Re: [SWCollect] Counterfeit Sierras

2002-11-09 Thread Alexander Zoller
FYI: The Atari Ultima 1 auction you list would have passed my muster. I wonder if this was an original used as a template for his other fakes. The only thing I see in it that is odd is the the disk sleeve is the wrong generation for the games. The disk sleeve that comes with my

Re: [SWCollect] Counterfeit Sierras

2002-11-09 Thread Alexander Zoller
Edward Franks wrote: Yeah. Saving eBay auction pages for future reference is very handy. :-D *nods* Incidentally, I didn't save this particular auction right after it had ended. I only did so when Eyal approached me about the Ultima 1 trade, roughly 7 weeks after the auction had ended. And

Re: [SWCollect] Counterfeit Sierras

2002-11-09 Thread CcomputerGameCollector
Hmm that wouldnt be a bad idea for a website - browse ebay history auctions. Anyone doing this already? - Original Message - From: Alexander Zoller [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 11:34 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Counterfeit Sierras Edward

RE: [SWCollect] Counterfeit Sierras

2002-11-09 Thread Hugh Falk
Not that I know of...and I'll bet eBay has a rule against it. You could probably post the information, but not a direct copy of the page itself. Hugh -Original Message- From: CcomputerGameCollector [mailto:contact;computergamecollector.com] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 9:16 AM To:

Re: [SWCollect] Counterfeit Sierras

2002-11-09 Thread CcomputerGameCollector
Well if a website was created to do this, it would be pretty easy to process the info and re-present it in an acceptable form as far as ebay is concerned. - Original Message - From: Hugh Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2002 12:30 PM Subject: RE:

RE: [SWCollect] Counterfeit Sierras

2002-11-09 Thread Hugh Falk
Sounds like a great idea...go for it! Be sure to include numerical data on desirable items: times sold on ebay (rarity), average sale price, etc. Of course, this would require a human eye to get it right. That would be a really useful site. Hugh -Original Message- From:

[SWCollect] [ SWCollect ] What's your favorite find?

2002-11-09 Thread John Romero
Figured I'd switch topics here since it had to happen sooner or later! What's your favorite old software find that you have? I have a *bunch* of old ziploc baggie games from the early days, but I'd have to say that my favorite ones are: (1) Pristine, perfect complete collection of Softalk

Re: [SWCollect] Counterfeit Sierras

2002-11-09 Thread C.E. Forman
All I did for my pages was create Excel spreadsheets for date, auction number, winning bid, and notes. I used the notes to record details on unusual auctions (like shrinkwrapped/new items or what was missing from an incomplete auction figure), but didn't make any exceptions for those in

Re: [SWCollect] [ SWCollect ] What's your favorite find?

2002-11-09 Thread C.E. Forman
What's your favorite old software find that you have? Since John listed 7, so will I... 1. Shrinked PC re-release from SoftSmith, of Sentient Software's Cyborg by Michael Berlyn. Currently the only known PC copy in existence (unless you've got one and haven't come forward yet). 2. Softporn

Re: [SWCollect] [ SWCollect ] What's your favorite find?

2002-11-09 Thread Edward Franks
On Saturday, November 9, 2002, at 05:09 PM, John Romero wrote: Figured I'd switch topics here since it had to happen sooner or later! What's your favorite old software find that you have? My favorite find was a big box Ultima II. I found it at a used bookstore that was starting to resell

Re: [SWCollect] [ SWCollect ] What's your favorite find?

2002-11-09 Thread Stephen S. Lee
On Sat, 9 Nov 2002, John Romero wrote: Figured I'd switch topics here since it had to happen sooner or later! What's your favorite old software find that you have? I have a copy of Adventure in Serenia as well. Paid top dollar for it; it's always going to be the centerpiece of my collection,

Re: [SWCollect] What's your favorite find?

2002-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
John Romero stated: What's your favorite old software find that you have? Just to introduce myself to Mr. Romero and whoever else might be new, I'm not really much of a software collector. I find the topic quite interesting, but my personal passion is old video games (e.g. Atari 2600). Once

Re: [SWCollect] Finds over vacation

2002-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Marco Thorek stated: It would be pretty neat if we could compile a list of magazines that ran articles and/or had ads of interest. As owner and, sadly, non-updater of the Classic Video Games Literature List (http://fly.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/cvg/cvglit.shtml), I would love to see such a database

RE: [SWCollect] MobyScale question

2002-11-09 Thread Hugh Falk
I would say that yes; the book is ED. However, if you're using the abbreviated form and grading the entire contents of the game with one grade, I would not list the entire contents as ED. If everything else was F (for example), it might bring down the contents to VG or G (it's subjective, of

RE: [SWCollect] [ SWCollect ] What's your favorite find?

2002-11-09 Thread Hugh Falk
Wow, there are so many...maybe too many. However, the ones that stick out in my mind aren't necessarily the best or rarest games I have, it's the best deals I found. So I'll just name the ones I got for free (the deal can't get any better than that): Akalabeth Starcross (Saucer Package)