Most game collectors have a wishlist. I do too. Some games on that list are more wished for than others. The Quest for Glory series never has been high on my wishlist, probably because I haven’t played it much. Actually, I think I’ve only dabbled in the third game for a little bit once. But they deserve a place in my collection and they certainly are on my backlog.

I’ve had the first three games in my collection for quite a while now. I’ve had the second game the longest, the third game followed in April 2022 and the first game in June of that year. I found the fourth game to be a bit too expensive and wasn’t in a hurry, because I haven’t even properly played the earlier games yet. But I had a passive search going for it for a long time. And last month a reasonably priced copy turned up. It wasn’t the floppy version I would’ve rather bought, but because reasonably priced copies are rare, I jumped on it (reasonably priced varies with the priority attached to adding a game to my collection by the way.)

And what do you know? Years of no games being offered up for sale (on the local online marketplace) and now barely a month later a floppy version turned up! The seller stated he wanted a “fitting small amount”, so I made a very reasonable offer. Because of the way it was phrased in combination with the other items he offered (not PC games), I had high hopes he would quickly agree and there would be no bidding war. It was also very late in the evening, so that helped. With both parties happy, I now have two copies. I paid less for the floppy version than I paid for the CD version. I guess, I’ll try to sell that one again.

It comes with the original receipt from 1994, for 119 guilders. That’s about 110 euro in 2025 money. I payed less than half that. So, this particular computer game hasn’t seen its value increase over time.

This whole story serves as another reminder that (a) as a collector you need to be patient, (b) anything can turn up at any moment, and (c) you have to seize the opportunity when it arrives. This is what makes collecting both tiresome and interesting. I love it! Probably as much as playing the actual games does.