I own a lot a valuable old game, and like most of people in this forum : i want to protect them. But i don't find covers on the net, the same covers i have when i buy games in akihabara 's shops ... i 'am sure you all want to put this covers too on your boxed games ... anyone know were to buy that ? Thks and best regards from france
It depends what games you are wanting the covers for. Can you tell us that? A good source is comic book bags. Get them from your local comic book shop. The smaller marvel ones may well be good for SNES sized games. Also, you can get CD and DVD sized bags - good for CD based games, from a record collector's shop. e.g. www.eil.com http://www.incognitocomics.co.uk/stocklist.asp?CID=11010001 There is a record supplier and comic supplier, both based in the UK. p.s. It is a shame the rest of the forum is down just now, but I hope when it is back in a couple of days you will post in the "Introduce Yourself!" thread so we can all welcome you properly
D'oh! and think of how many I throw 'em out. last time when I was doing clean up I'd thrown out at aleaset two dozen of 'em...
If you're looking for the Japanese famicom and cd sized resealables, I have only seen the cd ones on ebay, and for a lot of money.
The first site's direct link is: http://eil.com/visitorcentre/cleaning.asp That site is a UK record collector's site. They sell CD sleeves, which would be perfect for Saturn and Dreamcast Japanese games. You may well find that sleeves intended for other products (e.g. videos) may work well in some situations. The other site, that IS the direct link. It is a UK comic shop. They sell those comic bags in all sorts of sizes. The Marvel size may well be good for smaller items. I would suggest going to a local comic book store and getting a couple of individual comic bags. If they are the right size - great! Don't forget, comics need protecting from acids so these bags are acid free, which makes them great for games, too! However, you don't want to totally seal out the air (actually, you can't), and as a result, you really need to change your bags every 5 years or so.. some comic collectors say 2 years. Also, find a good record store - they may well have some good CD sleeves that will be appropriate - especially if it is the kind of store that sells collectable records and CDs, not just chart stuff.
Wow... someone actually found some. Most Japanese used shops put their games in these, but I'll be damned if you can just buy stacks of them.
Probably worth it to buy some then. There's apparently a lot of salt in the air around here... with the ocean surrounding the land and whatnot.
how about those vacuum seal pack I saw on lat night tv shopping channel. you know the one where a guy put a fish he caught back in 95 or something and still fresh after unseal the pack... he he
