Question for PC collectors: Original Sim City

[Sega Hitman]

I've had a complete copy of the original Sim City for over a year now. Found it at a garage sale. The game is on 2 5 1/4" floppies, and is copyrighted 1989. Every once in a while I try and find one of these on ebay, and I've never been able to. Tonight I tried again, and found nothing (although I did find that Sim Farm is going for $20+, go figure). Because of 2000 being so succesful, and Sim City "classics" being widely available, I've never managed to get a firm grasp of how much this is worth. Anybody else have one? Anybody else have a value in mind? Just curious. I can't imagine it being worth that much, but I'm trying to clear a lot of my collection out, and this I'm clueless about.

-Hitman-

[SoulBlazer]

Do you mean the original release for the IBM PC? With the large manual and the copy protect sheet that was a bright red?

I have that same one....and I honestly don't know what the value of that would be. Maybe you can try asking on a Sim City website or the HOTU?

[boatofcar]

I have it too! Only three copies are known to exist on DP! Ultra Rare! ;)

[Jibbajaba]

Sorry guys, but I have one as well. I have no idea what it's worth though because I picked mine up at a thift store.

Chris

[Jorpho]

Maybe you can try asking on a Sim City website or the HOTU?

OMG! The HOTU forum is back! (There goes my last shred of idle time.)

...Argh, but I can't log in yet, darn it!

[EnemyZero]

i dunno i had the original SIM and i ended up selling it on ebay a few years back...back then i think i only got like 5 bucks for it dunno if it changed over the past 3 or 4 years

[calthaer]

PC games are normally only worth a lot when they aren't readily available elsewhere: i.e., the King's Quest games that haven't been re-released since the mid-90s, the Ultima and Wing Commander series that EA refuses to let out of their clutches, etc.

The original Sim City is pretty easy to find; it was released in a lot of different collections. The original might be interesting to some people, but I'm not sure it would really fetch a high price because the data itself is not rare.

[TheRedEye]

Joining the "I have one too" party.