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Title: PYRAMID PLUNDER IS ON SALE NOW. BUY BUY BUY. GO GO GO.
Post by: Arkhan on February 28, 2013, 11:26:43 AM: It's on sale.

CLICK HERE AND BUY IT NOW! (http://www.aetherbyte.com/pce_pyramid.html)

DISREGARD ALL THE STUFF DOWN THERE. IT WAS TOTALLY A MARCH FOOLS JOKE.

......Might be a bit delayed.

There was a bit of a mishap that took out the computer PP was on. One of those industrial work-lamps with the big incandescent bulbs crashed down onto the machine while they were both on, and the resultant crash-bang-boom screwed up the computer.

OldMan gave me a call (which isn't normal since he rarely uses phones) to tell me what was up. I went and surveyed the damage.

Yeah, the computer is a bit... special now. The blast took out the video card, the HDD, and maybe more things. We will see.

We're going to work out what all went byebye Pyramid Plunder wise, but so far it looks like we've lost some of the most recent changes to the game. The USB backups might be recoverable and accessible once we're done fiddledicking around and getting the components in the machine replaced and the entire thing is back up and running.

Worst (most likely, given the current evidence) case scenario, we're going to be delayed about 2 months as we see what we can salvage after repairing the machine. Then we have to put it all back into the game, retest everything, and make sure we didn't miss anything major.

It could've been worse!

Maybe?

.. yeah, no, this sucks...

I will keep you posted. OldMan probably won't do much posting seeing as his computer is exploded and all.

Fingers crossed, people!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: ProfessorProfessorson on February 28, 2013, 11:37:22 AM: I'm surprised you guys didn't make a few back ups of each change stored at different locations, but sometimes unforeseeable shit just happens anyway and that is probably being over protective maybe anyhow. Hopefully you guys get it back up and going pretty quick without too much trouble, and sorry to hear that happened.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: DragonmasterDan on February 28, 2013, 12:09:06 PM: Sorry to hear about the bad news! Hopefully the data can be recovered
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on February 28, 2013, 12:22:11 PM: I am outraged! How could you let this happen!?! We here at Frozen Utopia would never let such mundane things happen to our games! Infact, we release all our games several years earlier then we plan, that's how great we are! :D

All seriousness aside, that sucks, spit happens though. Time & unforeseen circumstance. I'm sure ya'll be up & running in no time, no worries Arky, people will wait!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on February 28, 2013, 01:17:00 PM: Yeah I guess we didn't exactly plan for lightbulb Armageddon damage.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: henrycsc on February 28, 2013, 01:51:34 PM: Go figure! I had a dream that this project had gone the way of PC Cocoron and that the only living copy would wind up in a museum somewhere.

Does this mean we can trash-talk, since OldMan won't be around to defend himself?
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: BigusSchmuck on February 28, 2013, 02:17:03 PM: You know if you guys are running Windows 7 and have a usb backup hard drive the backup utility on Win7 is superb especially the image part. I have recovered soooo many machines with it at work it ain't funny. If you guys are looking for a another pc, I may be able to help you out as I got one that needs a power supply and a hard drive. Its got a 4870 Radeon 1gb gddr5 video card in it, 4 gigs of RAM, Phenom 2 quadcore @ 3.0ghz, full atx tower case and a ide dvd drive. I might even part it out as there really isn't anything wrong with it. Let me know....
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: ProfessorProfessorson on February 28, 2013, 03:18:28 PM: Quote from: Arkhan on February 28, 2013, 01:17:00 PM
Yeah I guess we didn't exactly plan for lightbulb Armageddon damage.

Ha yeah seriously. Sometimes shit just happens. It cant be helped, and at least it doesn't look like it will set you back too much time wise. Well, Bigus made a offer there, but I also have some spare ram too I can contribute if you need some to get a system going again. I have some DDR2 and DDR3 both, though the DDR3 is ECC so you'd need to make sure the board can handle it. If you need some drop me a pm.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: NightWolve on February 28, 2013, 06:02:58 PM: Does the HDD spin up at all when connected to another outside power source ?? Well, I hope you can salvage it. If it at least spins up, there's a chance to do it yourself with software like GetDataBackforNTFS which has bailed me out from boot or early sector damage many times. If it that's important, and it doesn't, I should think it's possible to take it to professionals to take out the platters, put 'em in another similar model (I guess that's partly how they do it), spin it up and see what files can be salvaged off. Disaster Recovery services are still pretty damn expensive though, eh ?? Well, I guess the better bet is the USB backup that you mention.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: TheClash603 on February 28, 2013, 06:21:06 PM: Yikes.

Best of luck fixing the shitz.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: SuperPlay on February 28, 2013, 09:02:57 PM: Quote from: Arkhan on February 28, 2013, 01:17:00 PM
Yeah I guess we didn't exactly plan for lightbulb Armageddon damage.

"lightbulb Armageddon" LOL

However on a serious note your situation does suck big time! This is a release I was looking forward too.

Is the PC totally dead? Have you re-seated all components?

Also if you PC powers on but does not boot: As NightWolve says you may be OK, if the drive does spin and not clatter! +1 for GetDataBackforNTFS we use this at work and it has saved our bacon a few times!

You can get a trial of the software here:

http://www.runtime.org/data-recovery-software.htm

Also you could always pick up an external drive adapter and connect the drive to another PC. Something similar to

http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4251235&Sku=YYS2-4378878

If you decide to pick one of these up make sure that you have the correct interface on the adapter (eg if this is an PATA laptop drive)

Sorry if you already know this stuff!

If I was not 5000 miles+ away I would pop over to give you a hand! However I can still offer you any advice that you need (if I can).

God luck!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Necromancer on March 01, 2013, 01:14:52 AM: Meh, shit happens. I wasn't expecting anything anytime soon anyway, but ya might want to look at doing more regular backups going forward.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on March 01, 2013, 03:03:15 AM: Quote from: Necromancer on March 01, 2013, 01:14:52 AM
Meh, shit happens. I wasn't expecting anything anytime soon anyway, but ya might want to look at doing more regular backups going forward.

Well, we do, but that was also part of Bulbageddon.

Shoulda backed it up to a CD-RW!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: NightWolve on March 01, 2013, 03:18:43 AM: No more details on that HDD ? You've written it off ??
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on March 01, 2013, 03:25:51 AM: No, just haven't had time quite yet on my end and won't until tonight.

