Rick Dangerous Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Hey Folks, There are a few games that I'm thinking of having AA do repro's of for me. They are rare 7800 games that I'd just like to have on cart and play on the original hardware. I don't mind if the label says "repro" but I'd like it to look pretty legit other than that. Does anyone have any experience having this done, and did it come out okay? FYI I'm thinking of grabbing repros of Tank Command and Mean 18(love golf games!!). I'd do Double Dragon as well but it appears they don't have the ROM. Any advice and info is much appreciated. Thanks! -R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I don't think you will be able to get AA to pirate retail games for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Either way, Double Dragon is not gonna happen, period. Al does not have the hardware to make it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 I don't think you will be able to get AA to pirate retail games for you. Pirate? The repro service is advertised right in the AA store. Unless I read it wrong or misunderstood something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 The Tank Command desired repro I understanding wanting. Mean 18 too. Double Dragon repro, I really don't undertsand. Right now on ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Double-Dragon-Atari-7800-1989-/261562280035?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3ce653a863 $23.99 shipped. Double Dragon 'good' condition. That's not a rarity either - quite common to catch that game in the $20-$40 range loose cart in good/very good condition. Whoops, my bad: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=double+dragon+7800&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc ...make that less than $20 is currently common for a loose cart. Looks like completed/sold auctions for loose carts are as low as $15.50, several under $20, and even CIB that sold under $40 and another that went for under $30. Both have cartridges that look near mint and the rest in very good condition.. All within the last 3 months. Heck, the under $30 CIB just sold on August 21. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 I don't think you will be able to get AA to pirate retail games for you. There's no restriction on that, but rare games will have "REPRODUCTION CARTRIDGE" printed on the label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 (edited) There's no restriction on that, but rare games will have "REPRODUCTION CARTRIDGE" printed on the label.Yeah I'm fine with that. Just would like to have the games to play them (mean 18, tank command) are impossible to find at a reasonable price. Anyone have an AA repro? Would love to see how the lablels came out. Edited September 5, 2014 by travistouchdown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 Just as an FYI too, per the product description page:"We can now produce single cartridges of any 32K (or smaller) Atari 7800 binary you send to us" If that has/will change you're in luck. If not, both Tank Command and Mean 18 (especially) are well over 32K. As far as experience, having an AA repro, Al has made a custom cart for me that was picture perfect, looking professional and plays beautifully. Label and cart are excellent. No problems, very satisfied. I have owned the cart for ~18 months. Would love to see how the lablels came out. The label for my cart has the look and feel/quality of a brand new [2600*] picture label cartridge. *I used the tool here and provided the results to Al for the design. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted September 5, 2014 Author Share Posted September 5, 2014 Just as an FYI too, per the product description page: "We can now produce single cartridges of any 32K (or smaller) Atari 7800 binary you send to us" If that has/will change you're in luck. If not, both Tank Command and Mean 18 (especially) are well over 32K. As far as experience, having an AA repro, Al has made a custom cart for me that was picture perfect, looking professional and plays beautifully. Label and cart are excellent. No problems, very satisfied. I have owned the cart for ~18 months. The label for my cart has the look and feel/quality of a brand new [2600*] picture label cartridge. *I used the tool here and provided the results to Al for the design. Very Cool resources thanks for posting!! Too bad about the Cart size... :"( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted September 5, 2014 Share Posted September 5, 2014 There's no restriction on that, but rare games will have "REPRODUCTION CARTRIDGE" printed on the label. I personally have no issue with reproducing whatever game I just know there is grey area's that some pro outfits like AA don't venture into, not publicly at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stdjxf15 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 I know this is an old post. But does anyone know if IKARI WARRIORS is able to be reproduced? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+wongojack Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 19 minutes ago, stdjxf15 said: I know this is an old post. But does anyone know if IKARI WARRIORS is able to be reproduced? https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=950 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Dangerous Posted February 6, 2020 Author Share Posted February 6, 2020 Hahaha....my young AA self 6 years ago. Since aquired and sold Double Dragon (hated it) and have Tank Command and the others. Good stuff. My Tank Command is a repro, but i got a nice complete original copy of Mean 18 luckily! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stdjxf15 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 (edited) 18 minutes ago, wongojack said: https://atariage.com/store/index.php?l=product_detail&p=950 Sorry, let me clarify. Was wondering if IKARI was within that”32k” range. Edited February 6, 2020 by stdjxf15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApolloBoy Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 5 minutes ago, stdjxf15 said: Sorry, let me clarify. Was wondering if IKARI was within that”32k” range. Ikari Warriors is 128 KB in size so AA wouldn’t be able to do a repro unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stdjxf15 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 33 minutes ago, ApolloBoy said: Ikari Warriors is 128 KB in size so AA wouldn’t be able to do a repro unfortunately. Thank you for the info. The hunt continues then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 1 hour ago, ApolloBoy said: Ikari Warriors is 128 KB in size so AA wouldn’t be able to do a repro unfortunately. That is 100% incorrect. Al has access to all my PCB's, one of which can go up to 1MB. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Well, the sentence wasn't entirely incorrect... Ikari Warriors *is* a 128kb game. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Al will update the store later, I just texted him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Stamos Mullet Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 Wait, I though Al/the AA store didn't do repros of commercial 7800 games? If I want a Commando, and can supply a Pokey, can/will he make it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stdjxf15 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 2 hours ago, John Stamos Mullet said: Wait, I though Al/the AA store didn't do repros of commercial 7800 games? If I want a Commando, and can supply a Pokey, can/will he make it? I believe they will but list “repro” on it. If it’s possible to sacrifice a ball blazer for IKARI I’d love to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+save2600 Posted February 6, 2020 Share Posted February 6, 2020 23 minutes ago, stdjxf15 said: I believe they will but list “repro” on it. If it’s possible to sacrifice a ball blazer for IKARI I’d love to You can sacrifice a Boringblazer and use its cart shell for most anything you'd like - but it's Commando and homebrews that people want its Pokey chip for. Ikari Warriors doesn't use Pokey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stdjxf15 Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 But......but..... I already have that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 5 hours ago, John Stamos Mullet said: Wait, I though Al/the AA store didn't do repros of commercial 7800 games? If I want a Commando, and can supply a Pokey, can/will he make it? That's not something I've ever done for the 7800 (or for other systems for the most part), not sure that's a path I want to go down. ..Al Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 7, 2020 Share Posted February 7, 2020 42 minutes ago, Albert said: That's not something I've ever done for the 7800 (or for other systems for the most part), not sure that's a path I want to go down. ..Al I told them that 5+ years ago but I guess that wasn't good enough. Glad you chimed in. Straight from the horse's mouth and all that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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