Do you collect PC games? [Archive] - Retrogaming Roundtable

Cirrus

05-22-2005, 10:45 PM

And do they "count", as far as you are concerned?

I have that Game Collector program, and I know how many games I have through that. But honestly, if I counted all of the PC games I have, it would be a lot higher. And honestly, quite a few of them are sort of rare. And there are some (like Baldur's Gate 2, Fallout series) that I like more than most console games!

I notice that I never really hear about collecting PC games around here. I think that it's possibly a pretty interesting thing to collect for, even though there would never be a "complete" set, obviously.

Do you guys count them? Why or why not? If you do, what are your centerpieces?

VACRMH

05-22-2005, 10:48 PM

I count some of them.

Diablo, Half-Life, Neverwinter Nights.... i'll count those.

"1000 mega shareware games" don't get counted.

Yago

05-22-2005, 10:51 PM

No, no, and no. Although I play PC games often, I don't "collect them. What is the point. You can't play old PC games on a new PC. Mainly the old DOS games. You would have to keep an old ass PC laying around just to play the old games. Forget that. Nope, when they get to the point they can't be played anymore I toss them. I just don't get a thrill playind old PC games as I do playing old console games.

Sam

05-22-2005, 10:59 PM

Only notable things. If I see say Earthworm Jim for windows 95 cheap I'll buy it just because it brings back memories, same if I were to see an old copy of day of the tentacle, little big adventure and a few others. I don't count them as part of my collection though.

scooterb23

05-22-2005, 11:03 PM

I probably have 500+ PC games, I don't really count them, and I don't really collect them either. I get interested in silly little budget tiles and things like that a lot...I don't have too many PC games considered desirable...heck, very few of them even have their original cases and docs anymore.

GamerNerd

05-22-2005, 11:14 PM

I have the following PC games in my collection:

Wheel of Fortune 2
The $100,000 Pyramid
You Don't Know Jack
- volume 1
- The Ride
- TV
- Sports
- Offline
- Louder, Faster, Funnier
- 5th Dementia
Rollercoaster Tycoon
Family Feud
Jeopardy!

Sam

05-22-2005, 11:17 PM

Rollercoaster tycoon is awesome - I had that until I lent it to someone and he got so addicted to it that his girlfriend stamped on the cd to get some attention. :/

Cthulhu

05-23-2005, 12:06 AM

I have some old PC games, but I don't collect em. Pre-CD stuff is really, really hard to keep intact. Floppies die painful deaths rather easily...

Cirrus

05-23-2005, 12:11 AM

What is the point. You can't play old PC games on a new PC.

Now can't you just have a DOS box to play those games?

We can't play River City Ransom (NES) on the current systems now? Is it any different?

Griking

05-23-2005, 12:14 AM

I collect computer games almost as seriously as I do console games. I have a complete Infocom collection which is one of my pride and joys. I also have about 50 or so classic Sierra adventure games, Most of the Ultimas, Bards Tales, Wizardrys, and all other sorts of classics that I loved when I was growing up.

I also want to point out that when I say computer games I mean all formats. I have PC games, Apple II (my favorites), C64, Texas Instruments, Vic-20, Tandy, etc...

Computer games are just like console games when it comes to collecting. There's a lot of dirt common games that will never have any value at all other than sentimental value but there are definately some grails out there as well which demand good amounts of money.

Oh, and do I count my games? Hell yeah,

Cirrus

05-23-2005, 12:56 AM

Bluteg

05-23-2005, 01:10 AM

Wing Commander: Kilrathi Saga sells for a lot on ebay and I passed on a complete one for $1 :( At least I bought around 6 boxed, manualed and maped Ultima games for at the same flea market stall for the same price.

DTJAAAAMJSLM

05-23-2005, 02:02 AM

No. I don't like the huge amount of cheapo titles and those collections containing numerous games.

briskbc

05-23-2005, 02:03 AM

I just collect very specific things. I want to try to get all of FPS games released up to and including Quake 2. I also want to pick up all of the PC Star Wars games. I admit these goals are a little lower as far as my collecting priorities are set but I do want them.

