Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction
Stefan Lindblom schrieb: Greetings everyone, After lurking in this little list for 2 months now I felt now it's the time come out of the closet ;) Sounds like an introduction to a Gamoholics Anonymous group. group goes hi stefan! ;-) Marco -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect;oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction
Stefan Lindblom stated: And yes, I have that Trail Map, still in shrink though so I dont know what it looks like.. have to get another one perhaps.. someday. IIRC, it doesn't have much detail. It's about like the maps in the books, except a little less obviously made of hex-shaped pieces (again, IIRC). Do you have the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES), or maybe Famicom where you live, I'm not sure, version of DragonStrike? Far inferior to the PC version, which I have. I never managed to finish it, though. I'll have to go back and try again someday. The sequel to Heroes of the Lance was called Dragons of Flame, same kind of engine(or lack of one). Both sucked, I agree, dont blame you for selling them. I of course have quite a few copies of them but I never said I was sane either ;) Yeah, well ask my how many copies 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 swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect;oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction
On Monday, November 11, 2002, at 10:43 AM, Lee K. Seitz wrote: [Snip] Yeah, well ask my how many copies of Space Invaders or Missile Command I have for the Atari 2600 and plan to keep. (They're label variations.) Ah. the 2600. :-D I keep one around to occasionally play Adventure. I bought the Sears version of both when they first came out with the money I had earned that summer. My brother and I spent all night playing Adventure and the other games we bought. The funny thing was that we found the easter egg 'dot' that night, but never realized what it was for until many years later! -- Edward Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect;oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction
Hi Stefan,
welcome to the list! Thanks for introducing yourself, always great to learn
how other collectors got drawn into the hobby. Your story of investing a
small fortune to build your initial collection sounds all too familiar,
I've only recently come to balance out my spendings through trades and
sales. I started with virtually no collectible games ('cept for the few
which I had previously purchased in stores) in 1999, and the next years saw
me buying heavily on eBay. Ebay,... the sudden shock upon realising there's
a huge supply of vintage software out there, and that it wasn't hiding from
you like all those tiny internet sites with lists of old software, but a
giant market with literally thousands of interesting pieces... :)
I know have about 400 Origin titles, mostly Ultimas, which are my specialty
and my most priced collectibles.
The monetary aspect is something I mentioned on this list before -- it's
still possible to get started as a vintage software collector these days,
but only if you have some real funds on your hands. This is likely to
become more and more difficult, right up to the point where newbies may
find it impossible to break into this hobby because they cannot afford the
initial investment.
There aren't too many people that exclusively collect SSI games, it's a
rich field but somewhat underrated due to the extremely high production
figures of certain titles. The market values seem to fluctuate wildly and
I'm sure you're more knowledgeable on the subject than most of us.
Personally I only pick them up as trade bait (term (c) Tom Mage).
Oh and lastly, there really is no need to worry about your age, I think I'm
still the youngest here at age 23 (unless there's another lurker who hasn't
come forward yet) :-)
/Alexander
-Original Message-
From: Stefan Lindblom [mailto:stefan.lindblom;telia.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 10:53 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction
Greetings everyone,
After lurking in this little list for 2 months now I felt now it's the time
come out of the closet ;)
As you can see, my name is Stefan Lindblom. I am from Sweden, 25 years old,
and as my friend Pedro here pointed out, don't look nerdish enough to be
allowed to collect old games :)
Anyway, when I was 12 I bought my first SSI ADD game, Secret of the Silver
Blades. That become the first game to mean something for me, there was magic
surrounding it. 2 years later I bought War of the Lance, both for the C-64.
I sold them along with my computer to some guy from St. Petersburg who
wanted it for his son. I got a Russian annual wage for it, almost feel bad
about it. The story behind him was that Russian ships used to come to my
hometown to deliver lumber/timber for our huge sawmill.
Off topic after 5 min.. great..
War of the Lance was my way into the Dragonlance world. I am now a proud
owner of every novel and every add on(atlas, bestiary and so on) that I am
aware of. Something 15 year-old may have eluded me but I sure you will be
happy to tell me.
