The repros went on sale just a few minutes ago. I just bought mine. There's a limited number available as of right now, as expected.
www.retrousb.com
Sounds good; I'd like to get a copy myself, but don't have the funds right now... I wonder if Leon approves of this?
Dang...they lasted 30 minutes and are now sold out. Sounds like most collectors who'd been refreshing that page all day long picked up two. I think 17 were available. Oh, and someone mentioned they come with a manual. :o
That cart looks nice. The blue color looks good.
I'm glad for you that you got one. 8)
Quote from: JC on May 30, 2007, 11:31:51 pm
Dang...they lasted 30 minutes and are now sold out. Sounds like most collectors who'd been refreshing that page all day long picked up two. I think 17 were available. Oh, and someone mentioned they come with a manual. :o
Heheheh
Assholes
oh man that looks so good but I missed it. Oh well I am thinking of getting those empty nes cartridges because I have some games with no cart box but I wish they would sell some famicom empty carts because I have some of those too with no cart box. The price is cheap!
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on May 31, 2007, 07:53:52 am
Heheheh Assholes
Yeah, with two you could have your own mini championships with friends, competing two at a time, which makes it a bit more exciting. I think that's the appeal of getting more than one.
Wow that would be awesome. Having tournaments every weekend with friends!! omg I must get these carts!
Quote from: JC on May 31, 2007, 11:55:12 am
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on May 31, 2007, 07:53:52 am
Heheheh Assholes
Yeah, with two you could have your own mini championships with friends, competing two at a time, which makes it a bit more exciting. I think that's the appeal of getting more than one.
I think the reason for getting more than one for most people is greed. They don't want other people have the item or try to scalp some people on ebay later with ridiculously high prices... ???
Quote from: manuel on May 31, 2007, 12:25:37 pm
Quote from: JC on May 31, 2007, 11:55:12 am
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on May 31, 2007, 07:53:52 am
Heheheh Assholes
Yeah, with two you could have your own mini championships with friends, competing two at a time, which makes it a bit more exciting. I think that's the appeal of getting more than one.
I think the reason for getting more than one for most people is greed. They don't want other people have the item or try to scalp some people on ebay later with ridiculously high prices... ???
Yeah that's for sure I'm pretty sure that we'll see them on ebay in a matter of weeks or maybe days. I'm pretty sure there will be people falling for those.
Well, I don't know about that. I picked up two. And not because I was greedy or anything, but partly 'cause of the above mentioned reason. My little bro's pretty excited about competing. We're gonna set up two TVs, etc. I almost didn't buy two but got a second after that idea popped into my head. And I think these hardcore collectors genuinely wanted two, for gaming and collecting. I imagine you won't see but one on eBay in the next couple weeks. And that one will be the one the repro dude already said he's gonna sell on eBay (it's #4 of 17). I know I'm not putting mine up for sale.
Now, some people have mentioned someone trying to pass one of these off as authentic, maybe putting the board in a gold cart with an authentic-looking label. That's a problem. It'll be interesting to see what happens on eBay in the next few months. I really don't think you'll see any from the first crop sold on eBay. We'll see...maybe it'll be proven as greed on the part of one or more of these initial buyers.
Quote from: JC on May 31, 2007, 12:53:41 pm
Well, I don't know about that. I picked up two. And not because I was greedy or anything, but partly 'cause of the above mentioned reason. My little bro's pretty excited about competing. We're gonna set up two TVs, etc. I almost didn't buy two but got a second after that idea popped into my head. And I think these hardcore collectors genuinely wanted two, for gaming and collecting. I imagine you won't see but one on eBay in the next couple weeks. And that one will be the one the repro dude already said he's gonna sell on eBay (it's #4 of 17). I know I'm not putting mine up for sale.
Now, some people have mentioned someone trying to pass one of these off as authentic, maybe putting the board in a gold cart with an authentic-looking label. That's a problem. It'll be interesting to see what happens on eBay in the next few months. I really don't think you'll see any from the first crop sold on eBay. We'll see...maybe it'll be proven as greed on the part of one or more of these initial buyers.
