Re: [SWCollect] D'oh!
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 C.E. Forman [EMAIL PROTECTED] 24-10-2001 22:59 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: Assunto: [SWCollect] D'oh! This is completely immature, but I got quite a snicker out of this eBay auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1288134768 (Look carefully at the sentence about what type of media it comes on... teehee! B-) -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ http://www.salvador-caetano.pt http://www.globalshop.pt -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...
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 usually the sorts of games I like to play a lot, and also because it gets surprisingly hard to find a good LE if you wait even several months -- I waited on the Platinum version of CC:TS for a while, and it took me a long time scanning eBay to get a complete copy. (Well, it's better to wait for two or three months, but I really want to play Civ III immediately. Also, rumor has it that demand for the LE exceeds supply.) 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 it's in, what, late epsilon testing?) Next on my hit list are the two Fallouts (neither of which I've played more than casually). -- Stephen -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
RE: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...
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 -- actually the PC remake made by Mark Rosten in Blitz Basic. Just like I remember it on my C-64. Hugh -Original Message- From: Karl Kuras [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 12:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me... Hi everyone... I'm just getting out of a funk in which I didn't play any games for about 6 months (with the exception of a few MAME titles), and now that I'm back in I started wondering what the rest of you all are playing. Trying to figure out if there is some sort of common denominator that us old schoolers look for in modern games, and which old games still attract us to the computer. So if everyone could send out a list of the games they currently play (and I mean really put hours in, or play more then once a week... not just boot up once a year... like I do with Skate or Die) Here I go: Modern: Max Payne (up until a few weeks ago when I beat it) Crimson Skies Monopoly Tycoon Old: North and South (Amiga - Emulated) Nuclear War (Amiga -emulated) GIJoe (MAME) Super Pang (MAME) Looking forward to seeing the taste variations here! Karl Kuras Visit Our House the online comicstip! http://ourhouse.trantornator.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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
RE: [SWCollect] Luis Royo
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 ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) and tell him Trantor sent you. He'll be glad to hear from a fellow fanatic of the old days. I know the ads your referring too... man those were the good old days. I remember seeing those ads in Argentina then running down to the stores to find out which ones were available (let's just say the software industry in Argentina wasn't 100% legit). Only problem was that most Spanish games never made it to the C64 which was my machine at the time. Remember spending a lot of time at a friends house, who had an MSX. That was an underappreciated machine if there ever was one (in Europe and the US at least). Karl Kuras Visit the Our House online comic strip! http://ourhouse.trantornator.com - Original Message - From: Pedro Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 3:29 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Luis Royo Karl Kuras wrote: Nevertheless, it has brought back many memories of very interesting games I had only seen on old Micromanias. Is your friend spanish? Yes, the site is run from Spain. I met him back when I was running Ami-Crypt on a big scale and he was surprised by the fact that I had Navy Moves and NarcoPolice listed on my site. Any chance you could ask him something on my behalf? I've started an old-magazine-purchasing-spree and Micromania is on the top of my list, maybe he knows where I can get old issues from? (we can take this off the list if you prefer) We got to talking and we hit it off, since I knew a lot about the Spanish game market. Still wish the old concept of a 875 peseta game would return. When I pickup the few old Micromanias I still have, and take a peek at those CentroMail ads, with those heaps of (good) games at 1500- pesetas, it makes me want to scream! :) Pedro R. Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] All your base are belong to us http://www.salvador-caetano.pt http://www.globalshop.pt -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
RE: [SWCollect] Luis Royo
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 Japan. Pedro Pedro R. Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] So long, and thanks for all the fish Hugh Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25-10-2001 13:10 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: Assunto: RE: [SWCollect] Luis Royo 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 ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) and tell him Trantor sent you. He'll be glad to hear from a fellow fanatic of the old days. I know the ads your referring too... man those were the good old days. I remember seeing those ads in Argentina then running down to the stores to find out which ones were available (let's just say the software industry in Argentina wasn't 100% legit). Only problem was that most Spanish games never made it to the C64 which was my machine at the time. Remember spending a lot of time at a friends house, who had an MSX. That was an underappreciated machine if there ever was one (in Europe and the US at least). Karl Kuras Visit the Our House online comic strip! http://ourhouse.trantornator.com - Original Message - From: Pedro Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 3:29 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Luis Royo Karl Kuras wrote: Nevertheless, it has brought back many memories of very interesting games I had only seen on old Micromanias. Is your friend spanish? Yes, the site is run from Spain. I met him back when I was running Ami-Crypt on a big scale and he was surprised by the fact that I had Navy Moves and NarcoPolice listed on my site. Any chance you could ask him something on my behalf? I've started an old-magazine-purchasing-spree and Micromania is on the top of my list, maybe he knows where I can get old issues from? (we can take this off the list if you prefer) We got to talking and we hit it off, since I knew a lot about the Spanish game market. Still wish the old concept of a 875 peseta game would return. When I pickup the few old Micromanias I still have, and take a peek at those CentroMail ads, with those heaps of (good) games at 1500- pesetas, it makes me want to scream! :) Pedro R. Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] All your base are belong to us http://www.salvador-caetano.pt http://www.globalshop.pt -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently
Re: [SWCollect] SPAM: A whole buncha games, etc. for sale.
