Do You Put Your Games In Alphabetical Order?

[Beastman1975]

System/alphabet/series lumped together for the most part here

[Dr.Agon]

Nah, too much hassle, group by system, but that's it.
I just put any 'new' games i buy at the end.

My MVS games are organised by Meg count, lowest to highest

[sheep2001]

My MVS games are organised by Meg count, lowest to highest

That's what I was talking about.  I think a lot of people do it that way.

[wiggy]

Neo Geo collectors are a unique breed amongst game collectors.

[sheep2001]

Neo Geo collectors are a unique breed amongst game collectors.

And by unique, you mean RICH! Lol

[wiggy]

Neo Geo collectors are a unique breed amongst game collectors.

And by unique, you mean RICH! Lol

I would use the term "eccentric" to be polite.

[the7k]

I'm a Neo Geo collector, but I'm certainly not rich.

Now, if you are talking about Neo Geo AES collectors, then yeah, those people are beyond rich. They're like, Saudi Prince rich. I don't think you can own a legitimate Neo Geo collection without also owning a few oil wells.

As for how I organize, depends on the system. It's mostly alphabetical, but I also like to keep uniformity in my spines, so like with my Genesis games I'll have all my black grid cases together, all my red strips cases together, etc.

I used to keep my Saturn games organized by genre, but now that I'm trying to go for a complete US set, I'm keeping them all in alphabetical order and region separated to make it easier to keep up with. It does hurt me a bit inside to have Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 so far away from Mortal Kombat 2 and Mortal Kombat Trilogy, though.

[aaron-hagel]

No.  I group my games by system, then games in a series goes with each other.  When I place new games on my shelves I put the newest ones in a separate area until I am able to do a thorough cleaning of the game.  After the cleaning I find a spot for it in the general population based on the aforementioned order.

[Seraph Man]

I used to organize my games by System/UPC, but it became a hassle because not all the games have UPCs, or they're not known, or the UPC on the cover is incorrect (because UPCs and barcodes are not as important to many people here.)

Now I go by alphabetical order, where handhelds are all lumped together, but the console games are grouped by console. And sequels are grouped together. It's not usually an issue, but there are some unique examples where the UPC decides the order, like:

Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2
Super Mario Bros. Deluxe
Classic NES series: Super Mario Bros.
Super Mario 64 DS
New Super Mario Bros.

And on top of that, the Mario and Luigi series is treated as a separate series, listed under M for Mario instead of S for Super. However, despite the fact that the UPCs dictate that Sonic Adventure 2: Battle goes before Sonic Adventure DX (due to when they were released), I put SA:DX before SA2:Battle.

I don't claim that my system is better, or more organized. But it's less anal.

[SegaNomadman]

I go by system, then alphabetically unless they're in a series, then I'll put sequels next to each other.

[TDIRunner]

I sort mine by height, then by color, and then by UPC bar code number. 

After I'm done being a smart ass, I sort them by system, then alphabetically except that I keep series of games together.

[sexxie]

I sort mine by system first and then alphabetically.  I don’t worry about keeping series together because you could drive yourself crazy with stuff like that.  For example, among SNES games do you keep Rival Turf!, Brawl Brothers, and The Peace Keepers together or not and what do you file them under?  If you start worrying about stuff like that you won’t have time for the important things in life, like sex and booze.

[pringlesman]

All I know is people who sort Legend of Zelda games with the Z's instead of the L's are philistines.

[Thom Grayson]

I usually sort by system, with 'games in a series on the same system' next to one another.

I say 'usually' because I recently experimented with just keeping series together, with no regard for system. It looks kinda terrible (because it LOOKS unsorted), but it's also cool seeing, say, all the Castlevania games in one place. Sorting by series also underscores just how many Mario and Final Fantasy games there are though :\

[wiggy]

All I know is people who sort Legend of Zelda games with the Z's instead of the L's are philistines.

Deal with it