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Homebrew 8 BIT XMAS 2016 development OUT NOW!!!!

Dec 2, 2016 at 11:22:37 PM
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Y'all are giving me the Christmas pinball fever.  

Looking forward to getting this one, for sure, my second holiday collecting them. Brian and co. must be busy; it's been a little over a week and my order is still "in production." I'm not in a big hurry, though, and I know he's got his hands full probably with the season, AVS orders, etc.

Thanks in advance for another rad release!

Dec 3, 2016 at 7:04:53 AM
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Originally posted by: laddersandcakes

Y'all are giving me the Christmas pinball fever.  

Looking forward to getting this one, for sure, my second holiday collecting them. Brian and co. must be busy; it's been a little over a week and my order is still "in production." I'm not in a big hurry, though, and I know he's got his hands full probably with the season, AVS orders, etc.

Thanks in advance for another rad release!
It's an excellent game for sure, despite the occasional score rolling glitch. The physics are excellent and I like how there's only one screen and still lots to do. Nearly every pinball game bitd (well except the pre crash / Atari stuff) had multiple screens and bonus stages (Pinball NES for instance had two screens and one bonus stage, and most later games had more). It's very reminiscent of the EM or early Solid State era. Brian really nailed the digit readout effect. The score increments in a similar fashion to the old EM score reels despite being digital. No nudge option that I'm aware of but I rarely use those anyhow...  

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Dec 3, 2016 at 9:40:44 AM
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Originally posted by: laddersandcakes

Y'all are giving me the Christmas pinball fever.  

Looking forward to getting this one, for sure, my second holiday collecting them. Brian and co. must be busy; it's been a little over a week and my order is still "in production." I'm not in a big hurry, though, and I know he's got his hands full probably with the season, AVS orders, etc.

Thanks in advance for another rad release!

I ordered mine on 11/11 and it's still in production 😕
 

Dec 3, 2016 at 9:46:27 AM
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Me too! Got a box but no game to put in it

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Dec 3, 2016 at 11:29:27 AM
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Originally posted by: Fleck586

Me too! Got a box but no game to put in it


I'm waiting as well, coming up on three weeks. I know they are busy with the AVS.

Dec 3, 2016 at 12:59:35 PM
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Note on the product page says that orders placed after Nov 10th were going to be delayed.

Dec 3, 2016 at 11:05:46 PM
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Not sure where else to put this, my poster got damaged in the mail when I received it last week (Wednesday before Thanksgiving). Tube got dented during transit. I documented the damage and sent an email to RetroUSB support, but haven't heard back from them yet.

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Edited: 12/03/2016 at 11:06 PM by Kosmic StarDust

Dec 3, 2016 at 11:35:53 PM
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Originally posted by: Kosmic StarDust

Not sure where else to put this, my poster got damaged in the mail when I received it last week (Wednesday before Thanksgiving). Tube got dented during transit. I documented the damage and sent an email to RetroUSB support, but haven't heard back from them yet.

You sent your email last night, Fri, December 2, 2016 10:05 pm. You'll get a response soon.   

Thanks!



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Dec 3, 2016 at 11:36:00 PM
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Ordered 11/9, shipped 11/10, arrived 11/12. Guess I got pretty lucky given the timing.

Dec 3, 2016 at 11:46:15 PM
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Originally posted by: RetroUSB Support
 
Originally posted by: Kosmic StarDust

Not sure where else to put this, my poster got damaged in the mail when I received it last week (Wednesday before Thanksgiving). Tube got dented during transit. I documented the damage and sent an email to RetroUSB support, but haven't heard back from them yet.

You sent your email last night, Fri, December 2, 2016 10:05 pm. You'll get a response soon.   

Thanks!

 

You think you get weekends off?!?!?!?!

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Dec 3, 2016 at 11:48:18 PM
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Originally posted by: RetroUSB Support
 
Originally posted by: Kosmic StarDust

Not sure where else to put this, my poster got damaged in the mail when I received it last week (Wednesday before Thanksgiving). Tube got dented during transit. I documented the damage and sent an email to RetroUSB support, but haven't heard back from them yet.

You sent your email last night, Fri, December 2, 2016 10:05 pm. You'll get a response soon.   

Thanks!

 

Wow only 25 hrs passed from the initial email was sent and it's a weekend. Sorry Stardust, the way you wrote that I had assumed it was something like several business days.
 

Dec 4, 2016 at 12:22:47 AM
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Originally posted by: Kosmic StarDust

Not sure where else to put this, my poster got damaged in the mail when I received it last week (Wednesday before Thanksgiving). Tube got dented during transit. I documented the damage and sent an email to RetroUSB support, but haven't heard back from them yet.
OMG AN ENTIRE DAY!  are you just trying to boost post count or make them look bad?

