Years ago I had an idea to write a blog called "Adventure Games Museum" where I wanted to write about adventures of the past, with photos of given game front and back cover, it's box contents, trivia and whatnot. You know, like in a display in the actual museum. I guess I wanted to show the young adventurers how the games were being released in the old days, before the age of digital distribution: no "soulless" downloadable keys, no lame DVD boxes, no pretty box covers (it's about you Innocent Until Caught box cover ;) ). The blog didn't really work out. I posted 2 or 3 games and abandoned it due to lack of time. Also, it was in my native language and only about 3 or 4 people read it :( I thought why not make a collaborative effort out of it, right here in the forums. If you have an old adventure game (in a good museum quality shape of course :) ), post some pictures in this thread, write a few words. I implore you! I can't be the only freak who marvels at this things... Well, even if I am, worry not, I will be posting games myself. :P
Oh, and I don't do this to boast about my games collection. Not AT ALL! Nooooo, sir!
So, my first game is Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Why? Because it belongs in a museum!
List of Museum Exhibits (plus contributors) so far. I will try and keep it updated:
Spoiler
Exhibit #1: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Gribbler)
Exhibit #2: Random floppy disks (monkey424)
Exhibit #3: The Secret of Monkey Island (Gribbler)
Bonus Exhibit: Myst (Babar)
Exhibit #4: Return to Zork (out of the plastic bag) (monkey423)
Exhibit #5: Sam & Max Hit the Road (selmiak)
Exhibit #6: The Colone's Bequest (Gribbler)
Exhibit #7: The Black Cauldron (Arj0n)
Exhibit #8: Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge (Gribbler)
Exhibit #9: Beneath a Steel Sky (Chicky)
Exhibit #10: Official Sierra & Lucas Arts Magazines (Arj0n)
Exhibit #11: Loom (Gribbler)
Exhibit #12: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Gribbler)
Exhibit #13: Hare Raising Havoc (monkey424)
Exhibit #14: The Scoop (Arj0n)
Exhibit #15: Gold Rush! (Gribbler)
Exhibit #16: Toonstruck (monkey424)
Exhibit #17 Dark Seed (Gribbler)
Exhibit #18: Day of the Tentacle (Gribbler)
Exhibit #19: Conquests of Camelot: The Search for the Grail (Arj0n)
Exhibit #20: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (Arj0n)
Exhibit #21: Cruise for a Corpse (Gribbler)
Exhibit #22: Emmanuelle: A Game of Eroticism (Arj0n)
Exhibit #23: Rise of the Dragon (Gribbler)
Exhibit #24: Dinotopia (monkey424)
Exhibit #25: Leisure Suit Larry 5 (Gribbler)
Exhibit #26: Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero (Arj0n)
Exhibit #27: Quest for Glory 1 (Gribbler)
Exhibit #28: Dick Tracy: The Crime-Solving Adventure (Arj0n)
Exhibit #29: Dizzy Collection (monkey424)
Exhibit #30: King's Quest 5 (Gribbler)
Exhibit #31: Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold (Arj0n)
Exhibit #32: Commander Keen: "Goodbye, Galaxy!" (Arj0n)
Exhibit #33: Flight of the Amazon Queen (Mods)
Exhibit #34: Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Cassiebsg)
Exhibit #35: Ripley's Believe it or Not: The Riddle of Master Lu (Cassiebsg)
Exhibit #36: Shadoan (Cassiebsg)
Exhibit #37: Microsoft Adventure v1.00 (Arj0n)
Exhibit #38: Space Quest 1 VGA Remake (Gribbler)
Exhibit #39: Shivers (Cassiebsg)
Exhibit #40: Kingdom O' Magic (Cassiebsg)
Exhibit #41: STAR TREK - 25th Anniversary (Cassiebsg)
Exhibit #42: STAR TREK - Judgment Rites (Cassiebsg)
Exhibit #43: Versailles - 1685 (Creamy)
Exhibit #44: Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars (Creamy)
Exhibit #45: Broken Sword II: The Smoking Mirror (Creamy)
Exhibit #46: SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour (Creamy)
Exhibit #47: Waxworks (Gribbler)
Exhibit #48: Grim Fandango (Gribbler)
Exhibit #49: EcoQuest 1 (Gribbler)
Exhibit #50: The Dig (Gribbler)
Exhibit #51: Police Quest 1 VGA (Gribbler)
Exhibit #52: Sanitarium (evildustmite)
Exhibit #53: The Incredible Toon Machine (evildustmite)
Exhibit #54: Police Quest 2 (Gribbler)
Exhibit #55: Police Quest 3 (Gribbler)
Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/GxyjmPF.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/b7mrl5r.jpg)
What's inside the box - Henry Jones' diary, Hint Book, six 5,25" really floppy disks, copy protection sheet with special glasses, bunch of leaflets.
(http://i.imgur.com/qlu4J2I.jpg)
Intricate spoil-proof hint system! Copy protection worked the same way so you could not xerox it.
(http://i.imgur.com/oY1nkoU.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/8iCrWPY.jpg)
Beautiful handwritten Henry Jones' diary which you had to consult to solve puzzles in the game. Really cool stuff!
(http://i.imgur.com/l5FidM0.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/cSd4Oik.jpg)
That is so cool to see again. I loved how they included so many goodies with the game. Made you feel so involved in the adventure. Really ground breaking, I don't care what anybody says. My old original boxed ag's got thrown in the car boot for sale, years back. Still a bit pissed off about it lol. Anyway, post more!
You're just doing this to brag about your adventure game collection, aren't you?
(I'm missing The Last Crusade in mine)
Ooo, I have a cardboard box of Fate somewhere- with the original disks even (though those are well past their shelf date). Will go and dig it out the weekend!
Quote from: EssebYou're just doing this to brag about your adventure game collection, aren't you?
(I'm missing The Last Crusade in mine)
Yep, you got me, I want you all to drool all over this thread!
Quote from: GhostOoo, I have a cardboard box of Fate somewhere- with the original disks even (though those are well past their shelf date). Will go and dig it out the weekend!
You might be surprised - these old Indy floppies still work. Some time ago I bought 5,25" disk drive and plugged it to my old tower PC, and they work just fine. It's an amazing feeling to unbox the game and install it from it's original disks and play it. A real time machine - woooosh - and it's 1989 again. :)
I have a ton of these in a box in the garage (shameful, I know) :~( Will definitely dig a few out for a sexy photo shoot. (laugh)
5,25" is not hipsterish enough anymore! Punch cards -- now THAT would be something ;)
As luck would have it, Indiana Jones was of my first PC games -- but I got Fate of Atlantis (full talkie on CD) as an OEM version bundled with my sound card. The first boxed games I got were Little Big Adventure and All New World of Lemmings. But the biggest box I've ever seen was for AD 2044 (anyone know/remember that one?)
Quote from: FitzBut the biggest box I've ever seen was for AD 2044 (anyone know/remember that one?)
I certainly do remember the game (even it 8-bit Atari version :) ) but not the box. Was it like Schizm big?
So are the hints printed under the red writing, which is cancelled out by the red plastic?
I like stuff like this, kind of reminds me of a secret agent playset i had as a kid. <nostalgic smile><looks towards ceiling>
Quote from: GiraffadonSo are the hints printed under the red writing, which is cancelled out by the red plastic?
Exactly. So you wouldn't spoil a puzzle other than the one you search the soultion for. And copy protection sheet was, literally, copy protected as there were no color photocopy machines back then. :)
Thanks for having opened this Gribbler, so cool to see floppy disks which are actually floppy.
Will there be a chapter #2?
Quote from: Gribbler on Fri 25/04/2014 18:03:07I certainly do remember the game (even it 8-bit Atari version :) ) but not the box. Was it like Schizm big?
I think so, yeah :) Although I got a Schizm/Reah bundle. But AD was their biggest game at the time, and probably the most spectacular thing made in our neck of the woods -- so I'm not surprised they tried to sell it BIG! That intro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7is7d4UDT28) blew me away back then (especially the early trailer with Blade Runner end theme). The graphics didn't age well at all, but back in 1996... it was something. Or maybe I'm just a sucker for good retro CGI :)
EXHIBIT #2: RANDOM FLOPPY DISKS
Sorry Gribbler, I couldn't find any old game boxes, which probably do still exist somewhere (I think in my parent's attic). But I dropped in at my parent's house this afternoon and Dad retrieved these curious artifacts..
I can't remember "Super Secret Spell Adventure", but I'm sure it's exciting and educational.
Sleuth is there too!
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8b87/9oaqw6ybxv7v9o7fg.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5cab/9yfte3as8ddxp9vfg.jpg)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/5880/434eh7dy207saokfg.jpg) (http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8982/8bbdkba3809dyaffg.jpg)
I don't have Last Crusade, but I have that diary in a box somewhere. Was cool to read.
Since this is license to show off, here let me present a few :D. The only floppy disk stuff I have is ancient software which I keep around for some reason. Most of mine are from the CD era ("newest" was from 95). Even though I have all the boxes (I liked having the box to store the game stuff on the shelf), they were heavily used, so its definitely not "mint condition" or anything. Click the images for the full size.. I dunno why I took such large pictures, but I guess it allows you to see details if you want (or if you want more pics of some specific thing feel free to ask).
