> My question, though, is where did
> he *get* all that stuff from? Did some old computer store have a
warehouse
> that never got sold off? It doesn't make sense someone would just be
> sitting on such a huge lot of shrinkwrapped software for no reason.
I've been talking with him, and he used t
Question for those of you currently using the PHP search script on eBay...
is it still working for you?
Mine is timing out all of a sudden, can't figure out why. LMK if you're
experiencing the same thing, it's possible eBay is detecting and blocking
this sort of thing now (wouldn't put it past t
> Now, I don't really have a problem with people using my scans, provided
> they a) ask me before they do and b) make the bidders aware the image
> does not show the actual item. The latter because most of my images are
> heavily retouched to give perfect appearances - it would severely
> mislead
I know this guy. He's one whose auctions I've canned for swiping YOIS text
word-for-word. It's amazing how someone can be a power seller yet also be
so thoroughly ignorant. (Notice too, that everything is Ultra-RARE,
including Zork I, one of the bestselling games of all time.)
- Original M
The only downside to these is they're not acid-free like comic bags. Which
means 15, 20 years down the road there's the possibility the bags will decay
and damage the game packages. I'm using them now as a temporary solution to
keep the dust off, but plan to put together something to send to com
> I'm currently storing most of my vintage software in mylar covers with
> air holes, to expose them to as little air and dust as possible while
> maintaining a necessary minimum of air exchange. The more you give them
> a chance to "breath", the more smell they will absorb, and the quicker
> the
Since several of you have asked, here is the eBay searches script. I've
added comment notes for how to customize it for your own use. If your ISP
does not have PHP, you will not be able to use this, though it shouldn't be
too hard to customize for Perl or any other web scripting language.
Due t
You got PHP?
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From: "Marco Thorek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 5:49 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] eBay Actually INCREASES Functionality!
> Chris, would you mind sharing that script with us? :-
Yeah, their motivations aren't lost on me, but at least it's beneficial to the
users as well as to eBay. Gotta start somewhere.
I wonder if they now let you do more than 20 saved searches. I've stopped
using that feature since I rigged up a script to do about 60 searches and
e-mail me the resul
Hey, I don't know if you guys noticed (I didn't until just now), but eBay
now allows you to "watch" up to 30 auctions without bidding. This is a step
up from 20 the last time I remember it. This has got to be the first time
in history that eBay has *increased* functionality on its site rather th
The earliest I remember playing is Return to Zork, I believe that was 1993
as well.
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From: "Hugh Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2002 12:05 AM
Subject: [SWCollect] Live actors
> Hi all,
>
> Somebody wrote me with an interest
Someone's copy of Visual Basic 1.0 went for about $50 last week. I've got a
shrinked one up as we speak. Also a Word 1.1 for Windows, let's see what
that goes for. And of course their games: Microsoft Adventure, Decathlon,
etc. (Especially Adventure.)
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From: "Lee K
Hey gang,
If there's an E.B. at a mall in your area, it might pay off to pay a visit.
I just got back from mine, where, among the usual bargain-bin crap
(commercial shareware, dated hunting software, obsolete business packages),
I found a diamond: A still-shrinkwrapped, only slightly crushed copy
Holy crap, that's easily the largest lot I've ever seen auctioned.
Going from my experience, he probably would have gotten more by breaking
things up, either by system or by selling the ultra-rare / prototype stuff
separately... People tend to only bid on the stuff that they want, or to
bid far
Hey gang,
Just got back from Europe and am catching up on my sites, and
theunderdogs.org now gives me what looks like just some generic web-search
page. Did the IDSA finally knock the site down? Any word from Sarinee?
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Thought the rest of you might get a kick out of this. (Check out my entry!)
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To: "List Member" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 2:26 PM
Subject: DP Contest: eBay Insanity... Let's make some!
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This guy has a list of stuff he's looking to move... some adventure, some
not... some recent, some old. A number of European packages, including an
Ultima VII Silver Seed. If interested, give him a mail and ask for the
list.
I'm afraid I'm drawing a blank on this one... Do you have any idea who
might have published it?
There was definitely an explosion of one-person adventure shops in the U.K.
in the early 1980s, thanks to the release of a text-adventure authoring
program called The Quill.
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Actually it looks like he's won quite a few, some of them with late-game bid
retractions and subsequent rebids (to ensure he gets them for a low price).
This is called "bid shielding" and is so completely against eBay policy.
They'll boot people for this if they get enough complaints (how 'bout it
> If I ever take up Med Systems' Asylum again, the length of time will be
> more like 17 years.
