Re: [SWCollect] D'oh!

2001-10-25 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Oh my god! A floppy dick! ribald joke Does it mean you can mail him asking Hi, is your floppy dick extremely slim and short and fits on my floppy drive? /ribald joke ;) Pedro R. Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] So long, and thanks for all the fish

Re: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...

2001-10-25 Thread Stephen S. Lee
Right now, I'm playing Civilization II and Heroes of Might and Magic III (which are games I play on and off). I'm eagerly awaiting the impending release of Civilization III. Naturally, I've pre-ordered the Limited Edition thereof. ObSWCollect: I normally get these ASAP, because these are

RE: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...

2001-10-25 Thread Hugh Falk
New: Heroes of Might and Magic III (still one of my favorite all time series.) I play this on-line a LOT. Asheron's Call -- Microsoft's MMORPG. It suckered me in because it was free ($20 @ retail with a $20 rebate). Now I'm paying monthly charges after the first month :-) Old: Bruce Lee --

RE: [SWCollect] Luis Royo

2001-10-25 Thread Hugh Falk
Was it even available (sold in) the U.S. market? I didn't think it was. Hugh -Original Message- From: Karl Kuras [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 12:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Luis Royo Hey Pedro... just contact Jose directly (

RE: [SWCollect] Luis Royo

2001-10-25 Thread Pedro Quaresma
I don't think it was either. I'm not sure of the following facts, but as far as I know: MSX is from Philips. It didn't even have many fans in Europe, due to the rampant success of the Sinclair Spectrum. There was a MSX 2 (there are some Ultimas for this one, I think), but it was only sold in

Re: [SWCollect] SPAM: A whole buncha games, etc. for sale.

2001-10-25 Thread C.E. Forman
Yeah, it's a little-known feature but you can do it. Go here: http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?bidderblocklogin Off the top of my head, I'm getting: Almost-complete Datasoft library, including text adventures, plus Alternate Reality City Dungeon in very nice shape (Hugh, I know

Re: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...

2001-10-25 Thread Jim Leonard
Stephen S. Lee wrote: I'll probably re-play Wizardry VII (for the 4th time) shortly. I probably won't buy Wizardry VIII until after it's been out for a while; I might wait on replaying Wizardry VII until I know what classes to end my characters as. (It better be near bug-free given that

RE: [SWCollect] RE: Quarterstaff (pt 1)

2001-10-25 Thread Hugh Falk
Good suggestion! -Original Message- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 3:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] RE: Quarterstaff (pt 1) Wait, you're forgetting how to compute *with* the baby: Use one of those front-pack carriers

Re: [SWCollect] Sniping

2001-10-25 Thread Jim Leonard
C.E. Forman wrote: I certainly wouldn't hold it against you. Actually I'd feel a bit guilty taking a mint saucer for $10 (not to mention worried about getting screwed over... witness the misfortune Dave Aston went through when he used BuyItNow on a Suspended mask for $5.00). Huh?? Please

Re: [SWCollect] Sniping

2001-10-25 Thread Jim Leonard
C.E. Forman wrote: (glances sideways at C. E. Forman) Well, *almost* all of us... ;-) Heh, I totally deserve this. B-) But it does beg the question... Is it not equally greedy of the rest of the abandonware scene to just *expect* me to open my prize shrinkwrap, taking a chance that

Re: [SWCollect] Luis Royo

2001-10-25 Thread Karl Kuras
Ok, here comes a wonderful history lesson on the MSX. MSX stood for MicroSoft eXtended. It was a computer standard that over 15 manufacturers (most notably Sony, ASCII and Phillips) participated on with almost 60 models of the machines coming out over 3 generations of hardware specs (MSX, MSX2

Re: [SWCollect] Sniping

2001-10-25 Thread C.E. Forman
I certainly wouldn't hold it against you. Actually I'd feel a bit guilty taking a mint saucer for $10 (not to mention worried about getting screwed over... witness the misfortune Dave Aston went through when he used BuyItNow on a Suspended mask for $5.00). Huh?? Please explain -- I'm

Re: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...

2001-10-25 Thread Stephen S. Lee
On Thu, 25 Oct 2001, Jim Leonard wrote: Stephen S. Lee wrote: I'll probably re-play Wizardry VII (for the 4th time) shortly. I probably won't buy Wizardry VIII until after it's been out for a while; I might wait on replaying Wizardry VII until I know what classes to end my characters

Re: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...

2001-10-25 Thread C.E. Forman
ObSWCollect: I'm still trying to land an undamaged Wasteland hint book. (It normally fetches like $100 on eBay if it's in good shape.) My copy has an occasional pencil or pen mark (not too bad, but I'd prefer better). Is it just me, or do the middle pages of this have a tendency to fall out?

Re: [SWCollect] Sniping

2001-10-25 Thread Jim Leonard
C.E. Forman wrote: I certainly wouldn't hold it against you. Actually I'd feel a bit guilty taking a mint saucer for $10 (not to mention worried about getting screwed over... witness the misfortune Dave Aston went through when he used BuyItNow on a Suspended mask for $5.00).

Re: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...

2001-10-25 Thread Jim Leonard
Stephen S. Lee wrote: ObSWCollect: I'm still trying to land an undamaged Wasteland hint book. (It normally fetches like $100 on eBay if it's in good shape.) My copy What??? I've got, like, 2 or 3 of these things unmarked. has an occasional pencil or pen mark (not too bad, but I'd prefer

Re: [SWCollect] Sniping

2001-10-25 Thread C.E. Forman
Just finished reading it. Maybe I'm under-reacting, but it looked as if the promise of a Suspended mask forced Dave to throw good money after bad. By the 2nd month I would've obviously given up. He got screwed for $40 and about 6 hours (total) of his time -- that's unfortunate, but he

Re: [SWCollect] Luis Royo

2001-10-25 Thread Karl Kuras
I gotta do a follow up to my post about Sega in Brazil. After getting a little more curious I started searching the web and found the company website for Sega's Brazilian branch: http://www.tectoy.com.br Seems that they are still selling all 4 generations of Sega consoles (Master System,