Worth it for nostalgia...?

[WasabiAvenger]

Originally Posted by AE986E7C

TL;DR: Would you pay $450 for the whole Car Wars digital archive?

Hi Warriors!

First an introduction, then a question...

I started playing Car Wars when it was first released in 1980. I loved it! I still love it. It's the reason I've mounted weaponry on my daily driver. Wait. That part's not true. Freeway traffic was the reason I mounted the weapons. Wait! That's not right either. I just thought about mounting weapons... Anyway, I digress. Time passed, I got older, I lost all my CW pocket boxes, but I never(!) forgot about Car Wars.

The other day I found myself with my kid in a game store at a mall (I haven't been to a mall in over a decade). Gleaming amongst the noise was a Car Wars 6E Red & Yellow starter set. "Whoa! SJ Games still makes Car Wars!?" I proclaimed. "Weren't they shut down by the CIA in '90s because they knew too much? Oh. No? Yeah, they're still making and selling games. Cool."

Anyway, I looked online and found Warehouse23. I bought the Pocket Box bundles. Then I saw all the original Car Wars stuff there in digital format. The foggy dreamland of nostalgia set in quick! I added every digital Car Wars product to my cart (like 101 things). It came to almost $450! I emailed SJGames. "Hey man, any discounts?" I asked. "Nope," they said. "A sale once in a while though." "OK," I thought.

I didn't pull the trigger. I couldn't! I mean almost half-a-K for PDFs!? I can't afford it but, maybe, I could... I could sell some of my kid's toys. Maybe slip a few bills from my spouse. Auction off my oldest comics?

All those AutoDuel Quarterlies I had... The expansions... Uncle Albert's catalogs... I mean hell, I just plopped down some cold hard cash for all the Pocket Box bundles. But... All that CW goodness; the fantasies and fun times; my youth...

So, friendly driven drivers, is it worth it? $450 for all the digital OG Car Wars goodies SJGames has to offer? It would be so fun. My laser printer would hate me. Could I? Would I?

Would you?

I don't think I'd even be able to find someone to play with these days. Oh the suffering!

I've just started playing 6E and my interest in the original has waned like crazy. 6E is an absolute hoot, and you and three friends can finish a duel on a Tuesday night when you start at 6PM.

The original game is fun, but finding the 14 hours you need for a duel is TOUGH, let alone finding four or five other players willing to meet up, and aligning schedules is a Sisyphean ordeal.

My advice? Take $50, buy a box set, and get to dueling.