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tededfred
07-24-2004, 09:16 PM
Did the Megadrive (in Europe) switch to cardboard boxes like the Genesis did?
Jibbajaba
07-24-2004, 10:35 PM
I don't know, but Ive never seen a megadrive game in a cardboard box. I tried looking up a couple of megadrive games on eBay that came in cardboard boxes here in the US but all I saw was plastic clamshells.
Chris
freshmeat
07-25-2004, 03:37 AM
there were some games release in cardboard boxes but not that many that i know of
Cauterize
07-25-2004, 04:56 AM
the only cardboard box i am aware of in the UK is the Sonic & Knuckles one.... also i think some older games like winter challenge had a cardboard box...
chaoticjelly
07-25-2004, 06:31 AM
Yes the only cardboard boxed games were Sonic & Knuckles for some odd reason.
The others were ACCOLADE releases, practically all of them came in cardboard boxes e.g. Onslaught, Winter Challenge, Lotus?, That Film Somethingtodo with Soldier?? erm lol !
But it would be well to note, that these games were released in the same packaging as they were in USA (America)
But I had some Accolade games in decent packaging, not cardboard crap - maybe they released two versions?
Cauterize
07-25-2004, 07:17 AM
yeah there are two versions of the accolade ones, i have a cardboard winter challenge, and there is a plastic box one waiting to be discovered in gamestaion (Leeds)
mediamachine
07-25-2004, 08:27 AM
Cant say ive ever seen any, ive got tonnes of megadrive titles and have had loads over the years that have all been in the plastic cases. I must say this was something i always hoped nintendo would do, the carboard boxes they came in were shite!
anagrama
07-25-2004, 02:57 PM
The early unlicensed Accolade/Ballistic games in cardboard boxes are 100% identical to the US releases (indeed most of the boxes say 'for use on the Genesis or Megadrive'). They switched to plastic cases when they became a licensed thrid-party.
As several others have said, the only other game in cardboard packaging was 'Sonic & Knuckles', possibly because of the unusual cart-shape (although Virtua Racing was in a plastic case).
anagrama
07-27-2004, 04:27 PM
I was reminded of another slight variation today when I picked up a copy of Budokan: The Martial Spirit - the very early (1990) EA games were in plastic cases that are slightly taller than a standard MD box, and have a padded cover (like the Action Replay carts) and a vac-formed inside that holds the cart & manual.