Re: [SWCollect] Funny typo

2004-03-06 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 03/06/2004 6:58:25 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? > ViewItem&category=1183&item=3178965064 AHAHAHA!!! That one got me laughing out loud too!! Tom Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of U

Re: [SWCollect] Funny typo

2004-03-06 Thread Marco Thorek
ROFLMAO, it just goes perfectly together with the corny description. I really don't LOL literally in front of the PC very often, but this just did it :-) Marco Dan Chisarick schrieb: > > Its a very long description, but the typo (about 2/3 of the way down) > is priceless: > > http://cgi.ebay

Re: Re: [SWCollect] Red Crystal, the Seven Secrets of Life

2004-03-06 Thread sraclelist
Yeah, it's by QQP. I have a copy hiding somewhere in the closet, at least according to my database. > > From: "Stefan Lindblom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2004/03/06 Sat AM 09:48:27 EST > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Red Crystal, the Seven Secrets of Life > > It's an RPG,

RE: [SWCollect] Ok....melt wizard...

2004-03-06 Thread Hugh Falk
Baseball is right, but which one? :-) Here's a useless hint...it's one of my favorite classic PC baseball games. Hugh -Original Message- From: Josh Lulewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 2:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Okmelt wizard.

RE: [SWCollect] Ok....melt wizard...

2004-03-06 Thread Josh Lulewicz
He was playing baseball or something on Atari, right? -Original Message- From: Hugh Falk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 3:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Okmelt wizard... That's what I had guessed as well...never saw the game elsewhere.

Re: [SWCollect] Ok....melt wizard...

2004-03-06 Thread C.E. Forman
> I can't remember where I saw this question answered, but, yes, it > was something designed specifically for the movie. It was never a game that > was commercially released. Yeah, notice how fast his computer boots it up. And when he types I don't believe the text line has a cursor. Nearly all

[SWCollect] Ok....melt wizard...

2004-03-06 Thread Josh Lulewicz
I am sure this has been discussed before my time here on the list so hope no one minds.   What is the game Josh Baskin is playing in the movie Big?   It is NOT Wizard and the Princess!   Was this something coded up specifically for the movie or is there such a game?   Josh

RE: [SWCollect] Ok....melt wizard...

2004-03-06 Thread Hugh Falk
That's what I had guessed as well...never saw the game elsewhere. However, can you remember the game Fred Savage was playing at the beginning of Princess Bride? Hugh -Original Message- From: Matthew A. Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 1:17 PM To: [EMAIL PR

RE: [SWCollect] Ok....melt wizard...

2004-03-06 Thread Matthew A. Murray
> -Original Message- > From: Josh Lulewicz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 4:08 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SWCollect] Okmelt wizard... > > I am sure this has been discussed before my time here on the > list so hope no one minds. > > What is the

[SWCollect] Ok....melt wizard...

2004-03-06 Thread Josh Lulewicz
I am sure this has been discussed before my time here on the list so hope no one minds. What is the game Josh Baskin is playing in the movie Big? It is NOT Wizard and the Princess! Was this something coded up specifically for the movie or is there such a game? Josh ---

RE: [SWCollect] Per-Olof Karlsson

2004-03-06 Thread Per-Olof Karlsson
I'm here! Will reply to you privately right now. The reason for my absence is mostly health-related I'm afraid, but I'm back in control almost, so hopefully I'll be out of the shadows real soon. Cheers, Peo -Original Message- From: C.E. Forman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 6 mars

[SWCollect] Per-Olof Karlsson

2004-03-06 Thread C.E. Forman
Hey gang, Anybody here heard from Per-Olaf recently? He bid on a bunch of my BidVille auctions but seems to have disappeared, hasn't gotten back to me after multiple e-mails. I hate the thought of leaving negative feedback on a member of this list, but it's been almost two months now.

