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[Douche McBaggins The 3rd]

This is for those lovely collectors who love to collect those GLORIOUS Master race games throughout the decades. I'm currently collecting PC Adventure games and Sierra games. Though I do have a ton of this stuff on shelf. I'm planning to either get a full retro gaming rig or emulate Windows 95/98 on my Windows 8 laptop and set up a nice game rig through my HDTV to replay my games. Oh yeah, pictures incoming later tonight or tomorrow after my room is cleaned out.

 

[Skelter]

Someone show off their glorious Fallout 1 and 2 collections for me. I will hate and love you.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Diablo III CE has one of the best boxes in recent memory, boxes are not dead.

 

[Douche McBaggins The 3rd]

Someone show off their glorious Fallout 1 and 2 collections for me. I will hate and love you.

Right now, I have about 50-60 sierra games. I'm still looking to get Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist. Need both the original Sierra release and the Sierra Originals release.

 

[Dr Dogg]

Most of my big box collection is sadly long gone from this world. About the only survivors are my imported Marathon 2 Durandal, Grim Fandango and Star Wars: Behind the Magic. Been tempted to revisit older PC collecting but it's even more expensive than SNES collecting sometimes.

 

[Lucumo]

Need to take some photos of my boxes sometimes. Have a good amount of them(in near perfect quality) lying around.

Red Alert 2, Anno 1602, Ground Control, Aquanox 2, Worms Armageddon etc etc

 

[Teknoman]

Someone finally took the reigns and made one!

Even though I like how easy it is to get small titles and larger games via download, I really do miss large box PC games. I got into PC gaming on the edge of 98, but have always liked the large boxes and detailed manuals. Even some of the smaller rectangle boxes are cool.

 

[Douche McBaggins The 3rd]

Someone finally took the reigns and made one!

Even though I like how easy it is to get small titles and larger games via download, I really do miss large box PC games. I got into PC gaming on the edge of 98, but have always liked the large boxes and detailed manuals. Even some of the smaller rectangle boxes are cool.

Honestly, I am only collecting the jewel cased games since they take so much space. The PC games had no standardized boxes at that time so they would be impossible to display properly. Remember that weird ass Tomb Raider box?

 

[RavenValor95]

I don't have many at all, but one of my favourite big box PC games from yesteryear has to be, Tony Hawks Underground.

Without a doubt, my favourite Tony Hawk game, there isn't that much special to the big box, it just comes with the game(on 3 discs iirc, been a while since I played it) and a manual, but I love it a lot since it is such a fantastic game.

THUG2 is also around here somewhere in a big box, but THUG 1, oh man, definitely stole my heart.

I wish more games had big box pc releases, even if it was just the DVD, it just looks so much cooler.

 

[Teknoman]

Honestly, I am only collecting the jewel cased games since they take so much space. The PC games had no standardized boxes at that time so they would be impossible to display properly. Remember that weird ass Tomb Raider box?

Yeah wasnt it like a pyramid or something?

 

[discoalucard]

I collect these too. The big boxes take up a lot of space compared to carts/DVD/CDs, but they certainly look cool on the shelf, and they remind me of days of my youth prowling the shelves of Egghead or Software Etc., being too young to play of them and lacking decent hard since all we had was a crappy Apple II.

I have most of Lucasarts output, a big chunk of Sierra's, several Infocom titles, and a whole bunch of those neat foldout record album-style boxes that Electronic Arts, Activision and Mindscape used to put out in the Atari 8-bit/C64 era. Plus an assortment of mid-90s PC stuff, mostly stuff from Origin, as well as assorted adventure games from Legend and other companies.

They're actually not THAT hard to collect for. It's hard to gauge prices since they're so infrequently listed, and the ones that are ten to suffer from the usual eBay BIN inflation. But if you follow auctions or check out Amazon, you can get a lot of good stuff for ~$10-15 each with shipping.

Some of the really old stuff has been exploding in value lately. A copy of Softporn Adventure for the Atari recently sold for something like $1800.

 

[Douche McBaggins The 3rd]

I collect these too. The big boxes take up a lot of space compared to carts/DVD/CDs, but they certainly look cool on the shelf, and they remind me of days of my youth prowling the shelves of Egghead or Software Etc., being too young to play of them and lacking decent hard since all we had was a crappy Apple II.

I have most of Lucasarts output, a big chunk of Sierra's, several Infocom titles, and a whole bunch of those neat foldout record album-style boxes that Electronic Arts, Activision and Mindscape used to put out in the Atari 8-bit/C64 era. Plus an assortment of mid-90s PC stuff, mostly stuff from Origin, as well as assorted adventure games from Legend and other companies.

