Hey gang,
As you might recall, a few of us were talking back in Jan/Feb this year
about putting together a software collector's expo (VCGC, formerly
SCExpo) featuring classic authors as guest speakers, and vendors who
specifically deal in the vintage games we collect.
But we've run into a couple
I still troll the used item bin for the very occasional vintage goodie
that shows up. Found two yesterday: LucasFilm's Tie Fighter and OOP's
Perfect General II.
At what store? Those are a decade old.
Every once in a great while this can happen. I got a brand-new Countdown by
Access at
- Original versions of Elite, which used a device called a LensLok. This
one is actually on par with Chronoquest (maybe worse). It's a clear
plastic
device that you squint through and try to decode a shape on the screen. I
have one, and I actually just read an article on it in retrogamer
I saw this too. Hilarious!I loved
the fact that they were over-thinking, over-analyzing everything, believing the
different colors on the blocks in Tetris meant something, wondering if you can
do stuff with the umbrella and purse in DK, rapid-fire in Space Invaders,
etc.
- Original
BTW does anyone here own original game art?
Cover art or ingame?
Not the actual paintings per se, but I have a number of films from
Activision showing the work-in-progress cover art for a number of
post-Infocom releases: Lost Treasures, LGoP2, Zork Grand Inquisitor (which
shows some neat
Just in case anyone else wondered.
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From: Aaron Kipness [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: Message from eBay Member
Another Mt. Drash popped up on EBAY and I'm not about to compete with
another Drash and get
eBay Member
Interesting. Though I wonder what will make it appreciate more if all
of a sudden they're popping out of the woodwork (relatively speaking).
He's the one who had a tape + warranty card only auction, yes?
On May 17, 2004, at 7:56 PM, C.E. Forman wrote:
Just in case anyone else
Yeah, the slipcover goes over the plastic case and then the whole thing is
shrinkwrapped. This guy sold one last year and he said he had a few more.
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From: Stephane Racle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; swcollect [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, May 15,
Just tried searching on a seller's old user ID and eBay didn't recognize it.
Used to be you could do this and it'd come back with the current ID. This
is going to make it harder to follow crooks who swap their IDs out for new
ones (but keep the same account).
When the high-enders get their own copies of given titles
will they leave those alone in next time appearings or do they
gather everything they can get, even multiple times?
I think once the high rollers are out of the way the prices will come down.
Depends on the bidders though... I know
In any case though, I propose we start an investigation, and over time,
formulate a ever-growing list of these people and black list them so
That's a bad idea. Many of them simply collect this way, or do so
intentionally so that they can raise money to buy the software they've
always
Man am I glad work was busy today and I missed this one. Christ. B-)
Since this thread's died down as of about 6:00 today I won't help jump-start
it again, except to say I'm glad to hear people find my ratings of my sale
items accurate and useful. I've always tried to err toward F(S) rather
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=8103582942
Last one sold in the U.S., $300+! I've got a guy who's going to pay and
reship for me, should come to about $35 - $40 total.
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Subject: Re: [SWCollect] YEAH-HA-HA!
Indeed, what is it?
Marco
Hugh Falk schrieb:
Never heard of it...is there a story behind it?
Hugh
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From: C.E. Forman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2004 1:22 PM
To: Software
I should still have the original article about
them. For awhile they were getting a bunch of older software from another
source, some of it reshrinked by said source. (They have never done
reshrinks of their own.) At first they were selling without a whole lot of
understanding of the
Huh. Guess they must have revamped the FB page as they don't show a count
for neutrals anymore, though they did as recently as 6 months ago (maybe
more recent). Under the old system it would have said 0 neutrals even if
you had none. This could have been changed to curb the edge a neutral
used
To my knowledge Zork was a word used by computer geeks at MIT for just
about everything, as in give me that zork over there.
That's what I've read in every article about the original mainframe Zork
(Dungeon). It's possible the MIT term derived from the Brunner novel.