>
> It looks like I might never ever find an IBM copy. Does anyone even have
> a copy?
It exists, but had a very limited production run.
1. Personally I never use [MS(T)]. A tear in the wrap exposes the package
to scuffing, shelf wear, oxygen, etc., just as if it were off completely
torn off. Hence the best rating I will use with the "T" modifier is "NM".
(In other words, I use "mint-sealed" to mean no defects not only with the
(Sorry for the delay replying, been hammering away at the new Shoppe code
the whole week.)
> Knowing there is a good amount of I-F fans in this forum (and there's a
new
> one right here), I wonder if anyone ever feels the craving to dig up an
old
> machine and play those things as if we were back
I'd definitely classify it as rare, probably the most difficult Origin
release to find. IIRC, it was done by Chuck Bueche (aka "Chuckes"), who
also worked on Autoduel and 2400 A.D., 1983 release date sounds correct.
It's a joystick game, not an RPG/adventure. I've gotten numerous
waiting-list re
Now seems to be a good time to move complete Wizardry games, if anyone has
any:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/ebayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1329802238
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1330017440
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> Off topic, but I'm hoping some of you guys have had experience with
> this. The U.S. Postal Service seems to have misplaced an old
> computer I sold on eBay. It was insured, but now I have to make a
I think you've done everything you can. It's not a perfect system, and the
USPS is careful th
Short version:
eBay continues to rake in a huge bed of money for Pierre, Meg, and the
stockholders to sleep on, while victimizing sellers and increasing fees to
pay for continually deteriorating service.
Long version:
It wouldn't bother me if the increase in fees was paying for improved
service
I'm not going t o bother, not being a big FPS fan. Plus it's not like it's
rare, I've seen them in every Babbage's and EB I've been to. You can still
get the Quake III collector's tin, for like $10.
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To: "Software Collecting"
Sometimes BuyItNow pisses me off...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1311432099
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> While this is indeed the original release of Mean Streets (notice the
> flipcover instead of the cheap Slash two-piece box), it is fairly beat
> up and incomplete -- I give it a G (IM).
I'd rate it the same way based on the pics; nice to see our interpretations
of the MobyScale are consistent.
]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2001 2:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Plan 9 from Outer Space
>
>
> > No videotape. My release is the Konami/Gremlin co-release. At no point
> > on the box does it indicate a tape within.
> >
> Okay, box is open, and contents are:
>
> Konami catalog
> Konami registration card
> Plan 9 manual (very small form factor, odd)
> 2 HD 3.5" disks
No videotape?
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Third if Activision ever intends to publish another Zork game. (The first
home-computer version of "Zork I" was published in 1980.)
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From: Hugh Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 1:05 PM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Wizardry,
Chris Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:07 AM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Re: OT: Douglas Adams (was: New SKUs)
> Hmm, is that the CD classics version (in retail box, but without the heavy
manual)
> or the real deal?
>
> "C.E.
I bought up about 20 of them last year, still got a couple left. Been
selling them on eBay for $15 + shipping.
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From: Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Re: OT: Douglas Adams (was
> Actually, I think this was due to the fact that nobody likes to admit
> that Scott Adams adventures were poorly constructed at times.
I readily admit this. They definitely were. Illogical puzzles,
guess-the-word, objects strewn about everywhere, easy ways to render the
game unsolvable, incomp
Oh boy, brag time! B-)
I have a photo of Adams and Meretzky from their days working on HHGG
together at Infocom in Steve's office, signed by both men.
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From: Hugh Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 10:03 AM
Subject: RE
4, 2001 7:30 AM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] New SKUs
>
> Yes, I know that. What happened in the game, then?
>
> Pedro R. Quaresma
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "So long, and thanks for all the fish"
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
Actually, no. Ford gives Arthur the Babel fish in the book.
- Original Message -
From: Pedro Quaresma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 2:30 AM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] New SKUs
>
> About Hitchhiker... many times the creators of games that a
Watch for my snipes on some of his Infocom and Sierra items... but please
don't let that stop you from bidding yourself!
- Original Message -
From: Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices
E
I saw this but the box is awfully damaged. There was a guy selling sealed
ones awhile back, but I guess he ran out.
- Original Message -
From: Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 4:04 PM
Subject: [SWCollect] Buckaroo Bonzai
> C64:
The only pure RPGs were Quarterstaff and BattleTech
(and it's sequel, though by that point Infocom was a label rather than a
company). There was also an RPG for the Nintendo Entertainment system
called Tombs and Treasure that bears the Infocom logo. Arthur is a graphic I-F game, not an RPG.
