RetroVideoAV Now Available + FDS 25th Anniversary (Contest/Giveaway)

[Xious]

The RetroVideoAV (A/V Mod) Kits are now available and you can view them on the Flashback Website and in the catalogue at The RetroVideo Site for details, pricing, photos and all that goodness.
                                                                                             

In addition, to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the release of the FDS, every purchase any FW members make (for the RetroVideo, or for any other order, including service orders) from Flashback starting today and ending 21st March 2011 will enter you into a Flashback giveaway to win a fully-restored FDS!

I'll toss another special, bigger prize into the mix as well (and possibly some smaller ones too) but that one is a secret.   

Thanks, and Happy No.25 to the FDS!

[Xious]

Contest Update: I've been meaning to update everyone on this for a while and I don.t want people to think that I've forgotten or that I'm trying to squirm out of it...l

I started making some Famicom trackballs (digital), but they got put on the back-burner (in a box of parts) while I restored FDS drives. I need to get back on track and knock out a couple... I still need to send out some of the prizes from my FDS 25th Anniversary contest too, and I was going to offer a FC Trackball as one of them, but it's been delayed and thus, the prizes have as well. I was also going to offer a prototype NESpander as a prize, but that is also delayed. Thus if you.re wondering whyI haven't announced the prizes, that is the reason. The three prizes are (or at least I intend them to be are:

1st Prize
Choice of one:
A Restored FDS + One Repro FDSnGame (or)
Two Repro FDS Games (or)
A Prototype NESpander Light (or)
A FamiTrack Prototype(or)
A RetroVideo Kit (any model) (or)
A $100 Gift-Coupon (for items, not including postage)

2nd Prize
Choice of one:
One Repro FDS Game (or)
A Prototype NESpander Light (or)
A FamiTrack Prototype (or)
A RetroVideo Kit (FVE-RVA-3MM-PBS or FVE-RVA-3MM-EUR) (or)
A $50 Gift-Coupon (for items, not including postage)

3rd Prize
Choice of one:
One Repro FDS Game (or)
A RetroVideo Kit (FVE-RVA-6MM-PBS or FVE-RVA-6MM-EUR)

Only one each of the Prototype NESpander Light and the FamiTrack will be given away, so it's first-choice situation: If the 1st-prize winner selects the FamiTrack, then the option is no longer available to the 2n-place winner, etc..

I do know who the winners are, and they were drawn as 1st, 2nd and 3rd prize. 1st picks first, 2nd second, and 3rd third, to make it fair.


These are the Repros that I will be offering.:

• ANN: SMB Reproduction Disk (w/Special '25th Anniversary Contest Prize Winner' Repro Obi and Label


• Roger Rabbit (Kemco) Reproduction Disk (w/Special '25th Anniversary Contest Prize Winner' Repro Obi and Label


• (Welcome to New). Clu Clu Land Reproduction Disk (w/Special '25th Anniversary Contest Prize Winner' Repro Manual and White Label); Mine is an original white-label disk with original manual.


• Tetris (FDS) Double-Game Disk (w/Special Custom Label, Obi and Disk-Writer style Manual); This game is a port, but it is amusing nonetheless.


• Tanigawa Kōji no Shōgi Shinan II Reproduction Disk (w/ Special '25th Anniversary Contest Prize Winner'  Repro Label and Manual); This game is rarer than a sealed NTSC 'Stadium Events', but is just additional Shougi puzzles, so it may not be attractive tot he average person.


• Zelda no Densetsu Beta Reproduction Disk (On a reproduction, custom WHITE disk with special a custom/repro '25th Anniversary Contest Prize Winner' label); I will omly offer *one* of these to the winner who first selects it.


• Golf: Japan Course Prize Card Reproduction Disk; I can't electroplate it but I will try to simulate the look (w/Special '25th Anniversary Contest Prize Winner' repro label)


• Puyo Puyo Reproduction Disk (w/Special '25th Anniversary Contest Prize Winner' Repro Manual and Label)


• Eggerland: Sōzōhe no Tabidachi Reproduction Disk (w/Special '25th Anniversary Contest Prize Winner' Repro Manual and Label)

I haven't forgotten about the prizes, and I.m not trying to flake out or escape sending them out, but I've had life raining feces on me for several months and as such I am behind on everything. Be assured, these will go out as soon as I get everything ready and I'll make a big deal out of it, announcing the winners on the appropriate forums and putting up photos of the prizes for people to envy. 

The major issues have simply been getting the prizes ready which has taken a fair deal longer than I had planned. Even the repro disks take a lot of effort, as making the custom and special labels, obis and manuals is very time-consuming. I need to get the hardware items done first, and that and fabbing a run of NESPander Light PCBs, which is taking a while. The winner that selects this prize will have a custom version all to themselves.

For those not aware, the FamiTrack (TMO is a digital trackball that is intended to work with every Famicom/NES game and will be really cool for games such as 'Rampart' and the NESpander (TM) does two things:

I enables extra-audio on the NES and adds a Famicom-type DA-15 accessory port, so that you can use things like the 3D system on a NES. You can view Photos of the earlier prototype of the NESpander here.

I.m hoping to have all the stuff done any the end of July or mid-August, and I will post the list of winners before then so that they can select their desired price (and thus so that i can concentrate only on making the desired products). 

[Parodius Duh]

really awesome stuff man, I wish I was a bit more tech savvy.....Best of luck! Id love to pick up a few repro disks from you when you have the time. Also, The list of "Loose famicom" cartridges....are these for sale items???

[Xious]

Hmm.. Do you mean your list of wanted games?

I have many of the games you desire loose, and I have some boxed as well. I restore all carts before sending them to customers, so I think you'll love the quality of their appearance.

I also sell the reproductions listed above, though some are very-limited as they require a deal of extra-work, and making white or gold disks is no small task.