Thrift Store Junkie

[Dis]

anyone know if any of those star trek games are any good? I've always wanted to play one, but I'm afraid they all suck. Surely there must be one or two decent ones aren't there?

for me to like it, it would have to be similar to the RPG, or TBS style formats. Do any of them fit this bill?

[lord of the mark]

Where In The World Is Carmen San Diego


Oh yeah, we have that one too. I dont usually think of it as a game, but as educational software, but i suppose it IS a game after all.

[hexagonian]

Originally posted by Father Beast
Umm..., I don't, Really. It's become like some sort of obsession. the vast majority of these I have never installed. I truly don't know if I will. But I hold on to them nonetheless.

My friend, you are one sick individual...
Feel free to send me some of them so they will get used
...and any loose pocket money you might have!

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Father Beast


Umm..., I don't, Really. It's become like some sort of obsession. the vast majority of these I have never installed. I truly don't know if I will. But I hold on to them nonetheless.

Madness!

[Father Beast]

Originally posted by Father Beast


I have to go to work, I'll post the rest later.....

OK, that was one long day at work..., here's the rest of the manuals:

Quest For Glory II (and adventurers Correspondence School)
Rainbow Six
Red Baron
*Sam And Max Hit The Road
+Sim Ant
+Sim Earth
+Sim City
+Sim City 2000
Sim City 3000 Unlimited ( 2 copies)
Sim Life (and Lab Book)
Space Quest II (Space Piston Magazine)
+Space Quest IV (Space Piston Magazine)
+Spear Of Destiny
Star Control II
Starcraft (3 copies)
Starfleet II (Krellan Command And Battle Manual) (Officers Manual)
*Star Trek: Starfleet Academy
+Star Trek: Starfleet Command
Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Final Unity
Tie Fighter: The Stele Chronicles
+Ultima III: Exodus (The Book Of Play) ( The Book Of Amber Runes)
+Ultima IV (History Of Brittania) (Book Of Mystic Wisdom)
+Ultima V (The Book Of Lore) (Compendium)
+Ultima VII (Fellowship)
+Ultima VIII (Chronicles Of Pagan)
Ultima Underworld (Players Guide) (Memoirs Of Cabirus)
Under A Killing Moon
*Warcraft
+Warcraft II
Where In The USA Is Carmen San Diego
*Where In The USA Is Carmen San Diego Deluxe
*Wing Commander IV (Claw Marks #4)
+XCom: Ufo Defense
XCom: Terror From The Deep

[Father Beast]

Thrift Stores Have also netted me the following Strategy Guides

Ascendancy
Civilization (The Official Guide to...)
Civilization III
Curse Of The Azure Bonds (Adventurers Guide)
Dark Forces
Doom II
Dragon Lore
EF 2000
King's Quest Companion (KQ 1-6)
Heroes Of Might And magic III
Might And Magic (adventurers Guide)
Might And Magic III
Mechwarrior II
Myst
Nox
Rainbow Six Gold
Sims
Sim City
Sim City 3000
Star Control 3
Starcraft
Starcraft: Broodwar
Ultima VI (The Book Of Prophecy)
Ultima VII (Key To The Black Gate)
Ultima VIII (Pentalogy)
Ultima Underworld (Mysteries Of The Abyss)
Warcraft II: Beyond The Dark Portal
Wing Commander III
Wing Commander IV (Book Excerpt)
X Wing

[Main_Brain]

Excuse my Ignorance, what is a Thrift store?

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Main_Brain
Excuse my Ignorance, what is a Thrift store?

here in the USA a store, usually run by a charity, where you can give away your old stuff. This either warms your heart, or gives you a tax deduction for charitable giving, or both. The store then sells the stuff either to poor people, thus helping the poor, or to bargain hunters like Father B. The proceeds go to help either the poor or, occasionally, some other charity. The store is normally run by volunteers.

They can be decent places to buy old clothes - i have bought haloween costumes there. They sell old lamps and stuff as well - i wouldnt trust that stuff. They also sometimes have old books or old CD's - music, and occasionally a game or other software. I have NEVER found a decent game, and quickly judged it wasnt worth looking there. Evidently some have had better luck, and have looked alot harder.

[DarkCloud]

Snotty

Is sim earth any good? I remember seeing it run many years ago, and found it as part of a compilation in a shop for a tenner recently (compiled with sim farm and sim ant or something like that)

Sim Earth's good for about a few weeks of entertainment. It's good but it's old.

[Dis]

where does he live? Australia? I thought that's where he lived.

Where I live we have thrift stores that are run by catholic charities. But we also have thrift stores that are commercially run. And we also have 99 cent stores. They usually just sell junky items, not used items.

I would like to find a place that will by my old used games. Anybody know of any place? I know Electronics boutique sells used games, how much do they buy them for? I would like to get some money out of these games I wasted money on and hardly played (Black and White for example).

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Dissident
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I would like to find a place that will by my old used games. Anybody know of any place? I know Electronics boutique sells used games, how much do they buy them for? I would like to get some money out of these games I wasted money on and hardly played (Black and White for example).

Ive never sold to EB, but ive bought. I think it depends on the local manager, what his shelf space situation is, etc. If he doesnt have much space to spare, i dont suppose he'll pay much for used games. If he has the room, and knows theres a market locally for the used games, he might pay more. This local EB manager had apparently bought a couple of big collections. THats where I found PST, MS FS98, and a couple of my other recent acquisitions. Im not sure how good an idea it was for the store though, it seemed like most of that used inventory just sat there. I hope I helped though. Ive since moved, and have been busy with PST anyway, so I havent been back.


Of course you could also try online at Ebay. Ive never done that, i wonder if anyone else here as experience with it.

[Barinthus]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


the concept is interesting - its model of earth, sort of a lite version of the climate models used for global warming discussions, etc. Except it goes beyond climate and geology, it models evolution of life forms, etc. So you can do stuff like test out global warming theories, or you can start with earth 3 billion years ago and see if certain changes still permit intelligent life to develop, and maybe from an entirely different family of life rather than primates.


BUT - its a DOS game, with a fairly non-intuitive interface (from what I remember) and the manual is almost entirely devoted to explaining how the earth really works, rather than to discussing how the game interface works. I found it intensely frustrating - the kind of game i always think im going to go back to, and never really want to go back to.

I remember one time frogs were the one who evolved into an intelligent lifeform. I do agree with LOTM's description of the game and its manual. It's an interesting way to kill some time although.

[Hueij]

Beneath A Steel Sky

You paid too much for that one

[Main_Brain]

Thnx Lord of Mark :=)

[pg]

Sim Earth isn't very good IMO. If you really want to try it get a SNES emulator and the Sim Earth rom.