[Coco] Module Man ported to ColecoVision

[Mark McDougall]

As Bill said, they tend to sell out very quickly. C64 and Spectrum are also popular platforms for homebrew releases, though they tend to be freely available for download rather than physical releases.

Other platforms, such as Sega Dreamcast and (arcade/home) Neo Geo have new releases that cost several *hundreds* of dollars (with artwork and extras) and still sell well!!! Granted the markets are small, but they're eager!



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billg999 at cs.uofs.edu wrote:

>
>I had just seen something today that said there were people making
>new games for the Atari 2600 (yes, I still have mine) and selling them.
>
>Amazing.  Especially when I think of all the real computer systems I
>have seen go out of existence in the same timeperiod.
>
>bill
>
>> The games are usually in the $50 - $60 range plus shipping. You use the
>> contact form for queries. I believe that's done because these are all
>> produced in limited numbers (I think 100 - 250 copies per). Most of the
>> "advertising" is done on AtariAge in the forums, and these runs usually
>> sell out fairly quickly. Part of the issue with lots of advertising is
>> that
>> they don't want to arose any interest from the IP holders, since most of
>> these games are not officially licensed. Some publishers who publish new
>> homebrew games make a point of selling only licensed items, while others
>> take some liberties. It's much like the grey area of emulation, etc. Even
>> though most of these properties have long since been in disuse, there is
>> likely some rights holder somewhere - even if they have zero plans of
>> doing
>> anything ever with the IP - who might run flack on these small run
>> enthusiast releases.
>>
>> -Bill
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>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 4:06 PM, Nick Marentes
>> <nickma at optusnet.com.au>wrote:
>>
>>> Bill Loguidice <bill at ...> writes:
>>>
>>> >
>>> > In case you guys missed it, the CoCo/Dragon game, Module Man, was
>>> > successfully ported to the ColecoVision and released on cartridge.
>>> It's a
>>> > great port.
>>>
>>>
>>> I find it strange that they have created all these games, gone to all
>>> the
>>> trouble of expensive color packaging and creating ROM packs, yet on
>>> their
>>> website, they don't even mention the cost to purchase any of these.
>>> There
>>> seems to be no attempt to market these.
>>>
>>> Have I missed something?
>>>
>>> Nick
>>>
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