Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-15 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Lee K. Seitz wrote: >Second was a vintage Pac-Man tie.  Again, I'd never seen one, just the >ad in the back of a video game book I'd gotten in the early '80s.  I >put the fact I wanted one in my signature, so it got posted all over >Usenet. Not sure if you're interested, but there's a pair of Pac

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-14 Thread Lee K. Seitz
[Whoops. I just discovered (over a week later), this reply only went to Brian instead of the whole list.] Brian the Fist stated: > >On the other hand, there are some games I have been searching for for >years and have not seen EVER on eBay (or anywhere else), even once, thus >making them even mor

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-12 Thread Jim Leonard
Edward Franks wrote: On Jan 12, 2004, at 1:36 PM, Marco Thorek wrote: [Snip] Is it an audio tape, as Jim hints? At first I thought it may be a video and the same that came as mpg with the Ultima collection. It is an audio tape. You can listen to a RealAudio version here

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-12 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 12, 2004, at 1:36 PM, Marco Thorek wrote: [Snip] Is it an audio tape, as Jim hints? At first I thought it may be a video and the same that came as mpg with the Ultima collection. It is an audio tape. You can listen to a RealAudio version here .

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-12 Thread Marco Thorek
Edward Franks schrieb: > > It is a cassette where Richard Garriott talks about the first time > years of Ultima. Is it an audio tape, as Jim hints? At first I thought it may be a video and the same that came as mpg with the Ultima collection. Marco --

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-12 Thread Jim Leonard
Edward Franks wrote: Am I having a brain cramp about how to use Moby? No, I think you've uncovered a problem in the credits, actually. The info submitted was incorrect. I've asked the team to take a look at it. To answer your question exactly, Alan did not directly work on the PC version,

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-12 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 12, 2004, at 9:38 AM, Jim Leonard wrote: Edward Franks wrote: I've got the C64 version. Did Pavlish work on that port? I did a bit of Googling on Wasteland, but didn't see a clear answer. >SMACK< Infidel! Use mobygames.com and you'll have the answer in seconds. I did. ;-) It is

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-12 Thread Jim Leonard
Edward Franks wrote: I've got the C64 version. Did Pavlish work on that port? I did a bit of Googling on Wasteland, but didn't see a clear answer. >SMACK< Infidel! Use mobygames.com and you'll have the answer in seconds. -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-12 Thread Jim Leonard
Edward Franks wrote: On Jan 10, 2004, at 9:14 PM, Marco Thorek wrote: Edward Franks schrieb: It is the Ultima VI special edition with the 10 years of Ultima cassette. What is the "10 years of Ultima" cassette? It is a cassette where Richard Garriott talks about the first time yea

RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-11 Thread John Romero
I can still contact Alan and ask him. :) - john The goal of the works of a genius' existance lies only in itself. > -Original Message- > From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 6:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-11 Thread C.E. Forman
MAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 3:03 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value > As standard procedure for the last few years I ask every seller to: > "Please pack in a box so the game isn't folded or crushed dur

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-10 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 10, 2004, at 9:14 PM, Marco Thorek wrote: Edward Franks schrieb: It is the Ultima VI special edition with the 10 years of Ultima cassette. What is the "10 years of Ultima" cassette? It is a cassette where Richard Garriott talks about the first time years of Ultima. -- Edward Fr

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-10 Thread Marco Thorek
Edward Franks schrieb: > > It is the Ultima VI special edition with the 10 years of Ultima > cassette. What is the "10 years of Ultima" cassette? Marco -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscri

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-10 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 10, 2004, at 8:41 PM, Jim Leonard wrote: Edward Franks wrote: Yes I would. I don't care if it added a penny to the market value, it would be more valuable to me. One of my favorite Ultimas is the Ultima VI signed by both Richard Garriott and Denis Loubet. Holy cow. I never liked t

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-10 Thread Jim Leonard
Dan Chisarick wrote: Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! One of my most recent purchases was squashed like a bug. And this was from someone who sells vintage games, not someone cleaning out the attic (no one here). I wasn't overly concerned about the title's condition, but I sent a message that I would have hap

