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Posted March 19, 2012
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l0rdtr3k: the boxes.
yeah,those big boxes with fat and colorfull manuals and 3 to 4 cds just to install the games.
I agree, but more specifically a well written manual. Not getting screwed over on the price for some of the cool add-ins that came with the package. No bullshit DRM.
Post edited March 19, 2012 by oldschool
Posted March 19, 2012
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Charon121: I'm a minimalist when it comes to packaging material. I hate nothing more than seeing food come in elaborate cardboard and plastic boxes, and when every single piece of chocolate is individually wrapped.
I wondered about that in e.g. SE Asia, why all sweets etc. were wrapped individually.

I learned it the hard way: because of the heat and humidity, they'd otherwise get melted and stuck together in no time. A bit different than in here dry and chilly Finland.

(But I still get your point and agree, just little off-topic.)
Posted March 19, 2012
Hey guys, if you want to sell away your boxed games, let me know. I'm interested in buying.
Posted March 19, 2012
I don't miss a single thing. Why? Because I STILL buy boxed ultra mega collection edition games :-P (and when they will abandon the boxed/CD format for good, I'll probably pirate way more games than now....)

Btw, I bet the OP opened the thread after reading this article in the weekend :-P
Post edited March 19, 2012 by KingofGnG
Posted March 19, 2012
You know, it's a weird thing, but with many of my boxed games, I can remember how and when I went out and bought them and how I had some of the strangest and most memorable experiences while I was collecting them. I think that's part of the magic of boxed games - you can tell that they have a history. Some games I actually remember sitting on the bus, going home, and reading the manual in anticipation of actually playing it.

I have Raiden 2 on CD, for example (fairly rare to be sure), and I remember picking it up from the post office a decade ago and seeing a woman in front of me in the queue with a pig on a leash. I picked up Final Fantasy 7 on PC off eBay, and I remember being religiously sat on a stool at an internet terminal in my university pub outbidding everyone to get it.

First game I bought off GOG, on the other hand, was Redneck Rampage, but I couldn't tell you offhand when I bought it, where I was, or any funny experiences surrounding it. Just feels so soulless.
Post edited March 19, 2012 by jamyskis
Posted March 19, 2012
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jamyskis: You know, it's a weird thing, but with many of my boxed games, I can remember how and when I went out and bought them and how I had some of the strangest and most memorable experiences while I was collecting them. I think that's part of the magic of boxed games - you can tell that they have a history. Some games I actually remember sitting on the bus, going home, and reading the manual in anticipation of actually playing it.
I mainly remember the games from when I was a lot younger, and had to save my weekly allowance in order to buy a game. I still remember when i was 5 (and not far from turning 6) and I bought Shadowgate. But then as I grow slightly older I found out how much cheaper it was to order things by phone, so many of the games I bought after I had turned ~8-9 were through these mailorder stores.
When my family bought its first PC I started to buy games in stores again, but this time I was shocked by how much cheaper PC games were in general. Budget-titles for 100sek (~10€), well I knew where my allowance would go! I went from being able to afford a game every 4th month to (if I only wanted to buy games) 2 per month! And sometimes I would get more than one game in each box! Suddenly buying each individual game lost a lot of its value. They meant far less to mean, as I was getting more of them.
I still have a few memories related to buying games though, like when I bought Crusader: No remorse, and the woman across the counter was unsure if she should sell a game like that to me. The conversation went like this:
She: Do you know what this game contains?
Me: Kinda
She: And does your parents know that you are playing these kinds of games?
Me: Eh, yes I think so.
She: Well..
quiet for a while.
She: That will be 99sek.
Posted March 19, 2012
The boxes, not so much. The manuals maps, and reference cards that came inside, very much. Especially the reference cards.
Posted March 19, 2012
I miss the excitement of starting a game on an intel 286 desktop pc and to experience a complete new world of ideas beside low resolution graphics and sound. I miss the occassion when mouse support in games was a premium. Maybe I miss this slightly amateurish look and feel. I don't miss the boxes anymore and I don't miss a manual at all. A good wikia-wiki is enough.
Post edited March 19, 2012 by Trilarion
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