Mikebloke

I'm pretty sure the turbografx mini was announced after atari started lying about production units being made. It's since produced and shipped their units, and still no sign of the ataribox 500 units getting to people it was 'intended' for. Konami is hardly a hardware powerhouse, quite the opposite it's gone from being a software powerhouse to a plinko machine maker. Konami has had a similar fall of disgrace to atari but it still produced a competent product. Konami might have some slight advantage regarding producing arcade and plinko machines but even that might have been contracted out.

If you were planning on selling it, I would probably be interested as I don't have gamecard 7 and 8 yet, but can't help with value. I imagine there is a couple of people who would buy it due to its rarity, but people like me would probably only buy it because we need the game cards! I'd be super curious if a value ever pops up somewhere regardless. I don't think I personally could justify a 3 figure number for it, but perhaps others can.

It was for initial numbers for ordering in bulk. By aiming to bulk buy a lot more than anyone originally perceived, I was able to get them cheaper than they normally would be. This in return allows more people to be in a position to afford one, or more in some people's case. Rather than only getting 20 produced and charging $40 each for example, I've got considerably more and charge $25 each instead for the same product. I've ordered double what has already been reserved, so there is plenty more available if anyone is late to the thread. My long term plan was if someone was discover this is 2 or 3 years time and ask "any left?!" I would be able to oblige with the same price, as it would have already been produced and I would have recouped most of the intial cost. While I've got a list of users and quantities, there is no danger of anyone missing out. I will also make sure everyone who has asked for some so far definitely have it reserved until they pay or tell me otherwise. If someone wanted a set of ten+ now though, I would have to go increase the production order (which would be simple enough given it hasn't started yet).

Its strange, pre-3 I'd have said GTA2, I had a love for it for quite awhile. The next one was Vice City, which was also the first (and only!) game I bought a console (brand new!) for. I do like San Andreas but I found out the hard way when I tried to escape PC version jittering that the PS2 version is in mono sound and is awful! A more powerful PC seemed to help a little but it still suffers from some issues. I was completely put off by IV, The immigrant-can-only-swear-in-english stereotype was too strong, the background story of the brothers is hinted at but never really explored meant they never got any serious character development, which is a shame because it seemed like it was ripe to create that scenario. The biker dlc was ok, but way too short, think it was like an hour or two? Then you had ballad of Gay Tony, wow! This is a DLC, this saved IV for me and it could well have been a full blown game in its own right. I've tried to play V, admittedly only on a 360, and it played well enough it wasn't like it was slow or anything, but I just got... bored. Maybe I've played too many games of the series now but something about it just doesn't catch my attention at all. I've had no urge to buy it on sale on other platforms.

3DO and 32x, I have 2 games for them each, Fifa and Powers Kingdom for 3DO, and Doom and Virtua Racing for 32x. 3DO is the poorer system as I got fifa unboxed with the console!

Did anyone else wrongly guess Fortnite. Just kidding. It looks nice enough, certainly in the same vein of Champ Games usual successes. Its not a game I'm particularly attached to, I've always considered it a bit of a flashy mess of things going on, but I'm a huge fan of any form of demakes so certainly one I'll try out. I do get what people are saying regarding ARM doing heavy lifting, but its still cool. I can stick a cart in my unmodded atari console and it plays. But fortnite next yeah?

Hi everyone, just another quick update: Production of this order is starting next Monday 18th of May! I will update with shipping estimates in the near future: If you wish for shipping to somewhere not in the UK or US can you let me know now so I can give you an estimate, and also if you would like any form of special delivery such as tracking/signing. If you don't live in the UK, it is likely that may come as standard anyway! Also please let me know if there is any courier/postal service you'd like me to avoid however please note I might not be able to control it when it reaches your home country. I will likely keep to paypal for taking payment, as you can also use card details normally to send money via it. If there is anyone who cannot pay via paypal for whatever reason, please give me a PM and we will work out an alternative form of payment. I don't require any personal details just yet, but I imagine most of that can be dealt with in paypal anyway, for anyone else we will PM details as required once I have tested the units myself. Good day everyone, keep safe!

It was 1998 I think, my Amstrad 464 (not even the plus version!) simply wasn't good enough, nobody knew what one was and everyone had started blabbering about this internet thing. I got a second hand Pentium 233 Mhz which had been upgraded to windows 98, it'll be another year or two before I got 28.8k dialup (our area wasn't great, we did get it fullspeed to 56k eventually). It was a first for me in a lot of things, an operating system, applications, mouse, hell I didn't even own my own floppy drive till this point as my 464 used the cassette deck. Essentially it was pressure to be similar to everyone else, but it turns out I'm always behind anyway. Nearly time to get a PS4!

