Redifer wrote:I like normal boxes that don't stick out like a cancerous tumor on my shelf.
You'd have hated being a PC gamer in the 90's. One box would be the size of a game console, the next would be a jigsaw puzzle style box, and then another would be a standard jewel case. No real standards until 2000s.
BoringSupreez wrote:You'd have hated being a PC gamer in the 90's. One box would be the size of a game console, the next would be a jigsaw puzzle style box, and then another would be a standard jewel case. No real standards until 2000s.
Yes, that was something I definitely noticed. Boxes shaped like triangles or even pyramids, ug. One thing I really like about Sega Master System packaging is how clean it looks on the shelf and how easy it is to find any given title. Granted, I don't think everything should be that minimalistic.
BoringSupreez wrote:You'd have hated being a PC gamer in the 90's. One box would be the size of a game console, the next would be a jigsaw puzzle style box, and then another would be a standard jewel case. No real standards until 2000s.
Yes, that was something I definitely noticed. Boxes shaped like triangles or even pyramids, ug. One thing I really like about Sega Master System packaging is how clean it looks on the shelf and how easy it is to find any given title. Granted, I don't think everything should be that minimalistic.
Just for fun, 2 mammoth collector boxes with an old big box and a current normal box. The only crazy shaped box I ever had was Dark Seed.
BoringSupreez wrote:You'd have hated being a PC gamer in the 90's. One box would be the size of a game console, the next would be a jigsaw puzzle style box, and then another would be a standard jewel case. No real standards until 2000s.
Yes, that was something I definitely noticed. Boxes shaped like triangles or even pyramids, ug. One thing I really like about Sega Master System packaging is how clean it looks on the shelf and how easy it is to find any given title. Granted, I don't think everything should be that minimalistic.
Just for fun, 2 mammoth collector boxes with an old big box and a current normal box. The only crazy shaped box I ever had was Dark Seed.
What's Magna Carta? Also, didn't Dark Seed come in your average big box?
I bought it for the Hyung Tae Kim Artbook. There was an English translation being worked on, but I don't know if it was completed.
My copy of Dark Seed had a main box that if I recall was a little thinner at the top. There was a small separate square box turned 45 degrees and inset as a diamond. I no longer have the larger box portion, but I have the smaller piece somewhere.
I have to say I love the Metroid Prime Trilogy steel case. The paint seems resilient, it has a plastic sleeve to protect it, and unlike (for example) a big Spartan helmet, it fits on the shelf with my other games. It shouts "I am extra nice!" without taking up valuable space, and I like that a lot.
