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First post, by Anonymous Freak

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So the same incredible Freecycle find that got me my prototype Sound Blaster has turned up a few other nice surprises...

The gentleman advertised a small list of old games, among them Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, along with some other games.

Well, digging through the two boxes, there are a few excellent oldies in there. First, HHGG is one of four Infocom games, all complete with all original packaging and accessories (no Zork 1-3, but there is the CD-ROM based Return to Zork, which is the newest game in there.) I'm DEFINITELY wearing the "Don't Panic" button to work tomorrow.

Also included are Monkey Island, SimEarth (complete with original receipt for $69.99!) Civilization, plus a couple incredible finds:

Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0. Complete.

An IBM-packaged Microsoft Adventure. Yup, the old MIT "Adventure", re-written by Microsoft for the IBM PC. Dated 1981. Complete with the previous owner's hand-drawn maps.

Reply 1 of 5, by Anonymous Freak

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Alright, here is the list of games and software. First post, shrinkwrapped.

First, shrinkwrapped games:
Return to Zork (CD jewel case shrinkwrapped, not full size box.)
Neuromancer (by Interplay copyright 1988, "SOUND TRACK BY DEVO", woo-hoo! 3.5" and 5.25" disks.) I think this one is getting opened and tried!

Second, shrinkwrapped "Multimedia PC" pack-in software bundles:
"CD-ROM Today the Disc!" - Disc #8 February 1995. "Not to be sold without magazine". Oops.
Multimedia Audio Collection Pro - Copyright 1994 Multimedia Products Corporation, CD-ROM Microsoft Windows compatible, apparently contains:

  • Multimedia Sound Studio
    NotePlay
    Waveform Editor
    The Pianist
    PowerTracks
    Band-In-A-Box
    SoundFinder
    MPC MIDI Player
    and 350 Sound Effects

Gold Disk Multimedia Pack - Copyright 1994 Multimedia Products Corporation, CD-ROM Microsoft Windows compatible, contains:

  • Astound
    Animation Works Interactive
    ScreenCraze II

MIDI MusicShop Professional - Copyright 1994 Multimedia Products Corporation, CD-ROM Microsoft Windows compatible, contains:

  • PowerTracks
    MPC MIDI Player
    The Pianist
    Band in a Box

Macromedia Developer's Pack Special Edition, contains:

  • Action! 2.5.1 SE
    Authorware Star
    Clipmedia 2
    Over 300 megabytes of videos, pictures, sounds and images, full text of Macromedia's manuals in electronic on-line hypertext format

Reply 2 of 5, by Anonymous Freak

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Second post: All boxed and apparently complete:

CD-ROM:
The Simpsons Virtual Springfield
Discovery Channel Multimedia - Evolution
Star Control 3 (The box is *REALLY* ratty and falling apart, though.)
Sam and Max Hit the Road (Lucasarts, doesn't have a box, just a still-sealed bag containing a small jewel-case-sized cardboard case, plus a larger manual in the bag with it. Second manual included outside the bag.)

Games from small publishers, 5.25" disks in small boxes:
Buzzard Bait - Sirius Software
Space Strike - Datamost, Inc
Galactic Gladiators - RapidFire Games (apparently a division of SSI)
Epidemic! - RapidFire Games
The Warp Factor - RapidFire Games (a *VERY* obvious Star Trek ripoff, the ships on the cover are very obviously Star Trek designs)
Rack 'em up - Roklan Software (Billiards/Pool)

Maxis:
SimEarth for Windows (plus a bonus SimEarth for Macintosh manual) 3.5" disks
ROME Pathway to Power - 3.5" & 5.25" disks
SimCity Graphics Alternate Architecture Set 2: Future U.S.A., Future Europe, Moon Colony - 5.25" disks

Telarium Games, in "folio" style packages, both based on books:
Dragonworld
Fahrenheit 451

Avalon Hill "Microcomputer Games" (in large but thin boxes, containing A4 sized instruction sheets):
Galaxy
Andromeda Conquest

Lucasfilm Games:
Zak McKracken
Monkey Island

Other, standard size boxes:
Tongue of the Fatman - Activision
Star Control - Accolade
Merchant Prince - OOP
Robot Rascals - EA
Sargon III - Hayden Software "The Ultimate in Computer Chess"

A couple of big names, both apparently from their original releases:
Wizardry
Lemmings

Ulysses and the Golden Fleece - Sierra On-Line Inc. Yup, one of their earliest. This doesn't have a box, but appears to have all original contents. I think it was a "shrink-wrapped everything inside the manual" type.

Microsoft Adventure. In IBM branding, in an IBM plastic folio.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0 - complete in box. This is the main reason I got this set of games.

Ultima IV Quest of the Avatar - Origin Systems
Worlds of Ultima - The Savage Empire
Worlds of Ultima 2 - Martian Dreams

Sid Meyer's Civilization
The Bard's Tale - EA

And, the piece de resistance, the Infocom sets:
Folios:
Deadline
Infidel
Sorcerer

Gray boxes:
A Mind Forever Voyaging
Suspended
And, last, but certainly not least: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Reply 5 of 5, by BigBodZod

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Anonymous Freak wrote:

*sniffle*. As documented in another thread, my 5.25" drive is kaput...

Sorry to hear that Anon, since you and I both live in PDX, if you wanna ever come by and take a look at some of my old stuff you are more then welcome, just PM me.

I may even part with my old Epson Combo 3.5" + 5.25" floppy drive 😉

No matter where you go, there you are...