Official Chuck Yeager's Fighter Combat Reservation (and soon sales!) Thread

[MrMark0673]

Hi Folks!

Here it is, the OFFICIAL Chuck Yeager's Fighter Combat reservation thread! This has been nearly 4 years in the making and we are so very proud to be able to present you with this unreleased game! A few things you should know:

- This is NOT a presale thread. No money will exchange hands until after the games are 100% finished and ready to ship.

- The game is made of COMPLETELY NEW PARTS! This is the first project Matt and I have done without the use of any donor materials. No carts were harmed in the making of this game . Currently, we are only aiting for cart stickers and inserts to be finished, and we predict those to be done by the end of the week!

- The game will cost $85 shipped in the US, $100 Shipped to Canada, and $110 Worldwide. The international prices stink due to the higher cost of flate rate postage seen here : http://cr.colostate.edu/documents/ShapedRates.pdf ;
I know it sucks, but it is what it is. The PCBs alone are almost $25, so the cost has to be a bit higher than our previous releases.

In order to reserve a spot you must:
Post in this thread
Put the number you want in this thread
Put your country it is shipping to in this thread
If you don't follow these rules, I'll have to skip over your request

- Once you have requested to reserve a number, I will PM you with payment instructions.

- You have 2 days to accept the transaction, and 3 days after they are ready to ship to pay. Any longer than this, and I will leave appropriate feedback and your number goes back up for grabs. Sorry, but I've done 3 full reproduction runs in the past with far too many tire kickers. Granted this will be slightly different for AA folks, but let's make sure things go smoothly

- There is no maximum number you can purchase, buy as many as you like. If you buy more than one, I will charge actual shipping.

The package includes:
1, Chuck Yeager's Fighter Combat Nintendo Entertainment System Game cartridge (Green), hand numbered ____/150
1, Chuck Yeager's Fighter Combat BitBox case with Artwork, hand numbered ____/150
1, Chuck Yeager Wingman pin (included in your flat rate box)
1, Surprise insert with your favorite Brigadier General!

Every game has been play tested by Matt until he shot down at least 2 fighter jets, so we know that they function correctly.

What you should know about this game:

Chuck Yeager's Fighter Combat was set to be released on the Nintendo Entertianment System. The game wqas shopped out to several major publishers, though none were ever attached formally to the game In May of 2010, the only known prototype of this game came up for open auction on Ebay. My brother, BeaglePuss, won the auction for the then record price for an NES prototype; roughly $2,700. As far as gameplay, there are some serious highs and lows:

Highs:
- Synth voice that is super cool and fairly impressive for an NES game. The quality is as you'd expect, but there are many more phrases and words than I can recall on any NES game.
- Early 3D polygonal graphics. The graphics on this game are pretty intense, and on those alone I'm shocked that it never saw a full release.
- Gameplay depth. There are multiple camera angles you can choose that really show off the graphics, each mission is unique with various goals, you can re-fuel mid-flight which is very cool, and one of the weapons is a missle that you control in the first person that is absolutely epic on the NES. The game also features a few co-op multiplayer options that add depth.
- The game is fully finished. That's not something that can be said about many protos that went entirely unreleased on ANY platform.

Lows:
- It's a flight sim. If you like flight sims, you should love this. If you don't, well, it's a flight sim.
- The controls and learning curve are stiff. It takes some serious getting used to in order to pull off some of the missions, so you've been warned!
- There is some minimal graphic glitching in the intro. It's small and is only found in the very first cut scene.

The ROM has been ever so slightly modified (thanks Bunny!) to remove some minor graphics glitching in the intro. After a full sell out, Matt and I will be releasing the ORIGINAL UNALTERED ROM for FREE for everyone to download and enjoy!

I think that's pretty much it. If you have any questions/comments/concerns, please let me know!

 

The sign up list is going to be maintained exclusively on NintendoAge as to not make things more confusing. You may, however, post in this thread to reserve your space and I will update the list on NA.

 

http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=115880

[kennybrooks]

#51, USA

 

Thanks

[MrMark0673]

Well over half sold at this point, don't miss out if you were on the fence!

 

I updated recently to show the label and a cool video of the label making process. These should be ready to ship by this weekend/middle of next week.