retro game cases

[kainemaxwell]

http://myworld.ebay.com/retrogamecases/

Any thoughts on these?

[bigbacon]

i think a nintendoage member runs that place.

[JSoup]

i think a nintendoage member runs that place.

I can't tell if you're saying the company is good or not.

[yoshi64]

Those cases are just these Universal Game Cases (http://www.mediashelving.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Session_ID=d36eb1689c8f1bb83b1e737b4c 4ba1ac&Screen=PROD&Store_Code=W&Product_Code=USCG&Category_Code=MED) with printed artwork from The Cover Project (http://www.thecoverproject.net/index.php). It's a lot cheaper to just print/trim the artwork and stick it into the empty cases. They are designed to fit SNES, N64 and Genesis (both regular and large EA ones) cartridges, however need to have some of the inside modded in order to store NES cartridges. As for the GameBoy cases, they are just standard DS cases (the older kind that had a slot for a GBA cart), which can also be modified to accommodate GameBoy/GameBoy Color carts.

[StoneAgeGamer]

We have actually have begun production of some of our own cases. They are not close to as cheap (price-wise) as the UGC, but higher quality. However they are much more affordable than these other stores selling the cover art + UGC. We started with NES. They will be sold in singles, 10-packs, or 100-packs. 100-packs come with 100 free cover art prints of your choice. We plan on making them for other systems as well.

We are almost ready to put the NES cases up for sale, we are just working on the system that will allow customers to select what cover art they want printed. We expect them to go up late June / early July.

http://www.stoneagegamer.com/bitbox-nes-game-case-100-pack.html

6772

[wiggyx]

Don't forget that your NES cases just so happen to fit SNES games pretty comfortably as well ;)


Also, the retro game case guy is a member here as well under the name Wingzrow I believe.

[TheRetroVideoGameAddict]

I've ordered a ton of these from this guy, probably going on about 20+ of them now and I'm not going to stop until my entire NES collection is cased, then I'll move onto the SNES and beyond because these cases are so damn nice. Pricey.....but nice. Highly recommended!

[Jimmy Yakapucci]

I've ordered a ton of these from this guy, probably going on about 20+ of them now

I don't know if I want to buy any of those cases. The shipping must be outrageous if 20+ cases weigh a ton. :ass:

[wiggyx]

If you're already at 20+, then you've thrown a lot of money away. For the price you paid you could have ordered a box of 100 cases and printed off your own covers (plus have a ton of cases leftover for the future).

[TheRetroVideoGameAddict]

If you're already at 20+, then you've thrown a lot of money away. For the price you paid you could have ordered a box of 100 cases and printed off your own covers (plus have a ton of cases leftover for the future).

Yeah, but I hate putting in the work to do stuff like that and this guy makes them really nice so I don't mind paying. It isn't like I don't have the cash to burn, so why the heck not? I enjoy these cases quite a bit. Besides, I order directly from him and not from eBay and he gives good deals if you buy in bulk. My first order was for 13 cases, he knocked off like 25% for me which was nice of him.

[fluid_matrix]

Yeah, but I hate putting in the work to do stuff like that and this guy makes them really nice so I don't mind paying. It isn't like I don't have the cash to burn, so why the heck not? I enjoy these cases quite a bit. Besides, I order directly from him and not from eBay and he gives good deals if you buy in bulk. My first order was for 13 cases, he knocked off like 25% for me which was nice of him.

I guess I don't understand. How hard is it to send a file to the printer?

[Spleeze]

I guess I don't understand. How hard is it to send a file to the printer?

There's a bit more to it than that.

You'll want to use a decent quality paper and have a decent quality printer to make anything that looks good.

Assuming you have a good printer and the right paper you'll also need ink.
Depending on how many of these you want to print it could be a LOT of ink. Ink is expensive.

Personally, I bought a case of UGCs and I download the images from thecoverproject.net and take them to a print shop to get printed and cut.

I haven't done a cost breakdown, but I'd honestly think that it might cost just as much to do the printing at home as it does to get the inserts printed out somewhere else.

That being said, I wouldn't go buy these premade cases unless I won the lottery.

[Parodius Duh!]

The ultimate lazy gamers case.

Just buy some UGCs, get a package of heavier stock paper and print away.