Just in case any of you were thinking of bidding on this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=8103195577rd=1
.be aware that it's not an original advertisement flyer, but a page cut out
of a magazine and framed by the seller (which I suspected after seeing this
one:
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From:
Feldhamer, Stuart
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2004 10:16
AM
Subject: [SWCollect] Origin Museum email
address
Someone help me
out with Joe's current email address. Joe, you should update the
If I can add to this: I believe that the MEDIUM you write about isn't
complete
without the actual gameplay experience: Loading the game, looking at the
title
screen with anticipation, gameplay mechanics, looking at maps, consulting
add-ins/feelies. I feel that it is imperative that the game
What I'd like to know is how people (the same
people all the time)are finding the rare items. Granted, I'm aware
of a few sellers putting a ton of stuff up, so people watch their
auctions. Everyone searches on Infocom, Drash, etc. But I've also
seen some really obscure stuff by an atypical
Anybody else heard of this game? I picked up a copy this weekend in a
thrift for a couple of bucks. No entry on MobyGames, and no active or
completed auctions on eBay.
It's a vampire/horror adventure by Microforum, 1997. M for Mature. Graphic
adventure with icon interface. There's an
Hugh,
Very nice, and remarkably fast. Sorting and
searching both worked great. I did find one
glitch, though: If I:
1. Search on a keyword2. Then hit my browser's
back button from the results page3. Then click the scroll bar on the left
side (in the previous page)
...Instead of scrolling
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From:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2004 6:43
AM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] So obviously Mt.
Drash is no longer rare
In a message dated 04/21/2004 6:34:43 AM Central
Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
#1 has a registration card
#2 has a registration card but it is filled out with the previous owners
details (he just never sent it in)
#3 has no registration card
I'd number them the same way you do, Jim. Prefer to have a reg card, but
it's minor. Would rather have it written on than
Is there a way to deal with retaliatory -ve feedback?
Request their contact info from eBay and call them. If the phone number is
false, report it to eBay and they will take down the negative comment (and
suspend them until they correct it). This policy is buried pretty deep, but
it is there
I have very vague memories of that. I *think* I beat the
mini-adventures as well as ROL but to be honest, I don't remember.
Possible I didn't. I searched Google for hours (figuring you've
probably already tried that) and the only reference I found was someone
asking that very same
Dan,
I too spent a large portion of my childhood with ACS. Could you possibly
tell me how to find the mouth in Rivers of Light (the one you're supposed to
give to the ghost in the pyramid)? I edited the game and searched EVERY
SQUARE for it, to no avail.
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From: Dan
Yep, that's definitely the Apple II manual. I saw one auction a long time
ago that had it in an open-faced box. Scan is attached, I saved it.
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From: Freddie Bingham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 5:52 PM
Subject: RE:
Tom,
I hope I didn't give you the impression that I
don't care at all about stuff like this. It bugs me too when people charge
money for games that abandonware sites have for free download (which the sites
themselves probably shouldn't, but that's a whole other discussion that I think
Yeah, I see these all the time, but just don't have
the time or energy to fight CD compilations. Prefer to stick to homemade
packaging, where it's not obvious what the seller's doing. If you feel
like it, report 'em to eBay. They seem to come down on this sort of thing
fairly quick. (And
He is obviously a man of great means (and no wife! :-))
Somebody told me he's writing a book and wants to include every game ever
made in it. Says Peter himself claimed he had millions to spend. (Which
I doubt... I've outbid him before. If he had millions, why didn't he just
bid $1 on
I don't get Game Show Network. If somebody could tape it for me, I'll pay
postage and the cost of the tape (unless you want it back).
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From: Marco Thorek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 6:24 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Video Game
Got this in my mail today, re: the availability of Drash images, just wanted
to pass along.
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From: Great Hierophant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 3:08 AM
Subject: Ultima: Escape from Mt. Drash
I hope you are aware of a .d64
I'd just like to (as always) voice my concern about how widely these images
would get distributed. Not that I'm against preserving it, I'm just worried
about it falling into the wrong hands and we get inundated with fakes being
sold as originals.
