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If there were ever an award for the most futile topic, then this would win it I reckon.
Dating back to the days of the Megadrive/Super NES era, the casing for the games have usually been different, with Nintendo going for the awful cardboard solution and Sega opting for the sensible hard-case, although in many respects the Nintendo artwork was usually of a better standard’s than Sega.
Anyway, even through the Playstation/Nintendo 64 era, the difference was still apparent where the packaging of the games were concerned. However, that trend looks set to come to an end as of next year, since X-Box, Gamecube and PlayStation 2 all share the same outer casing. Well, they’re technically DVD cases, but gone are the days that your gaming collection looked mighty impressive, but mighty untidy due to each company plumping for their preferred packaging.
Let the good times and tidy bookshelves roll...
Told you it was futile ;)
Dating back to the days of the Megadrive/Super NES era, the casing for the games have usually been different, with Nintendo going for the awful cardboard solution and Sega opting for the sensible hard-case, although in many respects the Nintendo artwork was usually of a better standard’s than Sega.
Anyway, even through the Playstation/Nintendo 64 era, the difference was still apparent where the packaging of the games were concerned. However, that trend looks set to come to an end as of next year, since X-Box, Gamecube and PlayStation 2 all share the same outer casing. Well, they’re technically DVD cases, but gone are the days that your gaming collection looked mighty impressive, but mighty untidy due to each company plumping for their preferred packaging.
Let the good times and tidy bookshelves roll...
Told you it was futile ;)
I preferred the later mastersystem versions to the megadrive ones.
Obviously the early mastersystem cases were pig-ugly in their graphic design, but the later ones were nice.
Obviously the early mastersystem cases were pig-ugly in their graphic design, but the later ones were nice.
But that's probably just me.
The best cases were the Megadrive ones, by far.
Sleek black plastic, fits on a bookshelf, and contains music cds that you completely forgot about and made you jump with joy when you found them.
Sleek black plastic, fits on a bookshelf, and contains music cds that you completely forgot about and made you jump with joy when you found them.
Strafex wrote:
> Actually, the Gamecube game boxes seem very different.
I went to Another
> World, the local import shop.
In there, I saw all the pakaging of an import
> machine.
The Games were in little sort of card covers with a plastic wallet
> inside holding the disk and instructions.
The box's are tiny, only a little
> bit bigger than a thin pack of long cigars.
You have to see it to believe
> it.
How people will actually find the game they want on the shelf is beyond
> me!
errr this shop was in a dark alleyway wasn't it...
> Actually, the Gamecube game boxes seem very different.
I went to Another
> World, the local import shop.
In there, I saw all the pakaging of an import
> machine.
The Games were in little sort of card covers with a plastic wallet
> inside holding the disk and instructions.
The box's are tiny, only a little
> bit bigger than a thin pack of long cigars.
You have to see it to believe
> it.
How people will actually find the game they want on the shelf is beyond
> me!
errr this shop was in a dark alleyway wasn't it...
Strafex wrote:
> Actually, the Gamecube game boxes seem very different.
I went to Another
> World, the local import shop.
In there, I saw all the pakaging of an import
> machine.
The Games were in little sort of card covers with a plastic wallet
> inside holding the disk and instructions.
The box's are tiny, only a little
> bit bigger than a thin pack of long cigars.
You have to see it to believe
> it.
How people will actually find the game they want on the shelf is beyond
> me!
They're the Japanese cases for the Gamecube.
The US games come in DVD Cases I believe, as will the UK games I can only assume.
> Actually, the Gamecube game boxes seem very different.
I went to Another
> World, the local import shop.
In there, I saw all the pakaging of an import
> machine.
The Games were in little sort of card covers with a plastic wallet
> inside holding the disk and instructions.
The box's are tiny, only a little
> bit bigger than a thin pack of long cigars.
You have to see it to believe
> it.
How people will actually find the game they want on the shelf is beyond
> me!
They're the Japanese cases for the Gamecube.
The US games come in DVD Cases I believe, as will the UK games I can only assume.
Actually, the Gamecube game boxes seem very different.
I went to Another World, the local import shop.
In there, I saw all the pakaging of an import machine.
The Games were in little sort of card covers with a plastic wallet inside holding the disk and instructions.
The box's are tiny, only a little bit bigger than a thin pack of long cigars.
You have to see it to believe it.
How people will actually find the game they want on the shelf is beyond me!
I went to Another World, the local import shop.
In there, I saw all the pakaging of an import machine.
The Games were in little sort of card covers with a plastic wallet inside holding the disk and instructions.
The box's are tiny, only a little bit bigger than a thin pack of long cigars.
You have to see it to believe it.
How people will actually find the game they want on the shelf is beyond me!
My wife is already thinking about which unit we shall need for storage space for Gamecube games.
I refuse to let her know how they will be packaged, so stop her purchases.
:-)
I refuse to let her know how they will be packaged, so stop her purchases.
:-)
If there were ever an award for the most futile topic, then this would win it I reckon.
Dating back to the days of the Megadrive/Super NES era, the casing for the games have usually been different, with Nintendo going for the awful cardboard solution and Sega opting for the sensible hard-case, although in many respects the Nintendo artwork was usually of a better standard’s than Sega.
Anyway, even through the Playstation/Nintendo 64 era, the difference was still apparent where the packaging of the games were concerned. However, that trend looks set to come to an end as of next year, since X-Box, Gamecube and PlayStation 2 all share the same outer casing. Well, they’re technically DVD cases, but gone are the days that your gaming collection looked mighty impressive, but mighty untidy due to each company plumping for their preferred packaging.
Let the good times and tidy bookshelves roll...
Told you it was futile ;)
Dating back to the days of the Megadrive/Super NES era, the casing for the games have usually been different, with Nintendo going for the awful cardboard solution and Sega opting for the sensible hard-case, although in many respects the Nintendo artwork was usually of a better standard’s than Sega.
Anyway, even through the Playstation/Nintendo 64 era, the difference was still apparent where the packaging of the games were concerned. However, that trend looks set to come to an end as of next year, since X-Box, Gamecube and PlayStation 2 all share the same outer casing. Well, they’re technically DVD cases, but gone are the days that your gaming collection looked mighty impressive, but mighty untidy due to each company plumping for their preferred packaging.
Let the good times and tidy bookshelves roll...
Told you it was futile ;)