Editing Sega Saturn (section)

==Game packaging==
===Japan===
The Sega Saturn's Japanese software was packaged in a standard CD jewel case with a gold and black spine card featuring the Japanese logo, along with lettering printed vertically. The spine card bears the title of the game to which it is attached. Saturn games re-released under the Saturn Collection label, a sort of "Player's Choice", have a red and white spine card with white lettering, the Saturn Collection logo under that, and the 2,800 yen price featured prominently. Games spanning multiple discs were packaged in diamond case, double CD cases, which are twice as thick as a standard case.

The game manual is included in place of liner notes, and the cover will usually carry a bar similar in appearance to the spine card, along with the game's rating. This liner sometimes had artwork printed on both sides, and a clear CD tray would be used, in place of the black tray that many Saturn games used, in order to see the artwork. Some games that came with thicker instruction manuals were packaged in a slightly thicker variant of the standard jewel case. About 20% of Saturn games used this particular type of case.

===North America===
In North America, the existing single hinged case design used for [[Sega CD]] games was adopted for Sega Saturn titles. The cases incorporate a white spine containing a 30 degree stripe pattern in gray, with white outlined lettering displaying the words "Sega Saturn". The cover often carried a back insert with information about the game. The manuals included with Saturn games were substantially larger than standard CD's, and as a result had more room for art.

Unfortunately, these cases had several problems:
*Their sheer size made them difficult to store and vulnerable to cracking.
*The mechanism that keeps the cover closed wears out quickly if the cover is opened and closed too much.
*There is enough empty space inside the case that, if the CD comes loose of the case's spindle, it can easily suffer scratching or be shattered during case transportation. Some games, especially ones early in the system's life, came with a foam brick to keep the disc from falling off the spindle. This brick was left out later on to save costs, but an improved spindle design was implemented, which held the discs more securely.
*Because these cases were proprietary for the most part, replacements were difficult to find.

Games packaged with the system (such as ''Virtua Fighter'') or a peripheral (such as ''NiGHTS Into Dreams...'') often came in a standard CD Jewel case.

===Europe===
The European Saturn cases were custom designed and came in two styles: the first was similar to a DVD snap case, being a two-piece clamshell enclosure held together by a single large piece of card that made up both the front and back covers along with spine. The second style was a single-piece plastic case, with a paper insert detailing covers and spine underneath a flexible plastic outer window; the case was similar to a commercial VHS video case, although quite a bit smaller. When the case is opened, the disk rests inside the case to the right of the hinge, while the booklet was placed to the left. Standard art design includes a solid black spine and white lettering displaying the words "Sega Saturn".

These cases had several problems:
*The cardboard hinges wore out very quickly.
*The spindles which held the discs in place wore out very quickly, causing discs to move around in the cases in transit and get scratched.
*There was nothing holding the manual in place. With these manuals often being heavy due to having with several languages, it was difficult to close the case without the manual falling out of place.
*The mechanism for closing the cases wore out very quickly and was quite ineffective to begin with.

The cases were redesigned in later years, being made out of plastic with a sleeve insert, much like a DVD keep case. These cases were fairly hard to open, but they were more sturdy and less prone to breaking. Later games were released only in these cases.