OldMan's probably working on it right now though. That or he's eating lunch and swearing at it.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: sunteam_paul on March 01, 2013, 04:44:38 AM: We'll have to look at the ending sequence again, Arkhan had the final files with all the palettes sorted which took ages because of their fiddly nature. I have the raw art but it's not paletted properly. We might just have to bin some of the more complex elements as I'm not going through all that again.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: spenoza on March 01, 2013, 08:25:09 AM: Sorry to hear about the loss of progress. I'm sure we don't mind the delays nearly as much as you mind having to re-do some hard work.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: discomeats on March 01, 2013, 09:27:22 AM: I don't want to make light of this situation but hopefully it should illuminate the need for making sure you take more care in your work environment. But it's good to know that you've fought on to make sure it all happens, even if it is later than you'd hoped.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Necromancer on March 01, 2013, 09:45:13 AM: ... make light... illuminate...

Heh, you're a card. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on March 01, 2013, 12:25:31 PM: ok, so

the mobo seems okay (it passes POST checks), but the video card is fried.

The HDD card (on drive) is fried - OldMan gets garbage characters in the ID for a MAXTOR drive, and a disk dump in Linux is showing some bits as 0, always.

The backup drive hasn't been fully examined yet. We have plenty of computers to replace the dead one if it comes to that.

The machine in question was running XP. It'll take some time to get all the drivers/crap reinstalled.

Overall, we only lost about 2 weeks of work, but it may take that long to rebuild the computer when all is said and done (It probably won't. Depends how fried things are once a new system drive is tossed in and we see what else is messed up). And, this is assuming the backup drive didn't get fried too .
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: NightWolve on March 03, 2013, 10:55:50 AM: Hmm, so it spins up, registers as a hard drive when connected and all that, but reads nothing but zeros, plus the manufacturer info returns garbage... The jolt of electrical blast either did a mass format or the circuitry/heads simply fail to work when it comes to reading, etc. I guess, yeah, it would take professionals to get something out of that drive now, sad to say...

If he's absolutely sure, he had a program that read the drive from start to finish and it only returned zeros, then I guess you can write that drive off. If it was me, I would get DriveImage (http://runtime.org/data-recovery-products.htm) to create a compressed backup image of the drive and save it to another computer. If it's nothing but zeros, as you say, then the compressed image would be small. I would leave it running before I go to sleep and see what happens in the morning. If the resulting image is in gigabytes, then that means there is something to work with and salvage. So the next program I'd want to use is DiskExplorer (Just checked, yeah, they have a Linux version). This program opens up a hex looking editor interface to the actual drive or a drive image and allows you to scan the whole thing sector by sector for unique strings or bytes of what you want to recover and know is actually on there. I'd connect it to this drive image and I'd do a Find Text using a unique string from one of the project's source files. Like if you had something unique like "pyramid++;" in a C source file and what not, you'd start the search, leave it running all night, go to sleep, and if fragments of the file still exist, it'd find it! This method assumes that most MFTs are destroyed and most files are considered "lost" so something like GetDataBack can't do automated recovery, so you have to manually recover some files that you really need using this approach... I have done it myself successfully actually.

Personal note: This made me think it's probably worth the trouble to upgrade the outlet for one's computer center to a GFCI receptacle... I would assume Oldman had the standard power strip with 15 Amp circuit breaker, plus surge protection and this lamp was plugged in from the same outlet (but not necessarily through the same power strip). When this work-lamp hit the metal chassis of the PC, breaking the bulb, exposing the metal contacts and Bulbageddon ensued, at best you only had 15 Amp overload protection as it was arcing and sending electrical current into the PC...

If the outlet was a GFCI type, this disaster would've been detected as leakage in milliseconds and the breaker would've been tripped far earlier than from the 15 Amp overload protection by itself (wherever this lamp was plugged, the house electrical service panel likely had a 15 Amp breaker at least) or from the fact that the bulb metal material would fry itself on the chassis and eventually stop conducting current with no 15 Amp overload breakers actually being tripped (possible - did a breaker trip and cut power off OR did it fry itself allowing him to unplug it without that happening?)! Anyway, yeah, that's why you have to have these expensive outlets in the kitchen, bathroom, etc. because they trip on leakage, not just on overload, to prevent electric shock and possible death. New blow dryers usually include them on the plug in case your home doesn't have such outlets (new homes must be built with them per NEC codes). More modern homes I believe just have this support from the service panel actually along with surge protection, so even better.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on March 03, 2013, 01:32:57 PM: So, the backups worked way better than we expected. :-" Look at them!

(http://pic.photobucket.com/bwe.png)

(http://pic.photobucket.com/bwe.png)

So, with this, the game is officially on sale! :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance: :dance:

www.aetherbyte.com/pce_pyramid.html (http://www.aetherbyte.com/pce_pyramid.html)

I would like to thank all of you for:
1) Not flipping-the-hell out at the "delays".
2) Going above and beyond to offer help and assistance in the matter of fixing things. That kind of attitude is what makes this stuff worth the effort.

and also, I would like to thank you all in advance for:
1) Not kicking me in the nuts the next time you see me for pulling a prank on you all. :)

The posters you see in the picture will be on sale here first, as soon as I find some nice tubes to ship them in. They are going to be 10$.

The sweet banner you see dangling there will NOT be on sale, but, it will be dangling off the table at CCAG 2013 where we will be demoing the latest build of Atlantean and Inferno,

and we will be selling Pyramid Plunder and Insanity, as always :)

The proceeds from sales will be used to help fund the AbCard. Speaking of the AbCard, we will be posting the Protocade games and stuff on Aetherbyte.com very shortly as well. That way you can all check those out, and see what went into them.

OBEY PCE.

go go go!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: NightWolve on March 03, 2013, 02:06:50 PM: Ah f*ck, you SOB! We got "punked" on something like this ?? Pffffft. Goddamn it! I feel so stupid for buying his story; I rationalized the plausibility of it, bulb breaking on the metal chassis of a PC, arc'ing for a bit and sending raw 120V AC into it if only for a second or two before the breaker tripped and what not. But then, technically, the grounded chassis/body of a PC shouldn't be connected to the motherboard and damage shouldn't have occurred in theory unless you're dealing with super high voltages, so I dunno... All that said, this was Arkhan...... f*ck, and I wondered why he was passing posts and questions by, not really taking the advice too seriously, etc... Naw, that shit wasn't cool, dude... Not at all!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Mishran on March 03, 2013, 02:23:12 PM: Awesome guys! I'll be placing an order for one soon.

