The Stone Age Gamer BitBox - Product Overview
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2020
- Before making a purchasing decision, it's always important to know your options. Today we'll be looking at some protection and custom case options from Stone Age Gamer.
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I came away really impressed by the BitBox. I think it's an excellent choice, especially for many of the cartridges from the second generation that don't typically get a custom case made for them. These types of thermoformed cases were much more common of their time, making it seem like a perfect fit stylistically.
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Nice--these are nice looking cases and I especially like your going the extra mile by showing what other carts will fit in these cases--thank you!
Glad you like them and thank you again for tuning in.
What a breakdown! Great job TopSpot! Keep up the great content!
I appreciate that very much. I'll do my best!
Whoa these are super nice! I like the adaptability these have feels like with only a couple cases i could fit most of my carts into their slot. Thank god i know whats in the box now... pressure was killing me
I liked being able to show some love to my older cartridges. They are seldom talked about when it comes to custom cases.
Underrated channel!
I hope you get more views and subscribers.
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Thank you, danke schoen!
Another fantastic video! Just got my Everdrive n8 in the same day you released this :)
That's awesome! In case you didn't know, the BitBox should be compatible with NES Everdrives. They left a little gap to not interfere with the SD card.
Thanks for the fun videos!
I wonder how well using an insert holder to secure the cart instead of a manual would work, that way the loose bonus fits could be a bit more secure.
I'm sure you could make some kind of insert, out of foam perhaps, if you were inclined to do so. It's not a bad idea if you wanted to do a lot of those bonus uses.
Awesome and thorough video, thanks
I hope you found it helpful, thank you.
Those mini game boxes were adorable. 😳
I think so too! Be sure to check out the original video to learn more. czcams.com/video/G7UiWwJzZZA/video.html
Cool video! For gameboy/color games, do you recommend these or modifying a ds (with gba) case? I'm wondering which would be more cost effective
Thanks for checking out the video! I love Game Boy games and I've made a lot of different suggestions for cases for them. Just search "Game Boy" on my channel for some of my favorites.
I've also shown the Shadowfox cases sold at Custom Game Case (dot) com. You may enjoy that video as well.
Ultimately, you'll have to decide what the best choice for you is considering what you wish to spend. These extra products can certainly add up.
Recieved a package with NES bitboxes just last week. They honestly feel like they could take much more of a beating than other custom cases.
I'd love to see how you'd go about printing custom covers for these as an addendum to your previous video on the topic. The covers seem particularly large to me.
That's a funny coincidence, huh? Lol. Yeah, the large covers are just over 13 inches long. You would really need US legal or A3 paper to accommodate that. But other than that, printing them would be the same as any cover. The provided covers were printed on card-stock as well. Some people would like to print their own, but a lot of people would rather just pay to have it done for them.
@@TopSpot123 A3!? Welp, guess I gotta go to a self serve print shop, and hope they don't call the cops xD
It's neat, but I'm a bigger fan of customgamecases. I'm not a fan of the old vhs case style, which those old cases were always flimsy. Plus, the printing and manual holder is an upcharge. Meanwhile, custom game cases your purchase is the same price ($4.99) and ins built with those friction tabs like the DS case that hold the manual. Plus the case itself is built of the same or similar plastic as a DS case. They actually even have a new type to fit the bigger GBA and GBC carts, like drilldozer, warioware twisted, and gameboy camera. Every case comes with the print included, and it's high quality. Perhaps not as good as the print quality on official licensed products, but very good. Think a high quality repro cartridge print.
I was just able to take a look at those new cases recently. They are all very nice. But I still found these to be better than I expected. Thankfully we have good choices.
👍🐸👍AWESOME
but...
What case would you use for the Super Game Boy, maybe the bitbox Neo Geo case?
I've asked stoneagegamer but I've not gotten a response...
What would you recommend...?
That is a good question. I didn't receive a Neo Geo case, but I'd imagine that's much larger than required. I just checked and the Super Game Boy *almost* fits in the NES BitBox, but not quite. The box gets deformed because the SGB is just a little too bulky. I'm pretty sure you could modify the box to make it fit with a few cuts but otherwise, it seems that BitBox doesn't have an appropriate case for the Super Game Boy.
Not a huge fan of Bit Box personally, I find they stretch the art a bit too much for my liking, the spines are pretty rounded which causes alot of glare, making it harder to read from a distance and the size of them is just kind of awkward, they don't fit well alongside DVD sized cases and overhang off of some media shelves as a result. For me personally, I find it worth it to spend just a bit more and get the sturdier, more uniform and better sized cases from CustomGameCases.com for anything they offer, and Universal Game Cases for the rest. I like cohesion on my game shelves and this method works best for me :)
A dissenting opinion comment that is well reasoned and devoid of vitriol, childishness, or threats? You win the internet today!
