Nostalgia: Remember when PC games came in oversized boxes like these?

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If you guys have any old PC games with oversized boxes, post pics of it here! =D

Yup I remember and I loved getting a new game box in my teens. But now I am older need space and Steam came along and I don't miss the boxes at all.

Hahaha, good times, I do remember when Diablo1 came out and games like Myth, Mechwarrior2, Wizardry and Dune2, all pretty big boxes :P

Yea, most of the box is empty space, the Diablo one is in a jewel case with the manual. The manual is very detailed and explains a lot of the lore. Now developers are too lazy to bother putting together a decent manual. I also saved the advertisement inserts. They were all talking about the wonders of the internet and how you can browse the net with NetScape!spiderman120988

Good ol Netscape! haha.

I remember download the demo to Duke Nukem on dial up and how I thought it was SOOO cool to be able to download a demo for a game haha.

Lets not forget the dialup modem games of Doom2, where if someone picked up the phone or if you recieved a call the game would disconnect :P

[QUOTE="spiderman120988"]Yea, most of the box is empty space, the Diablo one is in a jewel case with the manual. The manual is very detailed and explains a lot of the lore. Now developers are too lazy to bother putting together a decent manual. I also saved the advertisement inserts. They were all talking about the wonders of the internet and how you can browse the net with NetScape!kozzy1234

Good ol Netscape! haha.

I remember download the demo to Duke Nukem on dial up and how I thought it was SOOO cool to be able to download a demo for a game haha.

Lets not forget the dialup modem games of Doom2, where if someone picked up the phone or if you recieved a call the game would disconnect :P

Yea, most of the box is empty space, the Diablo one is in a jewel case with the manual. The manual is very detailed and explains a lot of the lore. Now developers are too lazy to bother putting together a decent manual. I also saved the advertisement inserts. They were all talking about the wonders of the internet and how you can browse the net with NetScape!spiderman120988

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9174/p8120001.jpg

If you guys have any old PC games with oversized boxes, post pics of it here! =D

spiderman120988

Ah dial up. Good times when seeing the phone bill and it says you made a call for 5 hours! There's another ad about signing up for internet service for AT&T.spiderman120988

I certainly do remember them.

I had so many of them... I threw most of them away a little while ago and put the CDs in a wallet and the manuals in a folder. They just took up FAR too much room.

But I do still have these two:

Good times.

I haz no pictures, but I bought The Sims 1 and Theme Park World back in the day in those freaking huge boxes.

http://img571.imageshack.us/img571/9174/p8120001.jpg

If you guys have any old PC games with oversized boxes, post pics of it here! =D

spiderman120988

Good ol Netscape! haha.

I remember download the demo to Duke Nukem on dial up and how I thought it was SOOO cool to be able to download a demo for a game haha.

Lets not forget the dialup modem games of Doom2, where if someone picked up the phone or if you recieved a call the game would disconnect :P

kozzy1234

I've thrown away a ton of those boxes too, but I still have an old Monopoly one.

Good times.

I don't have a picture of it but I do have the original Starsiege box that was this massive rectangle that came with an art book.

Yeah, I still have a few of those. I'll take some pictures tomorrow.

i have the boxes to alot of games but none of them are really old.. to my knowledge the oldest one i have is ghost recon classic ill go dig her up for you folks, if i can FIND the thing

Haha i remember these. The manual for Falcon 4.0 was thicker than my college Organic Chemistry book. I'll take a pic later, gotta go to work. Sadly I've lost the box long ago.

[QUOTE="spiderman120988"]Yea, most of the box is empty space, the Diablo one is in a jewel case with the manual. The manual is very detailed and explains a lot of the lore. Now developers are too lazy to bother putting together a decent manual. I also saved the advertisement inserts. They were all talking about the wonders of the internet and how you can browse the net with NetScape!Captain__Tripps

At least Blizzard never jumped on the big *** dvd cases that could fit roughly 5 discs, but never contained more than two. That **** was annoying.

I remember the Duke Nukem 3D and Dark Forces 1 boxes. Got those for my 7th and 6th birthdays. Good times in the mid-late 90's

I remember the Duke Nukem 3D and Dark Forces 1 boxes. Got those for my 7th and 6th birthdays. Good times in the mid-late 90's

simardbrad

Here's the Falcon 4.0 pics :D

i played that game for quite a while too. It made me feel like I could really fly a real-life fighter jet. Might come in handy one of these days.

The Secret of Monkey Island game was the best. Huge cardboard box, thin manual, four floppies, scroll wheel device thingy for anti-piracy measures you swivelled around to match the picture with the security question. Good times.

Hell YEAH! I love the oversized boxes and miss them. I had to throw some I've bought back in the golden age, but bought some oldies recently.

Everything used to be higher quality.

I remember when vinyl records used to come with poster art, and a large concert book, with photos of the band on tour, lyrics to all the songs, and bios on all the band members.

I feel sorry for kids today - they're getting ripped off - and don't even know it.

Ah I remembe that my Lode runner 2 and Unreal Tournament came in a huge uneeded box just to reveal a CD cover. I discarded the boxes though

Here's the Falcon 4.0 pics :D

i played that game for quite a while too. It made me feel like I could really fly a real-life fighter jet. Might come in handy one of these days.

kimkim01

Unfortunately, I threw all of mine away... they were cool though.

Yep, game boxes, artwork, maps, manuals all used to be a big part of buyinga new game. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the ease of Steam, but one of best aromas in the world is that of a freshly opened game box. :)

This was one of the first pc games i got and it was probably the biggest, about the size of a standard cereal box.

I still have a load of games with their large boxes - though mostly packed away in larger storage boxes.

I do still keep a few out, though mainly just collectors editions or other rare finds.

I also have an X-COM 1&2 Collectors edition boxset containing UFO Enemy Unknown and Terror From The Deep, both with full strategy guides, that rival the Falcom 4 pics earlier in this thread for thickness of manual.

Ahh, I spotted an oversized Half Life 1 boxed game at my local thrift store and would have bought it, had I known of this thread (it was only $2 anyway).

Yeah, I've still got a bunch.

I certainly do remember them.

I had so many of them... I threw most of them away a little while ago and put the CDs in a wallet and the manuals in a folder. They just took up FAR too much room.

But I do still have these two:

broken_bass_bin

Oh how I envy you! I lost my first copy of Deus Ex :( :( :(

[QUOTE="broken_bass_bin"]

I certainly do remember them.

I had so many of them... I threw most of them away a little while ago and put the CDs in a wallet and the manuals in a folder. They just took up FAR too much room.

But I do still have these two:

_Pedro_

Oh how I envy you! I lost my first copy of Deus Ex :( :( :(

The weirdest box I ever had was the original Day of the Tentacle Box like the one below. Sadly, I threw mine away early on.