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| 30 APR 2004 at 5:37pm |
sennebecGuild Master
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Joined: 15 NOV 2004
Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Romnut (28 APR 2004 3:19am)
I finally won THE NEVERHOOD on EBAY without having to go bankrupt.
hey romnut...
was it boxed?
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| 30 APR 2004 at 5:40pm |
sennebecGuild Master
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Joined: 15 NOV 2004
Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By BacardiJim (29 APR 2004 4:15am)
Everybody tired of hearing me say THAT again?
yep [smiley=angel_smiley.gif]
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| 30 APR 2004 at 5:43pm |
sennebecGuild Master
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Joined: 15 NOV 2004
Location: US, maine
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By BacardiJim (29 APR 2004 4:15am)
I guess it never occurs to Romnut that there is a reason people got tired of rehashing the same old threads over and over...
yes, but...
is an old adventure thread still an adventure thread if it's not being read? [smiley=devil_smiley_grintail.gif]
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| 30 APR 2004 at 6:37pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
Posts : 4953
Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Well, in a few hours we'll see what happens with that Vic20 Ultima game. Something strikes me as a little fishy about all this. There must be some upper echelon of collecting I don't know about if this is for real. First of all, I don't know of any great demand for the game in the first place and even if there is, I can't imagine that there are hoards of well-heeled Vic20 owners ready to lay down this kind of money. After all the Vic20 had very limited success in the marketplace to begin with! I'm particulary suspicious when someone with zero feedback is making the more recent bids. None of this makes any sense.
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 30 APR 2004 at 7:42pm |
scoutPrivate Detective
Posts : 736
Joined: 2 NOV 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By SirDave (30 APR 2004 6:37pm)
Well, in a few hours we'll see what happens with that Vic20 Ultima game. Something strikes me as a little fishy about all this. There must be some upper echelon of collecting I don't know about if this is for real. First of all, I don't know of any great demand for the game in the first place and even if there is, I can't imagine that there are hoards of well-heeled Vic20 owners ready to lay down this kind of money. After all the Vic20 had very limited success in the marketplace to begin with! I'm particulary suspicious when someone with zero feedback is making the more recent bids. None of this makes any sense.
SirDave,
Check out this prior auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3084975541&category=62053&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1#ebayphotohosting
For more info on serious Ultima collectors who pay this type of money, google Ye Old Infocom Shoppe. There's much discussion on this game plus links to other sites.
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| 30 APR 2004 at 10:15pm |
Goddess of All Things MagicalSchattenjger
Posts : 1565
Joined: 27 MAY 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By sennebec (30 APR 2004 5:36pm)
hey romnut...
was it boxed?
No, I gave up on that because the bids were always really high. I settled for a just a CD version.
When it comes to getting these old favorites, it can be very hard. I'm just happy to get a CD in mint condition.
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| 30 APR 2004 at 11:21pm |
SirDaveGuild Master
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Joined: 17 OCT 2002
Location: US
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By scout (30 APR 2004 7:42pm)
SirDave,
Check out this prior auction:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3084975541&category=62053&sspagename=STRK%3AMEBWA%3AIT&rd=1#ebayphotohosting
For more info on serious Ultima collectors who pay this type of money, google Ye Old Infocom Shoppe. There's much discussion on this game plus links to other sites.
Thanks Scout. This is just unbelievable. Makes me feel better about what I've paid for some of the more expensive PC collectibles. I guess I have to accept that there are a group of people out there that are legimately paying these prices. But why? None of this has the makings of a good investment for the future. PCs are going to be around for a long time, including some degree of backward compatibility. (IMHO, the majority of adventure game collectors want to play the games.) But working Commodores are increasingly few and far between!
What is more important is the fact that those cassette tapes are upwards of 15-20 years old. Anybody seen what happens to old cassette tapes: they warp, they crack, the tape breaks. In fact, the sellers of the games in question make a point of not guaranteeing the quality of the tape. At some point, you won't be able to load the game even if your Commodore still works. If you copy the tape (which is a smart idea just so you can play it) then the copy is not going to be worth >=$3000! Not to mention the fact that I remember what a pain it was to load games from cassette to the first Apple II computer.
The problem with wear, aging and compatibility is the reason why my cut-off for collecting is circa 1992-3 since I see no benefit in owning most floppy disk-based games. I am interested in the game if it came on a later CD version.
The future ain't what it used to be!
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| 1 MAY 2004 at 2:52am |
SusanGuild Master
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Joined: 13 OCT 2002
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Status : Offline | The final bid was $2,650.
I miss my Bubba: 1986 - 2006.
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| 1 MAY 2004 at 8:37am |
AlpineSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 310
Joined: 16 OCT 2002
Status : Online | Originally Posted By Daryl (29 APR 2004 4:34am)
Does anyone else like Acquire? What a great game.
Yes! Acquire and Stratego were my 2 favorite board games growing up
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| 2 MAY 2004 at 12:51pm |
WimliGuild Master
Posts : 3259
Joined: 14 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | I don't know whether it is rare or not, but 2.50 euros for a boxed copy of Dogday sounded like a good deal to me!
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| 3 MAY 2004 at 12:30am |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By SirDave (21 OCT 2002 5:35am)
Since I'm proud of having just snagged a copy of Secrets of the Luxor (very hard to find these days) on Ebay, thought it might be interesting to hear about games others are proud of having acquired either 'cause they're rare and/or unappreciated etc.
Hey that's cool. I had that game when it first came out and someone stole it off my computer desk before I finished it. I just got a copy of it at Ebay as well and played it through all the way and I still have it. LOL
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| 3 MAY 2004 at 12:40am |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By mbc841 (21 OCT 2002 4:32pm)
SirDave, I've been trying to get "Secrets of the Luxor" for EVER ! ! Congrats ! !
I won a copy of "The Neverhood" over the summer in an E-Bay auction. I was quite proud ! !
I don't know who I got Secrets of Luxor from but it was from Ebay and the guy I bought from said he had 6 copies of it. He also had a lot of other games and I think I bought some of them too.
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| 3 MAY 2004 at 1:15am |
| Deleted User | jalex: if it is the same guy that I bought mine from, he used to work for one of the development companies that made SotL. When I got mine last year, he still had 13 unopened copies left. I spent $13 with the shipping for mine. Then I turned around and traded it for a copy of The Neverhood. Of the two, Neverhood was by far the better game.
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| 3 MAY 2004 at 3:31am |
jalexSchattenjger
Posts : 2503
Joined: 5 MAR 2003
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By BacardiJim (3 MAY 2004 1:14am)
jalex: if it is the same guy that I bought mine from, he used to work for one of the development companies that made SotL. When I got mine last year, he still had 13 unopened copies left. I spent $13 with the shipping for mine. Then I turned around and traded it for a copy of The Neverhood. Of the two, Neverhood was by far the better game.
I have Neverhood too and I didn't like it as well. I think it was just me though because I just don't like the kind of story that Neverhood had. I am kind of a dark and Sifi freek with not so much on fairytale stories even though I probably have most of the fairytale games too.
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