Huge lot of 90's PC games - Overall value?

[Satoshi_Matrix]

I have a LOT of Windows DOS PC games mostly from the mid to late 90s that I'm looking to sell on ebay as a single lot.

All CDs are in nearly perfect condition with no scratches, stickers, writing, etc. All jewel cases are likewise in perfect condition without any cracks or other damage. There are no cardboard boxes, only the CD Jewle cases, the came, the CD Jewel case insert and a few manuals when mentioned.


Here's a list of what I've got. I know it's long, but I'd appreciate an overall appraisal.


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500 Nations
Atari Arcade Hits
Atari Arcade Hits 2
Battleship The Ultimate Naval Warfare Game
Blast from the Past (CD case and disc only)
Board Games By Milton Bradley
Boggle CD-ROM
Clue Murder at Boddy Mansion
ChessMaster 5000
Diablo 1 with oversized manual
Diablo 1 Official Strategy Guide in good overall condition
Extreme Tennis
Frogger CD-ROM
Frogger 2 Swampy's Revenge
Family Feud
Freddy Pharkas Frontier Pharmacist
Gone Fishin' Digital Fresh Water Fishing with ovesized manual
Hard Truck 18 Wheels of Steel
Hoyle Casino with Overzied Manual
Jeopardy 2nd Edition
Game of LIfe
Lego Loco (in custom jewel case) and manual
Leisure Suit Larry Love for Sail
Larry's Casino
Leisure Suit Larry's Great Hits and Misses
Medal of Honor Allied Assault
Medal of Honor Spearhead Expansion Pack
Monopoly
Monopoly Casino and manual
Monopoly Tycoon (case and disc only) and manual
Monster Truck Madness Down & Dirty Racing
Monster Truck Madness 2
Moraff's Maximum Mahjongg Volume 2
Mastermind The Challenging Game of Logic and Deduction
Microsoft Dianosaurs
Microsoft Madness 2 (case and disc only)
Microsoft Revenge of Arcade
Microsoft Motocross Madness (case and disc only)
Oil Tycoon
Operation CD-ROM
Police Tactical Training
Pac-Man Adventures in Time
Polaris SnoCross
Risk The Game of Global Domination
Risk II and oversized manual
Railroad Tycoon II and oversized manual and hotkey chart
Railroad Tycoon The Second Century Expansion Pack
Scabble x2
Sorry! CD-ROM
Street Fighter Alpha 2
Super Street Fighter II Turbo
Star Trek Starfleet Academy All five discs
Star Trek Judgement Rites Collector's Disc and Cluebook
Star Trek The Next Generation "A Final Unity"
Star Trek The Next Generation "A Final Unity" Offical Stategy Guide in good overall condition
Star Trek 25th Anniversary with manual and Cluebook
Trivial Pursuit Millennium Edition
Tetris Elements
The Next Tetris
Totally Mad
Test Drive Off-Road
Ultimate Yahtzee CD-ROM
Unreal Tournament Game of the Year Edition
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Who Wants to be a Millionaire Second Edition
World of Flight
Weakest Link
World Poker Championships X2
Wheel of Fortune 2nd Edition
Warcraft Orcs & Humans (disc and case only) with oversized manual
Warcraft II Tides of Darkness (disc and case only) with oversized manual
Warcraft II The next 70 Levels (disc and case only)
Warcraft II Beyond the Dark Portal
You Don't Know
You Don't Know TV Television
You Don't Know Volume 2
You Don't Know Jack Sports
You Don't Know Jack Movies


Manuals, books, etc:

Age of Empires The Age of Kings manual
Age of Empires II The Conquest Expansion manual
Nascar Racing 2 manual
Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games manual
Microsoft Train Simulator manual
Hoyle Board Games manual
Hoyle Classic Board Games manual
Leisure Suit Larry Shape Up or Slip Out Hintbook
Total Annihialation Exclusive Strategy Guide
Zoo Tycoon manual




Okay that's it! Any help is much appreciated.

[Gameguy]

As a single lot, maybe $50-$70. There's a lot of junk in there.

[Satoshi_Matrix]

There's also some gems in there that alone are worth more than that, I would think. Especially the Warcrafts and the Larry games. The game show stuff is mostly just filler, I'm not expecting more than $2 for each of those. But rather than divide it all up, I just want to sell it more or less as heres a bunch of good PC games and also a bunch of freebees. That kinda thing.

[Gameguy]

None of your games are complete. Those Larry games aren't worth that much unless complete, same with the Warcraft games and expansions. Maybe individually you'll get a decent amount for some of those titles around $5-$10 if you're lucky, but as a bundle people will want some sort of reduced pricing. Around $1 a piece in bulk seems likely as most are common titles or just filler pieces that are virtually unsellable individually. Plus having to pay shipping on all those games would probably add up as they'll be heavy, that's going to turn people away.