They're actually not THAT hard to collect for. It's hard to gauge prices since they're so infrequently listed, and the ones that are ten to suffer from the usual eBay BIN inflation. But if you follow auctions or check out Amazon, you can get a lot of good stuff for ~$10-15 each with shipping.

Some of the really old stuff has been exploding in value lately. A copy of Softporn Adventure for the Atari recently sold for something like $1800.

Infocom? I've actually had SEALED infocom first run prints of them. I've had a CIB Mint Enchanter and a few sealed ones. Found them at a fleamarket. I couldn't get them all, and I found out the value. Went back later that day and it was gone from my life.....

 

[Douche McBaggins The 3rd]

Yeah wasnt it like a pyramid or something?

Yeah it was a pyramid. Here's the box art now.

 

[fantomena]

I have the boxed version of Rome 2, XCOM The Buraeu, Crysis trilogy, Empire: Total War, OF: Red River, WRC 4 and SC: Blacklist from "newer times".

 

[Douche McBaggins The 3rd]

I have the boxed version of Rome 2, XCOM The Buraeu, Crysis trilogy, Empire: Total War, OF: Red River, WRC 4 and SC: Blacklist from "newer times".

Newer games don't have that PC luster though. Ever see the mid to late 90s pc games that would NEVER come to consoles? That Sid Meier Alpha Centari manual was like 200+ pages. Thing was a damn book.

 

[wazoo]

This is for those lovely collectors who love to collect those GLORIOUS Master race games throughout the decades. I'm currently collecting PC Adventure games and Sierra games. Though I do have a ton of this stuff on shelf. I'm planning to either get a full retro gaming rig or emulate Windows 95/98 on my Windows 8 laptop and set up a nice game rig through my HDTV to replay my games. Oh yeah, pictures incoming later tonight or tomorrow after my room is cleaned out.

For dos games emulation, use dosbox, it is very easy and very light. You can have basically one folder by game, and everything runs like some isolated executable. This is how GOG deals with most of the old games.

for old adventure games, scummy can be also an option.

For windows 95-98 games, use virtual PC, it will give you no headache.

For latter games, it is more tricky, and got.com can be an option even if you have the original game on disk.

 

[ShowDog]

I've got a lot of old PC games but I wouldn't really consider it a glorious collection. Most won't install without a lot of legwork, and peripheral support ain't exactly easy either. I have em all on an old 100-disc CDR spindle.

 

[Deleted member 10571]

I like this thread and subscribe in the hopes of it surviving for a few months!

Also, Baldur's Gate is where it's at.

 

[doctorcdcs]

I've been thinking of making a thread like this. So glad though that there is one now! I've been a big fan of collecting pc games, and although what I've got is small compared to others, I'm quite proud of it. Can't wait to see (and yearn) what some of you have!

 

[zephervack]

I got rid of most of my boxes and only have CDs in a binder, I regret it every day.

Loved the era of the triangular boxes:

 

[Chinbo37]

None of my boxes really survived except for star wars related games


I have a boxed xwing collectors edition
Boxed tie fighter collectors edition
Boxed xwing vs tie fighter
Dark forces 1 and 2
Yoda adventures

 

[wazoo]

Lucas arts games are valuable considering the lack of digital release for most of them.

I own Grim Fandango in its beautiful box.

 

[teepo]

I still have my boxes for Half-life, Homeworld 1 & 2, Starcraft (Protoss Variant), Mechwarrior 3, Swat 4, Rome 2, Myth 2, Diablo 2, Ultima 9, Unreal Tournament, UT2004, Quake 3, World of Warcraft CE, Warcraft 3 CE + Expansion, Dawn of War, Kohan, Company of Heroes, Vampire: The Masquerade, Ultima Online: SA, Asheron's Call + expansion, Sacrifice, Messiah, Red Alert 2 CE, Tiberian Sun and a few more which i'm forgetting. They're all kept in storage.

why I haven't sold them is beyond me but I know i'll never part with Homeworld, Myth 2, Starcraft and Half-life -- those games have a special place in my heart.

 

[UnrealEck]

If you guys like all the old school PC gaming stuff, you should check out a relatively unknown guy called Matt's YouTube channel. He does chats with some of the best developers of older PC titles.

I myself don't really own any old PC games. I only got into PC gaming in around 2001.

 

[dishwasherlove]

This thread is worthless without pictures. I'll try and grab some of my big boxes when I get home

 

[gabbre]

Some big boxes

Some little boxes

My favourite one, it's so beautiful

Sorry for the quality

 

[dishwasherlove]

Always loved that Max Payne 2 box.

