NES storage box question - Complete Noob here...

[Postal]

OK, I apologize for any duplication of previous posts, as I have been digging around and may have either completely sucked at searching or just missed the items.  But I'm curious;

What is the best route to take for storage boxes and art?

I searched the site for anything related to it, and it appears most UGCs are for games not in the NES library.
I checking for pinned guides and forum posts, but came up empy.
I then found a couple of sites that sell boxes; bitbox, customgamecases
I found many here making their own.
I ordered a load of CGC from Amazon, finding out later that I was 1) Robbed and 2) Buying the wrong cases.

At $3/pc for the customgamecases, that isn't too bad, though I have a feeling that I can get some great results by doing it myself and just finding the correct box. 

I have about 35 games that I'd like to have a nice looking retail library of, and I'm hoping someone can point me in the right direction.

Thank you for your input, and sorry if I am being repetitive to other posts.

[Arseen]

Currently Universal Game Case is the most common way of storing NES, SNES and N64 games, and our covers are sized for them.

If we are missing covers for your games feel free to reuest them.

Bitbox is another solution for storing NES, there is section for them on the boards.

[Blumpkin]

It's all personal preference. I use UGC's for pretty much all my console cartridges, granted some platforms require messy modification of the cases though.

Nintendo handheld carts will be going into Shadowfox's new DS sized cases.

Any disc based game ends up in either a jewel or DVD case.

I'm hoping that Shadowfox follows up on making an NES modification to UGC molding. I would love to be able to use UGC artwork without the noise and mess of modifying cases myself.

[quickfingers818]

Another option to house your games is double wide dvd cases. They require minimal modification to house all types of games and cover art is easy to resize to accomodate the insert dimensions. And they generally are a little cheaper than UGCs

[Postal]

Oddly enough, I never see 'NES' as an option for stored games with the UGC. (Without modification, might I add)  Is there a different UGC that I should be looking at?

This is showing me no option for NES: http://thevideostoreshopper.com/universal-game-case/universal-game-case-%7C-full-sleeve-insert/

If someone has a link to what they use, that'd be awesome!

And thank you for the reply!

Currently Universal Game Case is the most common way of storing NES, SNES and N64 games, and our covers are sized for them.

If we are missing covers for your games feel free to reuest them.

Bitbox is another solution for storing NES, there is section for them on the boards.

[Arseen]

Yeah that case has holders for NES too.
Needs modification.

[Blumpkin]

Yeah that case has holders for NES too.
Needs modification.

http://youtu.be/xXAhZ3b5iHY

[Postal]

HAHAHA   I JUST watched that before seeing your post.

Thank you for the info, as this looks like the best route to take... or buy them for $3/pop from that custom site.

Yeah that case has holders for NES too.
Needs modification.

http://youtu.be/xXAhZ3b5iHY

[StoneAgeGamer]

HAHAHA   I JUST watched that before seeing your post.

Thank you for the info, as this looks like the best route to take... or buy them for $3/pop from that custom site.

Yeah that case has holders for NES too.
Needs modification.

http://youtu.be/xXAhZ3b5iHY

We make a case and also offer cover art printing. So 100 cases with prints is $200. So that would be cheaper than some other sites that use modified UGC and our product is higher quality than the UGC. http://www.stoneagegamer.com/bitbox-nes-game-case-100-pack.html

Our cases are actually made for NES games and not modified UGC.

[Postal]

Ohhh, nice.  I didn't see the quantity buys on there earlier.  My mad searching generally has me madly clicking, as well.  I'd probably do a 25-10 pack to handle my collection and call it good.

Thanks for pointing those out, as I always felt they were pretty smooth.  And since there isn't a non-modify-needed case out there for cheap, I may just do this and call it a day.

Wow, you'd think those custom case people would just bite the bullet and do a monster batch of NES cases.

We make a case and also offer cover art printing. So 100 cases with prints is $200. So that would be cheaper than some other sites that use modified UGC and our product is higher quality than the UGC. http://www.stoneagegamer.com/bitbox-nes-game-case-100-pack.html
Our cases are actually made for NES games and not modified UGC.

[Dreamcast99]

All of the above options are great solutions. Here is another solution that is cheap and very easy to do NES games.

http://www.meritline.com/7mm-black-7-disc-dvd-case-trays-d7blk-27mm-a-2p---p-29701.aspx

Take the 3 inside trays out and the tabs that held the trays in are the height of an nes game to hold it kind of snug


here is a few of them together on a shelf.

[Postal]

Thanks, Dreamcast99!  That is a pretty nice solution, as well.  I really... REALLY like the inexpensive part of it. haha

All of these have been incredibly helpful and I appreciate the assistance on my introductory post.

[rockabilly1983]

Are the 7 disc DVD cases the same size as a Universal Game Case?

[sheep2001]

They are slightly taller, but the UGC covers look  fine without resizing them.

[rockabilly1983]

Thank you, sheep2001! I might case the rest of my NES games in these cases.