Before actually sending the game to the high
Also let me just say (and I'm sure TomMage agrees), VERY wise choice not to
take PayPal on this auction, Edward. B-)
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Or any of your most prized software posessions, for that matter? Any
good stories out there?
Marco (Infocom-IF) and I just bought a box of film, slides, etc., of some of
the late-term (early- to mid-1990s) Infocom package designs from a guy at
Activision. Photos they took for the package,
To arguments of fakes: Yes, I agree that is a concern. But since the
image is already out there, as well as .JPGs of what the casette and box
look like, that possibility already exists.
True, but you'd need a decent size image to be able to print a box from and
make it look halfway
*Sigh* I have changed the group name to
"sc-expo" (Yahoo doesn't allow spaces).
Can we resume being grown-ups now?
B-)
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From:
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 9:40
AM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Scexpo
Yeah, this is Jeremy Lechtzin. He's completely trustworthy.
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From: Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Question about trading partner
Marco Thorek stated:
I'm trying to do a deal
Oh man, that is CLASSIC! You see people selling games on floppy dick all
the time, but this is a new one.
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From: Dan Chisarick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 8:18 AM
Subject: [SWCollect] Funny typo
Its a very long
I've seen the same folder, for Atari, but never in the plastic pack.
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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
Never heard of it, what kind of game is it?
Know the publisher?
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From:
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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
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 eBay
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
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
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.
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
? If I recall, I got that along with
the Personal Software Zork for about $100 :) So hard to say what it was
worth alone. It looked boring to me or I wouldnt have parted with it
but maybe I was wrong?
C.E. Forman wrote:
Most of these TRS-80 large manual adventures sell for around $15 - $20
Yeah, I meant justthe ones released by Radio
Shack. All bets are off ona PS Zork price these days.
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From:
Freddie
Bingham
To: 'C.E. Forman' ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 4:25
PM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Xenos
I assume
I've heard a couple of reports of them exceeding
$100. Never with 8 days still to go on the auction, though. Be
interesting to see if this gets any snipes.
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From:
Freddie
Bingham
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2004 6:12
PM
BTW, I noticed you had a pic of the LOTR limited edition Nazgul hologram
- any idea how rare this is? Did you pick it up somewhere or are you
the original owner? These things were expensive so I cant imagine they
sold many??
Is that the one offerred in the Melbourne House game? Can you
Reminds me of when Mindscape used to be here in town (used to be in
Northbrook, IL). I rode there on my bicycle in 1987 when I was stuck in
The
Mist and needed hints. The receptionist was surprised when she learned I
just
got on my bike and rode about 7 miles to ask questions. It was my
I'm sure some of you have already found these, but this guy's a former
Origin employee and is selling a ton of stuff on eBay:
http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItemsuserid=rshelleycompleted=0sort=3since=-1
Lots of mint items (including a shrinked Kilrathi Saga), hint books
Hi Stephane,
If your site is interactive fiction-related, you might try Stephen Meier and
Manuel Schulz at IF-Legends (their emails are on the if-legends.org main
page).
If you decide to rent webspace, just don't go with Aim1Hosting... that's
T-shirt Jerk's current venture! B-)
Once it's
, but that could easily be done by October (which is
when his show is held).
Keep everyone posted. LMK if you think of anything specific you'd like me
to ask him. (I also invited him to join SWCollect.)
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From: Mark Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: C.E. Forman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc
If it's March-May, we may want to consider doing it next year. This year
seems like an awfully short time to throw everything together.
I'll try and get those e-mails from the CGE/PC people answered this week.
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From: Hugh Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL
Quite possibly...
Leather Goddesses of Phobos 2: Gas Pump Girls Meet the Pulsating
Inconvenience from Planet X.
