RH | 4,903 Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 (edited) I actually tried to search these on eBay, but I can't find any. What were Blockbuster rental game cases like in the early 90s for the Genesis? Did they actually just use the game cases back then since they were clamshells? Anyway, if you have any Blockbuster cases for Genesis games, I'd appreciate some photos. Thanks. Edited July 6, 2022 by RH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted July 6, 2022 Author Share Posted July 6, 2022 Bump. I'm still curious if anyone could help with this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fsped09 | 223 Moderator · Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 Interesting topic. I don't think they had any blockbuster version. Genesis already came in a clamshell, so it would make sense that is what they used. They would slap a sticker with a bar code on it and rent it out. I did find this one, but I'm not sure if it got in the yellow case until AFTER blockbuster sold it (direct link below) Sega Genesis Green Dog The Beached Surfer Dude Game Blockbuster Rental 1992 | eBay Hope this helps! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 4 hours ago, fsped09 said: Interesting topic. I don't think they had any blockbuster version. Genesis already came in a clamshell, so it would make sense that is what they used. They would slap a sticker with a bar code on it and rent it out. I did find this one, but I'm not sure if it got in the yellow case until AFTER blockbuster sold it (direct link below) Sega Genesis Green Dog The Beached Surfer Dude Game Blockbuster Rental 1992 | eBay Hope this helps! Ok, thanks. This does help. I mainly ask because I’d like to get some OG cases for my New Leaf/Game Factory carts. I guess I need to look for some Jungle book and Monopoly cases with with Blockbuster stickers on them. I also wonder what type of cases they used for those cartridges because something would definitely had to be printed per game. Back then, color printing would have been expensive, but maybe Sega just shipped official label inserts and cases, but I don’t know. I remember these carts as a kid, but I legit have no recollection of what any of the BB rental cases looked like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drxandy | 3,225 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 My hometown didn't get a blockbuster till the PS2/GameCube/Xbox era so I have a fuzzy memory going into the city blockbuster but the local places would use the original clamshell as the shelf holder, and a clear locked universal game case would be behind that you would take to the counter to rent/have them remove the plastic sensor bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrslam | 474 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I'm pretty sure Blockbuster did have a rental case that they used for games released in cardboard. I will check my backstock in the next couple of days and see if I've got any. I know I have some Genesis rental cases, but I'm not sure they're from Blockbuster. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkchylde28 | 1,546 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I want to say that our Blockbuster definitely had rental cases for their Sega cartridges, as I can vaguely recall friends looking for certain titles when we'd go together to rent stuff and doing the old, "Oh man, they're out" when they pulled the actual case from in front of the spot where the game was kept. However, as I didn't own a Genesis or Master system myself until much later, I didn't take a whole lot of notice of what those cases were. I want to say that they simply used the same sort of non-branded small clamshells that they rented NES cartridges out of, but they might have just as easily let them rattle around inside a VHS clamshell. Neat to see that some Blockbusters did rent out the actual Sega clamshells, although I imagine that would lead them to needing to replace them much sooner than they otherwise would have given how well people took care of rental cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DefaultGen | 5,401 Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 I've got a SOR2 in one of the yellow cases. I don't have it in front of me right now so can't post the inside. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted July 14, 2022 Author Share Posted July 14, 2022 Well, I've been sleuthing for various forms of data, and look what I found--a list of all Blockbuster locations at the time of BV filing for bankruptcy in 2011. This is location with Store IDs. I'm not sure if this is needed by anyone, but if I can decipher whether any of those labels on the carts contain store locations, that'd be really helpful to me. https://www.kccllc.net/documents/1014997/1014997110326000000000002.