>> It would cost over twice as much if you used the same production
>> techniques as the other new carts, like Okie Dokie. Why? Because you
>> would have to scrap double-enders and they are worth more to most
>> collectors than your average extra pac-man and berzerk. If you were to
>> work out a way to use common carts and "connect" them into a double-ender,
>> the price would still be slightly more than twice the price of a single
>> cart. I much prefer the idea of a 4-in-1 or an 8-in-1 with a 2 or 3
>> switch dip. Over that I prefer a menu-driven cart! :)
>
>Yes, but if you made your own circuit boards, and molded your own carts,
>you could sell two games for not much more, if any more, than a single game.
>In theory, you could attach both ends to just one 8K chip to make two 4K
>games.
>
>How much of this is practical, I don't know.
That's what I was supposing originally - one board with two sets of
connectors, though I was thinking of two 4k roms rather than one 8k.
(would it work to connect VCC to A12 from one connector - this'll be the
high 4k of the ROM - and connect GND from the other connector to A12 to
make a double-ender with nothing extra but the board and an EPROM? Chris,
what'd be the price increase over the boards you already said you could
do?)
We wouldn't scrap existing double-enders for cases, though new cases might
need to be made. Looks difficult to cut a hole in the front end of a
standard case for another connector. New cases do mean we don't need to
use *any* parts from old carts, too (not *all* of us have fifty Combats
lying around :) )
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