Meteor Blaster DX Reprint

[vestcoat]

I have no idea what this fee they're trying to pull on you is, it was never brought up to us during MSR,

They're trying to sell him the check disc.

[Black Tiger]

The game won't be produced correctly unless it has errors. But you have to confirm that it's only the expected ones. Even if you're up for a test disc, there's no point having one made until it sounds like they got it down to the correct format first. With Mysterious Song they said that a test disc must be purchased first, due to the unique format, or else they would not proceed. The salesman did drop the price though and a PCEFX forum raffle for the test disc (and a couple bonus prizes) covered the cost of it.

[TheClash603]

Check disc raffle 2.0?

Seems like this might have to become a homebrew tradition!

[bt]

The game won't be produced correctly unless it has errors. But you have to confirm that it's only the expected ones. Even if you're up for a test disc, there's no point having one made until it sounds like they got it down to the correct format first. With Mysterious Song they said that a test disc must be purchased first, due to the unique format, or else they would not proceed. The salesman did drop the price though and a PCEFX forum raffle for the test disc (and a couple bonus prizes) covered the cost of it.

Yeah, they upped the price for me . ...went from $195 to $350.  Lovely people.

[KingDrool]

WTF? Really? Did you respond, "What happened to $195?"

Anyway, I hope you don't give up. Arkhan seems to have the magic touch with these people, so hopefully he can help out somehow.

[bt]

WTF? Really? Did you respond, "What happened to $195?"

There response to this question : "I quoted you the wrong price."

[Arkhan]

To be fair, we never had any actual disc layout issues, so we have never had to experience that portion of things first-hand.

They didn't specifically mention Eclipse in MSR's case. 

The disc should be pressable without error.

[bt]

Well, all is not lost ... not yet anyway.  I have found another CD pressing house.. .yes they use Eclipse.  However this one has one big difference,  The owner is a 20+ year TurboDuo fan.  I will be sending him a master tomorrow and working with him to figure out how to proceed.

[Bernie]

That sounds great.

[Bardoly]

Well, all is not lost ... not yet anyway.  I have found another CD pressing house.. .yes they use Eclipse.  However this one has one big difference,  The owner is a 20+ year TurboDuo fan.  I will be sending him a master tomorrow and working with him to figure out how to proceed.

That's great news!

(Now you just need to talk him into acquiring the rights to some of the CD games which need a press run and then press 'em.      )

[ParanoiaDragon]

Wow, I'm really hoping this new pressing house works out!  It's be nice to have zero problems with future games being pressed, along with him being a Turbo fan!

[esteban]

Well, all is not lost ... not yet anyway.  I have found another CD pressing house.. .yes they use Eclipse.  However this one has one big difference,  The owner is a 20+ year TurboDuo fan.  I will be sending him a master tomorrow and working with him to figure out how to proceed.

Well, this is the GODDAMN SILVER LINING in the homebrew tempest that has been brewing.

If things work out (ha! here's hoping...), you have found a superior vendor.

[esadajr]

This http://turbo.mindrec.com/ is the site for subscribing, but I don't think the server is working properly because it sent me back a bunch of gibberish.

Use an email client that can send in plain text (the server is old and does nto know how to handle MIME encoded emails).

Send an email to turbo-list-request (at) mindrec.com
and place the word:

subscribe

in the subject line.

The server will send back an email with confirmation directions.  Send another email to that same email addy with the confirmation command (in the reply you got) and you'll be on the list.

It worked using Yahoo mail. Thanks!

[Mishran]

I tried the turbo list again today and got it to work too. Own the original MBDX, but plan on picking this up when available anyway.

[Bardoly]

@bt

Any update on how this new CD pressing house deal is going?