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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 25/09/2026

Thanks for replying! Entry on my site got updated accordingly and will add a little blog post with your shared details later on for both box variants. Also, gonna feed this information to mobygames next (but that usually takes waaaay longer to get through)

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3D box view of Syndicate (1993, PC, US)

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 25/09/2026

Colored version used by that French gaming mag shows a sig: R. Fox '92 Guess, that could be Richard Fox who - according to mobygames - worked at Bullfrog around that time. Also found his website: rfoxart.com Gonna drop him a mail asking for more info and/or confirmation. CC @ovga.bsky.social

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 25/09/2026

It was used on the back of the US box. Head got replaced though creating a bit of a mess stylewise. Got any idea who the artist is? bigboxcollection.com/Syndicate.3D...

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Gameroom Ramblings @gameroomr.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Second set off shelves scanned in My project of transferring my games collection from an app to a custom database is progressing nicely. I've now scanned in all the big box games from my second set of bookcases and added them to the collection. Two more sets remaining...

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Second set off shelves scanned in

My project of transferring my games collection from an app to a custom database is progressing nicely. I've now scanned in all the big box games from my second set of bookcases and added them to the collection. Two more sets remaining...

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 17/09/2026

Nice! Thought about picking up a copy but it's quite a hassle with shipping overseas, tax and customs :-/

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 16/09/2026

Bummer. Made a mistake and have to start over. Guess, I'll just trigger it again, leave it up & running and check tomorrow if it all got sliced up correctly. If so, I should be able to add it to bigboxcollection.com over the weekend.

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 16/09/2026

With the different perspective render and some edits, the final pic is 18,199 x 11,859 pixels and thus 205 megapixel. The TES:Daggerfall section checking in 😎 h/t @elderscrolls.bethesdastudios.com

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 16/09/2026

First boxes becoming visible 😍

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 16/09/2026

This takes ages! Wonder, if I should grab a copy of Diablo IV for Switch while waiting....

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 16/09/2026

Here's a small res version of the tweaked pic. Re-cutting those tiles now...

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 16/09/2026

Ha, forgot to snap a photo of the mess I made in the adjacent room in order to get this tidy look down 😂

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 16/09/2026

Here's my "setup": an old Nikon D3100 balanced on a screw. Stitching is done using Microsoft Image Composite Editor. No final decision on which projection to use. Finetuning will take some time too and I do hope I still got all the tools for slicing up the image for the JS thingy to get it online.

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 16/09/2026

Yeah, really looking forward to its release. IIRC they got in touch with Rin Gilbert, but not sure about the current rights owner Disney.

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 16/09/2026

@gameroomr.bsky.social Quick preview of the new 270 megapixel panaroma that I shot earlier 😎

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 13/09/2026

Statistics show, that the 3D boxes over at BigBoxCollection.com have been viewed in total over 717,000 times since the site's redesign in Nov 2023. Below, a breakdown of the most viewed boxes. PS: The push thanks to @gog.com's press release this Tuesday resulted in 37k views over the past 5 days.

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 12/09/2026

Here's an chart showing the top 100 3D boxes that had been viewed on BigBoxCollection.com since the gog.com news broke. First three are featured on the landing page. No surprise those ranking high. Next is Doom. No surprise either. The rest? I'd say, a pretty solid list of fantastic titles 😎

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 10/09/2026

Zur Abwechslung mal von der @derstandard.at Frontpage runterlächeln 🤓

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 10/09/2026

Thanks for offering help but it's a 1:1 version of my own, physical collection and as it's kinda in a grey area already, blowing it up into a community thing is not on my list. I do hope you'd send scans to mobygames.com though, they're often lacking 8 bit stuff.

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 10/09/2026

"This has been done in collaboration with the Big Box Collection project, which has preserved the box art for dozens of games." Dozens of games 😂

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 09/09/2026

It's 99.9% unedited scans, so yeah, I do own some pretty beaten up but also some pristine boxes 😅

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 09/09/2026

Just had to squeeze in my demo scene life, especially after releasing Street Sports Pogo :D

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 09/09/2026

Enjoyed Return to Monkey Island, but I'm not the biggest fan of Limited Run Games. Wouldn't say no to a copy selling for €10 though :D

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 09/09/2026

What a bunch of big box Monkeys 😎

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 08/09/2026

Yeah, missed that one when it was released (and nobody really cared) and a year later, boom, the prices on eBay exploded.

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 08/09/2026

Thanks! Not sure about better, but most definitely happier 😁

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 08/09/2026

In other news, picked up the big box release of Tales of Monkey Island. This Eurobox was only available in Germany & Austria and limited to 3,000 copies. Should hopefully land on my doorstep soon.

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 08/09/2026

Weeee... News should drop in about 90min 😎

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 04/09/2026

Polished up a couple of 3D boxes and fixed a bug or two on bigboxcollection.com. Also, getting excited and all tingly for next Tuesday 🤐

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BigBoxCollection: high-res 3D boxes of over 800 games from 1982 to today

Remember When Video Games Came In Big Boxes?

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 02/09/2026

Yes, I hope so, but the new shelf in the corner isn't done yet.

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 02/09/2026

Looking for a box that's no longer on bigboxcollection.com? Well, I really, really, really had to downsize a bit for restoring order in my chambers folks, so we're down from 1,000+ boxes to 890ish. bigboxcollection.com/694.blog

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 30/08/2026

@pcgamer.com linked my site bigboxcollection.com for a trip down memory lane about... Tunnel B1 🤪 Yeah, that weird German DOS game (ping @dosnostalgic.bsky.social ) featuring none other than Chris Hülsbeck on its OST. www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/th...

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The first physical PC game I remember playing shows what Sony is thoughtlessly destroying

Me and a bunch of big-box PC games are going to go full boomer or prove a very important point.

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a stinky ox 🐂 @stinkyox.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

in terms of work? There's no AI there. I'm like one of those weird old Japanese dudes you find on YT making artisan toothpicks with 100 year old wood. I fuck about with stuff, I poke at it until it pleases me, the fact that it pleases me is what I think people want from me.

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 05/08/2026

😎 bigboxcollection.com/Undying.3DBox

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 02/08/2026

Dug through Google Photos and it looks like my first implementation of the PaperBox feature for the old site was done March 2016 and the first box that I have printed was the US version of MDK 😍 bigboxcollection.com/MDKUS.3DBox

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 02/08/2026

Don't start with oddly shaped boxes, those aren't generated correctly 😅

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 31/07/2026

Warm up your printers, the good ol' Minature Papercraft feature is back on BigBoxCollection.com😎

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uesp.net @uesp.net · 30/07/2026

Almost an exact match of the font styling of the Daggerfall era ones!

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 27/07/2026

Spotted this on the net and had to grab it. The 70mm frame is of course from a reproduction but still neat 😎

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Robert Woodhead on Wizardry: "Rick Austin drew the dragon and Will McLean was responsible for the manual illustrations and the logo design." www.4gamer.net/games/540/G0...

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 21/07/2026

OK, the big news got delayed from July to mid August, but it will be worth the wait :-)

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Benjamin @bigboxcollection.com · 16/07/2026

Spoiler: you ain't seen nothing yet 😉

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