Oh man show us the results when you go against your brother!! I love competitions even between family!
You'd have to be pretty stupid to get fooled into believing that's a real NWC cart. The PCB is completely different and I don't see the DIP switch on there either. Anyone who'd be forking out thousands for a cart would know within seconds.
True about being fooled by the cart differences, but a noob who doesn't pay close attention might fork over a couple hundred, which is good enough profit on something you paid $50 to get. Hell, when #4 is listed we'll get a chance to see how much a noob is willing to pay without being fooled. Maybe that'll motivate some of the guys who got 2 to sell their. :P
please tell me they will have more in stock soon! please! :'(
I hear he'll have more in a week, but you never know. This dude builds the carts from scratch, it seems. If I hear anything, I'll post here.
oh that's good nes well you know my bday is coming up guys so you know one of those would be great for my bday wink wink lol
Great, got my check today. Now I've got money. (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/gfx/mad0211.gif)
From bunnyboy:
"Next batch of ~25 carts will be done sometime mid-late next week. No other estimates than that. Like all my products there will never be a waiting list, reservations, preordering, or accurate release dates...."
i need 50 bucks fast
I've got the $50. All I need now is a little Energon, and a lot of luck.
I actually bought the first 2 copies when he first put them up on the site. I was minutes away from going to bed too. I don't plan to sale either of mine either, having competitions sounds like way to much fun to me. This is some of the coolest NES news in the last several years. Over at NintendoAGE, the site was so busy at 2am when they launched you would have thought it was in the middle of the evening.
~~NGD
Seeing JCs and NGDs stories it would have been better if the guy only sold packs of 2. ;D
On the real NWC cart, What does the Dip-Switches do..
The switches, when set in certain patterns, give different timer lengths. I think the official competition length was 6:21, so with the repro, that's the time available for play.
interesting info thanks again JC
Maybe I'm missing something here. Why would you buy two of the same game?
Thanks JC..
How many min's on the real NWC cart...like when you switch all the switch is in the up position
Quote from: satoshi_matrix on June 05, 2007, 09:07:45 pm
Maybe I'm missing something here. Why would you buy two of the same game?
With two carts, two NESs and two TVs you can have your own little competition.
With only one cart you'd have to pplay one after another.
Some other people use one and let the other one untouched for the collection.
Great, turn a great "just for play item" to another collectors' ambition! >:(
Yeah, I don't get the point in collecting reproductions...it's in their nature to be uncollectable because you can always just make another one exactly like it...same with these NWC repros, though numbered.
I can't seem to break 600k after a few plays. I heard NGD broke 1 million. :)
The key is to play as much SMB as possible, right? Or play as least SMB? ???
Perhaps I need one, too.
I'd like to know how many points I can score. :)
I broke 600k a while ago. :) I just need to figure out Tetris.
For SMB and RR, you try to get through them as fast as possible. Then with Tetris, you've just got to master the pattern in which the pieces appear. You try for Tetrises. Because your points in Tetris are multiplied by 25, that's where you get the most points overall. It's fun figuring out how the quickest way through SMB, which can be helped by a YouTube search. :-X RR doesn't change much. And, you see, the number of points you get in SMB determine what pattern you'll get in Tetris. It's awesome.
Why people would want 2 copys for them 1 for play the other for collecting..For the people who want to get it they can't...
But, I played SMB to Death on the NES, GBC & GBA..I think I'm going to time my self for the Fastest to get to 50 coins or just finish a level
Some peeps have been talking about different challenges like that. One that was mentioned was taking that 6:21 and seeing how far you can get in SMB. Supposedly, the SMB on the cart is the full game. Wonder if it's got the minus world?