So Atlantean comes next, then Retrocade?
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on March 03, 2013, 02:30:36 PM: Quote from: NightWolve on March 03, 2013, 02:06:50 PM
Ah f*ck, you SOB! We got "punked" on something like this ?? Pffffft. Goddamn it! I feel so stupid for buying his story; I rationalized the plausibility of it, bulb breaking on the metal chassis of a PC, arc'ing for a bit and sending raw 120V AC into it if only for a second or two before the breaker tripped and what not. But then, technically, the grounded chassis/body of a PC shouldn't be connected to the motherboard and damage shouldn't have occurred in theory unless you're dealing with super high voltages, so I dunno... All that said, this was Arkhan...... f*ck, and I wondered why he was passing posts and questions by, not really taking the advice too seriously, etc... Naw, that shit wasn't cool, dude... Not at all!

*hug*

You still love me, right? :D
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: BigusSchmuck on March 03, 2013, 02:32:14 PM: Quote from: NightWolve on March 03, 2013, 02:06:50 PM
Ah f*ck, you SOB! We got "punked" on something like this ?? Pffffft. Goddamn it! I feel so stupid for buying his story; I rationalized the plausibility of it, bulb breaking on the metal chassis of a PC, arc'ing for a bit and sending raw 120V AC into it if only for a second or two before the breaker tripped and what not. But then, technically, the grounded chassis/body of a PC shouldn't be connected to the motherboard and damage shouldn't have occurred in theory unless you're dealing with super high voltages, so I dunno... All that said, this was Arkhan...... f*ck, and I wondered why he was passing posts and questions by, not really taking the advice too seriously, etc... Naw, that shit wasn't cool, dude... Not at all!
I thought it was funny. :) But seriously though, it wouldn't surprise me if a bulb did crash into the mobo and kill everything if it was some cheapie PC chips motherboard or something. Here I was talling up yet another project DOA due to hardware failure (I doubt anyone remembers the Dragon Quest V fiasco). Anyway, looks like I need to buy yet another homebrewn gem!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on March 03, 2013, 02:35:21 PM: The story is based off something that really happened though. :D
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: BigusSchmuck on March 03, 2013, 02:37:07 PM: Quote from: Arkhan on March 03, 2013, 02:35:21 PM
The story is based off something that really happened though. :D

About the only time I have ever seen a motheboard lite up was when my boss put in a pciepxress connector where you were supposed to put in the 4 pin power connector. It actually blew the capacitors on the board.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: BlueBMW on March 03, 2013, 02:41:36 PM: Ordered! Cmon peeps, pony up and buy dis shit!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: BigusSchmuck on March 03, 2013, 02:42:52 PM: When I get paid in 4 days I'll buy a copy.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Bardoly on March 03, 2013, 02:45:27 PM: Congratulations on the release!

Now I just need to raid my piggy bank and order this. I don't see it mentioned in your description like Insanity, but I assume that this release is factory-pressed, and not just burned CDRs?
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Bardoly on March 03, 2013, 02:50:10 PM: I support Turbo homebrew!

I just ordered my copy.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on March 03, 2013, 02:55:42 PM: Arky, you bastard! :D Ordered! BTW, I noticed that I can only order 1 copy. I thought about buying 2, maybe there's a way to change the quantity in Pay Pal??
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on March 03, 2013, 03:01:12 PM: Of course it's pressed! Only the best for OBEYing

EDIT:

Hmmm, let me see if I can do the quantity thing in Paypal.

EDIT 2: Hmmmmm. I don't a way to do it. I can only add more shipping options. No quantity screwing arounding.

well, that's kinda dumb.

I'll keep looking into it. I just need to find out where it saved shipping options so I can get it off of Priority Mode, since priority has gone up significantly (25$ international!)

EDIT 3: Man! All the links that take you to "editing your shipping options" all go to this new page that doesn't even HAVE anything related to editing shipping preferences and available options.

If anyone here has an idea about that, I am all ears!

If not, and you want to order a bunch of copies, just e-mail me.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: TheOldMan on March 03, 2013, 04:18:36 PM: For everyone who really wants to know....

He's not joking. I really did knock a light (a swing arm lamp) into the chassis of a computer.
Interestingly, the mobo itself was un-harmed (and I'm still using it - it's a Pentium I ), probably because it was on plastic stand-offs.

However, the video and HDD died. One of the Ram chips popped (ie, the plastic blew off) on the video card.
More interestingly, some of the address/data lines died on the HD. When I tried to recover stuff from
it via linux, I could read the drive (though the geometry was wrong).
A dd (disc to disc copy) to another drive showed repeating blocks from the drive, which is how I know
some of the address lines died. And when I examined the copy, some of the bits in the data were consistantly
wrong. I used a hex editor to view the dumped copy against a hex edit of a standard windows HD. By comparing
the two, I could see which bits were consistantly wrong. At that point, it was not worth trying to recover.

Yes, the lamp and the computer were on the same power strip. Apparently the power strip was not quick enough, as this accident blew the fuse in the main fusebox. Don't know if a GFI would have helped, but I'll keep it in mind.
And needless to say, the lamps around my work area are now florescents - I hope they won't fry anything if I do it again :)

And thanks for all the offers of help. Fortunately, I have probably a half-dozen or so computers floating around in various states of repair. When something bad happens to one, I can usually salvage what I need from another one.
Since I use XP for building this stuff (Anything higher has problems with HuC), offers of newer computers won't help. Most won't run XP, anyway. At least, not the ones I've tried.

For the record, though, I used to do data recover on a semi-professional basis for a few companies in the area. When drives 'died' people who worked there and knew me would bring them over, and I and a few friends would have a go at them. Out of about 20 drives, there was only 1 we couldn't recover 90%+ of the data from. The professional place they sent that drive to charged them $2K, only to tell them the head had come loose, and there was nothing they or anyone else could do, because it destroyed the platters while bouncing around inside the drive.

That's when I quit doing it for fun.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: vestcoat on March 03, 2013, 07:02:55 PM: HOLY SHIT. Ordered. Nice to see black trays making a comeback.

Quote from: BlueBMW on March 03, 2013, 02:41:36 PM
Ordered! Cmon peeps, pony up and buy dis shit!
Seriously. I don't want to see anyone signing up for a PP raffle three months from now.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: henrycsc on March 03, 2013, 10:13:55 PM: Congrats guys!

I tried to egg everyone on to no success.

Everyone - you're in for a treat! Superb game!

Ark, USPS has priority rate poster tubes that you can get for free. They'll deliver them to your house too if you order them from their website.

small
https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?categoryNav=false&navAction=jump&navCount=0&productId=P_O_1098S&categoryId=subcatMSS_PriorityMail

medium
https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?categoryNav=false&navAction=jump&navCount=0&productId=P_O_1098M&categoryId=subcatMSS_PriorityMail

I think they both are probably big enough for you to ship a game and a poster in one tube. They are't flat rate though, so you'd have to get a ship est based on weight for each place you send it.

