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  1. Posted

    On 12/28/2020 at 8:02 PM, zyzzle said:

    As I thought, especially because of the 4 sprites-per-scanline limit, I don't think a full clone of Robotron is even possible for CV. As for Black Widow, vector games also aren't possible with CV, or am I mistaken? If so, we'd have TEMPEST by now, surely.

     

    Thanks again for your gifts, and your talent in programming is radiently apparent.

           Atarisoft made Robotron for the TI-99/4a and it looks pretty good. If they can make it on the TI-99, why couldn't they do it on the CV? Same video chip, different CPU. 

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    I voted for MSX conversions. There's tons of cool MSX games that were never released here so they might as well be originals for all we know, we never saw the MSX versions. This is the most practical route to quickly get completed games to CV fans, instead of starting from scratch over and over. 

     

    After MAME I couldn't care less about new arcade conversions on the CV. 

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    Why? So you can flip them on eBay where the people who put actual real time, effort and money dedicated to the project get nothing more that the original value and you get a ton of extra cash? Seriously, they should CHARGE YOU MORE MONEY instead of giving you a discount.

     

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    Exactly how many of these Atarimax SD "Wafer Drives" (which isn't even the actual name of it) and SGM's did you end up buying? And am I to assume you gave Albert and Steven LESS money for their items so that you can flip them for $100 profit?

     

    I'm sorry, but people like you make me sick because all you're doing is purposely driving up the cost of homebrew items like this. While I know there is technically nothing "illegal" with what you are doing, I do find it to be unethical. It would be one thing if you just happened to be selling a one-off item from long ago that you had and the prices when up, no, you are purposely holding on to stock of RECENT ITEMS to sell them at a much higher price for when the homebrewer sells out, and in my opinion, I think that sucks. I can't stop you, but I think it sucks.

     

    As an open request to JF and Brian - Please LIMIT sales to maybe 2 per person so that you don't have guys like this buying 10 or 20, waiting for you to be "out of stock" on them, and then pushing them out to eBay at a crazy inflated price for their own personal benefit. By limiting sales per person you'll have more stock that you can sell to more people, spreading the fun even wider, and all those customers know that the full profit goes to YOU. The people who deserve it the most!

     

    Another idea would try to raise enough money so there can be a constant stream of availability so that there isn't a way for someone else to steal the profits of your hard work.

     

    You could also put some units on eBay yourself with a Buy it Now at the same price you'll sell them for on your website to help regulate the price so it doesn't artificially sky rocket.

     

    Really, I just want to see the homebrew developers reap the rewards of their work, not some sleazy eBay flipper. That's all. Thanks for listening.

     

    /end rant

     

    It's hard to have sympathy for the stupid, lazy, impulsive buyers on ebay who overpay because they can't be bothered to do a 5 second google search which would reveal most of these items available for sale on AA or Collectorvision new for original prices. If they want to pay 4-5X the price for a cart, it's not the sellers fault. No one is forcing them to get into an insane bidding war over a game they could buy elsewhere for $30-40 new.

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    I saw a while ago that Team Pixelboy has the game fully ported by now http://www.teampixelboy.com/wizard_of_wor.php

     

    It would be nice if Pixelboy could publish a video of it.

     

    That requires the SGM to play it. That's no more a CV port than a port for c64 or 32X. It's not running on the CV system at all really, more like running video through it. What about people who are interested in a CV port and have no interest in buying a SGM or SGM software?

  21. Posted

    I wanted to buy a bunch of homebrews but I currently have no system. I'm not at all eager to go through the rounds of buying flaky units off ebay, trying to get a good working unit, then trying to get good working joysticks and then having the system fixed/modded for clear video output. It's just too much hassle for me personally. That's why I've been hoping that the CV replacement boards would've finally come out by now. That's what's holding me back. If I could get a new CV that's already f-18 capable, not some raspberry pi emulation board, I'd be a lot more willing to buy physical cart games.

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