The Best Way To Display Your Game Boy Game Collection

How do you store your game boy games? What tips do you have for displaying your collection? Let me know in the comments!

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[Bandinthesky]

A few ways I've seen
- Cassette tape cases with custom J cards
- Custom DS cases with GameBoy art
- The nail-polish holder idea seems to work for some people

[SandroSensei]

You should store them in casette tapes. Its very beautiful. Look it up, there are videos on youtube how to do this. The games fit perfect 👌🏻

[aershipinteractive]

Have you considered the cassette tape box method? You can even print your own art and give it some personality. Then you can stand them all on their sides so you see the spine art/title.

[jimijames]

I’ve only just got massively into gameboy. Perfect timing!

[rolandosepulveda]

It's very cool to discover your channel for that amazing video of 5 years ago searching for ideas to display gameboy games and seeing this video just next to it.

[gamebuoygames]

Also; stuff I'd made appearing briefly in the video made me audibly say "aww". Especially with 'em being easy to spot like that, a bit proud that one's at the front and center of the homebrew container. First one I ever made, sitting there, repping the homebrew scene. Noice.

[Warruz]

Gameboy & Gameboy Color I have been making custom covers for Cassette cases and GBA games using old DS cases and making covers for them as well. Looks nice, albeit it takes a bit of time, but makes everything look clean on a shelf.

[viridionwaves]

This is an excellent question. It sounds like you're looking for a space efficient option. The best option of course would be to make space for that glass shelving you liked. If its not broke dont fix it, so i think making space for that is the best option. If thats not possible, if you have some blank wall space, probably the best thing would be to build custom shelving. Its not that expensive and you can make very short and narrow shelves (since gb games are small) and stack a ton up. You can make them out of wood or get custom cut glass shelves made and just install the brackets directly into the wooden stud. Shouldnt be too too expensive either. Other than that, you can do what I do. I put mine all in the single style plastic protector cases (you can buy aftermarket ones online for cheap that look like the originals). Then I stack them together loose (in the cases) on my shelving. Just keep them in a known order and you'll have to pull out a few stacks each to check for your game, but it keeps them organized and compact. Its just not great for display.

[Bobbyjones]

I buy aftermarket cases from a seller based in the US called Custom Game Cases. They’re North American DS cases (with a slot that holds GB or GBA cartridges) with decent quality prints of the original box artwork. I then store them in a shelf off amazon that’s designed to hold CD jewel cases and they fit very well. I don’t have nearly as many gameboy games as you but I prioritize my favorite games and keep their Instruction Booklets in with them too!

[Evercade_Effect]

I would only keep your favorite game son display that you can see. The rest of them I would organize them alphabetically in those plastic boxes. I would make a spread sheet and list the games in each box you can can do a search and find them quickly on your computer. You could also print out the list for each box and tape it it the outside of the box or fold it and out it in the top of the box.

[mortalelf]

I feel like the two compact methods I'm seeing out there are mini boxes and cassette cases. The mini boxes seem to be more work, since you'd be printing, cutting, and assembling a scaled-down version of the original box; the cassette cases require buying the cases and printing j-cards, and usually some sort of insert to hold the cartridge (and post-removal, depending on the case type). On the plus side, there are plenty of compact display options for cassette cases readily available, but they are a bit bigger than a mini box can get, so less space-efficient.

[vix_in_japan]

What I use is something I can't really recommend as I'm in Japan and you might not be able to get them but I use long trading card storage boxes that are similar to what you have there. I then use some cut down trading card organization dividers that I have simply alphabetically arranged. Almost all of my games are Japanese so it was a toss up between using ABC or the "gojuuonjun" (Japanese ordering system) -- I don't display any games, nor do I have as many as you (maybe about 150?) so that helps but then I have the boxes that I can pull out and I can instantly see which has say M for Motocross Maniacs for example. I only have two boxed GB games purposely because storage is a nightmare. Finally I am working on a simple cardboard sleeve for some game but it's a handmade item that for the volume you have it would take you forever to put together; but I have done this for my handful of loose famicom games (there's a video over on my channel about 1 year ago on that.) Good luck!

[CitrusArchitect]

Totally relate to doing the binder thing. I feel like I always choose the wrong size or pockets and they keep slipping out. I'll have to look into your other suggestions!

[Hohenstaufer_]

With that kind of amount of games, I think you need the most space efficient storage solution. And that would be the plastic trays you started using. The problem at hand is retrieval: right now you can't efficiently look up the game you need. In order to fix this you need to number your boxes and inventory them. Create a spreadsheet with two columns: box number and game title and fill in the data. No need to alphabetize or categorize before you store the games in boxes (but you can do it anyway), just number the boxes and keep the list up to date. Whenever you get a new game, you don't have to rearrange boxes or your list in order to store it with other game starting with a "v" for example. Greetings, an archivist.

[oscarjarzmik]

Alphabetical order in shoe boxes? It doesn't have to be complicated. Accessibility and identification is key.

[greenbeanies]

Totally don't have a GB game collection to organize but... I love workshop screw/hardware organizers and those immediately came to mind as a possible solution? They can be found with clear drawers, smaller or larger boxes. There are also "tilt view" storage solutions that pretty much have the display factor built into their design but their depth can be on the shorter side so can't really stuff that many games behind featured cartridges. Akro-Mils (US) seems to be a good brand for these types of things but I've only ever had grid bins from elsewhere.

[leabriana]

My collection is smaller so the nail polish shelf is genius! I'm gonna try that perhaps!

[stceltic]

I make my own miniBoxes. abit like the Video :"Solving Nintendo Game Boy cartridge storage / display (+ many others) | Game Room Ideas" from TopSpot 123. I love them, but it takes me ca.4h for one box. But i do my own Art and Template. And i did make my own shelf tow. and now its one of my favorite thing in my gaming room <3

[colincrumpler]

I use mini disc wallets, like the card wallet but allows for the games as very similar size to mini discs.

[stashmerkin]

I keep my Gameboy and GBC games in a Korean made jewelry box. Fits three rows standing perfectly and also scores high on fancy! My GBA games are in a wide cigar box that fit five rows across standing.
Take a GB game cart to your local tobacconist and ask them if they have any empty cigar boxes. Might cost you a couple of quid at most.