Castle of Dr Brain in box

[runderwo]

Well, it's a complete "Value series" box but the disks are bad.  So if anyone wants an actual box for their collection, just paypal me enough for book rate shipping and it's yours.  It has the copy protection and user manuals and such with it and is the VGA version.

[Alistair]

Could you take a shot? I'm curious to see what it looks like.

Also, what exactly's in the box?

- Alistair

[runderwo]

http://www.mobygames.com/game/castle-of-dr-brain
It looks like that box.  It is in decent condition, no rips and tears, a few specks of dirt.

Inside the box is the Dr Brain manual, the generic Sierra game manual, 3 disks (2 game disks, one sbpfix disk), a note about the sbpfix program, a note about no warranty, and the warranty registration card.

I'll be tossing it out shortly if there are no takers.

[Alistair]

Thanks for the picture. I'll have to pass though.

Incidentally, I have 2 versions of the other Castle of Dr. Brain box for sale.

- Alistair

[Nytegard]

On that note, while I need none of the Dr. Brain boxes, if anyone has mint condition Sierra boxes, due to some bad weather, I need to replace a few of mine.  (Also, some non Sierra games).  Don't really need tha manuals, disks, etc, only the boxes to some games.  (I keep all that stuff separate, and many of the cardbord boxes I have, roughly 1200 or so, got in a bit of a humid area, causing massive damage).

[Alistair]

Check the other thread I made in this forum section, and contact me, man.

- Alistair

[Tom]

Don't really need tha manuals, disks, etc, only the boxes to some games.  I keep all that stuff separate, and many of the cardbord boxes I have, roughly 1200 or so

You have 1200 games?  Woah!  I don't think ALL of my software combined (games, word processors, graphics, etc.) would total more than 200 or 250, after twenty years of computing and buying software.  At an average price of $50 per piece of software, 1200 would total $60,000.00!  (And WordPerfect, Windows, Photoshop, etc. cost considerably more than $50.)  I didn't think there were 1200 games worth buying. 

[Nytegard]

Don't really need tha manuals, disks, etc, only the boxes to some games.  I keep all that stuff separate, and many of the cardbord boxes I have, roughly 1200 or so

You have 1200 games?  Woah!  I don't think ALL of my software combined (games, word processors, graphics, etc.) would total more than 200 or 250, after twenty years of computing and buying software.  At an average price of $50 per piece of software, 1200 would total $60,000.00!  (And WordPerfect, Windows, Photoshop, etc. cost considerably more than $50.)  I didn't think there were 1200 games worth buying. 

I'm a collector of games (well lots of stuff, but games in particular).  I actually have a little over 5000 games.  All with original boxes, manuals, etc.  As for worth buying, can't help you there:P, as I honestly haven't played most of them.  (I'm a very big Sierra fan pre 1995, and believe I have at least 1 of every game Sierra has ever officially admitted they made pre 1995 except for Ultima Escape from Mount Drash.  Honestly, that's what lead me to this site in the first place, although I believe at the time you weren't at queststudios.com).  Trying to play games in order, and I believe I have entered the year 1983.  I separate the boxes, manuals, and disks for space reasons (many older games, particularly in 1995, were notorious for having these huge gigantic boxes with nothing but a disk and a slip of paper.  Unfortunately, in the past year, some weather caused massive damage to a couple of the containers of mine, causing massive moisture leaks.  While many of the disks were damaged, that doesn't really bother me as much, as I make sure to keep multiple backups and on different formats for this reason alone (not entirely legal, as you're only allowed 1 backup, but I prefer to be safe incase of an unexpected emergency).  The manuals are mostly fine, while some may not be in entirely mint condition, they're still readable, with no noticeable damage.  The cardboard boxes though suffered greatly.  Moisture and cardboard do not mix.

Alistair, I looked at your list, and the games I'm particularly after for boxes are Freddy Pharkas, both Manhunters, Wizardry 8, Loom, Sam and Max, Day of the Tentacle, and Ultima 7 Black Gate.

PS. And yes, I do have Al Emmo.  As I am an adventure game fan, I do buy from independent developers.  There really are a lot of good games that just don't have the finances of the EAs or Vivendi's.  Also, not all the games are bought at $50, rather, $39.99:P

[Tom]

Okay...$40 a pop x 5000 is still more than I could get for my house.  Don't think the missus would take a shine to me spending that kind of denerii towards a game collection.   What kind of room does it take to store all those boxes?  Just curious.    It is impressive!

