POLL: How many PC Games do you own?

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poll: how many pc games do you own? (NO steam based)

if you like to buy a game in its physical medium version being it cd/dvd
if you like to collect the games you buy
if you like to appreciate a good packaging, with a solid case, appealing
cover, informative manual, useful quick reference card and fancy print
out cd/dvd, please answer this poll!

How many PC Games do you own?

only count the following:
.. only pc games
.. any games regardless genre
.. for any "os" version of dos and any "os" version of windows
.. games in physical medium like floppy/cd-rom/dvd-rom
.. any type of boxes, being it the modern dvd type or the old big ones

don't count:
.. steam based ones cause they have no collectable value at all
.. electronic distribution based games cause they also don't have value
as collectable items
.. any retail version with online activation required to install and play
cause they also don't have any collectable value
.. any illegal copies being it pirate or counterfeiting ones

ps: please when answering the poll don't include any quotes and only your
own text

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> poll: how many pc games do you own? (NO steam based)

total: 49
floppy: 18
cd-rom: 31
dvd-rom: 0

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difool <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in
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> poll: how many pc games do you own? (NO steam based)

Well over a thousand, literally. Mostly floppies. Mostly 5.25in. I even
have some on 8 amd 10 inch floppies, cassette tape, reel-to-reel tape, and
punch cards. (hey you knew I was old!)

Of the CD variety it looks like I have a few hundred. I dont think I have
any DVD ones which meet your criteria.

Gandalf Parker

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difool wrote:
> poll: how many pc games do you own? (NO steam based)
>
> if you like to buy a game in its physical medium version being it cd/dvd
> if you like to collect the games you buy
> if you like to appreciate a good packaging, with a solid case, appealing
> cover, informative manual, useful quick reference card and fancy print
> out cd/dvd, please answer this poll!
>
> How many PC Games do you own?
>
> only count the following:
> . only pc games
> . any games regardless genre
> . for any "os" version of dos and any "os" version of windows
> . games in physical medium like floppy/cd-rom/dvd-rom
> . any type of boxes, being it the modern dvd type or the old big ones
>
> don't count:
> . steam based ones cause they have no collectable value at all
> . electronic distribution based games cause they also don't have value
> as collectable items
> . any retail version with online activation required to install and play
> cause they also don't have any collectable value
> . any illegal copies being it pirate or counterfeiting ones
>
> ps: please when answering the poll don't include any quotes and only your
> own text
>
> --
> post made in a steam-free computer
> i said "NO" to valve and steam
>
> please sign petition "Say NO! to Steam!" available at:
> http://www.petitiononline.com/nosteam/petition.html

-way too many. It's likely somewhere over a hundred -probably..

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David Johnston wrote:

> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 09:18:00 +0000, difool
> <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote:
>
>
>>don't count:
>>. steam based ones cause they have no collectable value at all
>
>
> Worrying about the "collectibility" of your computer games is stupid.

But they put out collectors editions...they are worth more...aren't
they? ;-)

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"David Short" <David.no.Short@Wright.spam.Edu.please> wrote in
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> "Gandalf Parker" <gandalf@most.of.my.favorite.sites> wrote in message
>> Well over a thousand, literally. Mostly floppies. Mostly 5.25in. I
>> even have some on 8 amd 10 inch floppies, cassette tape, reel-to-reel
>> tape, and punch cards. (hey you knew I was old!)
>
> You've still got punch cards!

Yes. an early rogue, and a star trek that used to play out on big printers
before there were monitors or PCs.

> You give me hope. There are worse pack-rats in the world than me.
> Thanks.

heehee. Yes they are "time capsuled". Sealed away in the depths of the
Garage Dungeon waiting to be rediscovered at some future date (probably at
my death if we dont ever move

Gandalf Parker

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In article <379su055je0f9c35im15mj8vmqaojl7gue@4ax.com>,
john.difool@mail.telepac.pt says...

>poll: how many pc games do you own? (NO steam based)

>How many PC Games do you own?

