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Re: Are there any valuable Amiga games?
« on: August 26, 2011, 06:37:43 PM »
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Shadow Of The Beast from Psygnosis ( DMA, Now Rockstar North), original 'big box' mint.

I would imagine any of the games that came WITH T-Shirts! :-)
Man, I really wish I hadn't worn out my t-shirt..

Naw, I loved wearing that thing.. ;-)

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Re: Are there any valuable Amiga games?
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2011, 05:57:04 PM »
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Ultima isn't expensive... I just sold V and VI for just over £40 for the pair, new in box.

I think the Ultimas value are really the Apple II versions.  I've seen some of the C64 versions fetch a decent amount also...  

It's tricky, because the Amiga doesn't seem (to me) to be in that "collectible" age/range yet..  It's not one of the first like the Apple's (No, don't go into the Altair or the SOL's here.. ;-) .

The things that are really expensive for the Amiga are the things that are rare and yet people still want to use (68060 cards, video cards, etc)..

When I see sealed copies of Mindwalker actually selling for hundreds, then we'll have reached collectible status..  
IMHO

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(p.s.  Have you tried to buy a sealed (well, in it's plastic baggie) copy of Akalabeth for the Apple II???  ;-)
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Re: Are there any valuable Amiga games?
« Reply #2 on: August 29, 2011, 04:07:12 AM »
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Ultima: Escape from Mt. Drash for the VIC 20 is probably the most valuable one. I've still got my original cassette, but sadly the box and manual are long gone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima:_Escape_from_Mt._Drash

Not sure about that...
(All the below are for Apple versions)
A copy of the floppy version of Akalabeth recently sold for over $4000.
http://cgi.ebay.com/AKALABETH-1980-Floppy-Disk-Package-Ultima-0-RARE-PC-RPG-/220818172778?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3369c9eb6a

And that's the least valuable version.
The most valuable is the first run, which was distributed in baggies.

Quote from: TheCollectibleUltimaWebsite
This is what Richard Garriott was selling at his local Computerland store in the summer of 1979. He bought some zip-lock baggies and made a couple dozen copies of some hand-done documentation, and started selling them there in the store. His manager sent one copy to California Pacific, and that, as they say, was that. Garriott says he only sold a dozen or so of these that summer. It goes without saying that if you have one of these, you can name your price.

Although I agree, that Vic-20 version is crazy..  ;-)  I'm a fan and collect some (I have a big box Ultima II with map, Ultima III with map and Ultima IV and Ultima V (each of which in varying degrees of missing things, no maps)), but I won't go hundreds, much less thousands..  
I'm crazy, but not like that...

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Amiga 1200 w/ ACA1230/28 - 4G CF, MAS Player, ext floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 500 w/ 2M CHIP and 8M FAST RAM, DCTV, AEHD floppy, and 1084S.
Amiga 1000 w/ 4M FAST RAM, DUAL CF hard drives, external floppy.