akumie wrote:
Maybe not $30 but under $50 perhaps but never over $200 like on Ebay lol
HF was $150 CIB and a lot of people gladly paid it. some even got 2 copies. I would also like to see carts in the $30-50 range (without the CIB experience). it will all come down to the cost of materials and time I suppose.
they pop-up on ebay from time to time but i’ve no idea of those PCBs have a battery or not. rumor is an official run from our local crew of repro makers is also in the works.
The only way I can see to avoid the price gouging would be to keep the games in continuous reproduction. Which would mean finding a source for connectors.
i’m just happy to read that a cart-only release is planned. that game really needs to get into the hands of more gamers! having only 75 of those floating around hasn’t done much good for the VB community other than creating modern-day press for our beloved console!
before i had my ribbon cables soldered i experienced a very odd dimming effect while moving my head around. someone times it even glitched more when my face was closer to the red lenses. it made absolutely no sense to the point that it even sparked a brief discussion at one point.
I like the looping build cycle, which should help get games into every gamers hands who wants/needs them. there is also the idea of building carts on-demand, as orderes are placed by a customer.
My thoughts on donors is not to require them if possible, while perhaps offering discounts to those willing to supply them.
I would love to see Hunter finished and released, until that dream can come true, a second carts only release of Fish Bone or Blox seem like good ideas
litephiter wrote:
As long as the price was comparable to the price of the Flashboy/past repros, I’d probably be on board for one or two.
considering a lower price point than $75+ is why i am suggesting cart only releases. perhaps with a donor trade-in policy (2 or 3 carts) the price for manufacturing a reproduction could become even lower than expected.
a 3rd party group or a single member could always offer separately the complete CIB experience for those who want it. by making that content a separate option the initial cost for gaming should go down.
I’ve been posting about making red Glass Lens replacements for a while. It’s a project I’d really like to try to do. I’d Like to try different products to see what would works best. I just never seem to have the time to get started researching.