Fuyukaze

05-23-2005, 03:35 AM

I dont colect PC games, but my PC games do colect dust. The biggest differences to me between PC games and console games isnt so simple as a difference in age between the old system and the new.

1.If I get a NES game, I know it will work on my NES system no matter what moddle I have. If I have a toaster, it will work. If I have a top loader, it will work.

With PC, even if I have dos on my comp, that still is no promise it will work. Sometimes you need something from the manuel like a key or such to be able to install it. And that doesnt mean that your system meets the requirments.

2.much like the first, when I buy a new system, every game released for it untill stoped, will play on it. Its very different from the PC market where as the above states, there can be conflicts in hardware, software, and such.

3.Documentation/boxs. These things are simply so easy to store and colect for console games. PC games generaly come in large bulky boxs that take up more space then needed, have large/small manuels that are generaly useless, and more often then not, dispite their limited release, never retain any value on the second hand market.

4.Control interface. I was raised with controlers. A mouse and keybord, no matter how long used, still feel like a forign object to me. This is a personal reason, but how many others feel the same?

CasualCoreGamer

05-23-2005, 06:25 AM

Yes, in a way. The only PC games I seek are from Japanese & Korean developers. Mostly ports of console or arcade games. With the exception of Nocturne & Clive Barker's Undying, US/Euro PC games (or console games for that matter) are of little to no interest to me.

THATinkjar

05-23-2005, 06:42 AM

Of course I count them. Almost half my collection is PC games. I don't see why they shouldn't count. They cost as much, they sell as well and they look as good.

And I've got a very good condition collection of boxed games. Some of which are disks. I would swap those for anything in the world!

hydr0x

05-23-2005, 08:45 AM

i've got 345 pc games, but i don't really think of them as an important part of my collection because they don't have any more appeal than a lose gb game to me, at least anything newer than 1995, some old stuff is important to me, like my Magic Carpet Plus Eurobox or my Indiana Jones 4 5.25 Version in Eurobox

Kejoriv

05-23-2005, 09:00 AM

I dont count them, I dont play them and I dont have any.

jajaja

05-23-2005, 09:04 AM

robotriot

05-23-2005, 09:10 AM

I'm not counting my PC games, they're mostly from the mid to late 90ies, nothing special. I stored them away in two big boxes in the basement, maybe I'll sell them someday. I do count my Amiga games though on the other hand, they're much more collectible to me :)

Cirrus

05-23-2005, 09:20 AM

What is the point. You can't play old PC games on a new PC.

Now can't you just have a DOS box to play those games?

Afaik DosBox doesnt support all games. The best way to play old DOS games is to have dualboot with Win98 or set up a VM (virtual machine) with win98/DOS.

That's what I meant by "a DOS box". That's where the program got its name. Just a dedicated machine with old software.

THATinkjar

05-23-2005, 09:21 AM

Games are games. Anyone who doesn't count them is surely insane.

felix

05-23-2005, 09:29 AM

^^agreed..

I collect pc games.. (not just the ones that I play. I collect them much in the same way I do console games).

Even though they are almost worthless, I have a complete DOOM, Monkey Island 1 and 2, Civ 1, Stunts and Commander Keen.

I have quite a few unopened games too.. I put them in a box for safekeeping for when they are actually worth something..

THATinkjar

05-23-2005, 09:40 AM

GamerNerd

05-23-2005, 10:12 AM

Lemme update myself. Not only I collect PC games, my mother does that as well cause she has the entire Sims series, some casino games & C.S.I. I also have Ultra Pinball Creep Night, Thrillride, SimCity 3000 & a couple of casino games. I'm not into all the other games like Unreal Tournament, etc. I'm into game show, pinball & trivia PC games.

videogameking26

05-23-2005, 10:14 AM

Yes I believe they count as their something you can play on your PC...like you can on your consoles.

