I'm only hitting the thrift stores very infrequently these days. I
hit one today and found Wasteland and Lords of Conquest (both are EA
flats, if you didn't know) for the Apple II. Only cost me $0.50 each!
I picked up Wasteland just because of all the talk about it here
lately. There was also f
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From: Lee K. Seitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 4:32 PM
To: Software Collecting
Subject: [SWCollect] Today's finds
I'm only hitting the thrift stores very infrequently these days. I
hit one today and found Wasteland and Lords of Conquest (both
"Lee K. Seitz" wrote:
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> There was also a barely (if at all) used copy of PC Tools Deluxe
> version 6. I see from eBay that it's not worth anything, but would it
> come in handy for problems I might have with an older PC? When and if
> I ever get any older PCs set up, that is.
It's okay; Nort
er of copies?
Also there's a flipbox package for Wasteland that, from my personal
experience, is far more common than the flat version.
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Congrats on the finds, Lee.
Hugh, out of curiosity, which EA games are the hardest to come by? I'd
always thought of M.U.L.E. as rare, just from my observations of eve
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> Now you've got me started, how are you going to stop me? :-)...
>
> Robot Rascals is a tougher one to find...but then again some people might
> not consider it a flat box...I do. It is wh
"C.E. Forman" wrote:
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> Also there's a flipbox package for Wasteland that, from my personal
> experience, is far more common than the flat version.
The flipbox was the PC release only, if memory serves. I don't remember
the flipbox for any other platform other than PC, but I could be wrong.
C
Hugh Falk wrote:
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> Ferrari Formula
> One (another Amiga title).
Actually, this was ported to PC as well.
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> "C.E. Forman" wrote:
> >
> > Also there's a flipbox package for Wasteland that, from my personal
> > experience, is far more common than the flat version.
>
> The flipbox was the PC release
> Now you've got me started, how are you going to stop me? :-)...
Nah, it's interesting. I could stand to brush up on my EA.
> Robot Rascals is a tougher one to find...but then again some people might
> not consider it a flat box...I do. It is what I call the Fat Box
variation
> (here's a fatb
r it.
Hugh
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My curiosity is peaked now... seems to be a trend... what was Radio Baseball
(never heard of it).
And while
Good to know...thanks.
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Hugh Falk wrote:
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> Ferrari Formula
> One (another Amiga title).
Actually, this
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> Now you've got me started, how are you going to stop me? :-)...
Nah, it's interesting. I could stand to brush up on my EA.
> Robot Rascals is a tougher one to fi
Hugh Falk boldly stated:
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>Other rarer ones are: The Last Gladiator, Return to Atlantis (Amiga title),
>Touchdown Football (EA's first football game, pre-Madden), Ferrari Formula
>One (another Amiga title). None of these are too rare, though probably
>harder to find than MULE, Wasteland or Star
Jim Leonard boldly stated:
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>It's okay; Norton Utilities was released as late as version 8 for DOS
>that I believe still works on any machine. Either is fine. PCTools 6
>coes with a backup program -- THAT is useful because it formats and
>writes to floppies at the same time which saves a ton of
(also from the original batch) ranks right up there with M.U.L.E. as an
all-time classic, but it is very very common.
Hugh
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Leisure Suit Larry, Space Quest, Police Quest, etc.), Game Designers'
Workshop, Strategic Studies Group, Bethesda Softworks, and more.
Hugh
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> Does anyone have a complete list of which games came in which type of
> packages? For example, I know Skyfox and Wasteland come in bifolds,
> Starflight comes in a trifold, and Music Construction Set comes in
> both a bifold and record sleeve (I think). If this was listed on the
> GOTCHA pages
Hugh Falk boldly stated:
>
>Well I took the liberty of scanning in the "Software Classics" pages of my
>EA 87-88 catalog. You can find it here:
>
>http://www.classicgaming.com/gotcha/gallery/ea%20software%20classics.jpg
>
>In theory, all of these should be available in a record sleeve. However,
I boldly stated:
>
>I have a copy of Marbel Madness (for the PC) in a record sleeve.
Oops, "Marble."
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"Lee K. Seitz" wrote:
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> packages? For example, I know Skyfox and Wasteland come in bifolds,
> Starflight comes in a trifold, and Music Construction Set comes in
> both a bifold and record sleeve (I think). If this was listed on the
Starflight was also re-released later in their box format, w
"Lee K. Seitz" wrote:
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> Okay, then let me ask you this question: is it worth getting PC Tools
> 6 if I already have Copy II PC 6 and Norton Utilities 6? (Of course,
> I don't think I've verified that Copy II PC works and only have 5.25"
> HD disks for Norton.)
Copy II PC 6 only copies disks,
Hugh Falk wrote:
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> FYI, of the 3 popular ones you mention, M.U.L.E. is possibly the most
> significant since it is from the original group of EA's first games. Archon
> (also from the original batch) ranks right up there with M.U.L.E. as an
> all-time classic, but it is very very common.
Not
Hugh Falk wrote:
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> I'm sure that's not the case. I've never seen M.U.L.E. in a record sleeve
BTW, I've never seen an IBM PC version of M.U.L.E. -- did one exist? I
know that a PCjr version existed because I held the diskette with my own
hands (before giving it back -- ARGH). There is a big
"Lee K. Seitz" wrote:
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> I boldly stated:
> >
> >I have a copy of Marbel Madness (for the PC) in a record sleeve.
>
> Oops, "Marble."
Good thing you corrected that typo. I had absolutely no idea what game
you were talking about.
;-D
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On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Jim Leonard wrote:
> Hugh Falk wrote:
> >
> > FYI, of the 3 popular ones you mention, M.U.L.E. is possibly the most
> > significant since it is from the original group of EA's first games. Archon
> > (also from the original batch) ranks right up there with M.U.L.E. as an
> >
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Hugh Falk wrote:
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> FYI, of the 3 popular ones you mention, M.U.L.E. is possibly the most
> significant since it is from the original group of EA's first games.
Archon
> (also from the original batch) ranks right up there wit
M
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Hugh Falk wrote:
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> I'm sure that's not the case. I've never seen M.U.L.E. in a record sleeve
BTW, I've never seen an IBM PC version of M.U.L.E. -- did one exist? I
know that a PCjr version existed be
Jim Leonard boldly stated:
>
>Starflight was also re-released later in their box format, with added
>support for EGA. The non-Slash version of this is extremely rare (the
>Slash version is common). This is the version to get since the older
>Starflight would only support 16 colors if you had Com
"Stephen S. Lee" wrote:
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> On Sun, 4 Nov 2001, Jim Leonard wrote:
> > Hugh Falk wrote:
> > >
> > > FYI, of the 3 popular ones you mention, M.U.L.E. is possibly the most
> > > significant since it is from the original group of EA's first games. Archon
> > > (also from the original batch) ranks r
"Lee K. Seitz" wrote:
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> Jim Leonard boldly stated:
> >
> >Starflight was also re-released later in their box format, with added
> >support for EGA. The non-Slash version of this is extremely rare (the
> >Slash version is common). This is the version to get since the older
> >Starflight would
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