ScuzzBlog: Diaries September 2019
Entry 4th September 2019: Post 01: Amiga Games - Little plastic cases.
Amiga Games - Little plastic cases.
The little plastic cased games are not exactly my favourite when
it comes to storing such things. Whilst big box games take up far
more room they at least stack well rather like books in a book
case. I have exactly the same issue with CDs to be honest and
guess I find them very annoying. I do have one or two CD boxes
like the disk boxes but they take up so much room.
So today as I was ferreting around my disk drawers I found myself
yet again removing these plastic cases and putting them to one
side before having to put them all back again. And so I was moved
to take some pictures. Fortunately the greater bulk of these are
in tubs so not that big a deal.
I suspect that the reduced package contents for the games in terms
of the outer box size meant that the games could be sold cheaper.
I do recall the games being stacked in trays at the counter of my
local Amiga computer stores. For me the content instructions were
often too small and sometimes even printed into the fold out cover
sheet of the games artwork for the outer cover.
The disks would generally be limited to two and lay loose inside
the plastic case. The games publisher would obviously be very
imaginative in the way it could house all the game contents into
a plastic case. The larger of the two formats, more like the CD
case was preferred as I store them sensibly with CDs and the like.
Saying all that this didn't detract from the games value and
there was never any perceived reduction in the quality of the
product. I guess they form an important part of the Amiga game
history and are worthy of collection if only for that. I have often
been tempted to simply store them inside other games boxes, but
that would make finding them again a bit tricky.
I am not sure if any titles were limited to just the plastic case
release. I do have many games in what I call the C64 small cardboard
box style as with The Simpsons, Ghostbusters and Back to the Future.
I have less issue with the cardboard small boxes by contrast as I
can generally store them on a Cassette shelf and I can read the
side contents of the box enabling me to quickly know what it was.
The plastic case for me was neither one thing or the other and I
am always left questioning what was in the case. Mostly though, they
tend to get ignored and shoved into drawers and forgotten.
And so as an aid to me I decided to photograph today the contents of
my drawers in terms of plastic case games for the Amiga. Sadly I wasn't
tempted to play any of the games. All sounds very negative.. Ar hum !!
Just as a final comment, whilst I may have a view on these little
Amiga jewels, I still believe that having a real game and real art
work, in what ever the case is far more enriching and rewarding than
simply downloading a file from a site, and believing you have the
real deal. So go get some.
Amiga Games - Little plastic cases.
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