eru777@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoCan an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up182arrow-down1imageCan an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases?lemmy.worlderu777@lemmy.world to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square27linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s a holdover from the original PS1 long boxes:
minus-squarebrap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 months agoI have never seen those before and I owned plenty of PS1 games. Is that how the American ones looked?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah, at launch in 1995 they were all like that.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·2 months agoReally?? I got a PS1 when they were pretty new and all of my games are in standard jewel cases.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·2 months agoThe first 100 or so PS1 games in 1995 and 1996 were in the long boxes, then they shifted to the CD cases. https://www.giantbomb.com/profile/marino/lists/playstation-long-boxes/359078/
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoWow, it’s not like I was doing the shopping myself in 1995 but I’m still surprised I’ve never seen one of these!
minus-squareCarighan Maconar@piefed.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoThat’s fascinating. Why where those like it? To not slide around so easily?
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI think it was just a design differentiator. Saturn and Sega CD cases looked like oversized CD cases.
It’s a holdover from the original PS1 long boxes:
I have never seen those before and I owned plenty of PS1 games. Is that how the American ones looked?
Yeah, at launch in 1995 they were all like that.
Really?? I got a PS1 when they were pretty new and all of my games are in standard jewel cases.
The first 100 or so PS1 games in 1995 and 1996 were in the long boxes, then they shifted to the CD cases.
https://www.giantbomb.com/profile/marino/lists/playstation-long-boxes/359078/
Wow, it’s not like I was doing the shopping myself in 1995 but I’m still surprised I’ve never seen one of these!
That’s fascinating. Why where those like it? To not slide around so easily?
I think it was just a design differentiator. Saturn and Sega CD cases looked like oversized CD cases.