> Does anyone have a complete list of which games came in which type of
> packages? For example, I know Skyfox and Wasteland come in bifolds,
> Starflight comes in a trifold, and Music Construction Set comes in
> both a bifold and record sleeve (I think). If this was listed on the
> GOTCHA pages
> Now you've got me started, how are you going to stop me? :-)...
Nah, it's interesting. I could stand to brush up on my EA.
> Robot Rascals is a tougher one to find...but then again some people might
> not consider it a flat box...I do. It is what I call the Fat Box
variation
> (here's a fatb
mber 02, 2001 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Today's finds
> "C.E. Forman" wrote:
> >
> > Also there's a flipbox package for Wasteland that, from my personal
> > experience, is far more common than the flat version.
>
> The flipbox was the PC release
Congrats on the finds, Lee.
Hugh, out of curiosity, which EA games are the hardest to come by? I'd
always thought of M.U.L.E. as rare, just from my observations of everyone
seeming to want it, no one seeming to have it. Robot Rascals is another, I
believe they sold a very limited number of copi
Those are the only three I know of, though I'm sure there are some alternate
European releases. I have a couple of Sierra games in dark blue boxes
published by Kixx, for instance.
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From: Pedro Quaresma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November
: Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2001 1:38 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] THE Auction!
> "C.E. Forman" wrote:
> >
> > Tom, I'm especially looking at you here.
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISA
bout owning an Akalabeth? Is it the original parts or that it was one of
> the original ones sold? If it is just the parts...Garriott could go into
> business selling hundreds of these at $1000+ a pop. Let's not even get
into
> the counterfeiting possibilities here.
>
> Hugh
&g
Tom, I'm especially looking at you here.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1290859236
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Hey, question for anybody else on this list who sells stuff regularly and
takes PayPal...
Is it just me, or has PayPal SUCKED lately? Their server is a sloth every
time I log on, 50% of the time they don't bother to send e-mail
confirmations when I get payments (this has caused me to incorrectly
Hey gang,
My dad came back from a Michigan vacation with an odd game he found in a
bookstore. (He keeps an eye out for stuff for me sometimes.) Never seen it
before, was wondering if anyone else had.
It's called "Through the Looking Glass", published by Apple Computer for
Macintosh. Copyright
> Just finished reading it. Maybe I'm under-reacting, but it looked as if
> the promise of a Suspended mask forced Dave to throw good money after
> bad. By the 2nd month I would've obviously given up. He got screwed
> for $40 and about 6 hours (total) of his time -- that's unfortunate, but
> he
> ObSWCollect: I'm still trying to land an undamaged Wasteland hint book.
> (It normally fetches like $100 on eBay if it's in good shape.) My copy
> has an occasional pencil or pen mark (not too bad, but I'd prefer better).
> Is it just me, or do the middle pages of this have a tendency to fall o
> > I certainly wouldn't hold it against you. Actually I'd feel a bit
guilty
> > taking a mint saucer for $10 (not to mention worried about getting
screwed
> > over... witness the misfortune Dave Aston went through when he used
BuyItNow
> > on a Suspended mask for $5.00).
>
> Huh?? Please explai
ox I'd never seen before (also mine).
Bunch of other adventures, some role-playing, some arcade.
I haven't gotten everything yet, he's shipping it out in several lots.
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From: Hugh Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: C.E. Forman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Se
This is completely immature, but I got quite a snicker out of this eBay
auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1288134768
(Look carefully at the sentence about what type of media it comes on...
teehee! B-)
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> 1) Buyers who don't really put their maximum bid on the line. If you try
> to get a title at a bargain, and aren't willing to pony up your true
> maximum, you are likely to get out-sniped. Solution -- put your true
> maximum, then you don't have to worry about snipers. You'll either get
it,
> (glances sideways at C. E. Forman) Well, *almost* all of us... ;-)
Heh, I totally deserve this. B-)
But it does beg the question... Is it not equally greedy of the rest of the
abandonware scene to just *expect* me to open my prize shrinkwrap, taking a
chance that the disk has already gone b
Wow, I missed a lot today. Stupid business-use-only Internet rules...
Assuming the rest of you haven't already beaten the subject to death, let me
add my own thoughts here. I can understand where Pedro is coming from,
though I disagree with his view. Let me use an extreme example to
illustrate
> Now what do I mean by "reserving" an auction? First, my most (and not mine
> only) important policy: I never bid against friends, period. I usually
> "reserve" my auctions by making a low bid (I'm not famous, so I'm sure
> nobody stalks my name), then going for a snipe when/if possible.
