Playstation Game "Boxes"

[doubledownon11]

I've been collecting for a while now, and with over 25 consoles, 625 games, and 100 controllers, I like to think I've seen a lot of stuff, but today I got something I've never seen before. My "boss"/friend's uncle gave him some Playstation games to give to his young kids. With some of the ratings he feels that these games are too mature or difficult for his children, he is going to give them to me. While I admit I never really got into the original Playstation, I was loyal to Sega with the Saturn and Dreamcast, I have one now and am only accustom to games coming in the standard cd jewel case and the large plastic cd cases (like those used for Sega CD and Sega Saturn). The games my friend has for me come in cardboard, flip open, similar to a book, style boxes. I was just wondering if anyone knows how long these were made, and if anyone knows how many games were packaged like this. Also, the one game that I got so far, Wipeout, has a paper slide cover that wraps around the box. Do all of these have this. I appreciate any info you guys can provide. Thanks

[Gabriel]

They weren't in use very long. They were transitional packaging between the SegaCD style cases and the hard plastic longboxes Sony used for a limited time. The cardboard packaging was used for a mere couple of months, if even that.

[PapaStu]

I was just wondering if anyone knows how long these were made, and if anyone knows how many games were packaged like this. Also, the one game that I got so far, Wipeout, has a paper slide cover that wraps around the box. Do all of these have this. I appreciate any info you guys can provide. Thanks

Well Wipeout was the only PSOne title that had a slipcover. The original release wasnt selling well, so they changed the cover and used the slip case for a time until they had sold through the older cover, and could use the slipcover as the new version. Weve got a thread about this in the collecting forum.. that at least tells all the longboxes, http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29752
though ive yet to see a list that states the different long box cases themselves, though i dont think that there were any that did mutiple long boxes.

[Jasoco]

Slip cover? Picture? I assume it's different from the other three case designs?

[kevincure]

Descent has the cardboard style box for sure, there are quite a few more in addition to that and Wipeout. As far as we know, the slip cover is only for wipeout (the rumor I've heard is that the original techno design wasn't selling well in the US, hence the cover change).

[Jasoco]

Descent has the cardboard style box for sure, there are quite a few more in addition to that and Wipeout. As far as we know, the slip cover is only for wipeout (the rumor I've heard is that the original techno design wasn't selling well in the US, hence the cover change).But what does the Slip Cover look like?

[PapaStu]

There are pictures floating around here somewhere, but i cant remember which thread they are in... I was trying to go through my old posts to see if any rang a bell, but 5 pages in, i wasnt seeing anything. Maybe Kevincure or Dangerboy remember? Queen, do you remember where they are?

[Barbarianoutkast85]

I just saw like 4 Playstation games in the old cardboard box at a flea market I only remember Road Rash (1 or 2?) I forget the other three games that were in the old style box.

[Queen Of The Felines]

There are pictures floating around here somewhere, but i cant remember which thread they are in... I was trying to go through my old posts to see if any rang a bell, but 5 pages in, i wasnt seeing anything. Maybe Kevincure or Dangerboy remember? Queen, do you remember where they are?

There's a pic of Wipeout in the "Playstation Rarity List" thread, but damned if I know offhand which page it's on. ;)

Kristine

[Cmosfm]

I've seen Wing Commander 3 & Criticom in the cardboard versions. There sitting at a pawn shop near me....maybe I should go buy them. 5.00 each.

[PapaStu]

Jasoco: Its on the top of page 3 of the Playstation Rarity thread, but the second pic, the one with the slip cover is now a dead image.

Queen: i must have gone through that thread like 3 or 4 times last night, and couldnt find it, man am I blind. X_x

Cmosfm: @ 5 a piece thats not a bad price for em, but dont get em unless you want to... that 10 could go to another game that you might want more than some longbox PSOne titles.

[jonjandran]

I've got a Resident Evil in the Cardboard Box.

It's not in the best of conditions , meh , I might just chunk it in the garbage. :evil:

[crashdummycow01]

i've got a cyberspeed in a cardboard case

[nildem]

Jasoco: Its on the top of page 3 of the Playstation Rarity thread, but the second pic, the one with the slip cover is now a dead image.

http://www.gameshark.com/community/articles/403742p1.html

Here's a page that includes a rather small pic of the slipcover (I think), as well as info on a ton of other PSX box variations. It's an interesting read.

