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[Gamevet]

Is this a buy all or nothing deal?

[Bojay1997]

Is this a buy all or nothing deal?

I was curious about that as well. There's an awful lot of crap in there and a few gems.

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[Gameguy]

From Ultima I to Halflife 2, there are hundred of games listed that were kept in their original packaging with all original contents inside. These games have been stored for over 30 years without being touched since they day they were first opened and played.

I find it funny that the games have been stored for over 30 years when none of them are even 30 years old, the oldest I've found listed was 29 years old and most are well younger than that. Unless I missed one?

Have all the games on disk been tested recently and are all still working properly? Floppy disks can go bad with age.

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[Bojay1997]

None of the floppies have been tested. I have been told by many different collectors since I started researching these games that none of the floppies will work due to bitrot and not to bother as collectors understand this is unavoidable, there's nothing you can do to save a floppy.

I was told that this is why there is a push to record these games and make them available through emulators and other collection sites. Having the original floppy's is important for the overall integrity of the collection but not from the standpoint that they work.

I have also been told that it is the game box, the contents and the shape those contents are in that is how a game is valued.

Then I did a whack of research on the collectors themselves and found that there is only one thing that upsets you as a group more than anything else and that is people like me with no background in video game collecting, coming to sites like this and asking 'whats this worth?'.

So that's why I did as much work as I did getting values and supplying pics.

Sorry if I missed the 30 year thing by a couple of years.

As a computer game collector myself, I think you got some faulty info from those collectors. Having working floppy discs is very important to the value of opened games unless the game really is so super rare that it just never shows up at all. If they were factory sealed and intended to stay that way, it's obviously not an issue. Also, given the age of these games, they should all still be working if they were stored properly. The only "bit rot" I have ever seen has been on non-disc formats and I have found even games from the late 70s on floppy discs that still work just fine.

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[Gamevet]

If those floppies were kept in a temperature controlled environment, they'd probably be okay. I have floppies that are at least 25 years old that still work, but nothing is gauranteed with magnetic storage media.

You'd have a hard time selling that whole lot within a week, especially in this economy.

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[Gamevet]

Sorry for your loss. I know how you feel; My mother passed last August, after a short battle with cancer. It's the worst feeling ever, losing a parent.

I'm definitely interested in the C64 software, but most of that older PC software would be useless to me.

[Gameguy]

Also, given the age of these games, they should all still be working if they were stored properly. The only "bit rot" I have ever seen has been on non-disc formats and I have found even games from the late 70s on floppy discs that still work just fine.

Most floppy disks I've found work fine, I just know I had a copy of Robin Hood Conquest of the Longbow that had a defective disk so I couldn't play it. I just gave that away for free.

I do see most games listed on ebay are described as "untested" as nobody apparently has a computer with floppy drives anymore(or that's what they're claiming), but I actually play computer games so I'd want them to work. $1500 plus shipping seems like a lot to me for buying games in bulk completely untested. Even if someone wants a game and is willing to pay top dollar for it, they'll have to buy over one thousand dollars worth of other games along with it that they'll have to sell separately over several months to recoup most of their money. I counted over 100 games including the cereal box freebie games, maybe $500 is more reasonable to buy everything all at once? If I'm low, someone please correct me.

You valued Ultima III at $100, but it usually won't sell for that much.
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Ultima-III-3-...item2a1b45828c

Ultima V;
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/ULTIMA-V-WARR...item4ab52114d8

Even Ultima VI;
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/Ultima-VI-Fal...item3cc3a5f65a

Maybe I'm out of touch with PC prices but even that seems high to me. It would be best to sell them separately if you wanted the most money possible for them, even then it would have to be less than usual ebay going rates for them and usually would require lots of photos taken of each game including all of the contents taken out. It could still take months or years to sell some of them, I have several older extra PC games that I've been stuck with for years while trying to sell them. I try to avoid most PC games unless I want them or they're cheap as it's usually a pain to get rid of them.

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As a computer game collector myself, I think you got some faulty info from those collectors. Having working floppy discs is very important to the value of opened games unless the game really is so super rare that it just never shows up at all. If they were factory sealed and intended to stay that way, it's obviously not an issue. Also, given the age of these games, they should all still be working if they were stored properly. The only "bit rot" I have ever seen has been on non-disc formats and I have found even games from the late 70s on floppy discs that still work just fine.

As a computer game reseller, I've found that the media isn't as important as the condition of the box or inserts. A LOT of collectors may be missing docs or paperwork. So sales like these can help them out.

I'm personally interested in a few of these items, but some prices are well, high. Not to mention most of these games were rereleased recently via sites like GOG.com...

My condolences on your loss.

[Gamevet]

Why not see what you can sell in the next week, ship it out and ship, or take with you, the stuff you can't sell? Whatever you sell could probably pay to ship the rest home.

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[Bojay1997]

As a computer game reseller, I've found that the media isn't as important as the condition of the box or inserts. A LOT of collectors may be missing docs or paperwork. So sales like these can help them out.

I'm personally interested in a few of these items, but some prices are well, high. Not to mention most of these games were rereleased recently via sites like GOG.com...

My condolences on your loss.

It really depends on the game though. If it's something like the early Origin stuff or Infocom, sure, those boxes and manuals and other items have value apart from the media. If you're talking about just about every other game listed and particularly for the bulk of this 90s PC stuff, the box and other items are important, but far less valuable if the media doesn't work. That's just the way it is. Admittedly, I buy almost exclusively NIB factory sealed computer games, but I certainly check mint complete auctions from time to time and I know quite a few collectors who actually have built retro PCs or otherwise use the original media to play.

[ianoid]

My condolences.

I think what bugs me the most is the 10 post count. Otherwise I'd consider this set. Sending $1500 to someone I don't know or have any reason to trust is probably my biggest barrier.