Name |
Company |
Year |
Version |
Notes |
Adventure II |
AtariAge |
2021 |
Atari 8-bit |
Unofficial homebrew sequel
to the Atari 2600 classic |
Age of Empires III | Microsoft | 2005 | Windows | This box is massive and very heavy! |
Albion | Blue Byte | 1996 | MS-DOS | Incredible box art, and it's a fantastic game as well! |
Ambermoon | Thalion | 1993 | Amiga | Even better German-only second game in a canceled CRPG trilogy |
Amberstar | Thalion | 1992 | Amiga | First game in a canceled CRPG trilogy |
Championship Wrestling |
Epyx |
1986 |
Atari ST |
Decent wrestling game for the Atari ST |
Congo: Descent Into Zinj |
Viacom New Media |
1995 |
Windows |
Given to me by Richard Ryan from my tae-kwon-do class
in the mid-90's. Box has extreme water damage. |
Conquests of Camelot: The Search for
the Grail |
Sierra |
1989 |
Atari ST |
One of my first and favorite Sierra games ever! |
CRPG Book, The
| Bitmap Books | 2019 | Book | Very definite guide to CRPG's. Over 500 pages, covering games from 1975-2015. |
Devon Aire in the Hidden Diamond
Caper |
Epyx |
1988 |
Atari ST |
Pretty cool but hard puzzler with repetitive, catchy music |
Dragon's Lair |
ReadySoft |
1990 |
Atari ST |
Based on the Don Bluth laserdisc game |
Duke Nukem Forever | 2K Games | 2011 | Windows | This is a DVD case, and not a Big Box |
Dungeon Master |
FTL Games |
1987 |
Atari ST |
Iconic Atari ST version |
E.T. Phone Home! | Atari | 1983 | Atari 8-bit | Completely different than the Atari 2600 version |
Easy Working Tri-Pack The Writer |
Spinnaker Software |
1992 |
MS-DOS |
Productivity featuring a word processor, database, and
spreadsheet |
Fight Night |
Atari |
1987 |
Atari 8-bit |
On cartridge |
Frogger | Parker Brothers | 1983 | Atari 8-bit | Cartridge version |
Gauntlet II |
US Gold |
1989 |
Atari ST |
Pretty cool version with voices, including a great opening theme |
Goonies, The |
Datasoft |
1985 |
Atari 8-bit |
Fun little classic based on the movie |
King's Quest
| Sierra | 1984 | IBM PCjr | This is the first King's Quest game ever. I finally got
it, inaccurate cover and all! |
King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne |
Sierra |
1987 |
Atari ST |
Super classic |
King's Quest III: To Heir Is Human |
Sierra |
1987 |
Atari ST |
Hard to list this as Big Box though, since I don't have
the box or manual! |
King's Quest IV - The Perils of Rosella |
Sierra |
1988 |
Atari ST |
One of my first and favorite Sierra games ever! |
King's Quest V: Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder! |
Sierra |
1992 |
MS-DOS |
CD-ROM version. Got this for Christmas 1994 with the
Sound Blaster CD-ROM Discovery Kit! |
King's Quest Collection |
Sierra |
2006 |
Windows |
Runs best on moderately fast XP machines |
Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards |
Sierra |
1987 |
MS-DOS |
EGA version |
Leisure Suit Larry Collection
|
Sierra |
1997 |
Windows |
Includes multiple games and a book |
Lemmings | Psygnosis | 1991 | MS-DOS | Massively addictive cute puzzle game that spawned a ton of sequels |
MasterType |
Lightning Software, Inc. |
1981 |
Apple II |
Typing program |
Microsoft Arcade |
Microsoft |
1993 |
Windows |
I played the heck out of this in the mid 90's! |
Microsoft Return Of Arcade | Microsoft | 1996 | Windows | The sequel, which IMO wasn't as fun as the original |
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit: EA Crew Edition |
Electronic Arts |
2010 |
Windows |
Small box. An unknown amount was given to EA
members only. I have 10, 6 of which are sealed. |
Newsroom, The |
Springboard Software |
1988 |
Atari 8-bit |
Massively popular program to create your own
newsletters |
Omikron: The Nomad Soul
|
Eidos Interactive |
2000 |
Windows |
Trapezoid Box |
Operation: Cleanstreets |
Brøderbund |
1989 |
Atari ST |
The music is forever stuck in my head lol! |
Oregon Trail II: 25th Anniversary Limited Edition |
MECC |
1995 |
Windows |
Awesome wooden box |
Our House: Explore and Learn...The Multimedia Way! |
Con-Text Systems |
1992 |
MS-DOS |
Family Circus CD-ROM, sealed |
Phantasmagoria
|
Sierra |
1995 |
Windows |
Roberta Williams' famous interactive game |
Phantasmagoria: A Puzzle of Flesh |
Sierra |
1996 |
Windows |
Not a direct sequel, and not from Roberta Williams |
Police Quest: SWAT |
Sierra |
1995 |
Windows |
Former LAPD Police Chief Daryl F. Gates was a part of
this |
Q*Bert | Parker Brothers | 1983 | Vic-20 | I can't play this because the Commodore Vic 20 is one of the few computers that I don't own |
Racing Destruction Set |
Electronic Arts |
1985 |
Atari
8-bit |
Box is flat like an LP record. Apparently the Atari
8-bit version, but it doesn't say so anywhere on the box! |
Roberta Williams Anthology, The | Sierra | 1996 | Windows | 14 game collection from the co-founder of Sierra. Amazing collection! |
Scavengers of the Mutant World
|
Interstel |
1988 |
MS-DOS |
Awesome box art! It intrigued me since first seeing it
in a
catalog in 1988 as a kid. |
Space Ace |
ReadySoft |
1989 |
Atari ST |
Based on the Don Bluth laserdisc game |
Spellcasting 101: Sorcerers Get All the Girls | Legend Entertainment | 1990 | MS-DOS | Got it for the silly cover |
Star Raiders
|
Atari |
1979 |
Atari
8-bit |
Revolutionary Atari 8-bit game that defined the
computer. Huge box. |
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic |
LucasArts |
2003 |
Windows |
I can't recall playing this much, but it's supposed to be pretty iconic |
Star Wars: Rebel Assault |
LucasArts |
1993 |
MS-DOS |
Played this a ton after I got my first CD-ROM for
Christmas 1994 |
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi Death Star Battle |
Parker Brothers |
1983 |
Atari 8-bit |
I enjoyed the Atari 2600 version of this game as a kid, and many improvements can be seen here |
Timeworks Desktop Publisher ST |
Timeworks |
1988 |
Atari ST |
This is what I used to print my Zap! newsletter in the
early 90's! Sadly, box has water damage. |