64dd Dev Kit original prices?

Any chance to know more or less how much such a toy could had cost back then?

 

Sorry but I don't have any real clue. I've been wondering this same thing for a while now. Hopefully someone will shed some light on it.

 

Very interesting question. I've also wondered if any developers in the usa ever received any DD Dev Kits?

 

Yes, developers in all main regions received 64DD kits.

Rareware for example in the UK had DD kits, experimenting with such titles such as DK64.

Epic Megagames (as they were then known) had kits too from what I know, because Unreal was to be a 64DD game.

From a certain point onwards however it is clear from the programming manual that the "intended" launch regions were going to be US and JPN only. This can be seen from the region encoding code, where a disk is either JPN or US - but no mention of EU/PAL.

64DD dev kits should have originaly been about 1.000-1.500 USD.

 

only? Quite too cheap isnt it?

 

it is, but it's an add-on, not an entirely new console. It's an optional add-on too, which means that if the company hopes to promote it it needs to make sure its cheap and attractive to developers too.

 

I see...very intresting..thanks alot ^^.

 

Thanks Barc0de.

I'd been wondering ever since an ebay seller was trying to sell one for $10,000 or something close to it.

 

no supprise really, we europeans get screwed over and over. >=/

 

:lol: But then again, to have those games we do incredible things xD!

 

dont mention it

10.000 ?! That's some wishful thinking, considering that even brand new GC devkits were cheaper than that!