Just broke 700k. :) Getting closer to that 1 mil. And that dude in the YouTube video who got 3 mil...you gotta wonder how many times he played the damn thing (he's got a gold cart) just to master Tetris as well as he did. I imagine with enough practice, it'd be possible to do that. Now, as for Thor's 6.5 mil...I don't know.
i want one but i just spent 400 dollars on my cat that got ran over. sad day at my home but i wont give up on him
Quote from: FamicomFreak on June 06, 2007, 06:47:28 pm
i want one but i just spent 400 dollars on my cat that got ran over. sad day at my home but i wont give up on him
That's sad. :'( I hope all goes well. My dog is pretty old & I dread what could happen to him. :(
I'm sorry to hear that FF.
Personally, I REALLY like the idea of reproductions. So far I've got a copy of Earthbound Zero made as well as an awesome Megaman II hack called Megaman Ultra. In the future I hope to get translated versions of Sweet Home, Fire Emblem and Rockboard made. I'd also like to get an NES cart version of Doki Doki Panic, as wierd as that sounds.
Well tomorrow I will know if I can take him home. I am glad his spine was not damaged
Sorry about your Cat FF, That's not good with stupid people got no heart
I'm trying to see about a Gam Genie Code for time on the NWC Repo cart..when you get 50 coins does it switch to Rad Racer
There's no way to alter the timing with the Genie. The timing is not in the software; it's in the hardware. But there is a code that'll give you all lines on Tetris, which is silly anyway, because it ruins the point of the game: competition, or getting a personal best. I guess if you want to show off a false high score, you could use it. :P
When you get 50 coins, SMB ends and you go to RR.
And, broke 900k before I gave up for the night. It just takes time to memorize the games' patterns.
How about a Coin Code..
I even played PAL SMB on my NES..I got far til 5-2..The game plays at 70 Hrz
Try the 50 Coin thing with SMB2J..see how fast you can reach 50
As far as I know, there are only three things you can do with the NWC:
Select and A = Test the internal timer.
Select and B = Start on RR (no final score given).
Game Genie = Get all lines on Tetris.
Broke 1.2 mil this morning. :)
Is it known how high the winning score was in the original competition?
Winner = 2,809,995.
Highest the winner claims to have gotten later on: 6.5 mil. ::)
did he ever put more up? i still want one!
Quote from: JC on June 07, 2007, 03:08:57 pm
As far as I know, there are only three things you can do with the NWC:
Select and A = Test the internal timer.
Select and B = Start on RR (no final score given).
Game Genie = Get all lines on Tetris.
Broke 1.2 mil this morning. :)
congrats
Quote from: djdac on June 13, 2007, 01:22:45 am
did he ever put more up? i still want one!
Yes. late last week. And they all sold.
He should produce as many as people want or else even the repros are going to be scarce. ::)
Quote from: JC on June 13, 2007, 04:48:16 pm
Quote from: djdac on June 13, 2007, 01:22:45 am
did he ever put more up? i still want one!
Yes. late last week. And they all sold.
damn! i've been checking almost everyday too.
Quote from: manuel on June 14, 2007, 01:21:56 am
He should produce as many as people want or else even the repros are going to be scarce. ::)
He will, over a period of time. Someone said it takes two hours to make a single NWC repro, and he's only one guy.
Received the Power Pak a couple days ago. I just used it today - plays Yie Ar Kung-Fu seemingly flawlessly; also my Aladdin hack so far. :D
Great tool! :o
What exactly does the Power Pak do? I'd seen that but haven't quite figured it out.
Just as it says:
The NES flash cart is finally here and it couldn't be easier. Just copy your games onto one compact flash card, insert into the PowerPak, and play!
Guess I should have read that description. Sounds neat.
Yeah, I bought the bundle that came with a 128MB card, the USB Card Reader, & Power Pak cart, sleeve, & manual.
