Largest size video game item packaging?

[Vectorman0]

Rock band got me thinking, is it the biggest boxed video game item ever sold? If not, what is the biggest? I guess we should use volume as the measurement. I want to keep it as official and gaming related as possible. None of that "game chair" crap you see around at Circuit City or Best Buy.

I think that the video game controller-chair thing for NES or Master System might have had a bigger box volume wise, but I can't even remember what system it is for, as I know nothing about it. Maybe a big NES set comes close too.

[Terminusvitae]

I remember the NES Hot Seat's packaging was huge...sadly, my memory is fuzzy, and I haven't seen one in going on two decades now.

[otaku]

Its the biggest game package I've ever bought (even bigger than the system boxes!)

[Kid Ice]

I haven't seen it yet but I would compare to Coleco Adam and Steel Battalion.

[XYXZYZ]

Probably that Midway PoS cardboard "arcade machine" they sold at Target awhile back?

http://www.makeyougohmm.com/images/2006/midway-arcade1.jpg

[Overbite]

I haven't seen it yet but I would compare to Coleco Adam and Steel Battalion.

don't know about the coleco, but the Rock Band box is indeed larger than the Steel Battalion box.

[Goodwill Hunter]

Miracle Piano for the Genesis/SNES/NES may have it beat on length, but I would bet Rock Band would still win on volume.

Rich

[Twitami]

This is an easy one. The NES Lifecycle machine.

[ghostangelofcky]

Where in time is Carmen Sandiego for the NES

[Matt-El]

the adam computer system is larger. MUCH larger, than Rock band.

[Nitrosport]

the adam computer system is larger. MUCH larger, than Rock band.

Yes, The Coleco Adam box was HUGE!

[Tron 2.0]

Turbo-CD when i owned one back in the early 90's.

Man that thing came in a huge box !

[icarwngs55]

X Box System


IT'S HUGE!!

[Jorpho]

This is an easy one. The NES Lifecycle machine.

(That's SNES, yo.)

Um, how about the original NES deluxe set?

[j_factor]

What about Outback Joey?

[Gentlegamer]

The NES set that came with the power pad?

[PapaStu]

I haven't seen it yet but I would compare to Coleco Adam and Steel Battalion.


It would eat the Steel Batalion box for breakfast. The SB boxi is a smidge taller, but Rock Band box has another good third in size length to it over the SB box. When I saw one at GS a few days back I was stunned by the size.

What we need is a damn Rock Band box picture so people can understand the sheer size of that bohemoth. I think I shall go look for one.

[Perkar]

http://www.spaceballsthewebsite.com/perkar/images/rockbandbundle.jpg

threw in a vectrex for added reference.

[Vectorman0]

This is an easy one. The NES Lifecycle machine.

I wanted to keep it to retail stuff. I bet this came in a plain cardboard box and was mail order only. Same goes for kiosks and items that wouldn't typically be meant for one of us collectors/gamers on the forums.

For the "arcade machines" even those were meant for retail I don't want to count them, maybe because those things are such crap they shouldn't count by default.

Miracle Piano is a good one I hadn't thought of, though it probably is smaller than Rock Band volume-wise.

Anyone have an Adam box? I want to see that beast.

[Gentlegamer]

Courtesy of google images

http://oldcomputers.net/pics/adam-box.jpg

[tom]

Here ya go:

[tom]

DrumMania is pretty huge:

[Zap!]

The Turbo Grafx CD-ROM box was bigger. Possible bigger than the Adam box, but that's a close one.

[Juganawt]

Amiga 1000. So big it came in 2 boxes - one for the monitor, one for the actual system, keyboard, and mouse.

I know, it's supposed to be a "home computer" and not a games machine, but 99% of the people who bought one did so to play the amazing games that were light years ahead of the consoles at the time. It really did make Nes and Master System look old hat when it was release in '85.

System box (http://www.amiga-hardware.com/download_photos/a1000_8_big.jpg)

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/display_photos/a1000_1_sm.jpg < the whole kit working

Sorry can't find pics of the 1084 monitor box.

Best machine I ever had. Amiga is awesome :D

[tom]

Yeah, but wasn't the 1084 an optional extra?

[Blitzwing256]

honorable mention for the maximum carnage boxset, its wider then rockband but naturally thinner

[kentuckyfried]

I imagine the biggest game related packaging would be some silly ps2 interactive shaking armchair thingy

[Juganawt]

Yeah, but wasn't the 1084 an optional extra?

I think there were two SKUs. I got my 1084 in a bundle with the machine, but AFAIK you could also get the machine seperately with an RF modulator to run the system on a normal RF TV.

The A500's were seperate and came bundled with the RF modulator as standard, but I think most A1000's sold were bundled with the monitor.

[smokehouse]

As far as consoles go, the NES Power Set with the Power Pad was pretty large, as was the Atari 5200 box.

Single game boxes, SNES Bomberman-w-4 player adapter is large, Earthbound for the SNES is also large.

I kind of throw out the modern huge controller games. They're big because there's so much crap crammed in the box...

Besides, this is the classic forum...is it not?

[gbpxl]

Im guessing probably the first video game Space Wars was probably the biggest, back when you'd need a warehouse to fit a computer that had 1 KB of space on it

[jb143]

Im guessing probably the first video game Space Wars was probably the biggest, back when you'd need a warehouse to fit a computer that had 1 KB of space on it

Nah, that was on a minicomputer. Wasn't much bigger than...I don't know, one of those big vending machines that has chip bags in it. Even 'Tennis for Two' wasn't thaaaat huge.

[TonyTheTiger]

The Sharp NES Television would have had a pretty big box. The LaserActive's is pretty hefty, too. It really depends, though. You could probably find themed furniture but I don't think a bedroom set or the like is in the spirit of the question.

[Gameguy]

I'm surprised people aren't just mentioning arcade cabinets as those took up a lot of space, especially cockpit models.

[gbpxl]

I'm surprised people aren't just mentioning arcade cabinets as those took up a lot of space, especially cockpit models.
some of the new ones are insane. Like Rampage. try fitting that in your man-cave

[gbpxl]

One of the Batman games for the Xbox 360 has a massive box. I think the collector's edition of Arkham Asylum

[YoshiM]

For just a game (and not including peripherals), Halo: Reach had a special edition that included a diorama of the team. It looked really cool but it was heck to clean the dust from all the crevaces.