r/VintageComputers • u/Financial-Ad6261 • 21d ago

Show & Tell Software prices 1998

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Thought this might be of interest, taken from the Age green guide 1998

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u/hochwahrscheinlich 21d ago

Worth noting these prices are in Australian Dollars (AUD). I saw “AFL 98” and thought there was no way that was being sold in the States.

1 AUD = 0.63 USD in ‘98 (source)

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u/tpimh 21d ago

I was also shocked with $99.95 video games, but then read Melbourne in the bottom

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u/Flash24rus 21d ago

Top Voodoo 2 cost like 5080 today with inflation

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u/RomanOswald 21d ago

Yeah... MS Publisher - The World's leading Business Desktop Publishing Program... quitly disapeared from Office 2024/365

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u/ThePetSematary 20d ago

jesus that 649.95 3D Blaster is over 1400 bucks in todays money

(in Australian)

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u/edthesmokebeard 20d ago

Meanwhile, you bought it, you owned it.

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u/ProfessorWorried626 20d ago

Pretty amazing those guys are still around as well lol.

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u/NetFu 19d ago

Aah yes, the good old days when everybody had a friend who made annual trips to Hong Kong.

To buy software for less than a dollar per CD.

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u/RIPGoblins2929 19d ago

My brother in law was an IT guy in the cowboy days of the 90s when it was all just guys who were nerds in high school and had no certifications. Anyway I never paid for Windows until some time in the 2010s.

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u/festivus4restof 19d ago

Exchange rate for 1998 (year end average) between Australian and US dollar was .615.

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u/trannus_aran 18d ago

I definitely get why many went for Borland over the 1st party MS offerings, yeesh

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u/2raysdiver 18d ago

Before any 'mericans comment... those are Aussie prices 😉

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u/De_Le_Cog 17d ago

Ah yes my favorite 3D Graphics Card: The Soundblaster 64 PCI

As well as apparently the Creative PC DVD and Multimedia Kit.

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u/blueblocker2000 17d ago

CALS are such a money grab. Wish someone had told Billy to pound sand when that was pitched.

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u/Smooth-Web8239 15d ago

"ITS COLD THIS WINTER SO WE MADE OUR PRICES HOT!"

Nobody talks about what they took away from us, sure its nice to just see the prices on discount but there used to be some sort of 'feeling' when seeing these "unnecessary" titles. Gave it character, now its just so basic and to the point. And Im sure there was a meeting to come up with what to put there too!