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FFE Traveller CD-ROM collections: Experiences and opinions please

Started by Danger, October 30, 2007, 09:31:21 AM

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Danger

October 30, 2007, 09:31:21 AM
Ah, fall.

When a man's desires turn from outdoorsy pleasures to ones better suited around a nice, warm living area.

For this man, his jonesing for Traveller is high, and he wishes to trod again the decks of a Free Trader in fashionable ankle-high boots and a cape of the most respelendent ermine.

Now, until Steve Jackson drops his goods onto a purchasable CD or CDs (funny, I know), I am left looking at FFE's offerings and their CD packages look just too damn good to pass up.

So, anyone got the skinny on 'em?
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Dr Rotwang!

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October 30, 2007, 10:45:52 AM
I have the CT CD-ROM.  With the exception of a couple of crooked or upside-down scans, it's aces; I'm thrilled to own it.
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October 30, 2007, 01:13:21 PM
I've got the CT and JTAS discs and both are great.  Like the Doc said, there are a couple pages that were scanned in upside-down, but it's not a show-stopper.  Text is OCR'd, too, so you can cut and paste stuff from the books for your own projects.
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Danger

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October 30, 2007, 01:27:36 PM
Oh-ho...

I twirl my luxurious mustache and smile at these pleasing words from others.  Yes, the Classic Traveller CD does indeed sound to be a very good buy.

But wait!  What about the others?  What about MegaTraveller or 2300?
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Pierce Inverarity

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October 30, 2007, 01:31:03 PM
When it first came out, the MT CD was to supposed to stink mightily (lots of illegible scans, pages missing). There was talk of a cleaned-up CD to replace it but I don't know if that ever did happen.
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October 31, 2007, 11:14:27 PM
Quote from: DangerBut wait!  What about the others?  What about MegaTraveller or 2300?

A key thing to remember about the MegaTraveller CDROM is that it includes the GDW books but not the DGP books.  The Classic Traveller CDROM is well worth it.  With the right software and printer, you can even print out your own little booklets.
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November 01, 2007, 08:58:56 AM
MegaTraveller was a bit of a disappointment for me, due to the poor scan quality. It was cool that it had so much stuff packed into a CD at such a great price, but the quality was very disappointing. It was clearly a rush job without any TLC going into the production.
 

Zachary The First

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November 01, 2007, 09:58:57 PM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!I have the CT CD-ROM.  With the exception of a couple of crooked or upside-down scans, it's aces; I'm thrilled to own it.

Ditto here.
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