Re: [SWCollect] Newly subscribed, looking for KQ PCjr

2004-03-06 Thread C.E. Forman
Hi Vincent, I've actually heard of 3 variations of the KQ PCjr package: One with 1983 dates, one with 1984, and one with pieces from both years. The general consensus seems to be that Sierra ran out of 1983 parts and had to have more made, and changed the year to 1984. Unfortunately the best adv

Re: [SWCollect] here's the list

2004-03-06 Thread C.E. Forman
For auctions I recommend BidVille. Nowhere near as much traffic as eBay, but nowhere near as many asinine rules either. You pay $5 to register for 6 months then listing is free (though I've heard rumors they're going to start charging FVF's down the road). Also you can have longer auctions, or r

[SWCollect] Newly subscribed, looking for KQ PCjr

2004-03-06 Thread Vincent Joguin
Hi software collectors! I'm new to this group, but have followed some discussions on the mailing-list archive. To quickly present myself, I am the author of Tand-Em (a Tandy 1000 and someday PCjr emulator), FAST (an Atari ST and maybe someday Amiga emulator) and Disk2FDI (the best software to p

[SWCollect] here's the list

2004-03-06 Thread Matthew Sewell
All, Thanks for all your replies. I spent some time compiling a list of what I've found, and I've pasted it below (sorry for the length, but I was trying to be complete). I should note that many of the exteriors of the boxes are banged up, but almost all of the manuals (etc.) are in great conditio

Re: [SWCollect] Fuck Ebay

2004-03-06 Thread C.E. Forman
He's already on my deadbeat list, I put him on the "my personal" one since he scammed someone I know.  Not sure how many people block those IDs but at least it's there for people to see it.  If you post your story on Vintage Sierra, like you did with Eyal, I'll link to it.   Unfortunately eB

Re: [SWCollect] Red Crystal, the Seven Secrets of Life

2004-03-06 Thread Stefan Lindblom
It's an RPG, pretty mediocre one according to the reviews I have read. QQP is the publisher I believe.   - Original Message - From: C.E. Forman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 3:35 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Red Crystal, the Seven Secrets

Re: [SWCollect] Red Crystal, the Seven Secrets of Life

2004-03-06 Thread C.E. Forman
Never heard of it, what kind of game is it?  Know the publisher? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 12:09 PM Subject: [SWCollect] Red Crystal, the Seven Secrets of Life Anyone have this game, I am l

Re: [SWCollect] Castle Wolfenstein

2004-03-06 Thread C.E. Forman
I've seen the same folder, for Atari, but never in the plastic pack. - Original Message - From: "Dan Chisarick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Software Collectibles Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 9:06 PM Subject: [SWCollect] Castle Wolfenstein > I think Castle

Re: [SWCollect] Funny typo

2004-03-06 Thread C.E. Forman
Oh man, that is CLASSIC! You see people selling games on "floppy dick" all the time, but this is a new one. - Original Message - From: "Dan Chisarick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 8:18 AM Subject: [SWCollect] Funny typo > Its a very long de

Re: [SWCollect] Funny typo

2004-03-06 Thread Jim Leonard
Dan Chisarick wrote: Its a very long description, but the typo (about 2/3 of the way down) is priceless: Oh man, that is NOT the type of "player inter-action" that I am into ;-D It reads like he scanned the back of the box or some other ad and then OCR'd it to get that description. -- Jim Leon

[SWCollect] Funny typo

2004-03-06 Thread Dan Chisarick
Its a very long description, but the typo (about 2/3 of the way down) is priceless: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&category=1183&item=3178965064 -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscri

Re: [SWCollect] Fuck Ebay

2004-03-06 Thread Dan Chisarick
Thanks for posting this. It irritates me to no end that 95% of the time things go fairly smooth with the eBay/PayPal juggernaut. But then you read about stuff like this and it makes you want to never touch their system ever again. If it was $5 I'd still be p!$$3d as a matter of principal, as wou

Re: [SWCollect] Fuck Ebay

2004-03-06 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 03/05/2004 11:14:59 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And the fact that you can scam, steal, cheat and lie get caught and all you have to do is open another account and you can do it all over again. This is a real problem, it would not be hard for ebay to set

Re: [SWCollect] Fuck Ebay

2004-03-06 Thread AvatarTom
Hi Josh. I am sorry to hear of your troubles. I would not go so far as to say I hate ALL things about ebay though I have a lot of issues with them (paypal way more so than ebay from a sellers standpoint). Ebay/Paypal is a monster, a near monopoly that is not really regulated by anyone. They can pre

Re: [SWCollect] Ebay sucks like heck

2004-03-06 Thread Jukka Eronen
My blood pressure boils just from reading this. Unfortunately the character has plenty of negative in the old ID so that shows he is not a negotiable-kind-of-type and seems capable of lying and stealing. I was gonna bid too so thanks for warning. At least you seem to have gotten the bids cancelled