You need to read the manual... it's awesome. ;)
I was glad I waited for this instead of buying the Power Pak Lite... you need a CopyNES for that one. :-\
For those who were curious, like manuel...Nintendonut put his repro on eBay with a $550 BIN/BO. Luckily, it was pulled by eBay for being listed as a "repro" before some idiot bought it. Nintendonut has since claimed he meant to list it for $55. :-\
Quote from: JC on June 21, 2007, 06:26:01 pm
For those who were curious, like manuel...Nintendonut put his repro on eBay with a $550 BIN/BO. Luckily, it was pulled by eBay for being listed as a "repro" before some idiot bought it. Nintendonut has since claimed he meant to list it for $55. :-\
is nintendonut the guy who makes em or just a guy who bought one?
Just a buyer. Bunnyboy makes them.
Quote from: JC on June 21, 2007, 06:26:01 pm
For those who were curious, like manuel...Nintendonut put his repro on eBay with a $550 BIN/BO. Luckily, it was pulled by eBay for being listed as a "repro" before some idiot bought it. Nintendonut has since claimed he meant to list it for $55. :-\
Someone probably would have bought it, too. :P
Quote from: JC on June 21, 2007, 06:26:01 pm
For those who were curious, like manuel...Nintendonut put his repro on eBay with a $550 BIN/BO. Luckily, it was pulled by eBay for being listed as a "repro" before some idiot bought it. Nintendonut has since claimed he meant to list it for $55. :-\
I knew it!
Even for 55 it was higher than the original price, right?
Either way I call he tried a ripoff. Come on, you can't wrongly put in 550 instead of 55 when you're in your right mind. Ebay lets you check your offer before it goes online. The fees ought to be much higher... or not?
There are always some people who try to make profits on such occasions.
If he just bought one for himself and not 2 (or more?), there could have been another happy guy who could have gotten a copy from the creator himself.
Either way, it's scalping & that kind of ticks me off; especially seeing as how this person has constantly been 'edgy' on most of his trades: he's bought sought after items in the past, offered to sell them, then turned back on his sale. He also bought something off DreamTR claiming he was a collector who was looking for said item & then sold it. :-\
Word on the street is more NWC repros will be dropping sometime this week. Unfortunately, bunnyboy doesn't like to give more info than that.
I guess he doesn't give more info, because he doesn't know if/when/until when/how many he will be able to produce.
Quote from: manuel on June 26, 2007, 05:31:48 am
I guess he doesn't give more info, because he doesn't know if/when/until when/how many he will be able to produce.
He orders them from China and you never quite get exact ship dates for that sort of thing. It's not as though he's assembling these things by hand in his basement.
Well, as I understand it, he orders the parts and then assembles everything, including juicing up the chip with the game. So, the manufacturing of the parts is done in China, but he has to put the pieces together.
Anyhow...he doesn't give more info because of the shipping and the assembly. I guess he kinda figures he'll get them done when he feels like it and drop them online when he feels like it.
I hope 'when he feels like it' is after my paycheck. :P
I haven't seen a pic of the NWC repro, so I'm not sure what the board looks like. But I can tell you the power paks are definitely not hand assembled. Anyone with an NWC care to take a pic of the component side of the board?
Hello all,
I am anxiously awaiting the next batch of cartridges. My fear is that I'll miss out on the sale, because I'll be away from my computer or whatever. Anyway, I desperately want this cartridge, and would offer anyone an extra $20 if they were to pick up a copy for me. I participated in the Milwaukee NWC, and my story is posted on this site 3/4 down the page:
http://www.nesplayer.com/features/NWC/index.htm (http://www.nesplayer.com/features/NWC/index.htm)
Cool, man. When you get a cart, I hope you participate in our WCC competition.
BTW: I'm responding to your e-mail. :)
Good luck, man. That's great. I personally feel that former participants should get first priority with those cartridges. :)
There should be a 1 cart-per person limit on this thing. (http://www.websitegoodies.com/smilies/gfx/evilgrin0032.gif)
NWC's are on sale as of this moment.
http://www.retrousb.com/index.php?categoryID=84
Sold out already
Missed it again; I wish I didn't have a life. :-\
Looks like there are Sudokus for sale now; sold out already also. Oh well, didn't want one anyway.
