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>You will never hold a glistening new high gloss big box, heavy with the weight of a 100 page manual, map and CD jewel case in your hands at best buy ever again while your dad is on the other side of the store looking for god knows what
feels bad man

>> No.9793736

Make your own, use old cereal boxes and print out the 3d papercraft. It’s fun, something with your hands, let’s you use something you were gonna toss anyways. There’s websites with scans of PC big boxes and regular pc games, console games, etc. Better than funko pops at least

>> No.9793739

>>9793736
>There’s websites with scans of PC big boxes and regular pc games
link plz
Im not going to make a fake big box but That would be cool to browse

>> No.9793748

i kept all my boxes and I was a freak about storing them safely so they are all in great condition except for a couple of my big box PC games. my brother was telling me the other day that he remembers our mom trying to get me to throw them away several times. Thank god I didn't.

>> No.9793756

>>9793739
Not him but I have seen them before.
https://www.retrogamecases.com/shop/products/horizontal/n64-horizontal/

I haven't used the one linked above and I've seen better versions of these boxes/cases on other sites but this can give you an idea of what's out there.

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>>9793731
Reminder.

>> No.9793763

>bestbuy

Sure thing zoom zoom you know it was actually radio shack or toys r us right?

>> No.9793768

>>9793763
it was a compusa that became a best buy in 1999 I remember it pretty vividly cause it was aoe2 I was looking at

>> No.9793781

>>9793763
I remember as a kid going to the toys r us game section and an entire wall being filled with Diablo 2 boxes.

>> No.9793784

>>9793781
I bought D2 at walmart.

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>>9793731

>> No.9794201

>>9793763
no it was circuit city

>> No.9794243

>>9793736
>use old cereal boxes
What do you mean. How do you print a gloss image on these.
I only have a normal document printer, so obviously I can't, but explain anyway.

>> No.9794508

>>9793731
I have boxes full of that shit. I could take some to best buy and rub my dick on them. I could dig my dad up and rub his dick on them as well.

>> No.9794513

>>9793731
I just download the manuals as PDFs.

>> No.9794515

>>9793739
Sorry went to bed, here’s link https://bigboxcollection.com/#CollectionOverview

Some are in >German unfortunately

>>9794243
Use a permanent market and go over the cardboard first, this keeps it from shining through. Then print and cut and put it over the cardboard. Recommend a proper cutting board and exacto knife or other cutting tool to make things look good, there are videos on YouTube to better explain

>> No.9794581

>>9793781
I know kids in junior high that would get banned all the time from D2 that they'd go and steal the keys from the boxes just to keep playing. One ended up in jail a year after graduating high school for kidnapping.

>> No.9794643

>>9794581
Just another life ruined by D2.

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>>9793731
There might be a VR approximation. That's what emulation is for. Advances in AI could replicate some of that. I still walk into a Best Buy once in a while, but the real disappointment is that they no longer have a clearance section of games, just at best a $20USD cardboard bin.

>> No.9794783

>>9794581
If only they knew you could get keys for 250fg on JSP

>> No.9794792

>>9794243
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3QvlNLE0Iw&t=11s

>> No.9794807

>>9794783
This would have been around when the game was just released. That site wasn't around then.

>>9794643
The kid had issues. Was on meds for something, went off them, and kidnapped some young kid.

>> No.9795387

>>9794772
Dat TA chest though. Does it contain actual big boxes?

>> No.9795410

>>9793736
It won't be the same, you can pretend if you want but deep down you'll know it's fake and sad.

>> No.9796056

Thanks for reminding me my dad is dead, OP.

>> No.9796109

>>9793731
It hurts even more because we didn't have a PC in the house until 2009. All of those games were a mystery to me.
I had older cousins with PCs, and they were my only window into that world. I remember seeing the Diablo II box at my cousin's house. I always assumed it was a shooter until like 2008. I think that's because another cousin showed me Unreal Tournament, and that was the only real PC game (so, not including shit like browser games) I saw at length.
The only physical PC games I ever got were the Morrowind complete box, The Orange Box, and FFXIV.

