For $4-$5 each I'd probably pick all of them up except Subhunt and maybe Yserbius if the box is damaged badly. Hand of Fate is worth $10. The SSI ones are very cool to have if you don't have them yet but I probably wouldn't pay more than $5 or so each if I'd already had a copy of them.Originally Posted by Cornelius
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All of them right now, probably worth what you paid unless any are sealed. Sorcerian I sold for $40 a couple years ago to an international bidder. It was in excellent condition. When you sell on ebay/CTCW make sure you open the boxes and display all of the contents to maximize your value. If it is a collector, they want to see everything they are getting. When it is sealed, describe the condition of the wrap, box, everything... I would never pass up anything that is sealed as a general rule or anything that is in excellent condition or something that I know got discontinued and clearanced out rather quick after release. Let me give you a few examples...Here's a case study on why I need this list (and something like 'old Sierra games' doesn't do me much good):
I wouldn't have bought any of them since they are all $4-$10 each, but my Goodwill has a very easy-going return policy. I do collect PC games, but for floppy games I have to have some sentimental tie in order to keep it, so all these would be to re-sell. Unfortunately, I can't find any reference points for many of them, so I may just return them.
Anyone know about any of these? I think they are all complete, except Yserbius, which is missing the box top.
The titles are:
Yserbius
Sorcerian
Eye of the Beholder II
Death Knights of Krynn
The Hand of Fate
SSN-21 Seawolf
Eye of the Beholder III
The Dark Queen of Krynn
Just recently sold Ishido: Way of the Stones (NIB-sealed) for $30. Normally this would go for a few bucks if anything. I remember getting it in a large lot for probably an average of 50 cents. Another one...
Picked up The Dark Half years ago for 10 cents as part of a clearance. Vary rarely saw it come up for auction, so put it up and sold it for $50. It was just the cd in a jewel with an insert. It was originally a budget title sold for $12.99 new. The buyer was probably a Stephen King/horror fan , you never know.
Old Sierra games are tricky. It your talking about Mystery House or Softporn those are the most valued. Those that had a smaller print run or were on media that could have degraded or been lost hold up very well. The Leisure Suit Larry, King's Quest, Space Quest individual titles had large production runs for the most part, so other than the collections are probably not worth a whole bunch.
Here is another example of something to keep an eye out for...
Bought Lands of Lore many years ago and like many others I threw out the box, but kept the included sealed strategy guide and sealed jewel. Noticed recently that the game was not going for a whole lot, so I just listed the strategy guide. Sold for $30. Bought the game new originally for probably $10.
Back to your original question...the games you have listed are probably worth picking up for 2-4 bucks to me. Although holding on to Sorcerian may be a good idea down the road if it is in good shape and complete. Then again I would first determine if I wanted to play any of them or add them to my collection, as 5-10 bucks for the entertainment value alone for some of those titles is a great deal.
"Hand of Fate" would be much better known as Kyrandia 2, by the way. (Available in both CD and floppy versions.)
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Yeah, I haven't seen any floppy versions of The Manhole or Cosmic Osmo floating around. I did, however, notice that the original Activision-published CD-ROM version of The Manhole popped up on ebay a couple of days ago... will be interesting to see what it goes for, if anything...
Is the jewel case and cd from that version similar to the top one in the pic I posted on the last page? I'm having some trouble figuring out which release I have.
Top CD
I'll check and see which version of Keen it is. I know it's boxed, but the box is small, maybe the same size or slightly larger than a jewel case.
I bought Battle Chess 4000 out of a bargain bin while working at Best Buy. There were 3 original games in the series: Battle Chess, Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess, and then Battle Chess 4000. It's basically the same as Battle Chess, but set in the future so all the pieces are, well, future-y.
I like seeing that copy of Sorcerian. No idea what it's worth, but that's only PUBLISHED by Sierra. It's actually from Falcom. Is that for DOS or something else?
Mission Force Cyberstorm, now that was a game I enjoyed. The sequel wasn't as good, but it's a neat series. Ties in with Earthsiege.