I got mine ;D
That Sudoku...I don't get what all the fuss is about. For collectors, it would've been nice to pick up the original version CIB. But this one...blah.
I'm kinda surprised other repro sites aren't yet offering the NWC for sale. It's not like bunnyboy can claim the copyright. :P
Patent pending. :D
NGD seems to be getting his grubby hands on every single one of these & their variants. I think he's gone mad.
damn! want now! >:(
Quote from: Jedi QuestMaster on July 06, 2007, 11:05:04 pm
NGD seems to be getting his grubby hands on every single one of these & their variants. I think he's gone mad.
Variant collectors...(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g2/jerahcordova/crazy.gif)
Me crazy :D never :P By nature this stuff is collectible. Depending on how many get made they might be worth a great deal in the future. Plus Sudoku is like a different game almost with a bunch of new features on the new ones. Has a pause feature now, and actually has new orignal music with it as well which the orignal did not. Plus I want to help support this new area of the NES community as well cause I want new projects like this to continue when people realize how successful they can be, then everyone wins :D
~~NGD
But don't you see? Bunnyboy has made the NWC available to the general public now, & it's people like you who turn it into another pipe dream for the rest of us.
Tell me, how many NWCs & Sudokus have you bought?
Quote from: NationalGameDepot on July 07, 2007, 03:11:03 pm
then everyone wins :D
~~NGD
Except people who can't get one because someone keeps buying multiple copies with the intention of personal profit in the future.
why doesnt bunnyboy just stop you from buying them, there should be a 1 per person strict limit
It's not NGD who's buying these all; it's the fact that many people who do buy 2 copies each & it adds up.
A dude at NintendoAGE has an extra: HERE (http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=6&threadid=1420&enterthread=y).
I bought 1 powerpak, 1 powerpak lite, 2 NWC's and 1 Sudoku blue and then 1 of the CIB Sudoku from Al himself so it is not like I am buying loads of them to set on or something, I would never do that. The main reason I have 2 NWC is so I can have competitions with my friends on 2 TV's at once. But like it or not, anything like this is going to become collectiable. Now if he makes 10k of these maybe not, but if just makes a few hundred before he gets tired of it or gets shut down then people will want to seek them out and pay top dollar. If I was trying to make money off it I would have simple but it on ebay and sold it for several hundred bucks without any problems.
I in fact asked bunnyboy before I bought more than one to make sure it was ok with him first and he said he didn't care at all in fact. You all will just have to keep hit refresh on his site like I did till they became available for sale again. Seems like the supply is creeping up to the demand though so after 1 maybe 2 batches they will prob be for sale in stock on his site soon.
~~NGD
You bought a Power Pak Lite? Do you even have a CopyNES?
If people really are buying 2 NWCs to play against someone else why don't they get the other person to buy it? That would work.
I don't have the time to sit at my computer hitting refresh every few minutes so I can buy something before all you collectors hoard them away.
I don't have a copynes and can't seem to get my hands on one, not from lack of trying though. With rumors of a USB Copynes in the works I will prob just hold off for now.
My other friends like to play NES but don't collect at all. They just come over to my house and play sometimes. Would be a long boring competition if you had a lot of people waiting in line to play, 2 just works better
You don't have to set and hit refresh all the time. The site says when the next batch is predicted to come out here http://www.retrousb.com/index.php?productID=146 (http://www.retrousb.com/index.php?productID=146) July 18th You just have to watch it around that day or the next.
I don't understand why you say "you collectors" you are one as well ;) I collect and game just like you. Has nothing to do with who has the most, we all enjoy it the same or we wouldn't do it.
~~NGD
A profiteer who may not profit: HERE (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270145175287).
Quote from: JC on July 14, 2007, 09:30:41 am
A profiteer who may not profit: HERE (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270145175287).
does the cart come written with that number on the corner when u order it from the website, or did the guy selling on ebay do that?
