Re: DSK images of Police Quest and Manhunter New York?

[heuser.marcus@freenet.de]

On Aug 19, 8:12 am, "Rob" <g8crapach...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> I'm looking for .DSK images if Sierra's old Police Quest 1
> and Manhunter New York games.  (The 128k Apple IIe/IIc versions,
> not the IIgs versions)  Does anyone have these or know where
> they are located?

Asimov should have the PQ1 images but I'm pretty sure they don't have
the Manhunter images.

> I know some guy on e-bay is selling MIB copies of these games
> but I refuse to pay the absurd prices he's asking. ($79 and $129)

Generally, these prices are collector prices.

The non-GS Apple II version of Manhunter New York is pretty rare.
Most retro game libraries on the net don't even know that this
version exists (only 16 bit versions).
If the box were in mint (or near mint) condition the price he is
asking wouldn't be overpriced but this box looks quite used.

The PQ1 box looks even worse and $129 is of course for Police Quest
being the better known Sierra franchise. The probability of someone
buying this is much higher than with Manhunter.

Also I don't like using DOS screenies instead of the system the
game for auction runs on. You either collect and the screenies
don't matter or you want to actually play the game and you may
get a false impression. IMHO it's better to not use them at all,
then.

bye
Marcus