Adam - 17
Alexander - 24
Steve - 25
Brad - 26 (which month?)
Stefan - 26 (December)
Karl - 26 (September)
Pedro - 26 (April)
Stuart - 27
C.E. - 28
Stephen Lee - 29
Dan - 31
Lee - 32
John R. - 35
Chris N. - 36
Joe - 38
Edward - 39
So we can now conclude that the average collector is named
I had to dig deep into my mailbox to find the original definition of Quaresma's Law, here is how the whole thing started:
Pedro: Seriously, that is a hell of a bundle. Easily worth around $1500 USDs on
eBay.
Alexander: $1500? Nah. The FM Towns games fetched $100 - $350 on eBay in the past, but
Hi all,
Last year, a Portuguese magazine edited and released many hits for a nice price, and Ultima 9 was one of them. These games were sold in DVD case, along with a small magazine, and with a plastic shell around it (I have no pictures of it, but I'm working on it!)
Due to Steve and Alexander
I don't think that I can straighten this out, but I may be able to shed a little light
on the subject:
To the best of my knowledge, there were 3 different versions of the Wing 3 Premiere
Edition:
1. Direct Sale from EA--This was the FULL package, obtainable only via mail-order.
This
Edward Franks wrote:
1. Adventure was the first computer game, yes?
Nope. :) Space War was (circa 1960). MIT students meet the PDP-1
and the cathode-ray tube.
I meant PERSONAL computer. Adventure was playable on CPM machines if memory
serves; it was certainly the first game I
Stuart Feldhamer wrote:
Then again, if you want to invent new terminology, that's your business I
suppose.
No, it isn't, which is why this entire discussion was initiated. You (and
everyone else here) will be happy to know that I am fixing the system at
MobyGames (the first and hopefully
Sounds good to me. BTW, I apologize if my original message was a bit
argumentative.
On another note, I noticed that there is a separate genre for
racing/driving. Shouldn't games in that category fall under either
Simulation or Sports? The racing/driving genre sticks out like a sore thumb
to me
On Wednesday, January 29, 2003, at 06:14 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:
Edward Franks wrote:
1. Adventure was the first computer game, yes?
Nope. :) Space War was (circa 1960). MIT students meet the
PDP-1
and the cathode-ray tube.
I meant PERSONAL computer. Adventure was playable on
Origin Museum wrote:
1. Direct Sale from EA--This was the FULL package, obtainable only via mail-order.
This included the game (in the film canister), the music CD, the VHS video, the
T-Shirt, the 'Behind The Screens' CD, and the 1995 Wing Commander calendar. This
version came in a BROWN
Heh, Pedro, you forgot me and my 30 years, which raises the mean to
29.11 and the median to 28 :-)
Seriously, we all are rather young. I always thought this hobby would
attract more people who were around when Zork was played on mainframes
and who now approach 50.
Marco
Pedro Quaresma schrieb:
Seriously, we all are rather young. I always thought this hobby would
attract more people who were around when Zork was played on mainframes
and who now approach 50.
You know that brings up a good question. It would be interesting to see
what systems each of us mainly collect for. I'm
Do they have to be VHS tapes? There were tons of making-of videos included
on CDs with various games. Also, have you considered the legality of this
(not that I care)?
Stuart
-Original Message-
From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:39 PM
To:
On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, Marco Thorek wrote:
Heh, Pedro, you forgot me and my 30 years, which raises the mean to
29.11 and the median to 28 :-)
Well, except that this is only accurate to two significant digits. :P
You'd have to get exact birthdates from everyone for the digits after the
decimal
WellI mostly collect for IBM, but it doesn't have much to do with my
age. My first computer was a TRS-80 Model I, then a Model 3, then an Atari
800 XL, then a Commodore 128, and then a PC AT. The reason I mostly collect
for IBM is that I collect newer games too, and I need to somehow restrict
Sorry for missing that part of the post. If you can clean the AVIs up, then
that would seem to me to be a worthwhile part of the project: convert crappy
AVI into good DVD. Also, some of these AVI videos are better quality than
others...
Stuart
-Original Message-
From: Jim Leonard
Hi everyone!
I, for my part, only collect for IBM. My parents bought an IBM PC in
November 1983 when I was only 17 years old (so I am now 36!). A few weeks
after that, I bought my very first PC games: Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0
and Microsoft Decathlon. I'm glad that I still have both of
According to the Official List of Computer Game Collectors I collect for
these:
Apple, TRS-80, Atari 8-Bit, TI, VIC-20, Amstrad, Sinclair, C-64, Atari ST,
Amiga, Intel, Mac, Other
My favorite is the Other, which was very popular at the end of the 20th
century.
Speaking of the Official List, if
I don't even know what the first commercial game would have been. It all
depends on your definition of Personal Computer. You could go back to the
Altair or others that didn't have video screens. Games on those systems
would have been personal computer games, but not video games. It would be
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