AznKhmerBoi wrote:I try to keep most of them hooked up, i would only store the console if it needs works (sega saturn needs modchip solder on) and my n64 ( the painted flower one).
Just curious does leaving the game cart push in damage the console? Im afraid to damage my snes so whenever im done playing i usually just give it a pop so its not making any contacts.
Leaving your cart popped up off the contacts is a good idea,advice through the forums have suggested to as it can warp,corrode,expande then it can damage or need replacement.
If you can see the future while remembering the past, you may just have control of the present.
I generally keep the current gen stuff hooked up to the TV, depending on how much use I get out of it. I don't use the Wii so much so I box it up until I feel like playing it. Older stuff stays in the box on a shelf (if I have the original box) or other wise stacked on a shelf, sorted my manufacturer.
In the past I have tried to keep the number of systems hoked up to a minimum because, honestly it's not what I want the ladies to see when they step foot in my apartment. I'm coming up on 32 yrs old now and don't give a shit anymore. I am planning on getting a nicer set up to keep my systems readily available and closer to the TV because it really is a pain in the ass to unbox them every time I want to use them and being that I actually care about the condition of my system's boxes I would rather not risk the wear constant boxing and unboxing causes.
so how do you store your old consoles especially those without boxes? do you wrap it plastic wrap (so you can still see/display the console) ? do you wrap in bubble wrap (to protect from bumps) ? store in a glass cabinet display? how about the controllers, av cables and adapters?
of the course the most important i could think of is to ensure they are away from sunlight.
I don't have the room to keep everything hooked up without it becoming a mess so I tend to have one or two consoles out at a time. When not in use they go on the shelf in the closet and look pretty with the rest of my collection.
yeah at first i have them in a display cabinet, since my entertainment center table could not accommodate all of them. i would bring them out during use and probably leave it out maybe a week or two before deciding to rotate which consoles to play. but as seeing some of them started to have problems (not dead yet, the cd based most especially) i started becoming cautious. and would bring them out lesser and lesser until i got things running via emulator on wii. now they really dont go out anymore. but i dont want them just gathering dust in the cabinet too. so i plan to clean the insides and then probably wrap em up. and will open them like only when i have new games to try. i sure wish we live in a world where "dust" does not exist!