 

[hlhbk]

Journeyman Project 2: Bured In Time has one of the best boxes ever:

 

[golem]

Here's a couple from my closet:

 

[7DollarHagane]

I really wish I hadnt thrown out my big box copies of fallout 1 and 2. They are so expensive now.

Found jewel case copies of metal gear solid PC and resident evil 3 PC for $3 each yesterday at half price books. Re3 fetches about $40, mgs $20.

 

[Grief.exe]

Shadows of the Empire had a PC version? It makes me sad when companies don't put in the bare minimum effort to put these games up on digital platforms.

Disney has no desire to do anything.

 

[hlhbk]

Man seeing the box art for MechWarrior 2 makes me want a new single player based Mechwarrior on PC.

Another great box:

Plus who could ever forget:

 

[7DollarHagane]

I had this one too, fantastic set..

 

[golem]

Couple more:

 

[Teknoman]

This thread is worthless without pictures. I'll try and grab some of my big boxes when I get home

Thats what i'm talkin about, maybe get a banner / pictures in the op or something?

I like this thread and subscribe in the hopes of it surviving for a few months!

Also, Baldur's Gate is where it's at.

It should. Might get some recommendations here and there that you dont see in GoG.

Anyone have the original Unreal box?

 

[Teknoman]

I wish I could find The Neverhood somewhere. Was Gunman Chronicles any good?

 

[golem]

This is like a trip down memory lane haha

I basically weekly fight off the urge to get all the boxes for a particular series. I don't need complete Ultima boxes with books and feelies... But want them. Oh, I want them.

Im not sure where 4, 7 and 8 are hmm.

Anyone have the original Unreal box?

 

[Kingven]

Im a big fan of RTS Games... i would like to have a Banished Big Box Version

 

[dishwasherlove]

Anyone want to guess what my favorite genre was back in the day?

Backed so many CRPG revivals on Kickstarter but I know in my heart I will never find time to sit down for 40 hours to beat a game again.

 

[Saintguine]

I really wish I had the 4 CD version of Planescape Torment including the giant box.

 

[Asparagus]

I love big box PC games but I have all of them in storage at the moment while I look for a new place.

 

[mattiewheels]

Some of my relics, I think the map came out of either UO or U9:

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

Anyone want to guess what my favorite genre was back in the day?

Backed so many CRPG revivals on Kickstarter but I know in my heart I will never find time to sit down for 40 hours to beat a game again.

It's funny, I have most of those games on GOG, along with all the expansions, and yet, I've never even played one of them. Yet, I look at those boxes, and suddenly, I want to. It reminds me of when I wanted to play those games, but couldn't afford it (because I was a broke-ass kid) or couldn't run it on my crappy computer.

But yeah, I think the biggest thing we've lost since gaming went digital on PC is that the games just don't feel... substantial. There's no box or giant manual. You don't get that satisfying sound of the manual and CD case rattling around when you shake the box. Nothing gets you pumped up to actually play the thing.

Maybe I'm alone in this, but for all the benefits of digital distribution in PC gaming, I feel like losing the physical element of it has taken a lot away from the experience.

 

[Ertai]

Awww yes, the good old days. I'll put up some pics when i get home later.

Simply love the big boxes, but they indeed are a bitch to store.

 

[nabe_shogun]

I used to be big into PC gaming in the late 90's. I would always save the boxes too as I thought there were cool. Unfortunately they all got thrown out about 8 years ago. Still have my giant pile of game manuals though.

Here's what I have now, which isn't really sorted. Also I don't have proper cases for quite a few games as I got the Lucas Arts collection which just comes with the cd's. So thats whats in most of the TDK cases.

I really need a better space for all these

 

[Sentenza]

Here's a couple from my closet:

Couple more:

This is like a trip down memory lane haha



Im not sure where 4, 7 and 8 are hmm.

You are clearly a man of exquisite taste.

 

[Alastor]

I got rid of most of my boxes and only have CDs in a binder, I regret it every day.

Me too :\

There still are pretty PC boxes, but few and far between. Heroes VI CE is beautiful:

 

[hlhbk]

I gotta say that boxes are not dead. The Collector's edition for both StarCraft II games have been awesome!

 

[adamantypants]

I cringe every time I hear master race

I lost all my big box games. Didn't have many though, Tomb Raider, Black and White, Theif, favorite was probably the Half Life big box though. I remember going to Costco with my parents as a kid and wanting every game I could see stacked there. It was weird place to be; physical PC games being so magical.

 

[SHL23]

I got Doom 2, System Shock 2, Deus Ex, and Quake 2 big boxes