6 Mar
2003
6 Mar
'03
1:57 a.m.
And thusly Ethan Dicks spake:
Yes, there are copies of "The Lost Treasures of Infocom" for a variety of
platforms still kicking around, but the reproduction quality of the
"feelies" is rather poor. I have a complete set of the regular boxes (for
various CPUs) with a few spares, as well as a couple flavors of TLToI
(Amiga/PeeCee/floppy/CD-ROM), but none of the older, truely masterful
packages (like the mask from "Suspended" or the flying saucer from
"Starcross").
So... in the case of certain titles from certain vendors, don't discount
the value, historic _or_ otherwise, of the software in decent shape. Yes,
the "bits" are critical to running it; yes, many, many titles can be
found on abandonware sites; no, that's not always all that was in the box.
One of my favorite types of software packaging is Electronic Art's "record
albums". Really cool artwork plus bios and pics of the programmers.
The games are also fun to play too... ;-)
Cheers,
Bryan