Like many of you, I have a decent amount of systems. Unfortunately, this means I always have a mess of cords. I don’t enjoy unplugging and replugging stuff to move it around (not to mention it’s hard on the ports) so I usually leave everything attached. But I pretty much always have a mess of cords, just from controllers alone.
This is probably unavoidable. I was thinking of getting some commercial shelving like I’ve seen some people have so at least every console can have room on it’s own shelf, rather than being squeezed together on a desk like I have them now.
I also leave all my systems hooked up. There is not much i can do about the 50 cables behind my tv, so i use velcro cable ties for the audio/video cords and power cords since those consoles don’t move. Consoles that i need to move out to play due to short cords (N64, NES, PS2, Dreamcast), i will have an extra set of audio video cables that i can plug straight into my converter.
For controllers, i am still battling that. I used to wrap the cords in a oval shape and them velcro strap them, now i don’t do that anymore since it’s not good for the copper. So i put 2 controllers in plastic gallon bag with their cords loosely wrapped in a circle. Then i put those bags in those fabric bins for my 6x6 cube storage thing.
I think as time goes on, i may try and get more retro wireless controllers, but at the moment i don’t play those consoles that much, so it’s not worth it at $35-65 per controller.