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Cardboard
Box
This form of packaging was used for the majority
of all cassette and cartridge software. As this packaging was
quite 'fragile' and awkward to get it's contents in an out many
were just discarded this is the reason for many loose Dragon Data
cassettes and carts about today.
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Early Logo Box
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Early Logo Box Back
This was the first packaging style to appear, so far this style
has only been found in use with Cartridges. As some boxes have
dates stamped on the inside of the top flap, this style was
in use until around December 1982.
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Mid. Black Box
As with the Dragon 32 boxes there was short lived black style
packaging. The side of the box now has a 'window' for the name
of the contents to be displayed. The Dragon logos (on the white
background) are actually the front of the instructions.
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Mid. Black Box Back
Again from dates stamped on the box this style was used from
December 1982 for a few months. This style appear to be least
common.
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Late Black Box
The front of the box now gets a nice picture in the 'window'
and a yellow border.
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Late Black Box Back
The '32' has now been moved to the insert of the side window
and the '32' is removed from the top/bottom and back. Can only
guess the impending arrival of the 64 brought this change. Just
strange '32' wasn't removed from the front of the box?
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Late Black Box - NEW TITLE
For where there wasn't a picture available (yet) this plain
black cardboard insert with stickers for 'NEW TITLE' and the
title of it's contents, in this case 'Pixel Editor'.
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Late Black Box Contents
- Top Left: Contents of the windows (front and side)
where made up of a single folded piece of card.
- Top Right: The cassette was supplied in a plain
case without an inlay.
- Bottom Left: Instructions - Now about half the size
of the mid and early versions.
- Bottom Right. Mini software brochure.
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Cassette
Case
Normal Cassette Case
All the cassette cases where in the same style as above, on
some covers the title appears where 'COMPUTER SOFTWARE' is printed.
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'Reduced Price' - Cassette Case
Later on in the game many items where sold as 'Reduced Price'.
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Dragon Data Release
This is standard Dragon Data tape release, with a black tape
with white label.
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Microdeal Release
After Dragon Data got into financial trouble Microdeal (who
release more titles for the Dragon than any other company) took
over the distribution of a few of the titles but still using
the Dragon Data inlays.
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Little
Box
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This is a small padded 'box' that is slightly bigger
than the cassette it's self. So far this packaging has only been
seen on the 'Young Learning' which was part of Dragon Data's Educational
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Big
Box
(book
style)
Big Box Front
I like these :o), they really make you feel like you've bought
something, oh yeah and look good, showing off the art work very
well.
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Big Box Back
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Big Box Inside
Typical inside of a big box with the tape on the left and instructions
right. This packaging must have been especially designed for Dragon
Data as the insert below the cassette is used to hold carts. (such
as All Dream).
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Big Box Inside - Variant
There was one less common variant to the big box, which externally
is slightly taller and thinner. Internally there is only space
for a cassette. This is the same packaging as used by Salamander
Software.
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"The
Bag"
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This is probably the rarest form of packaging left
today, not because many were produced but due to the fact that it
was just a plastic bag with a cardboard 'tab'. This just lent it's
self to being thrown in the bin straight after purchase, once again
another reason for the amount of loose Dragon Data cassettes. As
this style was used from the launch it can be assumed it died out
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