razortip Posted December 22, 2017 I ran across my original floppies of Doom v1.1 (Registered) with box, manual and v1.2 patch disk. I can't really find any other recent v1.1's for sale. Does anyone know what this might be worth? 1 Share this post Link to post
Herzon Posted December 22, 2017 I found the original game on ebay for 255$. And the highest price I could find of Doom 2 was 80$. Just so you know. 0 Share this post Link to post
printz Posted December 22, 2017 Why pay for media you can't even use any more? And them being floppies, they may damage at any time, especially if you expose them. 0 Share this post Link to post
seed Posted December 22, 2017 Depending on their condition, the price would range between around 100$ to over 200 from what I see on the internet. Either way, since floppy disks have been abandoned for decades, the only purpose they'd serve now would be valuable collectors items. 1 Share this post Link to post
TheUltimateDoomer666 Posted December 22, 2017 I have seen some listings that include a separate addendum booklet. Is it missing, or was it not included in all mail-order copies? 0 Share this post Link to post
Kroc Posted December 22, 2017 One of the reasons I feel that DOOM boxes are more valued is that you can know that somebody actually called or mailed id to obtain it. This wasn't just walking in to a store and picking it off the shelf, like with DOOM II. In that way, it's more of a 'personal' artefact and more valuable as a historical comment. 1 Share this post Link to post
razortip Posted December 22, 2017 55 minutes ago, TheUltimateDoomer666 said: I have seen some listings that include a separate addendum booklet. Is it missing, or was it not included in all mail-order copies? I don't remember ever having one, but it could have gotten separated. I was thinking it only came with later versions. 0 Share this post Link to post
PizzaGuy Posted December 22, 2017 To be fair they look like they're in really good condition. A serious collector of the Doom series or just a video game enthusiast would pay good money for them. 0 Share this post Link to post
TheUltimateDoomer666 Posted December 22, 2017 If it was the mail-order CD-ROM version instead of the floppy version, I would probably be interested (although a CD-ROM version would likely be extremely expensive due to its rarity). I don't really collect floppy disks aside from very specific releases of certain games (and only if they have relatively low prices, as I don't really like paying a lot of money for something that may not work or I may not be able to use...even if it is a collector's item). 0 Share this post Link to post
Linguica Posted December 22, 2017 Original boxed copies of Doom are not hugely rare and tend to go on eBay for anywhere from $50 up to a couple hundred dollars, depending on condition, rarity, and luck. (It's actually harder to find the comic book based on the game than the actual game itself, ironically enough.) If you do decide to list it, make sure to play up the fact that it is version 1.1, the ORIGINAL VERSION, not one of those cheap inferior v1.2 or v1.666 poseurs. Also that v1.2 patch disk is unusual and not someting I am sure I have seen before, which might help make the package more esoteric and valuable. From a quick search here's a recent listing of a v1.2 copy that sold for $187, so you should be shooting for somewhere north of that. https://www.ebay.com/itm/DOOM-PC-Game-Original-registered-v1-2-Vintage-3-5-Floppy-Disks-Box-and-Book/272893769679?hash=item3f89bc77cf:g:9bEAAOSwl9RZ6LU9 Edit: as a more direct comparison, here's a thread from last year where a guy was selling his good-condition registered Doom v1.1, and it apparently went for over $300: 2 Share this post Link to post
Job Posted December 23, 2017 See if you can get John Romero to sign it. If you do, the sky is the limit, based on that signed non-1.1 getting as much as it did. 1 Share this post Link to post
cybdmn Posted December 25, 2017 On 22.12.2017 at 7:13 AM, printz said: they may damage at any time They WILL be damaged at any time. But dd is your friend. I made backups using dd for all of my floppy disks some years ago. 0 Share this post Link to post