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nrslam | 474 Posted July 15, 2022 Share Posted July 15, 2022 No luck, I'm afraid. I found rental cases for 3 stores (Home Video Express, Video Update, and Game Crazy) but no Blockbuster cases. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted July 15, 2022 Author Share Posted July 15, 2022 1 hour ago, nrslam said: No luck, I'm afraid. I found rental cases for 3 stores (Home Video Express, Video Update, and Game Crazy) but no Blockbuster cases. Thanks for checking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin | 198 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Here are come pics, I collect rental cases and have a few Sega ones. Let me know if you need any other pictures. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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RH | 4,903 Posted November 7, 2022 Author Share Posted November 7, 2022 @Penguin Thanks for posting those. Do you have any Genesis games with a barcode sticker on the cartridge? Mind posting photos of any of those games with the barcodes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Morbis | 2,088 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, Penguin said: Here are come pics I don't think that's allowed on VGS (and you spelled it wrong)... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin | 198 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 41 minutes ago, RH said: @Penguin Thanks for posting those. Do you have any Genesis games with a barcode sticker on the cartridge? Mind posting photos of any of those games with the barcodes? I couldn’t find any Sega ones with barcodes only an nes game I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin | 198 Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 34 minutes ago, Dr. Morbis said: I don't think that's allowed on VGS (and you spelled it wrong)... haha those are only in the old MOD threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8bitsupremacy | 208 Posted November 12, 2022 Share Posted November 12, 2022 All the Genesis games, and 32X games I rented from my local blockbuster were always loose carts inside of those yellow Blockbuster clamshells. They never rented out the actual game box; it stayed in the shelf for display in case they had multiple copies to tuck behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Count | 526 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 https://www.ebay.com/itm/175488398957?epid=5478&hash=item28dbec766d%3Ag%3AdEEAAOSwZgFjcUhZ&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoI3SErH1qlTgGfXBwJZvm5stmoye32PLsATRuikELGyJfpCjHOoBinlc7AskP4kdXpfSLOV0biiD5SUBddBaWbZ7qxiO95573ys3Ts%2BHg%2BTdeHMDdjVGePH8VWEI88w4b7ykB%2BaH5IbJ8rnBnHI6SfQrsc0X0QVIhTZDm6jCcf5IXoKGGJBzf6fON6yocJeu3RUeqfv5ArqGmoF7Mb%2FhlaA%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_jC2L2OYQ&LH_BIN=1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH | 4,903 Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 12 hours ago, The Count said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/175488398957?epid=5478&hash=item28dbec766d%3Ag%3AdEEAAOSwZgFjcUhZ&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAAoI3SErH1qlTgGfXBwJZvm5stmoye32PLsATRuikELGyJfpCjHOoBinlc7AskP4kdXpfSLOV0biiD5SUBddBaWbZ7qxiO95573ys3Ts%2BHg%2BTdeHMDdjVGePH8VWEI88w4b7ykB%2BaH5IbJ8rnBnHI6SfQrsc0X0QVIhTZDm6jCcf5IXoKGGJBzf6fON6yocJeu3RUeqfv5ArqGmoF7Mb%2FhlaA%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_jC2L2OYQ&LH_BIN=1 Yes, I've not seen that one but a bunch of others have popped up with labels. I've found a couple with both a case label and a cartridge label with barcodes and numbers. I need to catalog the numbers and check, but the store ID is encoded in both of these and it's a small gem to find a game in a case with matching numbers. This might work with other games like NES titles and maybe some SNES titles, but I've not branched out past Genesis games yet. I've not sure why I've made this a project, but I've geeked out a bit trying to figure out their label schema. At a minimum, I hope that my work will help some find games or videos from their home-base BBVs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbreitbach | 0 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 I actually have a Sega Genesis/CD system from Blockbuster that is in the hard-shell case. Have a bunch of games as well. Haven't seen another system online for sale like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWunderful | 2,927 Posted January 6, 2023 Share Posted January 6, 2023 4 hours ago, cbreitbach said: I actually have a Sega Genesis/CD system from Blockbuster that is in the hard-shell case. Have a bunch of games as well. Haven't seen another system online for sale like that. Mind posting pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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