RE: [SWCollect] I'll be the first to say..
Truthfully, seeing such a sum being paid for this makes me a bit ashamed to take part in this selfish enterprise of hoarding cardboard boxes. I know the feeling will pass tomorrow though. freddie Lucasarts Museum - http://lucasarts.vintagegaming.org > -Original Message- > From: Stephen Emond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 11:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SWCollect] I'll be the first to say.. > > Well... if a cassette only Drash averages $800, and a > (mostly) complete copy sells for $3605... I'd say the box is > worth roughly $2000, and the manual roughly $800. So an > imaginary shrinked Drash should fetch at least $50... > > Put me down for 2 :-P > > Steve > > > -Original Message- > From: Hugh Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 10:12 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [SWCollect] I'll be the first to say.. > > I was saving this info for after the Drash sold because I > didn't want to ruin things for Edward. I recently picked up > a stash of about 50 shrinked Drash's (among other things) > from an old Commodore wholesaler. I'll give first dibs to > people looking to trade from this list (and you better be > offering something impressive). I'm probably going to keep > about 5 for myself. The rest will be sold on eBay...one a > week until they're gone.* > > > > > > * None of this is true, of course. I just wanted to > dramatize Peter's worst nightmare :-) Sorry, couldn't > resist. I promise I'll only be such a jerk when a game sells > for over 3 grand. :-P > > Hugh > > -Original Message- > From: Per-Olof Karlsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SWCollect] I'll be the first to say.. > > 3605! > > I'm stunned. I'm happy for Edward of course, but I couldn't > dream of it getting that high! > > In any case, it found a great new home, and most likely it'll > be immortalized in print soon.. :) > > - Peo > > > -- > This message was sent to you because you are currently > subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, > send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of > 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > > > > > -- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > > > -- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' > Archives are available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > > -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
RE: [SWCollect] I'll be the first to say..
Well... if a cassette only Drash averages $800, and a (mostly) complete copy sells for $3605... I'd say the box is worth roughly $2000, and the manual roughly $800. So an imaginary shrinked Drash should fetch at least $50... Put me down for 2 :-P Steve -Original Message- From: Hugh Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 10:12 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SWCollect] I'll be the first to say.. I was saving this info for after the Drash sold because I didn't want to ruin things for Edward. I recently picked up a stash of about 50 shrinked Drash's (among other things) from an old Commodore wholesaler. I'll give first dibs to people looking to trade from this list (and you better be offering something impressive). I'm probably going to keep about 5 for myself. The rest will be sold on eBay...one a week until they're gone.* * None of this is true, of course. I just wanted to dramatize Peter's worst nightmare :-) Sorry, couldn't resist. I promise I'll only be such a jerk when a game sells for over 3 grand. :-P Hugh -Original Message- From: Per-Olof Karlsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SWCollect] I'll be the first to say.. 3605! I'm stunned. I'm happy for Edward of course, but I couldn't dream of it getting that high! In any case, it found a great new home, and most likely it'll be immortalized in print soon.. :) - Peo -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
RE: [SWCollect] I'll be the first to say..
I was saving this info for after the Drash sold because I didn't want to ruin things for Edward. I recently picked up a stash of about 50 shrinked Drash's (among other things) from an old Commodore wholesaler. I'll give first dibs to people looking to trade from this list (and you better be offering something impressive). I'm probably going to keep about 5 for myself. The rest will be sold on eBay...one a week until they're gone.* * None of this is true, of course. I just wanted to dramatize Peter's worst nightmare :-) Sorry, couldn't resist. I promise I'll only be such a jerk when a game sells for over 3 grand. :-P Hugh -Original Message- From: Per-Olof Karlsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SWCollect] I'll be the first to say.. 3605! I'm stunned. I'm happy for Edward of course, but I couldn't dream of it getting that high! In any case, it found a great new home, and most likely it'll be immortalized in print soon.. :) - Peo -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Re: [SWCollect] I'll be the first to say..
