Loose games. DISPLAYED RIGHT! (pictures!)

[mills]

hate having so many loose NES and SNES carts. They dont look as presentable as when they are complete in original packaging. After much brain storming I decided to try this.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/keithrod/img240.jpg


Still about 50 more loose games to put up there.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v72/keithrod/img239.jpg




I love Velcro.

[MrRoboto19XX]

While I congratulate you on a novel and effective idea, I can't imagine that would be too good for the wall paint.

[mills]

i dont think it will harm the paint in the long run. It reminds of the paint used on high school walls. Also i dont care because we are renting and they always paint the walls every time someone moves out.

[AMG]

Looking forward to seeing your complete SNES wallpaper. :)

[Technosis]

Nice idea....maybe there's hope for all my natsy "no end label" N64 carts.

[Maxx]

Nice idea....maybe there's hope for all my natsy "no end label" N64 carts.

Exactly what I was thinking! I've got little stickers with names on my favorites.

[Griking]

i dont think it will harm the paint in the long run. It reminds of the paint used on high school walls. Also i dont care because we are renting and they always paint the walls every time someone moves out.

Perhaps they always paint the walls when someone moves out because of the condition the tenants leave them in. :-/

How are they stuck to the walls and how do you take them down when you want to play them?

[xtremegamer]

Nice idea....maybe there's hope for all my natsy "no end label" N64 carts.


I hate that! Most of the locall game store write the title on the end which is just more work to clean the game up.

[skaar]

Maybe it's super glue :D

[roushimsx]

Pretty snazzy idea. I've been trying to think of a way to display my loose games and might wind up going with an adjustable cd/dvd rack (basically what I use for my PS2/Xbox/GC games) configured just for NES/SNES carts.

[ProgrammingAce]

Out of curiosity, once you have more then 2 rows, how are you going to get the ones in the middle down?

[mills]

Perhaps they always paint the walls when someone moves out because of the condition the tenants leave them in. :-/

How are they stuck to the walls and how do you take them down when you want to play them?

No it's so when they sell the apartment to someone else it looks new because of the fresh paint.

Its 3m velcro squares. 2 on the wall 2 on the back of the cart. Easily removable. No residue or damage done.

[xfrumx]

Im sure the sticky on the back of that velcro will leave some nasty residue on the back of your cart if it is on there long enough

I hope it works out well for you

[§ Gideon §]

1. Saw thread title.
2. Thought, "YES. Finally."
3. Clicked thread.
4. Pictures take a couple seconds to load, so I read the first post.
5. 'Sounding good...
6. 'Looks promising! ...
7. ... "I love velcro." ... errh

[Wavelflack]

Well, I would say that velcro is a better option than running a drywall screw through each one.


What would be really cool, though, would be to have an entire room covered with velcro, so that you could just toss your games at the walls when you are done with them. $$$

[Nes]

What would be really cool, though, would be to have an entire room covered with velcro, so that you could just toss your games at the walls when you are done with them. $$$

I'll have to consider implementing that idea in the game room I'll have someday.

[mills]

Well, I would say that velcro is a better option than running a drywall screw through each one.


What would be really cool, though, would be to have an entire room covered with velcro, so that you could just toss your games at the walls when you are done with them. $$$

If there's a better, cheaper, easier way let me know!

[Daria]

I'm amazed at all the nay-sayers. Walls aren't exactly hard to touch up and the velcro would peel off the carts easily enough. The end effect looks very spiffy.

[s1lence]

Just watch the sunlight that gets into the room. It will fade the labels insanely quick. I love the idea though, don't think my wife would let me do that. (Nor do I have enough wall space)

[mills]

I'm amazed at all the nay-sayers. Walls aren't exactly hard to touch up and the velcro would peel off the carts easily enough. The end effect looks very spiffy.

Exactly! Its better than putting a nail or a screw through the drywall.
The stuff DOES easily peel off the carts and if it does leave a reisdue which I don't think it will, I can clean it off.


Just watch the sunlight that gets into the room. It will fade the labels insanely quick. I love the idea though, don't think my wife would let me do that. (Nor do I have enough wall space)

There is only one window in this room and the curtain is always closed. I'm very fair skinned and I don't like sunlight at all so it wont be getting in here.

