Longbox Playstation Collection (once again!) COMPLETE!

[PapaStu]

Wow, some solid evidence to prove the space hulk. Since i found it in Eugene OR in a pile of PS1 games that were direct from Sony's Plant, it very well could be a promo box.... but wouldn't that make it one damn rare promo box?

Anyways, if it DOES in fact exist, i will find it. If there was one in my town, there has got to be another.

Rich... do you happen to have that picture anymore? If i remembered correctly, the Disc for that one i sold on ebay back in the day was different then any other disc i had seen for the game. Maybe i am trippin' but i could have sworn the disc was different.

-Josh

I think in actuality... it makes it a promo box. MOST (not all) but MOST of the time, those are rare to some sense as they arnt general public releases and unless you gaffled one from a game store then how do we really get one? My Promo box for Arc The Lad (which is a complete Retail box, just minus the SKU was taken from my poor closing indy shop a year + ago, and somehow survived sitting on top of a display case for that long. This could very likely end up being one of those hunts, where unless a gamestore packrat happened to take one (or three) are we really gonna be stumbling into them? I highly doubt it.

I do tend to think like you that when you find one of something like that in your town (that came from a noted source which in this case was an actual sony plant) tends to show up every now and again as has been pointed out by a few other collectors when they find weird beta/developemt stuff in an area because it was originally manufactured there or the companys home office was there kinda thing. You should know that should you ever stumble across more, that there could be a bit of a bidding war on your hands for it.

[kevincure]

I was just over at Josh's and we hunted for the pic - we couldn't find it, but maybe someone saved it when it was posted in this thread?

I would, at the point, also say it could be a promo, but I think it's also likely that's it's legit Sony. Why?

1) Sony has a CD plant right near town. Employees could buy games there cheap (perhaps before release) and sealed PSX longboxes have been found somewhat regularly around here.
2) The buyer was brinn1, who certainly knows what he's doing - perhaps he can shed some light on it?
3) The box looked like one of the black hard plastic Sony cases - a wierd thing to promo unless it came from Sony itself

Most likely? Sony produced, but not commercially released.

[Slimedog]

Panzer General (not sure)

Wow! Thanks a million. I've been looking for that info for a very long time. I can tell you that I do have a CD cased Panzer General. It came in a double case even though it only had 1 disk. Thanks again.

[Goodwill Hunter]

Rich... do you happen to have that picture anymore? If i remembered correctly, the Disc for that one i sold on ebay back in the day was different then any other disc i had seen for the game. Maybe i am trippin' but i could have sworn the disc was different.

-Josh

Lucky for you, I never throw anything away



Enjoy!

Rich

[Qixmaster]

Rich... do you happen to have that picture anymore? If i remembered correctly, the Disc for that one i sold on ebay back in the day was different then any other disc i had seen for the game. Maybe i am trippin' but i could have sworn the disc was different.

-Josh

Lucky for you, I never throw anything away



Enjoy!

Rich

Thanks Rich,

I will kick my ass for a long time for not scanning the back of it.

-Josh

[Qixmaster]

can anyone check the disc? there seem to be no space hulk games on the ebay as of now.

Also, just noticed that everyone seems to ask questions about these when one gets posted on ebay without a picture

check the question out here....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

The guy signed the name brinn... most likely the guy i sold it to, still wondering himself. If we could get him to talk, you guys could get more information about that box. Too bad i didn't keep it... x_x

-Josh

[Dangerboy]

Disc matched exactly, from what I remember (looking at my double jewel case one now) since the 'with disc' pic is down.

Interesting to note that the box artwork is almost 100% unchanged when you compare the two. All they did was lower the SpaceHulk logo from the top to inbetween the two characters. Even the design team "Key Game"''s logo is still right where it should be.

The ESRB T looks a little funky though...still researching that for comparison.

Jason
This has become my own Tell Tale Heart.

[EricRyan34]

WOW, that is gorgeous. I am currently trying to get all of the longbox games for PS1 and I am only on #7

[Haoie]

That's pretty impressive.

I'd question whether any PAL titles have big box versions, as I've never seen any ever.

I guess the smaller cases do save on materials.

[Mayhem]

No, the PS1 came out in Europe after Sony stopped doing longboxes, so there aren't any.

[Cers]

No, the PS1 came out in Europe after Sony stopped doing longboxes

Sorry but thats wrong. The PS1 was released in Europe in 1995 and Darkstalkers, for example, was released in the US 1996.

Nevertheless, no longbox games in Europe..........

[Jumpman Jr.]

Jesus tapdancing Christ!
That's pretty freaking sweet!

[Lothars]

This is a very interesting thread, thank you for all the information it provided

[mezrabad]

My inner collector (whom I keep chained up, the little whore) is envious. Both of those pictures brought a tear to my eye.

Congratulations.

[christhegamer]

Good for you!!! W00t! U R 1337!!! OOOO

(I need help...)

[PDorr3]

wow thats one nice looking collection, congrats!

[qbertandernie]

i hadnt noticed the decision that this was not actually released. glad this got bumped...

[jerome]

I see that a picture of the front and disc have been provided.

I have a complete playstation longbox collection with every plastic and cardboard edition, most sealed.

I will photgraph the back of the box and provide the picture. I don't think its a promo release, I think its a limited # longbox release changed over to jewel box quickly.

[McBacon]

I am from the Uk, and I don't think we ever got these, what makes these games so special, to warrent a bigger box?

[qbertandernie]

damn double post! havent done that in awhile...ah well..

SEE BELOW!