Re: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions
There is also an Erbe spanish reedition of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in a smaller box. -- Pedro R. Quaresma Salvador Caetano IMVT Div. Sistemas de Informação / Systems and Information Division Administração e Desenvolvimento Lotus Notes / Lotus Notes Administration and Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] // +351 22 7867000 (ext. 3492) Toyota Prius '01, Aqua Ice Opalescent, 38K km., Esperanza 'People don't quit playing because they grow old. They grow old because they quit playing.' - Oliver Wendell Holmes Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: (bcc: Pedro Quaresma/SCAETANO) Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions Jukka Eronen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 25-02-2004 23:12 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect Hi! Is the list going to be only adventures/RPGs or other type of games too? There are also german and israeli-versions of Lucas games that I haven't listed (that we discussed last year a bit too) just because at the moment I don't think to collect them; I'm collecting way too much at the moment anyways ;) On the other hand when you collect a lot, there's rarely more than a brief stop in finding something you're looking for. I don't know them all and to include them would require quite some detective work/time, so I don't necessarily want to do that right now. >From top of my head a few: - Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (German, with poster of the cover art) - Monkey Island (German, disk) - Loom (Israeli) - Day of the Tentacle (German) - Vollgas / Full Throttle (German) etc... And I'd surely include The Dig from 1995 as I for one regard it one of the best adventure games ever made. The atmosphere and ambient music are brilliant. The CD soundtrack for it is from 1996. I'd regard it highly collectible too. German or some other version of this had a normal bigger manual, as all the other versions I've seen only have the CD-sized manual. BTW they really should make sequal for the game; though I don't know if it's such a good idea after all at the current video game market (the lack of inspiriation/brain and current stage of 3D doesn't attract me at all). And surely it should be 2D. I haven't followed the current gaming for some time; is either Full Throttle 2 and Sam Max 2 anymore on production? And I think you're choice for not going for variants after the newer Lucas-games; they seem like a mess. F.ex. I have Scandinavian box version of Grim Fandango and Curse of Monkey Island. So what I'm saying there might be all kinds Timbuktu-variants or sorts :) (Not saying that in a negative way or anything.) (Updating Tolkien-collecting to all the modern platforms would be horrible too; PS2, Gameboy, X-Box, Gameboy Advande, Gamecube... The horror, the horror...) Full Throttle (the attached image) (I need more info on this one) That's the most common version I'm aware of (large two-piece high box); could you inform me too what you mean?-) Here are my Lucas scans; click to see bigger (if you haven't noticed :): http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/_fin_games_lucasarts.html I only know the regular portioned box (more height than width) and the wide box for it. ** I am almost 100% certain there is no other versions of Zak Yeah, it's probably time to take that out from my list :) (Though there is that KiXX XL two-piece box, but it doesn't count to me.) - Jukka -- http://koti.mbnet.fi/~psychic/ - Synchronic Web -- 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]/ ToyotaShopping - A sua Loja Toyota Online http://www.toyota.pt
Re: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions
[Nazgûl hologram] Hold on, this game is from the 80's. And you are saying you ordered it using the coupon in the game now, 15+ years later?? Or am I missing something here. Do you mean you just got it off eBay from some guy in the UK?Hehe, you're just drawing your own conclusions :)Yeah I bought it from eBay UK.At the time (probably 1985-86)it was available for ordering only in those places I mentioned.Actually, I remembering reading on the netcouple years ago someone sent a 3.5" disk to 5.25" floppy-replacement coupon (which apparently didn't have an expirement day)with the disks to LucasArts just for fun and the heck of it.The game was probably The Secret of Monkey Island.Obviously they didn't have floppies of it anymore,but some weeks later he received Monkey Island Madness on CDor something alike.That's quite honorable from LucasArts.Does someone remember the link for this?- Jukka--http://koti.mbnet.fi/~psychic/eng_index.html - Synchronic Web
Re: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions
Yeah, both Zak and Maniac Mansion have regular and enhanced versions regarding resolution; both are 16 colors. Jim already posted links but here are some nice comparisons too: http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/temp_maniac_comparison.jpg http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/temp/temp_zak_comparison.jpg I have the Maniacs on my harddrive. The first version is about 300K and the later is about 650K. I don't think I have enhanced Zak. Then it gets confusing which box versions included which version. Since I recall my later 1989 PC-version (with 3.5 5.25 disks) which you'd think is the enhanced one, is in fact the first version. (Though I don't know if this matters for the lists sake.) The CURIOUS Guide will cover ALL games...that are action/strategy games made between 1981 and 1983 for the VIC-20. :-) That was a joke...it will cover any game from 77 - 93 plus any game deemed collectible or interesting after that timeframe. Yeah :) I was just confused because we were listing only adventures from Lucas, and not the many Indiana Jones -games, arcade games (like Ballblazer), Night Shift, etc... - Jukka -- http://koti.mbnet.fi/~psychic/eng_index.html - Synchronic Web -- 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] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions
