duneaholic Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 can anyone help me find out where to buy Emperor Battle for Dune? Also I would like to find a demo of the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anklbter8 Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 I have seen it at stores like Wal-mart. You could check your nearest previously played store to find a copy. Another option is to go to ebay there is a bunch up for auction there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navaros Posted March 18, 2003 Share Posted March 18, 2003 can anyone help me find out where to buy Emperor Battle for Dune? Also I would like to find a demo of the game.don't look at the shelf space near the regular games that actually selllook among the old, obsolete, dead-game bargain bin section of your fave store and you're sure to find Emperor there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 at below $15 at max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longpre Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 Electronics Boutique has been carrying the small box (new style boxes suck, eh?) version of Emperor for $15 US. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahdi Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 what is with those new boxes, anyway? Sure, they are less bulky, but weren't tehy made huge for a reason? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 yuck small boxes*lowzeewee goes to vomit*Well i heard in other threads that empy is selling for 5 dollars in europe.....depending on where u r from ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 what is with those new boxes, anyway? Sure, they are less bulky, but weren't tehy made huge for a reason?they were made huge to grab pples attention but maybe not with every company producing small boxes.....maybe pple will have to look for them in order to get them and cant get their attention grabbed by a particular one.Guess the small ones is cheaper to produce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobalopper Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 Smaller boxes give more shelf space so you can fit more titles in the same amount of space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Longpre Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 Smaller boxes give more shelf space so you can fit more titles in the same amount of space.Bingo! The movement started in Europe with the retailers demanding that software titles (which should only be near the size of a music CD) take up less shelf space, and standardize. With the upcoming European standardization, EA went ahead and just joined in full monty. All titles from that point on are small boxes only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezcatlipoca Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 The boxes were produced larger in order to make it more difficult to shoplift the software. Apparently the companies have decided that the amount they save on packaging with smaller boxes makes up for any loss of revenue due to "lost" product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCH Posted March 19, 2003 Share Posted March 19, 2003 This website has a lot of game downloads, mostly demos, which include Emperor: Battle for Dune, Command & Conquer Generals, and Frank Herbert's Dune.http://www.game-revolution.com/content.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken124578 Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 But westwood never made a demo for emperor :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 no wonder not many pple knew abt it :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjCiD Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 Yeah there arent any demos for EmpBFD there but it does have a patch to v1.09 and a mappack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoned Hyena Posted March 20, 2003 Share Posted March 20, 2003 maybe the local hobo has a version willing to sell it to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XCH Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 I was pretty sure there was an Emperor demo on that site, but it is still a good demo site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_fox Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 Are you guys talking about those new "DVD" cases? If you are, I HATE THOSE CASES. They now sell nearly all games in those here. You can't fit decent sized manuals in those cases!If you aren't, sorry I posted. Though, I don't like the way things are going in terms of value for money. I mean, sure games have got better graphics, but what about those beautiful huge manuals you used to get? What about the nice keyboard layouts that you could stick on your keyboard? What about the fake newspaper articles (that you got with games like Space Quest)? What about the nice HUGE boxes you could show off to everybody? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ace1gold Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 well living in europe we had these dvd style cases for ages and i agree with u sven i hate them, the big cardboard box 1s were soo much better i really wish they would be cardboard once again but nevermind eh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GhostHunter Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 Actually I recall a site that had a Emperor demo and sadly...A version of Emp you could download for free and they'd give you a active serial code...I don't recall the site so they still have it but uh let's just say there downloading time for Emperor on T3 was 18 hours so I doubt many downloaded it ;D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_fox Posted March 26, 2003 Share Posted March 26, 2003 well living in europe we had these dvd style cases for ages and i agree with u sven i hate them, the big cardboard box 1s were soo much better i really wish they would be cardboard once again but nevermind ehYeah, I guess it's just one of those modern day things we have to get used to. South Africa usually gets their games from the UK (or, at least, they usually get UK edition games) so I guess that's why both SA and the UK now get their games in DVD cases. Does the US also get their games in DVD cases now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DjCiD Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 A lot of console games like PS2 and Xbox games come in the DVD type case, I actually like them that way. As far as PC games I haven't gotten any in a DVD case, just the regular CD case in a cardboard box, big and small but mostly small now. I would like to see more games in the DVD cases, you can get a bigger manual from a DVD case than you can a CD case. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyarlathotep Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 I like the DVD boxes. At least I can put all my games on my shelf. With those large boxes, I has to store the manual somewhere else. Now I can keep all together (I hated those big boxes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timenn Posted April 8, 2003 Share Posted April 8, 2003 I think Sven has a point. No big manuals fit in those dvd cases. But on the other hand they spare alot of space in your house, and in transport. And lesser transport leads to lesser pollution.But then, the big boxes were made of paper (sortlike) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowzeewee Posted April 9, 2003 Share Posted April 9, 2003 But can't they put the manual in the box?Is the box really so small? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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