I guess I collect a occasion PC game when I see one cheap...I mostly own the newer games for my PC as I just got my first ever PC last year so pretty new to the scene. I own 32 PC games currently, you can check them out here:

http://users.ign.com/collection/videogameking24

THATinkjar

05-23-2005, 10:59 AM

Oh, I own this quite rare pinball construction kit game. If there was any market for it, it would fetch a pretty penny.

jajaja

05-23-2005, 10:59 AM

TougherToast

05-23-2005, 11:18 AM

Well, I wouldn't say that I collect PC games, but it seems like I never really get rid of them either. I have about 300 to 400 games that just sit there most the time. I have very few PC games that I will go back and play again. I guess that means that I collect them but I never count them as part of my collection.

THATinkjar

05-23-2005, 11:53 AM

Why wouldn't they count as part of a collection? I can't understand this one little bit. A game is a game. We collect games. What am I missing here?

Slate

05-23-2005, 11:54 AM

No, i don't collect for PC or Macintosh, and they do not count as far as i'm concerned.

But Commodore and Atari computer games, That is a differant story.

calthaer

05-23-2005, 12:43 PM

Yes, I do. I'm not as concerned about having the box and / or instruction manual for them like I am for some of the other games I have, but I certainly like to hoard them.

Once upon a time, PC games were the best games around. Of late they have sucked hard, probably because of bad industry conditions and / or the hardware incompatability crappiness. But I'll take a PC version over a console version any day of the week.

Julio III

05-23-2005, 01:14 PM

i don't understand how they can not "count". They are games. I have been a PC gamer most of my life and its true that you get a lot of compilations or re-releases. In fact I don't have that many boxed games, when I was young I pretty much used to play a lot of demos and shareware and also installed other peoples games. I think PC games have really collectable boxes (the old big ones) and you used to sometimes get good stuff inside them. Over Easter I checked out all my old PC games boxes. Was sad to see my Starship Titanic is squashed and i'm missing the 3D glasses and the flight souveneir programme etc.
I especially don't understand it when people discount PC games but count Amiga etc games

aaron7

05-23-2005, 03:15 PM

Do I collect them? No. Do I have tons of them dating from now back to Kings Quest and Leisure Suit Larry 1? Yes! :D

Trebuken

05-23-2005, 03:19 PM

I've been a PC Gamer since they introduced the C-64, but I never thought to collect them until a year or two ago. I have a bunch, and have always gathered as many RPG's as I can. What got me into collecting them was this old IBM Laptop that I was given, Pentium II, Windows 98 that wasn't useful for anything until I installed Starcraft 64 on it. This game will be playable forever...

Trebuken

P.S. - It helped that my local EB marked all their PC Games down 70% one week...

THATinkjar

05-23-2005, 03:29 PM

What got me into collecting them was this old IBM Laptop that I was given, Pentium II, Windows 98 that wasn't useful for anything until I installed Starcraft 64 on it.

Do you actually mean StarCraft 64 running via an N64 emulator or the actual PC version?

Trebuken

05-23-2005, 03:35 PM

The actual PC version, don't think a Pentium II could handle an N64 emulator...now an NES emuylator works very well...

Trebuken

robotriot

05-23-2005, 05:26 PM

The actual PC version, don't think a Pentium II could handle an N64 emulator...now an NES emuylator works very well...

Trebuken

I'm pretty sure I had UltraHLE running on my PII 450 w/ Voodoo2 back in 1999 :)

I personally don't count PC games to my collection because I'm not very "attached" to the system, and it's kind of open-ended because games are still being produced in large quantities. Also, I'm pretty sure all of my PC games are worth nothing today, whereas I've got a couple of Amiga games that hold a certain monetary value ^^

Bluteg

05-23-2005, 05:41 PM

If anyone has complete copies of Fallout 1 or 2 in the big box and wants to trade or sell them. PM me!

I'll take care of those pesky unwanted PC games LOL

I just looked through my PC games and I never realised how many I had, around 100.

I also found a sealed DOS version Sim City 2000. I wonder if thats worth anything?

Jorpho

05-23-2005, 07:54 PM

You can get a boxed Fallout 1 here (http://www.cdaccess.com/html/quick/falloutpr.htm).

I don't say I so much collect PC games as I "accumulate" them. I pick up things that I might enjoy if the price is good and I won't likely see it ever again. And then I never get around to playing them.