MYST:
The box:
(http://i.imgur.com/oGZUiS4.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/oGZUiS4.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/1ITy3fz.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/1ITy3fz.jpg)
The goodies:
(http://i.imgur.com/ADE1T61.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/ADE1T61.jpg)
The journal has the first page telling you to write your thoughts, and the rest are just lined. The manual was inside the CD case, and the little leaflet was there to explain how to get it working in Windows 3.1. It also included a poster of the island. I was never much of a fan of Myst, which is probably why all this stuff survived so well. Trying to get it to run now it required some archaic version of Quicktime which I couldn't get working, and since, as I said, I was never much of a fan, I've not bothered with messing around in a VM to get it to work.
King's Quest Collection
(http://i.imgur.com/MUgznCH.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/MUgznCH.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/aUnNeES.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/aUnNeES.jpg)
As you can see, this one saw a lot more use. Was a double CD pack. The manual included copy protection stuff, and spells for KQ3 (which I still never finished). The KQ Companion was pretty cool, it was like a hintbook, except written as a first person narrative, with the protagonists thoughts and all, not "I did this and then I did that", so it was fun to read in its own right. The leaflet explained that some of these games were "Digital Antiques", so don't be mad if they sucked :D.
Also for your viewing: Lord of the Rings- Fellowship of the Rings, but it was more an RPG, though.
(http://i.imgur.com/MABf4kr.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/MABf4kr.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/lHWRI9s.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/lHWRI9s.jpg)
Box with slidey cover, manual, CD, reference card, instructions to get it to work on Windows 3.1 and small map.
Like someone else who mentioned it here, quite a few of the great games I got were part of a soundcard package, so while I have the manual and CD (as well as the occasional goodie), I have no box: Monkey Island, Loom, Wing Commander 2/Syndicate/Ultima VIII/Strike Commander combo pack. I have Indiana Jones FoA CD version with the box and manual and hintbook as well, but I can't find the CD envelope (I might've let it get lost since I had the same as part of one of the LucasArts archive volumes).
PS: Apologies for the large size of the images, I think I just added 10Mb to this thread.
Quote from: Gribbler on Sat 26/04/2014 00:12:40
And copy protection sheet was, literally, copy protected as there were no color photocopy machines back then. :)
Yeah I remember that. I think Zak's copy protection codes were similar, with gray swirly patters under the letters to make a copy so hard to read you'd rather go and not bother.
Didn't stop us from spending whole
math classes writing down the stuff :-[
You could, however, just buy a red transparency film, put it on the page and b/w-copy that. I have a copy of the fingerprints from The Colonel's Bequest here that was produced the same way. Worked fine -- although in the case of TCB, it wasn't necessary at all because you got a 1 to 12 chance to guess the copy protection.
Many thanks to first museum contributors (especially Babar for beautifully preserved Myst) but, guys, I think we could use some rules here, we don't want it to get messy. This is our beloved genre! Could you please respect following while posting:
1. Post ONLY adventure games. We want it to be ADVENTURE games museum after all. :)
2. Post one game at a time and give your exhibit a proper number.
3. Post only boxed editions of games. DO NOT post cd-only, or cd in sleeve, or a pile of disks wrapped in a manual in a plastic bag or something like that. C'mon, who would want to look at that?
4. If it's possible, make a photo of front cover, back cover and what's inside the box.
5. It would be great if your game was in good condition (Babar's Myst was great, King's Quest Collection not so much)
I'm sure many of you have a golden age adventure game somewhere in a garage, back of the closet, or in the attic or cellar. Dig it up, do a sexy photo shoot and let us admire it! :D
Next game is a game that started it all for me. My first adventure game. My dear dear SoMI. I didn't speak English at the time so I had to finish it with a solution. Regardless, I fell in love with the game and the genre. Right after finishing the game I restarted it to live through the experience once again. True story!
EXHIBIT #3: THE SECRET OF MONKEY ISLANDFront and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/tyHruwo.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/gM7bqJ0.jpg)
Excerpts from back cover:
"Eye-gouging 3D graphics", (I love this one!)
"Ear-pearcing reggae music"
"No typing - point & click interface". (haha in your face Sierra! :) )
"Average playing time: 30 hours. (No way!)
What's inside the box: eight 5.25" floppy disks, manual, Dial-A-Pirate wheel and a bunch of leaflets.
(http://i.imgur.com/lVrfdUQ.jpg)
Code-wheel copy protection, in which you had to mix and match several pirate's faces and assemble their names. Almost 25 later - it still works!
(http://i.imgur.com/ATpbNcN.jpg)
This is starting to bring tears to my eyes. So beautiful. Will need to dig through some boxes in order to contribute. Well done Gribbler. Serious nerdy retro tears from a Ghost. You DID IT.
EXHIBIT #4: RETURN TO ZORK (SECOND HAND COPY)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a2eb/4yc255zbo2mofnrfg.jpg)
(I took it out of it's plastic bag).
Sorry Gribbler, I'm being facetious. I DO have games that ONCE came in a box! Believe me! Whether the boxes still exist is another question, but when I get a chance I'll have a good search for them!
Lovely Monkey Island post btw. That's the first time I've seen the 'Dial-a-Pirate' wheel in colour (I'd only ever seen a photocopied version).
And kudos to Babar on the Myst post. I have located my Myst CD, but the bloody box has gone walkabout! :~(
Quote from: GhostThis is starting to bring tears to my eyes. So beautiful. Will need to dig through some boxes in order to contribute. Well done Gribbler. Serious nerdy retro tears from a Ghost. You DID IT.
That's the second time I made you cry, Ghost. Previously, it were the tears of joy. I do hope it's the same now. :)
So look what I did dig out here:
(http://i.imgur.com/ePzV4WM.jpg)
box
(http://i.imgur.com/3bn85zO.jpg)
manual and some strange black plastic squares in crappy image quality ;-D
Damn, I need to take a road trip to Norway again so I can get the rest of my stuff, all my physical copies of retro adventure games are still in Norway.
EXHIBIT #6: THE COLONEL'S BEQUESTFront and back of the box:
(http://i.imgur.com/aJmseH8.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/9MKgtEQ.jpg)
What's inside - lots of goodies! Four 3,5" disks, manual, Misty Acres Plantation map, magnifying glass, Laura Bow's notebook & pencil, Sierra catalogs and a registration card
(http://i.imgur.com/a7Drehn.jpg)
Beautiful little notebook where you can write down your clues
(http://i.imgur.com/WxHak9i.jpg)
Attention to details is staggering!
(http://i.imgur.com/lMyxdaA.jpg)
Big folded plantation map so you don't get lost.
(http://i.imgur.com/Q0vgYpO.jpg)
Manual is not just a dull piece of how-to-play document. It contains many interesting informations, like a short biography of each of plantation guests. There's also ACT 1 in the form of a play.
(http://i.imgur.com/Fb9CC45.jpg)
Back of the map is covered with the red pattern hiding a set of fingerprints. Each time you start your game you have to take Laura's magnifying glass and identify a fingerprint shown on the screen.
(http://i.imgur.com/4pHtxaH.jpg)
Sierra catalogs are really fun to read all those years later. You can learn that a new Sierra blockbuster game King's Quest 5 is in the production (coming Fall 1990!), or you check out wide rooster of their games. :D
(http://i.imgur.com/JYDHd6V.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/zRJxGQc.jpg)
You should also make a tumblr of this or something, Gribbler, all this stuff is really cool to see.
And while opening one of my game vaults...
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/BC/0.Kast.jpg)
...another museum piece did catch my eyes:
EXHIBIT #7: THE BLACK CAULDRON [(1986]
And because such oldies did come with cool old specs...:
Minimum CPU | 8088 / 8086 |
Minimum OS | DOS 1.0 to 2.11 |
Minimum RAM | 256 KB |
Media Type | 1 x 3.5" Floppy Disk, 2 x 5.25" Floppy Disk |
Supported Video Modes | Hercules, CGA, CGA Composite (16 colors), EGA |
Supported Sound Devices | PC Speaker |
Front and back of the box:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/BC/1.front.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/BC/2.back.jpg)
Information & Hits Sheets
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/BC/3.papers.jpg)
Discs & Warranty Card
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/BC/4.discs%20&%20warranty%20card.jpg)
The book
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/BC/5.Box%20inside%201.jpg)
Again the book
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/BC/6.Box%20inside%202%20-%20book.jpg)
Closeup
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/BC/7.Box%20inside%203%20book%20closeup.jpg)
Nice map
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/BC/8.Map.jpg)
Beautiful addition to the museum! What a classic. Thank you, Arj0n!
Btw, how many vaults you have and are they laser protected? :)
EXHIBIT #8: MONKEY ISLAND 2: LeCHUCK'S REVENGE (1991)Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/25XCiN1.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/ZtNsAow.jpg)
What's inside the box: five 3.5" floppy disks, manual, Mix 'n' Mojo Voodoo Ingredient Proportion Dial wheel and a leaflet.
