Written By Shaun McCracken
If you're like me, and get to a point where you start to own a lot of
games (since the MSRP of many titles seem to drop more often than it used to
last generation), and taking those games with you on trips or to even keep them
easily on hand is a bit of a task. It's easy to take care of this problem for
PS2 and Xbox games with a normal CD/DVD case, but Gamecube games are smaller,
and while they do fit in most CD cases, they slide all over the place.
So to find a case that is designed to specifically hold Gamecube discs,
especially 40 of them, is a pretty good find, especially when it's around $5.
Nyko seemed to have the solution for the anal-retentive Gamecube owner who
has a lot of games, and wants to find the right means of strage for them,
especially when you want to take the games with you. But the poor design of this case
really ruins the concept, and ultimately, you would be better off buying a normal
CD case.
There are two problems with Nyko's Mini-CD Organizer. One, the games are really hard
to get out of the case once you put them in. The one thing you don't have to worry about
with this thing is games coming loose. But it also has a rather tight grip of them
on the center. I was afraid that I might end up cracking a couple of my discs because
the tabs just wouldn't give on these things. You really need to pres down on the
center to try and release the small tabs, and pull the disc gently, but firmly
at the same time. That's just a bit ridiculous for something that should do nothing
more than hold games.
The second problem with this accessory/peripheral is the angle the pages/flaps
are set at. The first couple of pages at the top are at a pretty good angle to get the games
off of the bottom, as it's almost 180 degrees of rotation. But the further down you go,
the harder it is to get the games off the bottom side, as the pages/flaps are set
at a 90 degree angle, pretty much vertical. Combine that with the death grip the
tabs have on your games, and this thing is almost not worth the purchase.
This peripheral was a good idea, as it's hard to find anything that holds discs
of this size. But it's too much of a hassle to pull these games out of the case,
and if some were not careful, they may end up cracking and destroying their games.
Nyko doesn't offer a replacement guarntee of games broken as a result of this thing,
so take warning now, don't pull hard! The overall problems this thing presents
is really not worth the purchase, even if it's $5.
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