If you haven't shipped mine yet, I'd like to add a poster as well. I'll shoot you an email.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: TheClash603 on March 03, 2013, 11:09:58 PM: Got my order in last night.

Was weird, I fell asleep and when I woke up I checked the site for a minute. I noticed the preorder available and I sent in for one. I then fell back asleep.

Now that I am waking up for work I had to double check I wasn't dreaming the whole thing. Sleep shopping could end up being a real problem, I gotta keep my phone away from the bed at night. Next time I bet I wake up with a new Audi A4 in the driveway I can't afford.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on March 04, 2013, 02:13:29 AM: Quote from: henrycsc on March 03, 2013, 10:13:55 PM
Congrats guys!

I tried to egg everyone on to no success.

Everyone - you're in for a treat! Superb game!

Ark, USPS has priority rate poster tubes that you can get for free. They'll deliver them to your house too if you order them from their website.

small
https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?categoryNav=false&navAction=jump&navCount=0&productId=P_O_1098S&categoryId=subcatMSS_PriorityMail

medium
https://store.usps.com/store/browse/productDetailSingleSku.jsp?categoryNav=false&navAction=jump&navCount=0&productId=P_O_1098M&categoryId=subcatMSS_PriorityMail

I think they both are probably big enough for you to ship a game and a poster in one tube. They are't flat rate though, so you'd have to get a ship est based on weight for each place you send it.

If you haven't shipped mine yet, I'd like to add a poster as well. I'll shoot you an email.

Yeah, the local post office had no poster tubes so I am going to just order some. I'd be leery of sticking a game in a poster tube though.

Once I get the poster tubes and find out shipping, I will let everyone know.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: touko on March 04, 2013, 02:25:04 AM: LOL, this was a stupid joke arkhan :^o ..

But congrats for the release, and all your team :clap:
:wink:
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: spenoza on March 04, 2013, 02:27:16 AM: I think this was brought up before, but.... Any chance of seeing a Hu build of this? I seem to recall that it was designed with CD in mind, but I don't remember if a Hu release was ruled out altogether or was just unlikely.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Necromancer on March 04, 2013, 02:33:20 AM: Heh, you tricky farkler. Order placed! :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on March 04, 2013, 02:37:00 AM: Quote from: touko on March 04, 2013, 02:25:04 AM
LOL, this was a stupid joke arkhan :^o ..

But congrats for the release, and all your team :clap:
:wink:

:) It was fun, I think.

I thought about saying the game was cancelled completely and we were just going to release the last known beta we had of the game. but, I didn't feel like being responsible for heart attack related injuries.

Quote from: spenoza on March 04, 2013, 02:27:16 AM
I think this was brought up before, but.... Any chance of seeing a Hu build of this? I seem to recall that it was designed with CD in mind, but I don't remember if a Hu release was ruled out altogether or was just unlikely.

Probably not. The game would have to be reprogrammed to not load data from CD, and instead use a mapper
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: KingDrool on March 04, 2013, 04:38:29 AM: Ordered!

Ark, you're the f*cking man! Congrats on the release!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: sunteam_paul on March 04, 2013, 04:50:37 AM: Ooh, the banner came out OK. Looks really nice!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: KingDrool on March 04, 2013, 04:54:08 AM: I should also mention that I love the packaging artwork. It looks great!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Bernie on March 04, 2013, 04:55:46 AM: Bought!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on March 04, 2013, 05:05:04 AM: Quote from: sunteam_paul on March 04, 2013, 04:50:37 AM
Ooh, the banner came out OK. Looks really nice!

Yeah, the banner turned out f*cking awesome. It's a nice vinyl material that is very sturdy also. Like a real thick shower curtain.

At least I know what to do with the banner when Aetherbyte folds in on itself. :)

My womanoid drew the art on the cover, and Paul used his art-fu to color it in.

The rest of the packaging is all Paul's handy work. Wait til you guys see the CD itself. I think it looks awesome. Hopefully you guys do too.

Same with the awesome 1980s throwback posters.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: KingDrool on March 04, 2013, 05:10:32 AM: Quote from: Arkhan on March 04, 2013, 05:05:04 AM
The rest of the packaging is all Paul's handy work. Wait til you guys see the CD itself. I think it looks awesome. Hopefully you guys do too.

Show! Don't tell!
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Arkhan on March 04, 2013, 05:26:32 AM: Nope. You can see it for yourself when I mail yours out.

:) MAYBE ILL SEND YOURS LAST NOW.

Just kidding. Im going to be preparing them all to go out tonight and tomorrow.
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: Mishran on March 04, 2013, 10:36:26 AM: Get one ready for me too. I'm placing my order very shortly.

Send mine first. :wink:

EDIT: Money sent. :mrgreen:
Title: Re: Pyramid Plunder...
Post by: ParanoiaDragon on March 04, 2013, 12:01:21 PM: Quote from: jlued686 on March 04, 2013, 04:54:08 AM
I should also mention that I love the packaging artwork. It looks great!

Yes, I forgot to mention it, but I love the artwork! Your womanoid did a great job, as did Paul as always.
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Post by: ProfessorProfessorson on March 04, 2013, 12:07:19 PM: If you can, post a video up of it. So far what I have seen looks good, esp the visuals. I will probably be picking it up after I move next month.
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Post by: nodtveidt on March 04, 2013, 12:42:31 PM: The cover art kind of reminds me of WakuWaku 7. :D
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Post by: jperryss on March 04, 2013, 01:27:42 PM: Purchased!

Are you marking these up, a la Insanity, to expose eBay gougers later?
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Post by: Arkhan on March 04, 2013, 01:28:39 PM: Quote from: ProfessorProfessorson on March 04, 2013, 12:07:19 PM
If you can, post a video up of it. So far what I have seen looks good, esp the visuals. I will probably be picking it up after I move next month.

There's the youtube video of it... but I'm definitely no video expert. we will figure it out though and get a solid video one way or the other.
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Post by: Arkhan on March 04, 2013, 01:31:22 PM: Quote from: jperryss on March 04, 2013, 01:27:42 PM
Purchased!

Are you marking these up, a la Insanity, to expose eBay gougers later?

No, lol. There are no limited runs. Everyone gets an equal copy, so if someone wants to re-ebay it now, its all on them.

Ain't no thang.

If people want to scribble sharpee and claim I signed it, let em.

