Original Doom 2 3.5-inch Floppies on Sale From John Romero
They are on eBay for $900 now, and bidding ends tomorrow morning.
In a variation of "What Would You Do For a Klondike Bar," the question here is "What would you pay for original 3.5-inch floppies of Doom 2?" If your answer is $900, then you are in the ball park of an auction currently on eBay. Why so high? They are being sold by id co-founder John Romero, one of the masterminds behind the game and the franchise.
The auction is indeed legit, as Romero has even promoted it on his official Twitter account. He may not have been expecting much interest, as he started bidding at $10. But 60 bids later, it has hit the $900 mark, with the auction scheduled to end at 6:13 a.m. PT / 9:13 a.m. ET tomorrow.
Romero lists the disks in "very good" condition. “These disks look great - no defects other than they are 23 years old so the glue from the label is slowly coming through (as they all do over time)." the listing reads. There is no box, just the five disks, and they are the original v1.7 version of the game.
Now, 3.5-inch floppy drives have gone the way of the dodo, but you can own a piece of history even if you don't intend to boot it up. And Romero will even sign them if you like, so make a bid sometime before tomorrow morning.
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This question comes up every time Romero sells something on eBay (if search actually worked for once I would just copy and paste my replies). The guy has been around the internet for a while, they were the first to distribute their games over it as shareware. For example he sold his car over the ebay years ago.
The guy also has a gigantic gaming collection and a passion for preservation of the old games. He probably isn't going to hang out at a flea market to offload his spare stuff and this is a nice thing to do for other collectors. He supplied the mod community with quake map sources, missing doom animations etc and was alway very approachable for mod developers and gaming fans alike. Part of his collection was loaned/given a while back to a museum iirc
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http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=33678763#item_33678763 this is the last time it came up.
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Search came up almost instantly for me this time. Do you guys even try it? Are you not using Lamp/winchatty search?
The only one I found quickly that directly references what you are talking about. Tons of 'ebay' and 'romero' replies, but nothing where you say both in a post.
http://www.shacknews.com/chatty?id=33678763
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I still have these, a friend made this for my birthday a few years ago. One of the best gifts I've ever received.
http://chattypics.com/files/shackbrowseUpload_jgkm2fuex2.jpg
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There were a lot of retail copies of Doom 2 sold it's not really unique but it is hard to find now a days. I have searched eBay a lot for original Doom 1 floppies that weren't sold in stores but mailed in a glad lock zipper bag like a drug deal or something. Even those typically go for less than this, minus the Romero signature.
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