Re: [SWCollect] Vendio/Assist services? (and CGExpo)

2003-07-01 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Jim Leonard stated: > >So nobody is using services like this? No opinions at all? My auctions are so infrequent I gave up looking into software or services to assist me. No doubt I'd be more productive and have auctions more regularly if I did use something. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAI

[SWCollect] Shareware collection

2003-06-05 Thread Lee K. Seitz
e across a message I posted to Usenet some years ago. It mentioned a playable demo of Empire Deluxe. I don't recall ever successfully finding such a thing. Anybody happen to have a copy, just to satisfy my curiosity? -- Lee

[SWCollect] EBay song

2003-05-29 Thread Lee K. Seitz
s of Hazzard ashtray (Hey! A Dukes of Hazzard ashtray) Oh yeah . . . (I bought it on eBay) -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubs

Re: [SWCollect] Lure of the Temptress

2003-04-02 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Feldhamer, Stuart stated: > >Survey: Is this type of info appropriate to this list? >a) Sure it is, keep it coming! My vote. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are

[SWCollect] Empire, for Amiga again (argh)

2003-04-02 Thread Lee K. Seitz
, but ultimately decided against it. Did I err? Anyone interested in me picking up these or others for them? It was mostly war games. The only other title I remember is Far Beyond the Stars (I think). -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROT

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2003-02-05 Thread Lee K. Seitz
that occurred during shipping? I suspect I was very strict in my recent auctions and listed things as Fine others might have said were Near Mint. I'd rather be accused of being overly strict than overly lax. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: [SWCollect] Ebay Gets Crazier and Crazier

2003-02-01 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ss on by. And I thought I had to many rules in my auctions! At least I know which words should be capitalized and which shouldn't. 8) So because he/she's gotten 2.4% negative feedback, they resort to this? Yeesh! -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] --

Re: [SWCollect] $1000 Game Cartridge

2003-01-31 Thread Lee K. Seitz
on it? This is a definite misuse of the term "Holy Grail." Chase the Chuckwagon or Video Life are Holy Grails. Eli's Ladder may be very rare, but it's also still obscure in video game collecting circles. Although, looking at the bidding history, there were seven people that

Re: [SWCollect] Chris Foreman's Gay Pride Shrine

2003-01-30 Thread Lee K. Seitz
/tech_ebay_lawsuit_dc_1 FYI, the e-mail was the True Stella Awards, an interesting and entertaining weekly publication. Find out more at www.stellaawards.com. (I have no affiliation with this service beyond being a subscriber.) -- Lee K.

Re: [SWCollect] Resources, Part II

2003-01-30 Thread Lee K. Seitz
aling with >someone who isn't quite playing with a full deck.) I should hope there's no way to access such records except in the case where it's related to a criminal offense. (By which I mean a court ordered evaluation or some such.) Otherwise it would be a great invasion

Re: [SWCollect] Resources

2003-01-30 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ll phone or not. http://www.primeris.com/fonefind/index.php -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [E

Re: [SWCollect] Geekness! (was: Re: [SWCollect] Gosh, you look we

2003-01-30 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Feldhamer, Stuart stated: > >I once joined this email list related to software collecting... >=20 >Stuart I once (recently) bragged to someone that my name was listed in the thanks at the end of the MobyScale. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMA

Re: [SWCollect] Gosh, you look weird

2003-01-30 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Jim Leonard stated: > >"Lee K. Seitz" wrote: >> >> I look like this: >> >> http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/images/lks1.jpg >Oh good grief. :) Like I wrote earlier, some people want control over how >they look. Just to explain, that picture was ta

Re: [SWCollect] New topic--Collectors UNITE!

2003-01-30 Thread Lee K. Seitz
a special section in Wal-Mart, Target, etc.) and no longer mixed in with the candy bars. They're no longer an "impulse buy" item. Kinda like what's happened to action figures, but I digress... -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: [SWCollect] Chris Foreman's Gay Pride Shrine

2003-01-30 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ting (basically) that binding arbitration shall take the place of lawsuits. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mai

Re: [SWCollect] New topic--Collectors UNITE!

2003-01-30 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Pedro Quaresma stated: > >Anyway, we can already conclude that 1976 was a great year for Software=20 >Collectors... ;) Sure was. I think I got my first "pong" console about then. 8) -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SWCollect] Gosh, you look weird

2003-01-30 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Stefan Lindblom stated: > >Hey oldies, Watch it, youngster. >The pic of Chris on Mr morons auction brought a thought to my head. What do >you guys look like? I look like this: http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/images/lks1.jpg Or did back in '98 when it was taken. -- Le

Re: [SWCollect] New topic--Collectors UNITE!

