Feeling nostalgic?

pool7 · July 2013

@Mods: Sorry if this is not the right category to post this; feel free to move it.

I like collecting different versions and editions of software I like.
I remember hearing about Campaign Cartographer 2 when I was a kid, and wanting to buy it so badly; however it was not easy as I really didn't have a PC back then, and my parents wouldn't spend that money on something I could not use.

Fast-forward to today: I am the happy owner of most versions of all ProFantasy products (though most of them I only have in digital form; no physical media).
I started purchasing not too long ago, when CC3 was already out (as well as some v3 add-ons).
Though I'm still missing some, finding older versions was a hard but rewarding task

Back to topic, I give you a couple of images of my 1.2 collection, hoping some of you will feel nostalgic (in a good way).

Now off to find my holy grail: CC-Pro and the News Disks...

I encourage owners of old versions to post a pic of their boxed software, especially v1.0, v1.1 CC and Add-ons, as well as the News Disks, and CC-Pro.

Dogtag · July 2013

Wow, I really like that gatehouse on the CC-Perspectives cover!

~Dogtag

pool7 · July 2013

Here are pictures of the back of each box. Sorry for the quality, I only have a crappy camera, and my cell phone which takes worse pictures than my crappy camera in low-light conditions...

I would take pics of the sides of the boxes, but the size of the text is so small and my camera so crappy, it just wouldn't make sense.

CC 1.2 Back photo CC12_back_zps34137a61.jpg

DD 1.2 Back photo DD12_back_zps513353bc.jpg

CD 1.2 Back photo CD12_back_zps40620626.jpg

Per 1.2 Back photo Per12_back_zps7bd69e4a.jpg

SkidAce · July 2013

Ahh the memories....thanks. I dumped all my disks into the main purple box and threw the others out. So that's the only one I have left.

BlindMapmaker · July 2013

Aww, those are really cute. I haven't got anything from before CC3, but I remember seeing the ads in old Knights of the Dinner Table and (I think) Dragon Magazine. They did look way less impressive than the samples on these boxes, though. Must have been B&W printing combined with the size.

Moskva · July 2013

I never knew CC was this old. Are there also example maps from CC1/CC2 or the old city designer?

pool7 · July 2013

Well, it's not very easy to get much information on the DOS versions, other than using the Wayback Machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/19980116085548/http://www.profantasy.com/profant/
However, most files from that era were in an FTP that does not exist any longer and was not crawled by the Wayback Machine, so it's a no go. Maybe they are available elsewhere, but I haven't had time to do the research.

As for CC2, IIRC you can still find many examples in the current ProFantasy Map Library.

JimP · July 2013

Along with my web site Crestar, I have a few CC2 items still there. All of the symbols I created were done in CC2. But I am slowly editing maps and changing them to CC3 styles. If I do make CC3 versions of my symbols on Crestar, I'll keep the CC2 versions available.

Highland_Piper · July 2013

I remember seeing those at GenCon back in 1994 I think it was. I desperately wanted them. I do have all of them from CC2pro on up. Including the softcover ToUM.

Thanks for showing these. What a trip back in time!

jaerdaph · July 2013

I remember drooling over the Dragon Magazine ads for CC for DOS. I finally jumped on board in '96 I believe with CC for Windows. 17 years ago. Wow!

Joachim de Ravenbel · July 2013

Posted By: jaerdaphI remember drooling over the Dragon Magazine ads for CC for DOS.

+1

Then one day a friend gifted me with this DOS version and quite incidentally I found an old backup CD today with a working version of CC Dos on it

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