We'll all know they are liars!
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Post by: mrhaboobi on March 04, 2013, 02:40:08 PM: Ok i bought it :) but tell me more about the posters.. and anything else you have coming out so i could combine shipping ;)
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Post by: Arkhan on March 04, 2013, 02:41:56 PM: Quote from: mrhaboobi on March 04, 2013, 02:40:08 PM
Ok i bought it :) but tell me more about the posters.. and anything else you have coming out so i could combine shipping ;)

Nope, just that.

I have a bunch of poster boxes en-route so that I can safely ship the posters all rolled up.

If you want me to wait to ship your game so I can just put it in that box, we can do that if you'd like and see what the cost is. It might cost more though. The USPS has gone a bit mental with shipping things overseas...
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Post by: kiketonto on March 04, 2013, 09:31:56 PM: ordered mine!
another game to enjoy!
Thanks!
EDIT EDIT EDIT
I open a threat at forums here in Spain, I hope you don't mind!
http://www.elotrolado.net/hilo_nuevo-juego-para-turbo-duo_1875023

Greetings!
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Post by: KingDrool on March 05, 2013, 03:22:15 AM: You should change the thread title to something like:

"Pyramid Plunder...ON SALE NOW! BUY! BUY! BUY!"

I almost overlooked this thread because I figured it was just more talking about how the project was delayed!
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Post by: Arkhan on March 05, 2013, 03:32:58 AM: good call.
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Post by: Mishran on March 05, 2013, 05:20:41 AM: Definitely more excited about this than Revival Chase. Enjoyed the beta of this, so the final product should be a definite blast since I like Pacman.

And no raffles folks, make the tightwads buy their own game! :P any game where effort was spent deserves a purchase. Buy this game!

Hey Ark, why not do a BOGO with this. Buy PP and get Insanity half price. May help move some of your stock. Completely up to you though.
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Post by: Arkhan on March 05, 2013, 05:23:15 AM: I've already planned on doing that, and someone basically already took advantage of the concept by asking in a PM.

If anyone else wants to, feel free to shoot me a PM or email.

I did 50$ for both games.
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Post by: vestcoat on March 05, 2013, 06:44:41 AM: Looks like Good Deal Games now stocks Insanity and MSR. Nice to see so many homebrews together.
http://www.gooddealgames.com/inventory/Turbografx.html
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Post by: Arkhan on March 05, 2013, 06:52:44 AM: They are going to be stocking Pyramid Plunder once you guys get your chance to get it first :)
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Post by: nodtveidt on March 05, 2013, 04:35:20 PM: Interesting... they must have gone through Keranu to arrange that deal.
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Post by: TR0N on March 05, 2013, 06:26:25 PM: Looking at it,seems like a cross between pac-man and konami tutankham theme !?
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Post by: Arkhan on March 06, 2013, 02:56:14 AM: Sort of, yeah.
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Post by: FiftyQuid on March 06, 2013, 05:05:53 AM: Quote from: Arkhan on March 05, 2013, 05:23:15 AM
I've already planned on doing that, and someone basically already took advantage of the concept by asking in a PM.

If anyone else wants to, feel free to shoot me a PM or email.

I did 50$ for both games.
I'd do this deal. I don't have either yet. I'm one of those irritating international customers though. PM sent.
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Post by: NightWolve on March 06, 2013, 06:34:38 AM: Quote from: TheOldMan on March 03, 2013, 04:18:36 PM
For everyone who really wants to know....

He's not joking. I really did knock a light (a swing arm lamp) into the chassis of a computer.
Interestingly, the mobo itself was un-harmed (and I'm still using it - it's a Pentium I ), probably because it was on plastic stand-offs.

Well, Arkhan explained to me yesterday how this was based on a true story, that it actually happened to you in the past and so it wasn't applicable here. It was still a prank, but anyway, I'm over getting "punked." It's water under the bridge. I just wish I hadn't wasted my time and written little essays on Disaster Recovery earlier. ;)

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Yes, the lamp and the computer were on the same power strip. Apparently the power strip was not quick enough, as this accident blew the fuse in the main fusebox. Don't know if a GFI would have helped, but I'll keep it in mind.

Ah OK, so I did rationalize the story correctly. Yeah, based on this scenario, not that it does you any good now, I'm pretty sure a GFCI outlet would've made a big difference and tripped its breaker a lot quicker (in milliseconds if properly functioning) and AT the outlet (not the service panel/fusebox)! It's unlikely an old home would've ever been upgraded to have such an outlet though (unless you took initiative), beyond the kitchen, bathroom and anything that's outside of the building so you don't get zapped when working with a power tool standing on the grass or something (and thus are better grounded), etc. New homes have this protection built-in at the service panel, even surge protection, etc. But yeah, I guess it would be a good idea to upgrade one's computer center outlet with a GFCI model given such a scenario...

A 15 Amp GFCI outlet offers 2 forms of protection: 1) the standard electrical current limit, so if you draw 16 Amps by plugging in too many devices, it should trip its breaker first, before any breaker or fuse at the building's service panel trips/pops, and 2) electrical leakage detection; electricity flowing from the Hot line should be returning via the Neutral line, so if all of a sudden, flow rapidly increases, and yet the return flow from the Neutral line decreases, that constitutes leakage: the electrons have found another path to travel to ground, either the ground from the plug itself or from another spot, etc. It's the scenario of throwing a blow dryer in a steel bath tub full of water. If you just have 15 Amp protection, you'll be dead before the breaker ever trips because of >16 Amps of current overflowing. But with leakage protection, it'll be detected in milliseconds and it'll save your life. Anyhow, both forms of protection can stop a fire from occurring, so these outlets are worth upgrading to in general.

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And needless to say, the lamps around my work area are now florescents - I hope they won't fry anything if I do it again :)

Those don't operate on the full 120V, but with a step-down transformer at much lower voltages, so yeah, probably not. ;)
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Post by: Arkhan on March 06, 2013, 04:33:24 PM: all current orders are boxed up and ready to be shipped. Because some (the international ones) require that I enter the post office, they will all be hitting the streets on Saturday.

I am doing this because I want to mail the entire batch in one giant go, since it is easier that way.

Also, because I want the post office to taste my wrath when I make them process all these boxes.

It's what they get for upping the priority rate.
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Post by: Keranu on March 06, 2013, 05:10:15 PM: Quote from: Arkhan on March 06, 2013, 04:33:24 PM
Also, because I want the post office to taste my wrath when I make them process all these boxes.

It's what they get for upping the priority rate.
Hell yeah, tell them to eat that shit. On the bright side, it seems Pay Pal still charges the same old price for printing shipping labels.
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Post by: TR0N on March 06, 2013, 07:00:49 PM: Quote from: Arkhan on March 06, 2013, 02:56:14 AM
Sort of, yeah.
I may have to check it out then.
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Post by: Arkhan on March 09, 2013, 08:24:11 AM: All current orders are now en route to humans.