Bunnyboy of RetroZone did that. He's numbering the first 100 or so he makes, and then after that there'll be no numbers on the carts he makes.
it's only 2 day's left..you never know what going to happen
Yeah, it's the last 5 minutes that are important.
Damnit, I was going to go and buy it but now it's way past my want price. >:(
Final Bid - US $119.57 shipped
That sucks. I was hoping for much less, but at least the price wan't really, really outrageous... though it's pretty bad.
Quote from: JC on July 16, 2007, 09:49:52 pm
That sucks. I was hoping for much less, but at least the price wan't really, really outrageous... though it's pretty bad.
Well you never know, alot of people want it..it dosn't really matter if it's a Repro or Original..if it demands it the price will go up
The price on the first 116 or so will prob continue to rise, especially once he stops #'ing them like he plans to do. The ones after that I doubt will fetch super high amounts unless he only makes a very very few of them.
~~NGD
Picked mine up from my PO box today. I got #80.
Cool, madman. First dude from this forum, other than myself and Rizz now at NintendoAGE, who has one from FW. I hope you join the competition. The dude with the YouTube video just posted a score over 3.2 million. :o
Quote from: JC on July 06, 2007, 07:54:57 pm
I'm kinda surprised other repro sites aren't yet offering the NWC for sale. It's not like bunnyboy can claim the copyright. :P
As I understand it, the cart was more than just a simple ROM + mapper. I haven't taken a look at the internals of my repro yet, but I did notice an FPGA in there which could be doing more than emulating a mapper.
I asked if he was expecting to have anymore soon, because I want to buy a RetroPort & I figured it'd be better to buy both at once; but he doesn't seem to want to respond. His contact info doesn't even look like it's on the site.
I guess he gets so many mails that he can't or doesn't want to answer all. ??? If he did answer all he'd have no time left for making repros. ;)
According to the site the new batch will be up between July 20-23 sometime, same time frame for Sudoku as well.
~~NGD
Both the NWC repros and Sudoku are up. Get them while they're hot! I'm glad I was finally able to get in for one of these.
Aaron
Awe f***ing hell! >:(
Woo. Glad I bought mine on impulse this morning before work ;D
Well missed them again...son of a beach!
They were there for 2 or 3 days.
You need to look more often. ;)
Quote from: manuel on July 25, 2007, 11:11:25 am
They were there for 2 or 3 days.
You need to look more often. ;)
No way. I was checking daily since the 18th and they were only on sale for some hours on the 24th.
Well, I looked at the site in the morning for 2 days in a row and I had the "buy" button there. ???
Bizzaro. Maybe it was a caching issue on my side :P
Same here I was reloading the page several times a day, and then the buy button suddenly appeared. So who knows?
waaa well I gotta tell you I forgot about it for a while busy with work and school but now I wish I checked! AWA!!! anyone knows how much that ebay nwc repro went for??
The ebay one didn't sale and it now relisted for 135 http://cgi.ebay.com/nes-NINTENDO-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIP-NWC-and-more-snes_W0QQitemZ200133745428QQihZ010QQcategoryZ3605QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (http://cgi.ebay.com/nes-NINTENDO-WORLD-CHAMPIONSHIP-NWC-and-more-snes_W0QQitemZ200133745428QQihZ010QQcategoryZ3605QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem)
He will have carts for sale at CGE also if you can make it to Las Vegas this weekend ;D
~~NGD
Can someone snatch me one of these the next time they're up. I'm never around when they are.
I may be able to get you one of these without having to wait for bunnyboy to sell more of them...give me a couple of days to work some things out.
Sorry, Jedi. Didn't work out. That bunnyboy likes to stick to his policy of making them available for sale only online and no other way. :(
It'll take a while until I get one then...
It's okay - just make sure to be there when they're available, please. :)
Limited edition (50 total) dip switch NWC repros for sale: HERE (http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=5&threadid=8279).
Very cool, but cannot afford.
They don't even light up like that Glider, though.