(http://i.imgur.com/pwoAFAy.jpg)
Screenshot descriptions are just priceless!
(http://i.imgur.com/dsXHlCk.jpg)
Just like SoMI, Monkey 2 also has a code-wheel as copy protection - this time you have to set correct proportions of voodoo ingredients.
(http://i.imgur.com/oAdMb8X.jpg)
Did you know?- Guybrush can die! Just wait a few minutes and do nothing when you're suspended above the pool of acid. You'll be lowered into it.
- The Amiga version of the game was nicknamed Disk Juggling Simulator because of constant disk swapping.
- One of the books in the library on Phatt Island is called "The Majesty of the Sierras". You can get it from the librarian.
When you look at the book Guybrush says: "Sierras? Majestic? I think not."
Quote from: Arj0n on Wed 30/04/2014 21:39:57
And while opening one of my game vaults...
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/BC/0.Kast.jpg)
WOW! 8-0
Do you have 2 versions of what reads like Eagle's nest?
TITUS is hard to decipher too, did read TITLE for some time but considerd this too meta for a title for an older game...
(http://i.imgur.com/ePzV4WM.jpg)
This is beautiful box art.
Plus it's bringing back memories, especially the driving mini-game.
Steve Purcell always paints (http://selmiak.bplaced.net/games/pc/index.php?lang=eng&game=samnmax&issue=comic) this detailed and crazy. He did most (if not all) classic Lucas Arts covers.
EXHIBIT #9: Beneath a Steel Sky (1994)
Funny story behind this one, the box was in much nicer condition but I decided it would be a grand idea to take it with me to London Super Comic Con (where Dave Gibbons was doing signings). With a copy of BASS and a nice silver sharpie in my inventory I waited in line to meet Dave, unfortunately it was only a 1 hour slot and signings closed before I could get to the front. I returned with a somewhat beaten up box and a side-quest never to be completed D:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/oversizedchicken/photo21_zps9b94e7d6.jpg399121075)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/oversizedchicken/photo1_zpsf611a9fb.jpg399120967)
The box includes a technical manual, security manual and two copies of the intro cutscene in comic form, not sure why there's two (can anyone add some insight?) one of the comics is smaller and on rough paper whilst the other bigger and on gloss full colour.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/oversizedchicken/photo5_zps4287e9e1.jpg399121042)(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/oversizedchicken/photo11_zpsb2444fe9.jpg399121063)
The security manual has some nice details. I'd be happy to upload all the pages if anyone is interested :)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/oversizedchicken/photo3_zps94d664f2.jpg399121024)
Quote from: ChickyThe box includes a technical manual, security manual and two copies of the intro cutscene in comic form, not sure why there's two (can anyone add some insight?) one of the comics is smaller and on rough paper whilst the other bigger and on gloss full colour.
Well, that explains why I don't have one in mine... Give it back! :D
Quote from: selmiak on Fri 02/05/2014 15:27:52
WOW! 8-0
Do you have 2 versions of what reads like Eagle's nest?
3 actually: 2 x the US Original Cardboard Sleeve Edition & 1 x the Floppy Disk Jewel Case 'Smash 16' Re-release, to be exactly.
Quote from: selmiak on Fri 02/05/2014 15:27:52
TITUS is hard to decipher too, did read TITLE for some time but considerd this too meta for a title for an older game...
Yup, that Titus the Fox, my all-time favorite sidescroller-platformer game from the dos era :)
Here the original sized photo btw:
Spoiler
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/vault.png)
@Chicky: nice edition with the comic included ;-D
To celebrate the 10th Adventure Games Museum Exhibit, here's a special.
Some vintage 'adventure games related' items, definitely museum worthy.
EXHIBIT #10: Official Sierra & Lucas Arts Magazines (1990~1992)
~ Sierra News Magazine Volume 3 Nr. 1 Spring 1990 ~
~ LucasArts' The Adventurer Nr.2 Spring 1991 ~
~ LucasArts' The Adventurer Nr.2 Spring 1991 ~
Collage of the 3 mags
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/coll.png)
Hi-Res photo's:
Sierra News Magazine Volume 3 Nr. 1 Spring 1990Spoiler
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/WP_20140503_002.jpg)
Spoiler
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/WP_20140503_003.jpg)
Spoiler
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/WP_20140503_004.jpg)
I made a pdf of the Sierra News Magazine, which can be downloaded in 3 flavors:
LQ (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/07_Sierra_News_Magazine_Vol_03_1_1990_Spring_(LQ).pdf) | 10Mb |
MQ (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/07_Sierra_News_Magazine_Vol_03_1_1990_Spring_(MQ).pdf) | 39Mb |
HQ (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/07_Sierra_News_Magazine_Vol_03_1_1990_Spring_(HQ).pdf) | 132Mb |
WOW! Thanks, Arj0n! Downloading now!
EXHIBIT #11: LOOM (1990)Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/LZZ3zf5.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/iI0ICkV.jpg)
What's inside the box: three 3.5" floppy disks, manual, Book of Patterns with glasses, LucasFilm catalog, a cassette and a bunch of leaflets.
(http://i.imgur.com/vdktpfm.jpg)
Beautiful booklet where you could write the notes for the spells you discovered along the way. Many spells do not appear in the game though.
(http://i.imgur.com/48TmdFK.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/C5yPd1a.jpg)
Red glassess again serve as a copy protection.
(http://i.imgur.com/G0jWNJS.jpg)
And the best thing of all. This, my friends, is the most original intro ever: a 30-minutes long audio drama! Talking about immersion, eh?
(http://i.imgur.com/2W6G3Lc.jpg)
You can listen to it here: http://youtu.be/z5Wj5GOiJYg
Nice one Grib :)
Is your loom audiotape still sealed???! Nice. And this would make me crazy as I would want to open it. All the time.
My loom version only had a white tape without such a nice cover. But I have no idea where that box went :(
QuoteIs your loom audiotape still sealed???!
It still is. It's one of my most treasured artifacts. :)
This is where I should post my original "Cruise for a Corpse" box, complete with its detective diary and unfolding ship map, if I weren't so lazy.
Quote from: Monsieur OUXXThis is where I should post my original "Cruise for a Corpse" box, complete with its detective diary and unfolding ship map, if I weren't so lazy.
Don't worry. It'll be here eventually. :)
EXHIBIT #12: INDIANA JONES AND THE FATE OF ATLANTIS (1992)Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/lh0KDik.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/SSvz4XB.jpg)
What's inside the box: it's a talkie version so not much this time, one CD, manual and a some additional paperwork
(http://i.imgur.com/NkSGF7E.jpg)
Strange... I don't remember bumper cars. In any of three branching paths. Anyone?
(http://i.imgur.com/xt1gISx.jpg)
Did you know?
- The original script for the game was written by Hal Barwood who also wrote movie scripts for
The Sugarland Express and
Close Encounters of the Third Kind- For a short period, lead artist Bill Eaken worked at Sierra On-Line, and he hated every second of it. When he did the evil ghost animation at the end of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, where it swirls around and comes right up to the player and speaks, he made it say "Fuck Sierra."
I have that!
Although I lost the CD sleeve a while back, and just keep it in the LucasArts Archive box. Mine had a hintbook as well...
Success! I have returned from the deepest darkest corner of my parent's attic and found..
EXHIBIT #13: HARE RAISING HAVOC
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8dd7/n6ljze4yt2prms1fg.jpg)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cd5a/d0msim9jav7mo7ufg.jpg)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/fc5b/a0732pty6o7dbvpfg.jpg)
Holy crap! I haven't even seen original box of this game! Like ever! I played this a lot in Amiga days... Excellent find and a superb addition to the museum. :)
...another museum piece, based on the Agatha Christie novella with the same, written in 1931.
EXHIBIT #14: THE SCOOP [(1989]
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/TS1Front.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/TS2Back.jpg)
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/TS3Papers&Disc.jpg)
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/TS4NewsPaper.jpg)
Nice one, Arj0n! What pristine condition. :shocked: How on earth did you get it?
Sealed :-D
And you took the foil off?? Sacrelige! :D
EXHIBIT #15: GOLD RUSH! (1989)Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/FuybWCc.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/94K2HCz.jpg)
What's inside the box: five 5.25" and two 3.5" disks, manual, California Gold book, map, hint book and a leaflet.
(http://i.imgur.com/O1nacXp.jpg)
Whoa! The map is really big.
(http://i.imgur.com/qp4Lj4s.jpg)
Adventure Window a.k.a. Red Glass returns!
(http://i.imgur.com/f6dpZRG.jpg)
Book about gold diggers of the old days. Very interesting read to put you right in the mood to search for GOLD!
(http://i.imgur.com/vu0E6bN.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/JTRKV12.jpg)
Did you know?
- Sierra named their EGA games "A 3D Animated Adventure Game" because of the... Walk Behind option? Yep, if a character can walk behind an object, a boulder for example, it's 3D! He actually moves his legs while doing it? It's animated! Ah, the simplicity of the 80s. :)
Very nice content
Gribbler, I'm very impressed (and a bit turned on) by your amazing, mint-condition game collection. You also appear to have superior photo taking abilities. Bravo, sir!
