Maintaining a game collection?

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Maintaining a game collection?
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JohntheGameCollector	Mar 1 2012, 07:21 PM Post #1
Level 4 Posts: 384 Group: Members Member #4,650 Joined: Jan 11, 2012	I know this is like the millionth topic I've started but keep in mind this is actually helping me. Recently I've been hearing stories saying that if you keep a game collection at a low temp. it's better for it, but other ppl say cold temps are bad for it. There are other ppl who say keeping a game collection at a normal temp like 65-70 F is a good thing, but other ppl say it messes up the boxes. Coming from actual game collectors, what is the best temp. to keep my game collection at to not mess up cases/boxes and stuff like that. These stories are really confusing..... thanks a bunch!
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CarsAndGames	Mar 1 2012, 07:29 PM Post #2
Level 4 Posts: 456 Group: Members Member #4,712 Joined: Jan 28, 2012	Normal temps won't hurt it. It's the humidity and condensation that will. It being too cold would be bad.



Diesel_Dan	Mar 1 2012, 07:31 PM Post #3
24-bit Posts: 188 Group: Members Member #4,665 Joined: Jan 15, 2012	Heh. This is all news to me, but you can't go wrong with keeping your games away from water and kids with sticky fingers.
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JohntheGameCollector	Mar 1 2012, 08:13 PM Post #4
Level 4 Posts: 384 Group: Members Member #4,650 Joined: Jan 11, 2012	Diesel_Dan Mar 1 2012, 07:31 PM Heh. This is all news to me, but you can't go wrong with keeping your games away from water and kids with sticky fingers. yeah I'm kinda paranoid myself when it comes to sticky fingers... I always watch my hands before touching anything in my game colelction and I dry my hands very well.
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browland1	Mar 1 2012, 09:51 PM Post #5
Posts: 3,481 Group: Admins Member #719 Joined: May 12, 2009 Currently Playing Bloodborne.	I am an avid CD collector, so I imagine similar rules that apply to that also apply to game collecting. The rule of thumb is to keep them in a cool and dry place, but not too cool - what you would consider to be a comfortable room temperature is usually good. Moisture is by far your biggest enemy, so avoid keeping them in a place where there is excessive humidity or condensation. If the temperature in your house is fairly consistent and doesn't see extremes in terms of heat and cold, you shouldn't experience too many problems, but some older houses can be prone to this and it's wise to be cautious about where you store collectables in general. The other bit of advice is to keep them out of direct sunlight. The game discs themselves should be fine, but the sleeves and cover art can fade with sun damage. It's unattractive (to say the least) and will hurt any potential resale value should you ever wish to part with it. Edited by browland1, Mar 1 2012, 09:52 PM.



Jesusthe3dgame	Mar 1 2012, 10:05 PM Post #6
Level 4 Posts: 424 Group: Members Member #3,788 Joined: Apr 26, 2011	Agreed with Browland. If you keep them in a "normal" area that isn't exposed to a ton of sunlight or extremely hot or cold environments, then you should be fine.
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MidiPour	Mar 1 2012, 10:11 PM Post #7
Power of Sardines Posts: 3,000 Group: Founding Members Member #17 Joined: Jan 27, 2009 Currently Playing with Pete's hedgehog! :3	browland1 Mar 1 2012, 09:51 PM The other bit of advice is to keep them out of direct sunlight. The game discs themselves should be fine, but the sleeves and cover art can fade with sun damage. It's unattractive (to say the least) and will hurt any potential resale value should you ever wish to part with it. To build off of what Browland said here, keep it adjacent to your bedroom window. If you have your games parallel to a large pair of windows, you will notice that the case's spine is faded in comparison to the sides of the box cover. I notice this alot with used products, and it's incredibly obvious with books because of how the artwork or predominant color is placed around the entire book sleeve. Edited by MidiPour, Mar 1 2012, 10:13 PM.



JohntheGameCollector	Mar 1 2012, 10:46 PM Post #8
Level 4 Posts: 384 Group: Members Member #4,650 Joined: Jan 11, 2012	MidiPour Mar 1 2012, 10:11 PM browland1 Mar 1 2012, 09:51 PM The other bit of advice is to keep them out of direct sunlight. The game discs themselves should be fine, but the sleeves and cover art can fade with sun damage. It's unattractive (to say the least) and will hurt any potential resale value should you ever wish to part with it. To build off of what Browland said here, keep it adjacent to your bedroom window. If you have your games parallel to a large pair of windows, you will notice that the case's spine is faded in comparison to the sides of the box cover. I notice this alot with used products, and it's incredibly obvious with books because of how the artwork or predominant color is placed around the entire book sleeve. I already fixed this problem..... I get the blinds closed to keep the sun out... lol i prefer the dark!
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MidiPour	Mar 1 2012, 11:20 PM Post #9
Power of Sardines Posts: 3,000 Group: Founding Members Member #17 Joined: Jan 27, 2009 Currently Playing with Pete's hedgehog! :3	JohntheGameCollector Mar 1 2012, 10:46 PM MidiPour Mar 1 2012, 10:11 PM browland1 Mar 1 2012, 09:51 PM The other bit of advice is to keep them out of direct sunlight. The game discs themselves should be fine, but the sleeves and cover art can fade with sun damage. It's unattractive (to say the least) and will hurt any potential resale value should you ever wish to part with it. To build off of what Browland said here, keep it adjacent to your bedroom window. If you have your games parallel to a large pair of windows, you will notice that the case's spine is faded in comparison to the sides of the box cover. I notice this alot with used products, and it's incredibly obvious with books because of how the artwork or predominant color is placed around the entire book sleeve. I already fixed this problem..... I get the blinds closed to keep the sun out... lol i prefer the dark! You know you're reducing the amount of natural light that comes into your house. I can't pinpoint sources to confirm this, but if I recall right, if you keep yourself in a closed, uncirculated room (from natural light, not ventilation), it can have an adverse effect on you. Take it for a grain of salt (since I've yet to find proper sources), however my intuition tells me that's common sense anyways. Edited by MidiPour, Mar 1 2012, 11:22 PM.



debian4life	Mar 10 2012, 09:19 PM Post #10
Level 3 Posts: 168 Group: Members Member #1,647 Joined: Mar 2, 2010	I have had video games since the late 70's and have never had an issue with boxes going bad at normal room conditions. As far as sticky fingers, I have kids who didn't quite understand that scratched video game discs cause them not to play. I have invested in a JFJ Easy Pro surfacing machine and it was one of the best video game investments I have made.



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