A Trip Down Gaming Memory Lane - Part Two

Let's look at some more old games!

In case you missed part one, you can find it here:

https://steemit.com/gaming/@thedgt/a-photographic-trip-down-my-gaming-memory-lane-part-one

Recap: Basically I got bored yesterday and decided to pull a couple boxes of old games and gaming related stuff out from under my bed. I hadn't gone through this stuff in a while and forgot what all was in there.

Anyway, let's continue our little nostalgia trip.

Let's see, what's first? Oh! Another once great series destroyed by EA. What a surprise.

The last Sims game I ever played. I was actually obsessed with the first one when it came out, but never really got into the sequels.

Here we have the back of the Sims case with an ad for the hip, young urban version that I'm pretty sure no one bought.

Pretty minimalist packaging here for a great game. Requirements to run this beast of a game: 400 MHz Pentium II, 64 MB RAM, 90 MB of hard disk space.

At least the CD was pretty cool looking though.

I never really got into this game for some reason. Pretty sure I never even came remotely close to finishing it. Nice packaging though. That CD artwork is on point.

Now this was my jam for at least a year of my life. I think it came in one of those huge old school boxes, but I sadly lost it at some point.

Okay, they really stepped up the presentation for the next one though. I mean, this is some classy stuff. This is the kind of presentation I miss in PC games.

Another game I spent way too much time playing.

This is a proper game manual.

Including detailed biographies of actual dictators! Who says gaming can't be educational?

So, back in my day, when you wanted to be a beta tester, you had to fill out a ridiculously long application and sign your life away and they sent you an actual beta disc in the mail. You then had to fill out actual paperwork feedback and send it back to them. I wonder if this thing is rare? Awesome game by the way.

I remember fishing in this game. That's literally the only thing I remember about it other than being pissed that it wasn't a regular Final Fantasy game.

If there was ever a game made that deserves a proper sequel, this is it. Seriously. If you've never played it, go buy it right now and thank me later.

Metallica's black album? Nope, just Black & White. One of the best games ever made.

And the sequel was even better.

Killer CD artwork.

Another game I could never really get into for some reason.

Killer manual though. 150 pages of lore and beautiful artwork.

The game that started the legendary franchise. The first one was absolutely nothing like what the game has evolved into. It was definitely one of those benchmark games when it came out, you needed a pretty hefty rig to run it.

Five disc install and it took up 4 GB of space on your hard drive, which was considered pretty massive at the time.

Alright, I think that's probably enough for part two. I still have a ton of stuff to share. It's probably going to take me another 2 or 3 posts to share it all.

Not sure anyone even cares, but I figure I've already gone to the trouble of taking pics of everything, so I might as well share them in case anyone else finds it interesting.

We'll continue this nostalgia trip tomorrow!