I can definitely see your points and reasoning. I have taken a look at the Shadow Fox cases from CustomGameCases.com in a previous video as well, so people can get a good sense of what's available and decide what suits their collection best.
And a quick FYI, rumor has it that UGC's are no longer being manufactured so you might find them harder to source for a good price.
Thanks for the great comment and thank you for watching. I appreciate it.
I'm already using UGC cases for most of my collection. Should I switch?
Bitbox is bigger than UGC. I like the manual strap option though.
I don't know if you should switch or not, but UGC are no longer being produced and will probably get harder and harder to find.
hey, i was just wondering if there was a convenient way to store wario ware twisted in a case of some sorts? i use a ds case like method at the moment but i know the game is obviously too large
From what I've seen, most people are forced to make their own custom case by reappropriating a case meant for another purpose. I recommend searching CZcams or the forums at the Cover Project for examples.
I looked at customgamecases.com a few months ago. They are in preproduction for a new case type that is an over-deep DS style case specifically for WW: Twisted and rumble cartridges. But I don't know when these new cases will be ready for sale.
@@TopSpot123 pal DS games are wider, maybe one of them would work?
@@TheMonyarm No, those are only wider by a couple of millimeters. You need a case twice to three times as wide for Twisted.
Do you prefer this cases or the one from custom game cases ? On sight I would choose the custom game cases but because you tested them, I wonder what you think ?
They both have their strengths and weaknesses. I like them both, honestly. If I were buying cases, I would be buying a mix of each, depending on the system I think.
I would get these, but shipping to where I live would cost an arm and a leg!
If it isn’t the Sega Card-games, could someone please tell me what kind of game system he mentions right before WonderSwan? Thank you.
Yes a new video
Yes a new comment
Hey I have to ask, are Master System cards and TurboGrafx-16
cards around the same size?
Yes, they are each credit card sized, but a bit thicker.
@@TopSpot123 Noted, time to start designing covers for em!
Love these cases but shelf space can sometime be an issue. But I do love the mini N64 boxes you’ve made
They are pretty beefy, depth-wise. I could see that even though they are only a little wider than other cases, over a shelf it would add up.
cool video
Thank you
Man oh man am I conflicted considering my go to option universal game cases are done being made and I have around 80 carts to case im trying to find options that are cheap and customizable
These seem ok but the artwork seems a bit long and not a fan of the rounded spine reminds me of a vhs tape more than anything
Really wish a new UGC type case can be done as that would be best for me but it is what it is
It's hard to believe that UGC are discontinued! I also looked at another custom case product, the 'Shadow Fox' cases from customgamecases.com. Take a look at that video to help you make up your mind.
Are the gameboy cases around the same size as DS cases?
They are very much the same size of US DS cases.
@@TopSpot123 thanks, might check them out
@@TheLeggedOne These are actually a little bit bigger around. Sorry about the confusion, for some reason I got my videos confused and thought you were asking about the cases from Customgamecases.com that I had looked at in the past. czcams.com/video/02ciaWS3Dis/video.html . The Gameboy cases they sell match DS case size exactly.
how come this guy isn’t popular, y enjoy his vids
thx
Could a super game boy fit in the nes case?
Excellent question! I just tried it and even though it looks like it will fit, it does not. It's really, really close though. Like it *almost* fits, but it won't go in without force.
Genesis doesn't seem necessary because you can get standard cases
That is essentially true, although the standard cases won't natively hold the other cartridge shapes shown.
The cases look great, but it looks like the artwork is slightly stretched...
I'm not sure of all of the measures they took to get the covers to fit these cases. Most obvious on the NES case is the addition of a Nintendo Entertainment System sidebar on the front and back, surely to help fill space. One could get the raw files and compare them to original art if so inclined, but I don't find them distorted enough to be distracting.
TopSpot123 I took a lot of inspiration from your mini box designs, so I like my boxes to be as close to retail as possible. But awesome video as always.
Keep up the great work!
Great video, but my personal preference is not Vac-formed cases. Nothing personal but I just like the hard plastic cases more.
I totally see that. I thought I was going to have a hard time finding nice things to say about them, but as I mentioned in the video, they are much nicer than I expected. I hope I was able to capture that even if you still have a preference.