Do you have some other game related items/stories you’d like to share?

Here are some items that I think are worth mentioning:

– Jazz Jackrabbit: The Secret Files Balloons

I’m a huge fan of Jazz Jackrabbit in general, but these balloons are one of a kind. They were used during the “Jazz Jackrabbit: The Secret Files” release party, after it was over some of them were stored, never to be used again. Years later I met the CEO of Project Two Interactive who donated some Jazz Jackrabbit stuff, including these balloons.

– RedCat 1 Master Diskette

RedCat is a very well known educational game series in the Netherlands and was used on many Dutch schools to educate children. But what many people, even here, don’t know is that before RedCat was an educational game, it was a violent platform shooter, where you had to kill mice with bombs and big guns! One day I got invited to talk with Rudolf Wolterbeek Muller, father of the RedCat game series; during our talk he brought out the “Master Diskette” of RedCat 1! My heart skipped a beat when I saw that. The contents of the disk are now back in the hands of its maker (as a .zip file) and I was allowed to keep the diskette. A real piece of Dutch Gaming History!

– Fallout 3 beer (complete 4 pack)

Many beers were made for the developers to celebrate the release of Fallout 3. There were actually quite a lot, but because it was a big party and drinking beer is fun (on that we can all agree! -Ed’s note), these beer bottles (let alone a 4 pack) became rare very quickly. My 4 pack was donated by the publishers.

– Film slides of the Ultima Add-On “The Silver Seed”

These are slides of film used to make the box cover of the Ultima Add-On “The Silver Seed”. I got them donated by Joe Garrity (the man who runs the Origin Museum). It is very unique and has a very special place in my heart.

– John Romero’s Broken Keyboard (Signed)

I never would have thought this would end up in my collection! One day Brenda Romero shared a story of John (co-founder of id software) playing a game of Quake against Ronan Pearce. After he lost a game (level DM4), the keyboard started to malfunction due to repeated beatings. John then said the following:

“I think this keyboard was build with a build-in beating detector. As soon as you start thrashing it, it instantly turns off, and the harder you thrash it, the longer it stays off.” Priceless! When I read the story, I knew that this keyboard deserved a place in history, so I asked for it. Both John and Brenda were very kind and shipped the keyboard to me. It was signed by both John Romero and Ronan Pearce!

Finally, I would like to give a shout out to the Big Box PC Game Collectors Facebook group. The people there are also very passionate about collecting boxed PC games and helpful, just don’t ask “How much is this game worth?”. 😉 Thank you all so very much! <3