Do you remember when PC games came in big boxes?

Hey people, this is a bit of a nostalgic post. Do you remember when PC games came in huge boxes? And if so what was the last game you bought that had one?

Yea... I loved those. Starcraft: BW was the last game I bought that came in a big box.

Yes I remember when they came in large boxes, I actually prefer that over the slimline plastic cases of today. I think the last big box game I bought was the Baldur's Gate collection, probably.

Wasn't that only a few years ago? lIke...3? I have the burning crusade box right behind me.

Yea I kinda miss them in some ways. Tho it started to get pretty funny during the transition -- such as my last purchased big box Splinter Cell: PT...inside the big box was just a double disc jewel case...so looked pretty funny being encased in the large box heh.

Last one i bought was Neverwinter Nights, but I still have the biggest one I think I'd ever seen: the Warcraft Battlechest. The thing's nearly the size of a Boeing instruction manual.

I bought Diablo II a year ago in one of those.

That was the golden age of PC gaming.. Good times, good times :).

I remember thinking it was a novelty when PC games started shipping in DVD cases. Big boxes were wayyy batter.

" Yea... I loved those. Starcraft: BW was the last game I bought that came in a big box. "

i do. the last time i remember buying a game in a big box was probably GTA Vice City. 

Do I? I have about a hundred big ol' boxes standing proud in my bookshelf. The last game I bought when they actually came in big boxes I believe was Quake III Arena, but I bought Diablo in big box about a month ago from a weird second hand electronics store. 

Starcraft Battle Chest, Diablo II Battle Chest, Warcraft 3 Battle Chest.

I <3 those boxes. Need more of them.

I remember buying (I think) Morrowind in one of the smaller (but still pre-DVD case)  boxes and thinking that game packaging was going downhill.

They still do come in big boxes, if I'm not mistaken.

They still do, Wrath of the Lich King was in a box.

The Last Remnant came in a big box. I kinda dig the new dvd-cases though.

Well the battlechests still all come in big boxes. Outside of that, yeah I do remember.
 
In fact I have the boxes still for the Half Life Collection, Counter-Strike, Duke Nukem 3D: Atomic Edition and Tribes 2 down in my crawlspace, sitting there collecting dust in their phat glory.

I don't remember the last game I bought in a big box, but I do remember them and yeah they were big.

Sim City 4 Deluxe Edition, that huge, long box brought me many hours of entertainment.

i think the last game that came in a big box was WoW: burning crusade. other games come in the DVD cases which is crysis.

" i think the last game that came in a big box was WoW: burning crusade. other games come in the DVD cases which is crysis. "

I uhh... thought they still did come in big boxes. Shows how little I pay attention to PC games...

How about PC gaming with nothing more that a floppy disk? Those were not the days. I'm looking forward to more digital distribution, but we, the consumer, need a voice. I should be able to resale the code I have purchased. When someone like Steam does that, I will be satisfied.

" How about PC gaming with nothing more that a floppy disk? Those were not the days. I'm looking forward to more digital distribution, but we, the consumer, need a voice. I should be able to resale the code I have purchased. When someone like Steam does that, I will be satisfied. "

Some games do and I still get reminded about them every time I visit my best buy and their is a morrowind box that is very noticeable.

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" How about PC gaming with nothing more that a floppy disk? Those were not the days. I'm looking forward to more digital distribution, but we, the consumer, need a voice. I should be able to resale the code I have purchased. When someone like Steam does that, I will be satisfied. "

A floppy disk? More like.. 5 floppy disks. "

It's a shame I came into PC gaming when I did, I remember only getting one gargantuan battle chest thing for The Sims, I had plenty of old cardboard boxes and the funny thing was living in California I always heard about how much of a waste it was to make those, cut down trees and what have you.  Now we have a total reversal where it's more earth friendly to make cardboard sleeves instead of polluting plastics, I say for the sake of the environment they bring back the cardboard battle chests!

Yes, and it was StarCraft: Brood War. A lot of games still come in big boxes compared to those for console games though.

Be more specific with what kind of big box your talking about!

In New Zealand some still do.

Yes. Doom.

I can't quite remember what the last game I got in a big box, but I distinctly recall that the first game I got in one of those little boxes was Grand Theft Auto III, and the second was Morrowind.

hahaha yeah.. it was creepy finding some stuffed away in boxes last year.. what were we thinking?! At least they could hold huge manuals, I guess that's useful.

How about PC gaming with nothing more that a floppy disk? Those were not the days. I'm looking forward to more digital distribution, but we, the consumer, need a voice. I should be able to resale the code I have purchased. When someone like Steam does that, I will be satisfied.

Mechwarrior 3! And Hexen 2 and Heretic.

I liked the big boxes, they were flashy and you could see more of the game before you bought it.

The last big box that I can remember, was The Witcher CE.

" The last big box that I can remember, was The Witcher CE. "  

Nostalgia aside, I'm pretty happy that they got rid of the big boxes. They took up alot of space!

Yes, I do. 
Recently, I reassembled all my boxes just because I could.  I'll come back with some pictures. 
 
The Warcraft III Battle Chest was the last big box item I bought ( just got around to picking it up October 13th ).  If that doesn't count, I think it would have been the Half-Life 2 Collector's Edition.

They needed big boxes because they had gigantic manuals inside.  Also maps, posters, coins and other types of shwag were boxed in with the standard game.  Ah, the good ol' days.  You're lucky to get a post card with the keyboard controls printed on them these days.

I still have all my big ass PC boxes, kept in an even bigger ass box in my loft.

" They still do, Wrath of the Lich King was in a box. "