Though much of the game market has pivoted across to a digital format, there is still something special about physical copies. However, not all were created equal, and one player has found an exciting secret in the original installation discs forWorld of Warcraft.
Younger players may not remember the years when games had to be installed with three or more discs. Though some more modern games had to use two discs to store all of the installation information, it never goes beyond that, thanks to the increased storage on offer per disc.
In the early 2000s, however, plenty of games had to resort to using three or more, as the size of games rapidly outstripped our technological capability to store them. One of those was the original WoW, which came on four discs before eventually being forced to use a total of five.
Now, one player has discovereda nice little easter eggon the four-disc version that many may have missed at the time.
Titan Seal appeared on the original WoW install discs
In a post onReddit, one user shared their discovery that, when the discs are arranged in an overlapping configuration, they form an illustration of a Titan Seal.
Though some may already be aware, it’s a testament to the design of all aspects of the original WoW that many still uncover secrets all these years later.
Many will have missed this hidden gem thanks to the complicated nature of the physical release of theoriginal World of Warcraft. These discs actually come from the Collector’s Edition of the very first launch. Subsequent editions of the game had a further disc to account for additional content updates released in the intervening period.
James Lynch is a Games Writer on Dexerto’s UK team, specializing in Destiny, World of Warcraft, Baldur’s Gate, Elden Ring, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Assassin’s Creed, strategy and RPG games. He also has bylines at CBR and GG Recon. You can contact him at: james.lynch@dexerto.com
