DIY wall mount SNES cart organizer.

Ive long been a fan of those audio cassette racks to store Genesis, Famicom, Master system, N64 loose carts. You can find them here and there at flea markets and garage sales.




I have been on the lookout for a SNES equivalent and eventually came to the realization that I would not just find it.
Recently I decided to build one myself.
I wanted it to be simple to build so I thought about it and went to the hardware store for inspiration.

I came up with this. Its designed for SNES carts but also works for NES carts as you can see. Although its not as orderly with NES carts. If you have the NES cart plastic jackets you can store them with the label facing you. If you do not have the plastic jackets it only works with the NES carts on the side, otherwise the carts will just fall ( like Ninja gaiden II on the picture ).


Anyway, here's how I made this.
I used 1/4" thick perforated masonite.


A load of Push-in shelf support pegs


And some wood boards for the framing. I used Pine boards.


For SNES carts, the ideal depth of the rack is 3", Its deep enough to secure the carts and they stick out enough to be easily taken out.
So I just adjusted my table saw and made long slices of this size with both the masonite and wood boards.


For the masonite slices, You want to have 3 holes more or less centered in the width of the slice.
Like this, You may need to reajust the saw after a couple slices.


On the up and down parts of the rack frame, I cut 1/4" wide trenches with the saw so I can insert the masonite slices once the frame is done.
IMPORTANT: I found the ideal distance between each trenches was exactly 5-7/8" for SNES carts. With this measurement the carts are neither too tight or too loose.
This needs to be pretty exact but it might vary If the Push in pegs used are different then mines.


The length of the sides will depend on the amount of carts you want the rack to contain.

I assembled the frame, Used non perforated Masonite to make the back and made sure it is perfectly square.
Then I cut my perforated masonite slices to proper length and inserted them in the trenches I had made.
You need to make sure that the holes in your masonite panels match up or your carts will look crooked and it may be harder to fit them in.
Before you glue each peg in the holes, you need to cut the round tab with cutters. You can cut them pretty flush, as long as there is still a small plastic stump it is ok, the glue will hold them. I did this to about 280 pegs


Here is the finished rack after I glued the pegs. I used hot glue here, was efficient and hassle free, strong enough for the job.
You just gotta work quick so the glue is still hot when you stick the part in and leave you a second or two to adjust the rotation angle.


Once that was done I just pray painted the thing black and mounted it on the wall as seen early in the post.
So that was not a complete step by step guide obviously, I just made this using some pics I took while building the thing.
Just wanted to spread the idea as this is pretty much the easiest way I found to build those.
Note that it is not the cheapest thing to build though as you need a shitton of pegs. I bought 300 of em and used around 275. There are 25$ worth of the things in there... However It is simpler and quicker to build than any other idea I found, It could also easily be adapted to make a rack for any kind of cart size. If you have a simpler Idea please share.
My finished rack holds 72 carts.

 

This is interesting, I never thought of using Masonite and the assorted plug ins to build a rack. It just sucks because I think my walls will not support this and I dont have the room to have it stand on the floor.

 

Pretty much any wall will suppost this as long as you use these:

 

Nice write up, very interesting. There is even enough room to place a door which would be perfect for hiding part of a collection.

Eh, I don't know if dry wall will support that amount of wieght. He would probably have to post this on a 1 or 2 studs behind the dry wall.

 

I have issues with the plaster and the wall its self, the plaster is coming off and the wall behind it isn't too strong either. A simple picture frame is sagging right now on the wall in question, The plaster has bubbled it seems and isn't stuck to the wall anymore, I bodged it with polyfilla but I think the whole wall needs plastering, that said I haven't used a drywall anchor, so that may be the difference, or just flat out ruin the wall.

 

If it is drywall, It will work, 100% sure, even if its 3/8 thickness ( standard is 1/2) . But then just add more anchors. But obviously if you can find the studs in the wall and screw into them its even better.

If its a very old building, you may have those roughcast plaster wall, im not sure how you call them in english ( im native french canadian ).
They are made of thin wood strips covered in a brittle cement/plaster. They are more annoying when it comes to harnessing stuff to them, and they are pure hell to demolish.
Working with those is when you realize how much of a marvelous invention drywall was.

 

Molly bolts (Spelling) work great too on drywall.

 

Damn, that's a lot of plugging!

Good idea, though. Thanks for sharing how you did it.

 

Probably the most ugliest way to display a cartridge collection but hey as long as it's functional :encouragement: