I found Odyssey to be somewhat self-serving and a
definite spinned POV on Sculley's influence on Apple's golden days. I'd suggest
you bookmark it with a large grain of salt. Hackers, on the other hand, was
great fun, and written more objectively. That book covered a much greater period
in
Um, Creepy Corridors?
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Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Okmelt wizard...
Stuart Feldhamer wrote:
Hey, if I was nerdy, I would have played those text adventure games
'82 I think. It was mentioned in the book 'Hackers' by Steven Levy
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Sent: Tuesday, March 09, 2004 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Okmelt wizard...
Chris Newman wrote:
Um, Creepy Corridors?
What year
I swear by it. There are a few minor UI things I would change, but it's
trivial. It's a huge timesaver, for me anyway. My ads tend to be big and
it's a hassle listing a second copy of an item after the original item
disapears from ebay's database. All your ads stay in the database making
uploading
This is usually good for a double take in a conversation, and what better timing. My
birthday is 6/6/66 and the person who did the sound for The Exorcist and, I think,
The Omen is named Chris Newman.
Don't make me angry. Just don't.
Stephen S. Lee wrote:
I go away for a week and this mailing
Okay, it's time for the MobyPool! The enigma to be decoded is Tom's age.
My pure guess is 41.
"Feldhamer, Stuart" wrote:
My
guess for Tom is 40 on the dot. Hey, this is fun!Stuart
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From: Stefan Lindblom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 29,
2003
Lying little sleazeball. What a detriment to our hobby...
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There is only one shirt and I bought it second hand, so I have no idea when
it was made. It looks cool though!
At 07:20 AM 1/29/2003 -0800, you wrote:
Are these shirts original, made in the early to mid 80s?
Wow -- talk about a hypocrite. Chris, for what it's worth we've always
known you are a kook... :)
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Oh, you mean Chris Forman's mailing list? Take a closer look...he's
quite the kook. Anyway...rumor has it that the wizard of
frobozz
wore this shirt himself!
At 03:12 PM 1/29/2003
got 4 so far (C.E., Stuart, Joe +Paula)...anyone
else wanna meet up? Chris Newman--don't you live in the Jersey area?
Paula and I will each bring a few items to show...I hope everyone else does the
same! Show and tell in Philadelphia! :)
It's not too late! If you want to join us, post
, and they ordered 15 million stickers. That's ALOT of
wackiness! :)
Stephen Emond wrote:
Heehee, I didn't know anyone else here appreciated Wacky Packages ;) I have
a whole bunch of them in a box somewhere...
Steve
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Freaking kids
Feldhamer, Stuart wrote:
I'm 27, and I think CE is 28...
Stuart
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From: Chris Newman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 11:45 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] New topic--Collectors UNITE!
Well, I
on the hobby. All of
the manuvering they use to get a hard-to-find item is surprising. Kinda
takes the fun out of it and turns it into a cynical profiteering
enterprise.
Origin Museum wrote:
Chris Newman wrote:
I live on Long Island actually (New York). I'd REALLY like to go, as I'm very
John,
Think long and hard before you get rid of your Synergistics on ebay!
Financial gain aside why would you do it? In a few decades the infant
hobby of computer software collecting might turn into a mature,
mainstream hobby. By selling these titles you would be removing a direct
link to the
with my getting duplicate emails. I had
duplicate rules in Outlook so it was filtering the email twice! Fixed.
- John
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Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 5:01 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SWCollect] New
Yech, it seems like Gamedex is confusing genre with plot.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Karl Kuras wrote:
To remain in the Interaction Fiction with Graphics subgenre, verb-noun
input
using text labels must be maintained. If the verbs (actions) and nouns
(items) are replaced by icons or
perspective, and each scene is flat.
Stuart Feldhamer wrote:
King's Quest 1 was the first adventure game where you could move the
character around on the screen, as far as I know. What is a quasi-3D
adventure game? How about Asylum?
Stuart
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From: Chris Newman
? You could say that Mystery
House, the first adventure with graphics, was also the first quasi-3D.
Since the graphics had a 3D perspective (See attached).
Hugh
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Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 5:44 PM
To: [EMAIL
Just curious -- Does anyone know if the IBM hardshell games were ever
shrinkwrapped? If not, how were they packaged?
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The opinions about the answer to this question are probably subjective
but I think it's worth asking:
Was King's Quest 1 really the first quasi-3D adventure game released for
the IBM line? There
were already hundreds of game titles available for the PC when the Jr
made its debut with Sierra's
Not only that, you also included what was for me the best early 90s demo
I saw -- Future Crew's Second Reality. The final scene in that demo was
spectacular; the spaceship flying through a city where the camera angle
constantly shifts. Pretty darn good.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Chris Newman wrote
Misplaced? No way, that sounds intriguing. Why did you do it? Was it the
hacker in you that wanted to improve on a great piece of coding, or did
the output not translate well to TV/DVD in its native form?
Jim Leonard wrote:
Chris Newman wrote:
Not only that, you also included what
The Bad Street Brawler intro did it for me on the PC, with that
wonderful television static effect. Pretty major for 1987!
