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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

>On Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:35:00 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>>On Sun, 08 Dec 2024 18:26:51 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>
>>>> >> >* Baldurs Gate Enhanced Edition
>>>> >> >https://www.gog.com/en/game/baldurs_gate_enhanced_edition      
>
>>>> >I borrowed a co(lleague/worker)'s original that were on like six CD-ROMs 
>>>> >around Y2K. It was an OK game. I will pass. I am more interested in the 
>>>> >newer one.
>
>>I have the DVD version. One disc. Made the whole thing far more playable.
>
>I had the five-disc version, which came in a cardboard sleeve with
>spots for six disk held together with glue that got all over the
>discs. I remember being royally pissed off that Bioware (or Interplay)
>cheaped out by using a cardboard disc holder rather than splurging for
>a multi-disk jewel-case.

I have the same version.   I just opened the box, and the disks are
spotless, yours must have come with French Glue.   
(A play on the whole American "these colors don't run" thing, presumably
their glue doesn't either.)

>The six-disk version that came out later was the one that included the
>expansion disc... which now makes me wonder: was that the plan from
>the start? Even in 1997, was Bioware holding back content with the
>plan on selling it later? They truly were a developer ahead of their
>time!
>
>I still have my original discs. The cardboard sleeve is long gone, and
>good riddance!

I think they knew they would put out an expansion if the game sold well,
and they made a cd holder with space for it just in case.

Xocyll