738 games, but only two of the original boxes. One I just bought, the other is
an autographed SimCity 2000 box.

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my game purchases have plummeted after getting involved with mmorpgs.

in the long run, i saved money

"difool" <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in message
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> poll: how many pc games do you own? (NO steam based)
>
> if you like to buy a game in its physical medium version being it cd/dvd
> if you like to collect the games you buy
> if you like to appreciate a good packaging, with a solid case, appealing
> cover, informative manual, useful quick reference card and fancy print
> out cd/dvd, please answer this poll!
>
> How many PC Games do you own?
>
> only count the following:
> . only pc games
> . any games regardless genre
> . for any "os" version of dos and any "os" version of windows
> . games in physical medium like floppy/cd-rom/dvd-rom
> . any type of boxes, being it the modern dvd type or the old big ones
>
> don't count:
> . steam based ones cause they have no collectable value at all
> . electronic distribution based games cause they also don't have value
> as collectable items
> . any retail version with online activation required to install and play
> cause they also don't have any collectable value
> . any illegal copies being it pirate or counterfeiting ones
>
> ps: please when answering the poll don't include any quotes and only your
> own text
>
> --
> post made in a steam-free computer
> i said "NO" to valve and steam
>
> please sign petition "Say NO! to Steam!" available at:
> http://www.petitiononline.com/nosteam/petition.html

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difool wrote:
> poll: how many pc games do you own? (NO steam based)
>
> if you like to buy a game in its physical medium version being it cd/dvd
> if you like to collect the games you buy
> if you like to appreciate a good packaging, with a solid case, appealing
> cover, informative manual, useful quick reference card and fancy print
> out cd/dvd, please answer this poll!
>
> How many PC Games do you own?
>
> only count the following:
> . only pc games
> . any games regardless genre
> . for any "os" version of dos and any "os" version of windows
> . games in physical medium like floppy/cd-rom/dvd-rom
> . any type of boxes, being it the modern dvd type or the old big ones
>
> don't count:
> . steam based ones cause they have no collectable value at all
> . electronic distribution based games cause they also don't have value
> as collectable items
> . any retail version with online activation required to install and play
> cause they also don't have any collectable value
> . any illegal copies being it pirate or counterfeiting ones
>
> ps: please when answering the poll don't include any quotes and only your
> own text
>
> --
> post made in a steam-free computer
> i said "NO" to valve and steam
>
> please sign petition "Say NO! to Steam!" available at:
> http://www.petitiononline.com/nosteam/petition.html
I own a "Shitload"...note that it is capitalized...A Shitload is not the
same as a shitload per se....But I do own a Shitload, if I were to count
all the games I have sittin' around!

Philski

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difool wrote:
>
> poll: how many pc games do you own?

None. I have purchased the right to play over three dozen titles on my
shelf (PC and Mac ... and some old Amiga games) but the EULA for each
clearly specifies that *I* do not own any of the games, I am merely
entitled to use the software.

Is this a real poll or a test of people's ability to read the EULA
documents they "sign" by using the software enclosed?


- Sheldon

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"Squat" <Squat@yeahright.com> wrote in
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>
> "Gandalf Parker" <gandalf@most.of.my.favorite.sites> wrote in message
> news:Xns95E3627DA5B65gandalfparker@208.201.224.154...
>> "David Short" <David.no.Short@Wright.spam.Edu.please> wrote in
>> news:357dt0F4jjnqtU1@individual.net:
>>
>> > "Gandalf Parker" <gandalf@most.of.my.favorite.sites> wrote in
>> > message
>> >> Well over a thousand, literally. Mostly floppies. Mostly 5.25in. I
>> >> even have some on 8 amd 10 inch floppies, cassette tape,
>> >> reel-to-reel tape, and punch cards. (hey you knew I was old!)
>> >
>> > You've still got punch cards!
>>
>> Yes. an early rogue, and a star trek that used to play out on big
>> printers before there were monitors or PCs.
>>
>> > You give me hope. There are worse pack-rats in the world than me.
>> > Thanks.
>>
>> heehee. Yes they are "time capsuled". Sealed away in the depths of
>> the Garage Dungeon waiting to be rediscovered at some future date
>> (probably at my death if we dont ever move
>
> Let me guess. I bet you have the Main Frame Golf game on punch cards
> as well. Played that one and the trek version but never saw rogue
> until I used an IBM XT.

