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[superNESjoe]

Recently Square Enix's website was doing a black Friday sale that included some brand new PS1 games for $4.50. Hearing from folks that these were factory sealed I decided to order FF Chronicles, FF Origins, and Chrono Cross.

They arrived today and the seal on Origins looked pretty legit, but had no security sticker on top. The other 2 were cheap seals.

Chrono Trigger had a crack on the case so I opened it to find that everything inside did seem brand spanking new. Odd find though, as the game discs had silver backs instead of black. I haven't opened the other 2 yet.

A quick Google suggests a silver back means it's a fake, but would Square Enix directly sell fakes?

 

[3rdamention]

I swear I heard one time that the initial reason the CD backs were black, was because Sony got a great deal on a supplier that made the black disks, even cheaper than the silver.



Maybe they simply dont make the black disks anymore? Have you tried to play the game and did it work? I would assume if it is fake, it wouldn't work without having one of those little attachments on your PSOne
to play burned games.

 

[qualitydisc]

The most recent printings of Square Enix PS1 games are silver backed. It's legit, no need to worry. May even be a rare variant someday.

 

[sixteen-bit]

The later Chrono Cross pressings have a silver backed CD.
http://www.game-rave.com/psx/playstation_perfect_guide/releasedgames/psx_chrono/

The third and final variant is one of the peculiar "Silver Bottom" variants. All Silver Bottoms have been bought from Square-Enix's online store. Aside from the new color, there's no difference in the outer case, at all. The only true 'tell' is the black plastic tray shell itself.

 

[superNESjoe]

The most recent printings of Square Enix PS1 games are silver backed. It's legit, no need to worry. May even be a rare variant someday.

The later Chrono Cross pressings have a silver backed CD.
http://www.game-rave.com/psx/playstation_perfect_guide/releasedgames/psx_chrono/

Interesting, so these are legit new factory seals, they're just a late variant.

So the question is, should I open the other two?

 

[Baliis]

Interesting, so these are legit new factory seals, they're just a late variant.

So the question is, should I open the other two?

If you wanna play them, sure. They aren't exactly rare.

 

[superNESjoe]

If you wanna play them, sure. They aren't exactly rare.

I just wasn't sure if this variant was rare.

 

[jconsolmagno]

Would love to see a pic of these.

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

I imagine that they don't have black because Sony closed down manufacturing the discs, so Square just released what they could.

 

[superNESjoe]

Would love to see a pic of these.

I'll post some tonight. I'll open the rest to see if they are the same.

 

[MaverickHunterX]

Not to change the subject, but I always found it odd that square always kept the FF games in print, save for FF7 and FFT...

 

[Bog]

I just wasn't sure if this variant was rare.

Good luck proving it's silver without opening it. Unless the date is different on the back.

 

[ZeroMaverick]

Man, what? I didn't see them when I looked during Black Friday :/

 

[dallow_bg]

I thought all currently in print PSX games from SE were silver.

 

[vocab]

I think the copy of FF8 I bought just for the case had the silver back. Ah well, its on my carpet collecting dust somewhere.

 

[Eusis]

Not to change the subject, but I always found it odd that square always kept the FF games in print, save for FF7 and FFT...

Sony publishing those probably muddied the waters.