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| 27 FEB 2003 at 5:39am |
StammerGuild Master
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Status : Online | You could check The Longest journey!
at least the version i have is VERY impressive!
Resistance is not futile, we're gonna win this thing, humankind is too good, we're not a bunch of under-achievers! We're gonna stand up, and we're gonna be human beings. We're going to get fired up about the real things, the things that matter! Creativity, and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit.
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| 27 FEB 2003 at 11:08am |
AlpineSorcerer Apprentice
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Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Online | The 'Sanitarium' retail box has always been one of my favorites... although I'm not sure if "beautiful" would be the best way to describe it. But it's certainly a work of art IMHO. The "American" box is better than the "Euro" box because it has a front flap that when opened provides 2 (very cool) additional "pages" of art.
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| 27 FEB 2003 at 11:39am |
StammerGuild Master
Posts : 3894
Joined: 5 JAN 2003
Status : Online | Someone once mentioned a game which had a VERY special box!!
I think she said that it was like papyrous!
coooooooool!
Resistance is not futile, we're gonna win this thing, humankind is too good, we're not a bunch of under-achievers! We're gonna stand up, and we're gonna be human beings. We're going to get fired up about the real things, the things that matter! Creativity, and the dynamic human spirit that refuses to submit.
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| 27 FEB 2003 at 4:56pm |
ValGuild Master
Posts : 3464
Joined: 2 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | I have some games with gorgeous game boxes. Can't remember any of them right now!! :
Blue Ice was unique, Liath is pretty as I recall. I'll have to look at my bookcases of games...
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 28 FEB 2003 at 6:57am |
SusanGuild Master
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Location: 0
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Godfather (27 FEB 2003 5:38am)
You could check The Longest journey!
at least the version i have is VERY impressive!
There are two versions - one is for the European release and the other is the US release. I prefer the Euro version, which is the one I have. I had ordered the game online long before it was known whether or not the game would be released in the US.
Same goes for The Last Express - one is the original and the other is the re-released version. One shows just a train breaking through a barrier and the other has a different shot of the train and two characters on the front. My version is the latter, although to look at them both I like the other one more.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 28 FEB 2003 at 8:28am |
eGoateeSpace Cadet
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Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Of Light and Darkness. Oh!
eGoatee
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| 28 FEB 2003 at 11:10am |
| Deleted User | Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within. The boxart is a masterpiece!
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| 28 FEB 2003 at 1:51pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Status : Offline | My vote still goes to Dark Seed (1 or 2 - both were great).
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| 28 FEB 2003 at 1:53pm |
ValGuild Master
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Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By InlandAZ (28 FEB 2003 1:51pm)
My vote still goes to Dark Seed (1 or 2 - both were great).
Oh yes! I have Darkseed 2 and it is a really neat box with the diamond shaped part that fits into the yellow part.
We can be heroes, just for one day.
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| 28 FEB 2003 at 10:33pm |
dombrewerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By eGoatee (28 FEB 2003 8:28am)
Of Light and Darkness. Oh!
eGoatee
A very affirmative seconding of eGoatee's choice. I love this box and the whole package! The most beautifully artistic box-art I've ever seen.
b.t.w. eGoatee loved your idea in a previous post about framing the flattened boxes on your walls. Cool idea.
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| 28 FEB 2003 at 10:45pm |
JPSorcerer Apprentice
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Joined: 24 NOV 2002
Status : Online | I say bring back the old-style boxes with their beautiful artwork!!!
Spending 20 mins or so admiring the artwork was for me an important part of the game experience and seemed to make the money you paid out for it more justifiable!
Bow down before the one you serve&&You're going to get what you deserve !
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| 1 MAR 2003 at 3:04am |
eGoateeSpace Cadet
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Joined: 4 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Thanks dombrewer, it's a hassle cutting and mounting box covers and have them look nice, but worth it.
eGoatee
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| 1 MAR 2003 at 2:34pm |
LancelotIntergalactic Janitor
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Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I think the best boxes ever designed were by Infocom. There was even one (Planetfall) in a shape of a flying saucer, and another one (Plundered Hearts) in a form of a woman reticule
A later beautiful adventure game box is the box of Fable (otherwise quite a s**t game), from 1996 which was designed as a book
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| 1 MAR 2003 at 3:37pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | REAH gets my vote- the blue/green version!
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 1 MAR 2003 at 5:29pm |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By Lancelot (1 MAR 2003 2:34pm)
A later beautiful adventure game box is the box of Fable (otherwise quite a s**t game), from 1996 which was designed as a book Hmm, why didn't they do this with Myst too?
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| 1 MAR 2003 at 5:56pm |
sennebecGuild Master
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Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By eGoatee (1 MAR 2003 3:04am)
Thanks dombrewer, it's a hassle cutting and mounting box covers and have them look nice, but worth it.
eGoatee
that's a hassle worth hassling for...
GREAT idea
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| 1 MAR 2003 at 8:26pm |
Erwin_BrPrivate Detective
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Joined: 7 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | Monkey Island 1, 2, and 3 are beautiful. The artwork is simply amazing. I also like the box of Sam and Max: Hit the road.
The X files game box is cool too, very clever packaging.
--Erwin
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| 1 MAR 2003 at 8:49pm |
sennebecGuild Master
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Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | one of the nicest presentations i can remember is "peter gabriel's eve"...
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| 1 MAR 2003 at 11:16pm |
SusanGuild Master
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Joined: 13 OCT 2002
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Status : Offline | I still enjoy looking at the box for The Dagger of Amon Ra.
The interesting thing about that box cover is that it shows someone creeping up on Laura with a rope. However, none of the murders in the game ever involved a rope.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 3 MAR 2003 at 12:49am |
Adventure ZweiIntergalactic Janitor
Posts : 21
Joined: 19 FEB 2003
Status : Online | Thanks for great info.
How about the wrost package?
I'm really disappointed in TLJ DVD package.
It seems like illegal something.
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