European PS2 black / blue dvd cases

[KJN]

For the first year or so european PS2 games came in black dvd cases just like in the US but then they switched to blue cases. Just out of curiosity, does anyone know what the last black case / first blue case games were?

[hydr0x]

i can't even remember any early black case games?!?

well , lately, The Getaway: Black Monday and GTA: San Andreas have been released in black cases...

[Pezcore343]

I was about to post a thread to ask about this but you answered it for me. I was wondering why my import copy of Gregory Horror Show from the UK was in a blue case since I've never bought a PAL import before. I think it looks so much better than the US black cases.

[jupitersj]

The only PAL ps2 game I own is a sealed copy of the collector's edition of Primal...it is a clear case like the US Ace Combat 5 Flightstick Package's extras DVD comes in.

[Mayhem]

Yeah it's a hard one to judge. As Hydrox stated ages ago GTA:SA was in a black case. The PAL copy of Splinter Cell I have (51466) is in a black case and yet Shinobi just a few product numbers earlier than it is in a blue case. PAL Rez is in a black case (50501). Gran Turismo 3 A-Spec is in a red case. I think most of the other PAL PS2 games I have are in blue cases.

[robotriot]

Besides those games already mentioned I also have

Gradius III & IV
God of War II
Silpheed: The Lost Planet

in black cases. Additionally, these came in paper sleeves with different colours:

ICO (black)
Shadow of the Colossus (black)
Unlimited SaGa (redish)

Gran Turismo 4 has a white case.

[Gemini-Phoenix]

There are some games that came in both. I recently sold two factory sealed copies of the original black label release of GTA III - One was in a black case, the other blue.