Gunstar Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 I own Dragon's lair and Braidead 13 which I picked up new with the outer boxes (even though I see BD13 often advertised on E-bay as "new" with no outer box), but I have yet to see SpaceAce on E-bay "new" with the outer box. Does anyone own a copy with the large outer box? I want to buy this game for my collection, but if it came with the outer box than that is what I must have. I've noticed VGL and GoAtari auctions claiming new shrink wrapped copies, but they have no outer box so I'm wondering if this game was ever released that way...I could swear that I saw this game at EB back in the day with the outer box, but I can't seem to find a copy like that now. Anyone know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 I remember mine coming with no box, just a shrinkwrapped jewel case... I have never seen a box for JagCD Space Ace.* *That is just my experience... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 it probably was sold both ways i have the big boxed one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted July 30, 2003 Author Share Posted July 30, 2003 I thought I had remembered correctly that I'd seen it in the big box. Thanks Lemmi! Now I know for sure! I guess I'll just keep searching for one in the big box then, I want it the RIGHT way for my collection, so I guess I won't be buying it from VGL or GoAtari! That would have sucked if it ONLY came in the small case, it's bad enough that I don't have large boxes for BL and Vidgrid to go next to the rest of my cd boxes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lemmi Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 heh i only have 4 jad cd games in the big box and that just happened to be one of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stone Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 I have longboxes for Myst, Battlemorph, Hover Strike and Highlander; I think all CD titles were sold this way. You may well find that there were a few hundred (thousand?) copies of BD13/DL/SA that were produced but not put in longboxes due to Atari folding. I suspect ReadySoft were producing them themselves as they came in jewelcases and not the cardboard trifold-boxes that other JagCDs came in. Feel free to prove me wrong...this is just supposition, but on good grounds, I think. Stone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Feel free to prove me wrong...this is just supposition, but on good grounds, I think. Stone I think you are right.. I bought all the other CD titles close to their original release, but I bought Space Ace at CGE 99... probably long after the original boxes had been sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin42 Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Yep, I have long boxes for all of the "Atari-era" CD releases... must've gotten lucky. (nothing like getting into collecting for the Jag in 1996!) Only World Tour Racing, IS2, and the new CD-bypass games don't have em. (ed: and the pack-ins... forgot to mention them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunstar Posted July 31, 2003 Author Share Posted July 31, 2003 I started collecting early on too, but because I'm a player/collector, I collected the better games first and have saved most of the worse games for last and Space Ace always seems to get bad reviews (even though I enjoyed it in the arcades years ago), so it happens to be one of the last half-dozen or so games I haven't gotten yet. I'll just have to keep my eyes peeled for a rare long box edition that's new or get one used in good condition. That being said, anyone have a Longbox edition in good condition they want to sell or trade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Kai Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 Yeah hold out for a longbox version of SA, good collector choice I S U C K at Space Ace. It is so hard to figure out what to do because there are so many possibilities. Your in outer space so there is hardly ever any clear cut path to victory so to speak. Dragons Lair was in an enclosed environment pretty much and was easy to figure out which direction you had to go. Space Ace doesn't have this clarity. It looks good though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin42 Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Well, SA's impossible just because it IS!! It's a great test of ESP, but there's a known issue that the video is out of sync with the commands.. you need to be a tiny bit ahead. No other version of SA is so hard... the video is about 1/2 sec behind the move you have to make... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagMX Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 Well, SA's impossible just because it IS!! It's a great test of ESP, but there's a known issue that the video is out of sync with the commands.. you need to be a tiny bit ahead. No other version of SA is so hard... the video is about 1/2 sec behind the move you have to make... actaully ithink its the easiest on the Jag, at least it doesn freeze up the fmv before every new scene - and youll know when you make the right move whe nthe tune sound changes i enjoy my space from the big box Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Saturn Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 This is amazing. I only saw them in the jewel case and was sure there was no long box. Too bad there's not enough of these to go around, it would look nice in a display. *sigh* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinkoVitch Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 I find the game really annoying, but would love to just watch it all the way through.. I think I may have asked this before, but does anyone know of a cheat that will just play the FMV through? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tempest Posted August 1, 2003 Share Posted August 1, 2003 The boxes exist, I've seen them but you're not likely to find them easily. I was lucky enough to get my Dragons Lair in a box and I must say that the box is extremely well made. It seems to much stiffer than the regular Jag CD boxes. In fact it's the only Jag CD box I own that isn't all bent up or creased. Tempest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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