Do you restore the boxes to your loose games?

[Zthun]

Let's say you get a loose cartridge or CD set from any store or auction. Do you download/make a label and put the loose game in a media case, or do you just keep it loose?

I like putting old games in cases, so I restore packaging to my games.

[BetaWolf47]

I'm a weird guy. I keep all of my games loose except my optical discs. Even if I get a cartridge game complete, I take the cart out and (carefully) put the case/box in the closet. This may change soon though :P

[HappehLemons]

I'm a weird guy. I keep all of my games loose except my optical discs. Even if I get a cartridge game complete, I take the cart out and (carefully) put the case/box in the closet. This may change soon though :P

I do the same thing

[tom]

I do have a few lose carts, I do not include those in my collection until they at least have a box. Basically this means one day I might get the game again, but boxed.

I only ever included two games with selfmade boxes in my collection:
Virtual Boy: Insmouse Mansion:

7800 Tank Command (I got a selfmade burned cart, as I was getting fed up seeing that game sell on ebay for $500 or more. So I made my own box, it was easy using a VCS plastic style box (the Aussie ones)):

[mobiusclimber]

*drools over insmouse no yakata*

I don't make my own boxes or inserts, I just wait til I can find "orphans." Or I end up getting the game complete and selling the loose copy.

[kedawa]

I had never done this until recently. I had a loose copy of Pikmin, and a couple of loose GBA carts and I wanted to store them with the rest of my games, so I ordered some cases from nintendo and used my friends color laser printer to print DVD and clamshell inserts.
I've also made a few custom clamshell inserts for my GBA flashcarts. Emulator screenshots from the title screens of GBA games fit perfectly on the thin side of the insert at 300dpi. Being able to isolate the title graphics by layer also helps a lot.

[tom]

I just noticed that I've got a (very badly) selfmade Block Out box:

[The 1 2 P]

I never make fake labels or boxes. I keep my loose carts loose until I get their boxes. And I don't buy loose cd/dvd games. I do have a few demos without their official sleeves but those I keep in a generic cd sleeve until I can find the original.