[game_preservation] Ebay auction

[Henry Lowood]

Frank,
As it happens, I was not a console player during the 1980s and 1990s 
much at all, so my magazines are mostly computer game-related.
Just did a crude search (subject = computer games) on the Stanford 
catalog, and here is what turned up:
http://goo.gl/nGMhJ
This does not include the stuff that I am bundling up now, which will 
include CGW, EGM, etc., plus a number of zines and developer magazines 
in the wargame/strategy game area.  However, it does include some titles 
I gave earlier.
Henry


On 2/9/2013 6:21 PM, Frank Cifaldi wrote:

> As far as complete runs of the post-crash US console mags, it's 

> basically just ICHEG in Rochester and what we got from this auction 

> for the LOC.

>

> In private collections, I have personally completed every 

> consumer-facing US magazine through about 1994 minus a small handful 

> of issues, and have most of 1995 to 1999 (my personal cutoff).

>

> Matt Henzel at videogameobsession.com <http://videogameobsession.com> 

> has some complete sets himself...he used to subscribe to mags twice in 

> order to keep mint condition unread copies around, so his collection 

> is probably the most impressive condition-wise in the world.

>

> You didn't ask me this but if you want to know what the hardest stuff 

> to find is, I'd say the computer game-specific magazines in the 90s. 

> Computer Gaming World isn't too hard, but PC Games is rough, Computer 

> Game Review is even worse, and Game Players PC Guide seems next to 

> impossible.

>

> Individual issues that are toughest off the top of my head from 

> post-crash would probably be GamePro #2, EGM #5 and Electronic Game 

> Player 1-3. Game Players also seems like it had a really low 

> circulation around 1993.

>

> Pre-crash, the Electronic Games 1983 Buyers Guide seems particularly 

> hard to find. It's the last one that isn't scanned online somewhere. I 

> just pounced on one on eBay, it went for over $100!

>

> Sent from my iPhone

>

> On Feb 9, 2013, at 4:44 PM, Alex Handy <alex at themade.org 

> <mailto:alex at themade.org>> wrote:

>

>> Well both, kinda. What institutions have what complete runs now? What 

>> institutions have runs with a few missing issues? I figure exact 

>> lists of missing issues aren't likely, but if we can figure something 

>> out, as I said, we have a number of yearly runs of certain mags, and 

>> lots of older stuff like Antic and Start.

>>

>> We also have a lot of GamePro, of course.

>>

>> On Feb 9, 2013 4:24 PM, "Frank Cifaldi" <fcifaldi at gmail.com 

>> <mailto:fcifaldi at gmail.com>> wrote:

>>

>>     Oh sorry Alex, I missed your question.

>>

>>     Actually I'm not sure what you're asking...are you asking for

>>     which people own complete runs of magazines, or are you asking

>>     what I'm missing from my collection or...?

>>

>>

>>     On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Alex Handy <alex at themade.org

>>     <mailto:alex at themade.org>> wrote:

>>

>>         Hey guys. Frank, the reason I asked for some kind of tally

>>         sheet it to

>>         figure out what's missing. We have a number of sections of

>>         magazine,

>>         but no complete runs. I would love to help fill in gaps for

>>         you if I

>>         knew what was missing.

>>

>>         On Sat, Feb 9, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Frank Cifaldi

>>         <fcifaldi at gmail.com <mailto:fcifaldi at gmail.com>> wrote:

>>         > Henry, as far as a currently operating places within

>>         driving distance of me,

>>         > Stanford is at the top of my list for an eventual home for

>>         this stuff.

>>         >

>>         >

>>         > On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 8:15 PM, Henry Lowood

>>         <lowood at stanford.edu <mailto:lowood at stanford.edu>> wrote:

>>         >>

>>         >> Hi Frank,

>>         >>

>>         >> I know that my collection is nowhere near what you have,

>>         but I am starting

>>         >> to give some of my magazine runs to Stanford.  I hope you

>>         will consider that

>>         >> as an option, too.

>>         >>

>>         >> You are right, of course; for historical work,

>>         documentation is almost

>>         >> always more important to have than a game library.

>>         Obviously, we do both

>>         >> software preservation and archival work here, but I have

>>         to admit that

>>         >> acquiring documentation fires me up more.

>>         >>

>>         >> By the way, regarding the auction - the eBay collection

>>         was less than half

>>         >> the size of Cabrinety in terms of software, and Cabrinety

>>         was a gift.

>>         >> Cabrinety also came with platforms, magazines, books, and

>>         some archival

>>         >> stuff, even some downloaded material and printouts from

>>         BBS sites.  We have

>>         >> to focus on seeing what we can do to preserve and provide

>>         access to what we

>>         >> have.  I'd love to see some interesting niche or focused

>>         software

>>         >> collections come up, but we are probably not in the market

>>         for another

>>         >> blockbuster.

>>         >>

>>         >> Henry

>>         >>

>>         >>

>>         >> On 2/8/2013 11:50 AM, Frank Cifaldi wrote:

>>         >>

>>         >> On that subject, I just put a group together to buy this

>>         really amazing

>>         >> collection of U.S. console magazines to donate to the

>>         Library of Congress'

>>         >> video game archive:

>>         >>

>>         >>

>>         >>

>>         http://www.ebay.com/itm/360579773880?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649

>>         >>

>>         >> As someone who collects print material, I can tell you how

>>         near-impossible

>>         >> it would be to replicate this set (after more than 10

>>         years, even I don't

>>         >> have some of these issues).

>>         >>

>>         >> All of these are also at the Strong, this set will live at

>>         the LoC campus

>>         >> in Culpeper, VA and my private collection will live

>>         somewhere on the west

>>         >> coast when I find the right fit. I know people tend to get

>>         more excited over

>>         >> the actual games, but as someone who actually studies game

>>         history actively,

>>         >> these magazines are FAR more priceless, so I'm super

>>         stoked that these are

>>         >> safe and in the right hands.

>>         >>

>>         >>

>>         >> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:40 AM, Alex Handy

>>         <alex at themade.org <mailto:alex at themade.org>> wrote:

>>         >>>

>>         >>>

>>         >>>

>>         http://www.ebay.com/itm/OVER-30-years-of-VIDEOGAMES-COLLECTION-The-story-of-VideoGames-/121062811693

>>         >>>

>>         >>> So, who's gonna contact this guy when the auction fails?

>>         >>>

>>         >>> Henry? I don't think the MADE has room for all of this

>>         anyway.

>>         >>>

>>         >>> --

>>         >>> Alex Handy

>>         >>> Founder/Director

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>>         >> Curator, History of Science & Technology Collections;

>>         >>    Film & Media Collections

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Henry Lowood
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    Film & Media Collections
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