> Option
> I appreciate the thought -- I think ;-) What username should I search
> for? Morrodox?
That's the one. I'll be listing the first batch on Saturday.
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> Being an IBM-exclusive collector, I would definitely pay up to $25 for
> an Inception with a pin. Not much more, though.
Heh, good luck there. Not saying you won't ever get one, but they were
limited to the first 5000 copies of Inception, and just about every Infocom
collector wants one.
> S
Hey gang,
I know advertising isn't the primary function of this list, but I tust
wanted to announce the start of Ye Olde Infocomme Shoppe's "$1 Games" sale:
Starting this weekend, I'll be liquidating a large number of old games on
eBay, in an effort to free up some space. All platforms, all genr
> Quickies: Does Battle Hawks' Inception fetch more for C64 or IBM? Was
> it released for any other platform(s)? Is the pin more than half of the
> total "value" (sorry, tried hard not to use a subjective term) of the
> package?
Like just about everything else, I've noticed higher prices for t
> "L00K -- Crispy mint impossible to find Ultima with a totally REAL
moonthing! This
> game retailed
> for $69.95 and uses state of the art VGA graphics and Adlib sound. Get
this TODAY. I've
> seen this go for like $200."
This brings up something I've never understood: Why in God's name do some
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1260285866
>
> Geezus, you *both* paid too much for this. I value the entire thing at
> $250, tops.
That's probably because the auction text doesn't mention that the Starcross
game is the saucer package. Hugh and I both asked, but the s
> How did you get your bid in exactly 3 seconds before auction end?
Because I'm very, very good. B-)
Actually I just do the standard procedure: Two windows open, one with a
"place bid" button at the ready, the second my refresh window (with graphics
turned off so it loads faster). Hit Ctrl-R r
> It sounds like you run a lot of searches. Ebay will only let me store
> 15 saved searches; is there any way to "queue up" a lot of searches
> (more than 15) and run them every few days?
Not automatically through eBay. I think you can have eBay mail you the
results of 3 saved searches daily or
API.dll?ViewItem&item=1266370886
>
> ha ha ha
>
> "C.E. Forman" wrote:
>
> > > Hey, just how *do* you find poorly-listed items? I've found stuff
> > > purely by accident that was mis-named just as badly as the above AND
was
> > > totally mi
> Hey, just how *do* you find poorly-listed items? I've found stuff
> purely by accident that was mis-named just as badly as the above AND was
> totally mis-categorized (it was under Magazines -- I'm not kidding). I
> found it almost completely randomly, but do you guys actually search for
> the
Jim, I know you said you had all the info you wanted on sniping, but I'll
share my experience anyway if anyone cares to listen.
When I first arrived on eBay, I was a total newbie. Saw something I liked,
stuck a bid on it. Not necessarily the max I'd go, I was still feeling out
the system. But,
ng in a game
> "C.E. Forman" wrote:
> >
> > My all-time personal favorite? This is gonna sound strange, but...
Whoever
> > did the voice clip of Professor Elvin Atombender at the start of Epyx's
> > Impossible Mission for the C64: "Stay awhil
No, I did not.
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From: Jim Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Early Controversial Games
> "C.E. Forman" wrote:
> >
> > > Chris, how, where, from wh
> Chris, can you do a better scan of the cover at 150 DPI or higher now
> that you know about the descreening trick?
I've been meaning to redo a lot of my vault scans with descreening, for the
new Shoppe go-live. Right now I just don't have time, though I'll get to it
when I get to it.
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> Chris, how, where, from whom, and how much did you pay to get your copy?
I actually have two copies, one Apple and one Atari. (I collect folder
variations, though, so I won't be trading one as a duplicate.) Got one from
another Sierra collector and one from eBay. Expect to pay over $150 unle
> >> "Softporn" by On-Line Systems
>
> >I've seen that cover and I don't think that picture came from a party --
> >Ken is clearly dressed for the role and nobody is smiling, they're
> >staring directly at the camera. It was an intentional shoot.
Yes it was. This was meant as an inside joke, bu
o very poor sales
> initially, until word of mouth made it a hit). But I'm missing the really
> big ones right now.
>
> Karl Kuras
> - Original Message -
> From: "C.E. Forman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, A
Hey gang,
I'm in the process of a new YOIS column and this time around am taking a
look at early controversial games: Titles that, for one reason or another,
got a large group of people or a particular special-interests group pissed
off. Here's a quick list off the top of my head (I haven't gone
From his feedback profile, it looks like several
others have had the same problem recently. Read his replies to feedback,
he's apparently "had 2 deaths in the family". Sounds like the Vintage Game
Mafia to me. B-) (See my back columns if you don't get
it.)