I guess for a fangame developer to actually be commissioned by the original license owners to do official ports (and then his own game: SonicMania) was worth it to drop the trial ports. He's clearly done well for himself with the proof of concept project as his name on a sega game is an instant buy for me. Hopefully he can do more. Interestingly he was denied the right to do a Sonic 3 android port, presumably this is down to Sega calamity legal situation where they can never remember which rights they do and don't own.

The Odyssey is getting quite a lot of interest here on AA at the moment, hopefully someone else could better answer your questions, but it does appear to be significantly rarer than what most of us has seen. Presumably the "double ender" card was an attempt to keep reproduction cheap, perhaps highlighted by the photocopy quality. I don't know much about it but its probably either designed for south of the border (information on exports is quite limited, but do exist), or for Spanish speaking residents in the US. Its a curious oddity, an Odyssey collector may desire it, and perhaps they can number a price that might be reasonable.

Someone is selling some nice CIB sets of the high numbers on ebay, the only problem is they are x2-x5 the price that I would regard is sensible. It looks like our $900 Whizball has been noticed by other sellers too, as the same person is asking a whopping $1,250 for it! They are also selling what appears to be a model 1 console, with a plain box and some Zircon promotional stuff for... yep you guessed it. $999.95 Edit: My sense of a "full collection" for fairchild channel F would be the main numbered line 1-26, plus the SABA Chess program. Democarts and foreign language copies is bonuses, as far as I'm concerned. Just Checkers for me to go! Never going to happen. In all honesty I'm even a bit funny about whether special mail order games should be counted either. Its not general release if it didn't appear on a shop shelf. This gets funny with other consoles as well, for example the Turbografx had a PAL console, but not PAL games, technically no games got released in Europe, but obviously the import market was considerable for that console.

Thanks everyone 👍 I have updated the first post with the expected process and timescale, I've also heavily linked Boojakascha's sites and videos, please check it out!

Pac man 2,395(that is a 9 right?) Ms pac man (21,230) Played on pal 7800 I'm rubbish. I no lifed this game many years ago on the nes. Not my particular goto game these days.

Hi Albert, eternal thanks for managing and maintaining such an awesome site and community, I was wondering if I could have editing permissions to my first page in this topic: So I can update with order details, etc. Many thanks. Regards, Mike

Thanks everyone for replying! I will try to answer the questions as well... First off, it looks like I've easily fulfilled a full order for 20! I will likely step up to the next quantity which reduces the unit price. I'm now seeking a final quote to see how much it will cost to also assemble it too. This will mean it will all be professionally done, and you don't have to look at any newbie soldering mistakes I'm likely to make! I'm hoping to get this by the end of the week, which means I might be able to place the order as early as next week. So it might remain around the £20/$25 range, but does mean I can immediately start taking payment once the order arrives to me and I've tested it. I'll upload a video showing it working as well once I receive the order, and I'll start looking now at what shipping costs might be so we all have an idea what final cost might be. Not currently, my intentions is to make this as cheap as possible to ship out. I imagine most of the buyers will be in the United States, so box production and shipping will significantly increase the price. Everyone is free to make their own however, there is a number of people on AA who have produced boxes before, and they are very welcome to chip into this thread and offer those services for a box. I think it would bloat the price for me to do it, hope everyone understands. Sounds like a great idea! I've been very reliant on Boojakascha's help and advice to ensure this can go into mass production, he'd be the one to ask whether this could be possible in the future! For now, I'd like to keep to the original gamecard support, it also means those that have made the time to produce new gamecards and homebrew continue to have some exclusivity for some time, they deserve it for their efforts! Perhaps a 50th anniversary project in 2022... I will keep you all informed once the order goes through and confirm final costings. Thanks everyone

