Onion game Cases

[WolfAlmighty]

Sorry to hear about that, mate.

Well, just keep on keepin' on I guess!

[zakurowrath]

Aww dang, well here's hoping for good things in the future, I can wait 

[tjk176]

Not sure if this has been brought up before but what about a kickstarter?  I'd pledge to get this off the ground

[mojoeskateco]

I have to ask, Why did you start your amazing idea of cases for retro games with the TG-16?

I think if you could just get the NES ones off the ground that could be your cash cow to expand.

Also if your looking to make some cash developing a home brew game is likely to fail.  Of course if you are just doing because you love to then that's a different story and all the power to you!!

Good luck and I hope to see some NES cases in the future.  I guess it's back to hacking up UGCs for me 

[WolfAlmighty]

I guess it's back to hacking up UGCs for me 

I feel ya.  I just did my 360th case yesterday.  I have callouses on the tips of my index and middle fingers on my right hand from pushing the blade such that I can now pick up hot dogs out of the frying pan and not even feel the heat.

[Seymor Onion]

Not sure if this has been brought up before but what about a kickstarter?  I'd pledge to get this off the ground

As soon as I can get some prototypes made, I'll shop around the CAD Files and prototypes to local Injection Molders, to get price quotes, then I'll start the Kickstarter campaign. 
IIRC, you pretty much have to have working prototypes Before Kickstarter will let ya run a campaign.
At least, that's what I got out of reading their new policies.

I have to ask, Why did you start your amazing idea of cases for retro games with the TG-16?

I think if you could just get the NES ones off the ground that could be your cash cow to expand.

Also if your looking to make some cash developing a home brew game is likely to fail.  Of course if you are just doing because you love to then that's a different story and all the power to you!!

Good luck and I hope to see some NES cases in the future.  I guess it's back to hacking up UGCs for me 

Well, the TG16 Sleeves and GBA Insert Trays didn't cost anywhere near as much as it does to do Injection Molding. 

I'm planning to give away the Homebrew Game for free, for the most part.
I'll only make $ off of it, if it's entertaining enough to encourage people to either donate some $, or buy some merchandise based on the game's characters, (or they can order a boxed version; if they're really impressed) after they get a chance to play it in it's entirety. 

I have a lot of stories within me, struggling to be told.
I've completed enough storyboards, the old fashioned way, to make roughly 11 games, and there are countless other works-in-progress on my shelves.
In other words, I have enough material to make a ton of games; I just need the time to program them.

It's often said, yet it still rings true; "There is not enough time in a single day, to accomplish all of the goals I set for myself."
But that won't keep me from trying. 

[Maben]

Not sure if this has been brought up before but what about a kickstarter?  I'd pledge to get this off the ground

As soon as I can get some prototypes made, I'll shop around the CAD Files and prototypes to local Injection Molders, to get price quotes, then I'll start the Kickstarter campaign. 
IIRC, you pretty much have to have working prototypes Before Kickstarter will let ya run a campaign.
At least, that's what I got out of reading their new policies.

This is true, as far as I know.

[wiggy]

I guess it's back to hacking up UGCs for me  

I feel ya.  I just did my 360th case yesterday.  I have callouses on the tips of my index and middle fingers on my right hand from pushing the blade such that I can now pick up hot dogs out of the frying pan and not even feel the heat.

360?!  You NEED a Dremel!  

It's often said, yet it still rings true; "There is not enough time in a single day, to accomplish all of the goals I set for myself."
But that won't keep me from trying. 

I wish I could get people to understand just how incredibly difficult it is to do EVERYTHING on your own when starting up a new business. People expect results in days, but don't understand that it can take many many months to get even the smallest things done, especially when you're already operating as a business AND trying to bring new products to market at the same time (not saying that anyone here is doing that.

With that said, I can't wait to see some of this stuff come to fruition

[WolfAlmighty]

360?!  You NEED a Dremel!

I do have one, but clipping the plastic out of the cases isn't where I have to push the knife, it's when I take it and press it straight up against the UGC to clean off the jaggies.  Many of my cases are completely smooth to the touch (even though they don't really need to be) and I've kinda got my method down at this point.  Plus, I wouldn't want to use a dremel and get plastic dust all over the game room, since I modify the cases while I'm watching TV.

Besides, I'm over halfway done!  Think of what a bamf I'll be once I've done 676 of these by hand.  The chicks'll never leave me alone! 

[Retro Deckades]

Think of what a bamf I'll be once I've done 676 of these by hand.  The chicks'll never leave me alone! 

No with those soft hands!

[Inactive]

I guess it's back to hacking up UGCs for me 

I feel ya.  I just did my 360th case yesterday.  I have callouses on the tips of my index and middle fingers on my right hand from pushing the blade such that I can now pick up hot dogs out of the frying pan and not even feel the heat.

360 NES cases, ouch!

[Seymor Onion]

Hey guys!
After I post this, I'm going to bed.
I need to catch up on my Sleep. @_@
I've been extremely busy these past few weeks, filling holiday orders, dealing with my Day Job,
and putting the finishing touches on the remodeling of my warehouse.

When I wake up on Monday, Jan 7'th, I'll start posting again.