Unfortunately eBay won't be a
> What's the worst of all time?
Well, I don't like to criticize a lot of early multimedia games for bad
voice acting, since the new technology was just coming into play and most of
the budget was probably spent on that instead of voice actors. Though of
course when you look at them today, the te
I dunno, it could be a freak incident. "leemanblue" seems to be a total
newbie, 1 feedback, about 86 bids on this one item, indicating he has no
concept of subtlety or sniping. I've seen other newbies bid insane prices
far higher than any patient collector will go. And there's ALWAYS another
co
Good choices, Jim, all of them. I'd like to nominate "The Prisoner" by
Interactive Fantasies (probably the single strangest game I've ever played);
the early text adventures by Jyym Pearson ("The Institute", "Lucifer's
Realm", "The Paradise Threat"), that man had a twisted, twisted mind; and
"Voy
To my knowledge, these four versions + Serenia are the only ones that exist.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] The Wizard and the Princess
> Large folio version, Harlin the Malevolent
> What really angers me is that people will put stuff like this up on ebay
> and not properly take a picture or document it and pass it off as the
> original, "MINT SEALED", etc. Whenever you see a sealed Mean
> Streets (Access, 1989), 99% of the time it is a Slash release.
> Another way to t
Hey gang,
A Shoppe visitor hit me with this one, thought I'd run it by those of you
who know more about RPGs...
>I'm not sure if this ever existed, Questron II ended with a "To be
continued." but I never saw
>Questron III. Has anyone out there seen it?
To my recollection, "The Legend of Bl
>I was thinking about what C.E. said regarding holes, and thought the
>same thing Hugh said about a single hole. Chris, can you elaborate a
little
>on a single hole, as I know I've seen them on original wrap.
(Sorry for the delay, I'm just starting to pick up the Shoppe again.)
"The size of
> > Qix? Except for the Qix itself, the arcade game only used about four
> > colors. Why use double hi-res?
The fill patterns for the blocks were a lot fancier than in the arcade game.
> > >Star Trek: First Contact
> >
> > They were still making Apple II games then?!?
>
> They (and other publi
Actually I believe Tower Toppler was the original name (before Castelian at
least, not sure about Nebulous). The computer and Atari 7800 versions were
released in the late 1980s, with the NES and GameBoy versions in the early
1990s.
- Original Message -
From: Hugh Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> For his benefit and others, didn't you write up something in a YOIS
> column at some point? URL please?
The following three columns have shrinkwrap discussions. (Note that some of
the columns have link problems, etc., gotta fix those, but the articles
relevant to this discussion are fine.)
h
Yeah, I have two versions of "Golden Oldies Volume 1" (Adventure, Eliza,
Life, Pong), one from each company. Couldn't find a date on the earlier
Country package, though.
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From: Hugh Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2001 3:00 PM
I have an original Softporn disk (On-Line Systems) that doesn't work because
(1) the imbecile shipper shipped it in a padded envelope which (2) the
imbecile mail carrier jammed into my tiny apartment mailbox, bending it.
Fortunately I only paid $3 for it, but still.
Had one doofus from England MA
> Question: Are there really that many software collectors on eBay or
> is it mainly people hit with a wave of nostalgia that decide they want
> to play an old game again?
I would guess they're collectors, as anyone who simply wants to play a game
can download it for free (unless they want the o
xample).
> Careful not to rub too hard, you'll take the original ink off the box.
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "C.E. Forman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, July 28, 2001 8:03 AM
> Subject: Re: [SWColl
> Crud. Before you buy these, let's start another topic of discussion:
What's
> the best way to remove stickers/tape from boxes without damaging them?
Hair dryer seems to work well for the stickers/tape themselves. For sticker
residue, I've had other collectors suggest a product called Goo-Gone
> I may ask a third question: what determines if you have an original game
or
> not? I think we all agree that I have the original game if I have the
> original floppies, but the question is (are?), do I have an original if
> a) I have manual, box, everything complete, etc but no original floppies
> Here's a moral/ethical question I'd like to pose to the group: If you
have the
> original label but no disk, is it "valid" if you copy the original disk
from
> somewhere and just slap the label on? I know that you can only get the
label
> from RG in this case, but since the disk itself isn't t
All of the original TR releases, plus Thief I and II, Deathtrap Dungeon.
- Original Message -
From: Hugh Falk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 9:28 AM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Awkward game packages
> I have FF7, Tomb Raider, Tomb Raider II and Conq
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