RE: [SWCollect] Maxis Collectors?

2002-10-18 Thread Hugh Falk
Thanks Brad, but I'm pretty sure you're incorrect about Sim City. I have 3 versions of it including the C-64, and they all say 1989. This also jives with my memory. I also researched it heavily when it won the GOTCHA award for 1989. I had heard reports of '87 as well, but could never

Re: [SWCollect] Maxis Collectors?

2002-10-18 Thread Alexander Zoller
Not sure how big it was in the states though probably not a big Maxis collector item since they concentrate more ont he Sim titles and those were so widely produced that it's a mute point almost. I remember an auction with roughly ten Sim games on eBay,... all of them shrinked. No takers,

Re: [SWCollect] Maxis Collectors?

2002-10-18 Thread CcomputerGameCollector
Hugh I was just summorizing what I had read. Here's the actual clip from the story: Not surprisingly, game publishers had a hard time buying into the concept. As Wright remembers, publishers such as Broderbund just kept asking me how I was going to make it into a game. However Wright resisted

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-18 Thread Edward Franks
On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 03:15 AM, Pedro Quaresma wrote: [Snip] I'm sorry to hear about your wife. I hope you two find the miracle you seek. Thank you. -- Edward Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [SWCollect] Greetings

2002-10-18 Thread Edward Franks
On Thursday, October 17, 2002, at 02:33 PM, Marco Thorek wrote: [Snip] I am a bit late about it, but all the best to your wife, Ed! Thank you very much. -- Edward Franks [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- This message was sent to you