[Queen Of The Felines]

Actually, Dangerboy himself wrote that article. :D

Kristine

[Richter]

Doom was in a cardboard case. Was actually on the first PSX games i had

[Ruffie]

I just checked through my PS collection, and 6 of them are in cardboard longboxes:

Wipeout (with slipcover)
Destruction Derby
Loaded
Doom
Twisted Metal
Wing Commander III

Two PS games by Acclaim I have are in the clear plastic style long boxes used on Sega CD games:

Bust-A-Move 2 Arcade Edition
D

Hope this helps,

Ruffie

[whoisKeel]

my street fighter alpha (one) is in longbox cardboard...i don't think i've ever seen it another way.

[Dangerboy]

Actually, Dangerboy himself wrote that article. :D

Kristine

Wow...how's that for coming full circle? :D

For easier reference, here's a pic of all 3 long box variations including Wipeout with it's slip over:
http://www.game-rave.com/umi/pscases.jpg

Has kevin, Kristine, or DP ever kept track of which games are in which case? I have all but about 15 Long box games. I'd be happy to list them, since I know Papastu / Kevin know of at least one variant with Warhawk coming in two different style long box cases, as well as Wipeout's cover swap. WOuld be interesting to see what insanity will emerge as more variants arrive. LOL

While we're on the subject, I have to admit that Sony keeping the 'thread' on the flat cardboard and jewel case transitions was one of the coolest little conformity tricks I've seen. And now that I think about it, I need to find those few JC games that are missing the thread graphic...

Jason
Your pic of the day: Why you don't want to be Sideswipe :)
http://www.game-rave.com/umi/unimad.jpg

[PapaStu]

Jason, your having WAY to much fun withyour Unicron. LOL

Ive allways wondered about the whole longbox cover variant issue, and even more of the long boxed titles that were also jewelcased, which ones are rarer. Ive never really stumbled into all that many longboxed titles out in the wild, and the ones i do find tend to be trashed.

There arnt all that many games that are missing that thread are there? I know Aladdin doesnt have it, and a few others that arnt coming to mind at this exact moment. But is it more than a dozen??? and even more so, did they release a "fix" to add the stripe thing back in?

[Queen Of The Felines]

From my collection:

Clear box:

Air Combat
Cybersled
D
ESPN Extreme Games
Kileak
PGA Tour 96
Power Serve 3D Tennis
Ridge Racer
Shockwave Assault
Striker 96

"Flat" cover (meaning, if you run your fingers along the left side there are no bumpy ridges):

Braindead 13
Krazy Ivan
Jupiter Strike
Loaded
NFL Gameday
NHL Faceoff

"Ridged" cover (as flat, but you can feel the bumpy ridges):

Agile Warrior
Assault Rigs
Bottom of the 9th
Cyberspeed
Darkstalkers
Defcon 5
Gunship
Jumping Flash
Jupiter Strike
Off-World Interceptor Extreme
POed
Resident Evil
Return Fire
Silverload
Slam n Jam
Starblade Alpha
Total Eclipse Turbo

I use "flat" and "ridged" since both types look like they're made out of cardboard to me. :roll:

If there's any variations I'll start keeping track.

Kristine

[PapaStu]

Queen: Did you mean to list Jupiter Strike twice???

Here's what ive got

Clear Box:
Warhawk
Bust-A-Move 2: Arcade Edition
X-com: Ufo Defense
Raiden Project
Tekken
Rayman
Street Fighter: The Movie
Battle Arena Toshinden (regular version)
D
Kileak: The DNA Imperative

Flat:
Geom Cube
Revolution X
Zero Divide
Doom
Jupiter Strike
Loaded
Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors Dreams

Ridged
Descent
Romance Of The Three Kingdoms IV
Space Griffon VF-9
Battle Arena Toshinden 2
Kings Field
3D Lemmings
Twisted Metal

[drwily008]

Dont forget about In the Hunt (ridged). Got it today (sealed) cheap!

[Queen Of The Felines]

Um, scratch that "ridged" Jupiter Strike. It's flat. And I'm not even smoking anything today. :roll:

Kristine

[kevincure]

The few longbox games I own are already noted here. Since we're masochists, we might as well go ahead and try and list them. After Dangerboy and a few others post, I'll see what I can dig up from ebay photos and the like.

Btw, Queen, I have all the raw data from my list if that's more helpful that simply a pdf for the DP list, so let me know if you want that forwarded over.

[Queen Of The Felines]

Sure, couldn't hurt. :)

Kristine

[Goodwill Hunter]

Here's the info for 95 of the 103 longbox PSX titles out there (8 to go!).

