Why are Dreamcast homebrews so expensive?

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sheep2001:
Printable cd's. Don't use sticky labels, they alter the weight distribution of the disc, and are not good.

OhhNoYouNintenDidnt:

--- Quote from: Einhander on June 11, 2015, 04:41:28 AM ---
--- Quote from: OhhNoYouNintenDidnt on June 11, 2015, 02:37:23 AM ---As far as Im concerned.......if mods here have a problem with pirating, then that would be pretty strange as essentially EVERYTHING we do here (from zombi'ing and using art for our covers we do not own, to many people who make covers for games they do not own legally) is a form of piracy.

So yeah, as long as we arent posting direct links to downloads on the boards that some company could come along and say we are directly promoting game piracy, then we should be fine.

Also, as far as these Homebrew games.........these ARE pirate games in effect to begin with! lol, unofficial games made by unauthorised developers who are exploiting a fundamental flaw in the DC.

As for covers..........youre in luck Einhander! as I have been and am still making covers for these games!......we have a few hosted on here like Castlevania: Symphony of Destruction and a few others. I will be making a Fast Striker one soon so anything else you want, let me know via a request in my thread (linked in my signature below) and either will be or can make whatever you want.

Ohh and do not worry about the download, its simple, easy and safe as long as you are using the right host (which I am sure you are being linked to via PM right now).

But I specifically wanted Gunlord and Sturmwind (two we dont have, one you want and one you SHOULD want!) and so here they are for you man =

Gunlord - Region Free (Added English Translation) N.G. Dev - Black and Orange Custom

Sturmwind - Region Free (Added English Translation) - Black and Orange Custom

Ohh and here is my Alien vs Predator one that I just love and am particularly proud of, as an incentive for you to get this awesome and never ported to home console game! ;D

Alien vs Predator (Beats of Rage Engine) - NTSC/Region Free - Custom

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Very nice work, impressed. I also wrote you a request in your thread.

Also, do you know anything about disc (cd) covers? I read something about people printing disc covers. Have no idea how you would cut and paste the art onto a disc.

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Cool man, thanks.......got your requests and they are ALL ones I wanted to and had prep to make anyway, so thats cool. You are obviously a big SHMUP fan like myself so we have the same tastes there.

Also, do you mind/like the black spines I do? (most people use/prefer white) - if you would prefer white let me know ASAP as I will need to make two versions for myself (black) and you.

I shall weigh in on the CD thing too =

1 - I wouldnt bother with the labels as to be honest, as Sheep pointed out, if you use sticky labels to attach to a disc then it can cause issues......and printable CD's can be a bit of a nightmare.

2 - The quality of your CD's is key, I tried to scrimp on them a little and the different between those and the ones I use now is HUGE........I use Verbatim CD-R's AZO.....DO NOT use CR-RW's, and the AZO classification makes a huge different in quality as well so I can only really recommend those as they are the best as I see it.

Back to the covers, I am have a lot of real world work at the moment so wont be able to get all your requests done very quickly but I will post them back in my thread and also PM you as I do them just in case you dont spot the updates in there.

Cool, enjoy your DC SHMUP gathering!! so many awesome games.........check out Border Down and Under Defeat if you havent already (and I have done covers for those), as well as the colossal Ikaruga and another homebrew one called Last Hope: Pink Bullets.

palmer6strings:
I believe I use Sony CDs for homebrew burning and never had a problem.

OhhNoYouNintenDidnt:

--- Quote from: palmer6strings on June 11, 2015, 02:19:18 PM ---I believe I use Sony CDs for homebrew burning and never had a problem.

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Ohh sure, I wasnt saying that the ones I use are the ONLY way to go (probably sounded like that).......just that after all that ones I have tried (not including Sony CD's), the Verbatim CR-R AZO's are the only ones I can recommend as being superb.

Einhander:

--- Quote from: OhhNoYouNintenDidnt on June 11, 2015, 01:48:42 PM ---Cool man, thanks.......got your requests and they are ALL ones I wanted to and had prep to make anyway, so thats cool. You are obviously a big SHMUP fan like myself so we have the same tastes there.

Also, do you mind/like the black spines I do? (most people use/prefer white) - if you would prefer white let me know ASAP as I will need to make two versions for myself (black) and you.

I shall weigh in on the CD thing too =

1 - I wouldnt bother with the labels as to be honest, as Sheep pointed out, if you use sticky labels to attach to a disc then it can cause issues......and printable CD's can be a bit of a nightmare.

2 - The quality of your CD's is key, I tried to scrimp on them a little and the different between those and the ones I use now is HUGE........I use Verbatim CD-R's AZO.....DO NOT use CR-RW's, and the AZO classification makes a huge different in quality as well so I can only really recommend those as they are the best as I see it.

Back to the covers, I am have a lot of real world work at the moment so wont be able to get all your requests done very quickly but I will post them back in my thread and also PM you as I do them just in case you dont spot the updates in there.

Cool, enjoy your DC SHMUP gathering!! so many awesome games.........check out Border Down and Under Defeat if you havent already (and I have done covers for those), as well as the colossal Ikaruga and another homebrew one called Last Hope: Pink Bullets.

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Good deal, I appreciated it. It would be great if you can PM me like you said, but it's okay if you can't get to it right away. Yes, I'm a huge Shmup fan. I'm definitely interested in the ones you mentioned as well. It's ironic because I have shmups for Saturn, PS1, and 360 but I never knew I could do it this way for DC. A lot of great shmups but most come at a hefty price. I don't mind supporting some indie devs at times, but I gotta get a head start with my DC collection and the covers on here just make having games way more interesting.

I guess you're right, maybe the printable discs wouldn't be ideal? What about putting any small label on it with lettering, just so I don't mix cd's up?

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