[SWCollect] Gothos

2004-04-25 Thread C.E. Forman
Anybody else heard of this game? I picked up a copy this weekend in a thrift for a couple of bucks. No entry on MobyGames, and no active or completed auctions on eBay. It's a vampire/horror adventure by Microforum, 1997. M for Mature. Graphic adventure with icon interface. There's an

Re: [SWCollect] Gothos

2004-04-25 Thread Stuart Feldhamer
Yes, I have a copy. It's a FMV adventure game, supposed to be pretty bad, but relatively hard to find (that's why you didn't see it on ebay). If it's in the box you will find a buyer. In the shrink, even better. These people at gameboomers have invented a term called BAAGS (Buy All Adventure

Re: [SWCollect] Gothos

2004-04-25 Thread Peter Olafson
Sure! I have a copy somewhere. I remember it being a not-uninteresting game with some quirky features (including the ones you mention) that was something of a cult favorite. (Though the "attitude adjuster" wasn't new; I recall something similar in an early-'90s3D adventure from Electronic Zoo

Re: RE: [SWCollect] New Article from The Origin Museum

2004-04-25 Thread ommail
*** Umum.umm I'm speechless. Stuart *** Hehe--I'll assume that this is positive feedback, Stuart. Thanks for the compliment! ;) Yeah, I was stunned as well, and I hope that I conveyed that in the article. Also, thanks to C.E. for

RE: [SWCollect] Retro PC game collecting officially became big business

2004-04-25 Thread Josh Lulewicz
Bah We all know what idiot was responsible for that growl :( -josh -Original Message- From: Hugh Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 4:32 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Retro PC game collecting officially became big business

Re: [SWCollect] Retro PC game collecting officially became big business

2004-04-25 Thread Jim Leonard
The economy has been picking up. I am trying to find a new IT position and things aren't so bleak any more, so I would imagine this translates to software collecting bidding/selling. Hugh Falk wrote: I was waiting for things to die down a bit before bringing this topic up, but the last few

Re: [SWCollect] Retro PC game collecting officially became big business

2004-04-25 Thread Howard Feldman
I was waiting for things to die down a bit before bringing this topic up, but the last few weeks have brought an extraordinary amount of activity on eBay…both in the number of good, old PC games for sale and the prices being paid. My watch list has never been so full. In fact, I’d say my

Re: [SWCollect] Retro PC game collecting officially became big business

2004-04-25 Thread Stephane Racle
I was actually thinking along the same lines, and I'm sure I wasn't the only other one. Some of the prices make it seem like $100 for a game is nothing... I don't know, but to me, $100 is a lot of cash! The other thing I've noticed too is that there's at least a couple of bidders who seem to

Re: [SWCollect] Retro PC game collecting officially became big business

2004-04-25 Thread Dan Chisarick
I should offer him my copy of Muse BLACKJACK. At $450.00 its a steal (I think it cost me $15-20. Not sure. I was on a MUSE kick back then. Then I realized that they had more titles than I previously knew about and calmed down shortly thereafter.) On Apr 25, 2004, at 5:32 PM, Hugh Falk

Re: [SWCollect] New Article from The Origin Museum

2004-04-25 Thread Marco Thorek
Very cool, Joe! You won't rip the sealed ones open, will you? Please don't, they look so ..pristine. Marco [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Thought people would be interested in seeing a new article. Please check it out, and tell me what you think. Go to my site, and click on the STORIES

Re: Re: [SWCollect] New Article from The Origin Museum

2004-04-25 Thread ommail
** Marco Wrote: Very cool, Joe! You won't rip the sealed ones open, will you? Please don't, they look so..pristine. Marco ** Don't worry, Marco--we won't. :) The Museum specializes in 'preserving' Origin games. We already are very proud of our

Re: [SWCollect] Retro PC game collecting officially became big business

2004-04-25 Thread BL
I think it's great, although some of the prices do seem out of whack. Then again, they're worth what they're worth I guess. After all, they'll never be another "beginning of computer/video gaming" in the history of our world. I don't even think we can begin to understand not only the value

Re: [SWCollect] New Article from The Origin Museum

2004-04-25 Thread Dan Chisarick
I won't startup the semi-annual archive/preserve debate again (it hasn't been 6 months since the last one :), but since we have a few new folks, anyone else do the 'media archiving' thing? On Apr 25, 2004, at 8:01 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Marco Wrote: Very cool, Joe!

Re: [SWCollect] New Article from The Origin Museum

2004-04-25 Thread Jim Leonard
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have complete confidence that the data will survive--I'll leave that aspect to the collector-types that dig THAT aspect of collecting (Jim, Dan, etc.--VERY capable hands!) I prefer to distinguish what WE do as 'preservation'. It shows respect for the MEDIUM, as well as