2003-01-29 Thread Lee K. Seitz
was 32. Who was it? Me, which makes the average 29.5. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [SWCollect] New topic--Collectors UNITE!

2003-01-28 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Chris Newman stated: > >Hahaha, that's a good idea. I'm curious about that. On the Wacky >Packages forum, I know the median age is 35, because the question comes >up alot. But what about here? > >Chris - 36 >Stuart - 27 >C.E. - 28 For the record, I'm

Re: [SWCollect] Quick note on MobyGames genres

2003-01-27 Thread Lee K. Seitz
So Hugh's suggestion of rogue-like games literally hit me in >the face like a sack of bricks. "Literally"? Wow, Hugh, you've got to teach me that trick! There's a few spammers I'd like to try it on. 8) 8) 8) -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] "In recent

Re: [SWCollect] Heads Up

2003-01-21 Thread Lee K. Seitz
it would have been 1989, then. I was most disappointed. I think I tried ordering the Babel Fish t-shirt at the same time with the same results. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currentl

Re: [SWCollect] Some people push it...

2003-01-15 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ing their fans (IMHO). Now THAT'S greed. Sorry to mess up the thread, but I deleted this message yesterday. I just learned that EA will be producing three different boxes for Command and Conquer Generals, one for each faction. It seemed appropriat

Re: [SWCollect] Some people push it...

2003-01-14 Thread Lee K. Seitz
mander Alone in the Dark Terminal Velocity Duke Nukem II King's Quest Descent I notice the sleeve says "Volume One" on it. Is there a Volume Two? -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you becau

[SWCollect] Star Saga up and MobyScale question

2003-01-10 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ad of MMC for the Ankh since it's the one piece most people are after? I ended up marking it "G/G (IM, BM)". And do I have the right idea marking the disk "G (BM)" or should it be "ED (BM)"? -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

Re: [SWCollect] MindCandy

2002-12-18 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Chris Newman stated: > >The Bad Street Brawler intro did it for me on the PC, with that >wonderful television static effect. Pretty major for 1987! Am I the only one getting two of every post since Jim's first MindCandy one? (Sounds interesting, too.) -- Lee K. Seitz [E

Re: [SWCollect] Grading question

2002-12-08 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ough. Although I prefer the earlier packages where they included interesting, short program listings that you couldn't always tell what they did before running them.) -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This messag

[SWCollect] Grading question

2002-12-02 Thread Lee K. Seitz
lthough it doesn't look like that was a problem. 8) I can understand the manual, but the box??? Anyway, what rating would you give such items on the MobyScale? The manuals and boxes are flawless except for (and perhaps because of) this peculiarity. -- Lee K. Seitz [

[SWCollect] Found my old stuff

2002-12-02 Thread Lee K. Seitz
e Silver Surfer by then _Silver Surfer_ colorist Tom Vincent, but that's off topic. 8) P.S. Speaking of Choplifter!, I'd still like an original disk to replace mine that (*sob*) died. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SWCollect] Paypal scam Email ?

2002-11-23 Thread Lee K. Seitz
/sued. 8) (Not sure exactly what the outcome was, actually.) -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PR

Re: [SWCollect] CPU/computer designations

2002-11-23 Thread Lee K. Seitz
6 was in IBM PC, 186 XT, 286 AT, is this true? Many of my >games use the AT/XT/PC designation, not actual CPU. I know 268 = AT. I believe you have the rest right, but wouldn't swear to it. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[SWCollect] @!#?@!, I got a virus

2002-11-14 Thread Lee K. Seitz
it. Some pieces of subject I know were sent: Fantastic Four Roast #1 Tracerlock matches for "Spaceknight" I apologize for my stupidity and hope it has not done any of you any harm. If you receive any more suspicious e-mails from me after this one, please let me know. --

Re: [SWCollect] Found Empire, but still need it (and Fire-Brigade note)

2002-11-13 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Hugh Falk stated: > >I don't remember Ogre or Wasteland having mouse support (for DOS), but I >can't verify that right now. Anybody else recall? Ogre for the Apple II had mouse support, but I don't know about DOS. -- Lee K

Re: [SWCollect] MobyScale question

2002-11-12 Thread Lee K. Seitz
to new game style-guide. But what usually happens is I get down to the description and want to add a Moby tag. So then I go look for a link to the style-guide and can't find one because the Game Wizard is the only place it appears. --