 

Dec 4, 2016 at 12:24:35 AM
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Originally posted by: NESCollector69
 
Originally posted by: Kosmic StarDust

Not sure where else to put this, my poster got damaged in the mail when I received it last week (Wednesday before Thanksgiving). Tube got dented during transit. I documented the damage and sent an email to RetroUSB support, but haven't heard back from them yet.
OMG AN ENTIRE DAY!  are you just trying to boost post count or make them look bad?

 

Guys, leave him alone. He had clearly exhausted all his options in that 25 hour span. What else could he do but post on NintendoAge after that?

edit: THINK OF THE POSTER!
 

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Edited: 12/04/2016 at 12:25 AM by KHAN Games

Dec 4, 2016 at 1:02:29 AM
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Originally posted by: KHAN Games
 
Originally posted by: NESCollector69
 
Originally posted by: Kosmic StarDust

Not sure where else to put this, my poster got damaged in the mail when I received it last week (Wednesday before Thanksgiving). Tube got dented during transit. I documented the damage and sent an email to RetroUSB support, but haven't heard back from them yet.
OMG AN ENTIRE DAY!  are you just trying to boost post count or make them look bad?

 

Guys, leave him alone. He had clearly exhausted all his options in that 25 hour span. What else could he do but post on NintendoAge after that?

edit: THINK OF THE POSTER!
 

Think of the horror that will could in the next 25 hours!  If support guy goes to church instead of answering emergency emails on Sunday we are all doomed...

Or maybe this is one of those russian hacking fake news things I keep hearing about?  I bet he doesn't even have a poster!  Picts or it didn't happen!


Edited: 12/04/2016 at 01:02 AM by bunnyboy

Dec 4, 2016 at 3:58:09 AM
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For clarity, I received the poster the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, but didn't get a chance to "inspect" it until this past week.  

BTW thanks Brian, your stuff is awesome! I played more Xmas Pinball tonight. I can't say how awesome it is. No glitches this time either...  

EDIT: They sent me a reply this morning. RetroUSB will ship out another poster shortly...  

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Edited: 12/04/2016 at 10:53 PM by Kosmic StarDust

Dec 8, 2016 at 7:13:43 PM
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Anyone else order on black friday and not get the free usb drive?

Dec 8, 2016 at 7:22:49 PM
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Originally posted by: necroking

Anyone else order on black friday and not get the free usb drive?

I thought that just was with an AVS purchase on Black Friday. Was it any order?

Dec 8, 2016 at 7:29:45 PM
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thought it was any order, but i may have read it incorrectly. not a big deal, just curious.

Dec 8, 2016 at 7:54:15 PM
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Originally posted by: Kosmic StarDust

EDIT: They sent me a reply this morning. RetroUSB will ship out another poster shortly...  
It arrived and it's gorgeous...  

 

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Dec 11, 2016 at 10:40:55 PM
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I'm really enjoying this. Love me some Xmas pinball! I am finally going to keep an 8Bit Xmas for myself this year. But I may have ordered an extra as a gift anyway, which is what I should have been doing all along.

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Dec 14, 2016 at 8:46:00 PM
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Originally posted by: bunnyboy

More progress on the graphics helped me get my best score so far! This game will definitely be added to Scoreboard. Yes the bug with the locked ball position has been fixed.
Any eta on the scoreboard app? I just tried the scoreboard thingy and it doesn't work.  

EDIT: Just broke ten million for the first time!  


EDIT2: Another crappy glitch report (should be live in 30 mins)...  



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Edited: 12/14/2016 at 09:30 PM by Kosmic StarDust

Dec 15, 2016 at 9:02:01 AM
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"Sawed off laptop" lol.

I had a 14mil run the other night too.

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Dec 16, 2016 at 1:51:37 AM
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Originally posted by: JamesRobot

"Sawed off laptop" lol.

I had a 14mil run the other night too.
Those HP screens are not built to last. Hinges bust way too easily and I cannot afford a new one, but the HDMI port still works so I disconnected the screen entirely and configured Windows to "always use external display." Driver support is necessary to output to HDMI so if something happens to my Windows 8 install or I'm forced to boot into safe mode, I'm screwed. Anyway it's the only thing I have to log onto scoreboard with, as my desktop isn't exactly portable, and it would be rather uncomfortable playing AVS in the office.  

I hope RetroUSB considers porting the scoreboard app to Rasbian OS so we don't need to lug a computer around all the time. A Pi would be the perfect low profile solution for running scoreboard.  

Also congrats on the high score achievement!  

 

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Edited: 12/16/2016 at 02:05 AM by Kosmic StarDust