+nanochess Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 Hi all. The game Dragon's Lair for TI99/4A by HarmlessLion with official license from Digital Leisure Inc. Only two hundred 155 units were made. The full digitized video of the arcade game is in the cartridge. In good state and working. $700 USD Free shipping to USA, Canada and Europe. Only Paypal. No PO boxes. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 4 hours ago, nanochess said: Only two hundred were made. Only 155. Bring up your price BTW: for anyone who is a Dragon's Lair collector, this is an officially-licensed product. If you do not have it, your collection is not complete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 12 minutes ago, OLD CS1 said: Only 155. Bring up your price BTW: for anyone who is a Dragon's Lair collector, this is an officially-licensed product. If you do not have it, your collection is not complete. Thanks! I've corrected it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Starwander Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 PM sent, Old CS1 you said I would never find one of these 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 2 hours ago, Starwander said: PM sent, Old CS1 you said I would never find one of these Well, I am glad to be proven wrong. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 27 Author Share Posted March 27 Dragon's Lair is sold. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Holy shit! 700.00?! I'm one of the 155! Contemplates other homebrews... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted March 27 Share Posted March 27 Wow, that went quick! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 5 hours ago, Tursi said: Wow, that went quick! Your game is an amazing piece of work, my friend. Thanks for developing it! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jesusc Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I always feel bad for homebrew developers whom put forth all the effort, yet due to time + scarcity end up with the least amount of profit from their work. That is NOT a knock against anyone selling their stuff for what people are willing to pay for it down the road, please don't read it as being so. It just kinda sucks for the developer. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4ever2600 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Yeah nanochess, thanks for creating it. ; ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 6 hours ago, jesusc said: I always feel bad for homebrew developers whom put forth all the effort, yet due to time + scarcity end up with the least amount of profit from their work. There is a balance between a price which will put most of a product in the hands of real people, and prices which will put most of the product in hands of collectors. Putting it in the hands of real people generally means there will be little to no profit, if not a loss. Putting it in the hands of collectors means money, but little to no actual use of the game. I scarcely imagine homebrew devs want their creations to languish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Starwander Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 21 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: There is a balance between a price which will put most of a product in the hands of real people, and prices which will put most of the product in hands of collectors. Putting it in the hands of real people generally means there will be little to no profit, if not a loss. Putting it in the hands of collectors means money, but little to no actual use of the game. I scarcely imagine homebrew devs want their creations to languish. This is fairly accurate and well said. I hate to say this as this likely to sit on my shelf for many, many years unplayed. I bought it for my collection. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 11 minutes ago, Starwander said: This is fairly accurate and well said. I hate to say this as this likely to sit on my shelf for many, many years unplayed. I bought it for my collection. Give it a try when you can. I bet @nanochess gave it a good amount of play, and I can say my copy gets enough play to make up for ones that sit on a shelf, especially at VCF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightbit Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 Play the thing.... you only live once. I'd love to play this one day if I am ever so graced. Big DL fan and what a technical achievement in the TI99/4A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cvga Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 10 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: Give it a try when you can. I bet @nanochess gave it a good amount of play, and I can say my copy gets enough play to make up for ones that sit on a shelf, especially at VCF I don't always have my TI99 hooked up but I love to bring it out and show off Dragon's Lair whenever I have someone around who appreciates DL or just games from that era. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+nanochess Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 23 hours ago, OLD CS1 said: Give it a try when you can. I bet @nanochess gave it a good amount of play, and I can say my copy gets enough play to make up for ones that sit on a shelf, especially at VCF It was the most played game in my TI-99/4A. Not every day you have a complete laserdisc inside a cartridge! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted March 30 Share Posted March 30 16 hours ago, eightbit said: Play the thing.... you only live once. I'd love to play this one day if I am ever so graced. Big DL fan and what a technical achievement in the TI99/4A. Come to VCF-SE and play at my exhibit. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 On 3/29/2024 at 2:03 PM, Starwander said: This is fairly accurate and well said. I hate to say this as this likely to sit on my shelf for many, many years unplayed. I bought it for my collection. This is the part that I have trouble with... not so much that I can't sell my own work for what other people can sell it for, but why put all the effort into it in the first place when a weighted box, or a crappy knock-off that plays like crap, would do just as well? Fortunately I did it for the challenge and not to make any kind of profit (I lost about $700 in the end all said, though that was almost entirely because of defective flash chips. I lost another $120 trying to settle my claim with the company who sold them to me. Grr.) So for better or for worse I put the time in. I'm glad people liked it and some people had fun with it, and it's also kind of cool to think it will be displayed as part of some people's collections. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+swlovinist Posted March 31 Share Posted March 31 Here is a video I did on this amazing project. I am so happy I got one when I did. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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