[TheRetroVideoGameAddict]

Ink is something I've sold and filled for customer for years and some ink cartridges can sell for up to about $100 for the set, with most costing around $66-$70 depending upon the amount of .mil the cartridge holds. Buying ink, paper, a high quality printer, the cases, and doing the cutting would cost a lot and would take up so much personal time of mine that I just don't want to deal with it, so buying these cases works well for me.

[Loganm187]

Ink is something I've sold and filled for customer for years and some ink cartridges can sell for up to about $100 for the set, with most costing around $66-$70 depending upon the amount of .mil the cartridge holds. Buying ink, paper, a high quality printer, the cases, and doing the cutting would cost a lot and would take up so much personal time of mine that I just don't want to deal with it, so buying these cases works well for me.

TEN BUCKS A PIECE! REALLY? You are seriously wasting so much money on that ebay store, but that guy sure has one hell of a racket going on and has cornered the market as I tried to sell the exact same product for 2 dollars less and no one was biting. ( I have massive positive seller feedback on ebay too) Late last year I purchased 500 Universal game cases and printed high quality color inserts that look amazing at a local print shop for ten cents a piece (Office max wanted like 70 cents). I SPENT LESS than what you would spend on 40 of his pre made cases with artwork for 500 of the EXACT SAME cases and artwork quality. Unless you are a lazy millionaire there is no way you can justify wasting money like that....

[Polygon]

What is your time worth, really? At $10 a case, I think you're overestimating what it's worth. That's a huge rip off, not to mention illegal. I'll gladly stick to making my own.

[wiggyx]

Ink is something I've sold and filled for customer for years and some ink cartridges can sell for up to about $100 for the set, with most costing around $66-$70 depending upon the amount of .mil the cartridge holds. Buying ink, paper, a high quality printer, the cases, and doing the cutting would cost a lot and would take up so much personal time of mine that I just don't want to deal with it, so buying these cases works well for me.

I've cased more than 550 games and consoles.

http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k99/wiggyx/panoramic1_zpsa42afc67.jpg

If I had paid 7.50-10 per case, then it would have cost a fortune. Even with the rather pricey paper that I use (http://m.adorama.com/newui/search.aspx?sku=IESS041605&MerchantOverride=ADORAMA&MerchantData=20121120195037539b6), and OEM Canon inks (not refill garbage), it still costs me a fraction of that.

I make all of my own covers, so the time spent printing and cutting them is nothing by comparison. But still, we're talking less than 2-3 minutes of work between downloading a file, opening it, clicking print, then trimming it.

[TheRetroVideoGameAddict]

Well, like I said before that nobody seemed to catch is thatthis guy discounted me hheavily for buying in bulk with a 25% off deal for contacting him personally and not using FeeBay. He told me he would discount further should I buy in bulk again so I will take that into account on my next order.

[wiggyx]

If I had paid 7.50-10 per case, then it would have cost a fortune.


Well, like I said before that nobody seemed to catch is thatthis guy discounted me hheavily for buying in bulk with a 25% off deal for contacting him personally and not using FeeBay. He told me he would discount further should I buy in bulk again so I will take that into account on my next order.

I caught it just fine.

[Loganm187]

I caught it just fine.

Even if the guy discounted them 50 percent it would be a huge rip off still... Some people.

[fluid_matrix]

I'm glad I'm not the only one seeing this as a huge ripoff. I give the guy kuddos for marketing them and selling them, as he's making a pretty decent profit. In fact, if I only needed 1 case, maybe 2, I might purchase them. But, if you're casing everything you own, you're just throwing money to the wind that could be spend on more games.

[wiggyx]

Not to mention that he's profiting from all the hard work of the members on TCP while not contributing anything to the community, like all the leaches that download and sell covers from the site.

[ProjectCamaro]

He is making an absolute killing off you. I have purchased several 100 universal game case boxes to do my own cases. My old printer stopped working so I had to buy a new printer and even after all that I am still WAY under what he's charging you for the cases. Obviously do whatever makes you happy but you are paying much, much more than you would for doing it yourself.


Not to mention that he's profiting from all the hard work of the members on TCP while not contributing anything to the community, like all the leaches that download and sell covers from the site.

