JBandit19 | 3 Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 Wondering if anyone might have some information on this collection. I found a sealed copy in my stuff but can't find a whole lot about it anywhere online. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wongojack | 304 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 I once bought a Microprose PC collection that included Pirates! Railroad Tycoon and Covert Action. The box is long gone as well as all the disks, but I still have the Pirates! manual from that collection. I saved it for years, so I could play Pirates! and get past the manual-based copy protection. Anyway, I have no real info about this collection, but I bought mine in 1993 or 1994. It is likely that Microprose released others around the same time or soon after. I really liked Microprose as a publisher bitd. They released some great PC games. Pirates (on the C64) is probably my favorite game of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riszue | 18 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 (edited) Judging by this https://archive.org/details/TheBestOfMicroProse1993 "Multimedia Products Corp." The company may have gone bust after this compilation in 1993?? or i should say, they didn't release a 1994 compilation Edited May 19 by Riszue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riszue | 18 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 https://www.ebay.com/itm/154926659570?itmmeta=01HY7EFJZV34E9PSGX14RCT9QV&hash=item24125937f2:g:~g4AAOSw3J1h9zLO&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwOfc9oQsPKmDFMcYzKkcPB4d%2BFbMlIGMhaYaV5Pe10jkrt%2BhuGUz4Ojhn1M79eg8iNnb%2Fwa4aTysaCIqfMHP28op%2BXsV2TCXZ68YVz5d6VNL4Ci0pgjT3uIa4Ng2fgZBbdqcGTHThMIFcVG9Oxq1NGZz3HcBQzadv2BrLXrfOC7ZBCJCEPSJdxk%2FU8JvOzz8oiHWrN3qPgD8uXmG1uzmGOLjxU92dkb8F51orcRE8LtXejjafWxfINYwX3MTWbGFIw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_ivvu7xYw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBandit19 | 3 Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 8 hours ago, Riszue said: https://www.ebay.com/itm/154926659570?itmmeta=01HY7EFJZV34E9PSGX14RCT9QV&hash=item24125937f2:g:~g4AAOSw3J1h9zLO&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwOfc9oQsPKmDFMcYzKkcPB4d%2BFbMlIGMhaYaV5Pe10jkrt%2BhuGUz4Ojhn1M79eg8iNnb%2Fwa4aTysaCIqfMHP28op%2BXsV2TCXZ68YVz5d6VNL4Ci0pgjT3uIa4Ng2fgZBbdqcGTHThMIFcVG9Oxq1NGZz3HcBQzadv2BrLXrfOC7ZBCJCEPSJdxk%2FU8JvOzz8oiHWrN3qPgD8uXmG1uzmGOLjxU92dkb8F51orcRE8LtXejjafWxfINYwX3MTWbGFIw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_ivvu7xYw I appreciate the information. I did half a dozen different searches and couldn't even find a listing anywhere else. I'll chalk it up as a win that mine is in a little bit better condition if I decide to move it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBandit19 | 3 Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 8 hours ago, Riszue said: Judging by this https://archive.org/details/TheBestOfMicroProse1993 "Multimedia Products Corp." The company may have gone bust after this compilation in 1993?? or i should say, they didn't release a 1994 compilation That's all I found initially. I've got to do a better job of notating my collection, especially things that have been in my possession for 15+ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBandit19 | 3 Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 9 hours ago, wongojack said: I once bought a Microprose PC collection that included Pirates! Railroad Tycoon and Covert Action. The box is long gone as well as all the disks, but I still have the Pirates! manual from that collection. I saved it for years, so I could play Pirates! and get past the manual-based copy protection. Anyway, I have no real info about this collection, but I bought mine in 1993 or 1994. It is likely that Microprose released others around the same time or soon after. I really liked Microprose as a publisher bitd. They released some great PC games. Pirates (on the C64) is probably my favorite game of all time. I'm currently thinning out my collection and actually sold a copy of the game 2-3 weeks ago. It's always bittersweet but I'd rather someone gets some use/enjoyment out of things instead of them just collecting dust at my house. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riszue | 18 Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 25 minutes ago, JBandit19 said: I appreciate the information. I did half a dozen different searches and couldn't even find a listing anywhere else. I'll chalk it up as a win that mine is in a little bit better condition if I decide to move it. There's another sealed copy for sale in a fb group sealed games market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBandit19 | 3 Posted May 19 Author Share Posted May 19 2 hours ago, Riszue said: There's another sealed copy for sale in a fb group sealed games market. Ha ha! It's mine. I threw it up there with a pie in the sky number. Everyone wants a deal, so I figured that would allow me a little bit of wiggle room if anyone wanted to take a blind swing at it. We're in the process of moving house and downsizing so everything is up for grabs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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