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-10 Thread Jim Leonard
Edward Franks wrote: Yes I would. I don't care if it added a penny to the market value, it would be more valuable to me. One of my favorite Ultimas is the Ultima VI signed by both Richard Garriott and Denis Loubet. Holy cow. I never liked the Ultima series, and I'm not particularly fond o

RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-10 Thread John Romero
8 AM > To: Software Collectibles Mailing List > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value > > > > On Jan 8, 2004, at 2:16 AM, John Romero wrote: > [Snip] > > I have an interesting question for you guys > > > > Would you consigde

RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-10 Thread Hugh Falk
Saturday, January 10, 2004 12:16 PM To: Software Collectibles Mailing List Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Ow! Ow! Ow! Ow! One of my most recent purchases was squashed like a bug. And this was from someone who sells vintage games, not someone cleaning out the attic (no

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-10 Thread Dan Chisarick
retype it here. - Original Message - From: "John Romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "C.E. Forman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:23 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Hey therewhat happened with Dan Kitchen? He

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-10 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 8, 2004, at 2:16 AM, John Romero wrote: [Snip] I have an interesting question for you guys Would you consigder a classic game more valuable if it was signed by the author? Yes I would. I don't care if it added a penny to the market value, it would be more valuable to me. One of my

RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread Hugh Falk
Unfortunately, I am missing the disk for this. I only have the manual, but it looks just like Stephane's picture. Hugh -Original Message- From: Stephane Racle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt.

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread C.E. Forman
ROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 10:23 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Hey therewhat happened with Dan Kitchen? He was my exec producer on my GBA title about 6 months ago... I personally don't have respect for him after that debacle. - John

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread Stephane Racle
- Original Message - From: Stephane Racle To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Well, for one thing, some of the games (or variations) you me

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread C.E. Forman
f the letter he sent to the Japanese distributor. - Original Message - From: Stephane Racle To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Yes I did... Do you have a copy too? He used to run auc

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread Stephane Racle
nds like they have a package I haven't seen before.  B-)   - Original Message - From: Stephane Racle To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value I agree with y

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread Stephane Racle
EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2004 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Well, for one thing, some of the games (or variations) you mention below were produced in extremely small quantities, and I doubt that many copies survive to this day, exce

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread C.E. Forman
-- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 2:45 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value In a message dated 01/09/2004 11:36:34 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ah, but who would sign it?  Richar

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread C.E. Forman
I recall someone saying the seller admitted to shilling on this auction. Can't find the original post, though. - Original Message - From: "Stephane Racle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:21 PM Subject: Re: [SWColl

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread C.E. Forman
> 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 B&W. -- This messag

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread C.E. Forman
l take you up on the offer, John. B-) - Original Message - From: "John Romero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:16 AM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value > I have an interesting question for y

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread C.E. Forman
reys after that.   - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Those are neither folio nor grey.  What you have are the Commodore re-is

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread C.E. Forman
ECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 3:15 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Hugh Falk wrote: >Those are neither folio nor grey.  What you have are the Commodore re-issues of Infocom games.  Unfortunately these are probably the most >commonl

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread C.E. Forman
e.  B-)   - Original Message - From: Stephane Racle To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 7:30 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value I agree with you on actual vs perceived value. Actually, until last year, I didn't particu

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread C.E. Forman
> 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 sa

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread C.E. Forman
8:34 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Well, for one thing, some of the games (or variations) you mention below were produced in extremely small quantities, and I doubt that many copies survive to this day, except perhaps with the author or publisher -

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 01/09/2004 11:36:34 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ah, but who would sign it?  Richard Garriott, who had NOTHING to do with Drash, or the person/people involved in *actually* creating Drash? Keith Zabaloui (sp) of course, he's still around :) Tom Visit

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread Jim Leonard
Pedro Quaresma wrote: other Syn. Soft. games. If anyone's interested, I can share some stories/facts about those days in Syn. Soft. Hell yes, if it's not too much trouble! -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming project:http://www.MobyGames.com/ A delicious slice

