I may be the exception, but as an older collector who has a fairly large collection I don't like to display it at all. I have tons of cartridges and CD/DVD games intentionally kept out of the sunlight in organized drawers and bookshelves in a closet. I don't feel the need to show my stuff off and feel that it often looks gaudy when done so. Keep up the awesome vids! 👍🎮
I have mostly North American Sega Saturn games. I like to face them outward on custom shelves that I built. I really like this because when I sit down on the couch I can look and see all the different games and it gets me excited to play some of them. Since the games that are faced out have other games behind them I like to periodically reshelve the faced out games and then face out different games. This way I can kind of keep things fresh and sometimes you’re just in the mood for a game and when you see the box art you just get excited about playing that game and then put it in. Also I have found that I can fit more on the shelf when I have them faced out. I like having games the original case because it’s so much more of a sense of occasion when you pull from the protective sleeve, open the case and maybe even get out the manual and commit to having a great time. Sometimes I sort by publisher and sometimes I put all James Bond, Star Wars, Incredible Hulk games etc in one place, no matter the system.
Duuuuude. Your so right about that super soaker. It was a legendary gun that only the richer kids could buy. That number 2000 was such a big deal. Had to comment on that ;)
Biggest thing I've learned : if you think you have large enough power strips, you don't. Get bigger ones, and more of them. While you're at it, try to get ones that allow for criminally obese power plugs.
Yep....I thought my 10 plug surge protector would be enough....boy was I wrong. 6 years latter in the retro collecting world and I have 4 more of those plugged into eachothrr to fit everything.
All the little funny moments you put in this video were absolutely fantastic!!! I laughed at all of them. Except the earthbound in the dishwasher I was like nooooooo then realized its in a case hahahahaha. For recommendations I like Displate stuff instead of posters. Or I would recommend putting posters in Picture frames to protect them. Cheap enough at Michael's. Also I feel like this was a missed opportunity for a game room tour. Or perhaps a separate video?
Yeah, I made sure it was a clean load in the dishwasher and was very careful. A game room tour will come at some point once my channel is big enough. I feel like it's one of those rites of passage kind of things, ya know?
I've been working on getting my shelving setup with Led lights & front facing of some games. Unfortunately it's a big project but I just got my games on the shelf & off my couch!
I don't try to display them as pretty as possible, but just well organised, easy to reach and thus practical. I have most consoles always hooked up. My newer consoles and my Dreamcasts are hooked up in the living room and have most retro consoles in a retro gaming room. In bed bedroom are the Atari 7800 and Intellivision, because they use the small tv that has the best RF compatibility.
I display my games on a bookshelf in my room, in alphabetical order, separated by system. Games in the same series or franchise on the same system go together. Also even for digital games on console, I tend to put them into a designated "games" folder if given the option. Xbox One however does a great job of this with the "My Games & Apps" section, as it's incredibly organized and puts all of your games in one place. Finally, while doesn't necessarily have anything to do with displaying my games, I tend buy every version of the games I enjoy the most. A good example of this for me the Doom series, especially Doom 2016. I own the PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch versions of both Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal, and both are of course absolutely awesome.
I don't have my Genesis collection anymore, but I saw someone store their loose carts in one of those old cases meant for cassette tapes. Thought that was neat. I always used large storage tubs and slid them under the bed because I needed the room. Now all have is disc based games and what I do is I get those displays for dvd/blu ray from a friend. They are free and add a little charm to the room. So all my superhero games go on the Shazam display. My more sci fi games go on Battle Angel Alita, and so on. It seems like a good system and helps me find games faster. Also if a new one comes along I like better, I can throw away the old one easily. Much easier than moving furniture. Plus it's a good display for amiibo or all my Disney Infinity figures.
Cool tip I picked up is Genesis carts fit perfectly in cassette tape storage cases. The normal ones, anyway. I use it for my loose carts that don't fit on my Genesis shelf
I just have all my consoles on an open backed shelf and my games mostly in a dresser filling all the drawers. I like to use velcro zips to shorten cables into loops, which helps keep the cord mess nice and tidy. All my controllers are in various milk crates sorted by Nintendo, Sega, and modern controllers. OG Xbox gets a whole crate because I am setup to do system link and 16 Xbox controllers take up a lot of space! Someday, I'll have enough friends for a day to actually use them all for a big Halo game! Did it once years ago but I only had 11 controllers at that time.
I ain't got much in a physical collection, but I do have a few. I put the games im in the middle of on a small stand right by my systems, that way I'm more likely to finish them, rather than swapping games like a madman or getting stuck trying to decide what to play because there's like 6 games already sitting there. It's also a conversation piece when my gamer friends come over. "So I've been playing [insert whatever game] you ever hear of it?"
