Mail Order Monsters was going to be my guess but Vesper beat me to it.
Well, if youâre gonna be like that, Iâll guess âCrush Crumble & Chompâ. Even though I know that isnât it.
Vesper wins!
http://www.mobygames.com/game/mail-order-monsters
There are just a few videos of this game on youtube. Itâs from 1985. Hereâs a sample of the main menu theme music for those old enough to remember it:
https://soundcloud.com/user-844527879-284635160/main-theme-sample
Also, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKSAl_8LSw4
Even better, I just spotted a Matt Chat for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzPT9xLhc2I
Wait, I thought Vesper was joking. Thatâs a real game? And HOLY SHIT, it was done by Paul Reiche III? The maker of Star Control?
(Pssst. Vesper, youâre up).
Before Paul Reiche III was âthe maker of Star Control,â he was âone of the three designers of Archon,â which is why MoM was a big deal when it released.
Mother of God that is one abysmal box art.
It looks pretty good through these rose tinted lenses.
Iâm at a concert tonight so someone else can take my turn.
As thread founder I claim the ancestral blood right.
E.T.?
Holy crap, dude. How?!
Ha! Because heâs trying to phone home? Thatâs a brilliant guess.
Iâm totally stumped. I have no clue what kind of game would have a phone like that. Something set in contemporary times I guess, which narrows it down surprisingly well from all game to very few games.
How about Paperboy?
JoshL nails it in one.
Over to youâŚ
Yeah, I mean, what other game would have a Western Electric model 2500 phone on the cover? Why are you looking at me like that?
This is a box I do actually own, although I didnât actually take this picture.
Crusader?
Civ IV Beyond the Sword?
Hegemony?
Outpost?
Aww, I wouldâve gotten the E.T. box too. Nice work Josh.
No to all so far.