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So I guess the plan is to replace [[Mega Drive consoles in Europe|this page]] with something more... elegant. Problem is, I'm not sure how best to handle the scans

doing something like this:

{| class="prettytable sortable"
!Box
!Name
!Date
!Price
!Console
!Cables
!Controllers
!Games
!Notes
|-
|{{Scanbox
| console=Mega Drive
| region=EU
| front=SMDS1 EU Box Front.jpg
| back=SMDS1 EU Box Back.jpg
| spinemissing=yes
| square=yes
}}
|Mega Drive
|>= 1991
|£
|
|?
|[[File:Pad MD PAL I.jpg|80px]]
x2
|''[[Sonic the Hedgehog]]''
|
|}
is a bit messy, and I don't know where I'd put manuals/warranty cards/whatever without this getting even more cluttered. Ideally I want to reduce the amount of scrolling, but I don't want to upset the scan tracker.

This solution will need to apply to all systems, including the Saturn which has [[Sega Saturn Models|its own thing going on]] (which I'm not keen on either - we'll have a lot of stretched templates when manuals start being collected).

Advice/solutions? -[[User:Black Squirrel|Black Squirrel]] ([[User talk:Black Squirrel|talk]]) 04:02, 4 June 2014 (CDT)

:Oh and also - to save costs, Sega often used a "standard" console box and wrappd it in a cardboard sleeve for special editions. I've been ignoring this fact up until now, but I imagine it'll come back to haunt us in the future for whatever reason. Presumably we'll want a way to manage that too (and again I think it'll clutter up the scanbox template if I start adding 3909342 fields for all the different box sides plus the sleeve sides - it wasn't really built with this stuff in mind). -[[User:Black Squirrel|Black Squirrel]] ([[User talk:Black Squirrel|talk]]) 12:25, 4 June 2014 (CDT)



okay then
{| class="prettytable sortable"
!Box
!Name
!Date & Price
!Console
!Hardware
!Software
!Documentation
|-
|[[File:Sega megadrive megacd1 box 1.jpg|120x120px]]
|Mega-CD
|£Gimp000.00 (1964-01-01)<br/>
£2135.24  (1986-01-01)
|[[File:MCD EU.jpg|60x60px]]<br/>HCD-000-111
|[[File:VMU JP Strawberry.jpg|60x60px]] [[File:Acadapter.jpg|60x60px]] [[File:Saturn HSS-0110-2.jpg|60x60px]]
VMU (x4) | AC adaptor | RF switch
|[[File:CobraCommand MCD EU Box Front.jpg|60x60px]] [[File:SolFeace MCD EU Box Front.jpg|60x60px]] [[File:SCAC MCD EU Box Front.jpg|60x60px]]
''[[Cobra Command]]'' | ''[[Sol-Feace]]'' | ''[[Sega Classics Arcade Collection]]''
|[[File:Game Gear EU Manual.pdf|60x60px]] [[File:Game Gear EU Epilepsy.pdf|60x60px]] [[File:Game Gear EU Patents.jpg|60x60px]]
Manual | Stuff | More stuff
|-
|[[File:DC ES Box Front ChuChuRocket.jpg|120x120px]]
|Dreamcast 2
|£564.43 (1953-01-01)<br/>
£564.64  (1986-01-01)
|[[File:DC JP Maziora.jpg|60x60px]]<br/>HKT-403
|[[File:StuntMaster.JPG|60x60px]] [[File:MegaGripIV MD.jpg|60x60px]]
[[StuntMaster]] (x34) | [[MegaGrip IV]]
|[[File:Ayrtonsenna md br cover.jpg|60x60px]] [[File:Rampage SMS US Box.jpg|60x60px]]
''[[Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II|Ayrton Senna's<br/>Super Monaco GP II]]'' | ''[[Rampage]]''
|[[File:Game Gear EU Manual.pdf|60x60px]] [[File:Game Gear EU Epilepsy.pdf|60x60px]] [[File:Game Gear EU Patents.jpg|60x60px]]
Manual | Stuff | More stuff
|-
|^ this would be your box scan with all the different sides
|^uneccessary? idk
|^to handle price drops
|
|^aka controllers, leads
|^pretend this stuf is all spaced correctly
|}
good/bad? Also not sure what the ideal template should look like -[[User:Black Squirrel|Black Squirrel]] ([[User talk:Black Squirrel|talk]]) 15:21, 6 June 2014 (CDT)


==??==

{| class="prettytable sortable"
!Box
!Name
!Date & Price
!Console
!Hardware
!Software
!Documentation
|-

