"Feldhamer, Stuart" schrieb:
>
> You're dating yourself also, Jim. Now I'm curious how old you are exactly. :
> )
>
> Some of my most prized gaming posessions are those that survived from when I
> was a kid, even if they may not be in the best shape. I have a Seastalker
> folio that my parents wanted to throw out when we moved, but I insisted on
> saving it. A few years ago when I started collecting in earnest, I raided
> all the boxes to find it. ("I KNOW it's in here somewhere!"). I also have a
> few other things, but sadly, my Dad's Starcross saucer was stolen not too
> long ago. (Doesn't that sound weird? "Commissioner! The hope diamond has
> been stolen! And that's not all! A Starcross saucer!" "A Starcross saucer???
> Good lord! Alert the mayor!") There was also a lot of stuff which I DIDN'T
> insist on saving when we moved. Oh well. : (
Oh, I can share that sentiment... One of my most prized possessions is
the very first Infocom game I bought: a used copy of Moonmist, whose box
back then was already tending more into the undesirable direction. I
have one Moonmist box that is perfect, but still, I'd never sell that
old, beaten up box.
Same goes for all the other games I was given or bought myself when I
was a child: Sublogic's Flight Simulator II, Firebird's Elite, etc. I
guess that's what has driven me to software collecting in the first
place - I can associate a memory with these old boxes and games.
Marco
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