That's a huge problem in my opinion. I do not have the ability to create covers myself and I do use TheCoverProject.net for my covers but I won't date try to make money off other's hard work. That's just not right.

[Sneak613]

Not to mention that he's profiting from all the hard work of the members on TCP while not contributing anything to the community, like all the leaches that download and sell covers from the site.

^^^ This.

I have contributed a few raw scans (some rare ones) over the past year or so at TCP, and just shake my head when weeks later I see that same cover has suddenly become available for sale on eBay. Coincidence? Seems unlikely. :roll:

[Trebuken]

Couple thoughts.

I thought OfficeMax and such would not print these due to copyright reasons? I guess that may depend on the store and whether they enforce it.

I have only bought one of these cases; I am not sure it was from the ebay store discussed here, but I am sure it was produced roughly the same way.

I would only buy these for a game I consider 'must be cased not to protect it'. A game that costs more than a few bucks. In my case it was a reproduction of Secret of Mana 2. I have a substantial RPG collection so in my mind it needed a case. Also, it seems to me that these cases add to the value of the cart/game by almost $10, thought not nearly as much as the original box/manual combo would.

My hope is to find a local spot to print, rather than fighting with the price of ink and make my own except when it is worth buying one.

[ProjectCamaro]

Couple thoughts.

I thought OfficeMax and such would not print these due to copyright reasons? I guess that may depend on the store and whether they enforce it.

It is up to the employee handling it. I've had some say they're ok with it and others take issue with it when I first tried.

[wiggyx]

Couple thoughts.

I thought OfficeMax and such would not print these due to copyright reasons? I guess that may depend on the store and whether they enforce it.

I have only bought one of these cases; I am not sure it was from the ebay store discussed here, but I am sure it was produced roughly the same way.

I would only buy these for a game I consider 'must be cased not to protect it'. A game that costs more than a few bucks. In my case it was a reproduction of Secret of Mana 2. I have a substantial RPG collection so in my mind it needed a case. Also, it seems to me that these cases add to the value of the cart/game by almost $10, thought not nearly as much as the original box/manual combo would.

My hope is to find a local spot to print, rather than fighting with the price of ink and make my own except when it is worth buying one.

Some will, some won't. Sometimes it just depends on the employee that you talk to.

There's literally like 2 sources for the cases, and they are indeed all the same.

It's a crap-shoot with regards to added value. Based on what I've sold and what I've seen sold on ebay, the added value isn't at all consistent.

There are FAQs on TCP outlining where you have the best chance of getting covers printed and how to have them printed (Office Max and the like very often screw up and print at the wrong scale).

[MetalFRO]

I wish I had this problem :P

My house is so small, I have to keep my carts in boxes & tubs under my bed, which generally keeps them dust-free. I'd be more inclined to spend money to purchase the NES dust jackets or SNES dust covers before shelling out for this stuff, though the idea of UGC boxes & printing my own inserts (I have a nice color laser printer) is quite tempting, assuming I ever have space/room to display them out somewhere. If that happens, I might have to think about this for all my incomplete games.

[needler420]

I can't see how custom cases add value unless you're one of the suckers paying for them.

You can buy like 100 universal cases for like $60 bucks and can print the highest quality paper and ink for 100 games at kinkos for under $10 bucks.

Then just trim the edges and done. It's less then a dollar a game to do. The only reason I don't do it is space restrictions. Those universal cases are way too fat and big. I can make the space if I wanted but I have no desire to display my collection.

I was tempted to start the project at one point and was looking at all the cases on TCP. I am glad I changed my mind.

People rarely ever come to my house but once I make more friends I still wouldn't want them knowing the kind of collection I have. Even if they are your best friend words gets around and if a bad person finds out it can bring trouble your way.

It's also why I don't do a lot of bragging. Even though I'm about to have insurance there is like a thousand dollar deductible.

You'd be surprised at how many people I knew involved with precious metals couldn't keep their mouth shut and end up in bad situations. Far as any one is concerned I only own 6 video games and I lost all the rest in a boating accident while on a fishing trip.

[Xander]

I can't see how custom cases add value unless you're one of the suckers paying for them.

You can buy like 100 universal cases for like $60 bucks and can print the highest quality paper and ink for 100 games at kinkos for under $10 bucks.