>> No.9796127

>>9793763
>not getting your software from Sears

>> No.9796151

>>9793731
those games all sucked

>> No.9796259

>>9796151
Literally all of them are good.

>> No.9796260

>>9794515
>>9794792
Thanks. I may end up using this method in the future. Though printing a decent quality sticker would probably cost as much as a custom box anyway. We'll see.

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>>9793731
I never had one of these because I live on a shitty third world country, so the most similar thing we had were pirated CD boxes with game covers on them, so I don't really care desu.

The funny part is that we never knew these bix boxes with manuals and extra content existed. We mostly relied on piracy until the 7th generation and even collector editions are rare to see because they are mostly not distributed in my country.

I know nobody asked me for this. I only wanted to share my story.

>> No.9796831

>>9796818
>I know nobody asked me for this. I only wanted to share my story.

It's ok little thirdie, I found it interesting

>> No.9796953

>>9793731
Before CDs and readily accessable reviews, I would judge a PC game on the weight of the box. More disks, better game.

>> No.9796959

>>9796953
Did you ever buy something with a very heavy box that disappointed you?

>> No.9796965

>>9796818
peak 2000s soul!

>> No.9796969

>>9796959
I'm sure I did, heavy manuals with 1-2 disk were always a disappointment. Had to shake that box.
There was always bad games but never felt like a rip off if the game was large.

>> No.9796984

I wonder how much I can sell my copy of battle for middle earth II, I've seen people sell it for a whopping 300.

>> No.9797081

Why don’t we just set up manufacturing machines for this shit? Is only cardboard and books and plastic cd cases

>> No.9797651

>>9797081
>we
Child labor laws

>> No.9797697

>>9796984
This will only go up because it will never be re-released, the generation that grew up with it is aging into their max spending years, and most people are too retarded to figure out virtual disc drives.

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>>9793731
I member! My set.

>> No.9797728

>>9797081
If I had access to some good scans of these boxes I would. I know a professional printing house in my home town, they do practically everything. The bigboxcollection website is less useful to me since some of them are german (including quake).

Anyone know any other scan resources?

>> No.9797750

>>9797728
Moby Games has a huge selection of scans.

>> No.9797809

>>9797750
Just checked, their catalogue is large, but the scan quality seems to be pretty bad, unless they resize for mobile (yes I'm admitting I'm mobile scumming it tonight)

>> No.9797841

>>9796959
ultima 9

>> No.9797845

>>9796818
Im thinking based

>> No.9797862

PUT THAT SHIT BACK AND GET OVER RIGHT NOW ONE! TWOOOOOOOO!

>> No.9797880

>>9793731
>Dad
>Looking for shit
My pops was the one looking for what Silicon and Synapse next game was. Or talking about why the brand new gpu wouldn't run a game that was also brand new. Or asking about if the Pentium III was worth the upgrade over the II that we just bought a year ago.

Man, pc gaming was a fucking mess.

>> No.9797891

>>9793731
>leaves child alone in the video game section for an hour
It was a different time.

>> No.9797996

Some time ago I used to have an overnight watchman job at a campus server farm. I would usually just watch movies at the front desk but I would occasionally go through the offices. Anyway in one guys desk he had the big boxes of every major PC game from like 1989 to whenever they stopped really making them. It was an amazing collection. Wish I could have met the guy sometime.

>> No.9798459

>>9797697
So I guess I should wait a couple more years before selling it? I was thinking of waiting at least one more year and then trying to sell it for $500.

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>>9795387
That is its big box. The games are inside this double jewel case. It is bundled with a large strategy guide, manuals, and tech tree cardboard poster alongside the usual warnings/install sheet and advertisement for Kingdoms.

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9798714

My pc box collection is pretty humble, but it's a nice set of memories

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Getting ready to move so I'm packing up but here's some of my boxed games

>> No.9799602

>that bad feel when all your originals are gone and you have only shitty dvd cases left

>> No.9799643

>>9799593
I have 2-4 of those games on Steam and have never played them.