First post, by xjas
- Rank
- l33t
I was talking to Gemini on email, who in all likelihood is the world's leading expert on Soleau Software games. I mentioned I'd seen a big-box copy of Robix for sale, which surprised him because he didn't think any Soleau games got a boxed retail release.
Well, I figured eight bucks was worth it to solve a mystery, so BAM:
There it is, in all its glory, except for the side I forgot to take a picture of. CyberGeist appears to be a label or sub-brand of something called “The B&N Companies, Inc.", who put this out. And yes, it does seem to be an officially licensed, registered, full Soleau game in a big(ish) box.
For the record, the non-pictured side doesn't have anything else interesting.
Inside is very spartan, there's no cardboard insert or any kind of structure. Everything was just rattling around in there. In fact, I'm kind of surprised this box survived in this good shape. Maybe there was something else inside originally, but it’s long gone.
Let's see those goods:
Like some of my other recent adventures in thrifting, there ended up being a few bonus disks inside that weren't in there originally. Not only do I get Robix, as promised, but also a B&N release of another Soleau game, Dotso, two copies of the Read Me First! B&N pamphlet (presumably one for each game), the installation instructions, and two other shareware disks from prolific shovelware vendor Wiz Technologies. I wish I had the box for Dotso, too, but unfortunately this is what was there.
And yes, somebody could have gotten two free games if they'd cut off & sent in their warranty cards, but both of them are intact. I wonder if B&N are still around, and what they'd do if I sent these in?
Naturally I scanned all the included docs, so here they are for your viewing pleasure. These are pretty generic, none of them mention which game they go with specifically:
twitch.tv/oldskooljay - playing the obscure, forgotten & weird - most Tuesdays & Thursdays @ 6:30 PM PDT. Bonus streams elsewhen!