This includes the internationals, which I noted were mostly in France.

one Spain, One Germany, one New Zealand. The rest, French!
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Post by: hoobs88 on March 09, 2013, 08:26:29 AM: Quote from: Arkhan on March 09, 2013, 08:24:11 AM
All current orders are now en route to humans.

Hooray!
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Post by: KingDrool on March 09, 2013, 08:47:36 AM: Awesome, man. Very excited!
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Post by: Senshi on March 09, 2013, 01:53:35 PM: sacre bleu!
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Post by: DesmondThe3rd on March 09, 2013, 05:56:19 PM: Can't wait to play it!
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Post by: mrhaboobi on March 10, 2013, 01:20:58 PM: Quote from: Arkhan on March 09, 2013, 08:24:11 AM
All current orders are now en route to humans.

This includes the internationals, which I noted were mostly in France.

one Spain, One Germany, one New Zealand. The rest, French!

YAY :) which will arrive first MSR or this one ;) The battle begins..

Thanks mate, cant wait to see what comes next.. Retrocade?
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Post by: Deletion on March 10, 2013, 03:25:52 PM: I jumped on the Pyramid Plunder and Insanity combo deal. Thanks again, Arkhan.
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Post by: Arkhan on March 10, 2013, 05:18:41 PM: Quote from: mrhaboobi on March 10, 2013, 01:20:58 PM
Thanks mate, cant wait to see what comes next.. Retrocade?

Atlantean :)

On a real HuCard, of course.

Now that the initial Pyramid Plunder storm has died down. I will be creating newer screenshots and a gameplay video sometime this month for everyone to see.
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Post by: mrhaboobi on March 10, 2013, 08:44:29 PM: Very cool
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Post by: esteban on March 11, 2013, 11:30:51 AM: Quote from: mrhaboobi on March 10, 2013, 01:20:58 PM

YAY :) which will arrive first MSR or this one ;) The battle begins..

Ha! (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.html)

I put my money on...
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Post by: Arkhan on March 11, 2013, 05:34:13 PM: Poster boxes arrived today.

I am going to ship one out tomorrow to Keranu.

He's kind of the guinea pig to see how the shipping costs work out.

After we see how that goes, they will be open for the rest of you dorks, :)
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Post by: kiketonto on March 12, 2013, 10:54:51 PM: Quote from: Arkhan on March 09, 2013, 08:24:11 AM
All current orders are now en route to humans.

This includes the internationals, which I noted were mostly in France.

one Spain, One Germany, one New Zealand. The rest, French!

Eh! that's mine! it's coming...!
Thank you!
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Post by: Arkhan on March 13, 2013, 04:22:08 AM: Quote from: kiketonto on March 12, 2013, 10:54:51 PM
Quote from: Arkhan on March 09, 2013, 08:24:11 AM
All current orders are now en route to humans.

This includes the internationals, which I noted were mostly in France.

one Spain, One Germany, one New Zealand. The rest, French!

Eh! that's mine! it's coming...!
Thank you!

Could you explain to me out of curiosity, how Spanish addresses work?

There are º symbols and such in the numbers. It was definitely different.
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Post by: kiketonto on March 13, 2013, 05:33:04 AM: Quote from: Arkhan on March 13, 2013, 04:22:08 AM
Quote from: kiketonto on March 12, 2013, 10:54:51 PM
Quote from: Arkhan on March 09, 2013, 08:24:11 AM
All current orders are now en route to humans.

This includes the internationals, which I noted were mostly in France.

one Spain, One Germany, one New Zealand. The rest, French!

Eh! that's mine! it's coming...!
Thank you!

Could you explain to me out of curiosity, how Spanish addresses work?

There are º symbols and such in the numbers. It was definitely different.
Yeah! it's easy. We use the floors and flats by ordinals
Floor 1 (used as ordinal 1º 1st) Flat 3 (used as ordinal 3ª 3rd)

Greetings!
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Post by: Arkhan on March 13, 2013, 05:43:47 AM: Yes, the Floor 1 (used as ordinal 1º 1st) and Flat 3 (used as ordinal 3ª 3rd).

That was interesting . I've never seen that in use before.

Or if I did, I wasn't paying attention because I printed the label online.
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Post by: Mishran on March 14, 2013, 11:59:18 AM: The Aetherbyte "About" page needs updated. :wink:
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Post by: Arkhan on March 14, 2013, 12:47:05 PM: Quote from: Mishran on March 14, 2013, 11:59:18 AM
The Aetherbyte "About" page needs updated. :wink:

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
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Post by: hoobs88 on March 14, 2013, 01:29:16 PM: Mine arrived in the mail today :)
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Post by: kiketonto on March 18, 2013, 06:35:29 AM: Got mine!
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Post by: Arkhan on April 13, 2013, 08:44:36 PM: Now that more people have had it, anyone else have any thoughts on it? :)
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Post by: gameofyou on April 14, 2013, 01:47:48 AM: Hey Arkhan,

I'm curious how many of these have sold so far. Are you keeping track (or are you serial numbering them)?

I would definitely buy one, but currently, my system only plays HuCards. Good luck with it, though!
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Post by: KingDrool on April 14, 2013, 05:55:26 AM: Quote from: Arkhan on April 13, 2013, 08:44:36 PM
Now that more people have had it, anyone else have any thoughts on it? :)

Sure: it's my favorite homebrew/indie Turbo game ever released. And I mean this in no way to disrespect the efforts made by others and the games that have come out. But this is the one I can sit down with for a quick pick-up-and-play session and wind up blowing hours on. On the surface, it seems to be just another Pac-Man clone. But the little touches you've put in there are so clever and well-implemented that it really stands apart from other games I've played in this style. It also shows your growth as a game-designer, and I can't wait to see more stuff from you (hint: mascot-platformer, a la Bonk or cartoony shooter, a la Zonk? I can dream).

So yeah, those are my thoughts.

Quote from: gameofyou on April 14, 2013, 01:47:48 AM
I would definitely buy one, but currently, my system only plays HuCards.

Here ya go. (http://www.magicengine.com/uk_index.php?sessid=wmv4uEje2n2RotQE_BnuqA8FzSqg)
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Post by: ParanoiaDragon on April 14, 2013, 01:35:57 PM: Quote from: jlued686 on April 14, 2013, 05:55:26 AM
Quote from: Arkhan on April 13, 2013, 08:44:36 PM
Now that more people have had it, anyone else have any thoughts on it? :)

Sure: it's my favorite homebrew/indie Turbo game ever released. And I mean this in no way to disrespect the efforts made by others and the games that have come out. But this is the one I can sit down with for a quick pick-up-and-play session and wind up blowing hours on. On the surface, it seems to be just another Pac-Man clone. But the little touches you've put in there are so clever and well-implemented that it really stands apart from other games I've played in this style. It also shows your growth as a game-designer, and I can't wait to see more stuff from you (hint: mascot-platformer, a la Bonk or cartoony shooter, a la Zonk? I can dream).

