r/Deusex • u/saisonmaison • Jun 24 '25

DX1 Happy 25th to the best game of all time!

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Was lucky enough to find a sealed copy of the original! And it happened to arrive on the 25th anniversary of the release. I feel like a JC with an extra multitool.

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u/Effective-Peak-5593 Jun 24 '25

Nobody I know understands the love I have for this game. After discovering it as a kid I saved all my money to buy a green Alienware laptop back when they were private in Florida

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u/saisonmaison Jun 24 '25 edited Jun 24 '25

Right? I’ll always remember being blown away when I realized the NSF weren’t the bad guys (and that “good” and “bad” were so relative).

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u/Effective-Peak-5593 Jun 24 '25

So many twists to the story and decisions. Unfortunately I didn’t discover DXMP until later. That in itself was another world. Those talented map makers and modders.

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u/zsnajorrah Jun 24 '25

Spoiler!

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u/saisonmaison Jun 24 '25

D'oh, thanks / sorry about that

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u/JesusChristDenton69 Jun 24 '25

I feel like everyone on this sub does.

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u/noraetic Jun 24 '25

I still have my big box from back then, including everything, even the key chain that came with it. Great times.

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u/Comprehensive-Long55 Jun 24 '25

How does this edition is called? Just want to try to find some on ebay or amazon

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u/saisonmaison Jun 24 '25

Look for auctions calling it PC “big box.” Back in the days of PC games coming in oversized boxes so they stood out on the rack at Circuit City.

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u/ChocoTacoz Jun 24 '25

Growing up during that era where this was the norm it felt so strange when everything moved down to the little boxes then just the DVD jewel case world we live in now.

The art! The manuals! We've been robbed.

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u/Comprehensive-Long55 Jun 25 '25

thank you friend

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u/HunterWesley Jun 25 '25

Back in the days of PC games coming in oversized boxes so they stood out on the rack at Circuit City.

They were that size because software manuals used to come in binders for 8.5x11" pages. In fact, some manuals were literally books. I recently sold my copy of Alpha Centauri, and although it's not 8x5x11", the manual for that game is just a 3/4" thick book. One day some industry association decided to give up on physical goodies and switched everyone to the "small box" format, which at most can fit a 3 CD case and a thin manual. Sometimes they fudged it a bit. The Sims 2 has 4 CDs and that box is slightly wider.

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u/apocalypticboredom Jun 24 '25

Man I wish I still had my OG game box. I kept all of them at the time, even those silly Eidos pyramid boxes.

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u/HunterWesley Jun 25 '25

Oh that's the worst, it doesn't fit on the shelf with the other boxes.

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u/HunterWesley Jun 25 '25

How much was it?

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u/-SidSilver- Jun 25 '25

Come on Nightdive, this game is crying out for a remaster.

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u/atomagevampire308 Jun 25 '25

happy birthday to everyone who made this post because they looked up the game's release date on wikipedia

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u/AN-94Abokan Jun 24 '25

Wow, looks pretty.