This is not your typical 'who has he worst boxart' question... This has nothing to do with the box's artwork (Well, maybe just a little...). But really, just the actual packaging, itself.
Who, in your opinion, has or had the best and worst packaging for their games?
For example: Were the Sony PS1 Longboxes your favorite? How 'bout the early NES packaging? Or maybe the Atari Colored boxes, or maybe those god awful Sega Saturn plastic cases....
My favorite, believe it or not, would have to be the cart boxes for the Odyssey 2. They're sturdy (most of my O2 boxes are still in pretty good shape, and I've owned them since the late 70's and early 80's and have gone through 8 different moves), they had a little slot for the cart, and a the seperate slot for the instruction manual and catalog. Plus, the boxes were so colorful.... But man, could those things take some abuse! The Master Strategy series still have the best all-around packaging, though. Massive, sturdy boxes, great artwork. The Packaging is the only thing Magnavox got right about the Odyssey.
My least favorite - Again, the Sega Saturns' huge plastic longboxes. Every Saturn game I own has at least one crack in it's case. Cheap ass plastic. Plus the boxes are just friggin' obese. Sega never did seem to understand the word 'overkill'.
I did check to see if this had been asked, I couldn't find a thread, BTW..