MineStorm wrote:
I had no idea there even was a SNES mouse (just googled it).

hyperkin just released a new version of it: https://www.hyperkin.com/snes-hyper-click-retro-style-mouse-hyperkin.html

this is cool. all the love this little red forgotten console gets really brings a smile to my face.

depending on the price point, i would also like a copy. =)

that game holder and those cards are both really neat. i have not seen either of them before.

they pop-up on ebay from time to time but i’ve no idea of those PCBs have a battery or not. rumor is an official run from our local crew of repro makers is also in the works.

The only way I can see to avoid the price gouging would be to keep the games in continuous reproduction. Which would mean finding a source for connectors.

If you are not a purist, and have a flashboy, there is a hack that will allow you to stage select.

i’m just happy to read that a cart-only release is planned. that game really needs to get into the hands of more gamers! having only 75 of those floating around hasn’t done much good for the VB community other than creating modern-day press for our beloved console!

i never knew about any of that. thanks ben!

that’s awesome! way to represent the VB!

To clarify, this project picks up just the VB-to-VB link cable that DogP was working on or is this a completely new design?

before i had my ribbon cables soldered i experienced a very odd dimming effect while moving my head around. someone times it even glitched more when my face was closer to the red lenses. it made absolutely no sense to the point that it even sparked a brief discussion at one point.

thunderstruck wrote:

Lester Knight wrote:
does anyone know if the translated VF carts on eBay have a battery on the PCB?

I didn’t even know they exist. Do you have a link?

This was the last eBay auction I was following.

I do not know where these carts are from, but I suspect that they might be coming from here.

does anyone know if the translated VF carts on eBay have a battery on the PCB?

I like the looping build cycle, which should help get games into every gamers hands who wants/needs them. there is also the idea of building carts on-demand, as orderes are placed by a customer.

My thoughts on donors is not to require them if possible, while perhaps offering discounts to those willing to supply them.

I would love to see Hunter finished and released, until that dream can come true, a second carts only release of Fish Bone or Blox seem like good ideas

litephiter wrote:
As long as the price was comparable to the price of the Flashboy/past repros, I’d probably be on board for one or two.

considering a lower price point than $75+ is why i am suggesting cart only releases. perhaps with a donor trade-in policy (2 or 3 carts) the price for manufacturing a reproduction could become even lower than expected.

a 3rd party group or a single member could always offer separately the complete CIB experience for those who want it. by making that content a separate option the initial cost for gaming should go down.

I’ve been posting about making red Glass Lens replacements for a while. It’s a project I’d really like to try to do. I’d Like to try different products to see what would works best. I just never seem to have the time to get started researching.

my glasses cause my vb image to appear biconcave. it is higher on the corners than it is in the middle. this doesn’t really bother me now but when i first noticed it, it took me awhile to figure out what was causing it. i also have blurry edges on some games, but that is because of the red lenses.

[Lester Knight]

i hope that we reach a point when consent has been given and carts for all existing CIB releases can be made. I would like to see games in the hands of every VB gamer who wants or needs them.

when a new batch of PCBs are ordered, it would be nice to see some type of marking or writing placed on the PCB that differentiates it from what came before and also from retail carts. i feel like, artistically and for posterity, this is the way to mark all future carts.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by Lester Knight.

[Lester Knight]

what did i start? this seems like a great idea. this community could benefit from other sources of cart production as would future homebrew development. i’m rooting for not making CIB releases, just carts. i’ll keep an eye on this thread to see which way it goes. i’ll probably have something more to add when the price point comes up for discussion.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by Lester Knight.