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Onion game Cases
Seymor Onion:
Thanks for the head's ups / running totals.
~Reasons for this last batch of delays~
My current CAD Guy* is really bad with returning calls and e-mails.
Also, his day job is taking up too much of his time.
I haven't heard from him in over a week.
I haven't even received any 3D models from him, yet.
If I don't hear back from him by Friday, I'm going to call the cops, to get my stuff back from him, and I'm going to go with a different CAD Designer.
I have 3 other cad guys on my short list.
I've spoken with all of them, they assure me it will take less than 2 weeks to do the work, and they're more than happy to put it in writing.
*This post is not directed at Wiggy.
His kid arrived early, and he has to spend what little free time he has left working on order fulfillment, as well as some other stuff. If he can't find the time to do the Sega Main Line 3D Modeling, by the time I'm finished with the Nintendo Main Line Cases, I can have the guys that do the N case modeling do the Sega Case Modeling. ;)
Edited to add: The unresponsive CAD guy has a selection of my Nintendo Game Carts and Manuals, so he can reference them while doing the 3D Modeling.
Azarkhel:
Nor trying to sound like a bastard here, but whatever you plan to do to get these going I would do it quickly. With the increasing popularity of retro game collecting, you will see more and more products becoming available that will eat into your territory.
The BitCases will just be the first, fortunately they're produced in a cheap fashion so you can still offer a better product.
BenG76:
--- Quote from: Azarkhel on May 01, 2013, 04:24:02 PM ---Nor trying to sound like a bastard here, but whatever you plan to do to get these going I would do it quickly. With the increasing popularity of retro game collecting, you will see more and more products becoming available that will eat into your territory.
The BitCases will just be the first, fortunately they're produced in a cheap fashion so you can still offer a better product.
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Azarkhel just made a major point here. These things need to get out real soon. People here may wait a bit longer for them. A lot of people may not though. Also they may not be up on which case is made better and some just don't educate themselves or research things before they buy. I only have 20-30 games cased myself so far none of which are NES. I have it in my mind to start on those soon. I as well don't mean to sound like a jerk but if your going to go forward with this I would be making it happen something quick.
BenG76:
Sorry if this has already been asked. Do you plan to make cases for the different systems carts a uniform size or whatever is needed? If you do ones for carts such as Famicom, Atari 2600/7800, Coleco, etc I was thinking they could possibly be smaller.
Seymor Onion:
I agree with ya'll 100% about getting the cases out ASAP, and am doing everything I can to make it so.
--- Quote from: BenG76 on May 01, 2013, 05:39:49 PM ---Sorry if this has already been asked. Do you plan to make cases for the different systems carts a uniform size or whatever is needed? If you do ones for carts such as Famicom, Atari 2600/7800, Coleco, etc I was thinking they could possibly be smaller.
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Not all of my Game Cases will be the same size.
The first project is for the The Nintendo Main Line Cases
They are going to be larger than UGCs by at least one dimension (spine width).
Case Height and Width will either be the same as UGC, or a little larger.
They'll support NES, SNES, SFC, and n64 Games and n64 Memory Paks.
Also supported will be the SNES Game Genie (gotta mod the Game Genie tho).
Both versions of the n64 GameShark (the one with a serial port, and the one without) will be supported.
The SNES and SFC Super Gameboys will be supported, as well as the Retro Port and Retro Gen carts for SNES/SFC.
After that will be the The Sega Main Line Cases
These cases will have the same Height and Width as a standard Genesis/Mega Drive Game Case.
However, the spine width will be a little bigger.
They'll support USA Master System Carts, Genesis Carts, Mega Drive Carts, 32X Carts, as well as the EA & Accolade Tall Genesis Carts, the huge Genesis Virtua Racing Cart, and those oddly shaped Codemasters J-Carts for Genesis/Megadrive.
The Genesis Game Genie will also be supported.
Cases for other system's games will be a different size/shape than the above.
Atari 2600/7800 & 5200 Game Cases and ColecoVision and IntelliVision Game Cases are on the back burner for now.
There are some other groups who are looking into making cases for them.
They'll post details about them, once they get far enough along in the R&D, to be able to decide whether or not they want to make them, or give me the go ahead to just make them myself.
I, or they, might wind up making two variants for them,
one barely big enough for just the game carts (possibly a clamshell that is similar to the ones early Gameboy Games came in),
and a larger version that includes Full-Size Manual Support.