What games look best lined up on a shelf? worst?

[Cmosfm]

I was organizing my collection last night and was noticing how nice some of the games look lined up on my shelf...and how bad some looked. So which ones do you think look best, and worst?

BEST

Sega Master System - Love the white checkerboard look

Sega Saturn - White again, still cool!

NES - loose...I love the loose NES cart look

PS2, PS1 - Don't know why, Just love it

WORST

Genesis - with the mass amount of red, then black, then multicolor, then large sport boxes, they look awful lined up unless you organize them by color.

Dreamcast - They'd look good if they didn't switch from white to black 1/2 way through the systems life.

Atari 2600 - Loose - So many cart variations.

Famicom - THE COLORS! NOOOOOOOOO! MY EYES!

[Aussie2B]

Yeah, Genesis looks pretty crappy. I kind of like the trippy rainbow of Famicom games, though. :P

Sega CD games look really nice lined up. Pretty blue. :) However, the original cardboard ones break the consistency. Loose NES is also a favorite of mine, as is loose SNES.

I'd say loose Super Famicom and N64 are some more crappy ones. They look stupid unless they're in boxes.

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Imports with the spine cards stil on them always look nice. Same with LE and those working designs sets (lunar, arc the lad) and i must say me mint/complete super famicom games add a nice touch. I agree with the loose genesis games, the red,black and all the random company made carts (like EA) look pretty nasty. Though i put all my loose ugly games in a shoebox with airholes in them.

[Sibs]

I'd say the Playstation looks the best on the shelf cuz most of the jewel cases are black(except for the greatest hits cases) and I think the Dreamcast is the worst because the jewel cases color can change from white to black to orange(sega all stars).

[Kroogah]

I second the loose SFC and N64 statement, because you can't tell what the Hell the games are.

My favorite would have to be any of the current-gen systems, with the nice lineup of logos on the spines. Import Saturn and Neo Geo CD are nice for the same reason.

[Daria]

I must be weird because I like how my genesis games look on a shelf, except for the occasional game with a barcode on the spine (Shinig Force) those annoy me. Same for NES games, I like the variety in colors and font logos.

[MarkMan]

I like how PS1 long box games look. And Saturn games too.

[anagrama]

NeoGeo carts always look good en masse.
And PAL Saturn games look really sweet in their DVD-esque cases, much better than the clunky US cases.

[Jasoco]

I do like Sega CD's blue and Saturn's white. Too bad a few of the Sega CD games are not in normal boxes. Were there any Saturn ones not in white boxes?

Also, the yellow 32X boxes are attractive. Except the one DOOM game with the backwards spine. What were they thinking?

When Cube games are lined up, I really like it. And if I keep the Players Choice versions separate they look nice by themselves too.

[Half Cab Leroy]

I think loose NES games look nice.

I think that Genesis games probably look the worst.

[hydr0x]

I think loose NES games look nice.

i really don't get it, what looks good about LOOSE NES games? they all (at least the licensed) look the same if they are lined up, what really rocks are boxed NES games, such a variety of style, lovely.

i really like gamecube, snes and n64 too (all boxed), PAL Saturn is also ok

[Kamisama]

Atari Lynx does look okay too

[Qixmaster]

Boxed NES games (esp megaman 1 - 6 and ninja gaiden 1-3... looking at the sides of those games lined up gives me shivers). I also think boxed N64 games look really nice all lined up.

[charitycasegreg]

Boxed NES games (esp megaman 1 - 6 and ninja gaiden 1-3... looking at the sides of those games lined up gives me shivers). I also think boxed N64 games look really nice all lined up.

ditto...

[DigitalSpace]

PS2 and GC look nice. I also dig loose SNES. PSX and DC for the jewel cases, although longbox PSX is another story.

And boxed NES, SNES, and N64 are always nice if you have 'em.

The worst includes loose N64, for obvious reasons. Loose unlicensed NES carts can be bad too. It's bad enough when you see them at a store in a glass case and can't tell what the hell they are.

[tholly]

as much as i love the NES, i think loose carts look pretty crappy....since they are not all the same style and color (ex. tengen games) so they all dont fit in perfectly....the best games lined up to me are the 3 current gen systems since they all follow the same spine design

odyssey 2 games dont look to bad either...but still not as good as the new systems....

[-hellvin-]

I LOVE how my genesis look so far but none of them are sports games, I guess I can see how all the multicolor would get shitty after a while.

But my top picks are Master System, Saturn and Sega CD.

[Balloon Fight]

I am definitely fond of PS1 longboxes and Saturn games. They look so good lined up. I also like how Britney Spears lines up next to that wall in tholly's avatar.

[Aussie2B]

Also, the yellow 32X boxes are attractive. Except the one DOOM game with the backwards spine. What were they thinking?

Natsume must've had the same kind of brain fart with Harvest Moon 64. When you have a boxed N64 game facing up and you look at the left side flap, the title of the game SHOULD be right side up, but for some stupid reason, the Harvest Moon 64 box has it upside-down. :/ That really irks me.

[Ed Oscuro]

Master System boxes don't look awful, but they're far from my favorite. Bland, though sometimes the box art is great. Japanese Mark III/MS boxes look great in the same manner.

Game Boy/GBA boxes look great since they haven't changed in size over the years (here in the US, anyways). Famicom Disk System games look pretty good together.

The best two are probably the Japanese Mega Drive and Neo Geo AES (also imported) boxes. I like x68K and MSX boxes (at least T&E Soft's Undead Line box) a bunch. Famicom/Super Famicom are a bit wild and unruly but they look good too. I like a little bit of havok, after all :)