My dad and I used to do this with the original Wizardry. : )
Stuart
-Original Message-
From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 1:09 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
Edward Franks wrote:
> I can remember playing Ul
Stuart Feldhamer wrote:
For some reason, it seems like this game is not as rare as people thought it
was.
No, it is. It's just coincidence that three have popped up in the last three
months.
--
Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED])http://www.oldskool.org/
Want to help an ambitious
Edward Franks wrote:
I can remember playing Ultima III and trying to beat the disk drive
if my party died. It was a bad habit to get into though.I used to
restart the game when a whirlpool nailed my ship
God, yes!! Those were the days -- days when you were actually faster than
you
Ok, you win that. Just curious, how often does that particular piece
of code see instruction pointer (the one that lowers bids)?
On Jan 21, 2004, at 6:36 PM, C.E. Forman wrote:
How many sellers would tell a buyer they are paying too much?
Yo. B-)
The Shoppe, anyway. If the person uses the Sh
Between games being super-realistic (compared to classic games at
least) and most new gamers not knowing how good a well-packaged game
could be, the buyers don't know what they're missing and could probably
care less. I bet these same people don't watch AMC either. Gotta love
writing for that
On Jan 21, 2004, at 5:24 PM, C.E. Forman wrote:
- The CDROM version of Return to Zork was produced in greater numbers
than the floppy-disk version, so theoretically the diskette version is
worth more.
Rarer, but not necessarily worth more, except maybe to a few
collectors or
RTZ fanatics. Who wa
Yeah, I got the same mail.. or rather it was info on the side in a mail
another person sent to me through Ebay. Here is what it said:
Never respond to an unsolicited email that includes incentives to
buy or sell an item off the eBay Marketplace. If you get such an email,
please report it
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> Just won an item on ebay. The email I received from the seller must
> have gone through ebay as it contained this message.
> [Image]
> "Never pay for your item with an instant cash transfer service such as
> MoneyGram or Western Union. These services are like
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> I don't have more specific data handy (out of town right now), but here is a
> breakdown of UK sales across all
platforms:
>
> 1 - NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERGROUND
> 2 - GRAND THEFT AUTO: DOUBLE PACK
> 3 - THE SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN
> 4 - FIFA 2004
> 5 - LORD OF THE RINGS:
Slashdot had a short article on early game packagings here,
http://games.slashdot.org/games/04/01/18/0515254.shtml?tid=127&tid=186&tid=202
referencing this article here,
http://www.armchairarcade.com/aamain/article.php?20.0
and, heh, at the very end, the site of yours truly :-)
The author at A
On Jan 21, 2004, at 3:19 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Snip]
No argument here that the console business is doing much better than
the PC business right now. There are always exceptions (Sims,
Blizzard games, etc.), but it will likely stay this way until closer
to the end of this console cycle,
Then you leave it in my capable hands. B-)
- Original Message -
From: "Stuart Feldhamer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:22 PM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
> I refuse to accept responsibility for this decision. : )
>
> Stuart
>
For some reason, it seems like this game is not as rare as people thought it
was.
Stuart
-Original Message-
From: C.E. Forman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:29 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Would YOU bid on this?
> Breakers, PC:
I'd go
I refuse to accept responsibility for this decision. : )
Stuart
-Original Message-
From: C.E. Forman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 6:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
Yep, I found him right away. His eBay ID too. LMK if y
>> How many sellers would tell a buyer they are paying too much?
I know I pay way too much :(
I think a few members here can certainly back me up on that one.
--
This message was sent to you because you are currently s
> Breakers, PC:
I'd go maybe $20 max. More, $30 or so if I didn't have one already. But
that's me.
> My question to the list: How many of you hold shrinkwrapping so highly
> that a badly crushed wrapped is worth more than a good condition
unwrapped?
Amazingly, NOT me! The game package itself
> How many sellers would tell a buyer they are paying too much?
Yo. B-)
The Shoppe, anyway. If the person uses the Shoppe's offer button and goes
way too high, it's coded to cut the price down to a more reasonable level
(albeit the maximum "reasonable" price I have entered in the database).
-
When this one comes up, I always try to strike a
balance between me and the seller. If I can make the seller really happy
with the amount he's getting, and me still really happy with the price I'm
paying, great. On the other hand, you definitely should get rewarded for
knowing what other c
> - The CDROM version of Return to Zork was produced in greater numbers
> than the floppy-disk version, so theoretically the diskette version is
> worth more.
Rarer, but not necessarily worth more, except maybe to a few collectors or
RTZ fanatics. Who wants to actually play the floppy version, in
Yep, I found him right away. His eBay ID too. LMK if you want him on my
jerk-list, he definitely qualifies. >B-}
- Original Message -
From: "Feldhamer, Stuart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:53 PM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
I've heard from one cartridge collector who bought a bunch of "sealed" SNES
games, only to find out the seller took the original, more valuable
cartridges out and replaced them with cheap-o titles before reshrinking, so
he could sell the same game twice, thinking no one would ever open the wrap.
