Thanks for all the answers and welcomes! (I would have joined sooner, but as Feldman said, one had to find here :)
BTW, how many people are on this list approximately? Stefan Lindblom wrote: >I have most of the SSI catalogues, but not >the ones from 1981, let me know if you want me to take pics or so. I'd appreciate that very much; I have pics of these 22 catalogs at the moment: http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/_fin_collecting_ssifantasy.html Josh Lulewicz wrote: >I believe I have all of the Sierra catalogs, I just haven't put them up on my site yet. >- And which games include those early catalogs? >>Most of the early On-Line Systems games included catalogs. What about 1983-86 ? None of my games have catalogs from that period but that could be bad luck (King's Quest III gray is sealed so don't know about that). Some registration cards do have lists of games. Josh Lulewicz wrote: >The 1992 catalog has King Graham near a bridge >to Dr. Brain's castle and a plane flying overhead. >It says "Big $avings Inside" in the lower right hand corner. >It came with just about every game released toward >the end of 1991 and most of 1992. I've thought that as of 1991 catalog; that explains a lot. So they used it for that long. I think I have two variations of it; one is wider (probably US) than the other (Europe). Will have to check. So it's probably 1990 I'm after; I know these, any other from that year because the first is not a regular catalog and the other is a small tri-fold: - New Creations from Sierra: A Sierra News Magazine Reprint (Fall 1990) - Sierra - Amiga only Howard Feldman wrote: > I have (pics of) the 86 and 87 ones but dont have a Spring 88 or 89 - > these probably dont exist (sinc eI have gone through a LOT of SSI games > from this era and never had one). I'll have to find the source again but at least they were mentioned somewhere; I wouldn't have put them on my list otherwise. Howard Feldman wrote: > > 2. Did these SSI AD&D-games have clue books: > > * Neverwinter Nights (1991) > > * War of the Lance (1989) > > * DragonStrike (1990) > > Nope. These games are not amenable to clue books really since they are > action/strategy games (the last two anyways) Dragons of Flame and Heroes of the Lance have clue books and their action, so one couldn't be sure. Though the latter is only couple of pages long/short. Howard Feldman wrote: > I have SSI catalogs from 1984 onwards - I'm not sure how many catalogs > exist prior to this, but probably only conatining their war games (which > I dont collect I don't collect the war games either, but I try to collect those early catalogs too (and prototype box shots of them too to my page). There's something fascinating about catalogs :). The alternative/unreleased covers they sometimes include are surely the most interesting. And f.ex. this is great work of art was used only as a cover for a catalog (to best of my knowledge); that shows class from SSI: http://koti.mbnet.fi/psychic/pics/gamecollection/catalogs/ssi_spring1986_big jpg Could the art be derived from some SSI fantasy game (or just something they didn't find other use for) ? The figure on the left is probably the only indicator if it's on some game too. BTW off-topic; anyone having old Walt Disney Home Video catalogs? Mainly looking for rental catalogs, if such exist (I'd sure think they would). Web links are welcome too. Josh Lulewicz wrote: [Blue & white Softporn] >I don't know of anyone that has this. >I have spoken to a few ex-Sierra people and none of them remember it. >All they know of is the Roberta/Hot-tub version. >It is quite possible that it was just a mock up made >for that picture of games (featured in the 10th Anniversary catalog). That's an interesting point. Though even as a mock-up, it sure would be interesting to see as whole and surely doesn't diminish it's collecting value :) Well, actually I'd give half of my game collection for Lord of the Rings: Journey to Rivendell -protoype box ("mock-up"). (A bit exaggarated.) >BTW, I noticed you had a pic of the LOTR limited edition Nazgul hologram >- any idea how rare this is? Did you pick it up somewhere or are you >the original owner? These things were expensive so I cant imagine they >sold many?? I bought it couple of monts ago from UK. It was only available for purchasers of LOTR: Game One in Great Britain, Channel Island and the Isle of Mann (that last place always amuses me; if you've seen The Fast Show you know what I mean :). I don't know anyone else who owns one. This is the regular version; the price mentioned in for a deluxe-one is outrageous. My PC-version of LOTR: Game One -manual (was it 1987?) doesn't include the offer anymore. Though the product itself isn't as classy as one would expect. The wooden frame is poorly/uneavenly cut and it bothers a bit that Nazgul is handwritten just like that as it should be Nazg�l. At least Tolkien doesn't write it any other way. I have LOTR as a text file where I just checked; I own a printed copy too so this shouldn't be a legal problem :). BTW does anyone have Silmarillion as text ? The hologram itself is surely very cool, though maybe a bit comic :). - Jukka -- http://koti.mbnet.fi/~psychic/ - Synchronic Web ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]/
