Artist's Corner > DS Case Covers
(GB/GBC/GBA) 3DS Cases for Handheld Game Carts
Nacho3:
I see a bunch of GBA covers here but when I put them in a 3DS case it doesn't seem to fit very good. It either doesn't close at all or bulges badly. Does anybody have a pic they can show me what I'm doing wrong or are you leaving them with the bulge?
AxelSteelBMX:
--- Quote from: Nacho3 on May 19, 2013, 11:37:15 PM ---I see a bunch of GBA covers here but when I put them in a 3DS case it doesn't seem to fit very good. It either doesn't close at all or bulges badly. Does anybody have a pic they can show me what I'm doing wrong or are you leaving them with the bulge?
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I checked my own cases, because I'm now curious myself about this new cover process.
I've only got 3 3DS games thus far (Ocarina of Time, Resident Evil Revelations, and Kingdom Hearts, in case you were curious), and all three of them are in their original cases. These cases are the ones with the 3DS cartridge slot offset from the center, not like the 3rd-party ones with centered cartridge slots. As has been shown before, original Game Boy carts can be rotated sideways and put on top of the 3DS cartridge slot, although putting inserts around it is a good idea due to the cart sliding around on the inside.
Anyway, at first it seemed like I was running into the same problem you were. I couldn't find a spot to put my GBA carts without experiencing major bulging problems. But it turns out that rotating the GBA carts sideways and placing them to the right of the 3DS cartridge slot (with the top of the cart on the outside) right between where the two instruction manual clips on the opposite inside cover are is a nearly perfect fit, and seems to work. I also tested this with a GBA manual inside, with positive results. The hooks keep the instruction manual positioned away from the bulgy part on the top of the cartridge perfectly. It should be noted that when closed it feels like there is some minor bulging, but it isn't noticeable to my eye.
However, "special" GBA carts will have problems. I have Boktai 1 and 2 on-hand to test with, and there is NO place that these carts will fit without major bulging. I don't even think that cutting away the 3DS cartridge slot will fix this problem. I think the 3DS cases are just too thin for them, and I'll just have to use old DS cases. I'd imagine that any other oddly-shaped cartridge would have similar problems, so keep that in mind.
To keep things looking nice and uniform, I will probably make a custom template for my own purposes based on this one for use with regular DS cases. The idea of not needing to warp the original cover art is very appealing. Cheers to everyone that's put in all this hard work so far. ;D
Nacho3:
Well, that worked perfectly thanks. Now I need to order some cases for these since I am not liking the cassette cases they are in now.
TyrannicalFascist:
I've had no problem putting GBA games in the 3DS replacement cases from genesysDTP.com.
TyrannicalFascist:
Added Shenske's Pokémon Frigo Returns Version cover, which completes his Pokémon set as it currently stands! Thanks to Shenske for the character art for the spine!
The lineup:
While Shenske is only planning to make covers for other GBA hacks at this point, since at least rockinroller91 has made some DS covers for 3DS cases, I think I may make matching spines for Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, Black 2 and White 2, if there's enough interest.