Truthfully I dont remember. I doubt that I have that one. I remember it
but it wasnt the type of game I would have kept a copy of.

Gandalf Parker

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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 17:37:49 -0700, "Hank the Rapper"
<xflopgoon@REMOVEyahoo.com> wrote:

>Sheldon England wrote:
>
>> Is this a real poll or a test of people's ability to read the EULA
>> documents they "sign" by using the software enclosed?
>
>No, it's a thinly vailed attack on Steam.
>

Your paranoia is showing...... you need to consult your shrink
again. Haven't you been warned already not to play HL2.

John Lewis

>

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I collect bird droppings instead. Wonderfully satisying hobby.

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difool <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> typed as if devouring a plate of
spoo:
> poll: how many pc games do you own? (NO steam based)
>

Total: 51 (all on CD)

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Sheldon England wrote:

> difool wrote:
> >
> > poll: how many pc games do you own?
>
> None. I have purchased the right to play over three dozen titles on my
> shelf (PC and Mac ... and some old Amiga games) but the EULA for each
> clearly specifies that I do not own any of the games, I am merely
> entitled to use the software.
>
> Is this a real poll or a test of people's ability to read the EULA
> documents they "sign" by using the software enclosed?
>
>
> - Sheldon

Nope, nope. This is a STEAM hate-post in very obvious disguise

Regards.

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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Gandalf Parker wrote:

> Well over a thousand, literally. Mostly floppies. Mostly 5.25in. I even
> have some on 8 amd 10 inch floppies, cassette tape, reel-to-reel tape, and
> punch cards. (hey you knew I was old!)
>
> Of the CD variety it looks like I have a few hundred. I dont think I have
> any DVD ones which meet your criteria.
>
> Gandalf Parker

you don't have a collection, you have a complete MUSEUM!
congratulations!
wouldn't mind be your neighbour so i could get at look at them

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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, "Magnulus" wrote:

> With console games it's different. There's a big trade-in market for
> console games, so I'm more willing to take a risk with them. With a PC
> game, once you get it and play it, and figure out you don't like the game,
> the game is next to worthless.

why does it happen? the consoles being better in the big trade-in market?
is it cause there is more console players?
is it cause console games sell much more than pc titles?
is it cause consoles are overall much more popular than pcs?
is it cause of the rent market not existing in pc games?
obviously its not cause of game quality, both console and pc has quality
titles
so why do you think an old pc title is worthless in the trade-in market
and the exact same title to consoles is not?

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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Ken Rice wrote:

> 738 games, but only two of the original boxes. One I just bought, the other is
> an autographed SimCity 2000 box.

now with the small dvd type cases i keep everything
its like a small book and it fits perfectly in a shelve
but i understand you having alot its really a problem having space
for all of them
i will never reach the number you have, but it would break my heart
having to throw away anything from a game, its really not something
i could ever do

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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, "Hank the Rapper" wrote:

you know as much as i do, steam electronic distribution games don't have
any collectable value at all cause they simply don't exist, they are just
electronic files on a computers hard-disc and those you can't collect!

you know as much as i do, if steam electronic distribution of games will
become standard, collecting pc games will be a thing of the past

you know as much as i do, you cannot "trade", "sell in the 2nd hand market"
any steam based electronic distribution games, so that's why it makes it
worthless as a collectable item

you know as much as i do, you only collect things which you can touch,
you can hold, you can feel, which are REAL! and all of those you can't
do with steam electronic distribution games!

you only deny everything mr hank cause you gratuitously pick me as your
public enemy and the one to shoot down in this group

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difool proclaimed...

