Re: [Turbo-List] Hypernova Blast Shipped
Post 'em up. I'm always in the market for some turbo goodness :) -Matt On Monday, September 8, 2014 10:09 AM, Seavey <xxxxxx@optonline.net> wrote: Unless list terms have changed and I missed reading about it, for-sale/wanted posts were a huge staple of this list’s activity along with questions and sharing of experiences and ideas. So go nuts! Not to derail your hardware plans (I still really really want the original TGCD cardboard box for nostalgia – that was one heck of a Christmas…I’ll share the story one day), but you do have MagicEngine to play your SCD games on in the meantime, right? One heck of an emulator. I’ve been debating selling some of my rarer games to help pay for school expenses but was never thrilled by the idea. Maybe I’ll float some titles on the list here and see if there’s any interest. I’d love to see some for sale/wanted posts. I can pretend it’s 1997 again…my PC is probably just as slow now as it was then! Matt From:Jasen Hicks [mailto:xxxxxx@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, September 08, 2014 10:01 AM To: bt garner; xxxxxx@link.st Subject: Re: [Turbo-List] Hypernova Blast Shipped I may be reaching here, or be stepping out of the normal lines for this list but with all of the talk on the new game BT is releasing... I kind of want to pick up a TG+CD or TurboDuo to replace mine that was swiped in my move. Playing Dracula X again in its origainl format would be awesome... supporting the devs still making these would be awesome too. Granted, Ill probably pick up a copy of HNB regardless :-D Anyone have a good lead on a decent console and Dracula X game? I suppose I'd need the 3.0 Card too. Thanks folks! Jasen On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 9:44 AM, Seavey <xxxxxx@optonline.net> wrote: I would imagine something like that would have a “minimum order” too, just like the SCD runs do. I wonder what that minimum would be, how much prototypes would cost for testing, etc etc. As cool as it would be, what I’ve come to realize in talking with some folks recently is that there are too few people who “support developers” and buy games at full price or games they like the concept of but have no realistic time/chance of actually playing. Most folks wait for a sale at Walmart or simply pass up anything but Madden and Call of Duty. Given the cost of HuCard type production, which I’m guessing is high, and taking into account the size of the audience – then factor in how many people would actually buy a TG16 game for $60+ (especially if they already bought the SCD version) and you have a losing scenario financially. I think it would be super-cool to see it done, but I don’t know that even on this list we could gather enough support to make it practical, and those on this list are the most hard-core fans J What about those HuCards that allow you to put a bunch of ROMs on one card? I picked mine up when a lister years ago made a bulk order. As I don’t have many ROMs I don’t use it much but something like that would let you play a game on an Express if it were in HuCard size/format without the expense of producing them as an official HuCard title. @BT – music aside, could the game code fit into a HuCard-sized ROM that would work in a setup like this? I don’t know how you’d make money on that yet but I’m just curious if it is technically possible? Matt (aka Landis) From:xxxxxx@gmail.com [mailto:xxxxxx@gmail.com] On Behalf Of bt garner Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 6:49 PM To: xxxxxx@link.st Subject: Fwd: [Turbo-List] Hypernova Blast Shipped Well, I think it boils down to simple economics. Look at the 2 most recent PCE releases. Atlantean was recently released on a custom built HuCard format, price is $60. HNB on SCD sells for half that. Now think about hardware, how many TG-16s and Duos are out there that are still functioning (and hooked up)? Those are the only machines that can play a HuCard game. Whereas an SCD can be played in any emulator or Duo (yeah, I know, no TG-16s for that). Then you have the piracy issue. If you released a PCE game on a format that could easily be uploaded, it will be uploaded (I have no doubt that HNB will be uploaded at some point too). I am not saying it can't happen, but it just seems very unlikely that anyone would invest the time needed for a PCE release, then do what they can to not be able to recover the costs (and by costs I mean the costs of the product, that is not including the development costs). -bt On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 5:58 PM, Steve <xxxxxx@craftsathome.net> wrote: I understand the ease and utility of using CD as a distribution medium, and also the flexibility in background music that a CD affords to a game. However, in these days of micro/mini SD cards, would it be "worth it" to distribute games on some kind of pseudo-Hucards with an SD card baked in? I would love to play new games on my Express as well as my Duo. Thanks. -- Sent from my Intellivision keyboard component. > On Sep 7, 2014, at 3:14 PM, bt garner <xxxxxx@mindrec.com> wrote: > > Yo guys - the first batch of HNB CDs [snip]