Judging by that huge list of "maybe going on eBay," you'll get a few good ones. I think Ultima III and V might be more than the others, but Indy could be worth a bit. If I weren't ripping my PC collection to ISO and boxing it all up, I might be making a few offers.
DOS. Sierra actually published Sorcerian and Silpheed back in the day; Silpheed made them a lot of money.
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Gosh, I didn't twig to that at all. More on Sorcerian here:
http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/sor.../sorcerian.htm
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No luck today in the pc game section. Hopefully tomorrow will be different.
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I bought Sorcerian back in the day. I liked the 'mood'. It was the closest thing I could find to Ancient Land of Ys at the time...I enjoyed it but did not play it enough...
This is an excellent thread. So far the only PC game I've ever turned a significant profit on is Grim Fandango; bought a complete copy for $5 and sold it for $60.
There's one PC game that isn't often talked about but is fairly hard to find: Hyperspeed by MicroProse. It's the "expanded" version of the much more common Lightspeed, a 3D space shooter/strategy game that was reasonably popular in its day. Hyperspeed seems to have been published in low numbers. I love Lightspeed, and remember wanting Hyperspeed back in 1991, but it was expensive even then. You can buy a new one on Amazon right now for $202, but that price is a joke. There's one on eBay now for a $40 BIN. No takers yet, but I think you could get $30 for it on a good day. I lucked out and bought a beat-up but acceptable copy on Amazon for $5 a while back. There's even a fan site for the game called Hyperspeed Base.
Not sure if these been mentioned yet or not, but the EA games Starflight and Starflight 2 can sometimes get a few bucks, but typically only if they're in really good shape. They each came packaged with a starmap that is prone to go missing or be heavily used. If you find one with a mint starmap and it's cheap, it might be worth grabbing. But if you manage to find the official hint book for Starflight, be SURE to get it -- and then sell it to me.
Many an afternoon I've wasted on that page, salivating over PC JRPGs.
I'm surprised to hear that The Manhole had a floppy version released...but that seems to check out. I've read it was the first CD-ROM game (here and elsewhere), and after playing the Masterpiece version I assumed it wouldn't have been done on floppies.
@ o2william: Which version of Starflight do you mean? I've found both at my thrift, but the version of Starflight 1 was the square-box fold-out Tandy CoCo package. Pretty cool thing.
And so I will (has more of a mix of genres-not just adventure)...
- Powerslave
- Down In the Dumps
- Duckman
- Zelenhgorm
- Are You Afraid of the Dark?
- Bioscopia
- Celtica
- Chemicus
- The Gene Machine
- Genesys
- Ghostly Desires
- Obsidian (CIB)
- Pandora's Box
- Puzz3D Bavarian Castle
- The Quivering
- Real Myst
- Rent-A-Hero
- Resident Evil 2/3 (CIB)
Hmm, I've heard of Nippon Safes, and a few of the others. RealMyst (that's one word in its 'correct' spelling) has gotten quite a bit of press lately amongst Myst fans, so lots of people are on the lookout for it. A most of those others...way out of my experience unfortunately. Guess you gotta know the market.
I will attest that Duckman is pretty tough to find for a reasonable price last time I checked. At least the DVD's are coming soon!
Haven't those been out for a while now? I know I saw a boxed set a few weeks ago.
"There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge." --Bertrand Russel (attributed)
Nippon Safes was available for different systems like Amiga and others. RealMyst I remember being such a goliath to run when it was first released, maybe now the technology has caught up to the point where it runs smoothly (j/k). 90% of these titles you will probably not see in the wild and will either be subject to a rather high BIN or you will get into a bidding war.
I just hope people, especially those who like adventure or just quality games in general have the opportunity to check many of these out. Duckman, for example is an excellent game with obviously a great license. Are You Afraid of the Dark? based on the Nickelodeon show is actually a great use of the license as well believe it or not.
How about Pyst, is that hard to find?
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