What's the best manual, "gimmick", box, ...

[Flash Gordon]

well, anything that came with a game?

I remember Ultima 6 (or 5?) came with a black "moonstone" and a nice map (or a towel ).

And I remember the pirates! manual, the first manual with additional, historic information.

I loved the "Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe" manual, it looked like a secret file.

[Monkey]

The best box that i have is my ultimate civ2 classic collection. Non of that light box feeling when I bought that baby. The manual was nice and thick with lots of interesting things to read.

[shmily_dana]

This goes way back, but I remember a lot of silly stuff in and on the "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" box.

Who got the babel fish?

[Imran Siddiqui]

I liked SMAC's manual. Tons of technical stuff packed in!

Fallout had a cool tough cardboard box, and Fallout and Fallout 2 had manuals that read like actual field manuals that would be given out to the protagonist of the game.

Ultimas have that cloth map... Mmmm, cloth map .

Baldur's Gate had a real cool manual.

[Sith Knight]

Hmmm...I would definitley think of Dark Reign as one of them because it's manual has gotta be the best damn looking one I've seen! It has a nice cover with the foiled symbol of the game, and inside contains everything including units, the history of mankind's future and lots of other info.

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FEAR IS COURAGE
ANGER IS HAPPINESS
HATE IS LOVE
SUFFERING IS RELIEF

SITH LORD IS WATCHING YOU

[Narck]

I agree on the SMAC manual.

Nicest box was from a game called Ishar I.
Great graphical work on that one