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[Novocaine]

http://m.ebay.com/itm/272734734257?_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649&_mwBanner=1

Currently at $317. He will also sign them if you want.

 

[Keinning]

Damn, dude must be needing some cash real bad. Ebay sellers are going to make him his bitch. Looks like he's going to suck it down.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

Note: He will sign these discs if you want him to.

 

[Mr YuYu]

That seems like a bargain no? I would not give that price at all but this seems an awesome piece of videogame history.

 

[RomeoDog]

LoL at people paying 1k for floppy disks in 2017. I know Romero is a legend but still.

 

[MontyBrown]

I wonder why? Dude can't be hard off for money...

 

[Wollan]

Question: What happened to his recent Kickstarter after pausing it? Scrapped outright?

 

[Spukc]

LoL at people paying 1k for floppy disks in 2017.

Lol at people buying paintings that are 200 years old for 20 million

 

[ThePeoplesBureau]

Aren't these just the commercially available disks? Is the main selling point that they 'belonged to Romero' and he might sign them?

 

[BLAUcopter]

LoL at people paying 1k for floppy disks in 2017. I know Romero is a legend but still.

Huh? The fact they're floppy disks is irrelevant. lol at you for not understanding why people would want this.

 

[kitsuneyo]

These are just retail discs? But he'll sign them and maybe send a letter along or something?

 

[OBias]

He's been selling his old stuff for a while now.

Question: What happened to his recent Kickstarter after pausing it? Scrapped outright?

He is making a gameplay demo so he can reboot his Kickstarter with more success, apparently.

 

[stilgar]

LoL at people paying 1k for floppy disks in 2017. I know Romero is a legend but still.

....what. Dude you get that they won't actually ply with this, right.

 

[Rellik]

LoL at people paying 1k for floppy disks in 2017. I know Romero is a legend but still.

Lol at people posting on internet forums in 2017.

 

[RomeoDog]

There is absolutely nothing special about Doom II floppy disks.. If you want romeros signature its better to have it on cover art or the game box.

Just Floppy disks are the most boring investment you could make.

 

[Lanrutcon]

There is absolutely nothing special about Doom II floppy disks.

You mean apart from the fact that those ones are from John Romero?

Don't look now, but you're on a video gaming forum.

 

[Ban Puncher]

Not v1.666?

 

[ViviOggi]

There is absolutely nothing special about Doom II floppy disks.. If you want romeros signature its better to have it on cover art or the game box.

Just Floppy disks are the most boring investment you could make.

Just take the L mate

 

[RS4-]

Don't copy that floppy

 

[Flipyap]

Lol at people buying paintings that are 200 years old for 20 million

Oh yeah, because a unique work of art is comparable to a generic retail set of disks that happened to land in the hands of one of the authors. These aren't some historic beta disks.

 

[Drencrom]

The original packaging isn't included? smh

If you buy my Doom II floppies I won't just throw in the box but I'll also scribble dicks on it if you want to.

 

[RomeoDog]

Just take the L mate

I feel bad for whoever tries to justify this as if its actually buying art or a collectible rarity. This isn't buying a painting or anything like that. Its more like buying the picture frame the painting was once in, from the original painter who happened to find it.
It's just the encasing of something once great.

There's a reason nobody collects floppy disks.

 

[Tunesmith]

Damn, dude must be needing some cash real bad. Ebay sellers are going to make him his bitch. Looks like he's going to suck it down.

I wonder why? Dude can't be hard off for money...

He regularly puts up vintage stuff from his collection on ebay. He has a gigantic library of memorabilia from his career and the industry as a whole.

 

[NeOak]

I feel bad for whoever tries to justify this as if its actually buying art or a collectible rarity. This isn't buying a painting or anything like that. Its more like buying the picture frame the painting was once in, from the original painter who happened to find it.
It's just the encasing of something once great.

There's a reason nobody collects floppy disks.

Why are you doubling down on this?

There are people that collect the old AOL CDs too. So?

 

[Whompa02]

Lol at people buying paintings that are 200 years old for 20 million

terrible comparison.

Don't copy that floppy

Lol oh man now I have to rewatch that

 

[sixteen-bit]

I wonder how high it goes. There are some Doom super fans out there.

 

[Seventy70]

Damn, dude must be needing some cash real bad. Ebay sellers are going to make him his bitch. Looks like he's going to suck it down.

I doubt he's doing it for cash. He's real big about preservation and probably wants someone who will take care of them to have it.

 

[FrontalMonk]

Not v1.666?

1.666 was Doom 1, this is Doom 2.

 

[FaintDeftone]

I feel bad for whoever tries to justify this as if its actually buying art or a collectible rarity. This isn't buying a painting or anything like that. Its more like buying the picture frame the painting was once in, from the original painter who happened to find it.
It's just the encasing of something once great.

There's a reason nobody collects floppy disks.