Jewel Case (clear) - 30

Air Combat
Alien Trilogy
Battle Arena Toshinden
College Slam
Cyber Sled
D
ESPN eXtreme Games
FIFA '96 Soccer
Frank Thomas Big Hurt Baseball
Hi-Octane
Jumping Flash
Kileak: The DNA Imperative
MK3
Novastorm
PGA Tour 96
Power Serve 3D Tennis
Raiden Project
Rayman
Ridge Racer
Rise 2 Resurrection
Shockwave Assault
Striker '96
Tekken
Theme Park
Total Eclipse Turbo
V Tennis
Viewpoint
Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game
X-Com UFO Defense
Zoop


Ridged (laminated plastic) - 37

Agile Warrior F-IIIX
Arcade's Greatest Hits-Williams
Assault Rigs
Battle Arena Toshinden 2
Criticom
Cyberia
Darkstalkers
Defcon 5
Descent
Discworld
Fade to Black
GEX
Hardball 5
In The Hunt
International Track & Field
Johnny Bazookatone
King's Field
Lemmings 3D
Magic Carpet
NBA Shoot Out
Off-World Interceptor Extreme
POed
Psychic Detective
Resident Evil
Return Fire
Romance of the 3 Kingdoms IV
Shell Shock
Silverload
Skeleton Warriors
Slam N Jam '96
Space Griffon VF-9
Starblade Alpha
Top Gun-Fire at Will!
Triple Play 97
Twisted Metal
VR Soccer '96
Warhawk


Cardboard (flat) - 28

A-Train
Bases Loaded '96
Bottom of the 9th
Brain Dead 13
CyberSpeed
Destruction Derby
Doom
Extreme Pinball
Geom Cube
Goal Storm
In the Zone
Jupiter Strike
Krazy Ivan-ni
Loaded
NBA Live 96
Need for Speed
NFL Gameday
NHL Face Off
Panzer General
Philosoma
Primal Rage
Revolution X
Road Rash
Tecmo World Golf
Thunderstrike 2
Wing Commander III-ni
Wipeout
Zero Divide


Don’t have yet – 8

Bust-a-Move 2: Arcade Edition
Chessmaster 3D, The
Gunship
NBA Jam Tournament Edition
Street Fighter Alpha
Street Fighter: The Movie
World Cup Golf
WWF In Your House

Total Longbox PSX games - 103

Just won Gunship on Ebay, and the pic looks like a ridged (laminated plastic) case. And I have also seen an overpriced World Cup Golf in a cardboard (flat) case.

Rich

[kevincure]

I'm keeping track of the variations listed in this thread - for those that noted only 'cardboard' near the start of the thread, if you happen to see this please reupdate noting whether the cardboard is ridged or flat.

QoF - I'll toss this data into the list and forward the data over to you soon.

[Dangerboy]

Goodwill Hunter Wrote: "....only 8 more to go..."

8 More? GO GO GO!

Okay, remind me never to open my mouth again....using GWH's list as a check off, I found variants...as well as an interesting useless FYI.

First the variants:
Twisted Metal - Flat/Ridged
Warhawk - Ridged/Clear Case
MLB Bottom of the 9th - Ridge / Flat
Extreme Pinball - Ridge / Flat
NFL Game Day - Flat/Ridged

From his unknown
Bust a Move 2 - Clear
Gunship - Ridged
NBA Jam TE - CLear
Street Fighter Alpha - Flat
Street Fighter The Movie: Clear

Other
Ridge Racer - Clear, Long Box "Not For Resale" Version

[b]Useless FYI{/b]
The above ridge racer variant has no SLUS number on its disc.

Masochist collectors...does that mean with SOny tossed in we get the S + M? :)

[PapaStu]

Only if that kind of thing floats your boat. ;)

Was the Battle Arena Toshinden released that way too? A longboxed Not For Resale version? Man am i good at stirring the shit or what? LOL, get Kevin to call us all Masochists....

[Dangerboy]

I've only seen the Jewel Case version Non GH of BAT have a Not For Resale Version.

Don't want...to go to work...

Jason

[BoosTDIt]

From my collection:


"Ridged" cover (as flat, but you can feel the bumpy ridges):

Total Eclipse Turbo

I use "flat" and "ridged" since both types look like they're made out of cardboard to me. :roll:

If there's any variations I'll start keeping track.

Kristine

You have that???
I've only seen it in Clear case and like most people here have it.

That's another variant to add

[The Manimal]

bump

[BoosTDIt]

ReBump ;)

[The Manimal]

re-re-bump


it's been a month since i've been on here....yikes!