{{ConsoleRelease
| front=32x_console_eu_box_front.jpg
| back=32x_console_eu_box_back.jpg
| spine=32x_console_eu_box_left.jpg
| spine2=32x_console_eu_box_right.jpg
| top=32x_console_eu_box_top.jpg
| bottom=32x_console_eu_box_bottom.jpg
| topbottomwidth=97
| topmarginleft=98
| bottommarginleft=98
| square=yes

|name=Mega Drive 32X

|dateprice1=£Something
|console=32X EU.jpg
|consolename=xxx
|hard1=MD2 to 32X video cable.jpg
|hard1name=[[32X connector cable|Connector cable]]
|hard2=MD2 to 32X video cable.jpg
|hard2name=[[32X connector cable|Connector cable]] 2
|hard3=MD2 to 32X video cable.jpg
|hard3name=[[32X connector cable|Connector cable]] 3

| soft1=Ayrtonsenna md br cover.jpg
| soft1name=''[[Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II|Ayrton Senna's<br/>Super Monaco GP II]]''
| soft2=Ayrtonsenna md br cover.jpg
| soft2name=''[[Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II|Ayrton Senna's<br/>Super Monaco GP II]]'' 2

| doc1=Game Gear EU Manual.pdf
| doc1name=Manual
| doc2=Game Gear EU Epilepsy.pdf
| doc2name=Epilepsy Warning
| doc3=Game Gear EU Patents.jpg
| doc3name=Patents
}}

{{ConsoleRelease
| front=SMDS1 EU Box Front.jpg
| back=SMDS1 EU Box Back.jpg
| spinemissing=yes
| square=yes

|name=Mega Drive

|dateprice1=£Something
|console=32X EU.jpg
|consolename=xxx
|hard1=MD2 to 32X video cable.jpg
|hard1name=[[32X connector cable|Connector cable]]
|hard2=MD2 to 32X video cable.jpg
|hard2name=[[32X connector cable|Connector cable]] 2
|hard3=MD2 to 32X video cable.jpg
|hard3name=[[32X connector cable|Connector cable]] 3

| soft1=Ayrtonsenna md br cover.jpg
| soft1name=''[[Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II|Ayrton Senna's<br/>Super Monaco GP II]]''
| soft2=Ayrtonsenna md br cover.jpg
| soft2name=''[[Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II|Ayrton Senna's<br/>Super Monaco GP II]]'' 2

| doc1=Game Gear EU Manual.pdf
| doc1name=Manual
| doc2=Game Gear EU Epilepsy.pdf
| doc2name=Epilepsy Warning
| doc3=Game Gear EU Patents.jpg
| doc3name=Patents
}}

|}
-[[User:Black Squirrel|Black Squirrel]] ([[User talk:Black Squirrel|talk]]) 05:34, 8 June 2014 (CDT)

:Looks good to me, I like the option to account for price drops, could the same be done for software? I need to find some magazine news articles which listed tons of UK hardware bundles.--[[User:Pirate Dragon|Pirate Dragon]] ([[User talk:Pirate Dragon|talk]]) 14:05, 9 June 2014 (CDT)
::Software would be awkward because it means adjusting the releases template... although it probably needs adjusting anyway to take into account all the European currencies (and of course the switch to the Euro). I haven't looked much into this - were Sega setting reduced RRPs or was it just for the retailers to decide? -[[User:Black Squirrel|Black Squirrel]] ([[User talk:Black Squirrel|talk]]) 14:15, 9 June 2014 (CDT)
::: Sega reduced the RRP for a lot of Master System and Mega Drive games, creating £9.99 SMS and £19.99 MD budget ranges.--[[User:Pirate Dragon|Pirate Dragon]] ([[User talk:Pirate Dragon|talk]]) 14:28, 9 June 2014 (CDT)
::::After going through my magazine collection twice, along with numerous scans I was perplexed as to why I couldn't find an article I recalled. Yesterday it hit me, it was actually in Sonic the Comic. UK Xmas 1993 bundles; imgur.com/15f1Cu3 --[[User:Pirate Dragon|Pirate Dragon]] ([[User talk:Pirate Dragon|talk]]) 03:18, 12 July 2014 (CDT)
::::: I'm wondering if those prices are right - the Sonic Master System bundle seems to have gone up from £49 (1993) to £49.99 (1994). Also I take it the SMS bundles are consoles with Sonic built-in as opposed to being bundled with a physical cart -[[User:Black Squirrel|Black Squirrel]] ([[User talk:Black Squirrel|talk]]) 04:39, 12 July 2014 (CDT)