So yeah, those are my thoughts.

Quote from: gameofyou on April 14, 2013, 01:47:48 AM
I would definitely buy one, but currently, my system only plays HuCards.

Here ya go. (http://www.magicengine.com/uk_index.php?sessid=wmv4uEje2n2RotQE_BnuqA8FzSqg)

Darn you to heckfire, Mysterious Song is best! :D Seriously though, we got some nice projects coming, I've got 6 songs left to do on JB, & then I move on to Dragon Arm tunes.
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Post by: KingDrool on April 14, 2013, 01:46:34 PM: I know! I really meant no offense as I really love Mysterious Song! Please don't hate me! ;)

Also, I can't wait to play Jungle Bros. The 16-bit platformer is my favorite type of game.
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Post by: roflmao on April 14, 2013, 02:51:08 PM: PP and Insanity arrived a couple of days ago! Woot! I've had company staying with us so I haven't had the opportunity to break them in properly, but they left today so I'm hoping to spend some quality time with the games tomorrow. :D
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Post by: ParanoiaDragon on April 14, 2013, 05:56:20 PM: Quote from: jlued686 on April 14, 2013, 01:46:34 PM
I know! I really meant no offense as I really love Mysterious Song! Please don't hate me! ;)

Also, I can't wait to play Jungle Bros. The 16-bit platformer is my favorite type of game.

Nah, no hate, I was just messin' around. :)
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Post by: Duo_R on April 14, 2013, 06:29:03 PM: Is there any footage of the final release i saw the prototype video that was of it in early production. Love to check it out
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Post by: roflmao on April 14, 2013, 06:41:34 PM: Quote from: Duo_R on April 14, 2013, 06:29:03 PM
Is there any footage of the final release i saw the prototype video that was of it in early production. Love to check it out

You can see some footage while watching starsoldier's review of it on yt: :D
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Post by: Duo_R on April 14, 2013, 09:05:46 PM: Cool thanks!
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Post by: _joshuaTurbo on April 15, 2013, 03:47:48 AM: Looks so badass!! ORDERED!!
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Post by: Arkhan on April 15, 2013, 05:11:08 AM: Yeah, I am hoping to see more video reviews. I would do one, but uh, it's Aetherbyte's stuff, so that'd be a bit biased, :)

I could make a gameplay footage video, with no review though.

Also, as of right now, I think we've sold somewhere around 60, if memory serves. I did not serial number them, but I have kept track of each sale.

Some promo copies were given away for less than retail, so hopefully those people do the reviews like they said they would. :)
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Post by: jasonbar on May 06, 2013, 06:23:11 AM: Finally found time to play me some PP this weekend. I dig--nice job, Arkhan. Feel free to spam me when your next game is ready!

Thanks,
-Jason
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Post by: Marll on May 08, 2013, 07:56:18 AM: Need to get me a copy for sure, but money is tight right now, hopefully when I have a bit more disposable income I can pick up a copy of PP, Insantiy and the reprint of Meteor Blaster. I already own Implode and Mysterious Song, so I'd like to get other homebrews as well. I think that the efforts of home brew devs are helping to strengthen the TG catalog for sure.
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Post by: TheClash603 on May 08, 2013, 03:49:31 PM: Quote from: Marll on May 08, 2013, 07:56:18 AM
Need to get me a copy for sure, but money is tight right now, hopefully when I have a bit more disposable income I can pick up a copy of PP, Insantiy and the reprint of Meteor Blaster. I already own Implode and Mysterious Song, so I'd like to get other homebrews as well. I think that the efforts of home brew devs are helping to strengthen the TG catalog for sure.

Get Arkhan's stuff first, especially since this is his thread.

...but then don't forget about ReVival Chase.
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Post by: T2KFreeker on May 09, 2013, 10:25:27 AM: Just ordered today. I can't wait to play it now. Awesomeness!
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Post by: T2KFreeker on May 16, 2013, 07:20:07 AM: Arrival! Excellent!
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Post by: Arkhan on May 16, 2013, 08:00:41 AM: GIT DOWN ON IT.
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Post by: T2KFreeker on May 16, 2013, 10:28:18 AM: Quote from: Arkhan on May 16, 2013, 08:00:41 AM
GIT DOWN ON IT.

I'm going to here in a minute actually. Had some stuff to finish up first. I'm digging the case art Arkhan. Very cool, man!
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Post by: Arkhan on May 17, 2013, 04:14:07 AM: \o/

I didn't draw it, lol.

My womanoid doodled it, and Sunteam Paul colored it.
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Post by: T2KFreeker on May 17, 2013, 12:12:09 PM: Quote from: Arkhan on May 17, 2013, 04:14:07 AM
\o/

I didn't draw it, lol.

My womanoid doodled it, and Sunteam Paul colored it.

Nice. I have to admit, it would have been cool for a level save or something like that, but oh well. I only say that because I had to leave in a hurry and was on level 8 I think and had to shut it off, sadly. Cool game though. I got lots of retro due to it and ReVival Chase this month. Groovy!
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Post by: Arkhan on May 17, 2013, 02:56:37 PM: Well, there IS a level - picker cheat code.

Someone will figure it out eventually.

:)
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Post by: Mishran on May 25, 2013, 04:15:44 AM: Quote from: Arkhan on May 17, 2013, 02:56:37 PM
Well, there IS a level - picker cheat code.

Someone will figure it out eventually.

:)

It's the Konami code in reverse... :P

Be humorous if it was though.
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Post by: Arkhan on May 25, 2013, 08:05:00 AM: nah its easier than that!

One of these days someone will figure it out. ;)
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Post by: Deletion on June 12, 2013, 12:21:33 PM: Muzz of L1 Games just posted a video review!
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Post by: Arkhan on June 12, 2013, 01:32:10 PM: Aww yeah.
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Post by: Duo_R on June 15, 2013, 06:37:45 PM: Thanks for the video Deletion that was an excellent review! I need to get this one!
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Post by: Bernie on June 16, 2013, 05:38:53 AM: I was informed by someone, that there is a way to run AND collect the gold bars as you go. :) Just have the turbo switch up.
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Post by: Arkhan on June 16, 2013, 11:56:57 AM: Quote from: Bernie on June 16, 2013, 05:38:53 AM
I was informed by someone, that there is a way to run AND collect the gold bars as you go. :) Just have the turbo switch up.

