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Onion game Cases
Seymor Onion:
I haven't been able to make any prototypes, using the Cut-A-Big-Block-of-Polypropylene Method (more on that below) but I do have some 3-D Printed Prototypes of the NES Game Case!
Disclaimer: The actual Injection-Molded NES Game Cases will not look exactly like this.
3D Printers are limited in what they can do, and they have weird texture issues,
and some parts of the Game Case did not print out properly.
The 3D Printer used for this Test wasn't capable of printing the whole case,
so it was printed out in three parts; Left Side, Spine, and Right Side.
The Spine isn't shown in the photos.
Also, some parts/aspects of the Game Case are still being tested and tweaked.
About the Cut-A-Block Place...
They wanted ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS, for ONE, and to use the wrong material (ABS).
They totally ignored the selections I chose on their Quote Request Form, such as the "Polypropylene" material choice, from their own drop-down box.
They also ignored the text I wrote in the "Special Instructions" field.
They have yet to respond to any of my e-Mails, so I have no idea what is going on with them. ???
I have been checking my Spam Folder, daily, and still not a peep.
So, since they weird-ed out on me, I went ahead and had my CAD guy print out some Prototypes, using his 3D Printer.
We're very close to wrapping up the R&D on the NES Case.
He has a few more things to fix/change, over the next few business days.
I'm set to meet with him, sometime next week, and do another Test Print.
Oh, and as I said above, the Texture of the cases shown above will NOT be the actual texture of the Game Cases.
I want to make sure that's clear. (no pun intended) :P
larryinc64, that stuff we talked about in PM's isn't shown in the pictures above,
due to the resolution limitations of the 3D Printer he used.
I am having him make a special something, just for you, though. ;)
I'll pick it up when I meet with him, next week.
Edited to Add: The Lid/Door for the Small Manual Area will be shatterproof.
TyrannicalFascist:
I'm very much liking what I'm seeing! You've really thought this through. Can't wait to see more, and how other cartridges fit in their cases! :)
e_brugal:
;D I like it, these is the case that a cartidge needs
Dravenae:
I spent the last 30 minutes inspecting these cases, trying to imagine the finished product, and while I admit there very cool, there's just somethings that bug me.
Since I haven't been keeping up to date, the N64 manual suggests that this is your answer to UGC?
Which is all well and good, until I realise that there's nothing to hold other games in place. I stopped using UGC for my Mega Drive games for the same reason, as foam isn't really a good enough option for me personally.
If these cases are only intended for NES games, is there enough space for dust covers? If so, awesome job dude!
I like it man, it's just not for me. I'm looking forward to see what you have planned for Genesis/Mega Drive cases?
Arseen:
If I've understood correctly, the outer parts is the master mold and outer look is always same.
But inner bits of the mold can be changed to make cases that hold NES games, SNES games or N64 games (so innerly 3 different cases).
Different master mold for Genesis cases.