Forge Of Michael on 28/4/2008 at 17:14
I've just bought a Thief Gold trapezoidal box, in brilliant condition. The only problem is that the seller sold it as complete, but there is no Eidos demo disc. In it's place is a 10-years expired piece of paper entitling me to a $10 rebate. Just what I need. I was wondering if anyone has a demo disc which they'd be willing to part with? Name your price.
gunsmoke on 28/4/2008 at 17:24
I am not even 100 % sure they all had them. I just popped a factory sealed trapezoid a month ago, and it had the same exact contents.
theBlackman on 28/4/2008 at 18:46
The Trap boxes did not have a DEMO disc. Some of the bi-fold booklet editions did, but the TDP,and GOLD boxes did not.
The Platinum editions of THIEF, and TOMB RAIDER in the cardboard fold booklets did have. I think I have about 4 of the DEMO discs. To my best recollection there were a total of 7 such discs. Each numbered.
pavlovscat on 28/4/2008 at 19:18
I have Gold in a Trap box. It came with the Eidos Demos Volume 6 disc which included the TG demo. It also had a nice little CD sized full-color game ad booklet with plugs for 20 games, some blurbs about Eidos and a nice little centerfold pic of various Eidos game stars (though not Garrett!). I also have the slick cardboard keyboard diagram for the original TDP keybinds and the Eidos registration card.
Sorry, Forge of Michael, it's not for sale! I stumbled across it years ago in an EB Games not long after I got TDP free with a soundcard, and it is one of my special treasures! ;)
Forge Of Michael on 28/4/2008 at 19:38
Er, I'm getting mixed signals here. :confused: It's a trapezoid box, containing a keyboard chart, and a 4-slot foldout case containg the two game discs, a manual and a rebate slip. Is this... right?
jtr7 on 28/4/2008 at 19:44
To sum up, there have been several different releases, at different times, with different packaging, and different content.:)
Is there a date on the package? Any clue in the fine print about when and where your product was put together?
pavlovscat on 28/4/2008 at 19:45
It is possible that some of the games boxed at different times may have had different things. Perhaps they didn't have any demo cds ready when your & theBlackman's copies were boxed? So they put in a coupon instead...which I don't have. I think my Mom has the Trap box. I'll have to call her and see what her copy has. I bought it for her some time after I got mine, so it likely was boxed in a different lot.
I'm curious to see what other people have in their Gold Trap boxes. Coupon, Demo disk (which one?) or something different.
And yes, I have the 4-way, fold-out cardboard case inside the box with 2 games disks, the manual & a demo disc.
Forge Of Michael on 28/4/2008 at 19:58
Right. The game has a yellow sticker on the front - "Original Thief: Dark Project owners, get $10 back. Offer good through 9/15/2000, with purchase of Thief Gold. Additional $10 rebate on Thief II: Metal Age". Along with the rebate coupon in the last slot, I've just noticed, is a booklet with information about the new missions and the installation progress, with the Hammer symbol on the front. This last slot is labelled "Eidos demos".
pavlovscat on 28/4/2008 at 20:18
Interesting. I know my box never had a sticker. I'm pretty sure it was bought in mid 2001, so definitely a later lot as that offer would have been expired by then. I checked with Mom, but I got her the plain fold-out package, not the Trap box. So, evidently I couldn't find a Trap box when I bought hers.
Aja on 28/4/2008 at 22:22
My Gold trapezoid box has the 4-fold digipack containing two game discs, a manual and the Eidos Demos volume 6. It also came with a keyboard chart, an Eidos registration card, an Eidos booklet advertising their games, a subscription card to Incite magazine, and another small black-and-white booklet detailing the changes present in Thief Gold.
And for $150US, I will sell the demo disc. I'll even throw in the shipping for free!
