Buying homebrew

[flammingcowz]

If i buy a homebrew game from atariage, does money go to the developer?

Also, why are some games more expensive than others, the games that were $40 got worse ratings than some at $25.

[Thomas Jentzsch]

If i buy a homebrew game from atariage, does money go to the developer?

Also, why are some games more expensive than others, the games that were $40 got worse ratings than some at $25.

Usually about $5 go to the homebrewer.

 

There can be various reasons, why some games are more expensive:

- they could be boxed and making boxes is pretty expensive

- they could come with a special manual, cartridge shell or with extra goodies

- the programmer requests for more royalties

- ...

 

BTW: The price doesn't reflect how good a game is. There are expensive stinkers and very good budget games.

Edited February 28, 2008 by Thomas Jentzsch

[Crazy Climber]

If i buy a homebrew game from atariage, does money go to the developer?

Also, why are some games more expensive than others, the games that were $40 got worse ratings than some at $25.

The games that are $42 come with a box. The boxes look cool but are expensive to make

[joeybastard]

This just my personal opinion but the only game that is good and costs over $25 in the VCS homebrews is sold out at the moment.

[DaveD]

This is just speculation but I believe some of those questionable $40+ games were produced in limited quantities for specific events and not associated with AtariAge originally. So for some specific games there's probably more people involved in the whole chain from programmer to final distribution & delivery. And once everyone gets their chunk, it totals $40+. I wouldn't use price as a gauge of a game's quality.

[+Nathan Strum]

There can be various reasons, why some games are more expensive:

- they could be boxed and making boxes is pretty expensive

- they could come with a special manual, cartridge shell or with extra goodies

- the programmer requests for more royalties

Generally, bankswitched games (over 4K ROM) tend to be a little more expensive. There's more work involved in building those.

 

BTW: The price doesn't reflect how good a game is. There are expensive stinkers and very good budget games.

Agreed! Some of the best games are only $20. Oystron, Seawolf, Squish 'Em... and even the cheapest game in the store - Dark Mage - turned out to be a lot of fun (it's a throwback to the old text adventure games).

 

Thrust+ is one of the more expensive ones, but it's also one of the best homebrews games ever produced for the 2600. The fact that it's one of the top sellers (and is currently sold out) should tell you that a lot of people think it's worth every penny (myself included).

 

On the other hand, the two $40+ games aren't worth the cardboard they're shipped in.

 

Incidentally, you can sort the games by price by clicking on "Price" at the top of that column.

[Impaler_26]

The price of the games also depends on the Rom-size of the game. Usually a 4K game (cart & manual) costs $20 in the store, some older ones like okie dokie only $18. 8K, 16K and 32K games (cart & manual) cost usually $25.

 

But neither the Rom-size nor the price say anything about the quality of a game.

[flammingcowz]

Thanks for the replies, it makes since that coming with a nice box and manual would raise its price, not how the game plays. Some other systems, people will price the game on how many people want it, so I was just making sure.