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 Dungeon is on your want-list). Full set of Synapse / Broderbund Electronic Novels. The Institute by Jymm Pearson (Med Systems / Screenplay). About 15 EA titles. 3 Hayden Adventure titles (heads-up to all, I may sell my rare PC Inca if the Apple II package is in better shape!) Several Angelsoft / Mindscape IF titles. Several King's/Space Quest Sierra games, plus Wrath of Denethenor and Cranston Manor (that one I'm keeping). Full set of Wizardry 1 - 5. Bunch of SSI stuff. About a half-dozen Origin titles, including a big-box Ultima II, Autoduel, Ogre with the badge, 2400 A.D. with the pewter figurines. Empire trilogy by Interactive Fantasies, the makers of Prisoner (I've claimed these). Couple of Sirius games - Gruds in Space, Critical Mass (mine). One piece Epyx Robots of Dawn box I'd never seen before (also mine). Bunch of other adventures, some role-playing, some arcade. I haven't gotten everything yet, he's shipping it out in several lots. - Original Message - From: Hugh Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: C.E. Forman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:37 AM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] SPAM: A whole buncha games, etc. for sale. Thanks. Oh, I didn't know you could block someone. Should I bother? I mean until it hits the reserve, he's harmless. Oooh, your apple lot sounds good. Keep me in mind if you come across something I'm looking for. By the way, I bid on your Softporn disk, but didn't win. Best regards, Hugh -Original Message- From: C.E. Forman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 11:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] SPAM: A whole buncha games, etc. for sale. Very nice auction, Hugh. Wish I could afford it but I just bought up a huge Apple II collection for about $1500. Good luck, though, I'm sure you'll get what you're asking. BTW, heads up, you've got an obvious deadbeat. Current high bidder has -2 feedback. Might want to cancel his bid now and add him to your blocked list. - Original Message - From: Hugh Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 8:53 PM Subject: [SWCollect] SPAM: A whole buncha games, etc. for sale. Sorry for the spam. I don't make it a habit of advertising every little item in this forum, but I thought, considering the size of this lot, some of you might be interested. I've got 1140+ titles (including a bunch of games) for sale on eBay. I thought you might appreciate seeing it before the rest of eBay since I just put it up. http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1289335161 Best regards, Hugh -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...
