Sonic 2 cardboard box???

[Baloo]

Has anyone ever heard of Sonic 2 being in a cardboard box? Drexel923 came across this, and we're not sure what kind of re-release it is. I've never heard of such a thing, has anyone else here?

I'll try to get a picture in coming weeks, or maybe he'll post one who knows.

[chrisbid]

was it one of the mejesco releases that went along with the genesis 3?

[Arkhan]

my sonic 2 came in a cardboard box when I got it for xmas years ago

of course being 7 years old, I threw it out.

[Baloo]

my sonic 2 came in a cardboard box when I got it for xmas years ago

of course being 7 years old, I threw it out.

OK, what year was that? Want to see when it was actually released in a cardboard box.

[Arkhan]

OK, what year was that? Want to see when it was actually released in a cardboard box.

Must have been around 1995, so 3 years after it came out originally?

[Paet]

Could this be a Canadian or TecToy release?

[Blitzwing256]

I have the cardboard release myself, it is quite rare I had posted a thread here a few years ago and nobody was able to come up with a true history for it. the best we could come up with was some people believe it was an early "sonic 2 day" release, but very little to back that up, 'd be facinated to see some truth to its origin.

here is some old pictures i took with my old uber shitty camera back then:




i can dig it out sometime this week and take better shots if needed.

[Breetai]

Could this be a Canadian or TecToy release?

It's definitely not a Canadian release. At least, every Sonic 2 I ever saw in Canada was the regular plastic box.

[old_skoolin_jim]

Yeah, a lot of Genny re-releases actually came out around 1997 as it was on its deathbed. Numerous games were put out in cardboard boxes, some with the red stripe on the side and a rating when they previously had none (Battletoads and Road Rash 2 also came out this way as well).
As a matter of fact, I think RR2 just looks odd in a non-EA cartridge, but there it is.

[Trade-N-Games]

I have one in the box in my collection as well. Its very odd and I cant find any info on it.

[betamax001]

My guess would be maybe a later issue of the game once they got rid of the plastic boxes. I know it's been said before, but sometimes whats the most simple is the right awnswer.

[Baloo]

My guess is that it's a Majesco re-release akin to Sonic 1.

[BocoDragon]

At least it doesn't say Not For Resale on it

[acomicbookguyc]

I too have this box and I am very interested to see if anything has come up within the last year in a half. We have been discussing this over at cardboard box thread over at SegaAge and I'm amazed to how little is known about this box. Does anybody know the origin of this box?

SegaAge discussion:
http://segaage.com/forum/messageview...rtRow=1#bottom

[Baloo]

A year and a half later I never came up with where/when this was released.

[Bojay1997]

A year and a half later I never came up with where/when this was released.

Are you sure this was an actual retail box? There is no bar code. It looks like either a shelf display box or a pack-in as there is no way it would have been sold on its own as this was well after every US release game had a UPC bar code on the box.

[Collector_Gaming]

Are you sure this was an actual retail box? There is no bar code. It looks like either a shelf display box or a pack-in as there is no way it would have been sold on its own as this was well after every US release game had a UPC bar code on the box.

on the left side of the box i see a barcode on the bottom

[Parodius Duh!]

For what its worth- I remember buying this version in the cardboard box, and Earthworm Jim from a Super K Mart around late 94 early 95...... I specifically bought this Sonic 2 because it was only $14.99 and my pack in copy had been stolen.

[Matt-El]

Its really not all that uncommon. We're talking about a release of one of the most easy to find games around.

[Oldskool]

No, the game is not uncommon. But in the 22 years of Genesis game collecting and playing, I have yet to see a cardboard box for Sonic 2 - or even knew it existed until just now.