Ah, I see. That totally makes sense.
I stuck with PC in those days. The local stores that sold console games were always only licensed kids stuff and things like Zumba. One of them still carries sealed PS2 copies of “The Naked Brothers Band”.
Borrowed a fancy screen-modded gameboy for a few days. Gargoyle’s Quest gets a thumbs up.
So I have a question I want to direct at @DaveLong, or anyone else in the collector space.
I have just discovered that my in laws have original, in shrink wrap, copies of some old classic adventure games. Quest for Glory 1, and Lucasarts The Dig.
How would I go about determining what those were worth/ how could one sell them best? Is ebay the way?
Turns out there is far more to the collection. A bunch of other Sierra, micro prose, and similar from the floppy era too. Most not in boxes, but I have a project now.
Yup, eBay. A general rule of thumb (completely subject to wild variation based on the demand for the actual game), if they’re on CD, they’ll be the most liquid, because it’s still easy to obtain the hardware to read CDs. But since many of those games are $3 on GOG, having intact box and docs will be huge. (Shrinkwrapped is great!)
If they’re on floppies, you’ll GENERALLY just be selling to people who want the box and docs. Which, for some of those titles, could be a decent amount of demand! Check eBay for sure.
Also lmk what you have that’s not available on GOG, because I might be interested. :)
Yeah, thanks! The most valuable I’ve found so far is Police Quest 1. Unfortunately that one isn’t shrink wrapped in box.
They are all floppies, mostly the 3.5 but a few 5.25’s. A lot are in binders with only partial boxes unfortunately, but all appear to have manuals. Certainly I have work cut out determining what has actual value. All the Hoyle card games, or chess ones probably not :)
Certainly! I’ll be sure to post here before I go to eBay. Get it to a good home, and out of the mess!
Because I either deal with it now, or in 20 years when my semi hoarder father in law dies.
For sure! Definitely, start by assessing what’s not available online right now. That will draw you to much of the most valuable stuff.
Yes please do share. ;)
Definitely use Ebay as a guide, especially for PC games as they don’t really change hands anywhere else. Use SOLD listings as your price guide and be sure to check condition and completeness that matches what you have for your closest price comparison.
If you do sell on ebay after that and want them to move, price just a bit below the average value and you’ll almost certainly get legit buyers (after checking here of course…). This is a good time to sell as it’s near the holidays. Summer is usually not as good.
Sega’s new mini console has hit Japan.
The hardware is supes adorbs, but I’m not particularly excited about the game list. I guess I don’t really know what I’d want from a Sega arcade collection, save for a Naomi-era box, which seems like a pretty unreasonable ask.
At least it boasts an aerodynamic shape for when you launch it out the window.
It has Golden Axe: Revenge of Death Adder which has never been available anywhere except arcades. There are quite a few other titles in there unique to this device for playing at home. Reviews of it are excellent.
Let’s be grouchy about it, though. That’s more fun. rolleyes
This is the hardware I wish the Neo-Geo Mini had.
Neo Geo Mini screen seems a little better, but yeah the stick and buttons on this are much higher quality.
Yeah, the NG mini analog stick is trash. I much prefer the looks of this.
I wasn’t trying to be negative, where I grew up there were sit down Astro City machines in every arcade, and I think of them fondly. One of my friends recently bought an actual Blast City cabinet for his basement. I was considering buying it sight unseen almost purely for the plastic.
I just don’t know much about the late 80s / early 90s Sega published titles outside the very common knowledge ones like Puyo Puyo, so it just doesn’t hit my particular sweet spot. As a result, I have no idea how to evaluate the game roster.
They’re easily researched on YouTube. Arabian Fight is very cool. A friend of mine owned that board for a time. Revenge of Death Adder is the Golden Axe that got away for most people. It’s a great beat 'em up.
Probably the biggest negative is the scanlines are too big when you play on a TV, but if you’re using the Mini on its own, that’s not too bad.
Also, for a lot of the titles that do look familiar-ish, I think that comes from familiarity with the Genesis ports, which were mostly fine but generally lack a certain something, so it’s possible the arcade versions would surprise me.
So here is the catalog of what I found
Old floppy games
Manual and 5.25 floppies only
| Trump castle casino gambling | |
|---|---|
| Arkanoid II Revenge of Doh | |
| Qix | |
| Silent Service (IBM compatible micro prose) | |
| F-15 Strike Eagle (Microprose) | |
| Star Trek V (IBM) | |
| Monopoly (1989) | |
| Clue (floppies only)(Virgin 198x) | |
| Bubble Bobble(1989) | |
| Mickeys 123 The Big Surprise Party | |
| Donald’s Alphabet Chase | |
| Mickeys Runaway Zoo |
Manual and 3.5 floppies only
| Space Quest | |
|---|---|
| Police Quest | |
| Math Blaster Mystery | |
| Where in the USA is Carmen Sandiego | |
| Hoyle’s book of games vol 1&2&3 | |
| Shanghai II Dragons Eye | |
| Tetris (Spectrum Holobyte 1987) | |
| Kings Quest 1 | |
| Kings Quest IV | |
| Sticky ear Math Tutor | |
| Zugs Spelling Adventure | |
| Berenstain Bears Learning Essentials | |
| Math Blster Plus | |
| Kids Stuff | |
| Treasure Mountain | |
| Super Solvers Outnumbered | |
| The Learning Company Think Quick | |
| Reader Rabbit | |
| Math Rabbit |
In box and wrap
Quest for Glory
The Dig
In box opened
Leisure Suit Larry Love for Sail
Book
The Kings Quest Companion
@BrianRubin and @justaguy2 a lot of these are educational games or card games, but of the proper games Star Trek V seems to be one of the few not available digitally
Qix and Arkanoid II and Bubble Bobble are, like most Taito games, not generally digital.
But Star Trek seemed the one most likely to be of interest. However if any of the other titles above pique your interest, let me know and I can post pics. Unless noted, the above is mostly how they are. Manual, discs, any inserts, and usually the front and back panel of the box trimmed to binder size.
