Krytol Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 http://www.clearfour.com/combatnation/cust...tom_combat.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshk Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Very cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Yes super cool :-) Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Player Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Looks great. I like the small box size. Funny how most of what you get in a normal cart box is air. I know they do this because the customer feels like he is getting more. Silly marketing people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted January 13, 2003 Author Share Posted January 13, 2003 Looks great. I like the small box size. Funny how most of what you get in a normal cart box is air. I know they do this because the customer feels like he is getting more. Silly marketing people. I guess the bigger boxes were harder to shoplift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cupcakus Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Looks great. I like the small box size. Funny how most of what you get in a normal cart box is air. I know they do this because the customer feels like he is getting more. Silly marketing people. I guess the bigger boxes were harder to shoplift. Toys R Us (Where I always bought my 2600 games) You had to always pull a ticket and they had the Atari games behind the window in the front. And other places to buy games always had the games behind plexiglass :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted January 13, 2003 Author Share Posted January 13, 2003 The smallest box size to cart difference of games that I personally own are SNES carts. Is there anything smaller? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oesii Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Toys R Us (Where I always bought my 2600 games) You had to always pull a ticket and they had the Atari games behind the window in the front. And other places to buy games always had the games behind plexiglass :-) yeah that was the classic distribution method, I think they stopped doing that a decade ago. But a lot of us will remember getting Asteroids and waiting for the magician to get it for us behind the glass Cool Combat artwork, those smaller boxes are pretty standard in PC games sold at Target, Walmart, etc. Seems like a good idea and might encourage more lay people to keep their boxes before dumping them in the thrifts , I know most Saturn games are complete out there because of the case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Brazillian Atari 2600 games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted January 13, 2003 Author Share Posted January 13, 2003 Brazillian Atari 2600 games. I've never seen an example of the boxes. Anyone have scans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCroniger Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Very nice box and artwork. Are you going to post the instructions too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted January 13, 2003 Author Share Posted January 13, 2003 Very nice box and artwork. Are you going to post the instructions too? Definitely. In fact, I'll make the .EPS/.AI file downloadable from my site for anyone who wants it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Brazillian Atari 2600 games. I've never seen an example of the boxes. Anyone have scans? The cart is flush with the box on all sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCroniger Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 That looks like Mattys avatar. Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted January 13, 2003 Author Share Posted January 13, 2003 The cart is flush with the box on all sides. Kinda like a deck of cards. I like it! Hey! It's MattyXB's avatar! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 yeah that was the classic distribution method, I think they stopped doing that a decade ago. Actually, I bought Defender for the GBA at Toys R Us today and the "take the ticket, pay, and wait for surly customer service dude to find it in back" procedure is very much still the way things are. I love that Combat artwork. Very stylish and altogether different from the standard videogame art thing. I've been thinking about making some boxes for a few of my loose carts (like my comps of SI:A and PM:A) as a design exercise but I've been thinking about a lot of things.... Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krytol Posted January 13, 2003 Author Share Posted January 13, 2003 I love that Combat artwork. Very stylish and altogether different from the standard videogame art thing. I've been thinking about making some boxes for a few of my loose carts (like my comps of SI:A and PM:A) as a design exercise but I've been thinking about a lot of things.... Don't feel bad. I've probably been thinking/dreaming about this for about four months. I finally had a weekend to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Don't feel bad. I've probably been thinking/dreaming about this for about four months. I finally had a weekend to do it. Someone needs to revive the Atari Cart Art Club. Dan was telling me about it last week. I think it started with a post on RGVC about how boring all the hundreds of text label commons were and how people ought to do something better with them. He gave me a really nice one for Bowling that says "Bowl-O-Rama" and instead of putting it on that cart I'm thinking I should ask around to see if anybody can burn the Jr. Pac-Man hack to a cart for me and then put it on THAT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted January 13, 2003 Share Posted January 13, 2003 Actually, I bought Defender for the GBA at Toys R Us today and the "take the ticket, pay, and wait for surly customer service dude to find it in back" procedure is very much still the way things are. I remember those days also. Our Toys R Us' created a special video game section that they call the R Zone. I remember them making a bid deal about because now the games are on the shelves. They think being able to hold the game before you buy will entice more people into purchasing from them. I think making their prices a little more competitive would help but they haven't tried that strategy yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Now that you mention it, we have two Toys R Uses here and the ickier, more urban of the two has moved to this "R Zone" thing, with the airport-like security and all. It seems to have less of a selection and things tend to get into disarray really quickly, especially at xmas, so I never go to that one. The one I do go to is not arranged significantly differently than it was in 1990, except instead of NES/Genesis/Gameboy/Gamegear with random old Atari, INTV and SMS stuff strewn about it's PS2/GC/XBOX/GBA with random Dreamcast/N64/PS1/GBC/SNES/Genesis stuff strewn about. And instead of the C128D's and Nomad's behind the glass they have the above consoles and a whole bunch of little portable screens for them. But it's still a comfort to shop there. I'd sooner go to EB, Babbages, Game Stop et al. (or really, even Target or Wal-Mart's game section) than that "R-Zone" thing. