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Chunkout for the Gameboy Color Coming this weekend!

May 20, 2010 at 9:30:35 AM
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Nice work James! Are you getting the PCBs from Bunny? If so, I could probably use 100 of them...

Good luck, can't wait to see the final product!

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May 20, 2010 at 10:09:05 AM
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Holy dream team Batman!

That artwork looks fantastic. I can't wait to see this get released. Are there any plans to port this to another platform? As crazy as it sounds, a Neo release would be awesome! There have been some other similar homebrews, and Chunkout would lend itself nicely to arcade play. From there you could do an MVS, AES, and CD release. Again, I know it sounds crazy but it has been done in the past. I have no doubt that you be able to pull it off. I have some extra MVS carts that I would be willing to send you for free if you wanted to mess around with them. I know you want to do one thing at a time, but just keep it in the back of your head.

May 20, 2010 at 11:43:19 AM
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Looks simply incredible so far. I can't wait to see the full fledged release. Awesome.

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May 20, 2010 at 5:54:44 PM
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I'm getting the PCBs manufactured myself Mark, but we can definitely talk about getting you some once the designs bedded down.

Lol Matt, a Neo version would be interesting, I may be going to SNES next though

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May 30, 2010 at 4:19:12 AM
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PCB design was ok in the end, just some cheap Chinese manufacturing created a small solder bridge between connector pins that I didn't pick up



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May 30, 2010 at 4:37:30 AM
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looking good James, can't wait for the final product!

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May 30, 2010 at 12:30:57 PM
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The solder bridge was interesting, one time the game actually ran and failed to detect that it wasn't a GB color! The play field was completely black so I didn't get a very good score

May 30, 2010 at 2:38:00 PM
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so will it work on gbc and regular gameboy?

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May 30, 2010 at 7:50:30 PM
Zzap (47)
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It's really designed just for the gbc (+ gba), but there will be a bonus added for the regular gb

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May 30, 2010 at 8:51:34 PM
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Is the bonus 8 bit boobs?

May 30, 2010 at 8:53:14 PM
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Unfortunately, the 4 shade dithering on the GB doesn't do them justice

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Jul 10, 2010 at 11:19:31 AM
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This picture has been a long time coming.  Here is the mock box I made up a couple weeks ago.  sorry for the delay guys.

Credit to TheFrisbee for the beautiful artwork/layout.  Printing and production of these will begin shortly





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Jul 10, 2010 at 11:40:04 AM
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Nice! Might actually get one of these

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Jul 10, 2010 at 11:41:26 AM
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That looks sweet...going to have to pick up one of these too...

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Jul 10, 2010 at 12:16:51 PM
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Sweet, I can't wait to get my hands on the real thing. It's been great getting to be a part of this with you uber cool stud-muffins.

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Jul 10, 2010 at 12:24:56 PM
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Holy shitballs, that looks SO sweet! I can't wait to get my hands on one of these.

Congrats to the whole team (especially you Zzap). This is shaping up to be a fantastic release.

Jul 10, 2010 at 10:23:56 PM
Zzap (47)
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Everything's ramping up for the release of this now

Final circuit boards should be arriving shortly, and the cart production side of things should be underway too. Currently aiming for a September release, keep your eyes peeled

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Jul 31, 2010 at 9:14:09 AM
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Can not WAIT for this one!

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Aug 1, 2010 at 11:06:38 AM
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Me either. Is it going to be another Portland release? If so, don't worry Justin, I will grab you one...it is like a tradition.

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Aug 10, 2010 at 11:07:59 PM
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Awesome news James, like the blog updates!

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Aug 11, 2010 at 8:51:11 AM
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That turned out really well!

Maybe it's been mentioned, but what are you doing for the actual cartridges?

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Aug 11, 2010 at 9:14:06 PM
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I'm really excited about homebrews and this being the first Game Boy one will be even sweeter. Will this come with a Game Boy protective case or no?

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Aug 12, 2010 at 1:35:00 AM
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Definitely planning to have a bunch of these for sale at Portland, with more available online afterwards.

There will be a box protector, haven't finalized the internal packaging yet...

Cartridges are based on a custom pcb I designed with some clear plastic cases. Pics are up at my website at chunkout.com

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Aug 12, 2010 at 3:45:13 PM
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Any ETA on a release yet?

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http://www.nintendoage.com/forum/...



Aug 12, 2010 at 6:57:13 PM
Zzap (47)
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Mid to late September is the current ETA!

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