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread Jim Leonard
Dan Chisarick wrote: While Mt. Drash itself could probably be considered 'exotic', a signed copy would probably be 'unique', especially if it was personalized. The best of both worlds is to have a spare copy. Ah, but who would sign it? Richard Garriott, who had NOTHING to do with Drash, or th

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-09 Thread Pedro Quaresma
37K km., "Esperanza"                               Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Stephane Racle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08-01-2004 23:12 Solicita-se resposta a swcollect This is what mine looks like... There must have been a

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Dan Chisarick
L PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2004 2:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value I saw what I think was a re-packaged Doriath in the last 2-3 months but other than that, zip. "Black Magic" for the Apple was the first Apple game I bought

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 8, 2004, at 5:12 PM, Stephane Racle wrote: This is what mine looks like... There must have been a few variations. Given the do-it-in-your-Mom's-kitchen standards of the day I would suspect your copy is one of the first editions. Anyone know for sure? -- Edward Franks -

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Marco Thorek
> Stephane Racle schrieb: > > Interesting. Perhaps very few copies were published since it was the > last of the four Infocomics and the other ones had relatively little > success? Yup. The Infocomics weren't exactly successful, so production was stopped after they'd rolled out comparatively smal

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Marco Thorek
Stephane Racle schrieb: > > I still remember that $2000 Starcross saucer very well! Although IMO, > someone drove up the price on that one... although if I recall, the > buyer was more than happy with the result. Oh yes, I remember that one, too. It was sealed, wasn't it? Still, $2000 is way mo

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Marco Thorek
Edward Franks schrieb: > > That reminds me of the old economic chestnut: While not everything > scarce is valuable, everything valuable is scarce. Had never heard that one. Very neat! :-) Marco -- This message was sent

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 8, 2004, at 2:58 PM, Stephane Racle wrote: I also noticed just a couple of days ago that my Odyssey manual was actually very different from his. Mine is essentially black and white, almost newspaperish, while his has a full colour cover. I wonder if your disk goes with the one I have? Or

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Stephane Racle
I also noticed just a couple of days ago that my Odyssey manual was actually very different from his. Mine is essentially black and white, almost newspaperish, while his has a full colour cover. I wonder if your disk goes with the one I have? Or do you have the same book as Howard too? Edward F

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 6, 2004, at 8:41 PM, Brian the Fist wrote: few of the early Synergistic releases. Interestingly enough, I have a manual for "Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure", but no diskette... I have never seen one. http://deep.mshri.on.ca/people/feldman/vgmuseum/miscgame/ odysseycompleat-disk.jpg Inter

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Stephane Racle
I still remember that $2000 Starcross saucer very well! Although IMO, someone drove up the price on that one... although if I recall, the buyer was more than happy with the result. Edward Franks wrote: I believe that most collectors have somewhat limited cash flow, and so I have never seen a

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 6, 2004, at 1:41 AM, Jim Leonard wrote: [Snip] I agree with you about demand. I've said it before, so forgive the repeat, but I have in my possession several pieces of software that are arguably rarer than Akalabeth simply because I know some of their history and have never seen them cro

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 5, 2004, at 8:23 PM, C.E. Forman wrote: 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, printed by some "instant press" outfit, with a typewriter typeface on maybe 12 white pages, and a light blue cover. It bears the original F

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 5, 2004, at 8:25 PM, C.E. Forman wrote: Aagh. Classic mistake. Searching on "Drash" but not Ultima for the VIC. I'm modifying my automated searches right now. Don't feel bad. I've been doing the same mistake for years! -- Edward Franks ---

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 5, 2004, at 8:09 PM, Brian the Fist wrote: [Snip] The value is an interesting issue though, which I have pondered endlessly recently. When it boils down to it, a rare game is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it, its that simple. I have seen incredibly rare games (Scott Adams G

