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Why are Dreamcast homebrews so expensive?
palmer6strings:
A sharpie works best for that. Lol.
sheep2001:
Never had a problem with printable discs myself. But, haven't used them in a while. I buy all my games.
OhhNoYouNintenDidnt:
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--- 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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I was PRECISELY the same man! lol..........always wanted a DC for the SHMUP library but knew I would never be able to afford the games I wanted so didnt go with it until I found out about the laughable protection it had!
I also would support the homebrew guys but man are they expensive and sell out quick as hell........then double/treble in price of course.
As for differentiating discs......Im with palmer6strings up there! sharpie all the way! lol.
Ohh, and sorry, I dont quite know what you mean about a PM?.......I didnt mention that in my post, did you mean palmer6strings who offered to direct you to some DL sites?
palmer6strings:
PM as in he sent me a Personal Message.
OhhNoYouNintenDidnt:
--- Quote from: palmer6strings on June 12, 2015, 12:28:56 AM ---PM as in he sent me a Personal Message.
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Ohh yeah I know what a PM IS! lol, just that I didnt mention or talk about an exchange of PM's between me and Einhander so was confused...........thought he might of got my and your help mixed up. ;D