Origin Museum wrote:
Hi all!
I just ordered one, based on my love for old demos, and my feelings for Jim! (Thanks
for this site, ya big lug!) :)
I've been a demo
Jim,
I'd say this bears more than a slight relevance to our hobby! What an
awesome idea, preserving and presenting the past in a format that be
seen by the mainstream, via a home DVD player, in addition to diehard
fans like us. I know several people that will be interested in this. I
hope you do
I'm sure about both as I've owned them in the past. I think OGRE was the
exception for Origin titles of the time, as I don't recall others having
mouse support. Interplay, on the other hand, had mouse support for
virtually every title -- Neuromancer, The Bard's Tale series, Dragon
Wars, etc. Not
Empire could have had mouse support -- Origin's OGRE from, IIRC 1986,
has mouse support. I think Wasteland (one of my alltime favorites) had
support in '87.
Hugh Falk wrote:
So you're looking for the original Empire for the PC? I never played the PC
version (just ST and Amiga). I can't
On second thought, I have a question -- how does this card emulate the
native OS of the legacy disks? Or does it do this at all? If there is
SID support, Amiga joystick support, etc, it leads me to believe that
the card does more than allowing the reading and writing of files in
legacy format.
Am
I sold him Sierra's Learning with Leeper, a floppy 1983 release for the
PC/PC Jr, about 2 years ago! How lovely.
C.E. Forman wrote:
(Heh, little MST3K reference there...)
Just a warning to everyone in this group, there's a guy in Israel named Eyal
Katz who's been engaging in some
The late George Alec? When did he die? What a bummer -- I would have
helped him had I known. I loved his work, especially his Budayeen
series. No wonder I never found any new releases from him during every
visit to a BN or Borders.
Do you recall his e-mail address? Was it [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
Wow, RBBS-PC, the good old days! I don't know if it would have any
serious sale value, but it probably has sentimental value (which might
translate) to many folks.
This might lead to a good thread. What was your favorite BBS program?
Was it the venerable PC-Board, the easy to navigate
, the pain.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Chris Newman wrote:
Does anyone know how many disks come with the game? The only copies I've
ever found are sealed and I don't want to open it to do a disk count.
Everyone on this list knows that I am unencumbered by those limitations
:-) Let me find
Videotape Gracie?
C.E. Forman wrote:
Okay, box is open, and contents are:
Konami catalog
Konami registration card
Plan 9 manual (very small form factor, odd)
2 HD 3.5 disks
No videotape?
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Omigod, you're not kidding. WOW, that was the deal of the decade. Well,
look at it this guy. The bidder has a rating of 1700+ so I'm sure he is
a gaming fan, and not a seller out to make a buckNOT!
Complete Infocom game collection! Each is in the original box (the uniformed
gray boxes) with
Indeed... Rocket Ranger is a title I will probably never forget, but for a
different reason. To summarize: Rocket Ranger is the quintessential Cinemaware
game -- they finally got everything right.
coughdejavucough
:)
Jim Leonard wrote:
Hugh Falk wrote:
By the late 80's hard drives were
AM
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Soccer Games (was shock
Jim Leonard wrote:
Chris Newman wrote:
What's the story? Is MS abusing its relationship with NBC? Where'd you
hear the
rumors?
Yes, I'm very interested
Hmm, is that the CD classics version (in retail box, but without the heavy manual)
or the real deal?
C.E. Forman wrote:
I bought up about 20 of them last year, still got a couple left. Been
selling them on eBay for $15 + shipping.
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Jim Leonard wrote:
Chris Newman wrote:
What's the story? Is MS abusing its relationship with NBC? Where'd you hear the
rumors?
Yes, I'm very interested in that. Gates is part snake oil salesman, part gangster,
and all
opportunist.
Rumor has it that Microsoft offered to 1
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Jim Leonard boldly stated:
Chris Newman wrote:
I think this paucity of physical components falls under
the same category as companies releasing barebones
You're dead on. I had a magical two-handed sword, potions, plate mail, good hit
points and strength. Everything was going fine, so much so that I decided not to
save along the way with my excellent character.
What happens? Troll, 12th level. Whap, whap, whapwhapwhap. Five rounds, I'm dead.
Game
What's the story? Is MS abusing its relationship with NBC? Where'd you hear the
rumors?
Yes, I'm very interested in that. Gates is part snake oil salesman, part gangster,
and all
opportunist.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Chris Newman wrote:
Voice on TV: [Person on talk show in sitcom] Sure, Windows
a prompt appears: Wizard's Password: .
No matter what you type a message is displayed, Hmm, were you ever as smart as Ken
Arnold? I wonder if this is a red herring or a real password?
Jim Leonard wrote:
Chris Newman wrote:
What about Rogue? I've been playing that one for years.
(Hack is a rogue
Jim,
I had a bunch of them in the past but they sold. I think they went for only $10
each. In fact, didn't you buy one from me? I don't recall.
Chris
P.S. I'm still cringing over the thought of an angry spouse approaching the
classics bookcase with evil intent... No, not my sealed Leather
Jim Leonard wrote:
Chris Newman wrote:
My peak lunacy was bidding $2500 for a flown-to-the-moon flag, framed by
the crew of Apollo XIV. Fortunately I was outbid...
