"Spineless" Astal for Saturn

[Genesaturn]

Hey guys, I was just looking at my saturn collection, and I always known it was there...but just started thinking about it recently. I've owned probably 3 different copies of Astal over the years and every copy is missing the name from the spine of the case. I've never seen any other game have a blank spine. So my question...does anyone know if this was just a big portion of them? Has anyone ever seen one with the name on the spine? I tried google searching for info..but no luck. Also while on the topic...can you think of any other games (saturn or other) with a missing name on the spine?

[gameofyou]

Astal is the only game with a blank spine, and all copies are that way, as far as I know.

I just printed out a small color label & slid it down the spine of my copy :)

[SpaceFlea]

Astal is the only game with a blank spine, and all copies are that way, as far as I know.

That's not entirely correct.

Astal is the only Saturn game without the name on the spine. But BC Racers on the Sega CD also has no name on the spine.

[Wraith Storm]

That's not entirely correct.

Astal is the only Saturn game without the name on the spine. But BC Racers on the Sega CD also has no name on the spine.

I think that's what gameofyou meant... the only Saturn game without a name on the spine.

What I understand is that since Astal was among the first games released on the Saturn, due to the systems high price and Astal being a new IP it didn't sell through its initial production run. Therefore Sega never had an opportunity to correct the spine because there was never a second run of the game.

[crazyjackcsa]

City Crisis for the PS2 has no name on the spine.

[gameofyou]

I think that's what gameofyou meant... the only Saturn game without a name on the spine.

Yeah, sorry, I thought we were only talking about Saturn games. That's what I meant.

[Genesaturn]

Thanks for the reply guys...it's pretty sad this game never got to see a 2nd production..its a beautifully made game. I was hoping there was a "spined copy" to make it a fun hunt for me to find :P

[xelement5x]

That's not entirely correct.

Astal is the only Saturn game without the name on the spine. But BC Racers on the Sega CD also has no name on the spine.

Lol, it's funny you brought this up because BC Racers was the exact game I thought of when this was mentioned. BC Racers also has the glorious edited/unedited versions as well.