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From: BL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2004 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Oh my G*d
I
Yes, it was published separately. I just saw an auction for it not that
long ago:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=3072600726category=3528sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AITrd=1
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From: Per-Olof Karlsson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday,
Hey gang,
If you're subscribed to my YOIS mailing list, you already got my message
about the new column. But I wanted to let everybody know I also have the
full details of my battle with the Infocom T-shirt faker from last year (the
asshole who caused me so much trouble). The link is through
Dan, if you do bid, let us know how they compare with a known original.
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From: Dan Chisarick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2004 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Weird Ultima auction on eBay
Member since '99, no activity for
The problem we'll run into here is, how do we differentiate between someone
selling a complete game and someone selling just a loose disk in a lot with
50 others? I've got a script I run that does my automated eBay searches,
but it's really just opening a URL to eBay with the appropriate keyword
Good luck parsing this auction correctly
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItemitem=3074939557category=3561. ;-)
Between the typos and the combined auction you're in trouble.
My favorite typo is the Onk. B-)
In situations like this I like to e-mail the buyer with something like,
Hey, why did you end this auction early? I was planning to snipe for $50.
From several eBay accounts, if you have multiples. Make 'em think they're
losing money, next time they won't do it.
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This is another one that I overpaid on, believing
at the time that it was rarer than it actually is. Jim's "somewhat rare"
still applies, and definitely more so than the On-Line f olders, but I see
several on eBay each year. They've almost consistently dropped below the
$100 mark, though.
I've heard of it somewhere, but it's possible you may have mentioned it
before. Any accompanying docs, or just the disk?
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From: Stephane Racle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2004 11:19 PM
Subject: [SWCollect] A game called Whiz
Seriously, I do seem to remember there was a difference between the CD
version and the floppy version. Though given RTZ's lack of appeal I
would agree that the floppy version is of interest to collectors and
RTZ fanatics. Which is a bit of a shame. I liked the way they did the
user
The Starcross saucer pictured in the article is my own. B-)
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From: Marco Thorek [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 9:17 PM
Subject: [SWCollect] Article on Slashdot
Slashdot had a short article on early game packagings here,
DO-IT!
DO-IT!
DO-IT!
B-)
Seriously, if eBay is saying Western Union is
unsafe (or even less safe than PayPal), that is a total lie and hurts WU's
reputation. They *should* sue 'em.
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From:
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday,
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.
Yep, I found him right away. His eBay ID too. LMK if you want him on my
jerk-list, he definitely qualifies. B-}
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From: Feldhamer, Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 3:53 PM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] 5.25s vs. 3.5s
- 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,
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
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).
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
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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 you want him on my
jerk-list, he definitely qualifies. B
I guess the only real solution is to make it a closed project, where you
would have to apply to get access, and only real collectors would be
admitted. But I fear that's just delaying the inevitable, really.
Unfortunately I don't believe there's much of a chance of stopping a
counterfeiter
.
Not everyone lives in southern California :) Plan small for a first time
conference, or there won't be a second.. You can always limit
attendance if you get too many applicants, but you can't do the
reverse.. In fact limited seats could encourage people to sign up and
pay early..
C.E. Forman wrote
Good point... So plan for maybe 200 - 300, then? I do have a feeling that
a significant percentage of cartridge collectors are also computer gamers
and would come to something like this.
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From: Edward Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Software Collectibles Mailing List
I think if we start by asing the CGExpo guys we can find most of this
stuff out. I'm sure they'll be happy to give us info, they seem like
nice guys.
I'll get a message drafted to them this week. Last week I had absolutely no
time.
For that we could do a quick poll right here. If this
Wow, I must REALLY be optimistic, then, I figured a few hundred would show,
especially once they learn of the classic authors. (The place could get
packed if the Woz shows up!) I'd prefer to plan for a larger number, just
in case.
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From: Hugh Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, I *would* draw a distinction between *trading* games and
*buying* them. I dislike the thought of being taxed for non-cash
transactions.
I tried to argue the same to a customs officer. His reasoning was that I
paid by sending my game. Can you argue with that?