Re: [SWCollect] Found Empire, but still need it (and Fire-Brigade note)

2002-11-11 Thread Lee K. Seitz
here is also a scenerio disk (sold >seperately) for the Master's Edition, which you have. There is??? Are you sure? I know there was a Scenario disk for Empire Deluxe that was sold separately, but it's included on the Masters Edition CD-ROM (along with the DOS and Windows versions of

[SWCollect] Found Empire, but still need it (and Fire-Brigade note)

2002-11-11 Thread Lee K. Seitz
bought it, but decided I'd already overspent just getting Empire. Anyone intersted in it? -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing lis

Re: [SWCollect] [ SWCollect ] What's your favorite find?

2002-11-11 Thread Lee K. Seitz
in my last post. There are joysticks for PDAs (e.g. http://www.tt-tec.com/html/Products/T102.htm), they're just not well supported by the games due to a lack of standards. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message

Re: [SWCollect] [ SWCollect ] What's your favorite find?

2002-11-11 Thread Lee K. Seitz
to be the latter.) Guess I should read ahead before posting. Okay, so how can I tell if my copy of Skyfox (for the Apple II, BTW) is a full copy or not? I don't have any other copies to compare it against. Any cheat keys I should try? -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SWCollect] [ SWCollect ] What's your favorite find?

2002-11-11 Thread Lee K. Seitz
as apparently holding the folio closed, and another on the disk. (The reference card is missing.) Anyone know the origin of these stickers? Was it a pre-release, a copy for review, a copy for a store to load on a computer for customers to try, or something el

Re: [SWCollect] [ SWCollect ] What's your favorite find?

2002-11-11 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ssicgaming.com/gotcha/epyx.htm). Again, I feel one of the >most successful (yet underappreciated) publishers of the 80s. I don't know about most successful, but certainly one of the more successful publishers. It's a shame they're gone. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction

2002-11-11 Thread Lee K. Seitz
of Space Invaders or Missile Command I have for the Atari 2600 and plan to keep. (They're label variations.) -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcol

Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction

2002-11-10 Thread Lee K. Seitz
I didn't even have a PC yet, but played them somewhere that did. After being used to the Apple II's 8-color hi-res graphics, 4-color CGA did nothing for me. I eventually sold both games in disgust. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

[SWCollect] MobyScale question

2002-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
hould I list them as "Disks: G/MMC"? (I'd probably put a note after that explaining the rating.) Also, is there not an official page for the MobyScale at MobyGames.com? I can't find one and Google returns the ones at YOIS and GO

Re: [SWCollect] Finds over "vacation"

2002-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
e.) I'd love to do something like this, particularly if it included old video game platforms, but I simply don't have the time for something like this right now. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to

Re: [SWCollect] What's your favorite find?

2002-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
s are shrinkwrapped. I don't recall hearing about it until I found it, but I thought it was cool finding it in that condition. I have no sentimental attachment to it, however, and have decided to see what it will fetch on

Re: [SWCollect] Counterfeit Sierras

2002-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
n figure), but didn't make any exceptions for those in calculating averages and such. (I figured they'd, well, average out.) It's often very hard to accuarately judge condition of items from an auction listing, even if it h

[SWCollect] AOL disk collecting

2002-11-07 Thread Lee K. Seitz
hem for free. What's y'all's opinion, as software (game) collectors of people that collect AOL disks? Anybody here care to admit to being an AOL disk collector? Have I asked this before? -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

[SWCollect] Multi-format floppy drive

2002-11-05 Thread Lee K. Seitz
l SID chip so you can get true C-64 sounds from your PC. Anyone planning on getting one? -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. T

[SWCollect] Finds over "vacation"

2002-11-05 Thread Lee K. Seitz
find for me as I was flipping through. And it was sort of fun to see the old Charlie Chaplin IBM PC Jr. ads again. -- Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to t

[SWCollect] Maxis Collectors?