What did it finally go for?
I think it sold for close to $3000. What makes it tragic, and also a good
indication of how
influx of cash. Seems we are expecting our first child! I only list
games I put together ads for. I have about 200 or so other games I haven't yet
listed for that reason. I suppose I could list them w/o a proper ad but I'm too
compulsive to do that.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Chris Newman wrote:
Well
Jim,
You realize you've achived the perfect Zen state to not let ebay consume you. Not
everyone is so calm about it! Good for you. I try to do what you do -- I force
myself to walk away because I'll keep increasing my bids and wind up spending 40%
more than I had planned. Way to go.
Jim Leonard
Jim Leonard wrote:
Chris Newman wrote:
Alot of the stuff comes from my own collection -- I'm actually listing everything
I have (well, almost hahaha) because I need to make more room in the house, and I
need a sudden influx of cash. Seems we are expecting our first child! I only list
Or the obnoxious multiple exclamation points! I usually gloss over auctions with
titles like that, unless I'm on a serious hunt.
I really wish ebay would expand the title field. Can the impact on their databases
be that heavy? What are they running? Solaris?
C.E. Forman wrote:
L00K -- Crispy
Speaking of sniping...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1266370886
ha ha ha
C.E. Forman wrote:
Hey, just how *do* you find poorly-listed items? I've found stuff
purely by accident that was mis-named just as badly as the above AND was
totally mis-categorized (it was
Speaking of sniping...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1266370886
ha ha ha
C.E. Forman wrote:
Hey, just how *do* you find poorly-listed items? I've found stuff
purely by accident that was mis-named just as badly as the above AND was
totally mis-categorized (it was
Speaking of sniping...
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=1266370886
ha ha ha
C.E. Forman wrote:
Hey, just how *do* you find poorly-listed items? I've found stuff
purely by accident that was mis-named just as badly as the above AND was
totally mis-categorized (it was
Well, I bought it over a year ago from a large-scale software distributor
who went out of business, not a mom-and-pop used game outlet. The wrap
isn't the brittle kind, but on the other hand, the holes and seams look
a little crude. I know the game is new, regardless. The dealer assured
me as
It is definitely a posed picture. The other two women in the hot tub were
secretaries at Sierra during the
early 80s. The tub was installed in the Williams' Oakhurst home. The picture was
Ken's idea though.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
Jim Leonard boldly stated:
C.E. Forman
There was a game that caused quite a stir back in 1985-87. It involved the
holocaust, but for the life of me, I cannot recall the name. I never played the
game, but saw a story about it on the TV news. Given the typical sensationalism of
those stories I can only guess about the truthfulness or
Everyone has to have at least one favorite. While many of today's
multimedia titles consider voice acting as a standard feature, I've
noticed that many games reviews slam the voice acting as amateurish, or
merely space filler.
Surely there are some games out there that use speech effectively.
That leads to an interesting, but infrequent, phenomenon. Why ARE some games
renamed when ported to another platform? My guess is they were unpopular on the
initial platform; a rename might give the game a fresh start.
This would make a good list -- game renames. I have an addition: Dragon Lord
As far as I know the titleholder is Ogre, an Origin release from 1986.
(See attached screenshot).
Aside from Windows 1.0a, which arrived in November 1985, were there any
commercial products for the PC line with mouse support? GEM perhaps? I
know some folks wrote their own public domain programs
Ah, but the other 4500 bytes is used for the NFO message ragging on all the other
pirate groups for not releasing the patch first!
His and Hos to The Software Surgeon and Mack the Hack
THG - Get a life
FiRM - Nice job on Populous
hahahahaha
Jim Leonard wrote:
Chris Newman wrote
Sounds plausible to me -- I would probably add Alone in the Dark to the list even
though it is a cross-genre adventure. It certainly scared me!
Karl Kuras wrote:
What the heck is a terror game?
What I think he means are survival horror and similar games, designed to
spook you. Granted,
Jim,
You are not alone -- I too love Origin but cannot stand Ultima! I'll take the Might
Magic line over Ultima any day. As for the British moniker, Garriot himself said
he chose the handle because it sounded cool. And he was a teenager at the time.
Jim Leonard wrote:
Pedro Quaresma wrote:
Yes, that is absolutely horrible! The charm of games is not only the virtual
experience they provide but the atmosphere they create from the physical media.
Thick interesting manuals, maps, trinkets, magazines, newspapers, and all of the
other extras we use to identify a special game make it
Yea -- a sealed item can be both mint or utterly destroyed. "Mint sealed" adds a
level of refinement to the grade.
Chris
Jim Leonard wrote:
"C.E. Forman" wrote:
Now that I think about it, if I were doing such a scale (and I've been
thinking about formalizing my personal scale for
Yes, there was an EGA version of this game released for the PC. Many Accolade
games of the mid to late 80s were released in two separate versions -- CGA and
EGA. I don't know if it was a ploy to get gamers to pay for an "upgrade" or if
Accolade was merely following the consumer installation base
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