I got over 100 boxed games, mostly PC some for C64, spanning from the '80 to today. I was thinking to gift my collection to GOG for their games vault.

I don't really have the time or the nerves for the the hassel of selling them on ebay. and to a couple of these games I have a strong connection and memories. Like my Wasteland 1 album and Ultima V copy for C64 that was my first video games I got with my first computer. I don't want them end up in the trash or with someone who don't appreciate them. There are also a couple of crowd funded Kickstarter games as Signed collector's editions like Wasteland 2, Pillars of Eternity and such.
I think they would be in good hand with GOG as they did so much to preserve old games and make the available to today's audience.

Anybody knows who to contact,write or call.Do they pay the postage or even better send someone to pick them up? I live in Berlin, so it's only 40 minutes to the Polish border with the train, or 20 minutes more with a car, if that matters.

If anyone can put me in the right direction, I would be grateful. Thanks!

I'll pay postage for you to ship it to me.

Usual case when someone has something GOG may use is to contact Judas. From your description though, I don't think they'll be able to use that many things, since they'll only be interested in PC versions of games they can sell and don't already have (so German language ones most likely, if they are indeed missing any). They may also be interested in a few of the extras, but it should again be something that they don't currently have, yet do have the rights to distribute.

Alternatively, you could always see if any of the forum regulars are interested in it.

I already sent a PM to Judas.

If they are interested they will contact you, so please check our chat as well as your email, just in-case ;) Might take a while so

Although it might even interest me......No I have enough boxes on my own ;)

Hey, I'm in Berlin next month. I'd have been quite happy to take 'em, although I won't have my car with me unfortunately.

Actually, I don't necessarily think that's true. Yes, they may only have a commercial interest in things they already have in their catalog, but are missing original versions of. However, I don't think their game vault is limited to that. I do believe they actually care about preservation for one thing, and about possible future endeavors for another.

I'd say write to Judas and ask him. My guess is they'd be interested in all of it.

Don t give them away!

I ve got more then 1000? original PC games with boxes and manuals, some printed since they were pdf.

Thanks to both of you for your help. Will see if I can get in touch with Judas. Although, I don't think I can be much of help with missing German game versions. Most of my pre year 2000 games are the NA version, and after then mostly the english / international version.

Give them to the homeless.

Before I moved out of my parents home over 20 years ago I sold most of my C64 and Amiga games, and a bunch of PC games. Kept only RPGs and some games very special to me.
After the army and with the introduction of 3D cards I started to play again PC games, but my eagerness to collect boxed games died when publishers switch from card boxes to DVD boxes. Cardboxed games often had unique design and sizes. If I look at my Baldur's Gate 1 or Half-life 1 Box from the nineties, they have the same size as the Pillars of Eternity collectors edition, and my Ultima 4 to 9 boxes came at default with more nice stuff than today's special edition.
The cloth maps from the Ultima boxes are woven cotton, thick as a towel, which my mom used to mock as my snuggle rag, while the Wasteland 2 Collectors edition "cloth" map is cheap synthetic that is thinner than a silk scarf. With the replacement of physical goods to digital stuff and uniform looking DVD boxes, these are hardly any collectable for me today.
But even then, they're just sitting on theshelves for years collecting dust, and I'm never going to pull them out and install agaon. Not with GOG making it easy to play thoxd very same games without the need to figure out how to get them running.
But the thought of them eventually landing in the trash hurt me a lot. I almost made a scene when I saw a friend of me throwing a copy of Dark Omen 2 into the trash bin, crétin.

I'd still recommend that you keep any licensed games you might have or any games that haven't been released here yet. First, because there is a possibility that a game in question might never be digitally released and second, because even if it does, it might end up being removed from sale thanks to an expired license (as it has occurred to a few games here).

P.S.: Since you might be wondering who that Judas guy is, here is a link to one of his posts:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/release_titus_the_fox_to_marrakech_and_back_a041a/post42

Send a chat message to him with what you have to offer and see what he says.

I feel for you. But these are going to be collector items.
If I ever will have a child (I'm a bit late, but who knows ;) I'll be happy it he/she will inherit a piece of history.

I still go and reach for Tornado or Falcon 3 manuals.
Or X-Wing keybaord layout.

Sometimes I just read the monster descriptions of some RPGs that probably I'll never play again... but perhaps someone else will have fun in doing so.

I agree that the switch from cardboard boxes to DVD cases was a shame.

And digital games are, to me, worthless. They exist today, but will be gone tomorrow.

Whooo...Wait! Warhammer: Dark Omen ? There was no Dark Omen 2....right?

As for the topic. From my experience (and from I've read in many threads here) - plenty of us trashed/sold/gave their retro games/hardware...I can hardly remember anyone admitting that it was right decision :-P

...they have a games vault?

Sorry, I meant Warhammer 2: Dark Omen, the sequel to Warhammer: Shadow of the Horned Rat :)

I would sell them if I had the energy to take picture, put on ebay, write a description and ship them, but since my dad died last year around that time I'm caring for my mom 70-80 hours a week. I want to simplify my life as much as possible and get rid of everything I don't immediately need. Less is more is the slogan I chant these days.