2002-10-17 Thread Lee K. Seitz
er IF companies, EA (primarily flats), Sierra, and probably Origin collectors. Although Maxis is a relative newcomer compared to some of those, I figure there must be some Maxis collectors somewhere. I don't recall anyone here every mentioning it, though. So, anybody want to fess up? 8)

[SWCollect] eBay fees

2002-10-16 Thread Lee K. Seitz
go and then I never heard any more about. -- Lee K. Seitz * [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]

Re: [SWCollect] Two questions

2002-10-16 Thread Lee K. Seitz
able to see a good approximation of ANSI graphics made a world of difference. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscri

Re: [SWCollect] Two questions

2002-10-16 Thread Lee K. Seitz
r something else? I don't know that the software made a difference to me. I cared more about the people and atmosphere (or the games). The ones I seemed to call the most were PC-Board and WWIV, IIRC. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---

[SWCollect] Two questions

2002-10-15 Thread Lee K. Seitz
of Windows 95. Might come in handy if I find a cheap computer to give to the in-laws or something. Should I worry that Microsoft is going to see this message in the swcollect archive on the web and come after me? -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-15 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ing Drash. I'm very sorry to hear about that. Makes my continuing unemployment seem trivial in comparison. I wish you both the best in getting through it. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was se

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-07 Thread Lee K. Seitz
don't remember many other details. I don't recall if I've seen them since the new, smaller boxes have come in. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subs

Re: [SWCollect] Buy 1 get 2

2002-09-18 Thread Lee K. Seitz
it at . . . well, the Dadgum server doesn't seem to be responding. When it comes back up, start at http://www.dadgum.com/giantlist and you can find a link from there. Also, Mr. Goodman is working on a new version of Bilestoad for the Mac. You can find more info at http:/

Re: [SWCollect] Buy 1 get 2

2002-09-18 Thread Lee K. Seitz
the years. I never even heard of the game until I got it from a friend. Yes, I'm afraid I probably contributed to the problem of this game not selling well. I'm not sure if I still have that disk and, if so, whether it still works. --

Re: [SWCollect] Buy 1 get 2

2002-09-17 Thread Lee K. Seitz
I cannot play it on my Palm using an Infocom emulator. ("[...] intended [...] for use only on the computer system specified," which is IBM PC/MS-DOS compatible computers in this case.) Likewise, I can't play my Apple II Infocom games

Re: [SWCollect] Our Mission

2002-08-01 Thread Lee K. Seitz
n stating that the image was not the actual figure he was selling and, I believe, included the URL of my page. So not everyone on eBay is unreasonable. OTOH, I stamp all scans I make specifically for eBay with "lkseitz" (my eBay i.d.) so others can't use them. Or at least not cl

Re: [SWCollect] Live actors

2002-07-18 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Pedro Quaresma spake thusly into the ether: > >Hi, If I'm not mistaken, I bought my Sound Blaster mu= >ltimedia kit (SBPro 2.0, single speed CDROM) in 1992, and it included the g= >ame Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, which featured live actors.http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect@oldskool.o

[SWCollect] More stuff

2002-07-13 Thread Lee K. Seitz
light Handbook_. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a book on the theory of interstellar space flight, not related to the PC game. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subsc

[SWCollect] Early Microsoft software

2002-07-08 Thread Lee K. Seitz
besides Windows and possible MS-DOS? A search of eBay for muMATH didn't come up with anything. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing

Re: [SWCollect] Auctions 102

2002-07-03 Thread Lee K. Seitz
way to getting better bids. It seems that there were some other things I wanted to mention, but they've slipped my mind now. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently sub

Re: [SWCollect] IIc+

2002-04-06 Thread Lee K. Seitz
V?). It was rare I could beat the smaller one (Mark III?). Anyone else have an experiences to share about this game? (I'd be happy for just a "me, too" on failing to beat the computer.) -- Lee K. Seitz * [EM

Re: [SWCollect] Apple ///

2002-04-06 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Jim Leonard boldly stated: > >"Lee K. Seitz" wrote: >> >> I'm thinking there was some enhancement made to the IIc that the >> original IIe didn't have (but later ones did). Unfortunately, what it >> was isn't coming to me. Unless . . .

Re: [SWCollect] Apple ///

2002-04-05 Thread Lee K. Seitz
al computers that didn't have commercial games specifically written >for or ported to them. So what games were released for the Apple III? It had a different OS from the II's, right? It did, I think, have some sort of emulation software to run stuff cr

Re: [SWCollect] The biggest lot I've ever seen

2002-04-05 Thread Lee K. Seitz
y sparse as far as having games, so they wouldn't go for much on their own (e.g. his two Atari 8-bits). All I can say is that if it were me, I wouldn't have sold it as one huge lot. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ -

[SWCollect] Apple ///

2002-04-04 Thread Lee K. Seitz
e same question goes for the Lisa. Any games written for it? Maybe I should just go ahead and ask the more general question, what personal computers did *not* have commercial games created for them? -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * htt

Re: [SWCollect] What's the name of this game?

