A forgery scandal that’s roiling PC game collecting

Re:A forgery scandal that’s roiling PC game collecting by TacticalCoder on Wednesday June 08, 2022 @05:52PM (#31674808)

I'm more of the Marie Kondo style but couldn't get rid of the computers of my childhood: Atari 600 XL, Commodore 128, Amiga 500, Ti 99/4a (although that one I bought only a few years ago). My most prized possession is a very rare 5"1/4 floppy disk reader for the Amiga (which was supposed to have 3"1/2 floppies): not the official Commodore 5"1/4 floppy disk reader (also a rarity) but a bootleg one.

I've got two big boxes and when I move to another country, these come with me. We've already done three countries together. The Atari 600 XL and the Commodore 128 were still working during the first lockdown (I was stuck at home and took the time to test them).

Once in a rare while I boot the non-modded, time capsule, C128 of my teenage years and launch the game Commando just to hear the song on the SID chip.

I take it they still bring me some joy!

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Re:A forgery scandal that’s roiling PC game collecting by compsciphd on Thursday June 09, 2022 @11:50AM (#31682716)

TI made so many 4a's (and firesaled them) that they aren't really collectables. They are cheap cheap cheap on ebay. maybe one day they'll be worth something, but I have my doubts. there are probably many that are just sitting around unopened still in their original boxes because people bought them for what they thought was cheap as "might as well get one as a backup".

but yes, I'm found of it as it was my first computer and grew up on munch-man and parsec (amongst other things)

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