Meanwhile, entombed in a large dusty plastic storage container in my parents attic, I found this oddity..
EXHIBIT #16: TOONSTRUCK
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1902/838151me7thpp3ffg.jpg)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cb2f/tbtd94ejdta1ghgfg.jpg)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/34fb/t18gtwc2cgv9505fg.jpg)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/26ec/a22cec3cn0c2fjafg.jpg)
I'm very happy to see Toonstruck here. I don't have it in my collection. :) What else have you got in that treasure chest of yours?
Quote from: Gribbler on Mon 12/05/2014 14:44:35
What else have you got in that treasure chest of yours?
All will be revealed in time.. I'll post the rest in a couple of weeks when I get back from a job in Whoop Whoop!
Today died the second of my favourite painters, H.R. Giger. Now all of them are dead. :-[ The first one was Zbigniew BeksiŠ„ski who, like Giger, also died tragically (he was murdered). To honor Giger, next museum piece is a game in which his works were used to create various otherworldy locations and monsters.
Rest in peace Hans, you will be remembered forever.
EXHIBIT #17: DARK SEED (1992)Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/P5sx9dc.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/SEiAgaw.jpg)
What's inside: As you can see above the game is new and still in shrinkwrap. Who knows what's inside? I do not dare open it. I can hear growling inside! 8-0
To substitute the lack of contents here's a bunch of screenshots from this wonderful game:
(http://i.imgur.com/qvEVT0F.png) (http://i.imgur.com/6GNb1vY.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/qBSLjNQ.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Pm5DpJz.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/qvWaIES.png) (http://i.imgur.com/XaHkA9q.png)
Quote from: Gribbler on Wed 07/05/2014 19:39:48
Quote from: Monsieur OUXXThis is where I should post my original "Cruise for a Corpse" box if I weren't so lazy.
Don't worry. It'll be here eventually. :)
Yes. But will it be in its original language? ;)
EXHIBIT #18: DAY OF THE TENTACLE (1993)Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/PqT9sId.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/Cwytp0W.jpg)
What's inside the box: six 3.5" disks, manual, The Adventurer magazine and a bunch of leaflets.
(http://i.imgur.com/UzzTorA.jpg)
The Adventurer has many cool articles about LucasArts games and their creators but the best thing is official Sam & Max boardgame!
(http://i.imgur.com/8N64aUG.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/JGwCpfz.jpg)
EXHIBIT #19: CONQUEST OF CAMELOT: THE SEARCH FOR THE GRAIL [(1990]
Front and back of the box:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/CoCam/ConquestOfCamelot-01coverfront.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/CoCam/ConquestOfCamelot-02coverback.jpg)
Media:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/CoCam/ConquestOfCamelot-04media525.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/CoCam/ConquestOfCamelot-05media35.jpg)
Warranty Card:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/CoCam/ConquestOfCamelot-06warrantycard.png)
Book front & back:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/CoCam/ConquestOfCamelot-07bookfront.png) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/CoCam/ConquestOfCamelot-08bookback.jpg)
Book inside:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/CoCam/ConquestOfCamelot-09bookinside-p1.jpg)
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/CoCam/ConquestOfCamelot-10bookinside-p2.jpg)
The awesome and quite huge map:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/CoCam/ConquestOfCamelot-11map.jpg)
What is it with adventure games and maps? :D
Quote from: Babar on Sat 17/05/2014 14:10:05
What is it with adventure games and maps? :D
Ha indeed, but I do know I really like them (nod)
My copy of Camelot is missing the map. But some day, somewhere, I will find it.
You hear me, map? I WILL find you!
Quote from: Gribbler on Tue 13/05/2014 14:05:25
Today died the second of my favourite painters, H.R. Giger. Now all of them are dead. :-[ The first one was Zbigniew BeksiŠ„ski who, like Giger, also died tragically (he was murdered).
Giger's dead???.... Oh man, like you, I loved his art. And like you, I adored Beksinski (though I knew about his death for a long time now; what a way to go...)
I should really play Darkseed 2 sometimes, if only in his memory.
Quote from: monkey424 on Mon 12/05/2014 13:24:16
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/cb2f/tbtd94ejdta1ghgfg.jpg)
I bet Tim Curry was stoked to have his name misspelled on the box too...
Oh yessss...Those copywriters now
float...They
ALL float...They all
FLOAT...
And when you're down there...
with them:
(http://thetrendguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Pennywise-sewer.jpg)
YOU'LL FLOAT TOO!!!
Quote from: MandleI bet Tim Curry was stoked to have his name misspelled on the box
HAHA I didn't notice that! :D
Erhmahgerd I love this thread. Gonna try post some stuff tomorrow
EXHIBIT #20: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure [(1990]
Box:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/BTEA/B&T-01-FrontBack.jpg)
Media:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/BTEA/B&T-02-Media.jpg)
Game Manual:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/BTEA/B&T-03-ManualFront&Inside.jpg)
Quick Cheat Card:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/BTEA/B&T-04-QuickCheatCard.jpg)
Circuits Of Time Book:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/BTEA/B&T-05-CircuitsOfTime-Front&Inside.jpg)
Free Movie Admission for 'Bill & Tedd II':
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/BTEA/B&T-06-FreeMovieAdmissionforBill&Tedd2-Front&BAck.jpg)
Order Form 'Hot Property' stuff':
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/BTEA/B&T-07-Order%20Form%20%27Hot%20Property%27%20Front&Back.jpg)
Order Form games published by Capstone:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/BTEA/B&T-08-Order%20Form%20%27Capstone%27%20games.jpg)
There's Bill & Ted Adventure Game?? 8-0 Dude!!
Quote from: Gribbler on Mon 19/05/2014 21:56:29
There's Bill & Ted Adventure Game?? 8-0 Dude!!
...Gribbler?
I'm shocked you didn't know that :D
Quote from: Gribbler on Mon 19/05/2014 21:56:29
There's Bill & Ted Adventure Game?? 8-0 Dude!!
:X
What? WHAT? Don't tell me it was some blockbuster hit of a game! AAAAA! :~(
Quote from: Monsieur OUXXThis is where I should post my original "Cruise for a Corpse" box if I weren't so lazy.
Sorry, it's in English! :)
EXHIBIT #21: CRUISE FOR A CORPSE (1991)Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/bbpay8p.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/ogMZC6D.jpg)
Character size has been doubled since Operation Stealth?? WOW! Double the fun!
(http://i.imgur.com/pbT7sEX.jpg)
What's inside the box: five 3.5" disks, manual, Characters Book, US Gold catalog, ship map and a copy protection wheel.
(http://i.imgur.com/02oHjEu.jpg)
Characters Book describes the events before the dreadful cruise.
(http://i.imgur.com/v9jVYDu.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/pjtGU9j.jpg)
They sure liked wheel copy protections back in the 90s.
(http://i.imgur.com/Z3Yajgv.jpg)
Maps! More maps! :) This one describes who stays where, pretty useful stuff. That ship seemed like a maze when I played the game for the first time.
(http://i.imgur.com/idJZ5MJ.jpg)
All those little technical touches. Neat!
(http://i.imgur.com/tzcKAjD.jpg)
Damn, that looks neat.
Are the maps and newspaper clippings required when playing or just for show?
QuoteAre the maps and newspaper clippings required when playing or just for show?
It varies. Sometimes you need those extra goodies to pass copy protection and sometimes it's just for immersion and need to justify the money you spent on the game. :)
I assume Esseb means specifically for this game...
The only thing I remember about CFAC, having never played it, is that it had one of those moments where the character walks straight into camera and then it seamlessly cuts to them walking out of and away from camera (which was a very showy, cinematic thing back then, typical of Delphine).
I keep being baffled by how Sierra was omnipresent in the videogames market, and yet they eventually collapsed. How did they not end up being Valve?
Quote from: Gribbler on Tue 20/05/2014 13:46:07
EXHIBIT #21: CRUISE FOR A CORPSE (1991)
My box looks different, it has the dead body outline on a black background, looking just like what you see in the intro
Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Fri 23/05/2014 17:08:34
I keep being baffled by how Sierra was omnipresent in the videogames market, and yet they eventually collapsed. How did they not end up being Valve?
I think Half-Life was published by Sierra :P
Quote from: Monsieur OUXX on Fri 23/05/2014 17:08:34
I keep being baffled by how Sierra was omnipresent in the videogames market, and yet they eventually collapsed. How did they not end up being Valve?
Being sold for $1.06 billion in stock doesn't really equals 'collapsed' I think...
