CD games which most need a 'press' run

[VestCunt]

NecroPhile - I'm strapped these days, but I'd chip in $50 if it helps. Much as I'd love a translated YsIV, I'm not comfortable contributing to it without approval from the team. IMO, SFZ is the place to start, then Motteke Tomago or a different translated game.

Why didn't this work for MS as easily?

1) The Old Man seems to be the only person on the planet capable of troubleshooting CD-ROM2 pressing issues. Aetherbyte has him in-house, while both Revival Magazine and Frozen Utopia ran into replication problems until they consulted with him.
2) Murphy's Law seems to be the nature of the beast at FU. 

[Arkhan Asylum]

1) The Old Man seems to be the only person on the planet capable of troubleshooting CD-ROM2 pressing issues. Aetherbyte has him in-house, while both Revival Magazine and Frozen Utopia ran into replication problems until they consulted with him.

Hey, I know how it works, too.  However, I have a full-time job, on top of other commitments, including Aetherbyte projects.... which really cuts into figuring out other people's problems.

You are correct though, we are very fortunate to have OldMan around for numerous reasons.   He's gifted with old-school problem solving abilities, a bunch of old-ass hardware, and lots of free time. 


When Insanity was made, I did the entire cuesheet by hand with a calculator.    Doing time-stamps with a calculator is a bit odd.

[OldMan]

The Old Man seems to be the only person on the planet capable of troubleshooting CD-ROM2 pressing issues.

Not true. Building a CD is not as hard as people think. There does, however, appear to be a lot of confusion about how things -should- be laid out vs. how they are -actually- laid out. Most of the problems we have seen have been due to bad audio tracks, btw.

both Revival Magazine and Frozen Utopia ran into replication problems

Which were fixed. Now there are 2 other people (besides Aetherbutt) who should know how to do it.

That said, I would not support pressing non-original material.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Having a real working disc is the most important thing, but having manual & insert is great.  Maybe it's just my ocd, I like things to look relatively nice & organized in my collection.

Necro - I'm strapped these days, but I'd chip in $50 if it helps. Much as I'd love a translated YsIV, I'm not comfortable contributing to it without approval from the team. IMO, SFZ is the place to start, then Motteke Tomago or a different translated game.

Why didn't this work for MS as easily?

1) The Old Man seems to be the only person on the planet capable of troubleshooting CD-ROM2 pressing issues. Aetherbutt has him in-house, while both Revival Magazine and Frozen Utopia ran into replication problems until they consulted with him.
2) Murphy's Law seems to be the nature of the beast at FU. 

For SFZ, it'll have to wait until one or all of us can make extra music tracks that fit the theme.  I haven't had any time to do it, especially with other projects that have fallen in my lap fairly recently.

As for FU, man, I hope JB & DA go out without a hitch.  MSR was a pain & then some!

[OldMan]

I hope JB & DA go out without a hitch.  MSR was a pain & then some!

Programming and debugging is always a pain. Straightening out the audio was probably not easy, either.
And dealing with the presser because it is an odd cd format, yep.

But was making the master disc really that hard, once the audio was okay?
First time is always the hardest, because you don't know what to avoid. The second disc will be much easier,
because you've already seen (almost) all of the problems.

[SignOfZeta]

Having a real working disc is the most important thing, but having manual & insert is great.  Maybe it's just my ocd, I like things to look relatively nice & organized in my collection.

It isn't because you're OCD, it's because you aren't OCD enough.

All the legit stuff in my collection is nice. I never buy anything lose.

However, all my fake shit needs to look fake. I can't have pirate junk infecting my real shit. Fake inserts are like...Flava Flave's fake gold teeth. Just...ghetto-ass garbage trying to look real.

[Keith Courage]

I am all for pressing translated games such as ys IV or Xak III etc.... However, anything that already exists like bonk III or Dynastic hero I say no to.