[SWCollect] Finds over "vacation"
Boy, everybody clams up when Romero joins. 8) While taking some time to visit relatives at the other end of the state, I naturally took some time to visit a few thrift stores. I didn't find much in the way of classic video games (my primary hobby), but I did find some interesting computer game stuff. First, at a somewhat out of the way thrift store, I found Computer Diplomacy and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, both for the TRS-80, and Elite Plus. I'm hoping to get these and many other games up on eBay this week. Of note for Infocom collectors is the March 1984 issue of _Discover_ that I found. I thought this might be news, but I just now see someone's already put it on the web (http://web.mit.edu/6.933/www/Fall2000/infocom/marketing.html). The article really doesn't reveal anything Infocom fans don't already know, but it was an interesting find for me as I was flipping through. And it was sort of fun to see the old Charlie Chaplin IBM PC Jr. ads again. -- Lee K. Seitz [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/swcollect@;oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Finds over "vacation"
"Lee K. Seitz" schrieb: > > Of note for Infocom collectors is the March 1984 issue of _Discover_ > that I found. I thought this might be news, but I just now see > someone's already put it on the web > (http://web.mit.edu/6.933/www/Fall2000/infocom/marketing.html). The > article really doesn't reveal anything Infocom fans don't already > know, but it was an interesting find for me as I was flipping through. > And it was sort of fun to see the old Charlie Chaplin IBM PC Jr. ads > again. It would be pretty neat if we could compile a list of magazines that ran articles and/or had ads of interest. For me as an Infocom collector for example it would make finding those magazines quite a bit easier, even if people in auctions don't mention the article/ad specifically. I'd also not have to thumb through whole stacks of old magazines in peoples basements while the multitude of insectoid life that inhabits that biosphere is trying to communicate very closely with me. Infidel -- 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/swcollect@;oldskool.org/
Re: [SWCollect] Finds over "vacation"
Marco Thorek stated: > >It would be pretty neat if we could compile a list of magazines that ran >articles and/or had ads of interest. As owner and, sadly, non-updater of the Classic Video Games Literature List (http://fly.hiwaay.net/~lkseitz/cvg/cvglit.shtml), I would love to see such a database (or even better, one for video games), too. My list only covers industry-specific periodicals and books, not general periodicals that contained articles on topic. However, I think the software behind MobyGames could be converted to do either (or both). Most modifications are obvious. Instead of box scans, we have cover scans. Authors and editors instead of programmers. And so on. The cool part would be if we could create a subject database so you could quickly find articles related, for example, Infocom, Sid Meier, etc. The tough part would be selecting the article/book topics. You probably wouldn't want to give the user a complete list of every game, author, publisher, etc. to choose from. I suppose the MobyGames way of doing publisher and developer companies might work. (Let users type it in and present them with the matches, if there's more than one.) I'd love to do something like this, particularly if it included old video game platforms, but I simply don't have the time for something like this right now. -- Lee K. Seitz [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/swcollect@;oldskool.org/