I have an interesting question for you guys
Would you consigder a classic game more valuable if it was signed by the
author?
If so, and you'd like your classic Apple II games signed, I might know
where the author is and could persuade him to sign em. :)
I have a few old Apple II games
I went to the Classic Gaming Expo in Vegas in August. There were tons
of 'famous' people there, including Activision's founders, almost a
dozen Blue Sky Rangers (Intellivision programmers), Nolan Bushnell
(founder of Atari and Chuck E Cheese, among other things). They all
gave 1-2 hour
*Cough* Game Developer's Conference *Cough*
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From: Lee K. Seitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:40 AM
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Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value
Howard Feldman stated:
I went to the Classic Gaming
Howard Feldman wrote:
I went to the Classic Gaming Expo in Vegas in August. There were tons
of 'famous' people there, including Activision's founders, almost a
dozen Blue Sky Rangers (Intellivision programmers), Nolan Bushnell
(founder of Atari and Chuck E Cheese, among other things). They
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
You do realize Mr. Romero is the man behind the Apple II Reunion
(http://www.gamespot.com/features/apple2/), right? It was invitation
John, were any documentaries or videotapes of that event released?
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Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
World's largest electronic gaming
On Jan 5, 2004, at 3:29 PM, Lee K. Seitz wrote:
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I've probably discussed this before, but don't you hate it when you
find a game manual (or other piece) and there's no sign of the rest of
it? I went by a thrift store today ('tis the season to clean out
attics, basements, and garages for the
On Jan 7, 2004, at 8:12 PM, Origin Museum wrote:
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Edward, Tom--hope ya don't mind a guy like me as a member of the 'DRASH
CLUB'...If you DO mind, I'll just start acting like Rodney Dangerfield
from
Caddyshack! (Hey--who stepped on the DUCK?!) ;)
The more the better. I like to see these
I have a question. Have any of you guys actually played Drash? If so, is it
any good? Same question for Akalabeth.
Stuart
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On Jan 5, 2004, at 9:59 PM, Dan Chisarick wrote:
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I've done some downright stupid things (once I bought an Ultima II box
just for the 1st edition manual w/the typo + the card that says this
is one of the first copies... The disks were copies (didn't care,
had a set), there was no map (I
On Jan 5, 2004, at 8:25 PM, C.E. Forman wrote:
Aagh. Classic mistake. Searching on Drash but not Ultima for the
VIC.
I'm modifying my automated searches right now.
Don't feel bad. I've been doing the same mistake for years!
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Edward Franks
On Jan 5, 2004, at 8:23 PM, C.E. Forman wrote:
Here's what Brian told me when I asked:
There was no map. It was a cheap-looking 5 1/2 x 11 folded booklet,
printed
by some instant press outfit, with a typewriter typeface on maybe 12
white
pages, and a light blue cover. It bears the original
On Jan 6, 2004, at 1:41 AM, Jim Leonard wrote:
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I agree with you about demand. I've said it before, so forgive the
repeat, but I have in my possession several pieces of software that
are arguably rarer than Akalabeth simply because I know some of their
history and have never seen them
I still remember that $2000 Starcross saucer very well! Although IMO,
someone drove up the price on that one... although if I recall, the
buyer was more than happy with the result.
Edward Franks wrote:
I believe that most collectors have somewhat limited
cash flow, and so I have never seen
On Jan 6, 2004, at 8:41 PM, Brian the Fist wrote:
few of the early Synergistic releases. Interestingly enough, I have a
manual for Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure, but no diskette... I
have never seen one.
http://deep.mshri.on.ca/people/feldman/vgmuseum/miscgame/
odysseycompleat-disk.jpg
Feldhamer, Stuart wrote:
I have a question. Have any of you guys actually played Drash? If so, is it
any good? Same question for Akalabeth.
Akalabeth is essentially the underground portion of Ultima 1. It's not
terribly good (IMO).
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Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
World's largest electronic
I also noticed just a couple of days ago that my Odyssey manual was
actually very different from his. Mine is essentially black and white,
almost newspaperish, while his has a full colour cover. I wonder if your
disk goes with the one I have? Or do you have the same book as Howard too?
Edward
On Jan 8, 2004, at 2:40 PM, Feldhamer, Stuart wrote:
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Any other thoughts on why people are willing to pay so much money for
games
that suck?
For Akalabeth that is easy. Ultima. From there you get a fan base
that wants all of his stuff. Garriott's career also nicely spans the
gamut of
On Jan 8, 2004, at 2:58 PM, Stephane Racle wrote:
I also noticed just a couple of days ago that my Odyssey manual was
actually very different from his. Mine is essentially black and white,
almost newspaperish, while his has a full colour cover. I wonder if
your disk goes with the one I have?
Edward Franks schrieb:
That reminds me of the old economic chestnut: While not everything
scarce is valuable, everything valuable is scarce.
Had never heard that one. Very neat! :-)
Marco
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Stephane Racle schrieb:
I still remember that $2000 Starcross saucer very well! Although IMO,
someone drove up the price on that one... although if I recall, the
buyer was more than happy with the result.
Oh yes, I remember that one, too. It was sealed, wasn't it?
Still, $2000 is way more
Stephane Racle schrieb:
Interesting. Perhaps very few copies were published since it was the
last of the four Infocomics and the other ones had relatively little
success?
Yup. The Infocomics weren't exactly successful, so production was
stopped after they'd rolled out comparatively small
On Jan 8, 2004, at 5:12 PM, Stephane Racle wrote:
This is what mine looks like... There must have been a few variations.
Given the do-it-in-your-Mom's-kitchen standards of the day I would
suspect your copy is one of the first editions. Anyone know for sure?
--
Edward Franks
Absolutely. I try to keep everything as immaculate as possible
(unpunched, uncut, unfolded, no stains on the disk label or manual, you
get the idea) but still play the game (bye-bye shrinkwrap). For
collecting purposes I'd consider a signed copy as a variant. Its an
original issue item with
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