I know plenty of people who collect classic PC games on original floppy disks. Hell, I know a guy who collects games on those large ass floppy discs that are actually floppy.

Knowing these were originals that were owned by the original creator is kind of a big collector's item, dude.

 

[Marcel]

Why are you doubling down on this?

There are people that collect the old AOL CDs too. So?

I read this article on Vice too and the dude did not seem mentally healthy at all.

 

[_Aaron_]

Damn, dude must be needing some cash real bad. Ebay sellers are going to make him his bitch. Looks like he's going to suck it down.

Ay he works in a gas station these days.

 

[Keinning]

He's real big about preservation and probably wants someone who will take care of them to have it.

I don't think an ebay auction is the best way to do that

 

[AlanOC91]

I read this article on Vice too and the dude did not seem mentally healthy at all.

It's sad that someone who is into something a bit quirky has to have his mental health questioned.

 

[HStallion]

I feel bad for whoever tries to justify this as if its actually buying art or a collectible rarity. This isn't buying a painting or anything like that. Its more like buying the picture frame the painting was once in, from the original painter who happened to find it.
It's just the encasing of something once great.

There's a reason nobody collects floppy disks.

I've seen people who collect old washing machines. People will collect anything and pay good money for the stuff they collect. You're foolish to think otherwise.

 

[direct_quote]

Ay he works in a gas station these days.

Really? I feel sorry for him...

 

[ScientificPizza]

Ay he works in a gas station these days.

I can never tell if people are joking when they post this picture

 

[Yoshichan]

I can never tell if people are joking when they post this picture

Story?

 

[Marcel]

It's sad that someone who is into something a bit quirky has to have his mental health questioned.

The article itself makes a note of softly comparing AOL CDs to worthless trash as well as making the argument for them being internet history so it's up to the reader to make their own judgment on the headspace of these people.

 

[ScientificPizza]

Story?

I don't know the story behind the picture but John Romero is not working in a gas station

 

[Hybris]

There is absolutely nothing special about Doom II floppy disks.. If you want romeros signature its better to have it on cover art or the game box.

Just Floppy disks are the most boring investment you could make.

The problem is you are looking at this as an investment. No one is buying this with the purpose of making more money on it later.

 

[Tunesmith]

Story?

I don't know the story behind the picture but John Romero is not working in a gas station

It's a joke post from reddit a few years ago.

Romero is knee deep in development of a few new games, incl. Blackroom which was temporarily on Kickstarter last year.

He also routinely sells memorabilia on ebay, he's sold mint Hexen copies to name an example before like with these Doom floppies.

 

[Rncewind]

Do people seriously argue about collector value, something that is no rational what so ever, doesnt matter what the piece of desire is, to begin with? For real?



Some people are high as fuck again lol

 

[Northeastmonk]

No one played Gunman Taco Truck or the HD version of Danerous Dave on iOS? He's also a professor at a school with his wife iirc. That's at least what I've gathered. He sells his stuff periodically on eBay.

I bought a Dangerous Dave tshirt from his website. He also sells his Atari 2600 carts.

He sold a copy of Daikatana once too. This is fun in my opinion.

 

[Mung]

LoL at people paying 1k for floppy disks in 2017. I know Romero is a legend but still.

The fact that they are floppy disks in 2017 has nothing to do with it.

 

[Rockk]

Story?

Those are antiques/collectibles that he owns. The guy is still very much rich.

 

[jimmypop]

Romero doesn't need cash. Sheesh.

 

[kqedequalsvolvo]

I feel bad for whoever tries to justify this as if its actually buying art or a collectible rarity. This isn't buying a painting or anything like that. Its more like buying the picture frame the painting was once in, from the original painter who happened to find it.
It's just the encasing of something once great.

There's a reason nobody collects floppy disks.

But people do genuinely collect stuff like that. People do pay more for a retail LP owned by a band member, for example, despite it being physically no different to the same pressing. Value gets added to a piece of otherwise unremarkable furniture if it happened to be used by someone cool.

Not disagreeing with your point, I agree it's not the same as buying an original piece. But does something have more of a cachet because of who owned it? For a lot of people, yeah. If I was a Doom collector, I'd probably think some discs previously owned by Romero and signed by him was an interesting novelty.

 

[test_account]

Just Floppy disks are the most boring investment i could make.

Fixed

terrible comparison.

I wouldnt say that. Romero worked on this game and this is his original copy. Many artists worked with copper plates/prints, it doesnt mean that those prints are worthless.

It's sad that someone who is into something a bit quirky has to have his mental health questioned.

I agree.

 

[Catdaddy]

They made him buy a retail version of the game? Why would anyone buy those with no signature, then you’re just paying for a 23 year old game on media that’s not readily available.

 

[milkybar1983]

maybe he just wants to sell some cool stuff to collectors instead of it gathering dust?

why do people always assume the worst?