If you want better prices split up the games in smaller lots. All of the Star Trek games together, all of the Leisure Suit Larry/Adventure games together, all of the You Don't Know Jack games together, all of the Warcraft/Strategy games together, all of the gameshow/boardgame stuff together, etc.

[Cornelius]

I think the $60 Gameguy estimates is about right. I'm not really seeing any treasures in there. Warcraft 1 is probably 20 each. 10 or so for a Larry or two. One of the Star Treks might be one of the 'money' ones, but even so with just the jewel case it isn't going to be more than 20. Most of the rest I think your $2 each is pretty generous, they just don't really do much for you at all. Well, they raise the cost of shipping, but I wouldn't really call that 'for' you.

That's all off the cuff without doing any research, there could be something in there I missed (or don't know about).

Edit: saw Gameguys next reply. Mostly agree, but you can sell WC 1 by itself easily for 20ish +. A couple WCII bundles (there are two of the main game, right?).

[Gameguy]

I think the $60 Gameguy estimates is about right. I'm not really seeing any treasures in there. Warcraft 1 is probably 20 each. 10 or so for a Larry or two. One of the Star Treks might be one of the 'money' ones, but even so with just the jewel case it isn't going to be more than 20. Most of the rest I think your $2 each is pretty generous, they just don't really do much for you at all. Well, they raise the cost of shipping, but I wouldn't really call that 'for' you.

That's all off the cuff without doing any research, there could be something in there I missed (or don't know about).

Edit: saw Gameguys next reply. Mostly agree, but you can sell WC 1 by itself easily for 20ish +. A couple WCII bundles (there are two of the main game, right?).
You meant the Star Trek Judgment Rites limited edition? That's around $10-$30 complete, and I do mean the limited edition version over regular. I found a boxed(beat up) version either last year or the year before but didn't bother buying it. I do have a complete copy of Birth of the Federation, it's not uncommon to see loose discs of this selling for over $30. Sadly that's not one of the games Satoshi_Matrix has available. Larry's Casino isn't worth much at all, I see auctions ending around $1 plus shipping. The individual Larry games loose could sell for around $5 each(I'm currently stuck with Larry 5, I can't get $5 for it), Greatest Hits and Misses is worth about $10. I sold a loose copy of that for $10, people really want the Pleasure Pack over this or individual games as it's the complete collection with all games together.

I'm looking up Warcraft and I'm not seeing all copies selling for so much.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1994-First-CD-ROM-Release-Original-WarCraft-Orcs-and-Humans-MS-DOS-ONLY-Rare-/121036754749
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warcraft-Orcs-Humans-PC-Games-1994-/281048006948
http://www.ebay.com/itm/WARCRAFT-ORCS-HUMANS-PC-GAME-WAR-CRAFT-FREE-SHIPPING-/300834947539
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warcraft-1-Orcs-And-Humans-1994-PC-Video-Game-MS-DOS-Macintosh-CD-ROM-Mac-/330841833170
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mint-Complete-Without-Box-Warcraft-Orcs-Humans-PC-Games-1994-DOS-Blizzard-/150954686540

And one of the Warcraft II expansions. One of these sold for $0.99, the description says it's still in box(no photos though).
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warcraft-II-Beyond-the-Dark-Portal-PC-Expansion-Set-Blizzard-/300843054048
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warcraft-II-Beyond-the-Dark-Portal-PC-/370732225713
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warcraft-II-Beyond-the-Dark-Portal-Expansion-Set-PC-1996-/121047764077
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Warcraft-II-Beyond-the-Dark-Portal-PC-Expansion-Set-Chritsmas-Gifts-Rare-/330848847728


I'm thinking back and I did sell a complete copy of Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal for $5 a few years ago, maybe someone got a really good deal but I thought I priced it well at the time. Maybe they sell better as Buy-it-nows, I just rarely use these for pricing estimates unless I can't find several completed open auctions.

[Atarileaf]

There's a few in there I'd be interested in but as gameguy said, this isn't a valuable lot. Typically I wouldn't pay more than a buck or two for any of those and most are worth even less. Freddy Pharkus is awesome though. Loved that game. The two Star Trek games are also very good and of course, being the big retro arcade fan, I'd love those arcade compilations.

[Kitsune Sniper]

The Larry Greatest Hits is worth a lot less now that GOG released it for ten bucks.

[Bojay1997]

I personally think the $60 estimate is high, but I suppose you could get an offer in that range. I would probably price it there but take as low as $40. None of those are rare and none of them are complete. Very few people collect jewel case CD-Rom PC games, especially if they can be downloaded for little or nothing on GOG or similar sites. The people you're going to get buying stuff like this are just looking for cheap copies of games to play and they aren't going to pay collector prices.

[Rickstilwell1]

The best way to sway people into buying a large lot is to offer free shipping. Then they might pay full price on the few good titles without caring about the rest weighing it down. For a bunch of CD based games that's not usually going to end up being that heavy so you won't lose much. The freebies at a buck or two each could easily pay off your shipping costs of them.