I never understood the reasoning behind needing a sandalwood box. I'm assuming this was some sort of inside joke at Origin or at least from Lord British. Can you, John (or anyone else), shed some light on this subject?
Only info I have is from a Daikatana interview with... John Romero :)
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Marco Thorek wrote:
IMHO the best copy protection still is a neat box, a nice and sufficient
manual and some props to go along. If all you get is a DVD case and a
PDF manual on the CD, most people don't see enough physical evidence of
the game's worth, compared to what is readily available on the
It sounds like the briefcase in Pulp Fiction :) Still, I would have never made that connection. I had to stare at the wall thinking for a bit to remember it from U5.
On Dec 9, 2003, at 4:02 AM, Pedro Quaresma wrote:
I never understood the reasoning behind needing a sandalwood box. I'm
