end of the Golden Age of Gaming (by GOTCHA's definition), you
have to love that gameCarmack sure knows how to make them ;-))
^^^
DO I NEED TO KILL YOU FOR THAT REMARK??!!! ;P~~
- John
That reminds me of another good poll for you guys. I
mentioned some of the best games I got for free. But I'd be
curious...what is the most you paid for a single game? I
don't want to know about a group of games...just one game.
Well, I may have been horribly raped back in 1998, but I
I havn't got any spectacular tales to write about, but these are my best finds:
Three copies of [MS(T)] Worlds of Ultima 2 Martian Dreams for $8 each.
Ultima 8 by Softworld (the Chinese editor of Origin games) for $5
A huge bundle of Apple 2 games that included Ultima CPC (with manual) and
I don't think you have been raped, I believe there was a floppy only Akalabeth that was sold (more or less recently) on eBay for $1000.
To avoid severe budget strains, I have commited myself not to spend more than $50 USDs per game. Of course I'd break this rule on extreme exceptions (Akalabeth
Apple EA: I keep the stuff sorted by publisher, so I could
certainly write up a list. I should clarify that its to the best of my
knowledge (37 titles is what it looks like). I never had an official
catalog of all published titles, but I'm 99% certain I have the kitchen
sink. I've
Grrr... I stumbled on a complete VG/NM (somewhere in there) copy
of Caverns for the Atari this year, but the Apple version keeps
slipping away from me. As before, I'm trying to make disk images off
the originals so I can play them in 20 years (or next weekend.
Whatever.) The disks have
:-) JUST A JOKE, OF COURSE! :-)
Hey John, if you wouldn't mind, can you share the highlights of your resume
with the group? Not so much the games (which a lot of us know), but the
roles you played on the teams. I didn't know about your time at Origin, for
example. If this is already well
Stefan Lindblom stated:
And yes, I have that Trail Map, still in shrink though so I dont know what
it looks like.. have to get another one perhaps.. someday.
IIRC, it doesn't have much detail. It's about like the maps in the
books, except a little less obviously made of hex-shaped pieces
Sounds reasonable to me...it would go for a lot more today. Is this for one
of the Computerland versions? If so, it would definitely go for more. The
big wildcard is that Richard Garriott seems to be making new ones with his
original materials.
I think we already debated the value of those in
Hugh Falk stated:
AH was one
of the most prolific publishers of the early 80's, but I guess their
products overlapped and were just overshadowed by SSI.
I didn't buy many computer games in the early '80s. Now that I think
about it, I don't think my family had a computer until about 1983.
And
Dan Chisarick stated:
I spent about 22+ months tracking down every last EA title
(complete) made for the Apple ][ (flat, box, game, utility, app, etc.)
Of those by far the most satisfying to find: Marble Madness, Realm of
Impossibility, One-on-One, Arctic Fox, Adventure Construction Set.
Dan Chisarick stated:
Mega off-topic: There are emulators for PDA's... so where are
the joysticks? Who wants to abuse the integrated buttons for those
things, anyway? :) I guess its called the external keyboard. Sigh.
Back on topic: Add Rescue Raiders to the list of gems. I
Dan Chisarick stated:
Mega off-topic: There are emulators for PDA's... so where are
the joysticks? Who wants to abuse the integrated buttons for those
things, anyway? :) I guess its called the external keyboard. Sigh.
Drat, forgot my reply to this part in my last post.
There are
That reminds me, I've got a copy of Skyfox that has
rectangular, yellow stickers with red text reading DEMO COPY
/ line / NOT FOR RESALE on it. There's one on the front,
one that was apparently holding the folio closed, and another
on the disk. (The reference card is missing.) Anyone
On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 09:36 PM, C.E. Forman wrote:
[Snip]
I've been thinking about this... and wouldn't it be safer to play off
backup
copies? I mean, the disk could get munched in the drive, the label
could
get scratched going in and out... or is that attitude too anal for the
In high school and college, I worked in video-game retail throughout the
mid-to-late 80s (at an Atari/Commodore/Apple store and later at EB). We would
get demo copies just like you describe for store display. However, they
probably could have been used for any of the purposes you mention.
Hugh
On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 10:32 PM, Dan Chisarick wrote:
[Snip]
Mega off-topic: There are emulators for PDA's... so where are
the joysticks? Who wants to abuse the integrated buttons for those
things, anyway? :) I guess its called the external keyboard. Sigh.
Sony has a game pad
The ones we got were consistantly full copies...never modified, except for the
sticker to prevent the reseller from making money on it.