The Prototyping Phase, for Mold Type A, will start on Monday, Jan 7'th!
Many thanks to all of you for Donating, and purchasing my existing products.

--Mold Type A-- Modular, Supports multiple Game Case Types.
[OGC-2600-7800] Atari 2600 & 7800 Games.
[OGC-5200-JAG] Atari 5200 & Atari Jaguar (Cartridge-Based) Games.

[OGC-Inte-Cole] Intellivision & Colecovision Games.
This one might be divided onto two or more case types.
I'm gong to need some help gathering all the necessary variations of carts for this Game Case Types.
Further Details will be posted on Monday.

[OGC-NES-SGB] 8-Bit NES (USA Style) Games & Super Gameboy Cart.
[OGC-FAM-CASE] 8-Bit Famicom (Japanese Style, Cartridge-Based) Games.
[OGC-SNES-SFC] Super Nintendo Games, SNES Game Genie, & Super Famicom Games.
[OGC-N64G-CASE] Nintendo 64 Game & n64 Controller Pack (Memory Card).
[OGC-GOLD-CASE-_____ ] Gold-Colored Game Cases for NES, Famicom, SNES, SFC &N64 Games.

[OGC-32X-SMS] Sega Master System Cart-Based Games & Sega 32X Cart-Based Games.
[OGC-EA-GEN] Sega Genesis Standard Cart-Based Games & the Tall Sega Genesis Cart Based Games made by Electronics Arts.
[OGC-GGG-S&K] Genesis Game Genie Cart &  the special Sonic & Knuckles Lock-On Cart.

[OGC-SNK-NG1] Neo-Geo Carts.
This one might have to wait until I start making Replacement Cart Shells for Neo-Geo Games.

--Notes--
After selling about 50 Thousand of the above game cases, I will have the $ to purchase more molds.
Since the above Game Case Types will use the same Master Mold, that has modular pieces, it's 50k altogether, not 50k of each type. ~_^

Here is the groupings of the other Mold Types for the other Game Cases:
--Mold Type B-- Handheld, Approx the same outer dimensions as a USA nDS Game Case.
[OGC-GB-WS-LY] Standard Size Game Boy, Game Boy DX, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance,
 Wonder Swan, WonderSwan Color, and Atari LYNX Games.
[OGC-GBC-RUMBLE] Gameboy Color Games with Rumble & the Tall Robopon (Sun Version) Cart.
[OGC-GB-CHEAT] Support for Wario Ware:Twisted and a wide variety of Cheat Devices for GB, GBC & GBA.
[OGC-VB-NGPC] Virtual Boy & NeoGeo Color Game Carts.

[OGC-SGG-001] Sega Game Gear Carts.
The Sega Game Gear Cases might need their own mold.
It depends on whether or not I opt to increase the height of all of the Type B Cases.

Also, I might increase the thickness of the Thickness of the Type B Cases, so I can consolidate more types of Carts (Rumble, Cheat, & so on) into fewer Case Types.
In other words, the designs for Mold Type B aren't finalized yet.

--Mold Type C-- (CD-Case Style)
[OGC-HuCard-Tray] HuCard & SegaCard Game Case Trays.

--Mold Type D-- (DVD-Case Style)
[OGC-MyCard-Case] Sega Card & HuCard Game Cases.
[OGC-PSX-004] Supports up to 4 Game Disks for PS1 & PS2 Games. Can also pop in up to two PS1 or PS2 Memory Cards in each case.
[OGC-PSX-008] Supports up to 8 Game Disks for PS1 & PS2 Games. Can also pop in up to two PS1 or PS2 Memory Cards in each case.

--Mold Type E-- (Tall DVD Case Style)
[OGC-SAT-DVD] Extra-Tall DVD-Style Cases for Sega CD, Saturn & 32X CD-Based Games.
Each case will support up to 4 Game CDs, as well as all of the Manual Sizes.

--Mold Types F & G--
[OGC-SAT-OEM] These will be replicas of the fragile, Tall, American Game Cases for Sega CD, Saturn & 32X CD-Based Games.
The Center Hub will support up to 4 Game CDs.

Molds for Gaming Accessory Cases, Cart Shells, Console Shells, Controller Adapters & Ext Cords,
Game Region Converters, System Travel Cases, A/V Cables, RGB/Component Adapters,
Power Cords & AC Adapters, and Replacement Parts, will be made after all of the above Game Cases are available.
Availability of these items are dependent on the sales of the Game Cases.

Edited to change 78000 to 7800

[zakurowrath]

Hey guys!
After I post this, I'm going to bed.
I need to catch up on my Sleep. @_@
I've been extremely busy these past few weeks, filling holiday orders, dealing with my Day Job,
and putting the finishing touches on the remodeling of my warehouse.

When I wake up on Monday, Jan 7'th, I'll start posting again.

The Prototyping Phase, for Mold Type A, will start on Monday, Jan 7'th!
Many thanks to all of you for Donating, and purchasing my existing products.

--Mold Type A-- Modular, Supports multiple Game Case Types.
[OGC-2600-78000] Atari 2600 & 7800 Games.
[OGC-5200-JAG] Atari 5200 & Atari Jaguar (Cartridge-Based) Games.