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Edward Franks
On Jan 5, 2004, at 9:59 PM, Dan Chisarick wrote: [Snip] I've done some downright stupid things (once I bought an Ultima II box just for the 1st edition manual w/the typo + the card that says "this is one of the first copies..." The disks were copies (didn't care, had a set), there was no map (I

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Jim Leonard
Lee K. Seitz wrote: You do realize Mr. Romero is the man behind the Apple II Reunion (http://www.gamespot.com/features/apple2/), right? It was invitation John, were any documentaries or videotapes of that event released? -- Jim Leonard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) World's largest electronic gaming project

RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Josh Lulewicz
Ack! Wy too expensive :( -Original Message- From: Feldhamer, Stuart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:58 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value *Cough* Game Developer's Conference *Cough*

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Jim Leonard
Howard Feldman wrote: I went to the Classic Gaming Expo in Vegas in August. There were tons of 'famous' people there, including Activision's founders, almost a dozen Blue Sky Rangers (Intellivision programmers), Nolan Bushnell (founder of Atari and Chuck E Cheese, among other things). They al

RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Feldhamer, Stuart
*Cough* Game Developer's Conference *Cough* -Original Message- From: Lee K. Seitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 10:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Howard Feldman stated: > >I went to

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Howard Feldman stated: > >I went to the Classic Gaming Expo in Vegas in August. There were tons >of 'famous' people there, >So since you ask, I think it would be cool to have something like that >for vintage computer games. I'd love to meet some of the authors >myself, and hear some of their

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Howard Feldman
I went to the Classic Gaming Expo in Vegas in August. There were tons of 'famous' people there, including Activision's founders, almost a dozen Blue Sky Rangers (Intellivision programmers), Nolan Bushnell (founder of Atari and Chuck E Cheese, among other things). They all gave 1-2 hour 'lectu

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread Pedro Quaresma
Hugh Falk wrote: >Those are neither folio nor grey.  What you have are the Commodore re-issues of Infocom games.  Unfortunately these are probably the most >commonly available shrink-wrapped Infocom's you can find :-( Don't forget the "Infocom from Mastertronic" series, which are, from my experie

RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-08 Thread John Romero
M > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value > > > I saw what I think was a re-packaged Doriath in the last 2-3 > months but > other than that, zip. "Black Magic" for the Apple was the > first Apple > game I bought of

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-07 Thread Stefan Lindblom
] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 4:35 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Those are neither folio nor grey.  What you have are the Commodore re-issues of Infocom games.  Unfortunately these are probably the most commonly a

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-07 Thread hughfalk
, 2004 5:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value My mistake, I meant I take these are the folio ones. I should probably go and sleep now before I get a label of stupidity here :)   /Stefan - Original Message - From: Stefan Lindblom

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-07 Thread AvatarTom
In a message dated 01/07/2004 7:47:08 PM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: My mistake, I meant I take these are the folio ones. I should probably go and sleep now before I get a label of stupidity here :) Well there are normal grey box and normal (big) folio releases Stefan. But

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-07 Thread Stefan Lindblom
Stephane Racle To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2004 2:30 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Interesting. Perhaps very few copies were published since it was the last of the four Infocomics and the other ones had relativ

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-07 Thread Stefan Lindblom
2:30 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Interesting. Perhaps very few copies were published since it was the last of the four Infocomics and the other ones had relatively little success? Yes, I was referring to the $19.99 "Buy It Now". That

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-07 Thread Stephane Racle
Interesting. Perhaps very few copies were published since it was the last of the four Infocomics and the other ones had relatively little success? Yes, I was referring to the $19.99 "Buy It Now". That Deadline grey is interesting I just saw a shrinkwrapped Deadline folio go for $29.99 (al

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-07 Thread Marco Thorek
Stephane Racle schrieb: > > One package I had never seen on eBay until tonight was Zorkquest II. > I've seen all the other Infocomics about a hundred times, but never that > one. Is it that uncommon? One would think they'd be plenty of copies > lying around... It indeed is that uncommon. Much mor

