Sony always makes the best press kits – but it may have been beaten by Square Enix here. In order to celebrate the launch of Rise of the Tomb Raider on the PlayStation 4, the publisher's really playing up the property's origins – and it's been sending press copies of the game in a classic PSone case. It just feels right, doesn't it?
Inside the case is a copy of the game on Blu-ray, and a paper manual that doubles as a cover. The rear of the box has all of the information that you'd expect, including screenshots, the compact disc logo, and some developer icons. Sadly, there's no mention of DualShock or Memory Card compatibility here – we hope that both work.
Should more games ship in PSone cases? How much would you pay for a Collector's Edition in this format? Go old-school in the comments section below.
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If they don't sell Crash Bandicoot Remastered like this, they've mucked up.
How many of the ps1 game case plastic hinges have we broke between everyone reading this article? Give me the current case any day. Great nostalgia though props to squeenix.
I know it does not go with the other PS4 game cases but I would love to own this version of the game rather than the traditional boxed game. I will look out for this version on ebay sure some dodgy person will end up selling one.
No, thank you, it's cool but don't fit too well with the other cases.
Better than the flimsy 20 Year Celebration Art book Edition version I received from Amazon today.
Awwww I want a PSone case now 😔
I love the look but @themcnoisy is right - unless there is a hugely thick manual bolstering the inside, that is going to crack in seconds!
@themcnoisy I don't think I have a single PS1 case in perfect condition. Either the hinges are broken, or the disc holder has bits missing. Only ones I have that might still be in working order are Final Fantasy VII-IX due to them housing multiple discs and being nowhere near as flimsy as a result.
Nice case but I like steelcase better, it's too bad that the artbook edition doesn't have steelcase
I have a few PSone cases in good condition actually, but they've been treated like children basically, and I never really open them up. They're more collector's items for me than games I'd play.
What, no love for long, skinny-shoebox style PS1 cases?
I always wanted to buy some of those later, but the smaller case versions were always alot cheaper.
I saw a Doom PS1 long box for some major bucks a few years back, but had to settled for a green greatest hit gem case...yuck.
Lol all those plastic teeth rattling around in PS One cases. More brittle than a brittle thing.
@GBMatthew The collector edition is LAME!
I got mine today and the supposed artbook is in the place on the manual on a blue ray box that looks like a small book. It is not easy to describe it but the collectors edition has basically the artbook instead of a manual...
I don't own a single PS1 case either. Got about 20 PS1 games in a CD case holder. Mad how quickly they broke.
That would've been a cool collectors edition though. Probably would have bought it.
@GamerDad66 Haha I remember I my friend had a few of those mainly Battle Arena Toshinden and Twisted Metal. It's crazy how those boxes make the games expensive even though they are the exact same game in the jewel cases.
SO.....MUCH.....WANT!
Wow thats cool!
@belmont ? Yes that was what I was on about it's very disappointing.
I got my 20th anniversary copy today, it's so cute. I was expecting the artbook to be a flimsy booklet tucked inside, but instead they made it a proper hardback book with the game kept in the back. my only qualm is that the bit that holds the game in place is hard plastic like you'd find in old cd cases, and I have terrible memories of snapping discs in half trying to get them out. other than that, I was pleasantly surprised, an awesome thing to have to commemorate a series I've loved and a character I've idolised since I was very young.
oh, and the game isn't too bad, either!
Funny what you can come up with when you have a finished game sitting around for an entire year while you try to come up with ways to market it to people who are mad it came out on another system first. Id bet nothing like this w/ a dual release last year.
Somebody had to say it.
I wonder if this version of the game has that iconic PS1 start-up sound.
@rjejr I guess they've had to find an angle to re-appeal to PlayStation fans, and they've chosen to play the nostalgia card. It seems to be working alright, I think.
@get2sammyb "play the nostalgia card"
um, I know this is waaay off topic, but since you brought it up, the entire videogame industry is going "retro" nostalgia this holiday. I took these pics last week in the videogame department at Target (think upscale Walmart)
Retro consoles in the videogame section, they used to be kept w/ the toys, NES Mini changing everything I guess.
Lots of 8-bit Mario and Pac-Man swag above the consoles.
And even w/o retro consoles even PS4 and X1 will be getting in on the act.
I wasn't a big fan of cheap CD cases back in the day, certainly not a fan now. I do like the artbook case that comes with the PS4 edition of this game though.
I love it! Instabuy!
I love it! Instabuy!
Well that's just lovely.
Oh man I'd buy a pretty penny for one of those purely from a nostalgic point (yes, I'm on of those people) I remember most of mine as a kid got cracked mainly due to my sister, it got to the point were I'd actually crack it myself so it "fit in" with the rest of the collection. Kids do the damndest things sometimes 😝
@get2sammyb Yeeeessssssssssss
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