*UPDATED 1st of February 2021* 2021 update: Due to be being based in the UK, there has been some changes to shipping outside the UK. I believe this is a mix of pandemic and Brexit. Exchange rates have also been changing, I will review periodically but if it continues the current trend, there might be some increases in price. US shipping times is listed as up to 12 weeks for untracked - tracked prices should still be within a week or two. Other countries may experience similar delays for untracked. Current Timescale and process: 1) I have uploaded a video showing usage, shipping costs are now outlined below. 2) I will post within 7 days and give you confirmation of it leaving with an image through PM. 3) We all get to enjoy our multicards! We seem to have had quite the surge in Magnavox Odyssey interest in recent weeks! For a long time I have wanted to get a hold of one of Boojakascha's Magnavox Odyssey Multicard . You can see more about his projects for the Magnavox Odyssey here on his website: http://www.boojakascha.ch/index.php?page=magnavox_projects And also his Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRNVSMZe1V3yUmIA9NGB3kg Where he reviews light guns and light gun games. And also here where he shows off the multicard: My reasons for this project are simple: a) its the closest thing to a "romcart" you can get for the system. b) Boojakascha has provided files for its reproduction, and naturally has had it working on the system. c) Games for the Odyssey is really really rare. I've only seen a handful of games go on ebay since I've got the system myself, and I've failed in all attempts to win any of them. While the base games are ok, a lot of the extra features is unique to the other game cards. This search becomes harder if you are outside the United States. d) If I go ahead with my RPG homebrew, I want everyone to be able to play on the same level without having to hunt for game cards, and also make it an enjoyable experience. If I could include the multicard with it, it would also allow those users the opportunity to enjoy all the features of the original Odyssey, without relying on fighting for ebay rarities. Production of these things is always cheaper in bulk, so what I want to do is to take the cost of buying a big order of them, and then pass on the savings to everyone else. I've been in contact with Boojakascha to ensure that what I get is going to be working as designed before I make the order, but I'm now looking for who might be interested in purchasing one (or more) of these so I can get a good sense of how many I should order. I will be getting at least 20, but the more I can get the cheaper it will be. I've already got quotations from several companies who will be ready to go with the order as soon as I finalise it, so they could be ready to go as early as the end of June. How much will it cost? I'm currently setting the cost per unit at £20/€23/$25 USD/$35 AUS, this includes VAT for production at 20% and delivery to me, and this will not include postage and shipping to you. See below for Shipping Costs. Delivery costs and time? Please note due to the current world crisis, not all services will be running as normal, expect potential delays. Stated times and tracking will be based on pre-crisis expectations. Signed for services may have different procedures (in UK, the postman marks it as delivered for you). To save costs, I'll be using pre used packaging where possible. Based on quantities of 1: United Kingdom: £3 for Royal Mail 1st Class signed for, or £5 for 24 hour Tracked and signed. (Total: £23 or £25) Europe: €4.50 for regular mail, or tracked and signed for €11. Both services is listed as 3-5 business days. (Total: €27.50 or €34) Australia (mainland): $AUS 7.50 for regular mail, or tracked and signed for $AUS 18. Both services is listed as 6-7 business days. (Total: $AUS 42.50 or $AUS 53) United States (mainland): $5 for regular mail, or tracked and signed for $14. Both services is listed as 6-7 business days. (Total: $30 or $39)* * Please note, regular mail shipping times has changed - estimated delivery dates is now 2-12 weeks for untracked. Tracked and signed is still listed as 7-10 working days. Quantities of 2 or more: If you are from United States, 2 multicards will now cost $65 for tracking - this has gone up by $2.5 because of recent currency exchange changes. slydc: Requested 2 copies and is reserved - we have PM'ed about cost when you are ready to pay. Arcadeshopped: Requested 5 copies, due to value, for insurance purposes you can only get the tracked and signed service for $18 - Your total will be: $143. Where would payment be expected? Send money via paypal to [email protected], under friends/family if you can - as you are all my friends, and you are getting this as close to cost as I can afford to. Please state your name and address in the note - and your username so I can tick you off! Don't worry about the amount I receive, I have rounded up costs slightly to compensate for this. If you are unable to use paypal let me know what other potential options you would like to try to pay in. What if I want more than one? Let me know where in the world you live, and I'll give you an updated shipping price. Will this work with the Rifle games? Yes, this was one of Boojakascha's original purposes for making it, I don't have the Rifle for the odyssey myself to test it with, but it should work as intended. What games does it play? You should be able to play all the original game card variants for the original Magnavox Odyssey system, and many of the homebrew that has been produced since. Note that some homebrew have custom hardware and one or two have custom game cards; these will NOT likely to be replicated with this multicard. The switches may also help to produce unique effects, but I don't think this has been documented yet. When is the earliest this could be ready? I have all the units, but I will individually test them before sending them out for verification. I will aim to go out as often as I can to ship, but might be every few days to avoid exposing myself too much outside. I will send a PM with an image of your package on the day it leaves my house. Have you done anything like this before? Nope! But I always deliver on everything else I've done before, and I'm not going to disappear anytime soon. By taking the hit of the immediate cost myself I'm hoping we can all benefit. Who will receive it first? There should be enough for everyone who has currently requested some, once I've received them I will give details on how to pay. Due to the current crisis, I am avoiding going out where possible, but I will aim to send packages within 7 days of payment cleared. How will I be able to pay? Paypal is widely used and has always worked for me, but let me know if this is not possible. You can pay by paypal without having an account and using your regular bank details. I will update status for these users as orders is payed/shipped eebuckeye: 2 - paid & shipped stupus: 2 - paid & shipped Atari2008: 1 - paid & shipped BuckeyeFan_4eva: 1 - paid & shipped retrogmr: 1 - paid & shipped Andrew Davie: 1 - paid & shipped ManCaveArcade: 1 - paid & shipped RampantOctous: 1 - paid & shipped rayik: 1 - paid & shipped ubersaurus: 1 - paid & shipped Dastari Creel: 1 - paid & shipped mario64: 1 - paid & shipped Alaskaman: 2 - paid & shipped Marcus Englert: 1 - paid & shipped arcadeshopper: 5 - paid & shipped David.H: 1 - paid & shipped towmater: 1 - paid & shipped slydc: 2 - paid & shipped pokemontrainer: 1 - paid & shipped mckafka99: 1 - paid & shipped zhorton: 2 - paid & shipped Graeme McCall: 1 - paid & shipped njb12287: 1 - paid & shipped high voltage: 1 - reserved PsychedelicShaman: 1 rpgcollector: 1 Max remaining: 13

