I am already doing this Chris, you've seen my site haven't you? If I am inadvertantly helping counterfeiters, I'm sorry but for me at least, the benefit (hi-res scans) outweighs the risk. Anyhow, there are only a very few games that are amenable to easy counterfeiting - basically those sold in a cardboard folder with the instructions printed right on it, and nothing else, and we know to be cautious of their origins when buying these...
"C.E. Forman" wrote: > > This reminds me. Awhile back Sarinee Achavanuntakul (of Underdogs) and I > were talking about setting up a site for cataloguing the exact contents of > game packages. Gameprops.com, I believe it was to be called. It was to be > something like a more specialized version of Moby, concentrating on package > variations and lists of what was in them. Possibly scans too, though with > all the counterfeiting lately I'm nervous about an undertaking like that > now. I did some fundamental database design, and we got as far as actually > registering the domain name, but it just never went anywhere from there. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Per-Olof Karlsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 6:12 AM > Subject: RE: [SWCollect] Need advice regarding a Wasteland purchase > > > >Well, I kinda see it as preserving a legacy. How many originally > > >shrinked versions of a game will be around in fifty years? > > > > Yeah, of course I understand this view. :) I'd much rather "preserve" the > > whole package though. I like to make scans of the contents for instance, > > which is rather hard when it's shrinkwrapped. ;) I think one of the more > > important tasks we as collectors have is to document history. > > > > - Peo > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/[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/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ -- ---------------------------------------------- Howard Feldman, Author of The Search for Freedom A Computer Fantasy Role-Playing Game Visit its Homepage at http://deep.mshri.on.ca/people/feldman/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
