I have a problem and I would like to hear some suggestions about how to deal with it. I have been buying PC games for years and now my closet is literally filled with game boxes! It's getting to the point that these boxes will fall over when the closet is opened.
I keep the cd's in cd racks so they are not a problem. The game manuals I have stacked in a bookshelf. But what about the boxes which might contain the game receipt and other miscellaneous game materials. I hesitate to just throw them away. What do you guys do them? Do you have some sort of filing system or do you just throw them away? I would appreciate any helpful suggestions.
I ran into this problem as well. My solution was to take the cardboard inserts out the box and then flatten the boxes. The number of boxes you can store that way increases exponentially and that way you don't lose the box. I was hesitant to do this at first, but in the long run when you start to have a large number of boxes it is entirely worth it (I have hundreds of boxes and it makes a huge difference). Just put a clip around all you receipts and store them separately.
I do the same thing as you as far as storing the cd's and manuals. The cd's are on a separate shelving unit and the manuals are all on a bookshelf.
I finally had to slap myself in the face and ask, "why do you need these boxes?" I had no good answer, and threw them away.
Then I started using the boxes for spray-paint stencils (I have one shirt that says "Kerry 04 Let the other rich white guy have his turn playing with our lives), for some interesting negative space pigment paintings, and I think soon, for block-printing materials.
I really do wish I still had my Planescape: Torment box, though.
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I take out the cardboard, flatten them down, and stick them in a cardboard box. One medium sized UHaul box will hold hundreds of empty boxes that way. Not much space, but I get to keep my toys.
I have all my game boxes stored in large garbage bags in my parent's basement. At the point when I did it I didn't care if they'd survive down there, but I wanted to give them at least a chance. They had to go either way. Unfortunately, I wasn't smart enough at the time to think of simply flattening the boxes and storing them like that. Someday I'll have to go down there, dig them out, and do that to whatever has survived the humid, mildewy depths.
I am a collector so I built shelves for all my games. All are stored in the boxes with original materials. Lot easier now that a game is about pocket book size.
The shelves are all wood and create a nice library effect, with averything in easy reach. I have about 400 games, and lots of room for more.
One concession I do make is that all expansions, I pack with the original game. The small flat cd holders replace the large thick ones. This cuts down on space and original game and expansions are all in one place.
Properly laid out shelves can hold alot, in a small space. Just plan it well.
I flatten the boxes and keep them. Manuals go on a shelf in alphabetical order (by first letter only, no way I am that dedicated). Any other materials, like quick reference cards or receipts just go in the pages in the manual.
I have a shelf with classic boxes and those old shoe-box type that you can't flatten without destroying.
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I chuck any large box that comes with a game, put the remaining contents in a ziplock baggie, and store the games by genre in lidded plastic boxes you can buy at Target for a few bucks. My collection fits in five boxes, and I can usually find any game within a couple of minutes.
I like to keep all my games complete and intact. Luckily I have enough space available to be able to do that. My favorite games that I will always keep sit on bookshelves in the house (we have floor to ceiling shelves in 2 rooms) and the others are stored in boxes out in the garage when I'm done playing with them. They seem to keep pretty well out there since I've had games in storage on both floppies and CDs for over ten years that are still playable.
I've also had a couple of big sales to reduce the volume a little bit.
I like to keep all my games complete and intact. Luckily I have enough space available to be able to do that. My favorite games that I will always keep sit on bookshelves in the house (we have floor to ceiling shelves in 2 rooms) and the others are stored in boxes out in the garage when I'm done playing with them. They seem to keep pretty well out there since I've had games in storage on both floppies and CDs for over ten years that are still playable.
I've also had a couple of big sales to reduce the volume a little bit.
I used to keep everything. And by everything, I mean what normal people keep. Boxes, manuals, disks, original box materials. Then I realized that this was insane, and threw out everything but the manuals and disks.
Why do people store receipts to games they bought 9 years ago? I don't understand that at all.
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I keep a few, but not many. I still have my Crescent Hawk's Revenge and Wing Commander "shoebox" type boxes. I kept MOO3 for a while, but it recently went to the Green storage bin that gets emptied every week.
CDs go into a rack, and manuals are on a couple of different shelves. I don't keep receipts or non-related inserts.
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Too much junk. The rules alone from the PC games alone that I bought take up 4 drawers of a filing cabinet. The jewel cases that I used to save got to the point where they were taking up several dresser drawers, so I got rid of all of them in favor of folders too.
Though, I am a bit different my music. I keep all of those CD neatly in an organized set of CD portioned in size wooden crates. The same goes for movies. I keep all of them down in size for storage, though I getting to where I am pushing 1000 CDs and that is starting to take up real real estate. Books, however take up all of the room, and thankfully the amount of books I own is tiny compared to most friends. I have them layered on three standard $40 7' bookshelves and one 3' bookshelf that goes under a window. Having to layer my books makes it a pain to find them at will.
Someday I'll have to go down there, dig them out, and do that to whatever has survived the humid, mildewy depths.
