Those are the only three I know of, though I'm sure there are some alternate European releases. I have a couple of Sierra games in dark blue boxes published by Kixx, for instance.
----- Original Message ----- From: Pedro Quaresma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 2:40 AM Subject: Re: [SWCollect] Hero's Quest (was:Every collector's nightmare) > > Chris, speaking of Hero's Quest... do you have any idea how many packages > for that game are there? I have three: one is the original Hero's Quest > (floppies are marked as version 1.0), the Quest for Glory (same type of > box, image of big dragon slightly recessed, floppies version 1.2), and the > Quest for glory 1 (bigger box, VGA remake, floppies version 2.0). > > I just need to know if I have to keep on looking for more versions or if my > Quest for Glory collection is at last complete. > > Pedro R. Quaresma > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "So long, and thanks for all the fish" > > > > > > > > > > Chris Newman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 31/10/01 17:28 > > Solicita-se resposta a > swcollect Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > A/C: > Ref: > cc: > Assunto: Re: [SWCollect] Every collector's nightmare > > > > > 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... "Nooooo, not my sealed Leather > Goddesses, > Pirates!, Circuit's Edge, or Hero's Quest!" (Classics is a subjective term > as many > of mine are not very popular games, or even expensive). > > Jim Leonard wrote: > > > Well, actually I can think of some nightmares that come before this one, > > in order: > > > > 1. Fire > > 2. Flooding > > 3. Theft or accidental loss > > 4. Discovering your originals are fakes or counterfeit > > 5. Auction/trade gone horribly, horribly wrong > > > > ..but I experienced #6 this weekend, and I thought I'd share it with > > you. > > > > I've been married for 7 years (I'm 30), but dated my wife for 4 years > > before that, so I'd like to think that I know her really well. I do, > > actually, which is why I could tell something was wrong this weekend. > > It turns out that she was feeling neglected, and we started fighting. > > The fight lasted, on and off, for about 3 hours, with me in the basement > > with all my computers and stuff on the couch and her in the bedroom. > > > > Now before I continue, I'd like to iterate that the fight was pretty > > much *my fault* and *I was indeed a massive jerk* and *fully deserved > > what I am about to describe to you*. My wife did NOT put me up to > > writing that; rather, I wanted to state it because I don't want any of > > you to feel differently about my wife: She is a very kind and loving > > wife and mother, and I owe much of my success in life and our wonderful > > children to her. I was solely responsible for the fight; I badgered > > her, I was a jerk, and I deserved the consequences. Now, with that out > > of the way, here's what happened: > > > > She didn't want the fight to end with us hating each other seperated by > > 2 floors, so she came down and tried to work things out. I had been > > stoked to a boil by that point and had no intention of working things > > out, at least at that time of the night. She tried to get me to listen, > > to work things out, to compromise -- but I didn't want anything to do > > with it. So to get me to react, to do *anything*, she walked over to > > one of my shelves, grabbed a box, and ripped it completely asunder. > > > > So what did she grab? Not one of the 95%-of-my-collection > > near-meaningless titles, but instead she had the incredible luck of > > grabbing Countdown (Access, 1990), NOT the Slash release. It's no > > Suspended mask or Starcross saucer, but I spent 6 months checking ebay > > listings to find a non-Slash original of this, and paid a little bit > > more what I thought it was worth because I wanted to a complete Access > > "adventure" series (Martian Memorandum, Mean Streets, Countdown, and > > Amazon). It had nostalgic worth, time-investment worth, and financial > > worth to me. > > > > Well, that pretty much ended the fight. I stopped being a complete jerk > > and we made up. The moral of the story is: Your family is always more > > important than your collection -- which should be common sense anyway > > :-) > > > > Anyone got a Countdown they'd be willing to sell or trade? ;-) > > -- > > http://www.MobyGames.com/ > > The world's most comprehensive gaming database project. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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/ > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message was sent to you because you are currently subscribed to > the swcollect mailing list. 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