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Latest addition to my modest Sierra collection:
Sealed SLATER & CHARLIE GO CAMPING (1993) box.
It´s the version that came with the awesome Sierra compass (was looking for that one for quite a while)
I don´t care about the damage on the back because it´s a) the cool Slater & Charlie dinosaurs b) sealed c) has the compass

"Slater the Petrosaur, protagonist of Sierra's Oil's Well remake, has got himself a buddy in the form of Charlie, another dinosaur of indeterminate species. Together, they visit various locations and undertake various tasks toward the end of enjoying a camping trip in the great outdoors together."
(source mobygames: http://www.mobygames.com/game/slater-charlie-go-camping)

And I finally managed to get a boxed copy of the SQ1 misprint (the one on the left):



It´s the Apple version.
My main focus is PC and luckily I found a misprinted PC release too
So I´ll sell the Apple version in a few weeks when I got the other one.

It´s still not known how many misprinted boxes were sold back then.
Facts: It´s onyl the first blue box release of SQ1 (the one with the screenshot on the front cover) and it´s all systems (Apple, Atari, PC..)

Thats nice K0sh! Its always a good feeling to get something that one has been waiting patiently for a long time, i.e. Slater&Charlie.

However, beginning to buy "misprinted" titles? Are those sought after items?
When will your collecting end?
"Oh look, heres a box with a scratch & dent about 5cmx10xm in the upper left corner. I don't think I have this version. I'll buy it immediately"

Got these today.
I really should make an Excel file over what I have, because now I have 2 of Larry for sail, so didn't need it.

Maybe K0sh wants to buy it from me? Its super-rare, because I think it has a micrometer misprint on it somewhere

Hedegaard wrote:Got these today.
I really should make an Excel file over what I have, because now I have 2 of Larry for sail, so didn't need it.

Had exactly the same "problem".
I solved this for myself with this app:

http://www.maddysoft.com/iphone/mystuff/

So I have all the time my collection at hand and can check immediately, if it is something I already got. Before placing insanely high Ebay bids
Disclaimer: I am not at all tied to them, just using this product, and it works fine for me.

Kind regards,
C.

Thanks Constantin for the tip
Looks like a nice neat app, and a bonus is if your house burns or everything is stolen, you still have access to the list.

What does the version file say on the KQ7?

S42202ZZ01ZZZ

Is that what you were looking for?

No, the contents of the file named "VERSION".

Maybe K0sh wants to buy it from me? Its super-rare, because I think it has a micrometer misprint on it somewhere

Nice try, dude.

Well... personally I do think misprints are a very interesting thing.
But that opinion hasn´t to be shared by everyone of course
Same with sealed version e.g., which I don´t really care about to be honest.
Have 1000 others example in mind but all what matters at the end is that there is enough space for all our collectors-fetishes out there and they won´t hurt anyone

Can't say misprints hold any attraction to me, at least to the point of actively seeking them out. For example, If I did not already have the misprinted SQ1, I would not be keeping an eye out for it.

Just want to say how thankful I am of this thread.

I was scanning things for Rudy - and suddenly realized I hadn't scanned a Black Box SQ1EGA.

And was freaking out.

Then went through this thread and realized, I never got the SQ1EGA Black Box - it was just the standard SQ1 EGA I had gotten.

So three cheers for this thread saving my sanity.

Collector wrote:No, the contents of the file named "VERSION".

Finally got round to doing this, excuse the delay:

1.51

So, no DOS interpreter. The reason that I was curious is that my installer for KQ7 is very version dependent because of the binary level patch to upgrade it to version 2. Not only does version 2 include fixes, it also has a DOS interpreter. The installer supports the French and Spanish versions, but not German since I have never encountered a German v2 from which to build a binary patch. It might be possible to extract the language specific resources to make a German patch for the English v2, but that would involve a fair bit of work.

Ok, so in English, you're saying my version is a piece of crap?