Finally got the long-awaited-to-add-to-my-collection Black Dahlia!  8 CD's of FMV goodness.  Runs great under XP with a few tiny tweaks.

Hit a goldmine!  Just got the following.  50 cents a piece!  Every one complete in box with all of the goodies.

AD&D Gold Box Games (all complete):
Pools of Darkness
Secret of the Silver Blades
Gateway to the Savage Frontier
Treasures of the Savage Frontier
Krynn Collector's Edition (Includes Champions of Krynn, Queen of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn)


Wizardry: Bane of the Cosmic Forge
The Bard's Tale Construction Set
ShadowLands
Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed
Myth II Worlds
Blood & Magic
Dungeon Keeper (Still sealed!)
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
SSI Fantasy Fest! Collection (Includes Unlimited Adventures, Dungeon Hack, Stronghold, Fantasy Empires)
Sir-Tech Trophy Case (Includes Jagged Alliance, Druid: Daemons of the Mind, Realms of Arkania: Star Trail)

JC = Jewel Case
DC(+M) = DVD-Case (+ printed Manual)

My list, beginning with the latest:


While reading some forum thread about the latest publications in the 4x genre, I realised I missed out on some good games; I hadn't followed this genre since Master of Orion 2.

- Galactic Civilizations 2 - Ultimate Edition (DC+M)

- Space Empires V (DC+M, includes a tech-tree poster, which is moot due to modding... ) Strangely enough, this game managed to keep me interested for far longer than the much more popular GalCiv II.

- Crusader Kings + Deus Vult, Complete Pack (DC) I play this with DVIP and a neat graphics set that replaces most in-game graphics with details of medieval paintings. Pop in some medieval music, light a candle, and you're in ducal wonderland.

- Stalker - Clear Sky (DC + M) After having completed Shadow Of Chernobyl once more with that one huge supermod (the name is evading me right now), I thought I might give Clear Sky a go, after all this time the game should be patched up properly and a wide array of mods should be available. Well, I was a bit underwhelmed. Shadow Of Chernobyl is still the better game.

- Splinter Cell - Chaos Theory (JC) Picked it up from a bargain bin for 2.50€

Had a little subsim vibe some time ago:

- Silent Hunter III (JC) After all the time that this game was out already, I had a nice array of mod packs to choose from. Was a worthwhile tenner.

- Dangerous Waters (DC + M) Fascinating. Too bad I have noone in my circle of acquaintances who is interested in giving this cool multiplayer mode where you play cooperatively on one sub, each player manning a station, a try.

I got Imperium Romanum on a coverdisk. some Sim City in ancient rome. sounds very interesting.

Here you have my summer purchases: only 'recent' games... recent enough for my old comp can't run them... but "Hope keeps you alive" (as it's said in french

- HEROES OF MIGHT & MAGIC V: Since I already have the 4 previous games of the series (plus a few of extensions), I felt forced in buying it, too I hope this new version will be somewhat innovating, because I was begining to be bored with the series.

- CIV CITY - ROME: One of the first PC game I played was SIM CITY, then I alighted on a 'Romanum Simus Civitae' I mean CAESAR (by Sierra) and its sequels, such as PHARAOH, ZEUS...). Now, I discoverted that Sid Meier (the civilizations builder, the colony manager, the railroad networks designer) has entered the City Builders' range. This is dangerous for him: his work has to face the comparison, meanwhile his other games were 'pathfinders', opened new areas to video game designers (and I've to vow his golf-course management game's preview let me somewhat disappointed). Did anyone here play Civ City - Rome?

- COMMANDER - EUROPE AT WAR: A wide scale wargame by Slitherine (2008). I chose it because I prefer the strategy to the tactic scale, and because on the package's back it's told the player can edit the game's script (I like meddling with parametring files

Oh, I forgot to mention I refused to buy a game at a store because it was really outdated: as far as I remember, the hardware requirements were an IBM PC-386 33MHz !!! This mean the games (not just one item!) were on the shelves for more than 15 years and they never thought of lowering the price. I remember I saw them in 2001 and I thought their were already too expensive... and I wasn't the only one...

kylroy wrote:

well, it seems to me it is your utmost duty to enlighten the shopkeeper of his grave error. maybe you could ask him why, in his opinion, is it that these games are resting on the shelves for decades.

got Rainbow Six:Lockdown on the coverdisk of the german PCGames mag. seems to be a nice shooter.

Found an awesome 3 pack containing  Patrician 3, Port Royale 2 and Tortuga for about 8 dollars. Patrician or Port Royale by themselves are 10 bucks on GOG.

Definitely a great deal.

Timpsi wrote:

I don't usually bother buying old games anymore, but I couldn't pass The Neverhood (CIB) at the local flea market.

Paid 5 Swedish crowns for it, which is about 55 eurocents.

got Company Of Heroes on some coverdisk. not bad.

I just got, all complete, Splinter Cell 2, Battle Isle 1, 2 and 4 (Incubation)) and Soulbringer, a 1999 RPG that is really good - and forgotten!

Would love to find Ultima 5 and the cluebook to Darklands, but other than that, I am happy at the moment playing the Darklands game!

Finally got the long-awaited-to-add-to-my-collection Black Dahlia!  8 CD's of FMV goodness.  Runs great under XP with a few tiny tweaks.

Nice score on The Neverhood - that's hard to find! Just got a compilation called "Corruption,Power and Lies" with X-Com UFO Defence, Dune II: Battle for Arrakis, Beneath a Steel Sky and F14-Fleet Defender! All for £10 ($15)! hey don't make compilations like that anymore!