My PC game collection after more than 10 years

[computerABUSER]

a fellow simmer....cudos to ya dude and keep up the good work!

Regards,
CA

 

[kevman]

Game that I loved the most 10 years ago was interstate 76, Loved IT!

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I meant what he paid for them originally. Maybe it would be more like $25 or $30 actually? I guess it depends on if he got most of these right when they came out or waited for them to come down a bit.

Since those are all retail in the photos, if any were from the early 90's they could've easily sold upwards of $50 at a store. The Marathon games, for example, were $70 for quite a few months at first, and took a year to drop down to $50.

 

[Cattlegod]

lmao @ drivers ed '98

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: DainBramaged

Originally posted by: bernse

Originally posted by: Anubis

Originally posted by: DainBramaged
DAIKATANA!!!

lmao

yea i spotted that as well

for your keen observation skills... considering I even talked about it in my OP.

I have to say, I went straight for the pics and didn't read the post.

That game just sticks out like a sore thumb.

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I meant what he paid for them originally. Maybe it would be more like $25 or $30 actually? I guess it depends on if he got most of these right when they came out or waited for them to come down a bit.

Since those are all retail in the photos, if any were from the early 90's they could've easily sold upwards of $50 at a store. The Marathon games, for example, were $70 for quite a few months at first, and took a year to drop down to $50.

Alright, $50 x 125 = he spent $6250 :shocked:

EDIT: I think I counted 128?

 

[Gilligansdingy]

Where's the Liesure Suit Larry games adn the rest of the Sierra Classics?

i dont know if i can even name them all now

King Quest
Space Quest
Hero's Quest

Or even better the D&D Pool of Radiance series

 

[Gilligansdingy]

oh yeah Monkeys Island!

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
I meant what he paid for them originally. Maybe it would be more like $25 or $30 actually? I guess it depends on if he got most of these right when they came out or waited for them to come down a bit.

Since those are all retail in the photos, if any were from the early 90's they could've easily sold upwards of $50 at a store. The Marathon games, for example, were $70 for quite a few months at first, and took a year to drop down to $50.

Alright, $50 x 125 = he spent $6250 :shocked:

EDIT: I think I counted 128?

Actually... I didn't bother counting them. I didn't realize until after I put most of them away, and then I said screw it!

But, if you counted 128, I'll believe that. I have probably another 20-30 JC games that I didn't take pics of.

Prices are going to vary.. I paid top dollar for some of them (New release sims especially) that could have been $60 (CDN).. but others I got for next to nothing, and some of them (maybe 10) free.

I'd say probably average $20-30 game, by the time you average it out would probably be realistic.

 

[harobikes333]

nice collection Your wife must love you alot to put up with you spend all that money on allll those games

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: Rebasxer
About 120 games over 10 years, thats like 12 games a year, or 1 game a month. Average game is about 15 hours long, so thats like what two hours a day?
A lot of people on ATOT play 2 hours of videogames a day. I know if my good computer wasn't broken atm I certainly would be.

The worst part? Honestly? I can probably count on my hands (no joke here) the games I've spent any measurable amount of time on.. and probably only some of the FPSs that I've played to conclusion.

The ones I've gone back to and spent time on are (lemme think)

IL2 Series
Silent Hunter III
Rise Of Nations Gold
Longbow 2 (back about 9-10 years??)
Various FPSs (half life, FEAR, Quake 1/2, Unreal, yadda)
NASCAR 2003
Caesar III
Battlezone 1/2 (1 espescially was a FANTASTIC game!)
Flight Sim 2004/2002 (no pic of 2002 - gave away)
Bridge Commander (never did finish it though)
Jetfighter III (IIRC the first game I bought after I got my shiny new P200 built and got back into PCs after my Amiga in the late 80s)

And that's about all thats really coming to mind.. I've probably only really "played" 80% of those games.

A few of them would be almost impossible to replace now.. even from eBay I suspect.

 

[Philippine Mango]

Yea I have a modest collection at best, I've always thought of my collection being small.. You have some good games there but not enough of the games like Deus Ex, I assume your not much into FPS?

 

[mobobuff]

How much do you want for Flatout?

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: mobobuff
How much do you want for Flatout?

Heh. Actually, none are for sale.. but that is one game that I will have to reinstall. It was a hoot. I loved the destructable enviroment. The guy flying through the windshield is awesome!

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: Philippine Mango
Yea I have a modest collection at best, I've always thought of my collection being small.. You have some good games there but not enough of the games like Deus Ex, I assume your not much into FPS?

You mean First Person Shooters? I kind of like them.. not hardcore.. but I do like them somewhat. I am right in the middle of FEAR right now and enjoying it.

 

[Xyclone]

:Q

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: bernse

Originally posted by: Rebasxer
About 120 games over 10 years, thats like 12 games a year, or 1 game a month. Average game is about 15 hours long, so thats like what two hours a day?
A lot of people on ATOT play 2 hours of videogames a day. I know if my good computer wasn't broken atm I certainly would be.

The worst part? Honestly? I can probably count on my hands (no joke here) the games I've spent any measurable amount of time on.. and probably only some of the FPSs that I've played to conclusion.

The ones I've gone back to and spent time on are (lemme think)

IL2 Series
Silent Hunter III
Rise Of Nations Gold
Longbow 2 (back about 9-10 years??)
Various FPSs (half life, FEAR, Quake 1/2, Unreal, yadda)
NASCAR 2003
Caesar III
Battlezone 1/2 (1 espescially was a FANTASTIC game!)
Flight Sim 2004/2002 (no pic of 2002 - gave away)
Bridge Commander (never did finish it though)
Jetfighter III (IIRC the first game I bought after I got my shiny new P200 built and got back into PCs after my Amiga in the late 80s)

And that's about all thats really coming to mind.. I've probably only really "played" 80% of those games.

A few of them would be almost impossible to replace now.. even from eBay I suspect.

hah, i still haven't played hl2 for more than an hour i got it the first week it was out i have played cs source a decent bit though.

much easier to play old games on a console, they got the advantage there. pc games too much trouble. just as well, not really that interested in really playing old games anyways

 

[bernse]

I'm a bit of an eyecandy slut myself.. some of the old ones that aren't even 3D accelerated usually got put away pretty quick.

 

[GasX]

This thread reminds me...

 

[SWScorch]

I see System Shock 2... awesome game

 

[SilentZero]

Whats the point of saving the boxes? I have never been able to justify that.

 

[BW86]

holy crap...

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: SilentZero
Whats the point of saving the boxes? I have never been able to justify that.

Well, I have the room and if nothing else its a handy way to keep them with the manual and easy to find.

If I start to run out of room (I have all of these taking up "only" 2 shelves in my office closet) I may have to start scrapping some I guess.

 

[bernse]

Originally posted by: harobikes333
nice collection Your wife must love you alot to put up with you spend all that money on allll those games

She does.... she's a real sweetheart :heart: But, she doesn't mind that much. I don't have any real bad habits, so if spending some scratch on my PC and games is the worst of my vices, she can live with that. If she knew how much it was in total though, I'm sure she wouldn't be happy though!

 

[CPA]

I have well over 200 games, but didn't keep the majority of the boxes.

My sentimental favorite is a D&D Gold Box edition of Dark Queen of Krynn. I still have the manual, map and receipt for the game (paid almost $50).