Got my Aetherbytes Protocard in the mail today! *SPOILER PICS INSIDE*

[thesteve]

i hope your not serious.
contests have been held, much as you suggested

[esteban]

I would like to make a suggestion:

In the interest of fairness, everyone on this forum should have a chance to get one of these Protocards.

Please consider this when making/distributing prototypes!

Thank you.

[Arkhan]

so how does everyone like the gnop song?  I thought it turned out kinda awesome

[TheClash603]

These look great.  Too bad everyone on this site is too good at playing games, would've loved to get one!

[SignOfZeta]

also these are TEN PROTOTYPES, as stated like 400 times.  They won't be on sale at CCAG, lol.  No more exist. 

The goal is to raise funds for a huge run to put Atlantean and shit on

Yeah, sorry, what I meant to ask was if something like this would be available there, not these exact versions.

[Arkhan]

There won't be any widespread hucard release until Atlantean is done, basically.

[incrediblehark]

The gnop music is catchy, probably what kept me playing pong for as long as i did the other night. Eargasm as advertised. Masteroids was fun too just a little cramped with everything on screen at once. I have to say I was pretty excited about trying out bytecycles, but for some reason I imagined it more like a Super Off Road instead of a Snake variant.

[Arkhan]

lol..

oh.

Well, we did release a reallllly old ass demo of it awhile back. 

[Necromancer]

... post serial #s, too guys....

My serial number is 006 (code name PEB).

so how does everyone like the gnop song?  I thought it turned out kinda awesome

It's cool but way too short - it loops roughly elebentythousand times before somebody wins.

[roflmao]

My serial number is 006 (code name PEB).

so how does everyone like the gnop song?  I thought it turned out kinda awesome

It's cool but way too short - it loops roughly elebentythousand times before somebody wins.

Agreed.  The farthest I've gotten in the games is 9-0 and I had to stop playing due to the song.  It's a great song, but the game could use some more variety in the music dept imo.

[roflmao]

On another note, does anyone else have a hard time getting their console to switch on when using the protocard?  In my US TG16, it fits like a glove.  Perfect.  But in my PCE Duo (region modded), it's a very tight fit to get the switch to turn on.  I have to use enough force that I won't play it in the Duo for fear of breaking something.  And I can't get the switch to turn on at all with my Express.  The spacing of the top piece isn't enough for the switch to slide over the card.  I'm thinking about getting out a file and filing that top piece back some so it will fit universally.  One of these days.

EDIT: This is not a complaint, just an observation I wanted to mention so future versions could be tweaked.  

[TheOldMan]

We tested them in 4 different machines, and didn't have any problems.
But...if you're going to file it down to make it work, the notch isn't the best place to do it. File the front of
the card, to make it shorter. And don't go nuts and file it too much.
(iirc, 50 strokes on 100 grit sandpaper => ~.0001 inch. It shouldn't take much. Just make sure you don't skew the front of the card.)

[Necromancer]

For whatever it's worth, my TurboDuo swallowed mine just fine.  I'll have to try it out in the 'Express and RX for science.

[Arkhan]

Weird.  They fit in my express fine, lol.

There will be more music.  These are derpy prototypes, remember?

[incrediblehark]

my card fit nicely, the pce took it all with no complaints.