Then just trim the edges and done. It's less then a dollar a game to do. The only reason I don't do it is space restrictions. Those universal cases are way too fat and big. I can make the space if I wanted but I have no desire to display my collection.

I was tempted to start the project at one point and was looking at all the cases on TCP. I am glad I changed my mind.

People rarely ever come to my house but once I make more friends I still wouldn't want them knowing the kind of collection I have. Even if they are your best friend words gets around and if a bad person finds out it can bring trouble your way.

It's also why I don't do a lot of bragging. Even though I'm about to have insurance there is like a thousand dollar deductible.

You'd be surprised at how many people I knew involved with precious metals couldn't keep their mouth shut and end up in bad situations. Far as any one is concerned I only own 6 video games and I lost all the rest in a boating accident while on a fishing trip.

The morale of the story is don't invite shady people in your house? I don't understand your life.

[needler420]

The morale of the story is don't invite shady people in your house? I don't understand your life.



Not letting shady people in your house is common sense.

Aren't you the one who got robbed of you're video game collection? I recall reading a post about it awhile back.

If anything whether it was a stranger or linked to someone you knew, point is you should get where I'm coming from considering you had your games stolen.


statistically speaking I'm pretty sure there is a high % of robberies where the victims are associated with the perpetrator more so then a random robbery from a stranger.

Normally they know what they came for and they know what they are looking for. To what % these statistics are fact I'm not sure but I know it's not the first time hearing it.

[jperryss]

You can buy like 100 universal cases for like $60 bucks and can print the highest quality paper and ink for 100 games at kinkos for under $10 bucks.

Color prints on legal (8x14) paper at FedEx/Kinkos are $1 each, plus the time spent on the computer printing 'em. I went this exact route because a) I didn't own a printer, and b) even if I did, the color laser they've got is much nicer.

Doing it this way came out to about $2 each with the cost of the cases factored in. Still way cheaper than getting them from this guy on eBay.

[Xander]

Not letting shady people in your house is common sense.

Aren't you the one who got robbed of you're video game collection? I recall reading a post about it awhile back.

If anything whether it was a stranger or linked to someone you knew, point is you should get where I'm coming from considering you had your games stolen.


statistically speaking I'm pretty sure there is a high % of robberies where the victims are associated with the perpetrator more so then a random robbery from a stranger.

Normally they know what they came for and they know what they are looking for. To what % these statistics are fact I'm not sure but I know it's not the first time hearing it.

Yeah the policeman who came for the report was pretty sure it was related to people I knew, and I also think statistics are likely to corroborate higher incidence of having a relation between the thieves and the victim. But in my case they caught the 3 dudes a few months later (couldn't retrieve any of my stock tho), they just randomly targeted condos in the city.

What I did not get from your message is why you wouldn't want to share your collection with your friends. I assume it's a fairly important part of your life considering your involvement on this forum (and a few others I think?). I don't go out of my way to tell strangers I collect video games, but all my friends know I do. Gaming is not my whole life but considering I devote to this activity a fair share of my spare time, it's very likely to get in the conversation when I'm amongst friends.

[Loganm187]

Most people I know I'd say 90 percent of them have no idea I have an entire retro videogame room. They think I only have a wii in the living room lol. My 2 or 3 very good close friends come over and play old games with me every week. I don't boast to people about my collection or anything I "own" especially on facebook where i see fellow collectors and just random people posting pics everyday of there rare finds and I can easily find out where they live and rob them. I have had two friends that were robbed because of facebook posting about items they bought. One of the them had most of his game collection stolen. They took over a hundred snes games. I keep my shit private on places like facebook etc. for good reason. Pics of my game room only go on forums.

[plasticMan]

back in the day, there was a guy selling these for dirt cheap. they had n-usa stamped on them. i suppose the dude got 'em from some where local.
i got a sh1t ton of 'em for a few tacos, and when i went back for him - i couldn't find a trace.
any ideas...?

[Eternal Champion]

I've considered these custom cases simply because I need a small handful, maybe less. 2 Genesis games that don't have cases; all of my SNES carts have dust sleeves, but putting into a clamshell case would be cool.
So, then, buying bulk Universal Game Cases would be silly for me, because I want such a small number.
But, $10 is steep; if I want, say, a Sonic 2 case, I could just buy the whole dang thing for under $10, but not something like Gaiares.
At least for Genesis, I could buy a cheap, shitty sports game and use that case.

