I'm pretty much like you, I don't play PC, DOS, Commodore games alot, but it's still something magic with them that makes you want to own them in their big boxes. Lucas Art is a masterpiece, their games makes my life much happier to be honest, the characters, the story, the jokes and the memories.
Nothing beats the old, sweet and beautiful retail boxes! You have a very nice and impressive collection! I have more of 80 original PC games in its retail box, some of them are Fallout 2, Grim Fandango, Quake 2, Starcraft Battlechest and Half Life too! But that Heroes of might and magic compilation is without doubt one hug he big diamond! Keep going with your collection dude
those sierra adventure collections once came in huge collector's boxes like most compilation or collector's edition pc games, which was pretty silly considering that all that was inside of the 2 foot wide king's quest collection box were 6 or 7 cds.
Excellent collection, mostly the "cream of the crop" there. Great video, I should think about doing something similar as I have tons of those old big box games for PC. :P
i got my hands of the boxes of each classic lucas arts games. I LOVE EM. i also bought the 4 different versions of each warcraft 3 box! I FREAKEN LOVE THEM
Jaja, all of the Command and conquer games (Yuri's Revenge and below) are simply a must in my opinion! C&C Renegade is also a well played classic, theres usually still about 300 people on at any given time!
well, I, pretty sure that its possible to get some stuff on your pc that lets you run those rly old games, got some myself that would be fun to play, but i have never rly looked after it. Anyway you got a nice collection :)
I use a DOSbox, but sadly even that doesn't work with all games. I do have an older PC as well, but it's not THAT old so that it would play everything.
Haha, you've pretty much got everything for the Nintendo 64, though. Nice collection anyway; I myself was never a big pc gamer (as I usually found myself with outdated technology) but, I've come to realize that most games provide a more worthwile experience than their console counterparts. One could argue that all PC games would be superior to a consoles, because of how a system can't really be upgraded or run at equal levels, but I love using a good old piece of history to play the classics.
I'd like to get Grim Fandango someday, I've never played it but have always wanted to. Also, as a WoW player, I kind of regret not getting the limited editions of Burning Crusade and Wrath of the Lich King. Maybe I'll go on Ebay and get them at some point.
ah, you meant it that way, okay, the Dig was...last year, Maniac Mansion 2 about 2004 and Eye of the Beholder 1-3 was done in a Lets Play about 2007. but then im on my like 123rd reinstall of Might and Magic III, 99th reinstall of Daggerfall (first game i always install on a new computer). plus i got a folder full of old games like Rise of the Triads, Betrayal at Kondor, Master of Magic, Wolfenstien 3D, World of Xeen and the SSI Golden box games and more.
Very cool. I like your taste. I have a lot of those, but can't seem to get a lot of them to run on my current PC anymore. Thank goodness for emulators.
@TheKrautGames Yes, number three is the best. Four just added way too much redundant stuff and lost some of the charm because of it. Not to mention the pretty unneeded rehaul of the battle screen.
Which one of the Heroes of Might and Magic Games is your favorite ? I didn't start playing them before the foruth one came out, and I've heard many fanboys say nothing compares to number three, do you agree ?
What was the pc game that was released in the 1990's. It was a first person but you were a robot or machine and you fought other machines. The levels were dark and the music was creepy.
Consoles are superior in many ways. But still I only I jokingly said my PC times was dark times: Of course I still play the games, just not the newer stuff. Over the last few months I've played through Maniac Mansion II, The Dig and Eye of the Beholder II, when have you played through these?
actually "factory sealed" is easily copied today...so if a collector wanted to make sure that all the little goodies that came with the collector's edition are there then he would have to break the "seal". Which....is mainly the reason he would buy the collector's edition in the first place....not because of the cd-key or game itself but for the unique box and the items that came with it inside. Such as the Tabula Rasa edition. Servers are no longer active but the box is cool.
newer PC games, yes (except for indie devs) but i am talking about the old games, like the Might and Magics, Ultimas, Doom, Duke Nukem, System Shock, Eye of the Beholders, Daggerfall, Arena,The Void, Fallout 1-2 etc etc. and piracy is catching up on consoles too. but either way, if you dont like PC gaming then sell those games so someone who really wants them get the chance to obtain them.
I've always been more of a WarCraft guy, there was a heated battle between the two series in the '90's. :) I do have C&C for the Nintendo 64 though. ;)
@HardWarUK Strategy and point-n-click adventures aside, consoles either stand on their own or surpass computer offerings. A keyboard isn't even designed to be a game controller, it's hardly ideal. I know a mouse and keyboard are more precise in FPS games, but a pad with it's dual analogs simply feel better and more natural. It's not "twitch" precise, but neither is real life, you know. But don't be fooled, I do have many fond memories of PC (and C64) gaming!
@finngamer thats probably the easiest thing to do. a collectors edition box will probably cost you about 200 bucks. i can do it for less than 3 bucks. first, downloading the games, write them on the CD's with nero. than, put my disk in my sticky DVD, and apply a cover on it , the same as the original cd. than, get a normal DVD box for disks, print out the game cover (the back,rear,front) and just apply it on. glanced paper costs like nothing...same as the cd's... i guess pirates own'd you?
@HardWarUK Just because something has taken inspiration from something else, doesn't mean it is not as good. Console gaming is much more popular and is a much bigger industry than PC gaming now and simply saying PC gaming is better because it was first is stupid. Console gaming has improved and fixed what was wrong with PC gaming and kept what was great about it and now we have a much more accessible experience on a console than you can ever have on a PC.
Ok. Each to his own, but no matter how much I love a specific game or a console, just playing those same games over and over again seriously limits your enjoyment of this whole great hobby. I'd recommend you to play all sorts of games, like I do, instead of accusing people for the opposite. You'd live a more stress-free life.
why do people collect anything? stamps, coins, art, etc. you can't do anything but look at those. at least games can be played if you felt like it, but you definitely don't have to play them to enjoy owning them just for the sake of collecting.
heh. itsekin koin pc-peli kauden, kunnes "palasin" konsoleihin ps1:n myötä. mielenkiintoista katsoa videoita. hienoa, että yhteydet toimii USAhan gamester81, tvandlustin kautta, mistä päädyinkin tänne
Nah. The PC has it's classics, but so do the consoles, even more so. But nowadays PC gaming is a shadow of it's former self, with more and more people turning to consoles. Also shame about the piracy, and the DRMs and other anti-piracy vehicles thatmake it more difficult to play the games. PC owners are destroying their own future by pirating.
Food for thought...don't buy collector editions or originals of MMO games. Reason for this is because in the future if you wanted to sell it out of your collection....no one would buy it because by the time you sell it...the servers will have been shutdown.