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 it's in, what, late Have you tried the Windows remake (Wizardry Gold)? epsilon testing?) Next on my hit list are the two Fallouts (neither of which I've played more than casually). I finished Fallout and it bumped my #1 favorite game of all time down to #2 (Wasteland). From what I hear about Fallout 2, it will bump Fallout from that top tier when I get around to playing it. -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
RE: [SWCollect] RE: Quarterstaff (pt 1)
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 or slings. I'd use one hand to hold the bottle and the other hand to smack the space bar when reading a long web page; then, he'd fall asleep and be with me while I typed. I think the noise (I use only IBM/Lexmark keyboards at home) actually helped him fall asleep. Sad? I don't think so, actually. This is the same kid who was operating a computer before 3. Speaking of which, I need to finish that article... -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Sniping
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 explain -- I'm unfamiliar with this and would love to know what happened. I've outsniped friends, I've been outsniped by friends. I've never held a grudge over losing an auction. You guys are great. I *love* being able to call you my close friends. But I am first and foremost a collector. I was a collector before I met all of you, and a collector I will always remain. As a collector, my Prime Directive is to complete my own collection. B-) Of course, there are self-imposed barriers against using tactics such as thievery, fraud, etc., to accomplish this goal. But sniping is not one of them. :-) I think the best practice is I'm planning on bidding on this one and both parties can work it out between themselves. -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Sniping
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 the disk has already gone bad and that I will end up with nothing to show for it? Of course not. But sometime in the future, maybe far, far into the future, you will have two copies of this. It is *then* that your color and substance will be measured. ;-) -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Luis Royo
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 and MSX2+). It was largest in Japan (being the birth machine for Metal Gear... how I loved that game) and had a following in Europe (primarily France and Holland) and Brazil (really huge there due to local production... the Brazilian market is fascinating... can tell some great Sega stories from there). It was sold in the States briefly in the early 80's (knew a few people in Seattle that owned them) but was quickly abandoned, because it didn't hold up. Hardwarewise it was a Z80 machine, standard config was 64k, making it roughly as powerful as a C64. But because of the Z80 compatibility most non-Japanese games for the system were straight ports of Spectrum games which meant a far reduced color pallette and limited gameplay (Metal Gear looked wonderful on it... for the time of course). Most software stores in Argentina didn't bother keeping Spectrum machines setup in the shops for copying purposes but just used MSX's which could copy the software (the compatibility was really that great). Microsoft abandoned the standard after the MSX2 (which had an OS virtually identical to MSDOS3.3) and ASCII continued using it for a few more years, upgrading graphics, etc. The system finally died in the late 80's. Still has a cult following in Japan though. So, hope this was an informative trip down memory lane. :-) Karl Kuras Please visit Our House, the online comic strip! http://ourhouse.trantornator.com - Original Message - From: Pedro Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 8:26 AM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Luis Royo 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 Japan. Pedro Pedro R. Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] So long, and thanks for all the fish Hugh Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25-10-2001 13:10 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: Assunto: RE: [SWCollect] Luis Royo 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 ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) and tell him Trantor sent you. He'll be glad to hear from a fellow fanatic of the old days. I know the ads your referring too... man those were the good old days. I remember seeing those ads in Argentina then running down to the stores to find out which ones were available (let's just say the software industry in Argentina wasn't 100% legit). Only problem was that most Spanish games never made it to the C64 which was my machine at the time. Remember spending a lot of time at a friends house, who had an MSX. That was an underappreciated machine if there ever was one (in Europe and the US at least). Karl Kuras Visit the Our House online comic strip! http://ourhouse.trantornator.com - Original Message - From: Pedro Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 3:29 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Luis Royo Karl Kuras wrote: Nevertheless, it has brought back many memories of very interesting games I had only seen on old Micromanias. Is your friend spanish? Yes, the site is run from Spain. I met him back when I was running Ami-Crypt on a big scale and he was surprised by the fact that I had Navy Moves and NarcoPolice listed on my site. Any chance you could ask him something on my behalf? I've started an old-magazine-purchasing-spree and Micromania is on the top of my list, maybe he knows where I can get old issues from? (we can take this off the list if you prefer) We got to talking and we hit it off, since I knew a lot about the Spanish game market. Still wish the old concept of a 875 peseta game would return. When I pickup the few old Micromanias I still have, and take a peek at those CentroMail ads, with those heaps of (good) games at 1500- pesetas, it makes me want to scream! :) Pedro R. Quaresma [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] All your base are belong to us
Re: [SWCollect] Sniping
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 unfamiliar with this and would love to know what happened. Shoppe column, Jim. -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...
