Protect Your Games - Acrylic Game Cases 

rainbow islands is good too id say better than bubble bobble (aside from the first game) bubble memories etc are less heavy hitters

What about those plastic boxprotectors or plastic bags? I just ordered a set of 100 plastic bags (DVD size) to keep my collection safe from dust and scratches.

@@ROCKMANZORO its a waste of money, my collection value is near 100k and everything is absolutely mint, i have good curtains that protect from sunlight and my game room is very dark

​​​@@FrankBell79 I've had my games in those plastic cases for probably 10+ years now and have never had an issue. I'm not sure on the acrylic ones but the plastic ones seem to be fine in my experience and will add a small amount of protection to your games from let's say stacking or drops.

I 100% agree! I don't use them. Museum storage expert I talked to said never use them if protecting cardboard - it will get mouldy faster.

@@Painmaster212 acrylic is stable and won't emit fumes like some plastics. The good stuff is also UV rated, so will stop boxes fading. Good cases have tiny gaps for air so it can breathe. It also depends on where you live and the environment. If you live in a temperate/dry place then it should be fine to use whatever. If you live closer to the equator in hot/humid climates where the temperature and humidity changes a lot then storing it in plastic is not going to be great - the temperature difference from outside vs inside will cause water droplets and mould.

What I am concerned about is modern games. People are generally more careful these days so I just have a hard time seeing newer games(ps4-5 etc) get any valuable over time. You'd have to have something quite rare and unusual. Unlike back in the day when we kids used to just throw the game box away and treated our games like the toys they were. Guess we'll find out either way in 30+ years. Then we have the newer generation that might not have any interest in the older stuff. It's starting to remind me of stamps and things our parents and grandparents used to collect. I'm sure they're worth a ton these days but it's something that I'd never personally collect.

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Sometimes those sports cases have annoying hologram stickers on them that are impossible to get off clean

Most have nhl/nba/mlb/nfl stickers that wont come off

@@JBird401 goo gone my friend, even if it leaves some behind, dry, reapply and you are set

I use to make them a long time ago, probably over 50% of them you see around. Here are the dimensions ......6 13/16" Wide, 8 3/4" Tall and 1 3/4" Deep. Reach out to CGA and they can make them for you or already may have the mold designed.

Yeah that might be just you. I wanna protect all my games.

Yes they are.

I make these! I will be opening an online store very soon.

@@GaryGrimtooth please message me when you do! I'd love to purchase some!

Good shout

They were considered toys by most of us kids honestly. Some of us took better care of our games than others. But in general you'd be lucky to see an actual box. The same goes with the cardboard box for the system itself. Nowadays *everyone* saves everything so I have a hard time seeing modern things become valuable unless you have something quite rare and unusual. Guess we'll see in 20-30 years if any of are still around by then.

i saved my boxes as a kid (or tried to lol) most american birthday parties = kids destroying the box excitedly reading the manual on the way home to pop the cart in 😅

@@jonniefast same for UK kids then :'D

Nope

I'll give it to them they're cheap at least. I don't have any big collection or anything like that. I've never been into collecting or hoarding things to begin with but I understand why some people do it. Reminds me of that black hole in your soul that you never can fill and it somehow gets bigger and bigger over time when you try feed it lol. Collecting older games nowadays seems like an *expensive* hobby to begin with unless you started early on. Then again if you have a lot of money to burn on things like this then what can you say. I'm glad people are collecting older games because without it some really old games would be long gone today(even for emulators, ie the roms).

You know you can take them out of the cases to play, right?

i have protectors on my boxes but not discs , it would take 10,000 years for me to put plastic over every dvd-shaped case 😅😅

i dont think its a waste of money especially when you have to move house i didnt have to sweat my collection getting smushed