I went to my local Wal-Mart today and dropped by the software aisle.
My internal reaction went something like this:
Gah!!! What are these?!? Are these PC games??? [Picks one
up.] Yeah, I guess they are. They shrank!
The boxes are about the size of DVD movies, but two or three times
thicker. They're still cardboard boxes, though, not DVD-style plastic
cases. I presume they still have the same ol', plastic CD cases
inside.
I'd heard some talk about the software game industry standardizing
their boxes a year or two ago, but didn't realize a decision had been
made. So will I start seeing all games coming out in this packaging
from now on? (If it's not a budget, bare CD case, that is.) Or is
this primarily some new requirement that some of the big stores (like
Wal-Mart) are imposing on companies if they want them to stock their
games? Regardless, I'd guess the effect would be for all companies to
start selling all their games in these boxes because it would be
prohibitive to print two different styles of each box.
So, now the Infogrames and Hasbro Interactive releases of the same
(Atari) games are different for more than just the HI logo changing to
Infogrames. Do I have to collect both versions? 8) On the bright
side, the smaller versions of Pac-Man: Adventures in Time and Revenge
of Arcade are about $5-10 cheaper.
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Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/
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