I showed up at work one day to find a Whole Foods bag on my chair:

Strange. However, a glance inside revealed a bevy of games. A coworker had learned that I collect any old CD-ROM games that people happen to have lying about. So he dumped this lot on me:

There were about 25 games inside. Sorting through them all, I found a single game that is certainly not in the MobyGames database yet while I found 3 more that don’t appear to be present. The vast majority of the games have cover art or media scans that are missing from the database, so there is plenty of work to do as always.

These are the games from the haul that are, or are probably missing:

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Grey Wolf: Hunter of the North Atlantic is no where to be found in the database. The other 3 are a bit sketchy. There are a lot of different Railroad Tycoon II games. But there are none that bear the specific title of “Railroad Tycoon: The Next Millennium: Special Edition”. Similarly, several Carmageddon variations are on record but none that specifically mention “Carmageddon: High Octane” which probably deserves its own record.

As for the final item in the photo, these are the Magic: The Gathering Games on record. Is this game already mentioned? I wasn’t sure, so I unrolled the sleeve:

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This marks the first time I have ever officially owned Magic: The Gathering cards. Anyway, this has the core game (which I assume refers to the traditional, offline game), plus the online game. This probably corresponds to the online game currently on record.

Here are some other miscellaneous acquisitions from the previous months, which may or may not be actual games:

Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa is probably the most interesting and truest game of this set. “King Solomons” [sic] has some pretty cover art and the system requirements listed on the back (486 vintage) intrigued me. However, a little investigation revealed that it, like the “FiveStar Casino” disc, is just an entry into online casinos.

Then there is VR Soccer ’96, notable for being bundled with 3D Rage hardware, and a Cosmi disc that takes some shareware games and shoves them on a CD-ROM.

Finally, we have the Planet of the Apes Limited Edition CD-ROM. This is a tie-in with the 2001 movie and bears logos of Blockbuster, Coca-Cola, and 20th Century Fox.

I investigated the disc assets to find any sign of an actual game but only found QuickTime movie trailers and featurettes. I started the disc in order to confirm this. However, the disc expects you to register online:

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I tried to register, just to see if the site was still online. However, Windows 7’s security facilities blocked network access by some NavBrowser.exe program and I was left with an error dialog prohibiting me from viewing the contents. I’m not in marketing but it doesn’t seem like adding this much friction to the promotional process is well-advised.