[OGC-Inte-Cole] Intellivision & Colecovision Games.
This one might be divided onto two or more case types.
I'm gong to need some help gathering all the necessary variations of carts for this Game Case Types.
Further Details will be posted on Monday.

[OGC-NES-SGB] 8-Bit NES (USA Style) Games & Super Gameboy Cart.
[OGC-FAM-CASE] 8-Bit Famicom (Japanese Style, Cartridge-Based) Games.
[OGC-SNES-SFC] Super Nintendo Games, SNES Game Genie, & Super Famicom Games.
[OGC-N64G-CASE] Nintendo 64 Game & n64 Controller Pack (Memory Card).
[OGC-GOLD-CASE-_____ ] Gold-Colored Game Cases for NES, Famicom, SNES, SFC &N64 Games.

[OGC-32X-SMS] Sega Master System Cart-Based Games & Sega 32X Cart-Based Games.
[OGC-EA-GEN] Sega Genesis Standard Cart-Based Games & the Tall Sega Genesis Cart Based Games made by Electronics Arts.
[OGC-GGG-S&K] Genesis Game Genie Cart &  the special Sonic & Knuckles Lock-On Cart.

[OGC-SNK-NG1] Neo-Geo Carts.
This one might have to wait until I start making Replacement Cart Shells for Neo-Geo Games.

--Notes--
After selling about 50 Thousand of the above game cases, I will have the $ to purchase more molds.
Since the above Game Case Types will use the same Master Mold, that has modular pieces, it's 50k altogether, not 50k of each type. ~_^

Here is the groupings of the other Mold Types for the other Game Cases:
--Mold Type B-- Handheld, Approx the same outer dimensions as a USA nDS Game Case.
[OGC-GB-WS-LY] Standard Size Game Boy, Game Boy DX, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance,
 Wonder Swan, WonderSwan Color, and Atari LYNX Games.
[OGC-GBC-RUMBLE] Gameboy Color Games with Rumble & the Tall Robopon (Sun Version) Cart.
[OGC-GB-CHEAT] Support for Wario Ware:Twisted and a wide variety of Cheat Devices for GB, GBC & GBA.
[OGC-VB-NGPC] Virtual Boy & NeoGeo Color Game Carts.

[OGC-SGG-001] Sega Game Gear Carts.
The Sega Game Gear Cases might need their own mold.
It depends on whether or not I opt to increase the height of all of the Type B Cases.

Also, I might increase the thickness of the Thickness of the Type B Cases, so I can consolidate more types of Carts (Rumble, Cheat, & so on) into fewer Case Types.
In other words, the designs for Mold Type B aren't finalized yet.

--Mold Type C-- (CD-Case Style)
[OGC-HuCard-Tray] HuCard & SegaCard Game Case Trays.

--Mold Type D-- (DVD-Case Style)
[OGC-MyCard-Case] Sega Card & HuCard Game Cases.
[OGC-PSX-004] Supports up to 4 Game Disks for PS1 & PS2 Games. Can also pop in up to two PS1 or PS2 Memory Cards in each case.
[OGC-PSX-008] Supports up to 8 Game Disks for PS1 & PS2 Games. Can also pop in up to two PS1 or PS2 Memory Cards in each case.

--Mold Type E-- (Tall DVD Case Style)
[OGC-SAT-DVD] Extra-Tall DVD-Style Cases for Sega CD, Saturn & 32X CD-Based Games.
Each case will support up to 4 Game CDs, as well as all of the Manual Sizes.

--Mold Types F & G--
[OGC-SAT-OEM] These will be replicas of the fragile, Tall, American Game Cases for Sega CD, Saturn & 32X CD-Based Games.
The Center Hub will support up to 4 Game CDs.

Molds for Gaming Accessory Cases, Cart Shells, Console Shells, Controller Adapters & Ext Cords,
Game Region Converters, System Travel Cases, A/V Cables, RGB/Component Adapters,
Power Cords & AC Adapters, and Replacement Parts, will be made after all of the above Game Cases are available.
Availability of these items are dependent on the sales of the Game Cases.

This is super special awesome news, looks like 2013 is going to be a great year! 

[Arseen]

Good news.

I'm now seriously considering on replacing all my cases + buying some extras.
At least for type A cases (and E also)

Gonna be expensive

[OGC-NES-SGB] *800+
[OGC-FAM-CASE] * 200+
[OGC-SNES-SFC] 1000+

And then I also need more shelves as current will accomodate 1000 or so.
Which leads me needing bigger room, for which I don't have room.

I quess I'l have to build myself new house first.

[sheep2001]

Good news.

I'm now seriously considering on replacing all my cases + buying some extras.
At least for type A cases (and E also)

Gonna be expensive

[OGC-NES-SGB] *800+
[OGC-FAM-CASE] * 200+
[OGC-SNES-SFC] 1000+

And then I also need more shelves as current will accomodate 1000 or so.
Which leads me needing bigger room, for which I don't have room.

I quess I'l have to build myself new house first.

you could probably build a house out of your discarded cases!