##pcbigbox shelf of the day. #Sierra #spacequest #kingsquest

Want to play something new but that absolutely looks like it could have come from the big box PC gaming era? Check out the #SteamNextFest demo for Forbidden Solitaire from Grey Alien Games and @nightsignalentertainment.com. They absolutely NAILED the vibes!

Our awesome fearless leader and code wizard @adamzwakk.com has just published v2 of the site! Featuring among other improvements, a HUGE performance boost, more search options and support for multi-gatefold boxes like oh, how about Black & White? Join us to talk retro and contribute!

Mine was one of the Commander Keen shareware episodes. Then I had the chance to play Wolfenstein 3D on a demo computer at a short-lived Canadian chain store called A-Plus Software. They let me play as long as I want because I was apparently selling copies of the game. 🙂 Share your memories of id!

One of the best known demoscene productions, Future Crew's Second Reality made state-of-the-art PCs of the days sweat. Now this lad lad has it running like butter in JavaScript in a browser. Incredible work! Highly recommend giving this a watch.

As of today, the collection on the site has reached 500, all scanned by the community! What a milestone! Thanks to everyone who made this possible! ❤️ Come hang in our Discord to add your own and chat with some hardcore retro weirdos! We have a great crew there and would love to see you.

I was scanning my new acquisitions from @vcfederation.bsky.social Montreal this morning and Beanie decided to step on the scanner bed while it was doing the preview. Just in case you needed a laugh today. 🤣 You can see him at pets.pxa.ca. 🐈

Who remembers this? I spent a ton of time on this back in the day. Literally learned how to play Cribbage on this service. It deserved better than to get quietly shut down like it did. :(

How friggin' cool is this?! Randall's managed to turn his amazing passion project into a commission for a well known YouTuber! Congrats man, looks amazing!

We have a super cool community member named @sirrandall.yeold.press who makes absolutely S-tier, bespoke, custom collectors edition boxes of classic titles. He just did a great interview with @ronscompvids.bsky.social. Great watch if you're into this stuff! www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wem...

Aw man 😞 Rest in peace Mr Cheifet, host of Computer Chronicles: obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei... What a legend. His work in both presenting and preserving the early days of computer history has been (and will continue to be) deeply appreciated! My condolences to his family and friends.

@oldskool.org posted this cool DOS quiz on his YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3mG... Not for those lacking some hardcore DOS nerd skills. Let me know how you scored! I sadly did umm...like 3 out of 10. 😶

If you know, you know. May his reflexes forever be totally off the ch-ahrts. 🫡

I finally did a big write up on @bigboxdb.com and how I got started, some of the tech ideas/pitfalls, and where it's at now www.adamzwakk.com/projects/big... (I'll try and keep updating this)

Pour one out for an industry pioneer and absolute legend. Rebecca was one of the GOATs and contributed to some of the most deifnitive PC games of the 80s and 90s. Fuck cancer indeed. 😢

GIMME! This looks so awesome! It's the latest project from the creator of the amazing PicoGUS device. Can't wait for it!

Ever wanted to try playtesting? How about a remaster of a DOS-era classic? Check this out! Submitted an application myself.

I never learned of this site until now, but even putting the crazy catalog of music aside, this UI is ART! I love it!

Love the construction of this photo!

Well hi everyone! It's @pxa.ca, your humble BigBoxDB Bluesky posting dude. You may have noticed the feed's been pretty quiet for the last while and I haven't been too active on the Discord either. I hate long threads so don't worry, this won't be one either. 1/4

BIG updates made to the site to both the overall experience but also to performance! Come check it out, @adamzwakk.com be puttin' in work!

I never post on here because I forget tbh, but we're at 434 boxes now on @bigboxdb.com! All thanks to some recent contributors!

"Please help, they have my family and are making me pose for this weird astrology game!" 🤣

Seriously guys, if we just flip the image around no one will ever notice!

