It's good to open up the back rooms and old containers these days. A fortnight ago, we reported on brand new SEGA terminals, still in their original packaging. This week, games that have been in storage for 20 years are resurfacing.

Lee Singleton, head of Square Enix External Studios, shared the discovery on LinkedIn. The members of the studio opened an old storage container that had been closed for two decades, a veritable time capsule housing untouched retro games.

It contains titles published on Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST, N-Gage, PlayStation, Wii and a few others.

Most of these games make up a library from Domark Limited and Eidos Interactive, both acquired by Square Enix in 2009. In the video shared on LinkedIn, you can see titles such as Klax, Hard Drivin', Badlands, S.T.U.N Runner, The Living Daylights, The Nomad Soul, Death Jr: Root of Evil, Rugby World Cup... as well as a Lara Croft figurine, as Eidos owned the Tomb Raider brand at the time.

Employees were presumably allowed to help themselves to this stock, and the comments on the LinkedIn post indicate that Singleton contacted the BGI/National Videogame Museum (US), which was delighted with the discovery:

‘We'd be delighted to discuss these items (and perhaps help you inventory) - it sounds like quite a time capsule!’

It's worth noting that some of the games date back to the late 80s, more than 35 years ago, and have been found in their original boxes, in perfect condition. Real treasures, protected from any speculation.

Source : Time Extension