Modern Classic | Video game physical media top ten! @ModernClassic | Uploaded January 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
From the dawn of the video game age, physical media has been a defining element of each new console. That's changing now with the proliferation of download services, so I wanted to put together a little ode and top ten list to my favorite physical formats that have graced the game industry since the 1970's - along with their labeling, branding and packaging. In short, the stuff you actually hold in your hands. Oh, and there are a few dishonorable mentions here too!
See if your favorite made my list, and let me know in the comments if it didn't! Please know that this is not meant to be exhaustive or in any way objective, and I'm kind of intentionally not mentioning *every* variant of the formats I do list; I'm concentrating on the main ones. (Some systems literally have as few as one or two official releases with their own packaging or labels! So that's a never-ending rabbit hole.) There are a couple of exceptions, but I mostly relegated them to the post-top ten Honorable Mentions. This is just meant to be a fun look at my favorite physical video game media over the years.
From the dawn of the video game age, physical media has been a defining element of each new console. That's changing now with the proliferation of download services, so I wanted to put together a little ode and top ten list to my favorite physical formats that have graced the game industry since the 1970's - along with their labeling, branding and packaging. In short, the stuff you actually hold in your hands. Oh, and there are a few dishonorable mentions here too!
See if your favorite made my list, and let me know in the comments if it didn't! Please know that this is not meant to be exhaustive or in any way objective, and I'm kind of intentionally not mentioning *every* variant of the formats I do list; I'm concentrating on the main ones. (Some systems literally have as few as one or two official releases with their own packaging or labels! So that's a never-ending rabbit hole.) There are a couple of exceptions, but I mostly relegated them to the post-top ten Honorable Mentions. This is just meant to be a fun look at my favorite physical video game media over the years.
