Paperghost
An Ode to Gaming
Pretty much my entire console collection, and nearly every machine in the picture is plugged in and ready to play. Planning out where to place each machine in relation to where the wires were going to go, how long the wires are, which have SCART and which have standard TV aerials took quite some time. Top tip - those 5 in 1 SCART adapters (basically a box with 5 SCART sockets in it that sits behind your TV) are a Godsend for this kind of thing. I think I've done quite well not to have ended up with hundreds of wires spilling all over the place, but it'll probably all end in tears if I need to remove one of the consoles.
Since doing this, I've realised that the easiest way to hook a big pile of machines up is to separate the power wires from the aerial & SCART leads. Start with the power wires first, as those will be the ones on the ground (and hidden under the units) most of the time and won't be moved around as much. Start from the plug sockets and work your way back to the place where the console will be, but don't connect them to any consoles yet. Once all the power wires are plugged in and in place, push all the excess cable under the unit as much as you can, then do the same with the TV aerials / SCART leads, starting from the TV and the 5 in 1 SCART adapter and working your way back to where the console will be. As you mess with TV wires more than power supplies, it makes sense to do those second. Finally, drop in the consoles and connect everything up, before hiding as much of the aerial / SCART cables as you can.
If you have multiple Dreamcasts and you intend to plug one into a TFT, another top tip - saved games made on a regular TV don't seem to work with the TFT and vice-versa, so pick one DC to use on a TFT and stick with it or you'll get confused with your saves real quick.
To the left, I have two small baskets which hold all the loose SNES carts and all my Neo Geo Pocket games. There's a Game Gear and a Gameboy Advance just out of shot, too but neither work anymore so I didn't want to include them here. I'm planning on adding some more consoles eventually (still trying to get my hands on a Neo Geo, PC Engine Duo and a Jaguar) so I might have to take another picture with a third shelf unit added. That might be tricky...
An Ode to Gaming
Pretty much my entire console collection, and nearly every machine in the picture is plugged in and ready to play. Planning out where to place each machine in relation to where the wires were going to go, how long the wires are, which have SCART and which have standard TV aerials took quite some time. Top tip - those 5 in 1 SCART adapters (basically a box with 5 SCART sockets in it that sits behind your TV) are a Godsend for this kind of thing. I think I've done quite well not to have ended up with hundreds of wires spilling all over the place, but it'll probably all end in tears if I need to remove one of the consoles.
Since doing this, I've realised that the easiest way to hook a big pile of machines up is to separate the power wires from the aerial & SCART leads. Start with the power wires first, as those will be the ones on the ground (and hidden under the units) most of the time and won't be moved around as much. Start from the plug sockets and work your way back to the place where the console will be, but don't connect them to any consoles yet. Once all the power wires are plugged in and in place, push all the excess cable under the unit as much as you can, then do the same with the TV aerials / SCART leads, starting from the TV and the 5 in 1 SCART adapter and working your way back to where the console will be. As you mess with TV wires more than power supplies, it makes sense to do those second. Finally, drop in the consoles and connect everything up, before hiding as much of the aerial / SCART cables as you can.
If you have multiple Dreamcasts and you intend to plug one into a TFT, another top tip - saved games made on a regular TV don't seem to work with the TFT and vice-versa, so pick one DC to use on a TFT and stick with it or you'll get confused with your saves real quick.
To the left, I have two small baskets which hold all the loose SNES carts and all my Neo Geo Pocket games. There's a Game Gear and a Gameboy Advance just out of shot, too but neither work anymore so I didn't want to include them here. I'm planning on adding some more consoles eventually (still trying to get my hands on a Neo Geo, PC Engine Duo and a Jaguar) so I might have to take another picture with a third shelf unit added. That might be tricky...