OCD question about filing your collection...

[noiseredux]

Okay, so I'm very anal about keeping my collection in order. My games are on a shelf, in alphabetical order. Here's my question: would you keep a series strictly alphabetical, OR would you put it in chronological series order?

example: Zelda series

1. alphabetical

The Legend Of Zelda
The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link

2. chronological

The Legend Of Zelda
Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link
The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past

Discuss.

[the7k]

I arrange my games by Genre , then developer, and then alphabetic, but with chronological exceptions.

So, for instance, all my Capcom-developed 2D Fighters will be in one section, with X-Men vs Street Fighter coming before Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter due to chronological appearance. Then, all my SNK-developed 2D Fighters, so on and so forth.

Of course, I keep all of my games separated by system as well, so Zelda III wouldn't be anywhere close to Zelda I and II.

[dsheinem]

Okay, so I'm very anal about keeping my collection in order. My games are on a shelf, in alphabetical order. Here's my question: would you keep a series strictly alphabetical, OR would you put it in chronological series order?

example: Zelda series

1. alphabetical

The Legend Of Zelda
The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past
Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link

2. chronological

The Legend Of Zelda
Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link
The Legend Of Zelda: A Link To The Past

Discuss.

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.

[noiseredux]

Of course, I keep all of my games separated by system as well, so Zelda III wouldn't be anywhere close to Zelda I and II.

Zelda I-III are all GBA ports for me

You get hardcore about your filing! I could never seperate by genre, publisher, etc.

[fastbilly1]

I use to organize based on date of purchase. So with the cube it was: Monkey Ball, Rogue Squadron, Smash Brothers, Fifa 02, etc. But nowadays, when they are organized, it is the same as dsheinem. Broken up by system, alphabetical with chronology for series.

[noiseredux]

Broken up by system, alphabetical with chronology for series.

This is basically how I have it. But I have GB/GBC/GBA/e-Reader all filed together as "one big system."

[fastbilly1]

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.

[dsheinem]

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.

I keep them in the box until I play them, and then put them back after.

[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.

[17DaysOlderThanNES]

I group mine by genre as well, then usually by logical similarity. i.e. I'll have shooters as a genre, then I'll have FPS, then overhead, then platforming, then space shooters. Then I'll have racing and I'll go from arcade to realism starting with the most arcadey to the most simmy. If, say, I have 5 Need For Speed games, I always go chronological, alphabetical doesn't make sense IMO. The only time I would just group alphabetically is in my "OMGWTFBBQ" genre section for games like Mister Mosquito, Katamari Damacy, etc.