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 as. (It better be near bug-free given that it's in, what, late Have you tried the Windows remake (Wizardry Gold)? No, but this is largely because I've heard umpteen reports of bugs and whatnot. Most Wizardry veterans I've spoken to prefer the original, and I don't really want to spend the time trying out the new version given that reputation. epsilon testing?) Next on my hit list are the two Fallouts (neither of which I've played more than casually). I finished Fallout and it bumped my #1 favorite game of all time down to #2 (Wasteland). From what I hear about Fallout 2, it will bump Fallout from that top tier when I get around to playing it. Yeah, I just played through Wasteland twice recently (I'd never played it more than casually before a few months ago, either). Word on Fallout 2 is that it isn't quite as good as the original (which I suppose is like saying Beethoven's 7th isn't quite as good as the 9th, given the tone these praisings-with-faint-damning usually take). 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? (No pun intended.) Every copy I've ever seen either has the middle four pages loose, or missing altogether. -- Stephen -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...
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? (No pun intended.) Every copy I've ever seen either has the middle four pages loose, or missing altogether. You're kidding, $100 just for the clue book?!? Hafta see if I can find mine. Personally, of the three or four I've had, I've never seen one with loose pages. -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Sniping
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 explain -- I'm unfamiliar with this and would love to know what happened. Shoppe column, Jim. 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 should consider himself lucky. I got screwed out of $800 once, so forgive me if his comments sounds more like bitching and overreacting than anything else. When you get screwed out of $800 you can bitch, but not $40. -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] My curiosity is getting to me...
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 better). Is it just me, or do the middle pages of this have a tendency to fall out? (No pun intended.) Every copy I've ever seen either has the middle four pages loose, or missing altogether. Mine are fine, because they were barely used. -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Sniping
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 should consider himself lucky. I got screwed out of $800 once, so forgive me if his comments sounds more like bitching and overreacting than anything else. Worse, he got screwed out of a great item he really wanted, which he won fair and square, and which he'll probably never find at that price again. It's more that than the money. When you get screwed out of $800 you can bitch, but not $40. Interesting. Where exactly is the financial cutoff point between being allowed and not being allowed to bitch? -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Luis Royo
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, Megadrive, Saturn and Dreamcast) No sign of handhelds. And to show that they are still active they made a Megadrive game of the Brazilian version of Who Wants to be a millionaire! (for those that don't know, the show was apparently simultaneously launched all over the world, with local hosts, but same set designs and game rules, as it was in every country in Europe I knew of 2 summers ago already) They are selling the game as a bundle with the console... quite interesting, even if you don't understand a word that is being said... and there is a Virtua Fighter 2 game for Master System yes... that was a cold shiver running down your back. So thought you might all like checking that out. Karl Kuras Visit Our House the online comic strip! http://ourhouse.trantornator.com - Original Message - From: Karl Kuras [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 10:36 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Luis Royo Oo! Spill! Well when there is THAT much enthusiasm about the topic In the 80's several latin American countries had tarriffs on imports which became great incentives for foreign firms to build products in those countries instead of bringing them in from places where labor was cheaper and they could produce larger quantities. This lead to the appliance manufacturer Drean to start building C64's in ARgentina (only difference was a Drean logo added to the C64 logo... and we didn't have any of those woosy looking light beige C64's... just the good old gray bread boxes!) and in Brazil they began making a bunch of different machines (I'm not really sure how many models of the MSX were made there and what the C64 status was unfortunately), but SEGA turned the country into their own little playground. They kept making the master system there for ages (still has a cult following and led to some great pirate games being produced, like an exceptional version of Street Fighter II... nice graphics, but a specced down character roster). There is a good site to check out the myriad of models Sega launched there: http://assembler.roarvgm.com/ This site is probably the greatest resource for machine trivia ever! They are very comprehensive with the Sega gadgets from Brazil (I only knew about a handful of these while living in south America... mainly things friends got when their relatives came to visit) But Brazil wa such an independent market (probably also because they were the only portugese speaking country in south America making imports from neighboring countries of anything cultural virtually impossible.) So they even had Transformers using a different logo, and different line ups (might have been a straight Japanese port... but it was weird). The most interesting gadgets Sega seems to have released there was a master system that connected with the tv via antennae... this would make for a cool portable console... But that's my spiel... enjoy! Karl Kuras Please visit Our House the online comic strip! http://ourhouse.trantornator.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/swcollect@oldskool.org/ -- 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/swcollect@oldskool.org/
