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John Romero is selling his original Doom II disks
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BibiMaghoo
Member
Are you aware that a pair of socks that belongs to me, is worth considerably less than a pair of socks that belongs to Tom Cruise?
It is not the item itself of note here, rather who the item belongs to and their relation to it, which in this case is significant. Also says they can be signed if buyer wants.
It buffles me that some people are so discconected with the real world to not know this.
Better this people dont find out what some people pay for children card games cards lol
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
Can you purchase a new/used A: drive from anywhere?
molnizzle
Member
They make USB floppy drives, yeah. I bought one a few years back to dig up some of my old school files.
BriareosGAF
Member
Can get a USB 3.5" drive from all the usual places, Amazon, Newegg, etc.
Could I pay him to write that he's sorry for Daikatana?
http://m.ebay.com/itm/272734734257?_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649&_mwBanner=1
Currently at $317. He will also sign them if you want.
Anyway obviously these are not worth much unsigned so whoever buys this needs to get his sig on there but aside from that who's to judge what they find collectable?
Man, you're on every thread, usually saying stuff that isn't very positive regarding what people are discussing, why?
Chill Penguin
Member
I see what you did there.
Sarcastic Poster
Member
Romero is doing fine. He has a company in Galway now.
Triggerhappytel
Member
Do you not understand the value of a collector's item?!
BossLackey
Gold Member
How can he be hurting for money this badly? I thought he was doing pretty well for himself.
Gravy Boat
Member
Selling something on Ebay isn't automatically a sign that you're poor or need money.
DirtyLarry
Member
I have several somewhere if you really are looking. Just message me if so.
friskykillface
Banned
DOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM
That's pretty cool, if I had money to throw away I'd buy this. Loved doom growing up.
That's pretty cool, if I had money to throw away I'd buy this. Loved doom growing up.
Would you really? What would you do with the floppy disks once you got them ?
If I had the spare cash I'd frame them and put them on the wall.
He is doing pretty well. He sells his stuff since the end of 90s 'cause he got a shitload of gaming and IDsoft and Ion Storm stuff around. And his Romero Games' Studio in Galway is doing okay. He got some funding, Gunman Tacco sold around 7000 copies and right now he's working on two bigger titles. One of them is an dark third-person-title with a Cherokee fighting supernatural forces of evil or something.
Gravy Boat
Member
What do you do with any collectable?
Jinfash
needs 2 extra inches
He should sell locks of his hair. I would pay $300 for a Romero weave.Ay he works in a gas station these days.
BibiMaghoo
Member
Those wondering why he is selling these should look at his ebay history. He sells brick a brack stuff from the early days, but also copies of his book for hundreds of dollars. I cannot even see that they are signed, just valued as such because they are from him. I very much doubt it has anything to do with needing the cash.
Woo-Fu
Banned
Bad comparison. The painting is unique. The floppies might be, if he signs them, and hasn't signed other sets.
A better comparison would be a limited edition print.
Electret
Member
OnionPowder
Member
Might just be sick of his house being full of old shit and would rather somebody who would appreciate it more have it.
nogoodnamesleft
Banned
Yeah for real, the guy probably got most of his stuff free or close to it, and the collectors market isn't really going to get bigger. It's a pretty good deal for him, and its not like he won't be able to play the game again
ForkNetwork
Banned
Ay he works in a gas station these days.
Fuck
The man who created Doom
Now at your nearest 7/11
obviously /s
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
John Romero's about to make you a hotdog.
Jangowuzhere
Banned
You're really trying to make this type of arguement on a video game forum?
Come on dude, don't you get the historical value that item has?
Okay that was good.
Man wouldn't these go for way more if he autographed them?
So pieces of gaming history are not important?
Come on bruh there hasn't been texacos for like 15 years man
Vintage Texaco stuff has a weird following in the southwest for some reason. I once worked with a dude who got a huge Texaco tat on his forearm just for the nostalgia factor.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
If I met John in person I'd buy him a beer and listen to what he had to say. But I mean, he also had an ego the size of the titanic and his unique cocktail of bad management and hubris simultaneously wrecked the company of his (and other's) dreams and produced one of the worst big budget videogames of all time. I'm definitely going to make jokes about this online.
Zambayoshi
Member
Maybe I'm missing something, but couldn't he have many copies of the game and just be selling one set of disks? What's special about these disks (apart from the fact he will sign them if you want)?
I mean, couldn't he have just bought a copy of Doom 2 on ebay and be re-selling the disks for a 10000% markup?
I mean, couldn't he have just bought a copy of Doom 2 on ebay and be re-selling the disks for a 10000% markup?
People buy expensive "historical" items as status symbols, they don't actually care whether they're legitimate. What would the difference be anyway, objectively. The fact that the two sets of disks had sat in different drawers for the past two decades?
okay, i mean, i get that it was a funny ad and it will probably never stop being funny
but not only was it not romero's idea (the blame for that is on mike wilson), but he actually disapproved of running it in the first place
just saying
SinCityAssassin
Member
Damn son, it's at 2,550 now.