[Coco] Homebrew CoCo Games

[Bill Loguidice]

In other communities with regular homebrew releases, loose cartridges
usually run from $25 to about $40. Boxed games usually run from about $35 -
$80, with the former range usually being in off-the-shelf plastic snapcases
and the latter range usually with full color cardboard boxes (often done
professionally). It all comes down to what the creator is willing to sell
it for and what the community will ultimately support, particularly when it
comes to viable print runs.

I suppose it also comes down to exactly what is being sold. For instance,
there are many times where if a game isn't an arcade port, it won't sell as
well or as quickly as one that is. I'm of two minds on that one. While I've
bought a ton of homebrew arcade ports for countless systems, these days,
because so much new product is being produced, I tend to favor more
original creations (which are still often ports from other platforms). For
instance, on the ColecoVision, something like six new releases were
recently being offered at once, and there was no way I was going to be able
to afford all six. In that case I ended up getting two and focused on the
ones that I didn't really have for other systems. Of course I don't think
volume will be an issue here, so any new releases I would think - at least
early on in the process - would be warmly received by the CoCo community.
Once the novelty wears off, some adjustments may or may have to be made.

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On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 1:31 AM, Al Hartman <alhartman6 at verizon.net> wrote:

> Considering the current market for any game is going to be maybe 100
> copies max over a few years time, $50 a game isn't unreasonable. Unless the
> costs for the boart and case drop dramatically.
>
> -[ Al ]-
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Neil Blanchard
>
>
> For what it's worth and to let all of you know. I'd be more than happy
> paying $50 to $60 (and yes I mean USD currency which is like a million
> dollars in CAD currency right now haha) for a finished product CoCo game
> cartridge. I don't see that unreasonable at all. For the amount of time and
> effort it takes someone to produce these games it's a bargain!
> I was lucky enough to buy a copy of Fahrfall on the first run for $40 and
> I thought that was a deal! It even came with a case and the cartridge was
> hand made from plastic resin.
> My point is, we don't need to try and keep cost down to $30 like Nick & Ed
> are referring to. Gamers and collectors will pay the higher price tag
> because we know these games are special, rare and a lot of effort went into
> making them. I myself like to support the small guy / homebrew maker. After
> all that's where the quality is!
> -Neil BlanchardCoCo Crew Podcast www.cococrew.org
>