Quote from: Monsieur OUXXMy box looks different, it has the dead body outline on a black background, looking just like what you see in the intro
C'mon! Post it! We want to see it. :)
EXHIBIT #22: Emmanuelle: A Game of Eroticism (1989]
Box:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/Emma/Emma-1-Box.jpg)
Media & Small Game Manual:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/Emma/Emma-2-Media.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/Emma/Emma-3-Manual.jpg)
Copy Protection Sheet & Close-Up:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/Emma/Emma-4-CopyProtectionFull.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/Emma/Emma-5-CopyProtectionCloseup.jpg)
Such copy-protection really hurts the eyes :(laugh)
this is the best EGA copy protection evar! ;-D
Quote from: Gribbler on Fri 23/05/2014 19:38:40
Quote from: Monsieur OUXXMy box looks different, it has the dead body outline on a black background, looking just like what you see in the intro
C'mon! Post it! We want to see it. :)
+1!
Quote from: Arj0nSuch copy-protection really hurts the eyes
(http://i.imgur.com/5bECfPg.gif)
AAAAH! Take it away!!
Quote from: Gribbler on Fri 23/05/2014 20:54:08
Quote from: Arj0nSuch copy-protection really hurts the eyes
AAAAH! Take it away!!
(http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/7f/6d/db/7f6ddbde4267e0351816765243cc6090.jpg)
AGREEEEEEED!!! ARRRGGHHH!!!
EXHIBIT #23: RISE OF THE DRAGON (1990)Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/uV1mJIs.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/L8psNvK.jpg)
Over 8MB of game data! The mind boggles!
(http://i.imgur.com/ZYGs00J.jpg)
What's inside the box: six 3.5" disks, manual, comic book, Sierra catalog and registration card.
(http://i.imgur.com/9iT1tA2.jpg)
Comic book? BING! Immersion +10!
(http://i.imgur.com/UwZfbg8.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/lFuFXNu.jpg)
It also contains helpful tips for any PI wannabe.
(http://i.imgur.com/XMmFCke.jpg)
Uhm... a Sierra I didn't had or knew about it! (http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/Smileys/AGS/shocked.gif)
These thread is great! Keep them coming! :)
QuoteUhm... a Sierra I didn't had or knew about it!
(http://i.imgur.com/r4luIPX.gif)
The next archaeological discovery in my parents attic..
EXHIBIT #24: DINOTOPIA
Oddly enough, I never actually played this game! I vaguely remember seeing it at a friend's house and curiously, somehow I ended up with it!
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/3dc7/j4z5lu954ait35kfg.jpg)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/f787/tirxhtojjhbxepzfg.jpg)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/c036/d4lq563z5bm9al1fg.jpg)
Quote from: monkey424 on Mon 26/05/2014 12:01:08
The next archaeological discovery in my parents attic..
EXHIBIT #24: DINOTOPIA
From the box blurb:
"Enjoy over 6000 lines of witty dialogue"
Uhhhh ohhhh...
EXHIBIT #25: LEISURE SUIT LARRY 5 (1991)Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/IHrhmxN.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/O8wnkPO.jpg)
Music by the A Nightmare on Elm Street 4 composer! That's a one fantastic feature!
(http://i.imgur.com/lDNEiah.jpg)
What's inside the box: eight 3.5" disks, manual and a playspy magazine.
(http://i.imgur.com/BK7L0Et.jpg)
Playspy magazine featuring mafia ladies.
(http://i.imgur.com/6aJEovX.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/NTsrwA8.jpg)
It even has a centerfold. Playboy style!
(http://i.imgur.com/R9oeYnZ.jpg)
Did you know?
The game contains actual product placement for US-American telephone company Sprint. Whenever Larry or Patti were making a phone call in the game, the call would end with the line "Thank you for using U.S. Sprint!"
Gribbler! Thanks for the post! LSL5 is the definition of awesome character design IMHO. I specially liked the gui at the end where you could listen to all the voices of the game :=
later re-released as 'Quest For Glory: So You Want To Be A Hero' (due to a conflict with the board game 'Hero Quest' from Milton Bradley, also released in 1989.
The 'Hero Quest' Board Game:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/hero-quest-small.jpg)
EXHIBIT #26: Hero's Quest: So You Want To Be A Hero (1989)
Box:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/1%20front.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/2%20back.jpg)
Specs:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/2b%20specs.jpg)
Media:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/3%20media.jpg)
Hintbook & Glasses for the hidden clue's:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/4%20hintbook%20with%20glasses.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/5%20hintbook%20close-up%20with%20glasses.jpg)
Reference Card
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/6%20reference%20card.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/7%20reference%20card%20inside.jpg)
'A Letter From The President'
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/8%20Newsletter.png)
Technical & Game Manual / Famous Adventurer's Correspondence School
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/9%20Technical%20and%20game%20manual.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/10%20Famous%20%20Adventurer%27s%20correspondence%20School.jpg)
Famous Adventurer's Correspondence School
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/11%20Inside%201.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/12%20Inside%202.jpg)
Prodigy Service info / Sierra Catalog
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/HQ/13%20Prodigy%20Service%20&%20Sierra%20Catalog.jpg)
One specific difference with this original version against 'Quest for Glory I: So You Want To Be A Hero' (VGA Remake) which was published in 1992:
In this original version you can use magic points for any character class, creating a more powerful character, also for the other QfG games in this series.
And here's VGA remake Arj0n wrote about earlier.
EXHIBIT #27: QUEST FOR GLORY 1 (1992)Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/2pZbDmv.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/jP5nrDM.jpg)
Hey! I didn't know it was all done with clay animation!
(http://i.imgur.com/gBG00WN.jpg)
What's inside the box: five 3.5" disks, manual, Adventurer's Correspondence School book, Sierra catalogs and leaflests.
(http://i.imgur.com/sQIIRiI.jpg)
You can learn how to be a real deal warrior, thief or sorcerer.
(http://i.imgur.com/78StDDG.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/3ZPfSi3.jpg)
And here, dear children, you can see the difference in graphics between the two versions. Just three years apart. It was the age of VGA revolution, baby!! Ekhm, sorry... got carried away. :)
(http://i.imgur.com/9uiybnS.gif) (http://i.imgur.com/fSSFtQR.gif)
Did you know?
In one of the few instances of one game making reference to a game by another company, every now and then when the Gargoyle above Erasmus's house asks "What is your Quest?" one of the answer choices is "I want to be a pirate!" This is, of course, a reference to The Secret of Monkey Island by Lucasarts. If you select it, the Gargoyle says "Boy, have you got the wrong game," sends you back down the mountain.
EXHIBIT #28: Dick Tracy: The Crime-Solving Adventure (1991)
Box:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/1%20-%20Covers.png)
Media:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/2%20-%20Media.png)
Copy Protection Wheel:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/3%20-%20Copy%20Protection%20Wheel.png)
Quick Start Card & Manual:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/4%20-%20Quick%20Start%20Card%20&%20Manual.png)
Manual Inside:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/5%20-%20Manual%20Inside.png)
Warranty Registration Card & Read Me First:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/6%20-%20Warranty%20Registration%20Card%20&%20Read%20Me%20First.png)
Offer Coupons:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/7%20-%20Offer%20Coupons.png)
Disney's Game Catalog '91-'92:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/8%20-%20Disney%27s%20Game%20Catalog%2091-92.png)
Dick Tracy: The Crime-Solving Adventure was developed by Distinctive Software, known for several well-known DOS titles.
Here some thumbs of intro screens of games you might remember, they are all developed by Distinctive Software:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/Distinctive%20Software.png)
An impressive collection! I just wish I had something of my own to present.
(am I the only one who thinks The Colonel's Bequest should've come with a Playbill?)
Ok folks.. Without further ado, here is my final submission to The Museum, from the abyss of my parent's attic.
EXHIBIT #29: Dizzy Collection
Here we have:
1. Fast food Dizzy
2. Kwik Snax
3. Fantasy World Dizzy
4. Prince of Yolkfolk
5. Magicland Dizzy
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/1171/qbffa3dt9heqim4fg.jpg)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/dd5c/qoozr835xofruvbfg.jpg)
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b807/4y2ykbdup938df6fg.jpg)
Well, obviously, I'm missing the actual games! But the box did contain this neat poster..
(http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/a36a/fzrvs08rzpdd3kufg.jpg)
The poster appears to be from Kwik Snax. I believe the other games had their own posters too, and may very well have been displayed on my bedroom wall when I was a lad.
As you can probably guess, I was the cool kid in school. 8-)
EXHIBIT #30: KING'S QUEST 5 (1990)Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/HycaA8U.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/zE1WwRz.jpg)
We shit you not, you DON'T have to type! Funny how they stress that out after LucasArts games :)
(http://i.imgur.com/bf24hiB.jpg)
What's inside the box: eight 3.5" disks, manual, hint book with glasses, Sierra catalog and a registration card.
(http://i.imgur.com/bGa22op.jpg)
Damn this is narrow!
(http://i.imgur.com/3Xwcg0o.jpg)
Actually, I kind of enjoyed the typing... it helped me improve my writen english. ;)
There are quite some game titles containing the word 'Quest', most know are probably the Sierra Quests.
But do you remember this one?
