> >I wouldnt call it homebrew, deffinately a release by an "independent
> >publisher". Homebrew makes me think back of the garage type situation,
and
> >this clearly was a bit more professional then that. I assume it was sold
in
> >stores? and if so then homebrew it wouldnt be..
>
> You haven't actually seen these, have you ?
Actually i own all three and spares of two , so yes i have seen them.
When i say homebrew i refer to the days of bedroom coders, guys who didnt do
artwork, didnt get a disk manufactured didnt press a label onto the disk
etc, didnt really intend to sell anything, just did it for the love of it,
and if they got lucky the made some bucks to cover the time it took.
Basically they'd send you a 3 1/2 disk with a hand written label or
something along those lines ( Think days of the Commodore 64 , perhaps it
was a different scene in the US ?). Id classify this title as "Pirate", ie
non official release by company X. But not homebrew. I hope that gives you
more understanding of what i meant. Perhaps that explains my meaning of
"Professional" ie they were made to sell, not as demo or for fun etc..
>
> (b) They are homebrew in the sense that they were never actually carried
by
> any stores in the USA.
Having not come from the US i made the assumption that they were sold or may
have been sold in stores, due to the price tag and other things i had read
previously about the disks while looking for information on them. Someone
mentioned that Diskounters had the games, i wonder if anyone can find out
how he got them, perhaps he has a supplier name? ( i assume all his stock
that says new was bought new during the time of the Turbo ?)
> They have the appearance of having been made in the USA, and intended to
be
> sold to the Japanese market. If I had to guess an American point of
> origin, I would guess Hawaii. However, I am not convinced that they are
> American; I could just as easily believe that they were made in Hong Kong,
> Taiwan, or even an unknown location within Europe.
So in the end, it seems that no one really knows where these games were made
or what market they were intended for? Id really love to find out more
information on these. For now i personally consider them US releases, And
if they end up not being US then hell i still have three Rare NEC items.