Yeah :)

But that's for sissies
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Post by: turboswimbz on June 16, 2013, 02:01:37 PM: Quote from: Bernie on June 16, 2013, 05:38:53 AM
I was informed by someone, that there is a way to run AND collect the gold bars as you go. :) Just have the turbo switch up.

I have tried this, and I while in the early stages it might help, the later stages require more strategy, and It doesn't help nearly as much as you think it would.
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Post by: FiftyQuid on June 16, 2013, 04:43:20 PM: Quote from: Deletion on June 12, 2013, 12:21:33 PM
Muzz of L1 Games just posted a video review!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vL7s2MmcfKI

Nice review. :)
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Post by: roflmao on June 20, 2013, 01:28:36 PM: I just tried using TurboRip to copy my version of PP to my JXD S7300 and it crashed Turborip. 3 times in a row. After rebooting.

So my question is: have you intentionally come up with a way to prevent people from ripping your game, or is this a happy accident?
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Post by: Arkhan on June 20, 2013, 02:10:04 PM: Quote from: roflmao on June 20, 2013, 01:28:36 PM
I just tried using TurboRip to copy my version of PP to my JXD S7300 and it crashed Turborip. 3 times in a row. After rebooting.

So my question is: have you intentionally come up with a way to prevent people from ripping your game, or is this a happy accident?

Happy accident, maybe? :)
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Post by: roflmao on June 20, 2013, 02:30:51 PM: Quote from: Arkhan on June 20, 2013, 02:10:04 PM
Quote from: roflmao on June 20, 2013, 01:28:36 PM
I just tried using TurboRip to copy my version of PP to my JXD S7300 and it crashed Turborip. 3 times in a row. After rebooting.

So my question is: have you intentionally come up with a way to prevent people from ripping your game, or is this a happy accident?

Happy accident, maybe? :)

Well congrats! Not all of my CD games made the cut to this device - I only wanted games I knew I was going to play. I'll be limiting this one to the actual hardware, and that's really the best way to play anyway.
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Post by: Arkhan on June 20, 2013, 03:39:01 PM: You can probably use Nero to generate an image that will work in an emulator.

You got a working copy of CDRWin? That one always does the trick.
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Post by: Bernie on June 20, 2013, 04:05:30 PM: Just use ImgBurn. Its free and reliable.
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Post by: roflmao on June 20, 2013, 05:21:42 PM: Hahaha... Ark, I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to show people how to create backups of your game. :D

I'm not really into emulation - every once in awhile I get the urge to check it out and I either can't figure out how to get games to play properly, or I get bored. Having said that, I'm pretty sure I have ImgBurn installed and may try to figure out how to use it. This Tablet device is pretty frickin cool for playing TG16/PCE games on the go.

Thanks Ark and Bernie!
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Post by: Arkhan on June 20, 2013, 05:48:00 PM: I don't remember now, but my guess is turbrrborborborbo rip is crashing because there's no warning track this time, so it's having a stroke.
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Post by: Duo_R on June 27, 2013, 09:30:49 PM: Can't wait to get this when I get funds looks really cool
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Post by: Duo_R on June 27, 2013, 09:31:47 PM: Quick question ark - has a homebrew platformer been developed yet for Turbob?
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Post by: esteban on June 27, 2013, 10:21:20 PM: Quote from: Duo_R on June 27, 2013, 09:31:47 PM
Quick question ark - has a homebrew platformer been developed yet for Turbob?

Jungle Bros.
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Post by: Necromancer on June 28, 2013, 02:27:55 AM: Quote from: Duo_R on June 27, 2013, 09:31:47 PM
Quick question ark - has a homebrew platformer been developed yet for Turbob?

Inferno? Oh..... wait..... :(
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Post by: spenoza on June 28, 2013, 02:35:47 AM: Quote from: esteban on June 27, 2013, 10:21:20 PM
Quote from: Duo_R on June 27, 2013, 09:31:47 PM
Quick question ark - has a homebrew platformer been developed yet for Turbob?

Jungle Bros.

Well, if this one were done, that would technically be correct, but as it is still in development, the correct answer is "Not yet, but be patient."
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Post by: Black Tiger on July 01, 2013, 04:09:24 PM: Quote from: spenoza on June 28, 2013, 02:35:47 AM
Quote from: esteban on June 27, 2013, 10:21:20 PM
Quote from: Duo_R on June 27, 2013, 09:31:47 PM
Quick question ark - has a homebrew platformer been developed yet for Turbob?

Jungle Bros.

Well, if this one were done, that would technically be correct, but as it is still in development, the correct answer is "Not yet, but be patient."

If you're looking for a PCE hombrew release list you can find it here, along with titles still in development.

http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=10666.0

The previous Jungle Bros demo that has been shown on disc is as much a complete game as some other "released" hombrew PCE games.
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Post by: spenoza on July 03, 2013, 02:41:37 PM: I did use that posting you linked to, BT. And the article has been posted at RB. I'm taking some down time before I tackle a dedicated homebrew/hacks/mods/translations article.
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Post by: Arjak on October 14, 2013, 08:25:34 AM: I have FINALLY bought a copy of this. I haven't received any confirmation yet, though. Has my game been shipped, Arkhan?
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Post by: Arkhan on October 14, 2013, 08:57:47 AM: Quote from: Arjak on October 14, 2013, 08:25:34 AM
I have FINALLY bought a copy of this. I haven't received any confirmation yet, though. Has my game been shipped, Arkhan?

Yeah I shipped it on Thursday or Friday. It should be there soon.

Sorry about that. I don't print the paypal clicky print label that probably sends you a confirmation email.

I go to the kiosk thing and pay/print there. Those things dispense nice sticky labels.
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Post by: Arjak on October 15, 2013, 05:45:02 PM: I received my game today. I just finished playing for the evening, and I really enjoyed it.

While Insanity is definitely a port of Berzerk with few frills, Pyramid Plunder feels like it has a little more of its own identity separate from Pac-Man. The Egyptian theme is quite unique for this genre, and works quite well, and the power-ups that you can activate on command add a good layer of strategy that wasn't there before.

Very nice, Arkhan. I can't wait to try Atlantean. :D
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Post by: Arkhan on October 16, 2013, 08:30:38 AM: Yeah. We really learned enough from Insanity to go on and make a more complete game, instead of what amounts to a clone with different art.

It will be even more apparent with Atlantean. ;)

Glad you enjoyed the game.