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DS Daily: What remains

I go there.DS cartridges are tiny. Really effing tiny. So small, in fact, that with but a matchbox, one can generally hold as many games as he or she could possibly need in a single trip out.

The games, of course, aren't sold as such. They come in boxes, proprietary boxes. There are very few, if any, specially made racks and stands for these cases, and many find them to be nothing more than a hindrance. Our question to you: do you keep the boxes and instruction manuals for DS games, and if you do, do you actually store each game inside its respective box? They quite literally inflate the size of the game by a factor of a hundred ... do you stand for it?

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1. I totally keep all the boxes and instructions, all stacked neatly on a shelf in perfect condition.

As for the games themselves, I store the seven (six in compartments, one in the DS itself) I play the most in my DS carry thingo. Anything not in there stays in the box.

Posted at 9:40AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Kefka

2. I picked up some of those holders (made by Hori, I think) that has space for 3 games. That way I can take a few games with me each day. The actual boxes are sitting on my bookshelf...oh, and who reads instructions these days????

Posted at 9:41AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Troy

3. The cases and instructions are all neatly stored next to my PS1 games, as they are roughly the same size.

The DS games themselves, however, I keep in a Fossil watch tin that has a video game theme printed on the outside of it. I also keep assorted GBA titles, memory cards, and the Wii's Gamecube memory card slot hinge flap (say that 5 times fast) in the tin because I leave my 'cube card plugged in.

Posted at 10:04AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Charles

4. I keep all the boxes and instruction manuals for my games--I think it's important, whether for future resale value or just to have a complete collection.

I don't keep the games in the boxes though, that would be annoying. I found the perfect little seven compartment storage box at JoAnn (the fabric/crafts store) for $3. Holds a ton of games--you could easily fit your entire collection of DS cartridges in there (more than 60) but it measures just 7" by 4.6"--just pull out whatever games you want, but they're all easily accessible and the boxes/manuals stay neatly stored away.

Posted at 10:08AM on Feb 9th 2007 by PocketGoddess

5. Yes, I keep the boxes, instruction manuals, and game carts in their boxes. This is because I now have a DS-X and can store my games on that, allowing me to travel with one cart full of 10 or so games at a time.

Posted at 10:58AM on Feb 9th 2007 by bombtrak

6. I have this OCD-esqe thing where I have to keep the box and instructions for all of my Nintendo games... and I stack them alphabetically...

But my DS cartridges go in my DS carrier along with my DS. I have about 8 slots plus a little compartment behind that, so I can carry about 13 games (including the one in the DS) if I want... man I am cool... ha!

Posted at 10:59AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Mike

7. I keep my boxes and keep the games in them. But I also have all of my CDs, DVDs, and ps2 games up on shelves and alphabitized

Posted at 11:14AM on Feb 9th 2007 by Uno

8. I keep all my cases and manuals. Just an obsessive thing I do. My siblings tend to put the game in the wrong cases, and I completely panic trying to put it all together again D:.

I also keep some game in this DS carrier thing my mom got me for my birthday. It brought a Mario and Yoshi plushie, and it's awesome 8D

Posted at 1:36PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Nini

9. I keep the boxes w/ instructions on my DVD rack. You can force them in so the title on the spine faces out of the side. I can keep a bunch of games in my Hori case I imported from Japan. It has 3 sleeves that can hold 2 games each plus a large pocket that could potentially hold a crapload of games.

Posted at 1:56PM on Feb 9th 2007 by wvu76

10. boxes stay stacked next to the computer, so I can always remember what I own! lol no I love to display them!

Posted at 2:33PM on Feb 9th 2007 by JKAntwon

11. m3 simply ftw !

haha, seriously, i store my games at home on a bookcase and put the backups on my m3 simply .

Posted at 3:40PM on Feb 9th 2007 by beatngu

12. Always keep the cases / manuals for potential resale!

I have a lot of games and have found the plastic cases made by ALS Industries (marketed with the "official Nintendo seal") to be excellent. They cost $5 for a 3-pack, each holding three games (i.e., store 9 games for 5 bucks).

Posted at 3:58PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Vizible

13. I keep all my game cases tucked under the shelf where my TV is. Manuals are in there too. All my GBA and DS games are in this little wooden box beside my bed and if I'm going out I have this tiny little tin to keep four or five games in.

Posted at 4:41PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Nik

14. I have all my games in their respective boxes, complete with instructions, organized alphabetically by publisher, then developer, then title. D: It's very difficult. Some games are like, two or more devs, some don't have like, the whole dev named (Mega Man ZX! It's PAIN. No, seriously! All the other capcom games I own are "Studio Blank", and... this is... just... "CAPCOM". I think this is the one I speak of...)

But anyways, I keep them all in a set of drawers that were made to whole DVDs. Also, I found that CD-sized holders fit them -perfectly-. Which is nice.

Posted at 5:40PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Chii

15. I keep all of my game boxes/instruction booklets. I do throw out all the safety warnings because who needs those?
When I take my DS out, I keep 1 game in the unit and 4 others in an Altoids tin lined with some foam so they don't knock around.

Posted at 5:46PM on Feb 9th 2007 by kryptik

16. Same as some people, I have em stacked in a bookshelf type thing. Except, instead of being in alphabetical order, they're in order of which I like best, from top to bottom, bottom being least like. At the current moment, Trace Memory is at the bottom.

Posted at 7:30PM on Feb 9th 2007 by JBGUY2K

17. I don't have the space to keep all of the plastic cases, so I get rid of them and store the covers and manuals in a safe place. (Who ever reads the manuals anyway?) I then use the Intec four compartment game cases for storing and toting around the actual games.

Posted at 8:01PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Steve 3.2

18. I have the cases and manuals, but if I'm going someplace and require multiple games, I keep them in a Tic-Tac container... stupid pocket lint is foiled again!

Posted at 11:26PM on Feb 9th 2007 by Protospasm

19. i have this really neat thing i took from my brother when he bought some lame starter accessory pack for his DS. i can't find a picture of it. :(
its like. a plastic thing. there is a little switch on the side, pull it up, and from the top of this plastic thing, comes out 6 game slots for 6 game cards. its really compact. and the slots, when pulled out, are on hinges, so they can be moved from side to side. (to grab them easier)
also it's made my gameshark.

Posted at 9:17AM on Feb 10th 2007 by anorexia

20. I wish they would come up with an aluminum case like the one for the memory sticks.

I designed a DS case a while back, pic at:

http://madiart.blogspot.com/2006_06_01_archive.html

Posted at 3:36PM on Feb 10th 2007 by Almadi

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