EXHIBIT #31: Disney's Duck Tales: The Quest for Gold (1990)
Box:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DTales/1.cover.jpg)
Media:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DTales/2.Media.jpg)
Instruction sheet & Code sheet:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DTales/3.Instructionsheetl&Codesheet.jpg)
Manual & Manual - Table of Content:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DTales/4.Manual.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DTales/5.Manual_table_of_content.jpg)
Manual - Inside:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DTales/6.Manual_Inside.jpg)
Quote from: monkey424 on Mon 28/04/2014 13:32:55
EXHIBIT #4: RETURN TO ZORK (SECOND HAND COPY)
(I took it out of it's plastic bag).
Sorry Gribbler, I'm being facetious. I DO have games that ONCE came in a box! Believe me! Whether the boxes still exist is another question, but when I get a chance I'll have a good search for them!
Lovely Monkey Island post btw. That's the first time I've seen the 'Dial-a-Pirate' wheel in colour (I'd only ever seen a photocopied version).
And kudos to Babar on the Myst post. I have located my Myst CD, but the bloody box has gone walkabout! :~(
This is really anoraky, but when and where did you get it? It's Activision-branded (and not Korean/Japanese/console), and at the time they were still (just about) using the Infocom label for adventure games. As far as I recall they never sold the game under their own (Activision) name for MS-DOS or Mac versions in the west. I can make out it says it was part of a bundle - what bundle?
Sslaxx, you're right.
Monkey424's specific version came, republished 4 years later then the original 'Rerturn to Zork', with
the 'Megapak 8' bundle/compilation which was published by a typical compilation-company called 'Megamedia Corp'.
If you take a real close look at the disc in monkey424's photo, you can see/decipher the following 2 lines:
"for sale with Megamedia bundle only"
"not to be sold separately"
I never noticed that writing on the CD. Or more to the point, I never cared. I don't recall the game being sold as part of a bundle. I found it in a daggy op shop near home, in 1996 I think. It's a great game.
i have Bureau 13 in a box with a copy protection single sheet that is sort of black with faint words on.
You have to shine a torch on it to try and pick out the words u need ,so u can enter them at the start of the game.
Quote from: donkeymilki have Bureau 13 in a box with a copy protection single sheet that is sort of black with faint words on.
You have to shine a torch on it to try and pick out the words u need ,so u can enter them at the start of the game.
Seeing is believing. Post it. :)
Like a midieval torch? Awesomeness!
;)
pictures please :)
i might have been misunderstood ,methinks.:cheesy:
When i said torch,i meant the faint "white" wording on the black sheet that comes with the game is so hard to read ,you have to go and get a torch(with battries in)
to try and make the words show or maybe stand near a window with lots of sunlight.
Anyway when i get the chance i'll post a pic .(i'm not at my flat atmo)
Though it probably doesn't deserve a pic now :)
Quote from: donkeymilk on Wed 25/06/2014 22:50:24
i might have been misunderstood ,methinks.:cheesy:
hehheh, no that was just me doing a silly joke ;)
Yep, this is a silly place. :)
Who doesn't remember the space adventures of the notorious vegetables abstainer named Billy Blaze:?
EXHIBIT #32: Commander Keen: "Goodbye, Galaxy!" (1991)
Commercial box containing 2 episodes:
Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle
Commander Keen 5: The Armageddon Machine
Box:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/1.%20box%20front.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/2.%20box%20back.jpg)
Media:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/3.%20media.jpg)
Software Reg Card:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/4.%20software%20reg%20card.jpg)
Hintbook Book:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/5a.%20hintbook.jpg)
Hintbook Book p2 & 3:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/5b.%20hintbook.jpg)
Hintbook Book p4 & 5:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/5c.%20hintbook.jpg)
Hintbook Book p6 & 7:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/5d.%20hintbook.jpg)
Wolfenstein 3-D Add:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/6.%20wolfenstein%203-d%20add%20front.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/7.%20wolfenstein%203-d%20add%20back.jpg)
Game Catalog:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/8.%20game%20catalog.jpg)
Among the several shareware editions of 'Commander Keen 4: Secret of the Oracle' is the 'Ramgang' shareware edition .
Wolfenstein 3-D Add:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/10.%20ramgang%20front.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/11.%20ramgang%20back.jpg)
Media:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/12.%20ramgang%20media.jpg)
The reason I also posted this 'Ramgang Edition' is that they came with an Apogee Collector's Card :-D
Collector's Card nr. 3 of 9 - Hocus Pocus (front&back):
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/13.%20ramgang%20collector%20card%203of9%20front.jpg) (http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/14.%20ramgang%20collector%20card%203of9%20back.jpg)
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/keen-goodbye/10.%20ramgang%20front.jpg)
I miss those days when your avatar used to be this one with a personal text about pogo stick! :-D
Quote from: Adeel S. Ahmed on Sat 05/07/2014 17:37:29
I miss those days when your avatar used to be this one with a personal text about pogo stick! :-D
:-D
Quote from: Adeel S. Ahmed on Sat 05/07/2014 17:37:29
I miss those days when your avatar used to be this one with a personal text about pogo stick! :-D
Looks like he's back 8-)
Quote from: Arj0n on Sat 12/07/2014 20:12:41
Quote from: Adeel S. Ahmed on Sat 05/07/2014 17:37:29
I miss those days when your avatar used to be this one with a personal text about pogo stick! :-D
Looks like he's back 8-)
You can't believe how I happy I was to see him back again. And this new animated avatar is more cool! Thanks Arj0n! :-D
hehheh, and it's in glorious 4 color, oldskool whoohoo! (laugh)
I think this is somewhat relevant to this thread - http://www.intfiction.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4=15699 - just a little curiosity about Planetfall 2.
Exhibit #33
Flight Of The Amazon Queen
(re-play edition, "the world's greatest games in their original packaging")
(http://i58.tinypic.com/y0yyt.jpg)
I may try and add some more pics, for example there are some funny bits in the manual. But what you see is all I got with it. No funky extras. If someone has an ORIGINAL I'd be very interested to see! :)
First game I bought for myself (via mail order)... and for some reason the only one I still have fully in-tact... :D
Bit annoyed, I used to have Operation Stealth box, discs and manual with copy protection. Anyone else got that? I also had another one, 4 or 6 CD FMV game but I can't remember it's name, one of the CD's is around here somewhere.... never played it, couldn't get it to run. I'd also be interested to see if someone has Noctropolis original packaging?
Exhibit #34: Gabriel Knight: Sins of the FathersTM
Been "home" for x-mas and found my pride and glory. :-D Been wanting to post it since Gribbler opened this thread.
General view of contents, minus about 4 registration cards (the CD had no front/back cover, so I scanned the box and printed those myself):
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/GK_Exhibit_01.png)
View of the CD and Manual cover art:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/GK_Exhibit_02.png)
Front Box:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/GK_Exhibit_03.png)
Back Box:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/GK_Exhibit_04.png)
Manual and comic book cover art:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/GK_Exhibit_05.png)
A random page from the comic:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/GK_Exhibit_06.png)
I have refrained from posting the warranty and registration cards as I think they are not needed, but if you guys want I can always take a picture of those too.
(I'll be adding more adventure games, as I found I had a lot more originals than I thought/remembered... though some/most are in Portuguese - hope that is okay?)
WOW! This is the copy I've been looking on eBay for months. :) Beautiful!
As you probably know I haven't been posting new exhibits for quite some time. I've been moving to a new flat so all the games were packed. I will post new games soon!
Exhibit #35: Ripley's Believe it or Not: The Riddle of Master Lu
Box art:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Ripleys_BioN_Exhibit_01.png)
Higher res of back cover:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Ripleys_BioN_Exhibit_02.png)
Mini players guide:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Ripleys_BioN_Exhibit_03.png)
The CD:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Ripleys_BioN_Exhibit_04.png)
Inside the Manual:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Ripleys_BioN_Exhibit_05.png)
@Gribbler: You won't find my copy on ebay... not as long as I decide it's fate anyway. ;)
I'll be posting a few games as I manage to edit the pictures... I took 104 picture in total... 8-0
Good luck with the moving. (nod)
EDIT: Sorry for the double post. :-[
Is it okay to double post, when posting a new game to the museum?
I also feel that there should be an index right at first post, that one could maintain and update when a new game gets posted in here. I can't remember if it's possible for an Admin to "insert" a new post at the start, probably not. If not, there are two options:
Option 1: Gribbler edits his post and adds an index to it.
Option 2: Create a new thread for the index (no possibility to reply there), and then Gribbled could just add a line with the Link for for index on the first post.
Too much work? Maybe... I just feel it's a bit hard to keep track of what is posted and what I have that is not... (roll) Probably as the thread grows it'll keep getting harder to follow up with it.
I will make a list of games posted so far. Hopefully today.
Exhibit #36: Shadoan
I honestly can't remember if I ever played this one... I bought a lot of games when our software club closed (they rented the games out), and maybe I never got to try this one... ???
Box art:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Shadoan_Exhibit_01.png)
CD and Manual:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Shadoan_Exhibit_02.png)
Back of the CD box:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Shadoan_Exhibit_04.png)
The CDs:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Shadoan_Exhibit_06.png)
Back of the CD box (do I really have 2 copies?):
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Shadoan_Exhibit_07.png)
A bit of story:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Shadoan_Exhibit_03.png)
Map of Shadoan (from the manual):
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Shadoan_Exhibit_05.png)
EDIT: Now that I come to think, that first CD was probably one of the many I bought when I was in China... a pirate copy :-[ that I then put inside the box of the original.