Anyway, as I have (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26397) said (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=19983) before (http://www.digitpress.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16498), the really desirable PC games are some of the old adventure games, like Sierra's old bundle packs (King's Quest Collection, the Roberta Williams Anthology, the Quest for Glory Anthology, etc), Celtica, Chewy in Esc from F5, Gord@K, The Neverhood, and Alice: An Interactive Museum, to name a few. http://www.playinggamesinteractive.com can sell you some of these for the right price. An old Infocom game complete with all "feelies" might fetch a good price too.

As far as recent stuff goes, FFVIII is a bit uncommon, and maybe Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire. Abe's Exoddus is a bit pricey, too.

Griking

05-23-2005, 11:25 PM

Let me go on record as saying that not on;y do I collect PC games but I play them as well. While I have a pretty sizable console game collection the truth is that I play PC more often than I play console games.

Some benefits of PC games;

Not all PC games allow you to but there are a TON of great PC games that I can play for free online. Currently I've been playing Guild Wars online. No monthly subscription fee required. Before that (and still actualy) was Diablo 2 and Unreal Tournament. There aren't too many console games that you can play over the internet for free.

Internet Accessability - I love the ability to be able to quickly multi task from the game I was playing and quickly be able to check my email or visit a web site.

Mods - The mod community is fantastic for many games. When I bought Unreal Tournament the game that I got in the retail box turned out being only like 1 /10th of the overall game experience. I had to have downloaded and played 100s of mods and maps that were made by individuals that added to the games life. And even better, all of them were free as well.

Price - Yeah, we have our share of full priced games such as Half Life and World of Warcraft but the majority of new releases are in the $30-$40 range unlike the $50 (and soon to be $60 range) of console games. Plus the games decrease in price a lot faster.

Graphics - I'm not saying this to put down console games but I truely believe that most PC games have better graphics and sound effect than the console ports. Recent examples that I've seen both console and PC versions of
include Leisure Suit Larry, Grand Theft Auto and Morrowind

Now at the same time I do have to give console games credit where credit is due. They're still much better for sports and fighting games and there are also much more assessories and controllers available for console then there are for PC games (God only knows why though).

I really don't understand the idea that PC games don't count. Some of you guys personally may not collect them as you do console games but to dismiss them as if they aren't even real games is just rediculous.

retroman

05-23-2005, 11:34 PM

i dont collect pc games...console only

felix

05-23-2005, 11:41 PM

Even though they are almost worthless, I have a complete DOOM, Monkey Island 1 and 2, Civ 1, Stunts and Commander Keen.

Boxed Commander Keen. Lucky devil! What a game... I've got a complete Sim City. I've *never* seen one on ebay. And if I ever do, I bet its a bloody mess.

I got really lucky with the Comm Keen. I have a friend who is a complete packrat and saved everything from her old computer. Thats also where I got my Civ1. Its tough trying to put a price on them, I have thought about putting a few up on ebay to see what kind of bids it would get. People dont usually look for old PC games so there isnt much of a market for them. Keep an eye out for me and if you see anything pre 1995 send a pm my way.

THATinkjar

05-24-2005, 03:34 AM

I only see LucasArts games, boxed and good condition, on eBay these days. Really, really old DOS games boxed and complete are SO rare. It's a shame there isn't more a market for it - we'd probably make a small fortune!

Yago

05-24-2005, 04:00 AM

No, i don't collect for PC or Macintosh, and they do not count as far as i'm concerned.

But Commodore and Atari computer games, That is a differant story.

I agree. Old games on old computers that were built to do so much more, like word proccessing. Commodore computers could do this too, but who bought one for that? Not many, everyone I know that had Amigas got them for the games.

NeoVenom

05-24-2005, 11:19 AM

I collect mostly Graphic Adventure games cuz some of them are really hard to find.

Cirrus

05-24-2005, 12:05 PM

Even though they are almost worthless, I have a complete DOOM, Monkey Island 1 and 2, Civ 1, Stunts and Commander Keen.

Boxed Commander Keen. Lucky devil! What a game... I've got a complete Sim City. I've *never* seen one on ebay. And if I ever do, I bet its a bloody mess.

