I just checked one. It's an air-tight sealed plastic container with 18 boxed N64 games inside. They all seem perfect. Some of them are sealed in plastic though (not the original seal, just a plastic wrap the stores sellotape around them like in Japan), and some of them are wrapped loosely in bubble wrap. I can see that the silica crystals or whatever they are are almost completely saturated with moisture inside the pack though, so maybe it's time I replaced those. They been in this container for maybe a year now. Just for reference, the humidity today in Taipei is 47% and in Singapore it's 52%, so it's comparable at the moment, but I'm not sure if the peak humidity for the year will be wildly different.
EDIT: I didn't realise Dave was storing his stuff in cardboard boxes. That's a bad move. Even in the UK I've wrecked the inlays for most of my PSP and DS games by storing them in cardboard boxes in a damp room. I think sealed plastic containers is safe enough for Singapore and I'll be sticking with them.
EDIT AGAIN: I should also point out that I do have some items NOT in sealed containers, just in drawers or cupboards or whatever, such as a boxed Wonderswan, Virtual Boy etc, and I haven't noticed any humidity damage to them. I did notice mould on a leather Game Boy slip case though, and checked everything else frantically and thoroughly, but it was all fine as far as I could tell. Again, this is only in Taiwan though, not Singapore. I'll have to report back if and when I move.
EDIT: I didn't realise Dave was storing his stuff in cardboard boxes. That's a bad move. Even in the UK I've wrecked the inlays for most of my PSP and DS games by storing them in cardboard boxes in a damp room. I think sealed plastic containers is safe enough for Singapore and I'll be sticking with them.
EDIT AGAIN: I should also point out that I do have some items NOT in sealed containers, just in drawers or cupboards or whatever, such as a boxed Wonderswan, Virtual Boy etc, and I haven't noticed any humidity damage to them. I did notice mould on a leather Game Boy slip case though, and checked everything else frantically and thoroughly, but it was all fine as far as I could tell. Again, this is only in Taiwan though, not Singapore. I'll have to report back if and when I move.
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