I've got 2 like the ones Behihana has. One's filled with CDs, the other has what's left of my NES collection.

I got a couple of media storage units at a Big Lots near us - $25 and it fits 75 CIB games perfectlyy. My boxes have the "classic fit" plastic cases around them and fit exactly 15 wide on 5 shelves. I just got another thing there yesterday for $40 that holds 155, and the depth of the shelves are also perfect.

I have a CD tower from Target. Holds about 175 loose carts. I don't like it. EDIT: A Billy would be a little too big for my room, my coffee mugs are on shelves above my games.

The plastic Sterilite drawer carts (3 shelves, each same size, clear plastic) will hold between 220 to 240 games, depending on how much effort you wish to squeeze titles together. That's between 75 to 80 games per drawer. It doesn't make your collection look awesome like the vertical shelves, but it might make your gf happy because everything is hidden away

I use them to store not only NES, but Atari, SNES, Genesis, and N64. they're real nice, and at $17.50 a pop not very expensive.

Im in the market for shelves; Im not sure which to get out of the two...

Ikea Billy ~
$70ish

Atlantic 1080 (the one where mfg number ends with '18', apparently thats the better version) ~ $150ish


Good thing about ikea is that there would be a supply of billy bookcases for the foreseeable future (good if collection gets bigger), and every once in awhile you can spot one on craigslist for cheap (not as frequent as poang chairs or loft beds unfortunately).  The main problem I have with Billy is the aesthetic. its a bit too simple.

Good thing about the bestbuy/atlantic ones is that aesthetically, in my opinion, is better and accomodates better to your shelving needs.  The problem I have with this shelf is availability (seems like I could only get it online, local best buy's seems to be out of em) now and in the near future.

What do you guys think?  Are there any other shelves that's similar to what I'm looking for but cheaper?

**edit**
@benihana - are those the same shelves kbcollector has?  if not how much did it cost you /shelf?  gotta go to a walmart soon.  if I can find something darker than the ones you have a $20 price point then I probably know which shelves im getting.
those shelves are sort of like the half way between Ikea billy and Atlantic.

Hmm...I think those shelves like $40 each...then again it was 4 or 5 years ago. I am also starting to shop around since I am running out of shelving room fast. Going to keep an eye on the thread just so I can get idea's...

Dumb question, but is the N64 box about the same dimensions as a VHS tape? I'm looking at the N64 box I have in front of me, and I'm trying to remember a VHS tape in my head, and they look very similar in size. Do people who collect N64 CIB have complaints with multimedia towers as storage?