Btw, do guys mind me using smilies? I tend to be full of irony and sarcasm
and dont want to be misinterpreted. I mean you guys being adult(except
Pedro) and everything, you might take offence from a brat like me :)
Jumping a few years here, to the summer of -99. I found a place called Ebay,
I am sure it is familiar ;)
I started searching some at random, probably began with War of the Lance and
Amberstar. And after a while I realized that hey, this was cool, I also had
about $1 in my bankaccount. So..
Half a year later and $6000 poorer(maybe $2000 for shipping only since I
live in Sweden, sucks), I was the owner of 151 SSI games, mostly the smaller
boxes like the Goldbox games. 350 games in total I believe, the rest was
mostly games I had fond memories of like the Ultima games, Legend of
Faerghail, Defender of the Crown, Dark Heart of Uukrul and so on. Since I
moved down to Stockholm, all these games have been stored at my parents
place, the attic. Every time I go there I go up there and unpack them just
to look at them, I really miss them. I brought my favorite games down here,
just to sit in the bookshelf brightening my day.
I have thought about selling many of my games, but I dont know how. Since
most people are in the US, I doubt they would want to pay the shipping,
about $10 per game. And since I wouldn't sell any $100 games.. well. I have
sold a few to a guy from Finland but that was all.
During my ebay days, haven't really been there since, I came into contact
with you some of you guys. Tom Mage was the first, and the best contact I
had abroad, he helped me get my hands on the U9 Dragon Ed since it wasn't
released in Sweden, I also bought a bunch of nice games from him. Even think
I got my shrinkwrapped copy of War of the Lance from him, hardly have to
mention that is one of my favorites :)
I remember asking Tom if he knew my age.. he guessed right, I was perplexed,
but then he said I was probably young
Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction
On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 03:52 AM, Stefan Lindblom wrote: [Snip] Then there was Edward Franks, hi Edward. I bought a big box of old SSI Apple II games from him, the big box format. Hello there. I remember that big box of SSI games I shipped to you. I was happy to get them off my hands and into the hands of someone that loved to have them. It is good to see you here because it makes this list an even bigger treasure trove of software collecting knowledge. -- Edward Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction
You have a splendid memory indeed then :) Glad to you remember me as well, I am happy to be here although my knowledge will be far inferior you all of you. I might be able to add something every now and then though. Cheers - Original Message - From: Edward Franks To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 4:28 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction On Sunday, November 10, 2002, at 03:52 AM, Stefan Lindblom wrote:[Snip] Then there was Edward Franks, hi Edward. I bought a big box of old SSI Apple II games from him, the big box format.Hello there. I remember that big box of SSI games I shipped to you. I was happy to get them off my hands and into the hands of someone that loved to have them. It is good to see you here because it makes this list an even bigger treasure trove of software collecting knowledge.-- Edward Franks[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction
Hi Lee, A bunch indeed.. imagine all those books along with all the games and it would be a marvelously looking bookshelf. But hey, all game collectors already know that :) And yes, I have that Trail Map, still in shrink though so I dont know what it looks like.. have to get another one perhaps.. someday. The sequel to Heroes of the Lance was called Dragons of Flame, same kind of engine(or lack of one). Both sucked, I agree, dont blame you for selling them. I of course have quite a few copies of them but I never said I was sane either ;) /Stefan - Original Message - From: Lee K. Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 4:55 PM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction Stefan Lindblom stated: After lurking in this little list for 2 months now I felt now it's the = time come out of the closet ;) Nice to meet you. War of the Lance was my way into the Dragonlance world. I am now a proud = owner of every novel and every add on(atlas, bestiary and so on) that I = am aware of. Something 15 year-old may have eluded me but I sure you = will be happy to tell me. Goodness, that a bunch of stuff. I started reading the DragonLance novels when they first came out. (I was 15 or so.) Kept up with the books through the first three trilogies or so, then they started coming out too fast for me to keep up. The quality also started varying as different authors came in. Do you have the DL Trail Map? I had one, but sold it on eBay a while back, I'm afraid. I think that was one of the few game products I had. I pretty much only read the books. But I've gotten off topic. How's this? Some of the very first PC games I bought were two DragonLance games. Heroes of the Lance was one and I forget what the other one was. (Was there a sequel that's not listed at MobyGames yet?) Anyway, IIRC they were cheap. 