rolenta Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 A description of ABC To The VCS and a sample chapter are now available from the Rolenta Press website. The book will be available this weekend at VGXPO and from the Rolenta Press website early next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Famicoman Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 What would we do without you Rolenta? This looks like a definate purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 I just started reading the book, great job! I noticed that Choplifter gets mentioned, Chapter 2 I think. Do you have any additional information about this title? I did a search in the Atari 2600 forum and saw there was a screen mockup in an old Atari Age magazine and the DP guide mentioned it was talked about at a CES. I'm curious if you ever got to see this one or if it was just a sales sheet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 There are several pirate Choplifters which are usually in reality Chopper Command by Activision but so far there has been no proof that the Atari project ever got of the drawing board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted November 28, 2005 Share Posted November 28, 2005 This looks great! Are the pictures in color or B&W? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 (edited) There are several pirate Choplifters which are usually in reality Chopper Command by Activision but so far there has been no proof that the Atari project ever got of the drawing board The game was shown at CES; either Summer '83 or Winter '84. Edited November 29, 2005 by rolenta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 This looks great! Are the pictures in color or B&W? B&W. A sample chapter can be found on the Rolenta Press website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxsolo2000 Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 If it was shown were there any pics to prove it? A lot of people I have talked know nothing about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 If it was shown were there any pics to prove it? A lot of people I have talked know nothing about it 973439[/snapback] I have not seen any pictures. It was shown at the same booth when Atari showed 2600 Xevious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 This looks great! Are the pictures in color or B&W? B&W. A sample chapter can be found on the Rolenta Press website. 973358[/snapback] Thanks - I will be purchasing regardless. The sample chapter even makes games like Blankjack and Slot Machine sound interesting! Any plans for a color edition sometime in the future? Either way - thanks for a great book! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 (edited) Any plans for a color edition sometime in the future? I had originally wanted to do a color version of ABC TO The VCS and Phoenix. However after publishing Ralph Baer's book earlier this year, I learned that it is just too expensive to produce color pages for low-print runs. With Ralph's book, I had to print a minimum of 3000 copies to make it economically feasible. I don't think ABC To The VCS would even sell a tenth of that. Edited November 30, 2005 by rolenta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+johnnywc Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Any plans for a color edition sometime in the future? I had originally wanted to do a color version of ABC TO The VCS and Phoenix. However after publishing Ralph Baer's book earlier this year, I learned that it is just too expensive to produce color pages for low-print runs. With Ralph's book, I had to print a minimum of 3000 copies to make it economically feasible. I don't think ABC To The VCS would even sell a tenth of that. 973843[/snapback] Thanks for the info - that certainly makes sense. Either way, it's a fantastic book and it's on my Christmas wish list. Excellent work!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Atari_Warlord Posted December 4, 2005 Share Posted December 4, 2005 Is it O.K. if I add a question occasionally while I\'m working through the book? In chapter 5, 3-D Havoc by Amiga is mentioned. Was this shown in working form at a CES also? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted December 4, 2005 Author Share Posted December 4, 2005 (edited) Is it O.K. if I add a question occasionally while I\'m working through the book? In chapter 5, 3-D Havoc by Amiga is mentioned. Was this shown in working form at a CES also? I don't remember if that particular game was shown. All I remember is that Amiga showed the 3D games at Toy Fair, not CES. Edited December 4, 2005 by rolenta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elviticus Posted December 19, 2005 Share Posted December 19, 2005 I just got mine! Very nice book, and I think it'll be a handy reference too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flojomojo Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Got any plans to add it to Amazon? I think you'd get some more sales with user-posted reviews and their spiffy search engine. You know we'd fill up the page with good press. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 Got any plans to add it to Amazon? I think you'd get some more sales with user-posted reviews and their spiffy search engine. You know we'd fill up the page with good press. No. There are no plans of putting this book on Amazon to keep the costs of the book low. Amazon requires a 55% discount off of the cover price which means that the price would have to have been made artificially higher (this is the same reason why Ralph Baer's book isn't available on Amazon either). Since the print run is low, and there are no plans to distribute this book, no ISBN was assigned to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raindog Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Sorry if this is a stupid question, but.... if you're really planning on selling under 300 copies, have you looked at Lulu? They seem to be all about the short runs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarimind Posted June 4, 2006 Share Posted June 4, 2006 When is Phonix going to be available again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolenta Posted June 8, 2006 Author Share Posted June 8, 2006 When is Phonix going to be available again? Hopefully by year's end. I've been working on other projects which have unfortunately delayed the 4th edition of Phoenix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JL Posted June 11, 2006 Share Posted June 11, 2006 When is Phonix going to be available again? Hopefully by year's end. I've been working on other projects which have unfortunately delayed the 4th edition of Phoenix. I have most of the previous editions. Definitive type stuff! Looking forward to the next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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