Forge Of Michael on 9/8/2007 at 11:25
In what different guises were the Thief games released? Were there any "collector's" or "limited" editions? Also, I am under the impression that the games (TDP, Gold and TMA) were originally released in a pyramid shaped box. Is this true? I have also seen a version of TDP in a normal, non-pyramid box on Ebay in the UK. is there any version which is better than the others? Any help would be appreciated.
Sluggs on 9/8/2007 at 11:34
I've yet to come across any pyramid-shaped boxes myself. Maybe they weren't released in the UK, in those boxes?
I've got Thief Gold (Premier version) Plain square-boxed Thief 2 and Dark Project, minus it's box, (Just in it's CD case), so I'm not sure what that version is.
Oh, I also had a cheapo version of Thief 2, but I forget what that was released under. (Came in a DVD case like lots of other games that are selling for £5.00) Ahh, it was the "Sold Out" label.
Forge Of Michael on 9/8/2007 at 12:05
Yes, I had the Sold Out version of TMA. The packaging didn't really compliment the game.
Sluggs on 9/8/2007 at 12:14
It didn't, no. I just brought that version as a backup.
Hewer on 9/8/2007 at 15:33
It wasn't a pyramid shaped box- it was trapezoidal. My pre-ordered copy of Thief 2 came in a trapezoid box. Maybe it was Thief Gold that came in that box- man, I don't remember exactly.
Eshaktaar on 9/8/2007 at 15:59
I got both Thief Gold and Thief 2 in trapezoidal boxes.
Martek on 9/8/2007 at 17:02
Quote Posted by Eshaktaar
I got both Thief Gold and Thief 2 in trapezoidal boxes.
Mine are the same.
Hit Deity on 9/8/2007 at 18:00
I had one of those trapezoidal boxes waaaay back the first one I ever bought. Thief The Dark Project I believe it was. Somewhere along the way I lost that box in a move or "a great throwing out of junk" or something.
My original Thief The Metal Age (aka: Thief 2) came in a regular old rectangular box, and I still have the 4-part CD holder cardboard thingie they came in. I have since bought a Thief Gold along the way, but that rectangular box is lost and all I have left of it is one of those fold-out 4-cd dealies that is about to fall apart - it's already come loose along one edge and another is about to go...this may be the one that came in that trapezoidal box.
I bought extra copies of Thief Gold and Thief 2 and I have since given them away.
Then, I bought a Platinum edition of Thief that contains a single disc of Thief The Dark Project and two-disc Thief 2.
I also have floating around here in this oblivion two copies of Thief 2 on DVD that I got FREE with my subscription of Computer Gaming World (now known as Games For Windows Magazine). Yeah, that's right, they were giving T2 away for FREE!! But, I can't seem to locate them in two "cleaning-up and organizings", so I don't hold out much hope that I still have those. Might be lost. :(
jtr7 on 9/8/2007 at 18:17
I never had a trapezoidal box.:(
Except for the triple-CD in a DVD case for TDS, all my Thief discs came in those lame paper sleeves with the cellophane windows. I'm glad they survived shipping.
Forge Of Michael on 10/8/2007 at 15:15
What were the Thief games packaged in the very first time they were released, in the US and the UK? I presume it was the "trapezoidal" box in the US, is this true? And what about TDS? Was that ever released in trapezoidal form, or solely in the DVD-style case?
Also, what was originally packaged with the "trapezoidal" box versions of TDP, TG and TMA? Manuals, artwork etc?
Thanks