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] -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect;oldskool.org/ -- This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to the swcollect mailing list. To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of 'unsubscribe swcollect' Archives are available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/swcollect;oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction
Hi Hugh, Wow, is that your page? Got tears in my eyes just by opening the SSI link.. have to take a break and have some dinner and read it later, been looking for some good SSI history. For me the guys in the SSI groups are gods :) /Stefan - Original Message - From: Hugh Falk To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 7:19 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction Hi Stefan, Welcome, and I like your site! Lots of good scans.And you have a great SSI collection. I also collect SSI games. You can see a list of my games (and a brief history of SSI) here: http://www.classicgaming.com/gotcha/ssi.htm. If you're ever interested in trading, let me knowalthough my games are in storage right now (hopefully not for too much longer). Also,all this Dragonlance talk mademe realize that I don't have War of the Lance listed on my SSI page, but I definitely have it. In fact, I can see iton my old bookshelf (http://www.classicgaming.com/gotcha/wantlist.htm). The green box contrasts withthe gold boxes. It makes me wonder how many others I neglected to add to my database :-( Hugh -Original Message-From: Stefan Lindblom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 1:53 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction Greetings everyone, After lurking in this little list for 2 months now I felt now it's the time come out of the closet ;) As you can see, my name is Stefan Lindblom. I am from Sweden, 25 years old, and as my friend Pedro here pointed out, don't look nerdish enough to be allowed to collect old games :) Anyway, when I was 12 I bought my first SSI ADD game, Secret of the Silver Blades. That become the first game to mean something for me, there was magic surrounding it. 2 years later I bought War of the Lance, both for the C-64. I sold them along with my computer to some guy from St. Petersburg who wanted it for his son. I got a Russian annual wage for it, almost feel bad about it. The story behind him was that Russian ships used to come to my hometown to deliver lumber/timber for our huge sawmill. Off topic after 5 min.. great.. War of the Lance was my way into the Dragonlance world. I am now a proud owner of every novel and every add on(atlas, bestiary and so on) that I am aware of. Something 15 year-old may have eluded me but I sure you will be happy to tell me. Btw, do guys mind me using smilies? I tend to be full of irony and sarcasm and dont want to be misinterpreted. I mean you guys being adult(except Pedro) and everything, you might take offence from a brat like me :) Jumping a few years here, to the summer of -99. I found a place called Ebay, I am sure it is familiar ;) I started searching some at random, probably began with War of the Lance and Amberstar. And after a while I realized that hey, this was cool, I also had about $1 in my bankaccount. So.. Half a year later and $6000 poorer(maybe $2000 for shipping only since I live in Sweden, sucks), I was the owner of 151 SSI games, mostly the smaller boxes like the Goldbox games. 350 games in total I believe, the rest was mostly games I had fond memories of like the Ultima games, Legend of Faerghail, Defender of the Crown, Dark Heart of Uukrul and so on. Since I moved down to Stockholm, all these games have been stored at my parents place, the attic. Every time I go there I go up there and unpack them just to look at them, I really miss them. I brought my favorite games down here, just to sit in the bookshelf brightening my day. I have thought about selling many of my games, but I dont know how. Since most people are in the US, I doubt they would want to pay the shipping, about $10 per game. And since I wouldn't sell any $100 games.. well. I have sold a few to a guy from Finland but that was all. During my ebay days, haven't really been there since, I came into contact with you some of you guys. Tom Mage was the first, and the best "contact" I had abroad, he helped me get my hands on the U9 Dragon Ed since it wasn't released in Sweden, I also bought a bunch of nice games from him. Even think I got my shrinkwrapped copy of War of the Lance from him, hardly have to mention that is one of my favorites :) I remember asking Tom if he knew my age.. he guessed right, I was perplexed, but then he said I was probably young since young hearts are more fragile. I was depressed cause my relationship was over at the time.. and damn, he was right. Then there was Edward Franks, hi Edward. I bought a big box of old SSI Apple II games from him, the big box format. I remember more of you guys but I don't think I e
