Idea Revolutions Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Okay, I know its been a while since I've posted anything, and most of you people that joined within the last year or so probably don't know me, but I have a question to ask. This is a rather important question and could determine quite a few things my 'company' will do. I have gotten a few new 'workers'(I know I'm bound to hear about this). Anyway, why I asked the question will be explained later on either late Sunday, or early Monday. So, after much adeiu, the question: How much does it normally cost, including duplicating, packaging, printing, and everything else, How much does it cost to make a 2600 Homebrew game????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 -- grabs front row seat for the fireworks -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 <sits next to Inky> Snider-man: "Have I missed anything?" Inky: "No, it's just starting." <Sniderman's eyes remain glued to the screen> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Snider-man: "Have I missed anything?" Inky: "No, it's just starting." Inky: Hey Snider! The 1812 Overture is about to start! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 *Settles down beside Inky and Snider-man* Do you guys have any popcorn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 This is going to be the best 4th of July fireworks display ever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeybastard Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 How much for allyou mentioned? ONE HUNDRED BILLION DOLLARS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atarinuts Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 *Grabs the seat behind Inky, snider-man, and Han* Am I too late? What'd I miss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 No one wants to fire that first shot, do they? Most will spend the next four hours thinking up the right joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Oooh! They've started! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 *Grabs the seat behind Inky, snider-man, and Han* Am I too late? What'd I miss? *stares at screen* Oh, nothing much .... Slow start... but it's starting now.... Got any popcorn? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 The waiting is always the worst part. Just a couple of kids twirling sparklers right now. Hope they have those M-80s. Those are cool. Or those big flashing sparkly ones. <starts practicing his "oooooohs" and "ahhhhhhhs"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 *Settles down beside Inky and Snider-man* Do you guys have any popcorn? <takes a handful of corn, then passes the box to Han - eyes never leaving the sky> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 So is this the Knight Rider guy or the KISS guy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cybergoth Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Hi there! So is this the Knight Rider guy or the KISS guy? No, Idea Revolutions are a league of their own Greetings, Manuel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 This is all new to me. I'd like to hear more from Mr. Revolutions. Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 So is this the Knight Rider guy or the KISS guy? Oooooooooooooooh! No, Idea Revolutions are a league of their own Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Da da da da da da da da daaaaaaa BOOM! Snider! Did you see that one! That was cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Jentzsch Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 How much does it normally cost, including duplicating, packaging, printing, and everything else, How much does it cost to make a 2600 Homebrew game????? Ok, I'll try a serious answer: Unboxed: ~$5..10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snider-man Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Shoot. Thomas answered it seriously. So, I guess I will too. He's on the barrel head. Between $5 and $10 each if you have someone else make them up. Let's say you wanted to make 10 carts. 1. You get 10 crappy carts of any style (Combat anyone?) rip them open and throw away the inner guts. If you paid a buck apiece, you've spent $10. 2. You'll need new circuit boards and a hex inverter. AA sells em pre-assembled for $5 each, so there's $60 so far. 3. How's about the EPROM? Gonna need that part as well as having it burned with your image. Chip is about $1 or so and I'd probably float the guy burning them a buck each for the effort. So, let's just round it to $2 each, so there's $80 total. (I'm assuming you can solder them onto the PCB and place them in the cases.) And we really haven't touched on labels, instructions, boxes, etc. So, we have a total of $8 for each one of these. Now, if you want to go the cheap route: 1. Same as above, but the PCBs must be salvagable. You'll need Pac-Man or Space Invaders or carts of a particular PCB "pattern." Older stuff like Combat or 2K games won't work. 2. This time, strip out the PBC and GENTLY remove the old ROM chip. 3. You'll still need to have the EPROMs burned, so price is same there. Plus, you now have to buy the hex inverters individually. Those are pretty cheap though - 50 cents each. 4. Take the PCB, the EPROM, the hex inverter, and a soldering gun (as well as about 10 inches of wiring) and assemble this octopus by hand. This method, you'll spend about $4 each, but you'll be disassembling and reassembling each and every one of these . Better have a solder remover, soldering gun, solder, flux, wire clippers, etc. Plus expereince on what you're doing. There ya go. You could also just ask the AA gang to do all this for ya. But, unless they're gonna sell it in the store, there will be a per-cart charge for the manufaturing that would probably be very close to the numbers above. Ta-dah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost Monkey Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Oooh! I'm so excited! Will Sunday (or early Monday) never arrive? I can't wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloatedmonkey Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 why I asked the question will be explained later on either late Sunday, or early Monday I think they're trying to hype their stock for their big IPO on Monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Idea Revolutions Posted July 2, 2003 Author Share Posted July 2, 2003 Oooh boy, I expected this. It's amusing that nobody will ever take me seriously. Thank you for some people who did. So, $5-$10?? Including programming the game, and everything? And that's per cartridge? Chaper than I thought, if that's what it covers. Aucutally, I'm not trying to make any major hype, I get back from vacation then and the other guys are too stupid to know whats going on anyway. They mainly are in charge of..... well, other stuff. Hey, uh, one person(too lazy to look up name) said they were interested in my newsletter. I have a newsletter? I could make one and that would be the news. Well anyway, the people that took it seriously, I just want conformation on that. And I'm still going to post the reason why when I get back, after the other guys give me the way-to-go. Nice to see I'm still a laughing stock. And just to amuse you even further, BOOM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broncoman Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NovaXpress Posted July 2, 2003 Share Posted July 2, 2003 Oooh boy, I expected this. It's amusing that nobody will ever take me seriously. Thank you for some people who did. I want to hear more! What awesome idea are you working on? Who's going to be programming the game? Will your mom drive you to CGE next year to show it off? the other guys are too stupid to know whats going on anyway. They mainly are in charge of..... well, other stuff. This sounds like a very well-planned and well-run company. Do you have a cool logo yet? You should draw one up in study hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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