02-01-2019, 10:10 PM
Released exclusive to Australia in 2001 were the Dragon Ball Z: Collectible CD Picture Cards, a series of 10 multimedia pocket CD-Roms to collect that were compatible with PC & Mac.
Source, from Did You Know Gaming? contributor Vitas Varnas:
https://twitter.com/VitasVarnas/status/1...5710171136
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Designed and produced by Streamedia Pty Ltd, each CD-Rom featured one of 10 characters from the Dragon Ball Z anime:
Included on each CD-ROM were information on the respective character and each saga from the Saiyan up to Cell sagas, images of merchandise available to buy, and a "BattlePrint" activity mode.
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(Screenshot of "BattlePrint" mode from the Trunks CD-ROM)
Each CD was included in random packets and also given away as a promotion with purchase of Coca-Cola products. Despite on the packets and discs reading "DBZ Set 1", no further sets were ever released.
Here's the official website for the picture cards on funimation.com from web archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/200308141610...turecards/
Unfortunately, the images on the archive won't load, but the text confirms the Coca-Cola promotion.
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Finding information on Streamedia who developed and published them, according to a document from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission, a company by that name was deregistered for business on January 14th, 2011.
https://web.archive.org/web/201902020246...004_11.pdf
The studio was based in the town of Bellevue Hill in the state of New South Wales. https://web.archive.org/web/201902020253...4094796586
Thank you to Vitas Varnas for the information, research and images.
Source, from Did You Know Gaming? contributor Vitas Varnas:
https://twitter.com/VitasVarnas/status/1...5710171136
[attachment=432][attachment=433]
Designed and produced by Streamedia Pty Ltd, each CD-Rom featured one of 10 characters from the Dragon Ball Z anime:
- Goku
- Gohan
- Krillin
- Piccolo
- Bulma
- Trunks
- Frieza
- Vegeta
- Cell
- Garlic Jr
Included on each CD-ROM were information on the respective character and each saga from the Saiyan up to Cell sagas, images of merchandise available to buy, and a "BattlePrint" activity mode.
[attachment=435]
(Screenshot of "BattlePrint" mode from the Trunks CD-ROM)
Each CD was included in random packets and also given away as a promotion with purchase of Coca-Cola products. Despite on the packets and discs reading "DBZ Set 1", no further sets were ever released.
Here's the official website for the picture cards on funimation.com from web archive.
https://web.archive.org/web/200308141610...turecards/
Unfortunately, the images on the archive won't load, but the text confirms the Coca-Cola promotion.
[attachment=434]
Finding information on Streamedia who developed and published them, according to a document from the Australian Securities & Investments Commission, a company by that name was deregistered for business on January 14th, 2011.
https://web.archive.org/web/201902020246...004_11.pdf
The studio was based in the town of Bellevue Hill in the state of New South Wales. https://web.archive.org/web/201902020253...4094796586
Thank you to Vitas Varnas for the information, research and images.