You can check list of Museum Exhibits in my first post in this thread. I will keep it updated.
Quote from: CassiebsgIs it okay to double post, when posting a new game to the museum?
If each time you contribute a new game, you can make as many posts as you like. I hope moderator shares the same opinion :)
Oh, and thanks for posting Master Lu. I have a sealed copy and finally can see what's inside :)
BTW, fun fact - small part of the game takes place in Danzig (now Gdansk) which is my hometown in Poland :D
Warning: ancient artifact ahead... (roll)
Exhibit #37: Microsoft Adventure v1.00 (PC Booter - 1981)
The first commercial PC version (port) of the first ever mainframe adventure game named 'Colossal Cave Adventure,' from the '70s.
Microsoft Adventure was released together with the initial version of MS DOS 1.0 as a launch title for the IBM PC in 1981 which makes Microsoft Adventure the first ever commercial game for the PC.
Funny thing: releasing DOS 1.0 together with - not a DOS game but - a PC-Booter game... ???:-D
Microsoft Adventure is a text adventure containing 130 rooms, 15 treasures, 40 useful objects and 12 problems to solve. :=
(http://dam1976.home.xs4all.nl/GamePics/MAdv-smaller.jpg)
Didn't know MS did a version of this. Hmmm. Is it identical to the Crowther/Woods version?
EXHIBIT #38: SPACE QUEST I: ROGER WILCO IN THE SARIEN ENCOUNTER (VGA Remake)
Front and back:
(http://i.imgur.com/4nXPk50.jpg)(http://i.imgur.com/qbgadnr.jpg)
What's inside the box: five 5,25" disks, game manual, Sierra catalog, registration card and other paperwork.
(http://i.imgur.com/EiHe1wD.jpg)
Sierra catalog
(http://i.imgur.com/BPIVxA7.jpg)
Lovely! :)
I just love Roger!
And a first person adventure game for a change:
EXHIBIT #39: Shivers
Box:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Shivers_Exhibit_01.png)
Catalog and Portuguese manual:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Shivers_Exhibit_02.png)
The CD:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/Shivers_Exhibit_03.png)
Let me know if you want a close up of any of the box/cd art/text... I might be able to grab it from the high-red photo... otherwise it will require a new photo in the summer...
EXHIBIT #40: Kingdom O'Magic
This is a weird one, can't remember if I ever got to even try playing it... 8-0
My box has suffered some damaged, due to bad storage... >:(
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/KingdomOMagic_Exhibit_01.png) (http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/KingdomOMagic_Exhibit_02.png)
From the manual:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/KingdomOMagic_Exhibit_03.png)
And the CDs (proving just how weird and crazy who ever designed this was):
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/KingdomOMagic_Exhibit_04.png)
Shame about the box. This game in good condition is pretty rare on ebay. Worth about 50 bucks, you know. :)
50 bucks? 8-0 I'll throw that one on my brother, he's the one always talking about ebay and he's the one responsible for how these got put away... (roll)
Anyway on to today's post. :)
EXHIBIT #41: STAR TREK - 25th Anniversary
The Box, front and back (one of the many White Labels on my collection:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/ST_25thAniv_Exhibit_01.png)
Two manuals! :-D
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/ST_25thAniv_Exhibit_02.png)
A snip of the inside:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/ST_25thAniv_Exhibit_03.png)
And a rather looking boring CD:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/ST_25thAniv_Exhibit_04.png)
Continuing with ST and white Label...
EXHIBIT #42: STAR TREK - Judgment Rites
Sorry, I did not find the box for this one (we kept the CDs on CD drawers, and the boxes got stored away some place else...)
I'll add the box if I or my brother find it...
CD and front:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/ST_Judgment_Rites_Exhibit_01.png)
Back of the CD cover:
(http://i725.photobucket.com/albums/ww258/Cassiebsg/Misc/Adventure%20Games/ST_Judgment_Rites_Exhibit_02.png)
Nice collection, Cassiebsg.
As for Gribbler, I understand now why he is so good at naming the games :-D
Do you mind if I exhibit the french version of a game?
Quote from: CreamyDo you mind if I exhibit the french version of a game?
Go ahead! You can exibit any language version you like. As long as it's original copy of the game :)
Cool!
EXHIBIT #43 : VERSAILLES - 1685
My favourite first-person adventure game from Cryo.
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2014/08/box-versailles.jpg)
The game comes with 2 CDs, a user's guide and an A3 map on yellowed paper.
[imgzoom]http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2015/01/content.jpg[/imgzoom]
The map proves itself useful in the gardens.
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2015/01/plan.jpg)
The guide introduces us to Versailles life during the reign of Louis XIV. It presents briefly some historical figures. However, the encyclopedia contained within the game is more substancial.
[imgzoom]http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2015/01/guide1.jpg[/imgzoom]
EXHIBIT #44 - Broken Sword : The Shadow of the Templars
The 1996 edition :
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2014/08/box-bs1.jpg)
The title of the series varies a lot from one country to another. In french, it means "The Knights of Baphomet".
The box holds 2CDs and the novel "Savage warriors" by Steve Jackson.
The novel is text-only, so it's not worth photographing.
[imgzoom]http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2015/01/package-bs1.jpg[/imgzoom]
If ever there was a user's guide, I lost it.
Excellent additions to the museum! Keep up the good work, Creamy!
OK Gribbler, let's continue while I'm at it :
EXHIBIT #45 - Broken Sword II : The Smoking Mirror
The 1997 edition : .
[imgzoom]http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2015/01/box-bs2.jpg[/imgzoom]
Once again, the translators have run wild. Here, the french title means "The Shields of Quetzalcoatl"
The box contains the bare minimum : two CDs and the user's guide.
[imgzoom]http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2015/01/wp_20150112_013.jpg[/imgzoom]
The user's guide contains a walkthrough of the first puzzle of the game. Seeing as you're tied on a chair in a burning room with a tarantula, it can come in handy.
[imgzoom]http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2014/08/first-page.jpg[/imgzoom]
[imgzoom]http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2014/08/last-page.jpg[/imgzoom]
One last exhibit and I'll be done flooding this website :grin:
EXHIBIT #46 - SPQR: The Empire's Darkest Hour
My copy is a "replay" version of the game, like Mods' "Amazon queen".
(re-play edition, "the world's greatest games in their original packaging")
There's no point in showing the ugly yellow band wrapping the box.
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2015/01/wp_20150111_011.jpg)
In the box : CD and guide.
[imgzoom] http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2015/01/wp_20150111_026.jpg[/imgzoom]
...plus a nice big map of Rome.
[imgzoom]http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2015/01/wp_20150111_015.jpg[/imgzoom]
To be honest, I gave up the game after a few tries. The places depicted are gorgeous but nobody populates them and I couldn't get past the loneliness. It's strange because the guide shows many characters :
[imgzoom]http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2015/01/wp_20150111_013.jpg[/imgzoom]
Lovely showings! :)
You sure the user manual isn't "hiding" on the CD box? Some times it's not just a piece of paper stuck on the front of the cd case... ;)
And more amazingly is, that until recently I never knew there was more than one "Broken Sword", so lovely to see that one. :)
Maybe you were just walking around in the deserted part of the city, and you never found the room where the orgy was going on... (laugh)(roll)
QuoteYou sure the user manual isn't "hiding" on the CD box?
Yes, I checked. I used to play the game with my 3 brothers so it can be anywhere.
QuoteI never knew there was more than one "Broken Sword"
The Smoking Mirror is a very good game. Revolution software remastered it in 2010 (http://revolution.co.uk/games/the-smoking-mirror/) if you want to try it.
QuoteMaybe you were just walking around in the deserted part of the city, and you never found the room where the orgy was going on... (laugh)(roll)
I was young when I got the game so it's probably for the better if I never found them 8-0 :-[
It's great to see original boxes of games that I have enjoyed. I mostly own discount versions of these games.
For instance, I got "The Riddle of Master Lu" (Exhibit #35) with "Orion Burger" in a premier collection.
Let me just say that I was joking. ;-D
I never played SPQR, nor have even heard of it before I saw your post... just thought of that when I read your comment and thought it would be funny. (laugh)
Funny, I also have Orion Burger here, Pt version... no box and it seems I miss the manual... (there's a note on the back of the CD saying to ask for the manual where one has bought the game... I don't remember doing that. 8-0 ).
EXHIBIT #47: WAXWORKS (1992)
Front and back:
(http://i.imgur.com/fmAWh01.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/AbgzASp.jpg)
What's inside the box: Accolade and Mindscape Game Catalogs, Manual, Short story "The Curse of the Twins" serving as an introduction to the game, four 3,5" disks, copy protection wheel and registration cards.
(http://i.imgur.com/CJfbIl3.jpg)
Al Michaels Announces Hardball III. Just £34,99. Anyone?