[Nytegard]

Okay...$40 a pop x 5000 is still more than I could get for my house.  Don't think the missus would take a shine to me spending that kind of denerii towards a game collection.   What kind of room does it take to store all those boxes?  Just curious.    It is impressive!

Well, I was just joking about the $40   For the rarer of games, I have spent a couple hundred+.  But on average, I think I spend maybe $10-$20 per game.  Some I've gotten for free, some for under $5.  Tag sales work wonders.  As I stated, I separate disks, manuals, and boxes.  Disks go into boxes of similar types (cassettes go in the cassette box, 5 1/4 with 5/14, 3.5 with 3.5, CD with CD, DVD with DVD, etc).  Manuals all go together in another few boxes.  The actual game boxes themselves are either flattened if possible, and put together.  Those that cannot be flattened (either the box is too thick, or not cardboard, etc), I try to fit boxes within boxes.  Overall, I have all the games, boxes, etc in 1 decently sized walkin closet.  (The problem is that the cardboard boxes tend to stick to each other).

The main problem comes in when people want to borrow games, or I feel a need to play a game, etc.  Trying to actually find a game, or it's copy protection can be somewhat of a pain.  Due to my collection, I've also stopped buying games that come on multiple CDs.  Because Europe and Australia seem to be years ahead of the USA in terms of technology, at least in the fact that they come mostly on DVD over there, I now import most games.  Besides, the adventure game genre is still a lot more alive over there than it is in the USA.

[Alistair]

.. What?

That's news to me! Dreamfall (TLJ2) only came out like 6 months later here, or something. Same goes for the Myst games.

It's almost impossible to find adventure games here.

I also thinkthe comment about Australia being 'light-years' ahead of the US re: technology is laughable.

For both adv. games and technology, Australia is worse in both level of quality, availability and price.

One of the reasons I don't mind moving to the US.


And, I don't have those boxes for sale (although I do have some). Actually, I have a Manhunter:NY box, but it's not in great shape.

I have another set of both NY and SF boxes in very nice condition, but you'd have to lure them away from me.

- Alistair

[Nytegard]

Let's see if this works.



Notice something?  The sole American game is on CD.  The European version, and the Australian games are both on DVD.  That really is my main point.

Also, as far as being behind, I'm not going to deny that most games Australia or Europe are behind, but on the Adventure game genre, you guys really are ahead.  Yes, you might have little to no availability or a high price, but they exist.  Try finding the bottom 2 games in the USA.  You can't, and there is no plans for either of the games to come to the USA.  Well, Runaway 2 was coming, but is in some legal limbo, with an unknown release date.  Heck, even Canada has it, and the USA doesn't.

(As for Myst, 6 months later?  Even more reason Australia is better on the Adventure game front:P  BTW, one thing about me.  I personally consider Myst to be the worst game of all time, so I'm not exactly sad when people didn't play it).

[Alistair]

Oh, don't get me wrong- I abhor Myst myself. I figure, you want reality, go to a park and explore in the wilderness a bit. I really don't get Myst nuts (of who my wife is one) who delight in seeing pretty graphics and wandering around a 'potentially real' landscape.

I play games to relax, and have fun- Myst doesn't do either for me. Sure, I like entering a new world, but I don't need to wander around islands where there's no people whatsoever reading backstory in some ad hoc way, solving puzzles I've no idea how to. It feels like some unpleasant chore. I like interacting with people and places, but in a logical, fun way.


Anyway. Think you hit a nerve there.

I still think we're behind, especially in technology. So what if you can't find a couple of games- if they're bottom games, you in the US can eBay it for cheap. Where we pay 70 bucks for a game, you guys pay 50, etc. I can say for sure the US gamers such as yourself aren't the 'losers' in this scenario. Australia with its' small population and thus smaller profits as a nation, is one of the losers (I'd hazard a guess that Canada'd be in the same boat).



I do have Manhunter 1 and 2 in about perfect condition, too (wouldn't normally sell, but I need the money) if you're interested- contact me via PM or email if you'd like.

- Alistair