> all collectors editions are great except one... hl2 collectors edition
> its a complete worthless piece of plastic and paper all put together

Aren't you a little embarrassed by the fact everyone in here thinks
you're a fake plastic troll who is making himself look silly?

Don't answer that because...

*plonk*

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difool wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, "Magnulus" wrote:
>
>> With console games it's different. There's a big trade-in market
>> for console games, so I'm more willing to take a risk with them.
>> With a PC game, once you get it and play it, and figure out you
>> don't like the game, the game is next to worthless.
>
> why does it happen? the consoles being better in the big trade-in
> market? is it cause there is more console players?
> is it cause console games sell much more than pc titles?
> is it cause consoles are overall much more popular than pcs?
> is it cause of the rent market not existing in pc games?
> obviously its not cause of game quality, both console and pc has
> quality titles
> so why do you think an old pc title is worthless in the trade-in
> market and the exact same title to consoles is not?

caquse its easier to pirate pc games and sell them as real

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Stoned Monkey wrote:
> difool wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 20 Jan 2005, "Magnulus" wrote:
>>
>>> With console games it's different. There's a big trade-in market
>>> for console games, so I'm more willing to take a risk with them. With
>>> a PC game, once you get it and play it, and figure out you
>>> don't like the game, the game is next to worthless.
>>
>>
>> why does it happen? the consoles being better in the big trade-in
>> market? is it cause there is more console players?
>> is it cause console games sell much more than pc titles?
>> is it cause consoles are overall much more popular than pcs?
>> is it cause of the rent market not existing in pc games?
>> obviously its not cause of game quality, both console and pc has
>> quality titles
>> so why do you think an old pc title is worthless in the trade-in
>> market and the exact same title to consoles is not?
>
>
> caquse its easier to pirate pc games and sell them as real
>

Thank god things like steam are stopping that .........

!
!
J

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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:33:48 GMT, Strider
<email.given@thepoint.youasknice> wrote:

>Aren't you a little embarrassed by the fact everyone in here thinks
>you're a fake plastic troll who is making himself look silly?
>
>Don't answer that because...
>
>*plonk*

That certainly reminds me of:


"No, YOU are the poopy-head!"

(covers her ears with her hands)

"LA LA LA! I CAN'T HEAR WHAT YOU ARE SAYING, POOPY HEAD! I GOT THE
LAST WORD! LA LA LA!"

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difool <john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> wrote in
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> On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Gandalf Parker wrote:
>
>> Well over a thousand, literally. Mostly floppies. Mostly 5.25in. I
>> even have some on 8 amd 10 inch floppies, cassette tape, reel-to-reel
>> tape, and punch cards. (hey you knew I was old!)
>>
>> Of the CD variety it looks like I have a few hundred. I dont think I
>> have any DVD ones which meet your criteria.
>>
>> Gandalf Parker
>
> you don't have a collection, you have a complete MUSEUM!
> congratulations!

Some machines also. Trash80, Pet 2000, Vic20, Atari 800 (I think that was
it), and a VT100 terminal

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On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:03:56 +0000, difool
<john.difool@mail.telepac.pt> dared speak in front of ME:

>On Wed, 19 Jan 2005, Sheldon England wrote:
>
>don't you have anything useful to do except trying to put down the
>contribution others do to this group?

Call back after you've actually contributed, moron.

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"The Chronic" <endo@blunt.com> skrev i meddelandet
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> John A. wrote:
> > And the truth of the matter is, that if you can provide the complete
> > package, manual, media, etc., then there is likely someone, somewhere
> > that will pay good money for it.
> > John
>
> Yup. Metroid 2 for gameboy, just the cartridge, goes for $12 on eBay.
> I kept the box, the manual, the nintendo power flyers, everything. Sold
> the 14 year old game for $100.
>
> If you happen to have an unopened copy of Zelda for NES, it goes for $500
on
> eBay.
>

Who buys a game and do not open it.... ; )
I got the game but it is opened as well as the Secret of Mana game I got for
the Super Nintendo...

lyset