Were you a fan of the packaging for various budget re-releases or did you go out of your way to avoid them and hunt out the original box?
1997 onwardsSony had "Platinum" on the PlayStation, which was followed up by Help Charity, Value Series, Bestsellers, White Label, and a number of other lines from third party manufacturers. This was pretty similar to PC, which had titles under the Sold Out, MAD, EA Classics, Best of Atari, PC Gamer presents..., and Premier Collection banners.
branding used between 1997 - 2006Microsoft had the "Classics: Best Of" range on Xbox, later rebranded as just "Classics" on Xbox 360, and Nintendo introduced "Player's Choice" on N64 and Gamecube, which was also accompanied by a silver trim, later replaced with "Nintendo Selects" on Wii.
branding used from 2003-2006Sony continued the "Platinum" range onto PlayStation 3, but in addition to the Silver added a very bold Yellow trim to the front of the box. This has since been replaced with "Essentials" and then "Greatest Hits" on PS4.
The packaging didn't bother me - I thought the packaging looked quite smart on the PS1, tbh - more that in an effort to save on manufacturing costs they would often strip out the art on the discs - in the case of Sony, a synergistic but equally rather uninteresting standard silver CD. Xbox tended to keep or rejig the disc art from what I can remember so you weren't really missing out on anything at all, I felt. The yellow addition to the Platinum range on PS3 is properly hideous though. Yes, it stands out, but only in the same way that police tape does after someone has been brutally murdered.