(http://i.imgur.com/OaR403P.jpg)
You have to play with this first.
(http://i.imgur.com/ynl6Ol4.jpg)
Did you know?
- This was the last game made by Horrorsoft before they became Adventure Soft, the company that made the Simon the Sorcerer series.
EXHIBIT #48: GRIM FANDANGO (1998)
Front and back:
(http://i.imgur.com/j2SOD0n.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/4UtItun.jpg)
Box details: A smooth, seamless interface my ass!
(http://i.imgur.com/pbHgYy5.jpg)
What's inside the box: just a manual and two CDs in a (stylized!) paper case.
(http://i.imgur.com/0MLuuft.jpg)
Manual is very well done and has lots of additional art.
(http://i.imgur.com/cgiXev2.jpg)
EXHIBIT #49: ECOQUEST: THE SEARCH FOR CETUS (1991)
Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/k7ePbRF.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/EMwzk5I.jpg)
Now that's what I call a proper 90s release! What's inside the box: four 5.25" disks, one bonus disk with Dynamix games advertisements, manual, Sierra catalog, "I helped save the earth" supplement, unfolded EcoNews gazette with crossword puzzle, registration card and a bunch of leaflets.
(http://i.imgur.com/lJsN71l.jpg)
Unfolded eco crossword puzzle is really big.
(http://i.imgur.com/yyhrHd9.jpg)
You can cut out badges and stay ECO.
(http://i.imgur.com/V0sfIn9.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/MJLGx5P.jpg)
Did you know?
- When looking at the PC at the beginning of the game in the office, there's is a picture of King's Quest V.
EXHIBIT #50 : THE DIG (1995)
Front and back of the box:
(http://i.imgur.com/lSHaeJc.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/L8KeBvD.jpg)
Inside cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/IHc7Uae.jpg)
What's inside - not much, just a CD and reference card.
(http://i.imgur.com/VQ0yzyS.jpg)
Did you know?
- The game is based on the original concept of Steven Spielberg who originally created the storyline to be an episode in his Amazing Stories tv series. It would have been too expensive to shoot, so Spielberg approached LucasArts in 1989 with an idea of making it a game.
That is just awesome Gribler! (nod)
And nice "did you know" too... I didn't knew, but really enjoyed the game. :)
This reminds me that I still have a "ton" of games on my HD to upload. :-[
EXHIBIT #51: POLICE QUEST VGA: IN PURSUIT OF THE DEATH ANGEL (1992)
Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/fqluWAZ.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/Px16qSZ.jpg)
Box details AKA Incredible 3-D graphics!
(http://i.imgur.com/a2KsxhY.jpg)
What's inside the box: five 3.5" disks, Lytton Gazette, manual and a bunch of papers.
(http://i.imgur.com/iDP0L1s.jpg)
Anyone actually played an adventure game with a joystick?
(http://i.imgur.com/KNx2dtN.jpg)
The Gazette.
(http://i.imgur.com/QKrOnJ3.jpg)
Quote
Anyone actually played an adventure game with a joystick?
Ahm... didn't even thought it was possible... 8-0
Then again, I don't think I ever had a joystick for the PC, and as far as I remember I've only ever player adventure games on the PC (okay, I tried some text ones on the Amiga, but those don't count as you need to write and not point&click. ;) ).
I always wondered why they made the game boxes so big when I was a child. When I see all your 'proper 90s releases' it's easier to understand. I love the Dig.
But I played Maniac Mansion and Zak McKracken with a Joystick... on the C64. And replayed it on PC and was so glad that mouse was supported (ctrl+M !!!)
EXHIBIT #52: SANITARIUM (1998)
Front of box
(http://i.imgur.com/elc47YE.jpg?1)
Inside cover
(http://i.imgur.com/hhQmR3G.jpg?2)
(http://i.imgur.com/Pw8qHMQ.jpg?2)(http://i.imgur.com/4E1PBHM.jpg?2)
Back of box
(http://i.imgur.com/o9dAZIj.jpg?2)
3 Cd's (can't imagine how many floppy's this game was on)
(http://i.imgur.com/FBgLCny.jpg?1)
one of the few adventure games that ventured into the horror genre.
EXHIBIT #53: THE INCREDIBLE TOON MACHINE(1994)
FRONT OF BOX
(http://i.imgur.com/GEZWoxM.jpg?1)
REQUIREMENTS
(http://i.imgur.com/rlOl12X.jpg?2)
BACK OF BOX
(http://i.imgur.com/f239dU3.jpg?1)
POSTER!
(http://i.imgur.com/YgLNu0l.jpg?1)
TRADING CARDS!
(http://i.imgur.com/25OyjYs.jpg?1)(http://i.imgur.com/hiFP8Hj.jpg?1)
MANUAL
(http://i.imgur.com/jAZKAJL.jpg?1)
MANUAL W/ CD CASE AND TRADING CARDS
(http://i.imgur.com/XIMThrd.jpg?1)
DISK CASE AND DISK
(http://i.imgur.com/teedzuV.jpg?1)
I know this isn't exactly an adventure game, but it is a rare sierra game and does have lots of puzzles!
It's a fun spin-off of the Incredible Machine series.
This was the only game I had that came with a bunch of extra stuff.
I hope you don't mind the poor quality of the pictures.
And has a level editor included :)
EXHIBIT #54: POLICE QUEST 2: THE VENGEANCE (1988)
Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/huvZk2T.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/D0lVRcC.jpg)
What's inside the box: three 3.5" disks, Homicide Officer's Guide (manual) and a registration card.
(http://i.imgur.com/iEiVJwn.jpg)
Lytton map
(http://i.imgur.com/bGLK7Ak.jpg)
Some wonderful CGA screenshots:
(http://i.imgur.com/lJZWTss.png) (http://i.imgur.com/BPlGgUB.png)
(http://i.imgur.com/NgUHZ8Z.png) (http://i.imgur.com/Yzwj1gE.png)
EXHIBIT #55: POLICE QUEST III: THE KINDRED (1991)
Front and back cover:
(http://i.imgur.com/zSfcNg3.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/VnOUSaj.jpg)
REAL box details
(http://i.imgur.com/qdFynxx.jpg)
What's inside the box: five 3.5" disks, Procedure and Operations Manual, Sierra catalog and a bunch of papers.
(http://i.imgur.com/PqJ2eCN.jpg)
"Personalised" Sonny Bonds' handbook
(http://i.imgur.com/ZMIWFFo.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/Tb77olP.jpg)
Hint Book with a red glass window.
(http://i.imgur.com/rcWxrhj.jpg) (http://i.imgur.com/tL6REnU.jpg)
Did you know?
- The soundtrack to the game was written by Jan Hammer, the composer of the music for Miami Vice.
And now I need to find me that sound track... (roll)
Quote from: Arj0n on Fri 13/06/2014 19:21:29
EXHIBIT #28: Dick Tracy: The Crime-Solving Adventure (1991)
Box:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/1%20-%20Covers.png)
Media:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/2%20-%20Media.png)
Copy Protection Wheel:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/3%20-%20Copy%20Protection%20Wheel.png)
Quick Start Card & Manual:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/4%20-%20Quick%20Start%20Card%20&%20Manual.png)
Manual Inside:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/5%20-%20Manual%20Inside.png)
Warranty Registration Card & Read Me First:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/6%20-%20Warranty%20Registration%20Card%20&%20Read%20Me%20First.png)
Offer Coupons:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/7%20-%20Offer%20Coupons.png)
Disney's Game Catalog '91-'92:
(http://tdepaus.home.xs4all.nl/arj0n/AGS/DickT/8%20-%20Disney%27s%20Game%20Catalog%2091-92.png)
Dick Tracy: The Crime-Solving Adventure was developed by Distinctive Software, known for several well-known DOS titles.
Arjon, do you have a scan of the entire manual? Mine has faded over time :( Yours looks nice and crisp!
EXHIBIT #56: DRACULA RESURRECTION (2000)
Let's kick off this new season with a game about the world's most famous vampire.
A sequel to the original novel, this first-person adventure developped by obscure French company Index+ shines through gorgeous graphics and interesting puzzles, if not for its story.
Now with the box. An elegant red cover
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2017/04/1.jpg)
...with a beautiful contrasting blue back cover.
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2017/04/2.jpg)
Inside, we find a case with 2CDs
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2017/04/3.jpg)
...another one with the OST
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2017/04/4.jpg)
...and a plaster cast of the vampire's teething, which is a nice touch.
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2017/04/5.png)
There's also a little pop-up book which serves as a reminder of the original story
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2017/04/6.jpg)
...and a few other goodies : garlic cloves, a small cross.
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2017/04/7.jpg)
They sure knew how to fill a box back in the 00s.
Great addition to the museum, Creamy! :) But garlic? April Fools', right? ;) It gotta be!
No no, there was even more :P
Spoiler
(http://creamy.r.c.f.unblog.fr/files/2017/04/8.jpg)
Hahahaha, nice one Creamy!
But dude, I gotta wonder what your house looks like. Are you... Van Helsing?!
Hehe I've simply been visiting my parents.