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-07 Thread Dan Chisarick
I saw what I think was a re-packaged Doriath in the last 2-3 months but other than that, zip. "Black Magic" for the Apple was the first Apple game I bought off ebay. That was 2+ years ago, and I might have only seen one since then. Superb game. Does not take long to beat. Tower of Myraglen

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-07 Thread Jim Leonard
Stephane Racle wrote: One package I had never seen on eBay until tonight was Zorkquest II. I've seen all the other Infocomics about a hundred times, but never that one. Is it that uncommon? One would think they'd be plenty of copies lying around... It is extremely uncommon, actually. I believe

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-07 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Dan Chisarick stated: > >Command HQ and Global Conquest: Both. Dan/Dani was brilliant. >Interestingly, Dan(i) is not the only classic programmer to make a >switch: > >http://atari.games.free.fr/atarixl/authors/william%20mataga_e.htm Jay/Jamie Fenton (creator of Gorf and other things) has as wel

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-07 Thread Pedro Quaresma
      Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A/C: Ref: cc: Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Brian the Fist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07-01-2004 01:56 Solicita-se resposta a feldman > Not to pick nits, but the "true" piece of art is the game code itself. > Th

RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread Hugh Falk
That was a great game...I'll bring it up to the group next time. Hugh -Original Message- From: Stephen Emond [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value I quite enjoyed Space

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread Stephane Racle
One package I had never seen on eBay until tonight was Zorkquest II. I've seen all the other Infocomics about a hundred times, but never that one. Is it that uncommon? One would think they'd be plenty of copies lying around... Incidentally, here's a few games I have never once seen (other than

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread Brian the Fist
> few of the early Synergistic releases. Interestingly enough, I have a > manual for "Odyssey: The Compleat Apventure", but no diskette... I > have never seen one. http://deep.mshri.on.ca/people/feldman/vgmuseum/miscgame/odysseycompleat-disk.jpg :) -- ---

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread Dan Chisarick
OTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value I don't know if there's any pattern to what I will shell out for. I wouldn't pay much for Mt. Drash, Akalbeth or a shrinkwrapped 'saucer' box. I just can't see myself doing anything with them other tha

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread Stephane Racle
Well, for one thing, some of the games (or variations) you mention below were produced in extremely small quantities, and I doubt that many copies survive to this day, except perhaps with the author or publisher - and even then, not in all cases. Furthermore, not many people know or care abou

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread Dan Chisarick
Digging. Ya know, I should be ashamed for not trying nearly hard enough. 2 of the very things I asked for and *poof* there's a URL. Source code: Apple EA games have a similar feature. You can find snippets of comments and assembly. But its all over (lots and lots of titles, not just 1 or 2)

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread Brian the Fist
> Not to pick nits, but the "true" piece of art is the game code itself. > The extras -- manual, cloth map, etc. -- are what make it collectable, > but the art is the entire package, which includes the game. What good > is the manual if you can't play? Perhaps I wasn't clear, I meant 'art' in ref

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread Jim Leonard
Brian the Fist wrote: Aye karumba. Looks like that Vic auction lasted just 3 hours too! I fail to understand how people find these things so fast. Personally I can't afford to search eBay more than once a week.. Personally I don't believe in the collectibility of disks/tapes, I go for the manua

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread Jim Leonard
Lee K. Seitz wrote: Most likely it's the annotated disassembly that you can find a link to here: http://www.atariage.com/2600/programming/. Note that except for Dragonfire, all the games listed are either modern homebrews or disassemblies commented by someone other than the original programmer. A

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread Jim Leonard
Dan Chisarick wrote: What would I *really* love to have? Source code. To anything. Old Do some digging! A friend and I got the original ASM code to Jumpman on the PC/PCjr just by asking -- check out the "jumpman lives!" project (google) to see a rewritten version based on that code that run

RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread John Romero
. - john The goal of the works of a genius' existance lies only in itself. > -Original Message- > From: Dan Chisarick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 8:00 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and ma

