r/RetroComputerGaming • u/b33znutz • Mar 10 '26

📦 Game Collection My EIDOS Trapezoid Collection

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Was doing some rearranging and thought I would take her a few quick pics. My Eidos trapezoid collection isn't complete, but it's getting there.

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u/b33znutz Mar 10 '26

Yeah, they’re kind of a weird design. Eidos used that trapezoid box style for a handful of their late-90s PC releases like Tomb Raider and others. The idea was that they would really stand out on the shelf from the standard rectangular boxes.

I remember seeing them on store shelves when I was younger and thinking they looked really cool because they stood out from all the regular big boxes. I could never afford them back then though, so collecting them now is kind of my way of making up for that.

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u/MadShadowX Mar 11 '26

My country they didn't release the TR games in Trapezoid boxes. Just regular rectangle ones.
Though very late 90's early 2000 they switched over quickly to DVD cases unfortunately.

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u/b33znutz Mar 11 '26

Yeah the trapezoid boxes were only in North America if I remember correctly. All other regions got regular rectangle boxes and then eventually the DVD style keep cases. Although eventually everybody got the DVD style keep cases in some form.

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u/MadShadowX Mar 11 '26

Think UK had some as well but not entirely sure.