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Games with feelies: physical items included in the original box

Game feelies are physical items included with video games, particularly in the era of boxed PC games, that enhance the immersive experience of the game. These items often provide additional context, lore, or simply serve as fun collectibles related to the game's world and storyline. Feelies were particularly popular in the 1980s and 1990s, with adventure games and RPGs often including them to provide a richer experience.

The feelies could be anything from detailed maps of the game world, manuals and guides, letters and diaries, physical artifacts, code wheels and decoders.

For example, the Zork series by Infocom came in boxes including elaborate feelies like maps, coins, and manuals to enhance the adventure. The Ultima games by Origin Systems included items such as cloth maps and magical amulets.

Most popular feelies included games

Wing Commander
vehicle simulationDOS
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A Mind Forever Voyaging

DOSMac OS1985 Infocom
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Ballyhoo

DOS1986 Infocom
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Beneath a Steel Sky

DOS1994freeware Revolution Software
Beneath a Steel Sky is a classic point-and-click adventure game released in 1994, developed by Revolution Software. Set in a dystopian, cyberpunk future, the game is renowned for its rich atmosphere and distinctive artwork. The game follows Robert Foster, who, after being abducted from his tribal home in the Outback, finds himself in Union Cit...
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Border Zone

DOS1987 Infocom
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Bureaucracy

DOSMac OS1987 Infocom
Bureaucracy is an abandoned text-adventure game designed by Douglas Adams (yes, the writer of The Hitchhiker Guide of the Galaxy), developed and published by Infocom in 1987. Bureaucracy is a peculiar interactive fiction; the game challenges you to solve frustrating bureaucratic problems in a world populated by strange characters.
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Corruption

DOS1988 Magnetic Scrolls
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Cutthroats

DOS1984 Infocom
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Deadline

DOS1982 Infocom
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Driller

DOS1987 Incentive Software
Driller (also known as Space Station Oblivion) is an abandoned action-adventure game developed by Incentive and released by Epyx in 1987 based on the Freescape Engine. In Driller, you control an excavation probe in a real 3d environment, through a first person view. The goal of the game is to place a drilling rig in each of the 8 regions of the moo...
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Enchanter

DOS1983 Infocom
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Hollywood Hijinx

DOS1986 Infocom
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Infidel

DOS1983 Infocom
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Jinxter

DOS1988 Magnetic Scrolls
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Knight orc

DOSMac OS1987 Level 9 Computing
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Knights of Legend

DOS1989 Origin Systems
Knights of Legend is a tactical role-playing game (RPG) released by Origin Systems in 1989 for MS-DOS, the Apple II, and the Commodore 64. Known for its complex gameplay and strategic depth, the game provides a turn-based combat experience that requires players to manage characters carefully and strategize battles with attention to detail. Set...
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Leather Goddesses of Phobos

DOS1986 Infocom
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Moonmist

DOS1986 Infocom
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Planetfall

DOS1983 Infocom
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Plundered Hearts

DOSMac OS1987 Infocom
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Return to Zork

DOS1993 Activision
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Scapeghost

DOS1989 Level 9 Computing
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Seastalker

DOS1984 Infocom
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Sorcerer

DOS1984 Infocom
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Space Rogue

DOS1989 Origin Systems
Space Rogue is a science fiction RPG developed by Richard Garriott's Origin and desined by Paul Neurath. Space Rogue combines a 3D space simulation with a top down view RPG gameplay. As a space pilot you can hunt bounties, buy and sell goods, land on starbases or outposts and talk to NPCs, do quests, etc.
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Spellbreaker

DOS1985 Infocom
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Starcross

DOS1982 Infocom
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Stationfall

DOS1987 Infocom
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Suspect

DOS1984 Infocom
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Suspended

DOS1983 Infocom