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| justin8301:
So I found some old Dungeons and Dragons PC games today and picked them up just cause I thought they looked interesting. I know nothing about old pc games and just thought I could use them to trade or sell them. Anyone have any info on what they might be worth or do we have any pc collectors that have equipment that would be willing to help test them? https://imgur.com/gallery/Y39dhep |
| tripredacus:
$15 on the 3 pack No price on the other one. There are no listings for the 5.25" release for sale or sold on Ebay. Of course, when it comes to magnetic media, the disks need to work to have the high value. Otherwise, you would consider it as if the disks were not present. |
| sworddude:
--- Quote from: tripredacus on April 26, 2018, 10:21:53 am ---$15 on the 3 pack No price on the other one. There are no listings for the 5.25" release for sale or sold on Ebay. Of course, when it comes to magnetic media, the disks need to work to have the high value. Otherwise, you would consider it as if the disks were not present. --- End quote --- I disagree Many people sell them as is working or not these include the higher sales prices. The value is in the boxes and the content lose floppies are replacable these floppies are so fragile not to mention that most people including sellers do not even have the equipment to test them. It really seems it has been more a memento of the past than to actually play them. That's just what I see with them old pc games and allot of sellers these days. Very easy to emulate also. So many high pc sales with probably broken floppies wich is mentioned in the description yet people risk it since it will break down at some point. the value is in them boxes etc Heres an example It's so easy to find i guess the collector market accepts it if there is a chance it is not working since floppies are such an unreliable format. https://www.ebay.nl/itm/DOOM-IBM-PC-id-Software-on-4-3-5-Disks-1993-BOX-AND-INSTRUCTIONS-INCLUDED/142685187467?hash=item2138b32d8b:g:aCcAAOSwIspafeOA |
| hoshichiri:
Yeah- I'm not super into PC gaming, but based on what I've seen around the boxart is the real draw for these titles. Obviously working media is always good, but even if you don't have that as long as you have all the paper bits you've got some value. Based on box alone, you've got about $30ish for the stand alone game- but considering the amiga port seems to go for over $100, this one looks rare enough for specific format to matter. I'd check around your local area for any retro computing hobby groups... not only could they help you test your discs, they can give you a better idea of how desirable your games are. |
| tripredacus:
--- Quote from: sworddude on April 26, 2018, 10:33:12 am ---I disagree Many people sell them as is working or not these include the higher sales prices. The value is in the boxes and the content lose floppies are replacable --- End quote --- Ok let me rephrase. Existing sales data is going to fall into the "as is/unknown" quality category. Items sold as "known working" such as with a picture of the program running on a monitor, gives an increase to price. When looking at these things, you have to keep in mind a few categories in which to determine price: 1. exact edition 2. relative edition (same game, different box, minor variant, etc) 3. relative media (same game, different disk type, not counting CD-rom versions) 4. relative game (same game, same disk, different platform) 5. any of the above shown to be working Usually you don't even have to use all of those types to determine value because with a lot of PC games, there isn't a large amount for sale/sold to even bother so you can just get a general idea but not an actual value. |
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