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Hello people,
Today, talking to a friend about the game, we are thinking about the books and we have a question about how they were included in the edition, were they included outside and sealed? And the French edition? did it come in a blister? Someone with information or even a photo of a sealed one would be great, something difficult to see today.

In the UK at least, games were never sealed, shops would empty them out and put the empty cases on the shelves, and then fetch the contents from a shelf when you came to buy the game. The same pattern was used for music cassettes, CDs, etc. So there’s no real meaning to “sealed” games except perhaps for mail order (was relatively rare) and blister packs.

For the French edition, when I bought it in 1990 or 1991, the books were with the game in the blister.
Unfortunately, they were reunited with a tape. When I removed the tape, I slightly damaged one of the books.
Anyway, finding a sealed version today will be really difficult.

Maxim wrote

In the UK at least, games were never sealed, shops would empty them out and put the empty cases on the shelves, and then fetch the contents from a shelf when you came to buy the game. The same pattern was used for music cassettes, CDs, etc. So there’s no real meaning to “sealed” games except perhaps for mail order (was relatively rare) and blister packs.

In Spain it was the same, the games only had the SEGA sticker, they were not usually emptied, it depends on the store. But in this case with the books I would like to know how they were sold

balkry wrote

For the French edition, when I bought it in 1990 or 1991, the books were with the game in the blister.
Unfortunately, they were reunited with a tape. When I removed the tape, I slightly damaged one of the books.
Anyway, finding a sealed version today will be really difficult.

In France it was much easier to guess what would be inside the blister knowing that there everything was inside the blister. I take this opportunity to ask about this, why in France the games came in blister packs? It is perhaps due to some French regulation

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law81 Joined: 21 Oct 2015 Posts: 299	About Ultima IV releases Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 9:58 am
law81 Joined: 21 Oct 2015 Posts: 299	Hello people, Today, talking to a friend about the game, we are thinking about the books and we have a question about how they were included in the edition, were they included outside and sealed? And the French edition? did it come in a blister? Someone with information or even a photo of a sealed one would be great, something difficult to see today.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14517 Location: London	Posted: Sun Jun 04, 2023 1:47 pm
	In the UK at least, games were never sealed, shops would empty them out and put the empty cases on the shelves, and then fetch the contents from a shelf when you came to buy the game. The same pattern was used for music cassettes, CDs, etc. So there’s no real meaning to “sealed” games except perhaps for mail order (was relatively rare) and blister packs.

balkry Joined: 22 Feb 2005 Posts: 173 Location: Caen, France	Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 10:21 am
	For the French edition, when I bought it in 1990 or 1991, the books were with the game in the blister. Unfortunately, they were reunited with a tape. When I removed the tape, I slightly damaged one of the books. Anyway, finding a sealed version today will be really difficult.

law81 Joined: 21 Oct 2015 Posts: 299	Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2023 11:14 pm
law81 Joined: 21 Oct 2015 Posts: 299	Maxim wrote In the UK at least, games were never sealed, shops would empty them out and put the empty cases on the shelves, and then fetch the contents from a shelf when you came to buy the game. The same pattern was used for music cassettes, CDs, etc. So there’s no real meaning to “sealed” games except perhaps for mail order (was relatively rare) and blister packs. In Spain it was the same, the games only had the SEGA sticker, they were not usually emptied, it depends on the store. But in this case with the books I would like to know how they were sold balkry wrote For the French edition, when I bought it in 1990 or 1991, the books were with the game in the blister. Unfortunately, they were reunited with a tape. When I removed the tape, I slightly damaged one of the books. Anyway, finding a sealed version today will be really difficult. In France it was much easier to guess what would be inside the blister knowing that there everything was inside the blister. I take this opportunity to ask about this, why in France the games came in blister packs? It is perhaps due to some French regulation

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