Street Fighter II Dash double case?

[LowRes]

Hey guys,

So I just started collecting PC Engine games and I just bought Street Fighter II dash on ebay tonight.  I was wondering why this game comes in a double case?  Is there any purpose to the double case?

[Digi.k]

well compared to normal pc engine game cards this SF II' hucard is raised so may not fit into a normal game card case.

[esteban]

Hey guys,

So I just started collecting PC Engine games and I just bought Street Fighter II dash on ebay tonight.  I was wondering why this game comes in a double case?  Is there any purpose to the double case?

If an instruction manual was REALLY thick, it could go in the extra side of a double-jewel case. But the SFII' manual isn't particularly thick...

(1) I think it was to make folks feel like they were getting their "money's worth".... The largest HuCARD came with a MEGA price tag (¥9,800)...still, it's sad that PCE owners didn't get an extra item (RPG's would come with a map, for example) to store in the extra jewel case.

(2) Also, I have a totally WEAK (that is, unfounded) theory that NEC was looking out for folks who got the SFII' PCE bonus booklet (Fan Book) ...to store "Fan Book" in the other side of the jewel case. This, admittedly, is pretty weak. I don't think this is the actual reason why NEC went with a double-jewel case:



Read more about the launch of SFII' PCE here:

http://archives.tg-16.com/Gekkan_PC_Engine_1993_07.htm

(By the way, if you can help me decipher all the text in those ads, I would greatly appreciate it. This is an old page that I really need to fix/revise.)


(3) Also, the raised HuCARDs can fit in a regular jewel case...even with a sleeve + foam cushion (I think the phat system cards came in regular jewel cases...correct?).

[LowRes]

Hey guys,

So I just started collecting PC Engine games and I just bought Street Fighter II dash on ebay tonight.  I was wondering why this game comes in a double case?  Is there any purpose to the double case?

If an instruction manual was REALLY thick, it could go in the extra side of a double-jewel case. But the SFII' manual isn't particularly thick...

(1) I think it was to make folks feel like they were getting their "money's worth".... The largest HuCARD came with a MEGA price tag (¥9,800)...still, it's sad that PCE owners didn't get an extra item (RPG's would come with a map, for example) to store in the extra jewel case.

(2) Also, I have a totally WEAK (that is, unfounded) theory that NEC was looking out for folks who got the SFII' PCE bonus booklet (Fan Book) ...to store "Fan Book" in the other side of the jewel case. This, admittedly, is pretty weak. I don't think this is the actual reason why NEC went with a double-jewel case:



Read more about the launch of SFII' PCE here:

http://archives.tg-16.com/Gekkan_PC_Engine_1993_07.htm



(3) Also, the raised HuCARDs can fit in a regular jewel case...even with a sleeve + foam cushion (I think the phat system cards came in regular jewel cases...correct?).

Thanks for the link, it was a good read.  Now I know if I ever find the mini comic book it will fit inside the double jewel case

[Dicer]

There's always the Rumor/tale/story that SFII PCE was going to have a CD soundtrack, but it's probably just the beefy manual and HU-Card

[Black Tiger]

There's always the Rumor/tale/story that SFII PCE was going to have a CD soundtrack, but it's probably just the beefy manual and HU-Card

There's still a code in the game to turn off chiptunes and you can play bgms off of a CD if you have a CD combo.

[SamIAm]

Read more about the launch of SFII' PCE here:

http://archives.tg-16.com/Gekkan_PC_Engine_1993_07.htm

(By the way, if you can help me decipher all the text in those ads, I would greatly appreciate it. This is an old page that I really need to fix/revise.)

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[esteban]

Did you get your hands on Chun Li yet!?

Special coupon only with PC Engine Street Fighter II'! Act now, and everyone can receive their own Chun Li Fan Book!

NOT FOR SALE

CHUN LI FAN BOOK

- Special mini-manga starring Chun Li!
- Detailed analysis on Chun Li's fighter-data, and a strategy for a perfect play from director Akira Yamashita!
- Comes with a Street Fighter II' mini [folding] fan!

Offer expires August 31st (postmarked)

See the coupon with the game for details! Call us with questions at the Street Fighter II' office: [numbers].

Two large illustrations by Sailor Moon's Wako Tadano and Patlabor's Akemi Takada!

Thank you, comrade

Excellent.

[HailingTheThings]

The fanbook barely fits in the double case.

[Necromancer]

Because bigger is better? 

well compared to normal pc engine game cards this SF II' hucard is raised so may not fit into a normal game card case.

They fit.  The Super CD syscard and Tennokoe Bank hueys come in standard cases.

[SignOfZeta]

The big cases held big books. There are tons of RPGs in double cases and all of them have nothing in the back side (unless it came with a soundtrack or something, which most didn't.

The alternative was a custom thick single case, like Monster Maker. Those probably cost more than double cases and availability would be temporary.

[Black Tiger]

Ziria's second side is filled with foam and the back tray liner is an iridescent sticker sheet.

[SignOfZeta]

Ziria is a weird one. Was that the first double case PCE game? I might be...

[Black Tiger]

Ziria is a weird one. Was that the first double case PCE game? I might be...

The SCD re-release uses an oversized case like Monster Maker.