Interested in the wild 1980s UK computer games scene? A long-lost BBC documentary on the 1984 Christmas release season has been posted on their archive YouTube channel. This shows the real-time downfall of Imagine Software and the rise of Ocean. Fascinating watch! h/t @timeextension.com

Yet another reason why @gog.com is the GOAT! They've added an almost Steam Workshop-like system to one-click install mods for a variety of classic titles. All vetted and tested by their team and in partnership with the mod authors. This is brilliant! Well done! www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTn4...

Remember when NVIDIA and AMD allowed their partners to put insane box art on GPU boxes? If you do, Lock Books has the book for you! lockbooks.net/pages/overcl... I am ordering this right now. I *NEED* this. It better have my boy Frobot in it! @lgr-yt.bsky.social, you should check this out. :)

I'd heard bits about this incredible Unity-based Star Wars: X-Wing modernization mod, and it's out in alpha now! Looks incredible! If you try it, let us know your thoughts! www.techspot.com/news/108161-...

It took @3drealms.bsky.social 37 years to ship these to us all, but it's finally here! Looking pretty solid. Expect this to be added to @bigboxdb.com soon!

Do you long for Aero aesthetics sometimes? I mean, most of us still have nightmares about Windows Vista, but that bubbly, rounded, partially transparent UI was a vibe, yaknow'? Someone has made an archive of the Fruitiger subgenre. Apparently Aero has subgenres! Get lost in these vibes!

I'll take "So Much to Unpack Here" for $500 Alex.

Our illustrious leader @adamzwakk.com has a new project online! SpinJump.net is an aggregator tool that pulls together Super Mario ROM hacks from various different sites and puts them in one place, with info and download links for each one! This is super cool! Hans is a machine. 💪

I'm a big fan of these "album cover" style boxes (more packages really), but you don't often see ones that aren't from EA or sometimes Activision. This is a non-English European title that looks awesome!

Today is the 25th anniversary of Starlancer! Raise your hand if you played it.🙋 Notice the text at the bottom of the box cover. starcitizen.tools/St...

Something you didn't know you needed until this morning. I feel like Bobby Prince would nod approvingly at this.

Four video games from my childhood that defined my taste in gaming. Star Control II Wing Commander Master of Orion II Space Quest

Well, would you look at this! Consider me quite intrigued.

These boxes just grabbed your eyeballs at a distance. So much going on, yet it all comes together so well. The X games are hardcore, but some of the best space sims out there, if you're willing to wait a good while for patches after each release.

🧵2/2 Here are some examples of my work. I will 100% work with you and make any changes you want. I want to have it autographed by the team. I am working with someone who makes acrylic cases, so these would last forever. I'm asking for no money, and I'll donate all the materials and work to the cause

🧵1/2 Hey #IndieDevs! I’m organizing a charity auction for St. Jude’s and want to create physical editions of indie games. I’d love to collaborate! I am looking for auction houses that donate directly to charities. Interested? Let’s chat! I want to make this happen this Summer #IndieDevsforCharity

Randall has quickly become a staple of our community, both for being a great dude and also for the exceptional work he does. This is among the best of it! Well done man!

If you can get yourself a copy of this, it's an incredible read about one of the most talented box designers in video games!

Hey look, it's our awesome site creator and your humble Bluesky dude (@pxa.ca) at #TorontoGameExpo! Getting the chance to contribute to this awesome preservation project and post goofy stuff on here has been a blast and I hope to do so for a while yet. Pleasure meeting you my dude!

Jon St. John also remembers @apogeeent.com's Balls of Steel and still plays it on an old PC! Blew his mind when I showed him my big box. It is now signed by him and Joel Finch of Wildfire Studios. This is now the crown jewel in my collection. Wholly unique in the world. ♥️ 2/2

I met Jon St. John at #TorontoGameExpo! He is absolutely as nice and sweet as everyone says he is. 1/2

And we're in Toronto for Toronto Game Expo! Going to be an awesome weekend. Here's a photo gallery that will fill up as the weekend goes on: photos.app.goo.gl/a3uSQdH7xqsF...

I think my fellow hardcore PC retro nerds will dig this. I never knew about this card and certainly not that it was made my Mindscape of all people! Give this a watch!

Need some inspiration? We gotchu'. bigboxdb.com

This dude right here LOVES his movies!

Look at these sexy beasts!