Re: [SWCollect] Infocom games' boxes

2001-07-27 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Yes, Return to Krondor is considered a bad game, in all possible aspects. I can't think of anything interesting about the game (except for the game to unlock chests). Betrayal in Antara was much more interesting. Pedro R. Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] All your base are belong

Re: [SWCollect] Ultimas (was: Infocom games' boxes)

2001-07-27 Thread Pedro Quaresma
No, no, it's _really_ the only one. You see, all copies that he sold (12) were numbered. He himself has the non-numbered copies at his place, ones that never sold. He only traded one of them, and to Jason Cobb. Pedro R. Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] All your base are belong to

Re: [SWCollect] Ultimas (was: Infocom games' boxes)

2001-07-27 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Tom, I think Jason's was handsigned too... But you probably know better, and as I've been stating so many wrong facts lately... :) Pedro R. Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] All your base are belong to us

RE: [SWCollect] Awkward game packages

2001-07-27 Thread Pedro Quaresma
All the Eidos boxes have that shape? Then I don't know if it's an European feature or if the following just happened in Portugal, but both Final Fantasy 7 and Tomb Raider 3 sold in these parts have ye olde regulare rectangulare boxe. Pedro R. Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] All

[SWCollect] Labels and value (was: Ultimas)

2001-07-27 Thread Jim Leonard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 07/27/2001 2:49:39 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Tom, I think Jason's was handsigned too... But you probably know better, and as I've been stating so many wrong facts lately... :) Jason put his together from

Re: [SWCollect] Awkward game packages

2001-07-27 Thread Jim Leonard
Pedro Quaresma wrote: That box description reminded me of another two games with unusual box shapes: Prince of Persia 2 (I think it was 2), the box was shaped like an hourglass. You're right; scans of that are also on MobyGames. -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive

Re: [SWCollect] Labels and value (was: Ultimas)

2001-07-27 Thread Pedro Quaresma
About Jim's original question, I agree. I would keep it safe, or frame it. In the very least, if I were to apply it to a floppy, it would have to be one exactly like the original. About the second question, I guess it's once again a Data Preservers vs Collectors thing. I'm with Chris, but I

Re: [SWCollect] Ultima and RPGs

2001-07-27 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 07/27/2001 1:14:32 AM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Slash releases of MC come with a color map. Hmm thanks for the info, at least MC1 Slash has a map. My MC2,3s did not so I assumed 1 did not either, anyone have Slash MC2,3 with map? Tom

Re: [SWCollect] Labels and value (was: Ultimas)

2001-07-27 Thread Jim Leonard
C.E. Forman wrote: 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

Re: [SWCollect] Labels and value (was: Ultimas)

2001-07-27 Thread Jim Leonard
Pedro Quaresma wrote: 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

Re: [SWCollect] Labels and value (was: Ultimas)

2001-07-27 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Jim Leonard boldly stated: If the disk went bad and you copied the code back, I would consider that restoration, much like restoring a classic 300-yr-old painting. But I'm very anal about this: It would have to be an IDENTICAL copy, bit for bit, even with copy-protection intact -- NOT a

Re: [SWCollect] Anyone want me to pick these up?

2001-07-27 Thread Stephen S. Lee
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Lee K. Seitz wrote: [snip] James Bond: Stealth Affair (5.25; probably $5) I already have both package types for this one, but this tends to sell for $25-30 on eBay -- go for it. King's Quest (Sierra; enhanced version; 3.5; $5) You can probably get about $10 for this on

Re: [SWCollect] Awkward game packages

2001-07-27 Thread Stephen S. Lee
On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Stephen S. Lee wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Jim Leonard wrote: Stephen S. Lee wrote: [snip] Wing Commander Premiere will generally bring it up, without any false positives. None are currently up, but one auction for a set that was missing lots of stuff concluded

Re: [SWCollect] Wing Commander LE

2001-07-27 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 07/27/2001 8:17:07 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The contents might vary from package to package, but I was told that mine was largely untouched and left mostly as-is; in particular, I was assured that nothing got *added* to the package. I do realize

Re: [SWCollect] Comments

2001-07-27 Thread Dan Chisarick
Magic Candle I was actually very well advertised. Glossy flashy ads in Computer Gaming World, not to mention a strong endorsement by Scorpia and high ratings via ye olde RID, gave it a good presence. Hmmm, I may have been hiding under a rock. I'm just poking around vintage sites and

Re: [SWCollect] Labels and value (was: Ultimas)

2001-07-27 Thread Jim Leonard
Lee K. Seitz wrote: Anyway, one thing was an Apple II copy of Ulitma IV. (Only seems to be missing the Ankh.) I tried the first disk out (the program disk) and it doesn't work. Even worse, the disks came write protected from the factory, so to re-write the data, I'd have to cut notches

Re: [SWCollect] Awkward game packages

2001-07-27 Thread Jim Leonard
Stephen S. Lee wrote: On Fri, 27 Jul 2001, Stephen S. Lee wrote: On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Jim Leonard wrote: Stephen S. Lee wrote: [snip] Wing Commander Premiere will generally bring it up, without any false positives. None are currently up, but one auction for a set that was