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Title: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: VideoGameRescue on March 05, 2013, 12:23:11 PM
Not too long ago I found a post on reddit about how a guy made custom cases for his virtual boy collection. I was so impressed with what the final product looked like, I went out and made some for myself. For the longest time I had no idea how to store my virtual boy games and like most, ended up in a box. This solved my problem and they look pretty awesome.
[img width=700 height=466]http://videogamerescue.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/finished-product-4.jpg[/img]

It has come to my attention that the cover art for the custom cases were not on TheCoverArtProject (http://www.thecoverartproject.net) and I updated the post I made on my site to include the files.

If you would like to learn how to make your own cases just head over here (http://videogamerescue.com/virtual-boy-cases/) for the full tutorial.


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: Tynstar on March 05, 2013, 12:26:13 PM
Those look awesome!


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: blcklblskt on March 05, 2013, 12:29:05 PM
Those look great!  The red cases really make it work.  I've always loved the idea of using DS cases to hold all my loose games.


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: VideoGameRescue on March 05, 2013, 01:29:11 PM
I tried to use the black cases at first and it looked pretty blah. Red is the way to go with these


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: Techie413 on March 05, 2013, 03:07:12 PM
I did something like this for some handheld game carts - NGPC, Game Gear, etc. but now I'm going to go back and use the foam idea.  Thanks.


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: Crabmaster2000 on March 05, 2013, 07:24:39 PM
I'll admit that those do look pretty sleek. I gotta have my cardboard though for Virtual Boy games, even if it ends up costing me more in the long run.


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: bombatomba on March 05, 2013, 07:52:38 PM
Thanks for the tip, VideoGameRescue.  All my VB games are loose, stacked up and looking sad, and since I got the system mainly as a curiousity, I have to plans on further collecting.  This info will help get those games out of the "loose" ghetto and onto the shelves with the rest of my games.  Thanks, dude!


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: Am4zingGam3r on March 07, 2013, 05:18:37 PM
Awesome, dude!


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: monkees19 on March 07, 2013, 05:37:36 PM
Those look pretty cool. I've always thought about investing in those custom made cases since I lack the time to make them on my own. But I know my inner collector will force me to get the original packaging anyway so it seems like an excerise in fulity for me.


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: wildbil52 on March 12, 2013, 10:37:08 AM
I'm usually not one for custom cases.  I like to have the original cardboard...but...I do love a good DIY project and since VB isn't one of my collecting focuses I could definitely see myself doing this once I pick up a few more loose VB carts.  Thanks for sharing!


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: slackur on March 12, 2013, 11:11:44 AM
Thanks for sharing!  I think I may do this with mine too, so I appreciate the cover links and idea. :)


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: KidA on March 13, 2013, 10:02:51 PM
I did something like this for some handheld game carts - NGPC, Game Gear, etc. but now I'm going to go back and use the foam idea.  Thanks.
These would be great for games that one reason or another were released without packaging--a la, those two ngpc games whose names escape me.  The Last Blade and Faselei?


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: Missionfailed on March 21, 2013, 07:32:56 AM
Very nice and sleek looking...almost like this is how they should have been in the first place.


Title: Re: What to do with your Virtual boy games...
Post by: CoinCollector on March 23, 2013, 03:04:59 AM
Ooh, cherry red.  They look great!