Wow, actually decent cardboard boxes...

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jfrost wrote:I like cardboard boxes. Sure, they are flimsy, but they can look good. I remember a box a friend of mine made for Yars' Revenge, it looked great. He even wanted to get some Universal Game Cases, but they are hard to come by in Brazil and expensive to buy elsewhere, so he just went on and made a cardboard box. It looked better than it would with the UGCs, in my opinion:

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6821/dsc00941nud.jpg
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4307/dsc00942h.jpg
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7660/dsc00944inv.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1838/dsc00945.jpg


Why'd he do that? Was there never a box for Yars' Revenge? I'm confused. Looks great, though.
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NGPC Euro packaging kicks ass:

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RyaNtheSlayA wrote:I was sceptical about buying a US game for my NeoGeo Pocket Color but I must say these are the best cardboard boxes I've seen. They are made with very thick, stiff cardboard, and feature a decent way to open them.

When I first saw your pic, I started horrifying about the shelf space it takes up. Actually if that is CD-sized then it makes sense. A good way to keep the game book intact.
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Re: Wow, actually decent cardboard boxes...

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slowslow325 wrote:
jfrost wrote:I like cardboard boxes. Sure, they are flimsy, but they can look good. I remember a box a friend of mine made for Yars' Revenge, it looked great. He even wanted to get some Universal Game Cases, but they are hard to come by in Brazil and expensive to buy elsewhere, so he just went on and made a cardboard box. It looked better than it would with the UGCs, in my opinion:

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6821/dsc00941nud.jpg
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4307/dsc00942h.jpg
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7660/dsc00944inv.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1838/dsc00945.jpg


Why'd he do that? Was there never a box for Yars' Revenge? I'm confused. Looks great, though.

Why? Because he wanted to have a box for the game. I don't know if there was ever a box for the it. I know that standard packaging for the Atari 2600 in Brazil was these cardboard boxes. He bought some games with boxes in great shape and wanted this one to look good alongside them.
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Re: Wow, actually decent cardboard boxes...

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jfrost wrote:
slowslow325 wrote:
jfrost wrote:I like cardboard boxes. Sure, they are flimsy, but they can look good. I remember a box a friend of mine made for Yars' Revenge, it looked great. He even wanted to get some Universal Game Cases, but they are hard to come by in Brazil and expensive to buy elsewhere, so he just went on and made a cardboard box. It looked better than it would with the UGCs, in my opinion:

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/6821/dsc00941nud.jpg
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/4307/dsc00942h.jpg
http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/7660/dsc00944inv.jpg
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1838/dsc00945.jpg


Why'd he do that? Was there never a box for Yars' Revenge? I'm confused. Looks great, though.

Why? Because he wanted to have a box for the game. I don't know if there was ever a box for the it. I know that standard packaging for the Atari 2600 in Brazil was these cardboard boxes. He bought some games with boxes in great shape and wanted this one to look good alongside them.


I was just wondering why he didn't just find an original box. It actually looked authentic and everything.
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Re: Wow, actually decent cardboard boxes...

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Well, it's almost impossible to find one.
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