[mills]

1. Saw thread title.
2. Thought, "YES. Finally."
3. Clicked thread.
4. Pictures take a couple seconds to load, so I read the first post.
5. 'Sounding good...
6. 'Looks promising! ...
7. ... "I love velcro." ... errh

How would you go about it?


Out of curiosity, once you have more then 2 rows, how are you going to get the ones in the middle down?

Good question, I suppose a small gap every 2 rows would suffice.

[klausien]

Exactly what I was thinking! I've got little stickers with names on my favorites.

Its all about the Dymo LetraTag, white plastic labels. They have just the right amount of both stickiness and rigidity to look nice when applied, but come off easily without a solvent. The paper ones are too fragile to come off in one piece, but the white plastic is solid. Unfortunately, it is a bit of an expensive endeavor depending on how many games you have, but I am very pleased with the results. Some evidence:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/klausien/n4.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/klausien/32x.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v695/klausien/fami.jpg

My SNES, Super Famicom, Famicom, Genesis, 32X & N64 collections are all loose carts, and I have more of them than I have space. I have to store the SNES, Super Famicom, Famicom, Genesis & 32X games vertically, so I have spine labels.

[§ Gideon §]

How would you go about it?

I actually thought a bit after deciding the velcro solution wasn't satisfactory--with which I see basically 3 problems:

Having to affix an adhesive velcro strip to the back of a cart is not desirable.
Carts are exposed--not just to sunlight but to dust, someone sneezing with a mouthful of water, humidity.
The walls are damaged.
The last problem really isn't a big deal to me. Anyhow, I like the stacked look of what you've done. It's great to see each cart's label at once. Plus, it's plain interesting: I mean, floating carts.

So taking inspiration, I thought it's be nice to have grid-style shelving unit where the carts could face forward. It wouldn't be expandable in terms of depth, and it would definitely be a specialized piece of work--you're not gonna be able to use this for anything but SNES carts, basically--but it would honestly be the best-looking solution for box-less carts. Of course, it would take effort--at least more so than taping velcro strips.

An alternative would be to look into the do-it-yourself box projects going on at the CheapAssGamer forums.

Lastly, I think you're ignoring the very thing that sets apart your velcro solution--the one thing that might make it worthwhile: You aren't restricted to the geometry of a shelf! And look, you've already made two lines stacked right on top of one another, parallel with the floor. Like I said, it's cool that they're, well, floating carts--just stuck to the wall like that. Someone would walk into your room and be impressed. But it would be so much more impressive as an explosion of video games, at weird angles and random orientations, all over one of your walls. At the very least make it a brick wall (every other row offset by half the width of a cart). You can't do these things with shelving.

[mills]

I actually thought a bit after deciding the velcro solution wasn't satisfactory--with which I see basically 3 problems:

Having to affix an adhesive velcro strip to the back of a cart is not desirable.
Carts are exposed--not just to sunlight but to dust, someone sneezing with a mouthful of water, humidity.
The walls are damaged.
The last problem really isn't a big deal to me. Anyhow, I like the stacked look of what you've done. It's great to see each cart's label at once. Plus, it's plain interesting: I mean, floating carts.

So taking inspiration, I thought it's be nice to have grid-style shelving unit where the carts could face forward. It wouldn't be expandable in terms of depth, and it would definitely be a specialized piece of work--you're not gonna be able to use this for anything but SNES carts, basically--but it would honestly be the best-looking solution for box-less carts. Of course, it would take effort--at least more so than taping velcro strips.

An alternative would be to look into the do-it-yourself box projects going on at the CheapAssGamer forums.

Lastly, I think you're ignoring the very thing that sets apart your velcro solution--the one thing that might make it worthwhile: You aren't restricted to the geometry of a shelf! And look, you've already made two lines stacked right on top of one another, parallel with the floor. Like I said, it's cool that they're, well, floating carts--just stuck to the wall like that. Someone would walk into your room and be impressed. But it would be so much more impressive as an explosion of video games, at weird angles and random orientations, all over one of your walls. At the very least make it a brick wall (every other row offset by half the width of a cart). You can't do these things with shelving.