I know a common question is in regards to having all your systems hooked up at once is “should we leave it hooked up 100% and powered up?“. In recent years I have stopped doing that since those systems are constantly drawing power. I don’t want any risks especially with power surges; the part of Florida i live in is known for it. I’ve seen one gamer on RUclips who leaves all his systems plugged into a surge protector and just flips it off whenever he’s not using any of the systems. I’ve done that for quite a while. Now I just leave consoles on display with their AC adapters close by so that I can plug it in whenever I want to play them. I found that to be the safest way. The way I look at it is, I don’t play every single console I own every single day of the week. There are some years where I go months without playing a particular console. Now that I think of it, I can’t remember the last time I played the Wii.
What about Game Manuals? where do people store these? I have a ton of games that I have the manual for but not the box. I'm trying to decide if I should buy custom game cases to put them in or just store all the manuals in an album book maybe? What do you guys think?
I mean I do have a few snes plastic covers for my cartridges but it is a little annoying that i need to take out those covers and put them on the hardware. Besides, the cartridges stand up just fine. However I'm a bit concerned that dust could somehow damage the lower part of the motherboard. Is it true that dust can still Damage my snes cartridges without those plastic covers?
Oh so i have to clean the dust under the cartridges almost daily, right? Even though it looks like there is no dust under them, there's still some dust there.
I got an 8 bitdo wireless converter so I can use my SN mini controllers and a dongle for the SN from the same company. I can now use my controllers on multiple platforms. There’s no lag from what I can tell. Now I can display my Super Nintendo over my Trinitron.
I display my SNES games in a closed brown cardboard box inside a bigger closed brown cardboard box under a table. I display my NES games in a closed cardboard box in an outdoor playroom along with a lot of crap.
To organize my GBA games, I print 150x150 prints of their respective box art and put them on the spines of the DS cases that they are covering the NDS logo
Sure! Here ya go: www.amazon.com/Management-Organizer-Entertainment-ProMaster-Adjustable/dp/B01DDIMMLA/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=cable+concealer+wrap&qid=1619682252&sr=8-3
My main "game room" is in my one smaller room/office. Even though I've run out of room I don't really want to go outside the one room. I'm single and could go crazy but still want the rest of my home to look normal lol. My page has a video of a quick walk through of my lil game world. The PS4/XboxOne I have in my living room and family room. If i want to retro outside my game room I'll just hook up my Analogue or RPis to a TV. Lol at covering up Mean Girls disc.
Yeah, I'm similar to you where I have the PS4/Xbox One in my main living room and will use something like a Pi or Mini to play retro games in the main living room if I want to. It works out well!
Gameboy Games can be really annoying to display! To display them you can use nail polish racks, put them in a binder with baseball card sleeves, or what I do, get those plastic covers that the games go in, lift up the top, stand the game up and it will hold still!
Sooooo.....you're saying not to store games in the dishwasher? I mean, it keeps them away from harmful UV light and they stay clean. I store all my CIB games in box protectors and all my disc based games in plastic sleeves. One side of the room is dedicated to retro and the other is for modern.
The main problem is it takes up valuable space for stuff that requires a lot of real estate in there like bowls. I like the divide between retro and modern. I always ask though: where do you personally draw that line?
Dear Retro Bird, please be aware that the lights on the shelf placed very close to the video games will eat away the colours of the labels and stickers on the cartridges, as well as the colour of the boxes.. it will cause them to fade away.. you should be very careful. Good luck. :o)
I was actually just wondering about this myself, so I appreciate you bringing it up. I've had my games lit up the way they are now for a number of years. No fading on the labels or any cases except for a couple Sega Genesis games, and that may just be due to age (I'm not sure). Now, as far as light from sun goes... yep that will absolute fade your games! :)
Whoa CPS 2000!!! You were soaking panties all summer long with that beast! I'm going to be getting some Wrestling stuff put up and gaming mags/prints in frames for my room. I also have a lot of Godzilla figures. Setting up some lighting currently, just need my right shoulder to heal so I can lift it up to tape this shit where I want it.
I always keep my games and consoles in their original boxes and store them in a cupboard. Never had a problem with them. I don't think that hooking up multiple consoles at the same time is good because the dust can enter inside the consoles much easier than having them keept in the box.
@Adamski X I use them once in a few months so I guess that I'm good. Also I don't care about displaying consoles since I have no one to show off to. I just take them out of the box when I use them and that's it. They still work and are in a good shape. Only my ps2 battery died last year but the console still works without any other problems.