The one thing that seems to be a drawback about these cases is the lack of space and/or tabs for manuals, for me, anyway; I love the utility of the Genesis style of case where I don't have to store anything separately.

[wiggyx]

Yeah the policeman who came for the report was pretty sure it was related to people I knew, and I also think statistics are likely to corroborate higher incidence of having a relation between the thieves and the victim. But in my case they caught the 3 dudes a few months later (couldn't retrieve any of my stock tho), they just randomly targeted condos in the city.

What I did not get from your message is why you wouldn't want to share your collection with your friends. I assume it's a fairly important part of your life considering your involvement on this forum (and a few others I think?). I don't go out of my way to tell strangers I collect video games, but all my friends know I do. Gaming is not my whole life but considering I devote to this activity a fair share of my spare time, it's very likely to get in the conversation when I'm amongst friends.

Based on all the posts of needler's that I've read, he doesn't really have friends or want them. Poor little fella must have been seriously mind-fucked at some point in his life. He seems to think everyone is, or will be out to get him :/

[JSoup]

Based on all the posts of needler's that I've read, he doesn't really have friends or want them. Poor little fella must have been seriously mind-fucked at some point in his life. He seems to think everyone is, or will be out to get him :/

You're over thinking it. The guy is just an obvious, bad troll and has pretty much admitted to that in a previous topic. Sooner he goes the way of The Shawn, the better.

[wiggyx]

I know he's a troll. Seriously though, he's super paranoid.

[needler420]

I know he's a troll. Seriously though, he's super paranoid.

Paranoid about what? I don't even get paranoid when I smoke weed.

If by paranoid you mean about my game collection it's because I don't want to end up robbed of my collection like Xander did. That's doesn't mean none of my friends don't know about my collection.

It just means I don't post pics and make youtubes videos showing the extent of my collection to random strangers online. I love it when you knuckleheads do a unboxing showing the address at the same time. All while the youtube comments talk about how dumb and at risk you are for getting robbed.

If I recall Xander just stated the police officer who filed his police report told him him that he thinks the perpetrators are associated with him. Regardless if that is the case or not I'd rather be paranoid and safe about my collection then showboating it online just to gloat about it.

More so then me being paranoid I think someone is butt hurt about all the trouble I brought to their business and site about repros. Hope you been enjoying it. I haven't lost any sleep. I been reading some of the comments on your site and the trouble you have from it. I enjoy it. Good luck.:vamp:

[wiggyx]

Paranoid about what? I don't even get paranoid when I smoke weed.

If by paranoid you mean about my game collection it's because I don't want to end up robbed of my collection like Xander did. That's doesn't mean none of my friends don't know about my collection.

It just means I don't post pics and make youtubes videos showing the extent of my collection to random strangers online. I love it when you knuckleheads do a unboxing showing the address at the same time. All while the youtube comments talk about how dumb and at risk you are for getting robbed.

If I recall Xander just stated the police officer who filed his police report told him him that he thinks the perpetrators are associated with him. Regardless if that is the case or not I'd rather be paranoid and safe about my collection then showboating it online just to gloat about it.

More so then me being paranoid I think someone is butt hurt about all the trouble I brought to their business and site about repros. Hope you been enjoying it. I haven't lost any sleep. I been reading some of the comments on your site and the trouble you have from it. I enjoy it. Good luck.:vamp:

You be making stuff up. I been enjoying my success without any problems. I keep on doing what I doing and loving it every day!

I been reading that you smoke illegal, unlicensed pot. I read the comments that you be making on many forums and I be enjoying the replies to them. Derpity-Derp!

[JSoup]

More so then me being paranoid I think someone is butt hurt about all the trouble I brought to their business and site about repros. Hope you been enjoying it. I haven't lost any sleep. I been reading some of the comments on your site and the trouble you have from it. I enjoy it. Good luck.:vamp:

Seriously, can we just lose this fucker already? He contributes nothing but ad hominem arguments, pot shots at wiggyx and general trolling.