What about this one:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8193445116&rd=1

Or, the one I just bought:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8192990183

Your comments got me searching, and I thought it would be pretty nice to have this one. Sold! :)

(A good search line was "sim city, -2000, -3000, -4, -streets, -snes, -CD". It seemed to single out this stuff pretty well.)

THATinkjar

05-24-2005, 12:20 PM

I was looking on eBay in the UK. That's just one of several box variations. The old PC games almost always had like half a dozen box art variations. Which is both cool and annoying. Mostly annoying :)

ClubNinja

05-30-2006, 11:08 AM

Bringing this back up instead of starting a new one...

Over the weekend, I dug up a few boxes of my old DOS games from the parents' basement. Everything is complete, in great shape, and there are roughly 100 of them dating from 1986-1994. I got away from computer gaming once I got into console stuff, but there's so much good stuff from those days of PC gaming.

I have a DOS machine that I setup a year ago or so to play games from the-underdogs, so I pulled a few disks and installed some of these (glad they still worked). It makes me want to hook up the C128 and Amiga, as well. Further, it gets the collecting bug going in me. I rarely see old PC games out there (especially boxed and complete) - the last time was several years ago, when I wasn't interested, of course. I picked up a box of about 8 Sierra titles, all complete, for $5. Sold them on eBay for $10. How thrilling.

So, two questions. Who here (still) collects "classic" computer games? Got any pictures of your collection? Also, do you have much luck finding them? I've got some Lucas Arts stuff, some full-versions of Apogee shareware titles, and lots of other random stuff. Some of my favorites are the Electronic Arts games packaged similarly to gatefold records. I want more of those!

Kitsune Sniper

05-30-2006, 11:35 AM

Well, as you all know, I normally scout the flea market for old PC games to resell on eBay. But every once in a while I'll stumble upon -something- that makes me go "Wait a sec. I HAVE TO OWN THIS!", so I keep it. Of course, I can't get many classic games to run on Windows XP (and to be honest I hate setting up DOSBox and such), so it often ticks me off... but still.

I probably have around... 100-150 different PC titles. Around 30 or so are boxed. I unfortunately had a lot more boxes but I had to throw them away. :( I kept the docs, though, those are in a box somewhere.

I started playing games in 1988, but I got into PC gaming in 1999, when I got a bunch of games from Columbia House, during their short-lived PC game of the month club. I got Homeworld, Septerra Core, Gabriel Knight Mysteries, Phantasmagoria Stagefright, and others for cheap from there!

Among the titles in my collection, I have...

Homeworld 1 (GOTY, no box), 2 (boxed)
Gabriel Knight 1+2 (no box), 3 (no box)
Unreal 2 (boxed)
Doom III (boxed)
Half-Life and all the games on the platinum pack (loose CDs, now on Steam)
Three Law and Order games (don't play them because they're in JAVA, boxed)
Three CSI games (boxed)

And a lot of others. I don't collect for any console other than my GBA, but the PC still has a place in my heart. :)

Blitzwing256

05-30-2006, 11:44 AM

pc collecting is a hard thing to put a "value" on
here is my current collection:

pc game collection 56k beware! (http://www.green-ranger.com/nes/finds/pcgames.jpg)

most people would proably value the original non-platinum ff7 to be valuable, or maybe the megaman or castlevania ports.

the "piper" game was a big holy grail for me, and its proably worthless to 99.99% of the collectors out there.

I think the ultima collection there goes for BIG MONEY$$ on ebay or something. but I think pc gaming will always be a niche thing to collect.
but thats just my two cents.

I still have a ton of boxed pc games back at my parents house, everything from kings quest 1 to day of the testicle to the pc ports of many nes games like ninja gaiden 1 and 2 and street fighter, I'd love to get those back..but i have no idea what boxes they were put in.

sabre2922

05-30-2006, 12:47 PM

I know I may get flamed for this but here goes anyway.

No I dont collect PC games.

There are soo many reasons why I dont like PC gaming.(to put it in the nicest way since hate is such a strong word lol)

The main reason being compatibility problems between the software and hardware.