EDTV is nice, but the majority of modern TVs tend to handle 480p content more than well enough. That's literally all an EDTV does is display 480p content, but most newer TVs I've seen just upscale 480p, and especially with a 4K TV, tend to do a better job scaling 480p.
Heres an idea for games with cardboard boxes. Put the cartridge on the shelf, and the box next to that game. If you do this with n64 games you wont need labels for your games. For game boy,game boy color, and game boy advance you just line up all the boxes, and the cartridge. infront of the box
The ED face, the mean girls DVD, and clutching the gigantic water gun, as if that's any sort of good idea 😆😆😆
I dont understand how you dont have any more subscribers, keep doing what ur doing!
Thank you! Really appreciate it! I hear that a lot so there must be something to it :)
Yeah, you should have a game room video tour!
Once the channel is bigger I will absolutely do one!
I like to display my favorite games on a shelf, other games I just put in a drawer.
Do you have a youtube channel and display
@@fidelsolis6070 I have a channel but I don’t have my games as well arranged as Retro Bird’s collection.😀
Great video man! Love seeing up and coming you tubers. Just found your channel from nes addict shout out. Glad I did.
Thank you. I'm glad you liked it and really excited to have you as a part of the channel :)
Cool man. Dude who is Nes Addict?
I may be the exception, but as an older collector who has a fairly large collection I don't like to display it at all.
I have tons of cartridges and CD/DVD games intentionally kept out of the sunlight in organized drawers and bookshelves in a closet.
I don't feel the need to show my stuff off and feel that it often looks gaudy when done so.
Keep up the awesome vids! 👍🎮
I have mostly North American Sega Saturn games. I like to face them outward on custom shelves that I built. I really like this because when I sit down on the couch I can look and see all the different games and it gets me excited to play some of them. Since the games that are faced out have other games behind them I like to periodically reshelve the faced out games and then face out different games. This way I can kind of keep things fresh and sometimes you’re just in the mood for a game and when you see the box art you just get excited about playing that game and then put it in. Also I have found that I can fit more on the shelf when I have them faced out. I like having games the original case because it’s so much more of a sense of occasion when you pull from the protective sleeve, open the case and maybe even get out the manual and commit to having a great time. Sometimes I sort by publisher and sometimes I put all James Bond, Star Wars, Incredible Hulk games etc in one place, no matter the system.
Duuuuude. Your so right about that super soaker. It was a legendary gun that only the richer kids could buy. That number 2000 was such a big deal. Had to comment on that ;)
Biggest thing I've learned : if you think you have large enough power strips, you don't. Get bigger ones, and more of them. While you're at it, try to get ones that allow for criminally obese power plugs.
HAHAH. Great tip! BTW, it's been great reading through all of your comments :)
Yep....I thought my 10 plug surge protector would be enough....boy was I wrong. 6 years latter in the retro collecting world and I have 4 more of those plugged into eachothrr to fit everything.
All the little funny moments you put in this video were absolutely fantastic!!! I laughed at all of them. Except the earthbound in the dishwasher I was like nooooooo then realized its in a case hahahahaha.
For recommendations I like Displate stuff instead of posters. Or I would recommend putting posters in Picture frames to protect them. Cheap enough at Michael's. Also I feel like this was a missed opportunity for a game room tour. Or perhaps a separate video?
That Mean Girls disc 😆 A game room tour would be ace. Hopefully, he'll do one soon.
Yeah, I made sure it was a clean load in the dishwasher and was very careful. A game room tour will come at some point once my channel is big enough. I feel like it's one of those rites of passage kind of things, ya know?
Once the channel is big enough, I will definitely do one.
I've been working on getting my shelving setup with Led lights & front facing of some games. Unfortunately it's a big project but I just got my games on the shelf & off my couch!
Very good video! Keep going that way! Your Channel is awesome!
I really appreciate it. Thank you for watching!
I'm currently working on reorganizing my game room so this video came at the perfect time.
That's some cool timing. Hopefully it inspires your mind to come up with some creative stuff!
@@RetroBirdGaming yeah I have a small room so I have to be creative to fit everything in a tiny space.
@@8BitGlitch79 Limitations breed creativity! You'll come up with something cool.
I don't try to display them as pretty as possible, but just well organised, easy to reach and thus practical. I have most consoles always hooked up. My newer consoles and my Dreamcasts are hooked up in the living room and have most retro consoles in a retro gaming room. In bed bedroom are the Atari 7800 and Intellivision, because they use the small tv that has the best RF compatibility.