I agree with you on some points but disagree with a couple.

1. Carts are exposed just as easily to dust or other particles on a shelf as they are where I put them. (they are about 6 feet from the floor and over the hutch as you can see)
2. Putting a screw through a wall to mount shelving does more damage to it then a small 3/4" velcro square. The velcro squares can be peeled off leaving nothing behind though. As the backing is made of some sort of durable
rubber/vinyl.
3. The 3/4" velcro squares are places at the back top left and right corners of the cartridge. It appears they can be removed very easily and i don't see much being left behind other than maybe a little bit of clear sticky substance that can be wiped off with a little bit of alcohol.

I like your idea about staggering them but I really like things to appear more uniform than that.

I wanted to avoid top purchase and build new shleving units. althought Im sure it will be needed once all the systems and games are out and open for ready play.

[mills]

I actually thought a bit after deciding the velcro solution wasn't satisfactory--with which I see basically 3 problems:

Having to affix an adhesive velcro strip to the back of a cart is not desirable.
Carts are exposed--not just to sunlight but to dust, someone sneezing with a mouthful of water, humidity.
The walls are damaged.
The last problem really isn't a big deal to me. Anyhow, I like the stacked look of what you've done. It's great to see each cart's label at once. Plus, it's plain interesting: I mean, floating carts.

So taking inspiration, I thought it's be nice to have grid-style shelving unit where the carts could face forward. It wouldn't be expandable in terms of depth, and it would definitely be a specialized piece of work--you're not gonna be able to use this for anything but SNES carts, basically--but it would honestly be the best-looking solution for box-less carts. Of course, it would take effort--at least more so than taping velcro strips.

An alternative would be to look into the do-it-yourself box projects going on at the CheapAssGamer forums.

Lastly, I think you're ignoring the very thing that sets apart your velcro solution--the one thing that might make it worthwhile: You aren't restricted to the geometry of a shelf! And look, you've already made two lines stacked right on top of one another, parallel with the floor. Like I said, it's cool that they're, well, floating carts--just stuck to the wall like that. Someone would walk into your room and be impressed. But it would be so much more impressive as an explosion of video games, at weird angles and random orientations, all over one of your walls. At the very least make it a brick wall (every other row offset by half the width of a cart). You can't do these things with shelving.

I agree with you on some points but disagree with a couple.

1. Carts are exposed just as easily to dust or other particles on a shelf as they are where I put them. (they are about 6 feet from the floor and over the hutch as you can see)
2. Putting a screw through a wall to mount shelving does more damage to it then a small 3/4" velcro square. The velcro squares can be peeled off leaving nothing more behind then a little sticky leftover that is easily removed with a wet sponge. As the backing is made of some sort of durable
rubber/vinyl.
3. The 3/4" velcro squares are places at the back top left and right corners of the cartridge. It appears they can be removed very easily and i don't see much being left behind other than maybe a little bit of clear sticky substance that can be wiped off with a little bit of alcohol.

I like your idea about staggering them but I really like things to appear more uniform than that.

I wanted to avoid top purchase and build new shleving units. althought Im sure it will be needed once all the systems and games are out and open for ready play.

[qbertandernie]

seems an ok idea. the sticky crap is easy enough to remove...but what happens when you get more games? this is a viable option for a smaller collection i guess, but i can see where the walls would quickly fill up.

[§ Gideon §]

I see what you mean, Mills. Like Daria said, you can't argue with the end result: It actually looks pretty good. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing the final product, so uh... Hurry up.

[mills]

I have about 50 more loose carts, I ran out of velcro!

[Trebuken]

Really cool idea. I think I would try to find/make some sort of shelving using slat walling first, I've got way too many carts to be putting velcro on each one...

[cyberfluxor]

What would be really cool, though, would be to have an entire room covered with velcro, so that you could just toss your games at the walls when you are done with them. $$$

That would be badass! A velcro walled room would just be awesome. When you're done with a game just fling it at the wall and poof, it sticks and is
"stored" away. Off to the next game!