I love ebay...

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Carbon

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Just received a sealed, mint copy of Unreal. Quite the find for me and I have to say I am pretty freakin happy. I have been looking for a sealed box for a long, long time and though I have 2 others that are in pretty good condition, to get one that is unopened and in this condition is a treasure. The new highlight of my collection for sure.

Just had to share... ;)

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UBerserker

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What's to notice in the first image is that in the background there are old beta shots and an unknown map.
 

Carbon

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Yes, that elusive mystery castle and 2 boxes from the hitherto unknown '93 pre-beta-beta alpha leak.
 

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I still have a copy of Unreal unopened. The only damage on it is a slice in the box top from when they opened the containing box.

I actually might have a second one now that I think about it... I also have an unopened Freespace 2 Limited Edition, a few unopened UT2004 napkin holders, an unopened UT for Mac :p and I have about 5 unopened copies of Unreal Championship 2 don't ask me why.
 

Carbon

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@Firefly: Well, the game is mint; it's right in front of me, in my hands and yes...the box is pristine. No scratches, bends or creases and the corners are sharp and unscathed. Not shrink-wrapped though (Unreal was never completely wrapped), but it has the circular seals on the top and bottom cover. Sure, may be some trickery but it looks the part, so what the heck? Call me gullible, I guess.

@Sir_Brizz: Cool. It is a nice thing to have, if only for nostalgia. 2 is cooler. :) I have UT2K4, Totally Unreal, UT, UT3, Unreal 2 and now Unreal all unopened; multiple copies of some for selling/gifts and all in near-mint condition. Nice to have. That Freespace edition is an item! I have over 60 games in my collection now and do have Descent 3. I loved that game back in the day. Forsaken was another good one that was along those lines; I have an unopened big box copy of that as well.

@Al: $13 for the game mate (a steal really), but much more for shipping. The joy of the Korean expat. :) I have to say that the seller was really cool. He packed it in a huge box with bubble wrap and newspaper and it arrived in only 5 days. Good guy.
 
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Leo(T.C.K.)

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It's not an unknown map, that map in the background is the "Amethyst" map by Eric Reuter, it was perhaps the last "finished" map he made before "leaving" the Unreal team around March 1998. Although he rejoined for an expansion pack for Intel deal(cancelled) and he made lots of levels for the Unreal PSX as well(many of which remain lost, again but at least something got recovered from that)
It's supposed to be in the SkyCity stuff and it uses partially nalicastle textures too.
Don't ask me where to get this map, I would like to see it too, but Eric lost all that stuff in around year 2006 anyway.
 
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Leo(T.C.K.)

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Yes, that elusive mystery castle and 2 boxes from the hitherto unknown '93 pre-beta-beta alpha leak.
What do you mean with the later statement? doesn't make much sense. 93 leak? Unreal hardly existed back then and what "boxes"?
 
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Hmm should get me one of these, too. Me idiot threw the original black Unreal and RTNP boxes away long time ago. Still hatin' myself for this, it was so pretty.

I ordered a Razer Diamondback vie eBay from a Korean vendor last year. Was also satisfied with the service.
 

Carbon

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What do you mean with the later statement? doesn't make much sense. 93 leak? Unreal hardly existed back then and what "boxes"?

I was just kidding Leo. I thought the previous poster was also joking; there is nothing exceptional about the box or art on it (I have 2 other big boxes of Unreal and they are the same), so I played along with the joke. The "boxes" I referred to were the ones behind the Skaarj and Krall. The "mystery castle" was meant also as humor, seeing as the Nali castle may be the most known image of the game.

:)
 
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Leo(T.C.K.)

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I don't think he was joking, but to some people it might not be obvious those are beta maps in the background, so that was more of his point.
You mean the "boxes" at the nalicastle pic where the poles stick out of it? I believe it was this exact way in the leaked beta too, but yeah.
 

Carbon

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Of course Leo, and while what he pointed out is true, none of it is unique to the box pictured, which UBerserker's post seemed to imply.
 

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I just checked and I have an original boxed Mac version of the game.

LOL...
 

Carbon

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Cool find! There is one of those (a new boxed mac version) on ebay now as well, but the box looks a bit mashed.

This just arrived, speaking of Mac...

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