2002-03-01 Thread Lee K. Seitz
. It only gets a couple pages each issue. Grab those first three and proceed from there, I guess. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ -- This message was sent to you because you are cu

Re: [SWCollect] What's the name of this game?

2002-03-01 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ues/games, but apparently they didn't sell or something. The fourth story, featuring the X-Men, was eventually printed in an issue of MARVEL FANFARE. (Apparently the story had been completed before the game.) The Chief Examiner's fate was eventually revealed, some years later, in an

[SWCollect] USPS lost eBay item I shipped

2002-01-25 Thread Lee K. Seitz
other ideas? BTW, did I mention the computer was supposed to be delivered to Andorra? Even if I get the price of the computer back, I'm out $30+ in shipping costs! That's why I'd rather they find it. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [SWCollect] test

2002-01-14 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Jim Leonard boldly stated: > >test, please reply Replying to this one and ignoring the other one. 8) -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ -- This message was sent to you because y

[SWCollect] RtCW tin

2002-01-08 Thread Lee K. Seitz
#x27;s cast of characters and your | ticket to hours and hours of stunning first-person shooter mayhem in | the form of the game. Follow this link to activate your discount now. | | http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/ads/promos/newsletterspecial/?site=NLF0108 -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SWCollect] [OT] Roland LAPC-1

2001-11-27 Thread Lee K. Seitz
(many years ago) was that Adlib sound worked on my roommate's original IBM PC with an Adlib card, but not my 286 with an SBPro. BTW, has anyone ever finished this game? I was never able to make it through the last level. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lks

Re: [SWCollect] [OT] Roland LAPC-1

2001-11-27 Thread Lee K. Seitz
g >out the 386. Just a status update. Did anything more ever come of this? -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac-M*n necktie (The asterisk is to keep from mucking up people's Usenet search

[SWCollect] 1983 IBM educational titles

2001-11-16 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ese worth anything to anybody? Don't worry, Jim, I'll enter the appropriate ones in MobyGames eventually. I see one or two are already there. I also got a shrinkwrapped copy of MS-DOS 5.0 for free. (There were several.) -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.n

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer

2001-11-16 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Sounds very slow. Was it? -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac-M*n necktie (The asterisk is to keep from mucking up people's Usenet search results. Replace it w

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games

2001-11-16 Thread Lee K. Seitz
> >No idea, but there are programs out there that let you "trick" the game >into thinking you're using another screen mode. There are? Know any by name? The Activision Atari 2600 Action Packs only work in 256-color mode. (Bleah!) -- Lee K. Seit

Re: [SWCollect] Re: OT: Douglas Adams (was: New SKUs)

2001-11-15 Thread Lee K. Seitz
C.E. Forman boldly stated: > >Oh boy, brag time! B-) > >I have a photo of Adams and Meretzky from their days working on HHGG >together at Infocom in Steve's office, signed by both men. Okay, you win. 8) -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home

[SWCollect] Anybody know these games?

2001-11-14 Thread Lee K. Seitz
II worth anything? (I'm guessing not.) -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac-M*n necktie (The asterisk is to keep from mucking up people's Usenet search results. Replace

Re: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock)))

2001-11-14 Thread Lee K. Seitz
-) Yeah, well, I did the same thing with NetHack and X-Wing. It's interesting that iRogue (for the Palm OS) actually includes restoring saved games after you die as a feature. But you have to make sure you save the game yourself, as the automatic one does get deleted. -- Lee K. Seitz

[SWCollect] Re: OT: Douglas Adams (was: New SKUs)

2001-11-14 Thread Lee K. Seitz
get it as I was a poor college student or newlywed at that point. I forget what got me interested in the series, but I think it was around middle school or high school. BTW, if you're a Hitchhiker's fan, you need to read this story at DNA's site: http://www.douglasadams.com/dn

Re: [SWCollect] New SKUs

2001-11-13 Thread Lee K. Seitz
nsider it to be King's Quest V, which included a >puzzle so "out there" that you *had* to buy the hint book to win the >game. I don't know. I think the Babel fish in Hitchhiker just about qualifies. 8) I managed to figure out everything except the final step before I got

Re: [SWCollect] New SKUs

2001-11-13 Thread Lee K. Seitz
a big waste of resources. I'm suprised the software industry hasn't gotten the flack the recording industry did with CD boxes when CDs first came out. But I'm curious, how many of you guys are going to buy two copies of a game just to have both box "variations"? -- Le