Edward - Putting insurance on that shipment? ;-) Per-Olof Karlsson wrote: 3605! I'm stunned. I'm happy for Edward of course, but I couldn't dream of it getting that high! In any case, it found a great new home, and most likely it'll be immortalized in print soon.. :) - Peo -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
[SWCollect] I'll be the first to say..
3605! I'm stunned. I'm happy for Edward of course, but I couldn't dream of it getting that high! In any case, it found a great new home, and most likely it'll be immortalized in print soon.. :) - Peo -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
RE: [SWCollect] Sam & Max II
Well, I don't really track PC data too closely anymore since I'm doing only console games. However, 250K units on a console would usually be a failure. The only reason you can get away with such small sales on the PC is the lower cost of PC titles (don't have to pay Sony royalties and don't need special dev kits for example). AAA console games are going to hope to sell 500K units or more. In total, The Sims (series) has probably sold over 10 million units by now (I've stopped counting). Blizzard and Id games sell several million units each, too. I don't think any major publisher would even start a PC game project if they didn't hope for more than 250K units. Of course, you can do titles for smaller budgets, but it's unlikely to happen at a major company like Lucas. A problem with the games industry right now is that the top 25 games each year make a majority of the money. #1 - #5 often selling millions of units. The rest of the top 25 selling several hundred thousand. Many of the rest often lose money. This is turning the games industry into a hit-driven market (like the movie industry). The trend is to see less games being made and hoping for more profit on each. EA is making fewer games but more revenue: 2000 = 68 SKUS with $1.3B in revenue, 2002 = 58 SKUs with $2.5B Hugh -Original Message- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 6:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Sam & Max II Hugh Falk wrote: > (generously) $20 per unit profit, the need to sell 250,000 units to break > even. This would require it to be a moderate success in the PC realm. That is depressing. Is that standard across the industry right now? I can't think of many titles selling 250,000 units in today's market that aren't The Sims or Barbie's Pet Rescue. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious games project? http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Re: [SWCollect] Sam & Max II
Hugh Falk wrote: (generously) $20 per unit profit, the need to sell 250,000 units to break even. This would require it to be a moderate success in the PC realm. That is depressing. Is that standard across the industry right now? I can't think of many titles selling 250,000 units in today's market that aren't The Sims or Barbie's Pet Rescue. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious games project? http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
[SWCollect] Re: Enchanter Trilogy and other games for trade
>And could consider trading Might & Magic large booklet >spiral bound -version (Apple ][, 1983) for something that I really need >(might think of selling for a great offer). Correction: it was released in 1986. - J --Synchronic Web - http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/ f.ex. collecting pages: old adventure/RPG/other games (Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/AD&D/SSI, etc.),The Lord of the Rings -comics, vintage Walt Disney Home Video rentals, etc.,a market place (trade/buy/sell old computer games),my ambient/medieval/trance music in MP3, my fantasy art,and beyond! - Original Message - From: Jukka Eronen To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 9:17 PM Subject: Enchanter Trilogy and other games for trade Anyone interested in trading for Enchanter Trilogy?Here are some pictures; it's the Apple ][ version: http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_slip_cover.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_slip_back.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_side1.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_side2.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_cover.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_back.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_sorcerer.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_sorcerer_back.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_spellbreaker.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_spellbreaker_backjpg Spellbreaker is missing cards, pin and transparent inside plastic.Otherwise this is a complete set with the big slip cover.And the slip is the most valuable anyways, and you canfind Spellbreaker much more easily individually ifyou want to make it complete (and then sell your duplicate conveniantly). I'll give better condition valuations for anyone who might be interested. I'd mostly be interested in trading f.ex. for these:- early Sierra stuff (1979-85), like On-Line Systems / SierraVenture / Hi-Res adventures / Sierra On-Line Inc. etc.- any version of Ultima I or II- AD&D Neverwinter Nights (the gold box from 90s) - AD&D (Mattel Aquarius)- AD&D: Treasure of Tarmin (Mattel Aquarius) My want list begins at the half of this page (though as implyedI wouldn't trade this just for anything that I'm looking for):http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/_fleamarket.html PS. Offer soon if interested, because I'm planning to auction this. I have some other games for trade in that link too. F.ex. these from Infocom:- Beyond Zork (missing coin and transparent inside plastic, otherwise complete) - Zork Trilogy (complete; to my recollection, though has some wear) And could consider trading Might & Magic large booklet spiral bound -version (Apple ][, 1983) for something that I really need (might think of selling for a great offer). It is complete with two disks and their original sleeves at the back holster. Including some printed hint pages too, though apparently they aren't official material. Some "computer road show"-ads too but these was probably just ads from the place it was bought from. - Jukka --Synchronic Web - http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/ f.ex. collecting pages: old adventure/RPG/other games (Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/AD&D/SSI, etc.),The Lord of the Rings -comics, vintage Walt Disney Home Video rentals, etc.,a market place (trade/buy/sell old computer games),my ambient/medieval/trance music in MP3, my fantasy art,and beyond!