Sorry won't be able to help much on the alternative release front. I have a similar system for tracking games by spreadsheet, but I only track unique games, not releases in different languages etc. I couldn't see the chess module anywhere, but I only had a quick glance. Can't remember without looking for sure but I think there was also an extended programming module but I've never seen it.

Unfortunately the best thing you could probably do is try a different TV. Or try manual scan if you can. Failing that try a USB tv to pc device as they tend to have the ability to scan all frequencies for all TV types. If that doesn't pick it up, it's definitely something internally. For my magnavox odyssey I had to try new batteries even though the first lot I tried were used once for something else.

Yeah we were all confused by this in the channel F thread. You can get a full fairchild library for the same price. It is one of the rarer ones, and it looked nice enough. Worth that much? Don't know. Bare in mind that is two buyers who bidded over 900 too. Is it fishy? Don't know. Usually goes for 50-100

Couple of ebay items I noticed today if people are interested: Loose, but cheap 23 Galatic Space War in US: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/fairchild-channel-f-cart-23-galactic-space-war-rare-label-over-label-variant/164130729171?hash=item2636f42cd3:g:V5cAAOSwoSxectCp 13 SABA Memory in fairly good condition (That is no. 15 in US line) in Germany: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SABA-Videoplay-Videocart-13-MEMORY-Vintage-Fairchild-Channel-F-Computer-Game/392740778851?hash=item5b712cb363:g:pbAAAOSwpIBefc~k I had this before I managed to get a fairchild one, works exactly the same!

Just saw this, I assume all the 3d0 games are gone already

I'm pretty ignorant on these things. When people gamble in this virtual currency, can it be traded back to hard currency that is gold backed or are you completely reliant on some sucker offering you money to buy it from you. PayPal and even bitcoin has a place in the world, I just don't get how a virtual currency backed by a company that has only made a small bucket of cash on licence deals, suing companies and dodgy project backing schemes can stay afloat long. Why would I use it unless I'm getting more for my money in atari coin than I am in pound sterling? Hasn't every other version of non-hard currency flopped within a matter of months historically?

I'm up for it! I was thinking of just streaming every game released, but we could maybe come up with something!

Haha thanks Dastari! Yes I thought it was a great name too! There is hope for this project yet. I'm looking into getting some multicards produced, which will be extremely helpful as it means I can add a lot of features to make it much more playable. I've looked at this a few times over the months and I just can't make it interesting enough with the base game cards. I don't want to develop anything that I couldn't play myself physically (and what others couldnt too) so I'm going down the multicard route first.

I think we are all really appreciative of your efforts - they really do bring new life into some of the games simply by making them more accessible. I've used them exclusively since instead of using original cartridges! So much easier to navigate options!