Incline Post some of your (old fart) collection

[moleman]

... (for floppies that most likely don't even work anymore).

My original C64 floppies from 1989 of Hillsfar and Curse of the Azure Bonds still work. I can still play my saves from 1990.

 

[solemgar]

Jesus, you Western European and American guys, I'm so jealous. It was all cracks on noname floppies in post-communist Europe... I had about 3-4 legal cassette games for my C64 and that's it. I would love to have a wall of originals with manuals and feelies but aren't gonna pay the price of a small car for that at today's "collector's prices" (for floppies that most likely don't even work anymore).

Indeed, collecting old games is becoming worse than collecting stamps or old coins. I mean, people paying thousands for snes boxed games?

 

[Desiderius]

My original C64 floppies from 1989 of Hillsfar and Curse of the Azure Bonds still work. I can still play my saves from 1990.

Yeah well my Hillsfar floppies didn't get much use anyway. Curse got plenty.

 

[mindx2]

Jesus, you Western European and American guys, I'm so jealous. It was all cracks on noname floppies in post-communist Europe... I had about 3-4 legal cassette games for my C64 and that's it. I would love to have a wall of originals with manuals and feelies but aren't gonna pay the price of a small car for that at today's "collector's prices" (for floppies that most likely don't even work anymore).

Indeed, collecting old games is becoming worse than collecting stamps or old coins. I mean, people paying thousands for snes boxed games?

Yeah, you really have to be patient and selective today when collecting old games. Finding good deals is still possible such as me finding a sealed Collector's Edition Icewind Dale II for around $30 or the sealed copy of Sword of Fargoal for around $20 (I think). Thankfully, PC games haven't gone totally off the rails as console games have! I also HATE the trend of "slabbing" games like comics and selling them for hundreds or thousands of $$$!! The whole idea of "slabbing" comics or games is STUPID! Cards I can kind of understand as you can still see both sides and that's all there is to them. I want to see and discover what's inside my game boxes.

 

[Ismaul]

So which of the Arx boxes is your favorite, and why?

I like the Russian Limited Edition published by Akella because of the unique cover artwork. No idea if that snake woman drawing

I was willing to bet tits would win out, but this might be the best of both atmosphere and women.

Seductive treacherous women, literally snakes, just what a man in search for adventure is drawn too.

 

[Crispy]

I also HATE the trend of "slabbing" games like comics and selling them for hundreds or thousands of $$$!!

Could you elaborate? I'm too lazy to look it up but I have a p. decent comics collection I've always wondered what to do with.

Edit: Does this mean mounting into a hard clear plastic case?

 

[mindx2]

I also HATE the trend of "slabbing" games like comics and selling them for hundreds or thousands of $$$!!

Could you elaborate? I'm too lazy to look it up but I have a p. decent comics collection I've always wondered what to do with.

Edit: Does this mean mounting into a hard clear plastic case?

Yep, a disgusting trend if there ever was one. The whole idea of snapping hard plastic over my collection is idiotic to me as it prevents you from ever actually opening your item and enjoying it. I'm not here to "invest" anything, just enjoy my obsession collection.

 

[Cohesion]

Drives: I have some hard drives (I read SSDs are better for archiving, fact check me on this) that have more ephemeral information, like Fallout 2 and moan samples.

Tapes are best for media preservation.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape_drive
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic-tape_data_storage

 

[solemgar]

Jesus, you Western European and American guys, I'm so jealous. It was all cracks on noname floppies in post-communist Europe... I had about 3-4 legal cassette games for my C64 and that's it. I would love to have a wall of originals with manuals and feelies but aren't gonna pay the price of a small car for that at today's "collector's prices" (for floppies that most likely don't even work anymore).

Indeed, collecting old games is becoming worse than collecting stamps or old coins. I mean, people paying thousands for snes boxed games?

Yeah, you really have to be patient and selective today when collecting old games. Finding good deals is still possible such as me finding a sealed Collector's Edition Icewind Dale II for around $30 or the sealed copy of Sword of Fargoal for around $20 (I think). Thankfully, PC games haven't gone totally off the rails as console games have! I also HATE the trend of "slabbing" games like comics and selling them for hundreds or thousands of $$$!! The whole idea of "slabbing" comics or games is STUPID! Cards I can kind of understand as you can still see both sides and that's all there is to them. I want to see and discover what's inside my game boxes.

Well, about PC games...

Edit: Fail, it was the Amiga version

 

[Crispy]

mindx2, you do accept the notion, however, that a particularly rare and valuable comic or video game (especially a cartridge) almost has to be encased in order to preserve it physically, i.e. from UV light, fingerprints, accidents, etc., right?

 

[mindx2]

mindx2, you do accept the notion, however, that a particularly rare and valuable comic or video game (especially a cartridge) almost has to be encased in order to preserve it physically, i.e. from UV light, fingerprints, accidents, etc., right?

Other ways you can protect from those without preventing you from actually enjoying your collectable. Just don't believe in doing the slabbing thing at all...

 

[Rincewind]

... (for floppies that most likely don't even work anymore).

My original C64 floppies from 1989 of Hillsfar and Curse of the Azure Bonds still work. I can still play my saves from 1990.

Some people claim 5.25" C64 floppies fare better than 3.5" DD/HD ones in that regard. Probably something to do with data densities.

 

[solemgar]

So trying to keep up with the high level of autism of the forum, here is my latest adventure.

1. Insert the 3.5 disk in the USB floppy drive

2. Copy both floppies to the PC

3. Load the files into 86Box, play with "almost" original hardware So happy to see that tech from 1991 still works!