For vintage game collectors...What do you do to protect your collection?

[cleeg]

I own a gun.

Menacer?

[QuickSciFi]

I typically just use a condom.

Must spread some rep before giving it to AlecRob again.

I own a gun.

Repped

[Crystalpepsifan]

Hi folks. I just joined the forum. I was wondering about the way you guys keep your collection.
I love collecting vintage games, and I like to keep them in pristine condition...as possible.

I actually joined the Neo-Geo.com forum before joining the Sega-16...but I got flamed so badly there for sealing my games that I decided to leave it.
I hope no one gets offended from this post. The members of the Neo-Geo.com suggested the Sega-16 as the forum that will fit me better.

How I collect my stuff
1. I seal all my games in OPP films. These are transparent plastic film that do not get discolored over time.

2. I use LED lighting in my room. I heard that UVs emitted from either the sun or fluorescent lightings eventually wear down and discolor the inserts of the game.
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I've been collecting only a month or so now...so my collection isn't much, but I hope that you guys can share other good ideas about the best way to protect your collection!

If they are not hermetically sealed than you are doing yourself an extreme disservice. What you need to do first is get yourself a nice safe large enough to contain your collection as well as any future purchases. Next, buy a box full of prepackaged silica and throw in as many packages as your safe will accomidate while still containing your games. This process will absorb any errant moisture, and 'proof' the safe, as it were. Your next step is the most important( I can't stress this enough), you need to purchase a vaccum sealer capable of utilizing foil bags, the foil is the most important detail, as plastic is not an oxygen barrier. Once the games have been properly bagged you can now safely place them in the safe, and not have to worry about physical and digital degredation. I must also point out that when handling your games you must always wear white nitrile or latex gloves and a particulate mask. I might also suggest that with a collection of this calibre, that you get it appraised and insured for as much as possible. Once all these steps have been completed you are free to enjoy your games.

[KitsuneNight]

Menacer?

nes zapper more likely

[Moirai]

Must spread some rep before giving it to AlecRob again.

Thing is, i actually did receive rep from you.

[QuickSciFi]

Awesome. I was hoping that went through.

[The Coop]

I typically keep my collection of lovely specimens in a freezer, that way I can... interact with them, as Alice Cooper's "Cold Ethyl" plays softly in the background.

[Lync]

For the longest time my parents had owned this nice darkwood turning bookcase which for years sat empty next to the basement television set; when I was home for the summer and became re-interested in my old games, I started to put my games in the bookcase as it displays nicely while keeping everything from being stacked upon and stuffed in a bin gathering dust.

Separately from that, every game and manual belongs in a clamshell. I really don't like cardboard boxes, so it doesn't matter what the game is, I'm tossing the cardboard.

On the larger scale, living in this God-forsaken frozen tundra known as Western New York - my basement provides a space absent of nature light and warmth so it's the perfect environment for shelving games.

[KitsuneNight]

it rubs the lotion on its contacts otherwise it gets the hose again

IT RUBS THE LOTION ON ITS CONTACTS !

[IrishNinja]

i'm cleaning it all, then all sega stuff is in clamshells (if cart), jewel cases/longboxes (if disc). Nintendo is likewise but replace clamshell with UGC, only handheld games are currently loose but i don't fancy that either, looking into alternatives...if it's worth keeping, it's worth keeping from dust/oxidation, i figure!

[Lan Di]

I never ever touch my games. They stay on the bookshelf in my man-cave and I play all my games using an ever drive.

[EclecticGroove]

I never ever touch my games. They stay on the bookshelf in my man-cave and I play all my games using an ever drive.

As most of my Genesis gaming is done on my nomad lately I find myself doing the same thing. I find the boxes REALLY useful for looking over and making me say "I really want to play that" however... just looking at a big text list of ROM's isn't the same.

[bultje112]

Hi folks. I just joined the forum. I was wondering about the way you guys keep your collection.
I love collecting vintage games, and I like to keep them in pristine condition...as possible.

I actually joined the Neo-Geo.com forum before joining the Sega-16...but I got flamed so badly there for sealing my games that I decided to leave it.
I hope no one gets offended from this post. The members of the Neo-Geo.com suggested the Sega-16 as the forum that will fit me better.

How I collect my stuff
1. I seal all my games in OPP films. These are transparent plastic film that do not get discolored over time.

2. I use LED lighting in my room. I heard that UVs emitted from either the sun or fluorescent lightings eventually wear down and discolor the inserts of the game.
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I've been collecting only a month or so now...so my collection isn't much, but I hope that you guys can share other good ideas about the best way to protect your collection!

ugh mother of god. sorry for sounding like an asshole but you aren't presevering the nachtwacht from rembrand or anything. I have a great collection and I do NOTHING to protect it and guess what? it still all works like a charm. your post is too ridiculous to even read. I wish I hadn't so I wouldn't people doing such ridiculous things to videogames exist

[bultje112]

pls tell me this is yours. lol!

[Lastcallhall]

pls tell me this is yours. lol!

Yep. I dip into that motherfucker like an 8-bit Scrooge McDuck.