How do you store your spinecards? Do you flaten them out and place them inside the case like so many others do? Do you keep them inside a bag with the game?
Storing them anywhere but inside the case, preferably in the middle of the instruction booklet or in front of the rear insert is just asking for trouble. Keep them all in a bag, and if the bag gets damaged or lost, you just reduced dozens of games value. Damage one game and you just reduced the game's value. Sell or trade off a game and it means you have to remember where the bag is, dig it up, and then handle the spinecard unnecessarily and put it into the case. Spinecards for foreign titles could potentially get mixed up if you don't read Japanese and there aren't product codes or matching UPCs on them. It's insanity. INSANITY.
Yeah if you do that it losses it's shape and causes some creasing. What I meant by bag is those cellophane protectors for jewel case games. If you put the spine card on the game and than put the game in the protector it fits nicely.
Only downside is it's kind of a hassle to take the game out of the protector every time you want to play.
What I do is put them where spine cards go (you know, the spine lol) and then I store both the spinecard and gamecase together inside one of those protective bags or cases they sell on ebay. That way I have both game and spinecard together instead of keeping them somewhere else. Or just put them inside in the middle of the manual.
What I do is put them where spine cards go (you know, the spine lol) and then I store both the spinecard and gamecase together inside one of those protective bags or cases they sell on ebay.
This is exactly what I meant but is a hassle since you have to remove it from the bag. If you are just a collector and don't play them then this is great.
What I do is put them where spine cards go (you know, the spine lol) and then I store both the spinecard and gamecase together inside one of those protective bags or cases they sell on ebay.
This is exactly what I meant but is a hassle since you have to remove it from the bag. If you are just a collector and don't play them then this is great.
Putting the spinecards the inside manuals would be the best thing to do so they don't get lost.
True but then you have to fold it and folding = bad for collector's.
Well, you're folding it once, and any creases or actually wear are going to be so insignificant it would be hard to find them. Folding is only bad based on the assumption someone you sell it to is going to want to fold it back to fit around the case. I don't know anyone that stores their games like that.
Agreed, I don't understand why they exist, or why collectors would obsess over them.
Well, they're just another element of the packaging. Spinecards mostly exist in Japan, and from what I've seen, offer a way to package the game include a UPC without having it be present on the actual game's artwork. Kinda like when you buy a Blu Ray, and instead of them covering up part of the artwork with a permanent VUDU video code or Rotten Tomatoes logo, they'll have them be stickers you can peel off and discard.
As for why collectors obsess over them, well... there are people collecting all the variants of games that have different numbers printed on the label, different numbers of screws in the casing, trying to figure out the exact order that manuals and inserts are packages in the factory, and so on. Most of the time obsessing to such great detail is just an indicator that someone is trying to avoid thinking about all the stressful things in their life by focusing on just one thing intensely.
Most of the time obsessing to such great detail is just an indicator that someone is trying to avoid thinking about all the stressful things in their life by focusing on just one thing intensely.
There nice to get if it's included, but as for me personally I don't value a game any more if it has the obi or not. I don't spend the premium for games that have it versus one that doesn't.
I just put them in the jewel case pressed against the back art like most people do. Guarantees the spine card will stay in great condition and that you won't lose it.
Although I do like LastCat's idea of keeping the spinecard on the spine and putting it in a protective case of some kind.
What the heck are "spinecards"? What system's games does this involve?
They're included in Japanese Saturn and PS1 games, but other consoles have them, too. They cover the hinge to extend the artwork.
To the OP, I either put mine in the manual or put them right behind the manual in the manual clips. I also don't really care if a game has them or not. As long as it has the manual or anything else like posters or other extras, I'm cool. I see them in the same realm as a reg card, which I can live without.
What the heck are "spinecards"? What system's games does this involve?
They're included in Japanese Saturn and PS1 games, but other consoles have them, too. They cover the hinge to extend the artwork.
To the OP, I either put mine in the manual or put them right behind the manual in the manual clips.
So they don't do it like 90's PC releases, where the "spine card" was integral to the jewel case?
(i.e. the jewel case had a clear hinge/spine area that nests the "spinecard")
I can't speak to 90's PC games because don't play anything on the PC, but the spine card is not attached to the jewel case in any way. After it's opened, it's just a regular, nothing special about it jewel case.
What the heck are "spinecards"? What system's games does this involve?
They're included in Japanese Saturn and PS1 games, but other consoles have them, too. They cover the hinge to extend the artwork.
To the OP, I either put mine in the manual or put them right behind the manual in the manual clips.
So they don't do it like 90's PC releases, where the "spine card" was integral to the jewel case?
(i.e. the jewel case had a clear hinge/spine area that nests the "spinecard")
I can't speak to 90's PC games because don't play anything on the PC, but the spine card is not attached to the jewel case in any way. After it's opened, it's just a regular, nothing special about it jewel case.
Strange.
Yeah, 90's PC games (anything that came in a jewel case) predominantly had clear spines with nested artwork and spine labeling on perforated printed card (not just label paper)
Same sort of thing with music CD's, actually, where the spine-label is inherent to the jewel case.
I guess it doesn't extend the FRONT artwork, just the back artwork, wrapped around to the label, though.
(this comment isn't about Japanese spinecards -- this is about 90's PC artwork and music cd spinecards)
As far as I know anything that came in a jewel case in Japan has a spinecard/obi. I think their only purpose was to have the barcode on them and not ruin the artwork.
