Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-24 Thread Marco Thorek
Jim Leonard schrieb: > > Cool. Maybe someday I'll go ahead with my bootleg "Sierra Videos" DVD project > anyway. I have access to both 1989's and 1990's product demos through > friends, and the making of 7th Guest, and some other videos related to making > or promoting games created from the dev

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-24 Thread C.E. Forman
> IIRC she's not *visibly* naked. Sure, she's naked, but most of her is in the > hot tub. I haven't seen the box cover for a while though. No, she's not. You can see cleavage but that's about it. -- This message was sent to

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-23 Thread Jim Leonard
Marco Thorek wrote: It's an AVI on the CD. Made to look like a news report. Quite funny and interesting, actually. Cool. Maybe someday I'll go ahead with my bootleg "Sierra Videos" DVD project anyway. I have access to both 1989's and 1990's product demos through friends, and the making of 7th

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-23 Thread Marco Thorek
Jim Leonard schrieb: > > A VHS video? Or some .AVI on the disc(s)? It's an AVI on the CD. Made to look like a news report. Quite funny and interesting, actually. BTW, talking about Sierra reminds of Roberta Williams sitting naked in the jacuzzi for the Softporn box. "Gee, honey, our fledgling co

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-23 Thread Jim Leonard
Marco Thorek wrote: Mine are those with the silver box from 1994 and contain SQ I-V and a video featuring the "Two Guys from Andromeda." A VHS video? Or some .AVI on the disc(s)? -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious games projec

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-21 Thread Marco Thorek
Jim Leonard schrieb: > > 34C is about normal for Chicago this time of year :-) And it gets to -20C or > worse during the winter. Yep, I hate this place ;-) -20, yup, that's stiff. Around here the winters get milder and milder, translate cold and wet. Snow is becoming a rare thing. Marco -

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-21 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 07/21/2003 1:46:35 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -20, yup, that's stiff. Around here the winters get milder and milder, translate cold and wet. Snow is becoming a rare thing. Hehe, ask Falcon (Steve) about stiff, he lives in Canada. Chicago winters mild c

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-21 Thread Lee K. Seitz
C.E. Forman stated: > >> Around here, well, I got word from Ken Love, producer at Activision, >> that they are planning a Zork IV. We've had occasional email contact >> since then and it looks like it might take off, but it has been awhile. > >Really? That surprises me. The last I'd heard, Activi

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-21 Thread Marco Thorek
"C.E. Forman" schrieb: > > Really? That surprises me. The last I'd heard, Activision had dropped the > Zork line of games and hadn't bothered to renew their ownership on the > trademark. Let's see what happens. It has been some weeks now since I last heard about it and at that point Ken wasn't

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-20 Thread Jim Leonard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, I hate this place ;-) Oh come on Jim. I lived in CA for awhile but my heart is here, I LOVE Chicago. Okay, I retract my previous statement. My amended statement is, "I hate the WEATHER in this place." :) -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http:/

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-20 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 07/20/2003 11:00:37 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yep, I hate this place ;-) Oh come on Jim. I lived in CA for awhile but my heart is here, I LOVE Chicago. Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, 

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-20 Thread Jim Leonard
Hugh Falk wrote: I've been really busy here to. FYI to all. I plan on going to CGE. Anyone else? I (and Brian and Dave) will be at CGE this year at the MobyGames booth. I will enthusiastically talk shoppe ;) with anyone else who wants to drop by. We plan to set up a booth at PhillyClassic as

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-20 Thread Jim Leonard
Marco Thorek wrote: Oh, and we have a damn hot heatwave in Germany. Today we had 36°C, that's 97°F for you on the other side of the big pond. They say we are in for a constant climate change in that direction, meaning in 20 years we can have palms instead of oaks lining streets. 34C is about norma

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-19 Thread C.E. Forman
> Around here, well, I got word from Ken Love, producer at Activision, > that they are planning a Zork IV. We've had occasional email contact > since then and it looks like it might take off, but it has been awhile. Really? That surprises me. The last I'd heard, Activision had dropped the Zork l

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-19 Thread Marco Thorek
Yup, this list switches between frantic activity and solemn silence. Around here, well, I got word from Ken Love, producer at Activision, that they are planning a Zork IV. We've had occasional email contact since then and it looks like it might take off, but it has been awhile. I am also startin

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-19 Thread C.E. Forman
al Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 19, 2003 2:42 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It? Hey Chris, let me know how bidville works out, I've never sold anything there although I've tried. If you fi

Re: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-19 Thread AvatarTom
Hey Chris, let me know how bidville works out, I've never sold anything there although I've tried. If you find top load NES make sure you get the bone handle controllers with it if you want it for value as well as use I got mine from Funco/Gamestop years ago, they price all NES the same (at least t

RE: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It?

2003-07-18 Thread Hugh Falk
I've been really busy here to. FYI to all. I plan on going to CGE. Anyone else? Hugh -Original Message- From: C.E. Forman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:43 AM To: Software Collectibles Mailing List Subject: [SWCollect] Been Awhile, Hasn't It? Hey gang, Been