Best Gameboy Storage?

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Best Gameboy Storage?

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Looking online, there seems to be several options for a transportable case for storing ones gameboy (or any other applicable handheld system).

What does everyone use to store their handhelds? Or use for transport?
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The Nihilist wrote:Looking online, there seems to be several options for a transportable case for storing ones gameboy (or any other applicable handheld system).

What does everyone use to store their handhelds? Or use for transport?
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Check out that link for good pictures -- I can't link to them here, but it carried your Game Boy (or Game Boy Color), all wires, games, the rechargeable battery pack, and the separate Vic Tokai Light Boy. Plus, it was a hard shell case, so it protected everything nice.
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I like the hard-shell style cases like these.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/260936393578
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120844537235

Mostly because of the lingering memories of getting my Game Gear stepped on as a kid. :x :)
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I know this is about protecting the Game Boy itself, but since the subject is similar, I thought I point out a cheap and easy way I found to store and display original Game Boy and Gameboy Color games:

I use a binder and 6-pocket long card pages, seen here:

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They fit quite nicely, it protects them from the elements, and you can flip through your game collection pretty easily, it's cheap, plus easy storage.
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My GBA fits in a plastic pencil case with a few games. Not the best since everything is loose, but it does work OK and is fairly compact.
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The one I have right now is this:



it's the picture on the far left.
It's all right, but doesn't provide much protection for the gameboy itself. That and it doesn't like holding games with the storage case (as you can hold somewhere around 5-8 games).
Thought about getting a Pelican case but wasn';t sure if there is a cheaper alternative than going overboard with what is used to store 9MM pistols
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BurningDoom wrote:I know this is about protecting the Game Boy itself, but since the subject is similar, I thought I point out a cheap and easy way I found to store and display original Game Boy and Gameboy Color games:
^ I like those too. Another one, the "BCW Pro-4T" works great for storing loose GB booklets.
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I try to get the plastic hard cases when I can. I'm still kicking myself to this day about passing on a bid for about 20 of them for a very decent price.
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Jontendo wrote:I like the hard-shell style cases like these.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/260936393578
http://www.ebay.com/itm/120844537235

Mostly because of the lingering memories of getting my Game Gear stepped on as a kid. :x :)
I own both of those cases but my gameboy shaped one is missing the insert tray( the piece with the game slots that is holding the light boy), that case is big enough to hold multiple game boys and quite a lot of games.
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my buddy CatchFiveBats used to use velveeta cheese boxes. :lol:
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