PC gaming is a constant uphill battle when even attempting to play a new game or the older DOS games.

Its expensive and all too time consuming to try to get ONE fucking PC game to work the way it should the majority of the time.

I have had TWO new PCs one was a Pentium 3 and now a year old P4 and only Half the games I bought for either computer would run without constantly upgrading freaking video cards , RAM and Patches or whatever, >like I said A CONSTANT uphill battle< and that just takes away from the fun of gaming for me.
A lot of the games I bought for my PCs I simply gave away out of frustration, and that= lots of wasted $$$

The only reason I like my PC is that it keeps me connected to the world and many fellow gamers, and I LUV the emulation that it provides for all the older consoles that I grew up playing from NES/Genesis to N64.

Kitsune Sniper

05-30-2006, 03:43 PM

most people would proably value the original non-platinum ff7 to be valuable, or maybe the megaman or castlevania ports.

the "piper" game was a big holy grail for me, and its proably worthless to 99.99% of the collectors out there.

I think the ultima collection there goes for BIG MONEY$$ on ebay or something. but I think pc gaming will always be a niche thing to collect.
but thats just my two cents.

I still have a ton of boxed pc games back at my parents house, everything from kings quest 1 to day of the testicle to the pc ports of many nes games like ninja gaiden 1 and 2 and street fighter, I'd love to get those back..but i have no idea what boxes they were put in.

Yeah, for some reason that awful FF7 PC port nets a lot more money than the PSX version. I actually own the same version that you do, and I bought it for two bucks! I want to sell it, but... heck, it's a FF game. Even if it is part 7 (which I HATE).

I remember you mentioning Piper a while back. Worthless, maybe, but it's still a very interesting find. It's got sentimental value, right? So it's wroth it to you, and that's what matters in the end. ;)

Unfortunately most Sim games before The Sims aren't worth anything these days. They got re-released so many times they're worthless. :( EA sucks.

Jorpho

05-30-2006, 04:10 PM

Yeah, for some reason that awful FF7 PC port nets a lot more money than the PSX version. I actually own the same version that you do, and I bought it for two bucks! I want to sell it, but... heck, it's a FF game. Even if it is part 7 (which I HATE).

What's so awful about the port? Granted, it doesn't really have proper 3D acceleration and it will require some persuasion before it will run under Windows 2000/XP, but that's not at all uncommon for PC games of that era and even without hardware acceleration it doesn't look worse than the Playstation version.

And it came in a really cool box. Well, maybe not as cool as the nice shiny FF8 box. :D

Kitsune Sniper

05-30-2006, 04:35 PM

What's so awful about the port? Granted, it doesn't really have proper 3D acceleration and it will require some persuasion before it will run under Windows 2000/XP, but that's not at all uncommon for PC games of that era and even without hardware acceleration it doesn't look worse than the Playstation version.

And it came in a really cool box. Well, maybe not as cool as the nice shiny FF8 box. :D

Well, the improper 3D acceleration for one, then we have the crappy graphics (which look worse than the PSX at times), and the awful MIDI music which uses random sounds instead of something equal to the PSX's audio system. That, and there really wasn't much technical support for the game after it came out.

There's fan made patches that address these issues, so at least that's not so bad... It's just that the game feels entirely rushed and incomplete. Like they didn't really bother to fix the bugs that popped up when they ported the game, you know?

NickmasterX

05-30-2006, 04:50 PM

I have a good adventure game collection from back in the day, complete Sam n Max Hit the road (with all the special nick nacks) and Indiana Jones Fate of Atlantis, Sierra games, ect

Joker T

05-30-2006, 05:37 PM

I'm at 82 PC games.

I like playing on PC alot, I always have.

alec

05-30-2006, 06:35 PM

PC Games rarely work for me. They've been this way my whole life. I guess thats why I like console games a lot more, because they work when you want them to, well usually.

If you collect PC games, good for you, there are some good ones out there. Really the only one I still play from time to time is Diablo II. I wish I could still play Doom, Duke Nukem 3D and C&C Red Alert!

geneshifter

05-30-2006, 07:04 PM

I collect pc games all the way back to C64. I'm glad to see others do that here as well.