-
I dont hold either highly. If crushed & wrapped, not interested. If not
crushed and not wrapped, not interested. :)
- Original Message -
From: "Jim Leonard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 5:11 PM
Subject: [SWCollect] Would YOU bid on this?
Breakers, PC:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11047&item=3073316574
If I didn't already have one coming in the mail I'd bid on this,
except... it's pretty badly crushed. Still shrinkwrapped, but crushed.
My question to the list: How many of you hold shrinkwrapping so hi
I don't have more specific data handy (out of town right now), but here is a breakdown
of UK sales across all platforms:
1 - NEED FOR SPEED: UNDERGROUND
2 - GRAND THEFT AUTO: DOUBLE PACK
3 - THE SIMPSONS: HIT & RUN
4 - FIFA 2004
5 - LORD OF THE RINGS: RETURN OF THE KING
6 - NORTON INTERNET S
Of course you can. There are lots of criteria you can judge mistakes by, but in the games industry, number of units sold is the most common and least subjective method. It is especially important since it usually determines if you get to continue making games in the future.
Hugh-Original
(Darn, my reply first landed at Hugh's personal address, sorry about
that)
IMHO opinion that's because of console sales. Look at the numbers the PC
version of a game sells.
It is because of this that PC development is becoming a mere
afterthought.
Marco
[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb:
>
> EA is do
How many sellers would tell a buyer they are paying too much?
Anyhow, it really is an ethical question. If I knew the seller was in
dire need for the money, then I wouldn't buy it and tell him the true
worth of his item.
But under normal circumstances my decision would be as this: I came to
the o
Jim Leonard schrieb:
>
> > True again. What also irks me as a PC gamer these days is that we are
> > mostly given gruesome console ports. Most recent example there being
> > "Deux Ex: Invisible War." The game may be perfect for the Xbox and its
> > audience, on the PC the graphics, the simplified
On Jan 20, 2004, at 10:31 PM, Jim Leonard wrote:
[Snip]
Or am I the only one who executed a round of attacks in an RPG and sat
with baited breath while the disk drive paused, whirred, taunting me
with the result until finally the results were printed?
I can remember playing Ultima III and trying
Hugh,
I understood the context... I just don't think you can quite compare "making more/less money" and "being a mistake" :)
I wasn't commenting on quality either 0:)
Pedro
--
Pedro R. Quaresma
Salvador Caetano IMVT
Div. Sistemas de Informação / Systems and Information Division
Administração e
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
will help me in the future. What do you all think? Ever feel guilty
buying a game for $5 that you know is worth maybe $100 or more?
I don't feel guilty because I always make the other person offer first.
Case in point: Someone has Archon PC, I ask how much, they say $1
Pedro, you misunderstood. I was commenting on Marco's statement:
"but failed to realize it'll lower the number of units sold, asthere won't be much left that distinguishes a bought game from a warezversion."
Marco was saying that DVD cases would adversely affect the number of units sold. My
Hugh Falk wrote:
>EA is doing better every year financially (including Europe). If DVD cases are a mistake, there is no evidence >yet.
Sorry, but that's not a valid point Let's replace some words in the sentence above:
McDonalds is doing better every year financially (including Europe). If bur
EA is doing better every year financially (including Europe). If DVD cases are a
mistake, there is no evidence yet.
Hugh
-Original Message-
From: Marco Thorek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Jan 20, 2004 5:21 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] "Modern" classics
Jim Leonard sch
I think that for every given deal there is
a fair price. That price is simply what the buyer agrees to pay and what the
seller is willing to sell for. If both buyer and seller are in agreement, it’s
the right price for that item at the given time.
Of course, this doesn’t match the so-ca
I guess that depends on how you assess the value. No one here has bought a classic game that they themselves wouldn't have paid a few more dollars to have. Some come at the breaking point, but I'd reckon most don't hit that level. Also, sometimes you see two newer collectors on ebay overbid on s
To me, games in 5.25 floppies are more valuable than their 3.5 counterparts. Why? The extra sleeves.
Some games have really nice sleeves on their 5.25 games. The Softworld edition of the Origin (Ultima/Wing Commander) games spring to mind
--
Pedro R. Quaresma
Salvador Caetano IMVT
Div. Sistemas
Just won an item on ebay. The email I received from the seller must have gone through ebay as it contained this message.
"Never pay for your item with an instant cash transfer service such as MoneyGram or Western Union. These services are like sending cash to a stranger - they are an extre
Just curious, how do people here feel about buying an item you know is valuable but the person selling does not? Such as collectable software. Do you feel funny bargaining down a price when you know it is worth a lot more than what you are paying? I kind of figured myself that the knowledge of what
39 matches
Mail list logo
