlessly. Anyone get what I'm talking about?

[noiseredux]

I usually do alphabetical and then chronological within a series. So all of your #2 above would fall under "Z" for the Zelda series. This is the same reason I have "Super C" next to "Contra" on my NES shelf - both are in the "Contra" series.

wait, so you put the Zelda games under Z? All but one of them (pt. II) is titled The Legend Of Zelda... so I put them under L. No?

[Hobie-wan]

I usually do alphabetical and then chronological within a series. So all of your #2 above would fall under "Z" for the Zelda series. This is the same reason I have "Super C" next to "Contra" on my NES shelf - both are in the "Contra" series.

wait, so you put the Zelda games under Z? All but one of them (pt. II) is titled The Legend Of Zelda... so I put them under L. No?

I'm pretty much with D. Separated by console, then alpha by series, then by release date/number in the series. I do the same thing with my music. Alpha by artist, then by release date. I'm torn when an album gets re-released though. If its remastered or has extra stuff, I'll usually stick by date. But occasionally if its identical to the original release I'll put in the original slot since bands usually change over their lifetime.

As for Zelda? Well, everyone just calls it Zelda, but since the first was 'Legend of', I put it under L myself.

[noiseredux]

I do the same thing with my music. Alpha by artist, then by release date. I'm torn when an album gets re-released though. If its remastered or has extra stuff, I'll usually stick by date. But occasionally if its identical to the original release I'll put in the original slot since bands usually change over their lifetime.

re-releases I still file by original album release date because usually any extra material is still from that time period. Ya dig?

[Duane Dibbley]

I usually do alphabetical and then chronological within a series. So all of your #2 above would fall under "Z" for the Zelda series. This is the same reason I have "Super C" next to "Contra" on my NES shelf - both are in the "Contra" series.

wait, so you put the Zelda games under Z? All but one of them (pt. II) is titled The Legend Of Zelda... so I put them under L. No?

As for Zelda? Well, everyone just calls it Zelda, but since the first was 'Legend of', I put it under L myself.

I shelve alphabetically, then chronologically by series, based on the title of the first game. So the Zelda series goes under "L". Series with no established chronology, like Zelda, are in order of release, whereas series with an in-game chronology are sorted in that order (so the Panzer Dragoon series goes Zwei, PD, Saga, Orta). Samplers go at the end after all the regular games.