ScuzzBlog: Diaries May 2026 Entry 20th May 2026: Post 1: Amiga game - Dragonstone by Core. Amiga game - Dragonstone by Core. A recent forum post questioned whether original Amiga users kept their games boxes after purchase. Difficult for me to even ever contemplate throwing such wonderfully colourful boxes away. After all I payed for the thing and it had great use containing the inner contents so I could store on a shelf. In truth I don't think I have ever thrown a games box away, regardless of platform. Sadly games like Dragonstone probably never had the box opened more than a handful of times. This was one of those games that I pretty much rejected from the first playing. I wasn't wrong either as none of the magazine reviews in the day seemed to like the game. I store my boxes and the contents separately. The boxed artwork goes on a shelf out of the suns gaze. The manual is stored alphabetically on another shelf with all my games manuals. The original disks would have always been placed in a plastic sleeve and then housed in a disk box. This way I could ensure the disk stood vertically and was in a dust free controlled environment. I can always tell whether a game is one of my original purchases from the plastic sleeves to the disks. Going back to that storing boxes, I guess I have never viewed the boxes as anything other than an integral part of the purchase. When buying the game I would have first viewed the game descriptive from the box to see if I would be likely to play it. In truth I was very likely to buy a game simply cus of the box art. Even today there is little reason to throw boxes away. Never got out of the habit. Anyhoo ... I didn't review the game cus I never played it. I have a simple rule about games and that is you should be able to play right out of the box without any instruction and enjoy your first spin without any help. I can tell immediately if a game works or doesn't and I rarely revisit games that fell at the first hurdle. Saying all that it was worth buying the game just for the box. PS It was why I bought the PS5 with the disc drive so I could buy the original games and their plastic holders. A game never really seems like a game without the original disk/disc and its box. Amiga game - Dragonstone by Core.

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