Regarding an earlier comment, if anyone here is about to throw out boxes to games, let me know :D

cyberfluxor

05-30-2006, 07:54 PM

I read a few people say that it's worthless to collect PC games because you must keep old systems around... WTF? So you have an NES and GameCube why?... exactly.

I don't collect old games, but I do buy hard copies of old games if they are worth it and I never got a chance to play it. I'm quite aware of downloading ISO/BIN, and other raw image files but it's not worth it to me if you don't have a hard copy to lean back on. Generally I do buy new games instead of old though because I'm supporting the cause of making good quality computer games, like when I put a reserve for Supreme Commander that launches next year. I do however still buy older PC games if they are cheap and in great condition plus I know they have great gameplay; also some are really difficult to find even on-line as downloads.

My friend loves to download ROMs and buys retail rarely. It's quite sick and I stomp on him often over it cause it's just so lame how much junk he downloads.

Porkchop

05-31-2006, 08:23 PM

Technically all video games are computer games. :P

I pick up pre-IBM PC games when I find them cheap and some PC games, but I don't count them or even keep track of them yet.

Iron Draggon

06-15-2006, 07:11 PM

The PC is the main system that I collect for now. I got rid of most of my old DOS games because it just didn't make much sense to me to hold onto them anymore when they can only be played through emulation or on a really old PC. But I kept everything from Windows 95 on up, including the few games that won't work in XP compatibility mode.

Mostly I have a ton of really crappy budget titles, mainly because as crappy and common as they are, at some point they're bound to become rare. Most people who bought them ended up using them as coasters or frisbees or just throwing them away, so eventually they're bound to be sought after. And if not, who cares? It's cheap as hell to collect them, and most people don't have alot of them.

Then I have all the big budget titles that really interest me. Mostly racing games and simulators. Coaster sims, train sims, trucking sims, sailing sims, flight sims, and any sort of racing game. I have more racing games than anything.

I also collect RTS games, but I never play them. So I'm not sure why I even bother collecting them, other than just to have them. I don't even have any of them installed. They just collect dust. But I do have most of the popular titles.

So I have hundreds of PC games in my collection. One of these days I'm gonna have to count them all, just to see how many I have. I have dozens of solitaire and mahjong games. I don't know why I collect those either. I just do.

But the main thing that I collect for the PC is video pinball games. I have almost every one ever made for the PC, as well as for all the consoles that I collect for. Pinball is my passion. So I would be the guy to talk to if you ever want to sell that old DOS pinball game that you've had for years.

As for centerpieces, my whole collection is a centerpiece to me. I have all the games and all their sequels and all their expansions. I even have some imports. How many people do you know who buy import PC games? That's hardcore!

So, count me in with all the people who don't understand why PC games don't count. Alot of what I have for the PC is all games that are also available on the current consoles, so I don't see why they shouldn't count. If they count for all the consoles then they should count for the PC as well.

BTW, I have to agree that the PC is THE system of choice to collect for. Even if you aren't into modding your games, which is the #1 advantage that the PC has over consoles, it is still WAY more affordable to collect for the PC. Most of the games for the PC are at least $20 cheaper than their console counterparts are when they're first released, and usually within 6 months or less they're discounted to only $20 or less total. You almost never see that happen with any console games. They sell for $50 and they stay there.

Now if we could just get our own PC gaming forum here, so I wouldn't have to try and figure out if my post about a PC game should go in Classic Gaming or Modern Gaming. I still think that we should have a PC Gaming forum here. I for one would be posting in it very regularly, and I'm sure that everyone else in this thread would be too. Long live the PC!

Joker T

06-15-2006, 08:56 PM

A Computer Gaming Forum would be really nice.

Nukie

06-15-2006, 10:13 PM

I don't collect for the pc per se, majorly because of the not working on my new box issue. I do buy games and play them a lot on the pc, it's actually my preferred for certain types of games (fps being the biggest, I suck with dual analog sticks).

