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By: Ness and Sonic

Ness and Sonic — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:55:00 +0000

I still have the Players guide (it is falling apart now) and some other games. Anyway, Earthbound will not be the first game I test on it. I will use games that are available on Virtual Console already or I have a spare cartridge of first. Examples: Super Mario RPG, Kirby Super Star Ultra, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and Scooby Doo Mystery.

My SNES plays Earthbound, but the main problem I have is that the demo sequence has white specs appear on the screen during transitions.

By: Matthias_H

Matthias_H — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:02:15 +0000

I am sorry to hear about your mother. If this game cartridge is the only memory you have of her, you should probably keep it away from the Retrode (and any other device, including the SNES, that might potentially kill the cart).

By: YoshiFan501

YoshiFan501 — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:49:28 +0000

so want one… and the shirt is a nice idea admin!
you should do golden than silver than red. in production orders.

By: Ness and Sonic

Ness and Sonic — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:54:28 +0000

I can understand the whole not be able to send out prototypes. It can be hard to trust people these days. I am willing to wait for the official release.

The whole thing about my sister being cheated was a recent example of online deals going bad. My family signed up for Vontage once, the problem was we could not use because it of a dial up internet connection (it required a connection faster than dial up). We sent the thing back immediately, but we didn’t get our money back.

It is things like that make me a little reluctant to make online transactions. I have a feeling it will work (and would be glad to take a risk as a beta tester for all Earthbound fans to prove it), but I would be a little less worried knowing there is a physical location for me to return it to near by with a 30 day money back guarantee, if the option to be a beta tester is out of the question. I am sure if a problem came up, I would find it by then.

Even if Earthbound did not work on and the worst thing happened, I would still have the SNES game cartridge to remember my mother by. I do not want to risk losing it in the mail.

Also, here is something else for you to note on why people should care about your product Earthbound has a some incredibly strong copyright protection measures. The random encounter rate increases. Some enemies show up in odd groups or the wrong places. The worst part is with the final battle. After phase one, it will freeze up and delete all you save data.

By: Matthias_H

Matthias_H — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:39:52 +0000

I don’t think I quite get your point (2) in connection with your original post. Either you trust the product I invented, then you should not mind purchasing it from me directly through the internet. Or, you don’t trust it, then you shouldn’t buy it at RadioShack either :D
ad (3), I am sorry I cannot send out the few prototypes I have to non-developers. However, in a few weeks I hope I can take regular orders again.

By: Ness and Sonic

Ness and Sonic — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:20:47 +0000

1.) I wonder how exactly many EB cartridges were actually created. Some of them are in the hands of collectors.
2.) Better than being ripped off by a “free-trial offer” from Rapsody or Napster. I can’t remember which it was, but they canceled my sistered account while she was still setting it up. As such, she lost her “free trial offer” when she tried to set it up again.
3.) Yes I have the SNES game cartridge of “Earthbound”. My Mother got it for before she died. I would be glad to give it a try. One of my SNES controllers do not work correctly with my SNES, so it might be better than using that thing.

By: Matthias_H

Matthias_H — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:17:48 +0000

So you think you can convince 10,000 people to
(1) buy this product based on a single (rare) game title, and
(2) pay a 30% surcharge (RadioShack is not a charity organization) instead of just ordering the thing online…?
If you succeed, I will without hesitation appoint you Chief Marketing Officer ;-)

By the way, since you happen to have a copy of Earthbound, where are you located? I’d love to have a shot at it.