If I'm not mistaken certain reprints of games have a spine card but without the games artwork on them. Good luck finding those if it wasn't included in your copy of whatever game you have.
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Only downside is it's kind of a hassle to take the game out of the protector every time you want to play.
It's the subject of my favorite Game Sack skit though. "I think I gotta go home. See ya."
What I do is put them where spine cards go (you know, the spine lol) and then I store both the spinecard and gamecase together inside one of those protective bags or cases they sell on ebay.
This is exactly what I meant but is a hassle since you have to remove it from the bag. If you are just a collector and don't play them then this is great.
What I do is put them where spine cards go (you know, the spine lol) and then I store both the spinecard and gamecase together inside one of those protective bags or cases they sell on ebay.
This is exactly what I meant but is a hassle since you have to remove it from the bag. If you are just a collector and don't play them then this is great.
Putting the spinecards the inside manuals would be the best thing to do so they don't get lost.
It would stress me out too much to try for all of them.
You are a braver man than me.
Spinecards suck.
Agreed, I don't understand why they exist, or why collectors would obsess over them.
True but then you have to fold it and folding = bad for collector's.
Well, you're folding it once, and any creases or actually wear are going to be so insignificant it would be hard to find them. Folding is only bad based on the assumption someone you sell it to is going to want to fold it back to fit around the case. I don't know anyone that stores their games like that.
Spinecards suck.
Agreed, I don't understand why they exist, or why collectors would obsess over them.
Well, they're just another element of the packaging. Spinecards mostly exist in Japan, and from what I've seen, offer a way to package the game include a UPC without having it be present on the actual game's artwork. Kinda like when you buy a Blu Ray, and instead of them covering up part of the artwork with a permanent VUDU video code or Rotten Tomatoes logo, they'll have them be stickers you can peel off and discard.
As for why collectors obsess over them, well... there are people collecting all the variants of games that have different numbers printed on the label, different numbers of screws in the casing, trying to figure out the exact order that manuals and inserts are packages in the factory, and so on. Most of the time obsessing to such great detail is just an indicator that someone is trying to avoid thinking about all the stressful things in their life by focusing on just one thing intensely.
Most of the time obsessing to such great detail is just an indicator that someone is trying to avoid thinking about all the stressful things in their life by focusing on just one thing intensely.
.....Yeah.
Although I do like LastCat's idea of keeping the spinecard on the spine and putting it in a protective case of some kind.
What the heck are "spinecards"? What system's games does this involve?
They're included in Japanese Saturn and PS1 games, but other consoles have them, too. They cover the hinge to extend the artwork.
To the OP, I either put mine in the manual or put them right behind the manual in the manual clips. I also don't really care if a game has them or not. As long as it has the manual or anything else like posters or other extras, I'm cool. I see them in the same realm as a reg card, which I can live without.
What the heck are "spinecards"? What system's games does this involve?
They're included in Japanese Saturn and PS1 games, but other consoles have them, too. They cover the hinge to extend the artwork.
To the OP, I either put mine in the manual or put them right behind the manual in the manual clips.
So they don't do it like 90's PC releases, where the "spine card" was integral to the jewel case?
(i.e. the jewel case had a clear hinge/spine area that nests the "spinecard")
What the heck are "spinecards"? What system's games does this involve?
They're included in Japanese Saturn and PS1 games, but other consoles have them, too. They cover the hinge to extend the artwork.
To the OP, I either put mine in the manual or put them right behind the manual in the manual clips.
So they don't do it like 90's PC releases, where the "spine card" was integral to the jewel case?
(i.e. the jewel case had a clear hinge/spine area that nests the "spinecard")
I can't speak to 90's PC games because don't play anything on the PC, but the spine card is not attached to the jewel case in any way. After it's opened, it's just a regular, nothing special about it jewel case.
What the heck are "spinecards"? What system's games does this involve?
They're included in Japanese Saturn and PS1 games, but other consoles have them, too. They cover the hinge to extend the artwork.
To the OP, I either put mine in the manual or put them right behind the manual in the manual clips.
So they don't do it like 90's PC releases, where the "spine card" was integral to the jewel case?
(i.e. the jewel case had a clear hinge/spine area that nests the "spinecard")
I can't speak to 90's PC games because don't play anything on the PC, but the spine card is not attached to the jewel case in any way. After it's opened, it's just a regular, nothing special about it jewel case.
Strange.
Yeah, 90's PC games (anything that came in a jewel case) predominantly had clear spines with nested artwork and spine labeling on perforated printed card (not just label paper)
Same sort of thing with music CD's, actually, where the spine-label is inherent to the jewel case.
I guess it doesn't extend the FRONT artwork, just the back artwork, wrapped around to the label, though.
(this comment isn't about Japanese spinecards -- this is about 90's PC artwork and music cd spinecards)
I guess it doesn't extend the FRONT artwork, just the back artwork, wrapped around to the label, though.
It can extend both. I just didn't provide good examples. Like on Biohazard 3, portions of the spine card take the artwork all the way to the spine.
I guess it doesn't extend the FRONT artwork, just the back artwork, wrapped around to the label, though.
It can extend both. I just didn't provide good examples. Like on Biohazard 3, portions of the spine card take the artwork all the way to the spine.
I understood what you meant about japanese spinecards.
My comment was about 90's PC games and music CD "spinecards" that were integral to the jewel case.