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-06 Thread Stephen Emond
I quite enjoyed Space Taxi... hard to believe it's 20 years old now... Steve - Original Message - From: "Hugh Falk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 10:39 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and ma

RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Hugh Falk
group of people doing the voting...not just me :-( Hugh -Original Message- From: Lee K. Seitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 8:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value Dan Chisarick stated: > >I've tried t

RE: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Hugh Falk
January 05, 2004 8:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value > 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'

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Brian the Fist
found it. Adventure for atari 2600 disassembled and well-commented here: http://www.sproat.net/jeremy/atari2600/adventur.asm Very cool. It still never ceases to amaze me how they fit such an awesome game into 4K. It is simply incredible. -- -- Howa

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Brian the Fist
Here we go, should be self-explanatory. If I find adventure (a much more interesting game...) I'll send that too Dan Chisarick wrote: > > 1) Yes I'd like to see it > 2) Is it the original code or is it annotated disassembly made by > someone else? > ;From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Harry Dodgson) ;Ne

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Lee K. Seitz
>On Jan 5, 2004, at 11:12 PM, Brian the Fist wrote: > >> Not exactlywhat you are talking about, but I have the 6507 assembler >> source for Atari 2600 Combat, with a bit of comments, if anyone's >> interested (think I have Atari 2600 Adventure too somewhere..) Dan Chisarick stated: > >1) Yes I'd l

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Dan Chisarick stated: > >I've tried the "Pokemon" strategy (gotta catch/get them all) in trying >to get every LAST title from certain publishers (EA, Origin, SSI, Muse, >Sir-Tech, etc.) Does anyone have a list of all the titles published by these companies? Particularly Muse. (I've found two

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Dan Chisarick
1) Yes I'd like to see it 2) Is it the original code or is it annotated disassembly made by someone else? I'll have to look for that ZIL code too... On Jan 5, 2004, at 11:12 PM, Brian the Fist wrote: Not exactlywhat you are talking about, but I have the 6507 assembler source for Atari 2600 Comb

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Brian the Fist
Not exactlywhat you are talking about, but I have the 6507 assembler source for Atari 2600 Combat, with a bit of comments, if anyone's interested (think I have Atari 2600 Adventure too somewhere..) > What would I *really* love to have? Source code. To anything. Old > Atari games. Any Ultima (

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread C.E. Forman
> 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 likel

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Dan Chisarick
I don't know if there's any pattern to what I will shell out for. I wouldn't pay much for Mt. Drash, Akalbeth or a shrinkwrapped 'saucer' box. I just can't see myself doing anything with them other than putting them on a shelf. I've tried the "Pokemon" strategy (gotta catch/get them all) i

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread C.E. Forman
9:18 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value OK, now you have me curious. I acquired this about 10 years ago... I assumed it was some early ZUG map, but maybe not. Is this similar to the "map" you are talking about? In any case, does anyone recognize it

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread C.E. Forman
05, 2004 7:17 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value So, to revisit a discussion, how do the rest of you try to estimate the market value of these types of games? What would, say, the first release of Zork -- the PDP-11 version -- be worth? Brian Moriarty e

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread C.E. Forman
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

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Brian the Fist
Aye karumba. Looks like that Vic auction lasted just 3 hours too! I fail to understand how people find these things so fast. Personally I can't afford to search eBay more than once a week.. Personally I don't believe in the collectibility of disks/tapes, I go for the manuals/boxes mostly - afte

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Stephane Racle
So, to revisit a discussion, how do the rest of you try to estimate the market value of these types of games? What would, say, the first release of Zork -- the PDP-11 version -- be worth? Brian Moriarty estimates that less than 50 of these were ever sold. Look at his closi

Re: [SWCollect] Mt. Drash cassette and market value

2004-01-05 Thread Stephen Emond
Yup, $765 is kinda pricey. Anyone have $100 and a time machine? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3064724973&category=3544 I'll let you all have a moment of silence to kick yourselves... Steve PS - As for the NEW owner of the Drash I do believe I saw him around here somewhere..

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