I'm guessing that I'm very late to this party, but I don't think I've ever seen this mentioned here, so maybe others would like the information also.

I've always wanted a better storage solution for GBA games. The cardboard boxes aren't practical, and just leaving the game without any packaging sucks.

Enter the GBA DS Cover Project on Snackbar Games

- Nintendo DS cases also have slots for GBA games.
- The Nintendo Online Store sells DS cases. 10 for $7, 5 for $4, or $1 each. Shipping is a flat rate no matter how many are ordered, so order all at once. So....

Step one: Buy DS cases
Step two: Print DS covers, found at Snackbar Games GBA Cover Project
Step three: ...
Step four: Profit

Some pictures of collections that others have sent in:


Forum dedicated to the project
There is also a thread on CAG about the project, but since I've never left the deals forum there, I never saw it. Oops.

that's really neat, i agree, i dont understand why there's no protection for the carts at all. these look like they take up a lot of space tho, but at least they will look good next to the PSP games

i've been thinking about doing that. there are only a few GBA games i want/have, i knew about the ds cases from nintendo.com. nice that someone else did all the work. too bad we can't get corvin to start making them, that guy makes awesome dvd ones.

These look awesome, but I will have to contiunue to hold out for a good solution involing multiple games in one storage device. I have way too many GBA games to devote shelf space one game to one case.

Thanks OP!

Be sure to check out my Nintendogs: Best Friends conversion!

Thanks to being only 200 miles from the Nintendo distribution warehouse, I got my cases the day after they were shipped, despite going UPS Ground.

I printed all but one of the covers at Office Depot for $.89 per page. Standard paper is definitely good enough. I think a glossy paper would be too shiny, since the plastic case naturally provides some shine.

A couple things of note:
- GB/GBC/GBA instruction booklets are slightly larger than DS booklets. You need to cut a small plastic divider out to make it fit. I used a 12-year-old dull box knife blade, and easily & quickly cut it out. No big deal.
- WarioWare Twisted doesn't fit (obviously). Some people worked up a two-case design, but I haven't decided if I'll go through with that or not. It is a bit of work.
- The cases rock.

I took some pictures, in case anyone wanted to see. The last pictures show the Aria of Sorrow case and its corresponding box side-by-side.

That's pretty cool. I just keep all my games in a little gift bag though and have the boxes stored in the closest. I couldn't justify the cost to create new packaging for about 40 GBA games (of which a handful are imports and the covers are probably not on that site). Still, thanks for the pictures, they look great.

I have 25 GB-GBA games and 3 paper-sleeve DS games that need replacing. I've been on that site for a while now, downloaded all the covers I needed. Even printed them out at the office. Got them sitting right there on my bookshelf. I just haven't taken the time to buy the 30 or 40 cases I need from Nintendo. I need to just make the plunge. I fully intend on doing the WarioWare Twisted 2-case mod as well

Pixy, have you checked on those imports? I've seen several. They have over 600 GB/C/A covers hosted.

Wow, that's really nice! Might have to do that.

Those are super cool. I'm glad to see the revival of the Genesis-style clamshell case with the DS.

thanks for the pics Jeremy! i love the boxes. guess we can always make our own liner art for fun ^^

I don't know why I didn't think about cutting out the divider in the GBA case. Here, I thought I was forced to live my manuals sitting in the original cardboard box.

Yeah. Even if you don't have a box cutter, just about anything sharp will work. Most people use an Exacto knife. One guy even mentioned using nail clippers...

I like it.

That is an awesome and great idea. . I have plenty of GBA carts...but not many of the original boxes. Oh wait...WTF...this thread is 6 years old and the link is dead as a doornail. *sigh*

Also, the cases on the Nintendo site no longer contain the GBA cart slot

Wow, thread from the dead....

The cover art is still available. It moved to http://www.thecoverproject.net/, and now includes art for just about every console and handheld. The percentage of game with art varies based on the age & popularity of the games and the system.

I have no idea where you can get cases with GBA slots any more. Ebay maybe?

Yeah Ebay should have them. But probably at a preminum. At least the project still exists