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Ace Master Cire:
I guess I got the wrong image, sorry. I was trying to find good enough pics of the 3 longbox case variants and I found 2 of the same variant. The jewel case longboxes look like they're the sturdiest, though. This site has a pretty good archive of longbox PS1 games with all variants: http://www.game-rave.com/psx/playstation_perfect_guide/long_box/index.htm

wiggy:

--- Quote from: Ace Master Cire on September 11, 2012, 11:54:11 AM ---I guess I got the wrong image, sorry. I was trying to find good enough pics of the 3 longbox case variants and I found 2 of the same variant. The jewel case longboxes look like they're the sturdiest, though. This site has a pretty good archive of longbox PS1 games with all variants: http://www.game-rave.com/psx/playstation_perfect_guide/long_box/index.htm

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I figured you'd just overlooked that by accident. You obviously knew what you meant ;)

I'm on the fence. I think the cardboard long boxes are the most durable. Sure, they can get torn and frayed more easily, but they don't have stupid plastic tabs that can break. The clear cases are super fragile, and anyone that owns US Saturn games can attest to that >:(

Sucks that there's no replacements available either :(

palmer6strings:
I'll second that wiggy the long ps1/sega cd/Saturn jewel cases were junk. But of corse since I like my collection to be as close to original as possible, that's what they are still in. Very few sega cd games actually had tall cardboard boxes that they came in. Time Gal is an example.

I still prefer my games in the small jewel cases though. More compact, easier to store and display. When u come across a good single or double jewel case at a sale, I usually pick them up. Start looking through those old junkie CDs!!

lcvolt:

--- Quote from: UmbraPhasmatis on September 10, 2012, 08:05:15 PM ---FF7 is in great condition but the case has some sticker residue that just will NOT come off. It's like crusted onto the case; might even be glue for all I know.

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I also have FF7 and a big CD collection, so I could easily recognize that the FF7 case is just the back part of 2 cd cases snapped into one with the black part in the middle. i also got a crappy copy with broken parts, but as long as the middle segment is ok, you can just replace them.

take two clear cd cases and take out the "door" part and ther eyou go. you can literally just snap it into the black part, just be really carefull taking out the door and the bad condition boxes from the case. i've got no trouble with that, and the manuals wont get hurt since they are placed on the black part, not in the new plastics.

Ace Master Cire:
I'm glad that only 2 of the PS1 games I'm after came in lonboxes, but still have regular jewel case variants; which is a bit less of a headache for me. The 2 games I'm getting that were originally made in longboxes, but still have regular case variants are: Road & Track Presents: The Need For Speed and Twisted Metal. Also, that link I posted has the proper names for the types of longboxes. I guess I kinda just guessed at their names at 1st.

The names of the types of longbox cases are:
1. Long Box Saturn Style (Clear)
2. Long Box Ridged (Bumpy)
3. Long Box Flat (Cardboard)

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