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71 of 75 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Effective, but I had hoped for more, November 23, 2002
The Summary:
If you want to carry a gameboy, a few accessories, and a handful of games around with you, this is a pretty reasonable way to do it and protect your games. If you want to transport a large collection or large accessories, you will need to find some other way.About the Case:
The case is small and compact -- as it should be. This is handy in terms of carrying around your gameboy or packing it in another bag, but you need to be mindful that this is a small bag and may not carry your entire set of games and accessories. There are three compartments: the main compartment, a secondary compartment, and a stretch cell phone compartment. The Main Compartment:
The main compartment has a large fitted area for your Game Boy, but the game boy must have no attachments in order to fit -- no lights, no magnifier.
There are two cartridge compartments next to the main compartment that will hold 4 GBA games standing vertically, or 3 "old" gameboy color games laying horizontally. I suppose you could pack in 4 gameboy color games here, but that's a stretch in my opinion.
There is room for a ninth GBA game between these two sections. This ninth slot will not hold old gameboy color games.
If you have protective cases for your games, you will need to take the games out of their cases to fit them into the slots. The Secondary Compartment:
The secondary compartment opens by zipper and is suitable for storing a few small accessories. I think you could probably fit a gameboy itself into this secondary compartment (if you didn't want to put it in the main compartment for some reason, but not with much room to spare. The Cell Phone Compartment:
This is sort of an elastic side compartment. I use it to store my old-style gameboy cable -- I haven't found a use for it otherwise really (unless of course you've got a cell phone to put there). This compartment doesn't close reliably enough to hold additional batteries, and is too open to store things that might get dust or grit in them. What is Missing:
The main compartment needs some kind of strap to secure the gameboy down, like the kind laptop cases have. While the case is closed and snapped shut, having the gameboy fallout is probably impossible, but if you opened it carelessly your GBA and the games could fall out and be damaged. This is especially true if you have the old gameboy games in the main compartment, since they lie in such a way that they would have the greatest chance of falling out. Protection: As a general rule these protections apply to the main compartment. The cell phone compartment is unprotected, and the secondary compartment is reasonably protected except from impacts. Protection Against Rain:
Probably okay in light rain. I think things in the main compartment would be alright. The main compartment isn't sealed, and the flap doesn't have an overlapping cover at the top, so I suppose rain could get into the case if it was a real shower or something. Protection Against Dust:
Fine unless you bathe it in dust storm. I don't think the case is really rated against sitting in the back of a truck on a dry dirt road, but it should be very nice against protecting the day to day dust from getting into your cartridges in an indoor room or preventing "backpack grit" from getting at it. Protection Against Impact:
Should be OK against coincidental bumps and smacks. 5 of 6 sides of the main compartment are surrounded by hard plastic of fairly reassuring thickness. The six side (the side that opens) is not, but all 6 sides are padded with about 1/4 inch (I am estimating) of padding. Again, I think this is fine to keep things from getting accidentally crushed.
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