[SWCollect] Enchanter Trilogy and other games for trade
Anyone interested in trading for Enchanter Trilogy?Here are some pictures; it's the Apple ][ version: http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_slip_cover.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_slip_back.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_side1.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_side2.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_cover.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_back.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_sorcerer.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_sorcerer_back.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_spellbreaker.jpghttp://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/enchanter_spellbreaker_backjpg Spellbreaker is missing cards, pin and transparent inside plastic.Otherwise this is a complete set with the big slip cover.And the slip is the most valuable anyways, and you canfind Spellbreaker much more easily individually ifyou want to make it complete (and then sell your duplicate conveniantly). I'll give better condition valuations for anyone who might be interested. I'd mostly be interested in trading f.ex. for these:- early Sierra stuff (1979-85), like On-Line Systems / SierraVenture / Hi-Res adventures / Sierra On-Line Inc. etc.- any version of Ultima I or II- AD&D Neverwinter Nights (the gold box from 90s) - AD&D (Mattel Aquarius)- AD&D: Treasure of Tarmin (Mattel Aquarius) My want list begins at the half of this page (though as implyedI wouldn't trade this just for anything that I'm looking for):http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/_fleamarket.html PS. Offer soon if interested, because I'm planning to auction this. I have some other games for trade in that link too. F.ex. these from Infocom:- Beyond Zork (missing coin and transparent inside plastic, otherwise complete) - Zork Trilogy (complete; to my recollection, though has some wear) And could consider trading Might & Magic large booklet spiral bound -version (Apple ][, 1983) for something that I really need (might think of selling for a great offer). It is complete with two disks and their original sleeves at the back holster. Including some printed hint pages too, though apparently they aren't official material. Some "computer road show"-ads too but these was probably just ads from the place it was bought from. - Jukka --Synchronic Web - http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/ f.ex. collecting pages: old adventure/RPG/other games (Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/AD&D/SSI, etc.),The Lord of the Rings -comics, vintage Walt Disney Home Video rentals, etc.,a market place (trade/buy/sell old computer games),my ambient/medieval/trance music in MP3, my fantasy art,and beyond!
Re: [SWCollect] PhillyClassic
Yeah, I did the same thing :) Great guy. The people ahead of me were yapping away for what seemed like forever and he didn't seem to mind. He had a game there called "Saboteur". $45, signed. (c) date was 1984, so it looks like he finished his last effort that was never released. I was happy w/the DVD. On Mar 21, 2004, at 1:12 AM, Jim Leonard wrote: Dan Chisarick wrote: Howard Scott Warshaw was there (wrote Yar's Revenge, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and E.T. I think) Nice to see a classic developer trek all the way over from CA. He was cool. I bought a copy of Once Upon Atari from him and he autographed it for me. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://www.oldskool.org/ Want to help an ambitious games project? http://www.mobygames.com/ Or check out some trippy MindCandy at http://www.mindcandydvd.com/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Re: [SWCollect] Lucas Classic Adventures
In a message dated 03/21/2004 12:18:59 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now that you have a copy of disk 6, will you be overwriting your original Disk 6 with the proper information? That is exactly what I did :) Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of Ultima Escape from Mt. Drash, Tom's Ultima, Infocom and RPG page
