Old boxed pc games from a time long long ago...

Zitron · 4 Apr 2011 at 20:00

Only got a few as I used to sell mine to buy new games. Only hung on to my favourites. From memory as all up in the loft:

Monkey Island 2
Red Alert
Red Alert: Counterstrike
Dungeon Keeper 1
Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark 2
Theme Park

wnb · 4 Apr 2011 at 21:24

Met girl got married had kids moved house and was forced to chuck out my old boxes. I regret it bas my loft is more than big enough for them all.

Faztastic · 4 Apr 2011 at 21:29

Zitron said:
Only got a few as I used to sell mine to buy new games. Only hung on to my favourites. From memory as all up in the loft:

Monkey Island 2
Red Alert
Red Alert: Counterstrike
Dungeon Keeper 1
Alone in the Dark
Alone in the Dark 2
Theme Park

I remember that game in your sig, used to play it, was it on atari? what is it called...

Neil777 · 4 Apr 2011 at 21:32

Nevermind PC game boxes, I've still got Atari ST ones.

Behemoth · 4 Apr 2011 at 21:35

I've got my box still for HL1 and a few others, not sure what else is up there now in the loft.

mikeyholt · 4 Apr 2011 at 21:36

I can easily find my KoToR (which amusingly still has its £34.95 price tag on), BF1942, GTA + GTA2 and Midtown Madness boxes.

djkav · 4 Apr 2011 at 22:57

Faztastic said:
I remember that game in your sig, used to play it, was it on atari? what is it called...

Treasure Island Dizzy?

Zitron · 5 Apr 2011 at 12:55

Faztastic said:
I remember that game in your sig, used to play it, was it on atari? what is it called...

djkav said:
Treasure Island Dizzy?

It is indeed Dizzy as above , that particular shot is from Fantastic Dizzy.

jas72 · 5 Apr 2011 at 13:34

I have a load of em taking up space.

Speaking of old stuff my parents threw out my old Commodure Vic20 without asking

Wilshaw · 5 Apr 2011 at 18:16

I still have Aliens versus Predator boxed somewhere, aswell as Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider and a few others! Why were PC game boxes so huge?

mohawk · 5 Apr 2011 at 18:44

Woop!

TheVoice · 5 Apr 2011 at 18:58

Lunatic Dreyfus said:
A quick root around in the murkier corners of the cupboard reveals...

Superb game! I regret never actually completing it, I adored the demo but could never get hold of the actual game at the time (I was living in South Africa and it was never released there), finally got the full thing when I came back to the UK a few years later but didn't finish it.

Wilshaw · 6 Apr 2011 at 09:04

Grim Fandango! That is the only game you would ever need! I loved it! Must see if I can find my copy!

ivrytwr3 · 6 Apr 2011 at 09:23

Didn't own a PC back then!

Awesome:

http://www.classiconlinegames.nl/commodore-64/29-raid-over-moscow

Secret_Window · 6 Apr 2011 at 10:54

I still have a few in the loft somewhere like Quake 1, Half-Life 1, Opposing Force, Thief 1, but my favourite and most treasured is the original Deus Ex box.

Sleepery · 6 Apr 2011 at 11:11

The funny thing is, your average C64 or spectrum game just came in a standard cassette case, you could store hundreds of them on a shelf. Then Ultimate started to big them up with paperback sized boxes, and at the time it really annoyed me cos they didn't fit in my collection

VeNT · 6 Apr 2011 at 11:41

homeworld/2 is the only ones I really "kept"
that and XIII for some reason!

Narj · 6 Apr 2011 at 11:44

Zitron said:
It is indeed Dizzy as above , that particular shot is from Fantastic Dizzy.

Which platform? I played that on CPC myself.

Hum, might have to load that one up - it was my favourite, followed closely by Prince of the Yolk Folk (even if that one was a bit short).

I loved the big boxed games and the big Ocean collections with about 8 tapes in them!

Orford · 6 Apr 2011 at 11:53

TheVoice said:
Superb game! I regret never actually completing it, I adored the demo but could never get hold of the actual game at the time (I was living in South Africa and it was never released there), finally got the full thing when I came back to the UK a few years later but didn't finish it.

Had this myself also. First game you could send out AI units to do what you asked. If they messed up you could jumpin the pilot seat and take over.
Also got some where Half-life and the first add-on CD case the green one for got the name will have to go and find it.

m4cc45 · 6 Apr 2011 at 11:56

Neil777 said:
Nevermind PC game boxes, I've still got Atari ST ones.

ST? I've still got C64 games!

M.