RE: [SWCollect] Buy 1 get 2

2002-09-18 Thread Dan Chisarick
I have a loose disk + a manual to it (lost the box somehow). Bought it new in Maryland when it came out (visiting relatives). I recall looking at it w/a sector editor trying to cheat :) when I saw references to a COPY PROGRAM embedded on the original. If that isn't asking for it, I don't

Re: [SWCollect] Piracy Today

2002-09-18 Thread Edward Franks
On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 05:16 PM, Adam Baratz wrote: >>> The Bilestoad was an awesome Apple II game... >> And some additional notes for Adam... > > Thanks for all the info and links. That's really too bad that piracy > basically bankrupted him. I wonder if piracy today still prov

Re: [SWCollect] Piracy Today

2002-09-18 Thread Adam Baratz
> >The Bilestoad was an awesome Apple II game... > And some additional notes for Adam... Thanks for all the info and links. That's really too bad that piracy basically bankrupted him. I wonder if piracy today still proves to be as much of a problem. People like the IDSA certainly make a big de

Re: [SWCollect] computergamecollector

2002-09-18 Thread Edward Franks
On Wednesday, September 18, 2002, at 01:21 PM, Jim Leonard wrote: > Alexander Zoller wrote: >> >> Can't say I ever heard of him before... I'd probably know his eBay ID >> if I see it. Site is employing a price guide for mint sealed games, >> this >> ought to create some controversy. > > Whoa,

Re: [SWCollect] computergamecollector

2002-09-18 Thread Jim Leonard
Alexander Zoller wrote: > > Can't say I ever heard of him before... I'd probably know his eBay ID > if I see it. Site is employing a price guide for mint sealed games, this > ought to create some controversy. Whoa, I didn't catch that at all! Not good... -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world'

Re: [SWCollect] computergamecollector

2002-09-18 Thread Marco Thorek
Alexander Zoller schrieb: > > Registrant: >Brad Lima >1521 Kensington Blvd >Bluffton SC, SC 29910 >US > > Can't say I ever heard of him before... I'd probably know his eBay ID > if I see it. Site is employing a price guide for mint sealed games, this > ought to create some contro

Re: [SWCollect] computergamecollector

2002-09-18 Thread Alexander Zoller
Registrant: Brad Lima 1521 Kensington Blvd Bluffton SC, SC 29910 US Registrar: Dotster (http://www.dotster.com) Domain Name: COMPUTERGAMECOLLECTOR.COM Created on: 14-SEP-02 Expires on: 14-SEP-03 Last Updated on: 14-SEP-02 Administrative, Technical Contact:

[SWCollect] computergamecollector

2002-09-18 Thread Jim Leonard
I just saw this: http://www.computergamecollector.com/ It seems to be the beginning of a site for software collecting news. It's in a pre-alpha state right now. Best of all, they use the MobyScale! Woohoo! Does anyone know who runs this site? -- http://www.MobyGames.com/ The world's most co

Re: [SWCollect] Buy 1 get 2

2002-09-18 Thread Lee K. Seitz
Jim Leonard spake thusly into the ether: > >Adam Baratz wrote: >> >> > (Remember The Bilestoad?) >> >> No... please explain... > >The Bilestoad was an awesome Apple II game that was way ahead of it's time in >terms of graphics, coding, and concept. You control a "cyber knight" as he >battles wi

Re: [SWCollect] Buy 1 get 2

2002-09-18 Thread Lee K. Seitz
C.E. Forman spake thusly into the ether: > >Has anyone here seen a legit copy [of Bilestoad] (even just a loose >disk)? This is one I suspect would command an astronomical price at >auction. I've never even found a pirate copy in all the disk lots >I've bought up over the years. I never even he

Re: [SWCollect] Buy 1 get 2

2002-09-18 Thread Pedro Quaresma
LOL Wonder if they ever thought about all this 10, 20 years ago :) -- Pedro R. Quaresma Salvador Caetano IMVT Div. Sistemas de Informação / Systems and Information Division. [EMAIL PROTECTED] // +351 22 7867000 (ext. 3492) "It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded o

Re: [SWCollect] Buy 1 get 2

2002-09-18 Thread C.E. Forman
> ..and one that was barely copy-protected. The protection was cracked fairly > early on and pirate copies ran rampant throughout the warez kiddies of the > time. As a result, only 5000 legitimate copies of the game were sold, so it > turned out to not be profitable for the developer and publish

Re: [SWCollect] Buy 1 get 2

2002-09-18 Thread C.E. Forman
> Legal notices are *meant* to be taken literally. And yes, unfortunately (for > this particular product) it is being resold illegally. The term "selling," in > the above only refers to selling copies, but the very first sentence ending in > "intended for the use of the original purchaser only"