[needler420]

Seriously, can we just lose this fucker already? He contributes nothing but ad hominem arguments, pot shots at wiggyx and general trolling.

I'm not making pot shots at him. He is making them at me. He was told from numerous members on cheap ass gamer to add me to the ignore list. As I stated multiple times he chooses not to and would rather refute with me.

Not to mention this site has an ignore feature as well. You and him both choose to ignore it. Guess what though I am adding you this time to my ignore list because of your ignorance.


PS Wiggy using the site to make my pot comments may be against the TOS but it's not illegal. It's perfectly legal to admit to drug use.


Using the site to facilitate and solicit unlicensed reproductions is not only against the TOS on here it's an actually criminal.

[bb_hood]

I'm not making pot shots at him. He is making them at me.

Cant we all just get along? I think we all just need to take a big hit of the sour diesel and get back on topic: what a rip-off those 'custom' cases are.



I been reading that you smoke illegal, unlicensed pot.

what the hell is unlicensed pot?

[needler420]

Cant we all just get along? I think we all just need to take a big hit of the sour diesel and get back on topic: what a rip-off those 'custom' cases are.



what the hell is unlicensed pot?


Careful about your reference to sour diesel and marijuana reference. Wiggy will throw pot calls at you for eternity if you get on his bad side.

I'm guessing he is using unlicensed pot because I give him flake on other forums for selling unlicensed gaming content. I guess it's his comeback at how I smoke with without a medicinal license or something.

And no we can't get along. I'm Sheldon Cooper and he's Wil Wheaton. We're mortal enemies.

6798

[Spleeze]

Bonus: I learned how to use the ignore functionality!

[wiggyx]

I'm not making pot shots at him. He is making them at me. He was told from numerous members on cheap ass gamer to add me to the ignore list. As I stated multiple times he chooses not to and would rather refute with me.

Not to mention this site has an ignore feature as well. You and him both choose to ignore it. Guess what though I am adding you this time to my ignore list because of your ignorance.


PS Wiggy using the site to make my pot comments may be against the TOS but it's not illegal. It's perfectly legal to admit to drug use.


Using the site to facilitate and solicit unlicensed reproductions is not only against the TOS on here it's an actually criminal.

Illegal to posess and use. You know, how you like to call me out on my "illegal" doings. Derp.

Pot, meet kettle.


Cant we all just get along? I think we all just need to take a big hit of the sour diesel and get back on topic: what a rip-off those 'custom' cases are.



what the hell is unlicensed pot?

It's a joke at needler's expense. He likes to call everything out as "unlicensed and illegal".

[BricatSegaFan]

It's a joke at needler's expense. He likes to call everything out as "unlicensed and illegal".

Like my gardener....or the guy who carpeted my bedrooms in under an hour by himself while his truck was still on.

[needler420]

Why do you hire unlicensed illegals? I am licensed and legal.

[wiggyx]

Why do you hire unlicensed illegals? I am licensed and legal.

You need a license in Florida to flip burgers?!

[needler420]

You need a license in Florida to flip burgers?!

No. Do you need one to sell games at the flea market?

[JSoup]

No. Do you need one to sell games at the flea market?

I thought you made use of the ignore feature and, therefore, wouldn't be seeing wiggyx's posts?

[BricatSegaFan]

So these game cases are bad news then eh?

[Polygon]

And no we can't get along. I'm Sheldon Cooper and he's Wil Wheaton. We're mortal enemies.

6798

Unless there's been an episode since, Sheldon and Wil Wheaton make up at his birthday party.


So these game cases are bad news then eh?

Unless you enjoy being ripped off and supporting others who like to profit from the hard work of others.

[wiggyx]

No. Do you need one to sell games at the flea market?

I do have a vendor's license and am a registered LLC. Though, to be clear, I never made claim that I was licensed for anything. But you're right, it really doesn't require a license to start your own business/brand from scratch.

So what exactly are you licensed to do?

[needler420]

I do have a vendor's license and am a registered LLC. Though, to be clear, I never made claim that I was licensed for anything. But you're right, it really doesn't require a license to start your own business/brand from scratch.

So what exactly are you licensed to do?

Contractor's License. I used to frame. Thinking about going back to it since the money is nice but working on a roof in FL is killer.