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Post by Sturat on Mar 29, 2006 12:21:25 GMT -5
Which systems have the best and worst game packaging?
Playstation was pretty bad; between Japan and America the cases came in at least six different shapes, which is an awful lot of trial and error to eventually decide on standard CD cases.
I think 32X CDs, early Sega CD games and most American 3DO games are the worst, though. They put the discs in blank jewel cases or paper sleeves, and then put that in a giant cardboard box. There's no good way to store those!
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Post by dartagnan1803 on Mar 29, 2006 13:24:08 GMT -5
They also did that with early TG16-CDs.
Games like Ys and Fighting-Street came in cheap boxes and lifeless jewel cases
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Mar 29, 2006 17:00:00 GMT -5
European Megaman covers take the cake, the art is horrible on every single one and the description on the back is not really doing much good either.
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Post by Weasel on Mar 29, 2006 17:41:14 GMT -5
Worst: Any game that insists on putting their discs in flimsy paper sleeves. I'm talkin' bout games like Baldur's Gate, Final Fantasy VII PC, Neverwinter Nights (the original version).
Best: Games that come in DVD cases. I love those things. My PS2 collection is well-protected by them, as are some of my PC games like Myst IV and Deus Ex 2.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2006 18:30:53 GMT -5
European Megaman covers take the cake, the art is horrible on every single one and the description on the back is not really doing much good either.
Redesigned logo for European version of Megaman Command Mission looks really good, though. |
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Post by Shinigami on Mar 29, 2006 19:29:44 GMT -5
Correct me if I'm wrong but, didn't Genesis games come in plastic cases similar to DVD cases today? I always thought this was a superior design to the Snes' crappy cardboard boxes. I'm also wondering if Genesis games did come in plastic cases, why don't we see more used Genesis games for sale WITH the case? Did gamers consider the cases extra baggage? I never owned a Genesis, but if I did I would have kept the cases. I kept my crappy Snes games' cardboard boxes, even if I do have to use tape to keep them together.
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Post by megamoronx on Mar 29, 2006 19:41:07 GMT -5
Old Genny games definitely had the best. The boxes looked great and they were solid as hell. It made the Genesis seem indestructible. Too bad they had all those cheap black and white instruction books. It was late 1994 that they switched over to the cheap cardboard. Sonic and Knuckles was the first game I saw that way.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Mar 30, 2006 9:36:14 GMT -5
GBA games are pretty ill packaged here, nothing but thin cardboard and a plastic bag. EW.
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Post by Neo Rasa on Mar 30, 2006 11:00:35 GMT -5
The best is the snaplock cases SNK used for the Neo Geo home system and early Neo Geo Pocket games.
Man remember pre-2000 PC game packaging? Totally insane.
That said current PC game packaging is pretty bad too, no more jewel cases, no more MANUALS in most cases, ugh.
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Post by Fletch on Apr 2, 2006 20:15:16 GMT -5
Don't forget about the snap-lock cases for the original Game Boy games. I was so pissed when Nintendo dropped them to use the afformentioned plastic sleaves.
-James
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Post by megatronbison on Apr 3, 2006 4:38:52 GMT -5
SNES game boxes are the worst for me- that cheap 'ready rip' cardboard they used- nurgh! Also they always seems to tear if you tried peeling the price stickers off them, even after using some isopropyl alcohol to help lift it  |
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Post by Shinigami on Apr 3, 2006 11:38:16 GMT -5
while the Snes cardboard boxes may have sucked, at least the games came with a hard plastic sleeve that protected the circuits from the elements. Well at least they did until around 1995 when new games stopped coming with these plastic sleeves.
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Post by YourAverageJoe on Apr 3, 2006 13:56:02 GMT -5
At least Nintendo is trying to make up for it with the DS snaplock cases with GBA holding-space.
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Post by wil327 on Apr 3, 2006 14:56:48 GMT -5
Phalanx for the SNES had art that had absolutely nothing at all to do with the game whatsoever.
Seriously it was an old man sitting in a rocking chair with a banjo.
WTF!@!@#$#@
The game is a shmup.
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Post by megamoronx on Apr 3, 2006 17:30:27 GMT -5
Phalanx for the SNES had art that had absolutely nothing at all to do with the game whatsoever. Seriously it was an old man sitting in a rocking chair with a banjo. WTF!@!@#$#@ The game is a shmup. Actually I read about that in an EGM a few years ago. The guys making the box art did that just because there were so many SHUMPS out at that time, they wanted some way to make Phalanx stand out. So they took a picture of some old fart with a banjo. Brilliant. I've never played the game. |
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