How to spot a Sierra Slash Release

Apparently not all Sierra adventure game boxes were created equal. Some were discount packages marketed by a certain company named Slash that, according to the brilliant Vintage-Sierra online museum, "got the rights to distribute many of the old Sierra, LucasArts, Infocom, etc games in the late 1990s. The releases are not original, everything was made from second-rate materials (sometimes even photocopies) packaged up and sold at dollar stores, Wallmarts, and various grocery stores".

Problem is some of these Slash releases make it to ebay and other online auction/retro sites posing as proper -shrink wrapped even- Sierra games, which, quite frankly, they are not. They only feature photocopies of the original manuals, are made out of cheaply made materials and lack many of the extras one would expect from a classic Sierra box. To find out how to spot them, well, do read this excellent Slash Releases Demystified guide.

Also, do have a look at these Two Riddles for Sierra Collectors.