[game_preservation] Vintage Game Club

[Captain Commando]

Oh, you misunderstand. I had THOUGHT it was out of print, but it isn't (or
at least it isn't any longer). There are other classic games though like
Planescape: Torment and EarthBound (along with various other Lucasarts
classics btw) that are out of print and ridiculously difficult to obtain.
Hopefully though they will be bringing EB to the Virtual Console by the end
of the year...

-DM

On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Stuart Feldhamer <
stuart.feldhamer at gmail.com> wrote:


>  You know, it's both sad and lame that a game like Grim Fandango is out of

> print. Can you imagine Citizen Kane going out of print?

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> I guess this is why we need people actively working on game preservation…

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> I have been hoping and dreaming for years that one day the publishers will

> wake up and start leveraging their back catalogs more, at least for some of

> the really classic games. Alas it doesn't seem as if the games industry will

> be learning this particular lesson from movies or books any time soon.

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> Where is the long tail? I know about all the experiments in digital

> distribution but it's really not quite the same.

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> Stuart

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> *From:* game_preservation-bounces at igda.org [mailto:

> game_preservation-bounces at igda.org] *On Behalf Of *Andrew Armstrong

> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:25 AM

> *To:* IGDA Game Preservation SIG

> *Subject:* Re: [game_preservation] Vintage Game Club

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> My funds are so limited I'm having to wait to pay a bill my housemate paid

> some months ago, less I put it on my credit card. :) That and I've got the

> Develop conference next week, where I'm volunteering (unpaid :) ) and will

> be paying for my accommodation out of pocket.

>

> I'll get around to it - but they are already well into GF in any case, so

> I'd be behind even if I got it now (since I'm away for a week obviously!) -

> I'll probably get the next game, and who knows, it might be one I own but

> haven't played yet (Fallout I never got far in, and Syndicate Wars, I don't

> even know if it runs on XP, heh).

>

> The game is ~£12 second hand from the few places I checked btw. Not in the

> cheap range when I picked up Enemy Territory: Quake Wars for around £7 a

> week ago (my last game purchase for a while I think).

>

> Andrew

>

> Captain Commando wrote:

>

> Oh, I thought it was out of print and outrageously expensive used like so

> many other classics. $40 new and in stock. But that's still a bit much for

> me at the moment (particularly when I need to buy a new power supply to get

> my PC running :)

>

> On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 1:10 AM, Stuart Feldhamer <

> stuart.feldhamer at gmail.com> wrote:

>

> If your only obstacle is that funds are limited, you should definitely do

> it. GF is a classic and how much could it cost? $20?

>

> Stuart

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