Cleaned up the thread. I may have deleted too much or too little, but I did what I could.
This project could only be used IMO in conjuction with a bootleg PCB from Lydz, which has been banned from many places for lying, bootlegging and copying other people's design. He just doesn't care. Do you really want to give more money to this guy? He will take your effort, add it to his bootleg and charge you double. It's a Win for him only.
As always, I tender this with the utmost courtesy and respect,
@Darksoft....
Honestly...for some of us.....a 1000 cave D pcb from Lydz, and a 2-400$ copy of the multi pcb here (whatever it costs to get produced plus rom swaps if needed) is the ONLY way a lot of us folks may ever be able to own CAVE 1000 pcb's of any kind.....it certainly will be for me.
I understand a lot of the community is pay to play....and I've spent more than my share, and put in more than my share of time.
There's no way that I could break 1K for a single game, let alone 2.5-6K. For a Multi, yeah sure....rarely....and even most of those, I've let go of, when a more reasonable option came into focus.
But trying to juggle my LCD cabs between Switch, PS4, and Steam.....and my CRT cabs with a 360......versus just getting to have everything available in one convenient 15khz ready pcb....that's an offer that's really had to pass for someone that does not have the funds to keep up with the big swingers here, myself included.
If Rewrite drops the multi pcb gerbers up for free, and even 40 of us here, get a chance to have access to these, in a way we only dreamed of before, it's a win.
If Rewrite drops them up for free, and Lydz or someone else clones that design, or heck...even improves on it later, its a win for Lydz sure...but it's a win for the folks down the line, who get access to games that they could only play via emulation or port.
The only people its really a potential loss for, are the folks hoarding kits....and while I don't want them to get hurt in the process, my heart's not gonna bleed for them either. The pinball market is taking similar adjustments right now, as more and more people, get access to more and more games, and price corrections are happening there too...and I've been caught in some of that as well, for a loss......it happens.
If anyone else out there, who's more reputable/ethical/whatever than Lydz, wants to run a cave multi from scratch, including base board, for 1-1500K....I'm all ears....and you've got my money....but til then....please don't begrudge us access or potential access to something that many of us have only ever dreamed of getting to own....it's a glass ceiling that's been long due to be shattered, either in this form, or by Mister, or some other 1:1 fpga project.
What
@rewrite and
@kasaski are doing here is awesome, and beneficial to many members of the community, if it finally bears fruit, and I hope they'll be given the room to cook however they need to, as long as they don't run afoul of the forums rules.
