Re: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-13 Thread Jim Leonard
Hugh Falk wrote: > > Yes, they repackaged it a couple of times. The original spiral book version > was in 1986. In 1987 they came out with the "small box" version, which is > about 9" tall. I have this for both the Apple II and C-64. There is also a > slightly larger boxed version. It is the

RE: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-12 Thread Hugh Falk
TED]] Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 4:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Some questions Hugh Falk boldly stated: > >I do have the original Might and Magic for the Apple. It is a 9" x 12" >spiral bound book and did not come in a box. The "Apple II 64K requ

Re: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-12 Thread Jim Leonard
"C.E. Forman" wrote: > > I've given suggestions, but it never hurts to restate them. .. Excellent, excellent advice. Warms my heart to see stuff like that on this list. -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. --

Re: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-12 Thread C.E. Forman
>But don't get them off of ebay -- you need to learn the fine art of >"oldwarezing" (visiting all sorts of thrift shops, used software stores (a >surprising amount of them exist in Illinois), goodwill, and other nooks and >crannies. Or, just be patient and always bid low for something that comes

Re: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-12 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Hugh Falk boldly stated: > >I do have the original Might and Magic for the Apple. It is a 9" x 12" >spiral bound book and did not come in a box. The "Apple II 64K required" >sticker that would normally be on the outside of a box is placed on the >jacket of the book. > >Hugh So did they repackag

Re: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-12 Thread Jim Leonard
Hugh Falk wrote: > > I do have the original Might and Magic for the Apple. It is a 9" x 12" > spiral bound book and did not come in a box. The "Apple II 64K required" > sticker that would normally be on the outside of a box is placed on the > jacket of the book. I think that answers the questi

RE: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-12 Thread Hugh Falk
Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 9:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Some questions "Stephen S. Lee" wrote: > > I was actually talking about Champions of Krynn, not Pool (never heard of Oh, Krynn! Yes, my friend ha

Re: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-12 Thread Jim Leonard
"Stephen S. Lee" wrote: > > I was actually talking about Champions of Krynn, not Pool (never heard of Oh, Krynn! Yes, my friend had this given to him as a gift, and I distinctly remember a poster being included. (IBM PC version) > > I have seen M&M1 for the PC with a spiral-bound manual, alth

RE: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-11 Thread Hugh Falk
My Death Knights of Krynn (C-64) has no poster. Hugh -Original Message- From: Stephen S. Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Some questions Hugh was kind enough to respond to this too, so I'll kee

Re: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-11 Thread Stephen S. Lee
On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, C.E. Forman wrote: > >(1) Champions of Krynn > >I've heard of an IBM version that also comes with it, and mentions the > >presence of the poster via a sticker on the box. How easy is this one to > >come by? > > I've never seen one, but then, I rarely pick these up since I'm

Re: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-11 Thread C.E. Forman
>(1) Champions of Krynn >I've heard of an IBM version that also comes with it, and mentions the >presence of the poster via a sticker on the box. How easy is this one to >come by? I've never seen one, but then, I rarely pick these up since I'm not very into fantasy RPGs and these haven't proven

Re: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-11 Thread Stephen S. Lee
Hugh was kind enough to respond to this too, so I'll keep his writing in mind here ... On Wed, 11 Jul 2001, Jim Leonard wrote: [snip] > > There is a poster that comes with the game, but I was under the impression > > that it only came with the Commodore versions (both C64 and Amiga). Now > > I'

Re: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-11 Thread Jim Leonard
"Stephen S. Lee" wrote: > > I'm one of those People Who Only Collects IBM Games. (The IBM PC is what > I started with -- my father works at IBM, and he got one for home use > shortly after the PC got introduced.) Eventually, I might branch out to > non-IBM games and packages that flat-out don't

RE: [SWCollect] Some questions

2001-07-11 Thread Hugh Falk
I don't have comments on all, but here are a few: 1) I don't have the IBM version, but for what it's worth, the Apple version also has the poster. There is no mention of the poster on a sticker or the box on either the Apple or C-64 versions I have. 2) I doubt it. I've only seen that version