Lol...Mean Girls...a surprisingly good movie. Great video dude. Added bonus of hiding the console is dust control
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, the dust control aspect IS really nice.
I display my games on a bookshelf in my room, in alphabetical order, separated by system. Games in the same series or franchise on the same system go together. Also even for digital games on console, I tend to put them into a designated "games" folder if given the option. Xbox One however does a great job of this with the "My Games & Apps" section, as it's incredibly organized and puts all of your games in one place. Finally, while doesn't necessarily have anything to do with displaying my games, I tend buy every version of the games I enjoy the most. A good example of this for me the Doom series, especially Doom 2016. I own the PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch versions of both Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal, and both are of course absolutely awesome.
I have my disc games in two Billy bookcases and my retro stuff in a drawer not to far away also my handhelds in a drawer beside the other one
I don't have my Genesis collection anymore, but I saw someone store their loose carts in one of those old cases meant for cassette tapes. Thought that was neat. I always used large storage tubs and slid them under the bed because I needed the room.
Now all have is disc based games and what I do is I get those displays for dvd/blu ray from a friend. They are free and add a little charm to the room. So all my superhero games go on the Shazam display. My more sci fi games go on Battle Angel Alita, and so on. It seems like a good system and helps me find games faster. Also if a new one comes along I like better, I can throw away the old one easily. Much easier than moving furniture. Plus it's a good display for amiibo or all my Disney Infinity figures.
Yes, the cassette tape storage is a perfect fit for Genesis cartridges, and I have seen that before too :)
Hey, that “Mean Girls” DVD you covered up is actually a pretty good movie! Lol.
It is!
Would love to see you do a collection/game room tour.
Cool tip I picked up is Genesis carts fit perfectly in cassette tape storage cases. The normal ones, anyway. I use it for my loose carts that don't fit on my Genesis shelf
Absolutely. I always keep an eye out for them as a result :)
I just have all my consoles on an open backed shelf and my games mostly in a dresser filling all the drawers.
I like to use velcro zips to shorten cables into loops, which helps keep the cord mess nice and tidy.
All my controllers are in various milk crates sorted by Nintendo, Sega, and modern controllers. OG Xbox gets a whole crate because I am setup to do system link and 16 Xbox controllers take up a lot of space! Someday, I'll have enough friends for a day to actually use them all for a big Halo game! Did it once years ago but I only had 11 controllers at that time.
I ain't got much in a physical collection, but I do have a few. I put the games im in the middle of on a small stand right by my systems, that way I'm more likely to finish them, rather than swapping games like a madman or getting stuck trying to decide what to play because there's like 6 games already sitting there. It's also a conversation piece when my gamer friends come over. "So I've been playing [insert whatever game] you ever hear of it?"
I know a common question is in regards to having all your systems hooked up at once is “should we leave it hooked up 100% and powered up?“. In recent years I have stopped doing that since those systems are constantly drawing power. I don’t want any risks especially with power surges; the part of Florida i live in is known for it. I’ve seen one gamer on RUclips who leaves all his systems plugged into a surge protector and just flips it off whenever he’s not using any of the systems. I’ve done that for quite a while. Now I just leave consoles on display with their AC adapters close by so that I can plug it in whenever I want to play them. I found that to be the safest way. The way I look at it is, I don’t play every single console I own every single day of the week. There are some years where I go months without playing a particular console. Now that I think of it, I can’t remember the last time I played the Wii.
Lol Earthbound in the dishwasher xD
What is the game he is playing at 3:55? Looks amazing
It's Comix Zone for Sega Genesis!
I've got a little 8-cube cubby that allows me to put 8 or 9 consoles in it. And then I run it all to two av-switch boxes
Great video, thank you. I have good memories of getting blasted by my older brother with that water gun 😂
What about Game Manuals? where do people store these? I have a ton of games that I have the manual for but not the box. I'm trying to decide if I should buy custom game cases to put them in or just store all the manuals in an album book maybe? What do you guys think?
I mean I do have a few snes plastic covers for my cartridges but it is a little annoying that i need to take out those covers and put them on the hardware.
Besides, the cartridges stand up just fine. However I'm a bit concerned that dust could somehow damage the lower part of the motherboard.
Is it true that dust can still Damage my snes cartridges without those plastic covers?
I would say it's pretty unlikely unless you let the dust build up for long enough.
Oh so i have to clean the dust under the cartridges almost daily, right?
Even though it looks like there is no dust under them, there's still some dust there.
deviantart is a great place to found original posters, even if you have to print it yourself.
