Cardboard box
Sega
Category
Technological items
Date
1993
Materials
Cardboard
Measurements
70 x 460 x 365 mm
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 672714.2
Summary
The original cardboard box packaging for a Sega Mega Drive II video games console and associated accessories. The top of the box contains a colour image of the games console in the centre, with 'SEGA MEGA DRIVE II printed directly above. There are further images of the console on all the sides and ends of the box. On the underside there are details about the key features of the console with these being printed in a number of different languages including English, French and German. On the right hand side of the underside there are eighteen small colour images of various games that can be played via the console.
Provenance
Cardboard box for a Sega Mega Drive II video games console designed and manufactured by Sega in 1993. Transferred as a gift to The National Trust on 26th July 2016.
Makers and roles
Sega, designer