Stuart Feldhamer wrote: > > Do they have to be VHS tapes? There were tons of making-of videos included > on CDs with various games. Also, have you considered the legality of this > (not that I care)?
I wrote previously: There are some CDROM videos that may fall into this scope, like the Ken & Roberta interview snippets on CDROM bundled with the Robert Williams collection, and I can remember a Robert Williams promo interview on some CDROM gaming multimedia magazine that was popular in the mid 1990s, but I haven't decided on including those yet. I can make crappy .AVIs look pretty damn good through motion vectoring tricks, but I was only going to include them if the original sources had been lost. I have not considered the legality of it, no. Since I am selling it at practically no profit (like, $1 above cost) I figured that it wouldn't be an issue. Getting permission probably wouldn't be too hard, but it would take a while as I'm not sure Ken is happy (or able) to lend Sierra copyrights. There was a videotape of various classic Atari and other early 8-bit advertisements sold -- I have no idea if that was legal as well. > Stuart > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Leonard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 03, 2003 6:39 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [SWCollect] Software collecting videos > > Origin Museum wrote: > > > > 1. Direct Sale from EA--This was the FULL package, obtainable only via > mail-order. This included the game (in the film canister), the music CD, > the VHS video, the T-Shirt, the 'Behind The Screens' CD, and the 1995 Wing > Commander calendar. This version came in a BROWN Cardboard Mailing Box, > with the extras packaged OUTSIDE the canister...there was NO 'game box' for > this version. > > Small change of subject: Does anyone here have this VHS tape? I am not > going > to beg for a copy, but I wanted to tell you guys that in the next few months > I > am going to finally start another DVD video project, this one an effort to > preserve video relevant to software collectors, and I have contacts who are > willing to lend me their copies of the Sierra promotional tapes of the late > 1980s for it. Also scheduled was the "making of" Wing Commander VHS tape, > which is why I bring it up because I don't have a copy. > > The DVD produced by the project would be sold a few bucks above cost > (probably > through CustomFlix so that I don't have to deal with fullfillment). The > goal > of the project would be to: > > - Professionally dump the video in 4:2:2 for proper mastering to DVD's 4:2:0 > (no cheap DV conversions) > - Clean up the video (remove noise, color correction, exposure/white level > correction) > - Clean up the audio (remove noise, remaster audio (game soundtracks) where > appropriate) > - Author to DVD with simple menu and chapter points > - Professional-grade MPEG-2 encoding > > All of this was done for MindCandy so I already have the tools and > knowledge. > The scope of this project was "behind the scenes" and/or "making-of" > videos -- > inside trivia stuff that any collector would drool over. So, so far, I can > only think of four: > > - Sierra promo videos (1989 and 1990 I believe I have contacts for, were > there > any more?) > - 7th Guest "making-of" bundled with early versions (I have this) > - Wing Commander VHS tape (I do not have this) > > Can anyone think of any more? > > (Also: There are some CDROM videos that may fall into this scope, like the > Ken & Roberta interview snippets on CDROM bundled with the Robert Williams > collection, and I can remember a Robert Williams promo interview on some > CDROM > gaming multimedia magazine that was popular in the mid 1990s, but I haven't > decided on including those yet. I can make crappy .AVIs look pretty damn > good > through motion vectoring tricks, but I was only going to include them if the > original sources had been lost.) > -- > 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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