Who else loves PAL DC cases?

Ghost-Dog · Feb 17, 2004

I think I will start collecting them too, in addition to US and Japanese games. I really like the blue color scheme and overall consistency, unlike US games which are white, black and orange. Plain jewel cases are just boring anymore, these PAL cases have to be my 2nd favorite, right behind Japanese PSX games.

Atro · Feb 17, 2004

I love them.

A complete collection of those looks very massive and nice on the Shelf.

Freelancer · Feb 17, 2004

I only have 1 PAL game (Shenmue 2) and I'd have to say that I do not like the Pal cases. Yeah, they look nice, but seem VERY fragile.

qube · Feb 17, 2004

I love 'em too G-D. Nice shade of blue, smooth edges, great looking. I would love to have a nice full collection of PAL DC releases :drool_2:

Some of you UKers post those pics of large PAL DC collections! Beasley maybe?

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Baseley09 · Feb 17, 2004

qube said:
I love 'em too G-D. Nice shade of blue, smooth edges, great looking. I would love to have a nice full collection of PAL DC releases

Some of you UKers post those pics of large PAL DC collections! Beasley maybe?

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Yo, quite an old pic but you can see the games (bottom left), and the big hardware boxes, prolly have to copy/paste the link

http://baseley09.tripod.com/Dscn0171.jpg

I quite like them, but about them being fragile, i was carrying them all (around 25) like a stack of plates idiotically, i dropped them all, quite a few smashed far too easily:o

Frame Gride 2 · Feb 17, 2004

too fragile but Rez would not look half as good without the blue pal case

RAINBOW PONY · Feb 17, 2004

i hate them, they don't fit in cd towers, they crack as easy as sega cd cases, and the doors break REALLY easy, i've already had one break just from being opened. it was also hell getting these games from the UK sellers, cause those bastards mailed them in bubblewrap, so they almost always came cracked.

NeoDragoN · Feb 17, 2004

people always want what they don't have, i only collect US and Jap DC stuff because of the crappy UK boxes and here you are saying you think there cool!

vincewy · Feb 18, 2004

Check the thread at DC History, earlier I saw one guy at Gamefaqs having 200+ DC Pal games, but the main problem, as everyone can tell you, the cases crack so easily and you simply can't replace them.

One advantage, for PAL DC players though, certain games are only available in Europe and Japan such as Head Hunters, Rez, Shenmue 2, plus many games are much more common in PAL version like Ferrari F355, Soldier of Fortune, etc.

chohan · Feb 18, 2004

My brother has about 100 Dreamcast PAL games, all in mint condition. They really don't break THAT easilly. I have a couple myself.

Well, I suppose its hard for US people to get them mint, since you have to ship them all, and replace them if they break. But certain games are only $3 dollar so you can get a replacement case.

Buro Destruct · Feb 18, 2004

I own one Euro DC Game, that being 'Headhunter'. They're definitely cool to look at but since they DO break easily (the spine is cracked for god knows WHAT reason, but I've never dropped it and it was fine when I bought it) you can't replace them like you could any other jewel case (aside from SegaCD cases).

Atro · Feb 18, 2004

vincewy said:
as everyone can tell you, the cases crack so easily and you simply can't replace them.

You can always easily get some "Chu Chu Rocket's" for case replacements !! :tickled:

Hmm... I wonder where our buddy Plisken Is... C'mon buddy ! Show us your massive DC Collection. :cool:

corbo 2 · Feb 18, 2004

Nope,i think they suck in my personal opinion.Sure they look good but you know how hard it is too keep them in good condition!?!?!

They look good but they crack way to easily.Same goes for the PAL Playstation ones too...they look shit and crack so easy.

I love the jewel cases you get in the US and Japan.They stack so much easier and don't get cracked as much.

Peace,Corb

Plisken · Feb 18, 2004

Atrophyed said:
Hmm... I wonder where our buddy Plisken Is... C'mon buddy ! Show us your massive DC Collection.

sorry mate, sold the complete pal collection last year for just over £2000. still have a few choice titles, the powerstones, shenmues, rez, headhunter, evil twin , capcom fighters. couldn't bring myself to get rid off those.

BlackSpy · Feb 18, 2004

They break easily, but the biggest bind for me is that the CD and the manual are in different places. That said, you get the logo on the spine, which you just don't have room for on the US and Japanese games.

Lovecraft0110 · Feb 18, 2004

Ghost-Dog said:
I think I will start collecting them too, in addition to US and Japanese games. I really like the blue color scheme and overall consistency, unlike US games which are white, black and orange. Plain jewel cases are just boring anymore, these PAL cases have to be my 2nd favorite, right behind Japanese PSX games.

Geeez!

I fucking HATE PAL DC cases! Two years ago, when I was mor into the DC, I was actually considering re-buying all my games in the JAP version, just to get rid of the very sight of those oversized ugly things! :mad_2:

quixux · Feb 19, 2004

Ghost-Dog said:
I think I will start collecting them too, in addition to US and Japanese games. I really like the blue color scheme and overall consistency, unlike US games which are white, black and orange. Plain jewel cases are just boring anymore, these PAL cases have to be my 2nd favorite, right behind Japanese PSX games.

Although handy. I got PAL Shenmue II. I don't think I'll start collecting them just for the cases. I like that they are divided.

Streets of Rage · Feb 19, 2004

they do cracka bit easy but i like them, they're a bit different, i remember opening sonic and sega rally 2 on launch day

Amano Jacu · Feb 19, 2004

I like them quite a lot, but you are right they crack pretty easily and take quite a lot of room... Anyway you must take care that usually European manuals are much thicker because they have multiple languages on them (same release for more than one country, and almost each country has a different language), so they need another compartment for it.

Now that we are at this, I HATED the Saturn PAL cases, the CD would always go loose. Same goes with the USA Sega CD cases.

Here you can see all my PAL DC games:

Another think I dislike about PAL DC games is that many of them have the name in the spine with plain letters, while some others (usually the older ones) have some sort of art. You can see it in the picture.

Metal Slug · Feb 19, 2004

I really hate them!
I've got over 100 mint or sealed DC games now, and I have a small box of spare cases just in case something happens to any of them!
Check my collection, and you can see about 80 (old photos) The only way to store them is in the racks that I've used (I now have a bank of 10 ((100 games)) so it looks quite impressive) If you just shove them together on a shelf, they get scratched up!

Amano Jacu · Feb 20, 2004

What do you mean they get scratched? I have them in the shelf and look OK to me.

Plisken · Feb 20, 2004

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