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 I seem to remember mythicon boxes being pretty small. adventure vision cart boxes are HUGE compared to the tiny little 'chip' cart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bivotar Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Actually, I bought Defender for the GBA at Toys R Us today and the "take the ticket, pay, and wait for surly customer service dude to find it in back" procedure is very much still the way things are. I remember those days also. Our Toys R Us' created a special video game section that they call the R Zone. I remember them making a bid deal about because now the games are on the shelves. They think being able to hold the game before you buy will entice more people into purchasing from them. I think making their prices a little more competitive would help but they haven't tried that strategy yet. I hate the way the way the games shelves in the R Zone work. They are "spring loaded" and push the games to the front of the rack with considerable force. What I don't like is taking a game out to look at the info on the back, and then trying to put it back on the shelf, only to be thwarted by the spring not wanting to push back! At that point, I just say piss on it and lay it on top of the rack. Another annoying thing about the R Zone is the bin of SNES and Genesis games they have. There were some good titles, but marked up to something insane like $20 or more. I was waiting for them to clearance them for a loooong time. Finally one day the whole @#&%$ bin just disappeared. But back on topic, WAY COOL LABEL AND BOX!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sku_u Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 We have a Toys R Us with the R Zone by us too but the most obscene videogame display I've ever seen is at the "new look" Wiz by me. They took the video game section and put it into a corner of the store where they then put up a chain link fence with barb wire and red siren lights all around it. There is are security cameras galore in that section as well. At the same time, they have nothing like that around their music section. The security cameras are there, but less obtrusive. The gestapo corner is an obviose marketing ploy and security measure. I refuse to go into either of those stores anymore because of their gestapo-like approach to selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaManFan Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Another annoying thing about the R Zone is the bin of SNES and Genesis games they have. There were some good titles, but marked up to something insane like $20 or more. I was waiting for them to clearance them for a loooong time. Finally one day the whole @#&%$ bin just disappeared. If you're talking about the one on 76th and Dodge right by the OCB, put down a few :x for me too. I have the same gripes, plus another: One week this year, I went in the R-Zone there and they had a wall of N64 games which were all unsold - probably due to the excessively high prices considering they were for a dead system (Paper Mario for $50, Perfect Dark for $40, et cetera). I figured once they wised up they'd dump all of them in a clearance bin akin to the SNES/Gen/GG one. I came back no more than a few short days later and they were ALL GONE. I asked a clerk where they were and she acted like she didn't even know what I was talking about. "N64?" That made me even more pissy. She's trying to make me feel like an idiot and I'm standing there saying, "There was a whole wall of them! Right here! Right where you put this other crap! They didn't all vanish into thin air! You either took them to storage in the back or shipped them somewhere else! NIN-TEN-DO SIX-TY-FOUR." Needless to say she "checked" the back and didn't find anything, probably because she either didn't know what to look for or did NOT really want to look and just left for appearances to appease me. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted January 14, 2003 Share Posted January 14, 2003 Well, on the "dead system clearance" topic, I've noticed that occasionally in the second tier discount stores (Mr. 2nd, Grossman's Bargain Outlet, Big/Job/Odd Lots, Family Dollar, etc., the places just above dollar stores and just below K-Mart) they'll get in a slew of early 90's games (usually Genesis and Game Gear, but I've seen SNES, Saturn and even Lynx occasionally) which leads me to believe that the mainstream retail outlets are selling off their unsold inventory to whomever is the distributor for these closeout stores. They're never advertised or anything, they just occasionally show up. I picked up Woody Pop for my Game Gear for 4 bucks a couple years ago that way. Sometimes they'll even get re-wrapped used NES games. No 2600 stuff yet, but I'm sure some JAKKS Pacific product will end up there sooner or later Though come to think of it, those 3D remakes of classic games from 5 or 6 years ago (the first ones... Frogger, Asteroids, Pong et al.) are staples of their PC software clearance sections, both the official ones and the "supermarketware" knockoffs that install spyware on your computer. I think I've seen the first Activision PC collection there. Okay, this is pretty far offtopic now, I apologize. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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