RE: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction
Thanks for the kind words and sorry about the tears...a few people have complained about my color scheme, but you're the first to actually complain about eye strain :-)) If you're that big an SSI fan, you should also check out my history of Tactical Design Group, who developed a lot of the SSI big box games: http://www.classicgaming.com/gotcha/tdg.htm Wear sun glasses and enjoy, Hugh -Original Message-From: Stefan Lindblom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 12:15 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction Hi Hugh, Wow, is that your page? Got tears in my eyes just by opening the SSI link.. have to take a break and have some dinner and read it later, been looking for some good SSI history. For me the guys in the SSI groups are gods :) /Stefan - Original Message - From: Hugh Falk To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 7:19 PM Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction Hi Stefan, Welcome, and I like your site! Lots of good scans.And you have a great SSI collection. I also collect SSI games. You can see a list of my games (and a brief history of SSI) here: http://www.classicgaming.com/gotcha/ssi.htm. If you're ever interested in trading, let me knowalthough my games are in storage right now (hopefully not for too much longer). Also,all this Dragonlance talk mademe realize that I don't have War of the Lance listed on my SSI page, but I definitely have it. In fact, I can see iton my old bookshelf (http://www.classicgaming.com/gotcha/wantlist.htm). The green box contrasts withthe gold boxes. It makes me wonder how many others I neglected to add to my database :-( Hugh -Original Message-From: Stefan Lindblom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 1:53 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [SWCollect] Time for my introduction Greetings everyone, After lurking in this little list for 2 months now I felt now it's the time come out of the closet ;) As you can see, my name is Stefan Lindblom. I am from Sweden, 25 years old, and as my friend Pedro here pointed out, don't look nerdish enough to be allowed to collect old games :) Anyway, when I was 12 I bought my first SSI ADD game, Secret of the Silver Blades. That become the first game to mean something for me, there was magic surrounding it. 2 years later I bought War of the Lance, both for the C-64. I sold them along with my computer to some guy from St. Petersburg who wanted it for his son. I got a Russian annual wage for it, almost feel bad about it. The story behind him was that Russian ships used to come to my hometown to deliver lumber/timber for our huge sawmill. Off topic after 5 min.. great.. War of the Lance was my way into the Dragonlance world. I am now a proud owner of every novel and every add on(atlas, bestiary and so on) that I am aware of. Something 15 year-old may have eluded me but I sure you will be happy to tell me. Btw, do guys mind me using smilies? I tend to be full of irony and sarcasm and dont want to be misinterpreted. I mean you guys being adult(except Pedro) and everything, you might take offence from a brat like me :) Jumping a few years here, to the summer of -99. I found a place called Ebay, I am sure it is familiar ;) I started searching some at random, probably began with War of the Lance and Amberstar. And after a while I realized that hey, this was cool, I also had about $1 in my bankaccount. So.. Half a year later and $6000 poorer(maybe $2000 for shipping only since I live in Sweden, sucks), I was the owner of 151 SSI games, mostly the smaller boxes like the Goldbox games. 350 games in total I believe, the rest was mostly games I had fond memories of like the Ultima games, Legend of Faerghail, Defender of the Crown, Dark Heart of Uukrul and so on. Since I moved down to Stockholm, all these games have been stored at my parents place, the attic. Every time I go there I go up there and unpack them just to look at them, I really miss them. I brought my favorite games down here, just to sit in the bookshelf brightening my day. I have thought about selling many of my games, but I dont know how. Since most people are in the US, I doubt they would want to pay the shipping, about $10 per game. And since I wouldn't sell any $100 games.. well. I have sold a few to a guy from Finland but that was all. During my ebay days, haven't really been there since, I came into contact with you some of you guys