RegSNES

06-16-2006, 01:48 AM

Although I do have some PC titles (mostly Sega compilations), I don't count them in with my regular console games. I've never really been a PC gamer, even though everyone and their mother tells me FPS on PCs are teh pwnage.

alec006

06-16-2006, 02:14 AM

I do collect some PC games,just the ones that i like and the ones that can run on my system,good oh DOSBOX 8-)

Kai

06-16-2006, 03:26 AM

I too collect PC games, and they "count" as far as I'm concerned. I started collecting them pretty much by accident. Whenever I was out looking for video games at thrifts/garage sales, I never seemed to find much except for the random $5.00 Genesis sports title, but I was always finding old computer games cheap, so I started picking them up.

I think I have around 100 boxed games, and 90% percent of them I found in the wild for $3.00 or less, some more noteable titles being:

The Ultima Collection
Zork Anthology
Monkey Island I & II
Space Quest I
Baldurs Gate I & II
And a complete boxed Atari ST system with tons of games and extras ($25.00)

Pics of my collection here (56k beware)

http://pixeladventures.org/pccollection.html

Griking

06-16-2006, 10:18 AM

exit

06-16-2006, 12:54 PM

I pick up old games if I see them for a cheap price. Just last week I got Enemy Zero off of e-bay for a penny, lucky for me the game actually works without a problem.

I would like to get the original Alone in the Dark collection, but I can never get them to run right with dosxbox.

ghostangelofcky

07-10-2006, 09:19 PM

I don't collect PC games but when I see them cheap at Goodwill I'll pick one up.

But yeah, old Apple II games, thats a different story :wink 2:

YoshiM

07-10-2006, 11:26 PM

I *kinda* collect old PC games. If I see something interesting at a thrift store for a good price, I'll pick it up. Usually PC games/software are dirt cheap used. Not too long ago I bought a complete in box Dungeon Siege for $1, complete Legend of Kyrandia CD collection for $3, complete King's Quest: Perils of Rosella for $2, complete "preview" edition of Wing Commander for $2 and Microsoft Office 2000 Professional for....$1. Hard not too pass up on those prices.

@sabre2922: I know exactly how you feel about PC gaming. It can be an uphill struggle....if you want to keep up with the Joneses, so to speak. I've always been behind the bleeding edge and to be honest I think it was a great move. Hardware upgrades become cheaper and the software you wanted gets chucked to the bargin bin or rereleased at a cheaper price or with more stuff (like the Diablo or Warcraft packs, Half Life packs, etc.). Sure you're not playing it first but eventually you will.

As for compatibility....well, that's just the "fun" of PC gaming :P . Honestly, lots of stuff gets fixed thanks to patches and driver updates.

Flack

07-14-2006, 10:23 AM

Let's face it -- computer based games will never be as collectable or as valuable as their cartridge bound counterparts. In the aging war, chips will beat out magnetic media everytime. And yet still, I can't seem to pass up old computer games when I find them for a buck or two. I probably have around a hundred boxed Apple, C64 and DOS games.

Just to keep this ball rolling if you collect computer games ... Does it matter if they are boxed, or will you take loose? Do you play them or is it more about the collecting? For that matter, does it matter to you if the disks inside really work?

Kai

07-14-2006, 07:10 PM

Just to keep this ball rolling if you collect computer games ... Does it matter if they are boxed, or will you take loose? Do you play them or is it more about the collecting? For that matter, does it matter to you if the disks inside really work?

I prefer them boxed, but if I see a good game for .50 at a garage sale, I'm not going to pass it up. I fully intend to play all the games I have, so I don't normally buy flight sims or racing games because I will never play them.

I haven't come across many disks that don't work (yet). I suppose it doesn't matter that much because the boxes & accessories are what make them more valueble to me, and if the disk is bad, usually they can be replaced cheaper than a complete set. And if all else fails they are usually downloadable.
I don't know if it's just me, but most all the 20+ year old disks that I have tested still work fine. I've found more corruption in disks that are less than 10 years old, and I wonder if it's a case of the manufacturers using cheaper materials over time. (such as it is with many things. Ex. My dad has a shop full of vintage 1930's woodworking tools that he uses, because they are better quality than most tools available today.)