Dan Chisarick stated:
That's actually another interesting point. Is an emulator which comes
close enough really good enough? I've seen some really damn good
emulators that are works of art, but they're not perfect.
I'll play Choplifter with the cannon fire sound just a bit off, or a
On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 08:59 PM, Lee K. Seitz wrote:
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That's what the Apple //c is for, silly. 8) Speaking of which, I just
got one from a friend. It's just the bare system (computer power
supply). I asked him to keep an eye out for software, but I'm not
expecting much. He's
My collection is 600+ IBM titles and I *still* don't understand why IBM
software collectables go for almost twice as much as other platforms. Any
theories?
Space, perhaps. You can slap an old 5.25 drive in your modern PC and
probably get most games to work with enough fiddling. But do most
1) I agree that IBM Angelsofts are fairly rare. In fact I think Angelsofts
are rare in general. The ones I have for IBM are High Stakes, The Mist (Hi
Stephen), and Goldfinger.
Personally I'd use the term uncommon, but also because rare is so
overused. B-)
2) I don't think Goldfinger is
C.E. Forman wrote:
I believe I've seen all of them listed in catalogs for IBM. (The folder
versions. The Thunder Mountain budget packs I've only seen for Apple II and
vintage Mac.)
I used to own a Thunder Mountain pack for IBM -- it was a 10-pack and came
with Uridium, Eagle's Nest, etc.
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C.E. Forman stated:
Space, perhaps. You can slap an old 5.25 drive in your modern PC and
probably get most games to work with enough fiddling. But do most players
(non-collectors) really want to lug a big bulky Apple II into their house?
That's what the Apple //c is for, silly. 8) Speaking of
Stephen S. Lee wrote:
I think I've tried both the Addams solve and the Simon solve, and both of
them work fine on the IBM version of The Mist. (This assumes that the
Underdogs copy hasn't been tinkered with, though; that's what I was
using.)
Yeah, that's the fixed one I gave her. :-) You
(sorry for the new subject line, I zapped the original e-mail without
thinking about it.)
Jim responded that it's worth $90-130. No way it's worth that much even
if it's MS; it'd only be worth about that much if IBM and MS.
Apple ][ Angelsofts show up semi-regularly on eBay and don't ever seem
Stephen S. Lee wrote:
Jim responded that it's worth $90-130. No way it's worth that much even
if it's MS; it'd only be worth about that much if IBM and MS.
My bad -- I thought it was IBM (didn't read too carefully).
My collection is 600+ IBM titles and I *still* don't understand why IBM
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Jim Leonard wrote:
Stephen S. Lee wrote:
Jim responded that it's worth $90-130. No way it's worth that much even
if it's MS; it'd only be worth about that much if IBM and MS.
My bad -- I thought it was IBM (didn't read too carefully).
My collection is 600+ IBM
Stephen S. Lee wrote:
I've never seen a for-sale copy of an Angelsoft game for IBM other than
the two that I own, High Stakes and The Mist, which appear to be the most
common titles for IBM. The Mist seems to be particularly common, but that
seems to be balanced by much higher demand.
BTW, the
I think $50 is high for an opened Apple ][ Goldfinger, but if he's willing
to pay that much ...
I've rarely had Angelsoft work in searching on eBay; you have to search
for the titles individually, which is a pain, especially since not much
ever turns up.
I'm fairly certain all the Angelsoft
On Sun, 20 Jul 2003, Jim Leonard wrote:
Stephen S. Lee wrote:
I've never seen a for-sale copy of an Angelsoft game for IBM other than
the two that I own, High Stakes and The Mist, which appear to be the most
common titles for IBM. The Mist seems to be particularly common, but that
In a message dated 07/20/2003 11:54:45 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think $50 is high for an opened Apple ][ Goldfinger, but if he's willing
to pay that much ...
Hmm well I've never had another one for any platform, you say you saw ONE at ebay a long time ago and I have
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