[SWCollect] New SKUs

2001-11-13 Thread Lee K. Seitz
n just the HI logo changing to Infogrames. Do I have to collect both versions? 8) On the bright side, the smaller versions of Pac-Man: Adventures in Time and Revenge of Arcade are about $5-10 cheaper. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wa

Re: [SWCollect] Ludicrous prices

2001-11-13 Thread Lee K. Seitz
x27;m interested in his UFO, Global Conquest, and Modem Wars. Argh! I suspect they'll go for more than I want to pay, so don't worry about bidding against me, if I do bid. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac

Re: [SWCollect] Soccer games (was:Shock)

2001-11-10 Thread Lee K. Seitz
either, so I looked at the Jag FAQ. There's only one other one: NBA Jam Tournament Edition. So the only Team Tap Jag games are both basketball games. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac-M*n necktie (The asterisk is

Re: [SWCollect] Soccer games (was:Shock)

2001-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ust how much cost does two controller ports add to a console? -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac-M*n necktie (The asterisk is to keep from mucking up people's Usenet search results. Replace it with

Re: [SWCollect] Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))

2001-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Hugh Falk boldly stated: > >Is there a version [of Rogue] for Pocket PC I haven't >investigated yet...I'll have to! Since I don't own one, I don't know. But let me know what you find out. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lksei

Re: [SWCollect] Soccer games (was:Shock)

2001-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
s than GameCube or Xbox, without mentioning that they had a year lead on them. 8) Furthermore, Nintendo will tell everyone that they lead the video game industry because of combined Game Boy, N64, and GameCube sales. Oh wait, they're already doing that, aren't they? 8) -- Lee K.

Re: [SWCollect] Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))

2001-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
a game until I downloaded iRogue for my Palm (http://roguelike-palm.sourceforge.net/iRogue/). And then, I think it was largely luck that I managed to do it. The nice thing about iRogue is it lets you enter Wizard mode without a password. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~l

[SWCollect] New disk lifetime

2001-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
rs? And I just know there's someone (Jim?) on this list that's got a few hundred blank 5.25" DD disks saved up for preservation efforts, right? -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac-M*n necktie (The

Re: [SWCollect] Soccer games (was:Shock)

2001-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Karl Kuras boldly stated: > >I went to CGE99. He worked on XBOX? Yep. One fun fact he mentioned was that the 2600 had 15 micron circuits. The Xbox has .015 micron circuits. How far we've come! 8) -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.n

Re: [SWCollect] Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))

2001-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
d Stunts on my current 700MHz machine, but it ran fine on my 133MHz one. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac-M*n necktie (The asterisk is to keep from mucking up people's Usenet se

Re: [SWCollect] Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))

2001-11-09 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Hugh Falk boldly stated: > >Can you point me to one of these Roguelike game sites? Don't you know how to use search engines? 8) http://www.win.tue.nl/~kroisos/roguelike.html http://www.hut.fi/~eye/roguelike/ http://www.skoardy.demon.co.uk/rlnews/ -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [SWCollect] Today's finds

2001-11-04 Thread Lee K. Seitz
yway. Have I mentioned what a bad influence you guys are on me buying games I don't have time to play? -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac-M*n necktie (The asterisk is to keep from mucking up people's Usen

Re: [SWCollect] Infocom RPG list

2001-11-03 Thread Lee K. Seitz
k Ninja-looking guy... There's a complete list of Infocom games, IF and otherwise, at the (unofficial) Infocom Homepage at http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/, but it doesn't seem to list platforms for each game. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/

Re: [SWCollect] Today's finds

2001-11-03 Thread Lee K. Seitz
I boldly stated: > >I have a copy of Marbel Madness (for the PC) in a record sleeve. Oops, "Marble." -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac-M*n necktie (The asterisk is to keep from mucking up people

Re: [SWCollect] Today's finds

2001-11-03 Thread Lee K. Seitz
le in a record sleeve. However, >I'm sure that's not the case. I have a copy of Marbel Madness (for the PC) in a record sleeve. -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vintage Pac-M*n necktie (The asterisk is to

Re: [SWCollect] Today's finds

2001-11-03 Thread Lee K. Seitz
ting PC Tools 6 if I already have Copy II PC 6 and Norton Utilities 6? (Of course, I don't think I've verified that Copy II PC works and only have 5.25" HD disks for Norton.) -- Lee K. Seitz * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://home.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/ Wanted: Vin

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