![]() ![]() Notice how a single sticker covers both the front and the spin of the box. ![]() To differentiate them, a sticker (in this case it says MACINTOSH over a gray background) was overlaid by hand. All boxes for all platforms were printed with a "IBM PC" label. That was the occasion to discover that Lucas Art used a cool trick to manage inventories and reduce cost. Since my wife also enjoyed this game but on a Macintosh, we got that version. Eaken take care of the cover art (he did Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis and it looks amazing). I understand the usage of a photo for the cover, it must have helped with the sales. Messier 83, originally captured by the Wide Field Imager at ESO’s La Silla Observatory, in the Chilean Atacama Desert was revisited by Hubble in 2014.ġ989 Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Graphic Adventure ( longplay EGA, longplay VGA) , version comparaison, legacy, and making-of praising it. Since its release, "Captain Blood" has reached cult status with numerous articles such a backstory It is an especially precious game for someone with a French background because it was made in France, published by Infogrames with Jean-Michel Jarre signing the music. It embodies the 80s fantasy that these worlds far away may be visited some day. The cover of Captain Blood is the Southern Pinwheel galaxy (a.k.a Messier 83, a.k.a NGC 5236). That was before we stopped dreaming as Neil deGrasse Tyson puts it. Manned missions, launches, and landings were in the news but it was especially featured in fantasy TV series and movies. If you looked at the screenshots on frgcb's blog and wondered where Tortuga is, checkout 16★'N 66★'W.Įxploring space and adventuring into the unknown was what kids in the '80s grew up with. and feature whole pages describing the various aspects of the game if you want to look further into it. It compensated for the crude graphics of the game, by not having to fill the voids with imagination. As a 10 year old, it made the game palpable. It is both a copy protection and the coolest aspect of Pirates!. Of course at the time, the map dimension made it difficult to reproduce. Even with a fourth clue "Near X" it was not completely straight-forward. It was essential to complete some of the quests where the player collected four parts of a digital crude map and had to figure out where it was on the physical map. Without it, you did not get to experience the game as intended. The third layer of protection was the map. There was a second layer where the game prompted players with a challenge to be answered via the game manual. There was a first layer of protection (on C64 it used Rapidlok V6, I don't know what was used on CPC) to prevent sector to sector floppy transfer. Wikis claims that the game is double protected. Most importantly, the box contains a huge, high paper quality map which took the gaming experience to stratospheric levels!. Inside the box is a manual, a floppy, an insert, copious instructions on how to run the game (not the dreaded launch command ùcpm, just standard RUN "DISK"), and the registration card (what did they ever use that for?). I highly recommend the read to understand how Bruce Friesch ended up painting a photo of a reconstitution of Sir Francis Drake’s galleon, the Golden Hind. The tale and his website are a testament to what makes the Internet awesome. It is better told by Jimmy Wilhelmsson in his dedicated article. The third one, which I call the " purple box", features a cover with an interesting story. The US version of Sid Meier's Pirates! box has three versions. ![]() Some of these games are packed with goodies, artifacts to build up the title's ambiance, and even element doubling as innovative copy-protection and game experience enhancers. ![]() The "creators' vision", from the market where the studio was based.When several versions of a box exist, I picked.I excluded titles I could never afford, even if they were inspiring milestones e.g:, Ultima Online (no internet), Quake (no Pentium), and Twinkle Tale (no Sega Genesis).I chose titles associated with fond memories. I did not focus on picking up good games.The collection was built with the following ideas. Behind me, are my favorite video game big boxes. On the wall, there is a disassembled Pixel 1 from GRID Studio. Above my monitor is a poster of Ronaldo Nazario facing Lazio in 1998. To clutter decorate my office, I took the opposite approach and surrounded myself with things I appreciate and inspire me. Get rid of the things that don't trigger good emotions. ![]()
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