Best Game Box?

[fastbilly1]

My favorite case is the Japanese Gamecube case. Its a hardplastic mini dvd case (the Gameboy player disc came in this case.

I vote that stock cd cases are the worst. They just cant take any damage and if they ever fall they like to shatter.

[Metalcrack]

Sega Master System boxes are better than Genesis boxes because Sega Master System boxes are completely uniform with each other so they look amazing on bookshelves, making them my favorite.

All but Rampage, which sticks out like a sore thumb! (One I'll live with....I love that game)

My favorite case is the Japanese Gamecube case. Its a hardplastic mini dvd case (the Gameboy player disc came in this case.

Similar to PSP game cases I'd imagine.

[noiseredux]

My favorite case is the Japanese Gamecube case. Its a hardplastic mini dvd case (the Gameboy player disc came in this case.

really? I've never seen any like this (besides the GBP startup disc). Though the only Japanese GC game I can think of that I've actually seen in person is the Puzzle Collection. Got any pics of Japanese GC games in these cases?

[fastbilly1]

I dont have any pictures on hand, but I am fairly certain that most games were in that style case. I found this image of Custom Robo in front of its case:
http://www.thundershockgames.com/store/ ... omRobo.jpg

They are just meaty enough and still hold the game, book, and memory card.

[Anayo]

Clearly the Neo Geo has the best boxes.

[IcKy99]

Love:
Black grid genesis boxes! so uniform and most of the time the black grid boxes had better artwork than the stupid red/orange ones!

Dreamcast cases, the white ones tho, why did they have to changed to black?!!! playstation cases were already black they should have stuck to white and stand out more.

Hate:
Sega Saturn/CD, the US cases were total crap why couldnt we have those nice gold spined jewel cases like japan??

[Reverend]

The black grid Genesis boxes were the best. The ugly, red-on-orange striped Genesis boxes were the worst.

I second this.

[corn619]

PS3 cases are small, tough and protect the game well.

[J T]

Neo Geos are sexy.

There was this place near my house when I was younger called "Just For Fun" that had a bunch of consoles that you could pay by the hour to play. They had the Super Famicom (before the SNES was released), Genesis, NES, Master System, and Turbo Grafx 16. There were little stations for you to play that lined the walls.

There was a special room for the Neo Geo though. It was a dark room, and it had this great smell to it-- to my little gamer nerd nose, it smelled like the future. You have to keep in mind that at this time, the Neo Geo was the COOLEST most EXPENSIVE thing in gaming. Each game cost $200-$300 dollars upon release. Sure you can buy most of the games on a PS2 compilation for about $10 now, but back then Neo Geo was THE cutting edge. There were two television hooked up to one NeoGeo in this dark room. There were two banana chairs and two of those awesome lap-sized NeoGeo joysticks. They also had it hooked up to a great sound system with a 3 foot tall sub woofer right behind you. The grenade explosions in Nam 1975 would make your hair blow around. No other kids were allowed in the room with you when you played, so you had it to yourself. There was an observation window in the back so they could see what you were doing and be jealous though.

I spent so much time at this place. I beat every game they had: Nam 1975 (still my favorite Neo Geo game), Magician Lord, Baseball Stars Professional, Cyber Lip, Ninja Combat, Sengoku, and League Bowling. I had such a great time there, that whenever I see anything Neo Geo I still kind of drool a little. So, my opinion is not objective in the slightest, but I agree with Keith Apicary-- Neo Geos are the Ferrari of gaming.

[Gamerforlife]

Practically speaking, Genesis(for cartridges), standard issue Playstation/Saturn jewel cases(for cds) and AMARAY cases(for DVDs)

From a collector's stand point, I just love the look of an S-NES box when it is in mint condition. Seeing a stack of them in great condition is a wonderful thing

On a side note, ever notice collectors edtions are the WORST packaging for games and other media. I HATED the Resident Evil 4 collectors edition for the PS2 where the cds were on top of eachother, the 25th anniversary re-release of Michael Jackson's Thriller had a collector's version where the cd was in a shoddy booklike package where the cd would fall out should you happen to tip the thing upside down. Buffy and Angel DVDs once came in this foldout digipak packages. They were covered in shots and quotes from the shows and were gorgeous, but they were notorious for cds coming loose and getting scratched. Your Buffy/Angel disks are much safer in the standard cases they come in today

Moral of the story, collector's editions are pretty, but practically speaking, crap...at least in my experience. I'm usually happy to buy anything I get now and days in standard edition. I actually AVOID collectors editions now