Hugh
On Mon, 11 Nov 2002 11:25:18 -0600 (CST) Lee K. Seitz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dan Chisarick stated:
Mega off-topic: There are emulators for
On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 11:38 PM, Hugh Falk wrote:
[Snip]
That reminds me of another good poll for you guys. I mentioned some
of the
best games I got for free. But I'd be curious...what is the most you
paid
for a single game? I don't want to know about a group of games...just
one
On Monday, November 11, 2002, at 12:04 AM, John Romero wrote:
Hmm. Now I have an urge to go find Dungeon Campaign and
Wilderness
Campaign...
Yes! I have mint copies of these two as well. Man, I am pretty loaded
with Synergistic Software. :)
Why do I have the feeling that the list of
On Monday, November 11, 2002, at 06:36 AM, Alexander Zoller wrote:
[Snip]
Favorite finds: items previously believed to NOT exist. Ultima III by
US
Gold, for example, or the slipcased Ultima Trilogy.
Was this a US version?
--
Edward Franks
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On Monday, November 11, 2002, at 10:43 AM, Lee K. Seitz wrote:
[Snip]
Yeah, well ask my how many copies of Space Invaders or Missile Command
I have for the Atari 2600 and plan to keep. (They're label
variations.)
Ah. the 2600. :-D I keep one around to occasionally play Adventure.
I
I was told about this board some time ago, but I finally got the time to join--YAY!
I know most of the people here, but for those who don't remember me, I'm Joe Garrity,
and I (along with my wife, Paula) run a website called The Origin Museum. We
specialise in old computer games and
Was this a US version?
No, it was a European release by Microprose. They used to distribute
Origin's games in sturdy, small-sized, two-piece cardboard boxes (same
measurements as the Rainbird blue boxes -- a bunch of Level 9 and Magnetic
Scrolls titles came in these). For some inscrutable
Sorry to start a new thread here, but I've got some catching up to do! :)
Here are some of my favorite finds:
1. Lord British Starter Kit--Akalabeth and Ultima 1 sold together by California
Pacific--still in the original baggie (also the most I ever paid for a
title--$1,200.00 in a bundle
On Monday, November 11, 2002, at 02:24 PM, Origin Museum wrote:
[Snip]
1. Lord British Starter Kit--Akalabeth and Ultima 1 sold together by
California Pacific--still in the original baggie (also the most I ever
paid for a title--$1,200.00 in a bundle w/about 20 other worthless
titles--does
On Monday, November 11, 2002, at 02:27 PM, Alexander Zoller wrote:
[Snip]
o, it was a European release by Microprose. They used to distribute
Origin's games in sturdy, small-sized, two-piece cardboard boxes (same
measurements as the Rainbird blue boxes -- a bunch of Level 9 and
Magnetic
Welcome aboard, Joe! Haven't heard from you in a while. By the way, I
couldn't link to your story below.
Hugh
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From: Origin Museum [mailto:originmuseum;crius.net]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 12:25 PM
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Subject: [SWCollect] What's your favorite
It sounds like we could get a lot of autographs between the two of us. I
could just about throw an EA Flat at Mike Abbott's office (Hard Hat Mack)
from where I sit. If anybody wants an autograph, let me know, I don't think
he'd mind.
John, I'd actually like a Ray Tobey autographed Skyfox if
I've met a lot of collectors in the game development ranks. Which makes
sense since a lot of developers get into games because they're passionate
about them. Though I've found very few as serious about it as us. Also, I
generally run into console (2600, Colecovision) collectors. Steve Meretzky
Argh! Went to a thrift store and found a copy of Empire. Got someone
to show it to me (it was in a display case) and it was for the Amiga.
I bought anyway, even though I shouldn't be spending money on such
things. This is my second copy of Empire. The other is for the C-64.
I was introduced
Yes! I have mint copies of these two as well. Man, I am pretty loaded
with Synergistic Software. :)
Got Warlock's Revenge?
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BTW I have all 89 issues of Computist + the four errata issues.
The Super IOB images are on Asimov. Mail me if you're interested in any
sort of info, etc. I'm not great, but I've normalized a good stack that
weren't in any of those issues.
John, if you don't mind yet another
So you're looking for the original Empire for the PC? I never played the PC
version (just ST and Amiga). I can't imagine playing that game without a
mouse, and I don't think they would have included mouse support for an IBM
game in 1987, did they?
You might also want to pick up Empire II: The
Oh, another thing: y'all probably didn't know that I wrote InfoDOS,
Infocom's DOS for Zork Zero and a few of their other games ;)
- John
-Original Message-
From: Dan Chisarick [mailto:junk6;bellatlantic.net]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 10:27 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hugh Falk stated:
So you're looking for the original Empire for the PC? I never played the PC
version (just ST and Amiga). I can't imagine playing that game without a
mouse, and I don't think they would have included mouse support for an IBM
game in 1987, did they?
I don't recall, although
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