Then your customs tax
Totally disagree here; having an item still in original shrinkwrap is a
testament of time,
and much rarer than an open box, of course. Really though, it's just
amazing to have an
item after X years still in the condition and orginal packaging that it
would have been in
at the little ma pa
I would say for starters, we'd need to work out a budget and a
location. It would be a good idea to have a duration in mind too. 2
days would probably be reasonable.
Yeah, 2 days is probably the ideal. Get in Friday and get set up, do the
actual show Saturday and Sunday, start cleaning up
As both a loser and an idiot, I was deeply offended by that statement. B-)
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From: Feldhamer, Stuart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 10:03 AM
Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Modern classics
It's pretty obvious, isn't it? There are
Not sure about that, but of course there was the miserable failure of
Majestic (http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,3/gameId,5282/ for
more info, including a review by our own CEForman)
Nope, that's not it, but thanks for mentioning it. The name sounds
familiar, but that's about it. (And
I've started doing that now, even warning I will leave negative feedback if
the item is damaged due to poor protection. Probably makes me sound like a
jerk, but I am so thoroughly sick of half-assed packaging.
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From: Hugh Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stephane,
You got your BotF from the former president of
Phoenix, didn't you? I recall he was selling some stuff awhile back, I got
a few pieces from him myself.
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From:
Stephane Racle
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:34
PM
It indeed is that uncommon. Much more so than a Starcross saucer,
Suspended mask or sealed Fooblitzky. I have been on ebay now for five
years and only saw it once and that one was even sealed.
Hmm, I've had 3 or 4 of these (ZorkQuest II) come through the Shoppe over
the years, but I can't say
That reminds me, I have the Zork 1 poster from the Zork Users Group.
Say, was that the only poster they made? I have some vague memory of
a Zork 2 poster mentioned.
There was a Zork II, it was in BW.
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I recall someone saying the seller admitted to shilling on this auction.
Can't find the original post, though.
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From: Stephane Racle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market
I hear he doesn't have a lot of patience with
people talking about Drash, though. He's done a number of other games
since then and apparently dislikes the fact that everyone only seems to care
about the one crappy game he did two decades ago.
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From:
This idea comes up every now and then, but we never seem to get past the we
should do this stage. If everybody's serious, we could put something like
this together.
First we'd need to agree where to hold it, of course. East coast? West
coast? Middle of the country? (Of course it's going to
It's still up on my news page (www.yois.biz/news). I still get pissed when
I think about it or look at the package, so I don't think I'll retype it
here.
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From: John Romero [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: C.E. Forman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:23 PM
I've probably discussed this before, but don't you hate it when you
find a game manual (or other piece) and there's no sign of the rest of
it?
Yeah, always leaves me wondering if there was a rest of it, and somebody
just beat me to it.
So, do you guys have boxes full of pieces of games
Urgle.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItemitem=3068542018category=3545rd=1
Anybody on this group have anything to 'fess up? B-)
Now we have a whopping two data points ;-) for just the cassette.
$865 and $765. Trying to estimate or guesstimate the price of the
complete game is
Aagh. Classic mistake. Searching on Drash but not Ultima for the VIC.
I'm modifying my automated searches right now.
- Original Message -
From: Stephen Emond [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and
Here's what Brian told me when I
asked:
There was no map. It was a cheap-looking 5 1/2 x 11 folded booklet,
printedby some "instant press" outfit, with a typewriter typeface on maybe
12 whitepages, and a light blue cover. It bears the original Faneuil Hall
company address.Probably less
It's possible, I will have to check. This
looks like an earlier version of the ZUG map. Like I said, once I dig mine
out I'll be able to describe it better.
- Original Message -
From:
Stephane Racle
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 9:18
PM
What would I *really* love to have? Source code. To anything. Old
Atari games. Any Ultima (yes the original U1 is in basic), Empire,
Karateka, Paradroid, whatever. Don't care. Sure many games were
probably pure assembly, why bother with comments :), and most ancient
source has likely
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