I got an 8 bitdo wireless converter so I can use my SN mini controllers and a dongle for the SN from the same company. I can now use my controllers on multiple platforms. There’s no lag from what I can tell. Now I can display my Super Nintendo over my Trinitron.
Sweet! Good setup :)
What's the genesis game jumping between cartoons windows? " BD " do you say that in english?
It's called Comix Zone :)
I display my SNES games in a closed brown cardboard box inside a bigger closed brown cardboard box under a table.
I display my NES games in a closed cardboard box in an outdoor playroom along with a lot of crap.
hahah
To organize my GBA games, I print 150x150 prints of their respective box art and put them on the spines of the DS cases that they are covering the NDS logo
Hey Retro Bird, do you have any links you could provide for that solution for cable management you brought up?
Sure! Here ya go: www.amazon.com/Management-Organizer-Entertainment-ProMaster-Adjustable/dp/B01DDIMMLA/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=cable+concealer+wrap&qid=1619682252&sr=8-3
My old desk has a cd door where I keep all my games. All the consoles I like to play are modded so I don't ever need to use the disks.
My main "game room" is in my one smaller room/office. Even though I've run out of room I don't really want to go outside the one room. I'm single and could go crazy but still want the rest of my home to look normal lol. My page has a video of a quick walk through of my lil game world. The PS4/XboxOne I have in my living room and family room. If i want to retro outside my game room I'll just hook up my Analogue or RPis to a TV. Lol at covering up Mean Girls disc.
Yeah, I'm similar to you where I have the PS4/Xbox One in my main living room and will use something like a Pi or Mini to play retro games in the main living room if I want to. It works out well!
Gameboy Games can be really annoying to display!
To display them you can use nail polish racks, put them in a binder with baseball card sleeves, or what I do, get those plastic covers that the games go in, lift up the top, stand the game up and it will hold still!
They definitely can be haha
Great video. I am curious... How do you all store your wired controllers?
Hey, youtube! We need to blow up this guy's comment so more people see it. Everybody needs to like it!
Sooooo.....you're saying not to store games in the dishwasher? I mean, it keeps them away from harmful UV light and they stay clean.
I store all my CIB games in box protectors and all my disc based games in plastic sleeves. One side of the room is dedicated to retro and the other is for modern.
The main problem is it takes up valuable space for stuff that requires a lot of real estate in there like bowls. I like the divide between retro and modern. I always ask though: where do you personally draw that line?
I played Super NES on Switch Online
Dear Retro Bird, please be aware that the lights on the shelf placed very close to the video games will eat away the colours of the labels and stickers on the cartridges, as well as the colour of the boxes.. it will cause them to fade away.. you should be very careful. Good luck. :o)
I was actually just wondering about this myself, so I appreciate you bringing it up. I've had my games lit up the way they are now for a number of years. No fading on the labels or any cases except for a couple Sega Genesis games, and that may just be due to age (I'm not sure). Now, as far as light from sun goes... yep that will absolute fade your games! :)
Whoa CPS 2000!!! You were soaking panties all summer long with that beast! I'm going to be getting some Wrestling stuff put up and gaming mags/prints in frames for my room. I also have a lot of Godzilla figures. Setting up some lighting currently, just need my right shoulder to heal so I can lift it up to tape this shit where I want it.
Yeah, no need to hurt your shoulder setting it up 😊. Easy does it. And yes, I won many water gun fights with that bad boy back in the day.
I always keep my games and consoles in their original boxes and store them in a cupboard. Never had a problem with them. I don't think that hooking up multiple consoles at the same time is good because the dust can enter inside the consoles much easier than having them keept in the box.
@Adamski X I use them once in a few months so I guess that I'm good. Also I don't care about displaying consoles since I have no one to show off to. I just take them out of the box when I use them and that's it. They still work and are in a good shape. Only my ps2 battery died last year but the console still works without any other problems.
I lie to put old action figures with my video games like tmnt.
Yup, that totally makes sense. I can see it.
EDTV is nice, but the majority of modern TVs tend to handle 480p content more than well enough. That's literally all an EDTV does is display 480p content, but most newer TVs I've seen just upscale 480p, and especially with a 4K TV, tend to do a better job scaling 480p.
I'm cool because I'm going to get comix Zone on game boy advance instead of genesis
Heres an idea for games with cardboard boxes. Put the cartridge on the shelf, and the box next to that game. If you do this with n64 games you wont need labels for your games. For game boy,game boy color, and game boy advance you just line up all the boxes, and the cartridge. infront of the box