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Old 02-15-02, 09:18 PM
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100s of old PC CD Roms

I am 'spring cleaning' and am about to throw away a box of old CDs, mainly demo discs from magazines like PC Gamer and CGW.

I hate to throw things away. Does anyone want them or know of anyone who might? These go back to the mid 90s.
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Maybe you could make a list of complete games? (Not demos)
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Going thru this box (#1 of 2 or 3), I'm finding that is really is all junk.

Almost entirely demo discs and magazine discs. I've found a few videos and wav files to save off some of them, and I think I'll end up saving every PC Gamer disc just to have a historical archive of demos and patches (did I mention I'm a packrat?).

But I'm just going to toss most of them. I make myself sad thinking that I've saved these all these years and have even moved them a couple times........
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Re: 100s of old PC CD Roms

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I am 'spring cleaning' and am about to throw away a box of old CDs, mainly demo discs from magazines like PC Gamer and CGW.

I hate to throw things away. Does anyone want them or know of anyone who might? These go back to the mid 90s.
Try standing them up in a microwave and zapping them for a lazer techno light show.
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I've been keeping all of my PCGamer demo discs too. The first issue I bought came with the 3.5 diskette of Blackthorne. I also have some older games like NBA Live 2000, NHL 99, CyberJudas. Might dig up a full list sometime.
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Throw 'em on ebay. I bet you'll get a couple bucks, at least.
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Hell, if you are planning on selling all those old demo discs, Ill buy them!

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Originally posted by maneesh
Hell, if you are planning on selling all those old demo discs, Ill buy them!

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Sorry, I know that I didn't give you guys much time, but I've already thrown most of them away. If you're local to me (northern VA) I could still dig them out of the trash and find a few more that I haven't sorted thru yet. Trust me, they're not worth you paying me to ship them to you.

Although if I had a smaller income, I probably have a million entertainment hours on these 'free' discs.
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Made a list of the PCGmamer Demo discs if anyone wants to trade for them, * means there's no cardboard cover and playability is unknown. I listed the featured demo on cover where applicable:
Disc 1 Dec 1994*
Disc 3 Feb 95*
Disc 4*
Disc 7*
Disc 10*
Disc 11*
Disc 12*
May 95
Feb 96*
May 96*
Jul 96 The Pandora Directive
Aug 96 MegaRace 2
Oct 96 FireFight
Dec 96 Star Control 3
Jan 97 The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall
Feb 97 Tomb Raider
Mar 97 Heroes of Might and magic II
Jun 97 Theme Hospital
Jul 97 Monkey Island
Sep 97 Terracide
Oct 97 Quake-o-rama
Nov 97 Hexen 2
Dec 97 Resident Evil
Dec 97 #2 Top ten demos of 97
Jan 98 Tomb Raider 2
Feb 98 Ultimate Driving Spectacular
Mar 98 Wing Commander Prophecy
Apr 98 BattleZone
May 98 Jedi Knight: Mysteries of the Sith *
Jun 98 Final Fantasy 7
Jul 98 Descent FreeSpace
Aug 98 Jane's F-15
Sep 98 Grim Fandango
Nov 98 Rainbow Six *
Dec 98 Shogo: Mobile Armor Division
Jun 00 Ground Control
Jul 00 Classic Games Collection 12 complete games
Aug 00 Motocross Madness 2
Sep 00 ST Deep Space 9: The Fallen
Oct 00 ST Voyager: Elite Force
Nov 00 Heavy Metal: F.A.K.K.2
Dec 00 NHL 2001
Jan 01 Escape from Monkey Island
Apr 01 No One Lives Forever
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Originally posted by Breakfast with Girls
Maybe you could make a list of complete games? (Not demos)
here's a list
3D Ultra Pinball Creep Night
SimFarm
Myst
Alpha Centari
Total Annihilation
You Don't Know Jack Sports/Movies Vol 2
NHL 99
Trivial Pursuit Milennium Edition
Trip Planner 98
Norton Utilities 2000
Caesar II
Front Page Sports Football Pro 95
Politika
Phantasmagoria (promo copy, unsure if full edition)
Corridor 7 Alien Invasion
NBA Live 95
NBA Live 96
NBA Live 2000
hellCab
Syndicate Plus
Who Shot Johnny Rock?
Theme Park w/ manual
Milennium Auction
World Cup Rugby 95
ChessMaster 6000
Rainbow 6
Rainbow 6: Eagle Watch Mission Pack

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