Big Box Clever

(What’s this?) Release date: 1999 Original RRP: $??? In brief: Ultima IX is, to date, the final single-player game in Richard Garriot’s groundbreaking RPG series.

(What’s this?) Release date: 1994 Original RRP: £29.

(What’s this?) Release date: 1995 RRP: £14.

  There was a time, before the competition for retailers’ shelf space became as fierce as it is today, when a new PC release wasn’t just crammed into a standardised plastic case and filed in their hundreds onto a single shelf.