Pedro Quaresma wrote: There is also an Erbe spanish reedition of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in a smaller box. The arcade-one with the cover art directly from the movie poster? (The game includes a poster too, though I'm missing it.) Or is there an adventure release of Indy 3 too? Some Indy box shots and a collecting list: http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/_eng_games_indy.html http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/_eng_collecting_indy.html - Jukka -- http://koti.mbnet.fi/~psychic/ - Synchronic Web
Re: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions
Not the arcade one. It's a spanish release of the point'n'click adventure (using the SCUMM engine). -- Pedro R. Quaresma Salvador Caetano IMVT Div. Sistemas de Informação / Systems and Information Division Administração e Desenvolvimento Lotus Notes / Lotus Notes Administration and Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] // +351 22 7867000 (ext. 3492) Toyota Prius '01, Aqua Ice Opalescent, 38K km., Esperanza 'People don't quit playing because they grow old. They grow old because they quit playing.' - Oliver Wendell Holmes Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: (bcc: Pedro Quaresma/SCAETANO) Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions Jukka Eronen [EMAIL PROTECTED] 26-02-2004 10:07 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect Pedro Quaresma wrote: There is also an Erbe spanish reedition of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in a smaller box. The arcade-one with the cover art directly from the movie poster? (The game includes a poster too, though I'm missing it.) Or is there an adventure release of Indy 3 too? Some Indy box shots and a collecting list: http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/_eng_games_indy.html http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/_eng_collecting_indy.html - Jukka -- http://koti.mbnet.fi/~psychic/ - Synchronic Web ToyotaShopping - A sua Loja Toyota Online http://www.toyota.pt
RE: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions
The KIXX re-releases of the Lucasfilm games have very little value. Just $5-$10 for Maniac Mansion and Zak. I've found reports that the Enhanced Maniac Mansion contains a poster of Zak McKracken (instead of Star Wars) in the game room. I loaded the Maniac Mansion from my DOTT Tri-Box CD and it was the V1 (not enhanced), same with the Maniac Mansion on the DOTT CD in the Lucasarts Archives. I did that because I found it commonly reported that the enhanced MM debuted in DOTT. I then loaded Zak and MM from the Lucasarts Classics (from 1992) and voila there are the enhanced versions of both (As reported by SCUMMVM). I think it is rather safe to assume this is where the enhanced versions made their debut. Now if you were going to play Zak, you would still want to play the 256 color FM Towns version. Freddie -Original Message- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions Freddie Bingham wrote: The hi-res version if Zak that you have is the FM Towns (Japanese PC Console) 256 color version that is playable on the SCUMM emulator. I do No, it is not. What I have is clearly a 320x200 @ 16 color version, not FM Towns 256-color version. Here is a screenshot of the low-res one most people have: http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,2/gameId,305/gameShotId,8122/ ..and here is the same shot from the high-res one: http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,2/gameId,305/gameShotId,3579/ And to further bake your noodle, here is a low-res original Maniac Mansion: http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,2/gameId,714/gameShotId,8520/ ..and here is the high-res 16-color version: http://www.mobygames.com/game/shots/p,2/gameId,714/gameShotId,30499/ Before you start tearing your hair out, I have verified that the high-res MM was a UK release (go to MobyGames.com and look at the DOS UK release back box, it has the high-res shots on it), and the high-res Zak was a KIXX Australian release. The remaining question: Are the euro high-res versions worth more than the original ones? CURIOUS! -- 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]/
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Re: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions
Freddie Bingham wrote: Being 'famous' doesn't mean it sells for a lot on eBay! Agreed. Or rare, either. Anyone interested in buying a $200 Wibarm from 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]/
RE: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions
The KIXX re-releases of the Lucasfilm games have very little value. Just $5-$10 for Maniac Mansion and Zak. Not 100% true. The Amiga KIXX reedition of Monkey Island is famous because it has no copy protection :) Many KIXX games were sold with no copy protection, which is (was?) imho great. -- Pedro R. Quaresma Salvador Caetano IMVT Div. Sistemas de Informação / Systems and Information Division Administração e Desenvolvimento Lotus Notes / Lotus Notes Administration and Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] // +351 22 7867000 (ext. 3492) Toyota Prius '01, Aqua Ice Opalescent, 38K km., Esperanza 'People don't quit playing because they grow old. They grow old because they quit playing.' - Oliver Wendell Holmes ToyotaShopping - A sua Loja Toyota Online http://www.toyota.pt
RE: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions
I think you may be jumping to conclusions here... Stuart -Original Message- From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 2:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Sierra/Lucas/Tolkien/Ultima/ADD/SSI - info and questions *snip* Before you start tearing your hair out, I have verified that the high-res MM was a UK release (go to MobyGames.com and look at the DOS UK release back box, it has the high-res shots on it), and the high-res Zak was a KIXX Australian release. The remaining question: Are the euro high-res versions worth more than the original ones? CURIOUS! -- 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]/
