poll: games that were so good you purchased more than 1 copy

da_hal · June 14, 2003, 13:43

I was just wondering if anybody out there was like me: if i lose my copy of a particularly good game (or the copy protection,) i wouldn't hesitate to buy it again.

the poll lists the games i have bought more than one of. feel free to list others.

da_hal · June 14, 2003, 13:46

Oh yeah, i have 2 cd's of diablo1 too. i had to get it a second time because it came with the battlechest, even though i hate it.

da_hal · June 14, 2003, 13:51

just remembered: pools of radiance, 2X. once in a 3 pack, once when they put the whole D&D series in one package.

phantasie: 3X, once from theunderdogs.

questron: 2X

zork 1: 2X

SCG · June 14, 2003, 14:56

Civ II (v 1.07, 2.42, MGE)
Pool of Radiance series (got a couple individually, got the whole series too)
Warcraft II (although didn't realize the first one i got on sale at the time wasn't the whole game, more of a demo)

there may be a couple others, if you count buying something, and my brother buying something, and having them both in the same house, but not sure which ones atm

Jamski · June 14, 2003, 15:17

I have to admit buying Civ 1 FOUR times. Once when it was new, once when those floppys stopped working, once when I started college and needed some cheap entertainment and once again at college after some jerk spilt beer over the disks. Beat that.

-Jam

General Ludd · June 14, 2003, 15:27

I bought colonization twice. I lost the original, and had to replcace... unfortunetly I couldn't find a windows copy to replace it with.

so I had to live with crappy graphics and sound untill I found wonderful world of the internet.

Static Universe · June 14, 2003, 16:48

I bought HOMM2 twice. Once as a stand alone, and once in the HOMM1-3 collection.

I also bought Myst twice after cracking the first disk.

Imran Siddiqui · June 14, 2003, 18:30

Civ2... once original and second Test of Time (though I don't know if that counts

).

da_hal · June 14, 2003, 18:34

Quote:

Originally posted by Jamski
I have to admit buying Civ 1 FOUR times. Once when it was new, once when those floppys stopped working, once when I started college and needed some cheap entertainment and once again at college after some jerk spilt beer over the disks. Beat that.

-Jam

I had to buy a 2nd zork because i BURNT out the originals.

i also burnt out 2 motherboards and the power supply on my pc jr., so i think i spent roughly @300 bucks just on zork.

da_hal · June 14, 2003, 18:37

just remembered: King's quest 1, 2X. once was the original cga version, and the other was the ega version for pcjr only.

Skanky Burns · June 14, 2003, 20:20

No, no I have not.

But then I took paranoid-level care of the games I did have.

Urban Ranger · June 14, 2003, 22:34

Not me, either. When the games still came on floppy diskettes, I made backups.

St Leo · June 15, 2003, 00:58

I was sent two free copies of Civ2:ToT by Microprose.
I bought Warlords Battlecry II and then won a free copy in a wallpaper-making contest.

Inverse Icarus · June 15, 2003, 02:31

my dad trashed all my games when i went all psycho-depressed, thought it was that caused it. he later found out those games were helping me vent.

sigh. memories.

every game i own now made prior to 99 is a rebuy.

Dis · June 15, 2003, 03:27

if a game was that good, I would never lose a copy!! That is heresy.

I guard them like I guard my soul.

da_hal · June 15, 2003, 06:32

sometimes though you can't help it. i backed up a whole bunch of my games on a tape drive, it broke, and the disks went bad. i reinstalled some of them, but others i had to get again.

Nubclear · June 15, 2003, 06:55

I once purchased 10 carts of Tetris.

DrSpike · June 15, 2003, 08:23

I don't think I have ever been clumsy enough to break one of my games and have to replace it.

Jamski · June 15, 2003, 09:07

Quote:

Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Not me, either. When the games still came on floppy diskettes, I made backups.

I was too stupid... and back in those days remember many games were protected so you couldn't copy them...

-Jam

Skanky Burns · June 15, 2003, 09:22

Even back then there was software...

Jamski · June 15, 2003, 10:04

Even "X-Copy Pro" couldn't copy some games...

-Jam

da_hal · June 15, 2003, 12:56

software, yes...internet, no.

we had a few progs but the newer games had better protection, and the doc based protection kinda made it moot. i think i had a couple of paranoid games that had both.

my friend had a card that could break copy protection. he's so cheap i bet he still has it.

JohnT · June 15, 2003, 16:16

Hmmm....

Including "gaming packs" and the like:

NFS3: Hot Pursuit

Ultima 1-3

Civ 2

Sim City 2000

Jac de Molay · June 15, 2003, 16:49

Bought the various civ incarnations, though I'm still mystified as to why test of time was ever made

Urban Ranger · June 16, 2003, 00:55

Quote:

Originally posted by Jamski
I was too stupid... and back in those days remember many games were protected so you couldn't copy them...

-Jam

I fart (note the present tense) on game companies that put various sorts of inane copy protection schemes on games (this crap is still going on). These blockheaded schemes only bother legit users while not hindering pros at all.

I let the pros handle the situation

JCG · June 16, 2003, 17:40

Ultima VII, Civ 2, and Tetris (for the Gameboy, blah).

Grumbold · June 18, 2003, 13:02

I rebought lots of games on CD and in windows compatible versions. Others I've bought because the original has been lent out and not returned. Too many to mention but Civ1-2, MOO1-2 and Ultima 1-7 all feature.

Ben Kenobi · June 20, 2003, 05:52

Civ 2,
Warcraft 2
HOMM 2

Do you sense a pattern?

da_hal · June 20, 2003, 12:27

yep: we're all insane.

thinkingamer · June 20, 2003, 13:44

Quote:

Originally posted by Uber KruX
my dad trashed all my games when i went all psycho-depressed, thought it was that caused it. he later found out those games were helping me vent.

sigh. memories.

every game i own now made prior to 99 is a rebuy.

You are not alone my friend. The only difference is that my dad trashed my magic cards worth at least 300 us dollars.

Ok, i admit that i played the burn versions of HoMM 2&3 that my friend game it to me, but when i started to work, i purchased HoMM millenium edition, plantium edition, and of course, HoMM4 in first week that it was released.