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It is important to note that "repacks" like Black Box are often associated with "abandonware" or unofficial distribution sites. Users should exercise caution:

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Because the repack forced the game to read from heavily compressed archives, load times were significantly longer than the retail version. On HDDs (before SSDs were standard), you would often see the "Loading" icon freeze for 30 seconds at a time. Many users reported "DirectX errors" because the compression conflicted with texture streaming. It is important to note that "repacks" like