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Who is going to get this?

>> No.2412883
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2412883

I don't know what that is but holy cow the jaguar and everything that uses its mold is ugly.

>> No.2412889

Probably not. Seems like something that retro-fad hipsters will back, get a game for, and then forget about, leading to the console's quick death.

It just really seems like a bad idea to Kickstart an entire console. Consoles are only as interesting as what comes out for them and unless dev are chomping at the bit to make games for it I can't imagine it will get much more than the launch titles and maybe one or two failed games afterwards. The market for real old games and the market for something like this do not entirely overlap and for most developers (and gamers) it is easier and probably cheaper to just make or buy retro-styled games on PC or PS4 or XBOXONE instead of having to invest in an entirely new console (and for devs having to actually have production runs for cartridges, because let's face it this thing isnt going to get big name studios making games for it).

>> No.2412891

>the CD tray can close too tightly, jamming the CD from spinning

Who got paid to design that? Did they go to university?

>> No.2412895

>>2412889
OP here, sadly that is my concern, I would like to get one, but I think the support will die soon, purely from the fact we are a very small niche, something an indie game like Shovel Knight can fill, but a console launch probably wouldn't.

I was hopeful for the Neo Geo X, but have they released any more games since the 1 SD card?

>> No.2412910

>>2412895
Now, if they could pull something off like allowing me to play MM9 from a cartridge in RGB, then it might be worth a bit to me.

>> No.2412942

>>2412883

Really? I always considered it one of the coolest looking consoles of all time.

Tastes and shit...

>> No.2412948

>>2412889
>seems like a bad idea to Kickstart an entire console.

Worked for the Ouya... oh wait

>> No.2414252

>>2412880
Looks like shit. Name is dumb. Sounds and looks like something a hipster will buy though.

>> No.2414348

Just cus it's called retro, doesn't mean it's retro.

>>>/v/

>> No.2414358

>>2412880
>big ugly design
nope, rather have pi2 stashed behind my tv and not look like a huge faggot

>> No.2414815

>>2414358

>Owning a Pi2
>Not being a huge faggot

Pick one and only one Pi shill.

>> No.2415034

What the duck is the point of this thing? Jesus Christ of you want to put out a retro cartridge game produce it for fucking NES or Genesis or something. That Watermelon guy made tons of money off Pier Solar thanks to his bank switching tech that delayed the game's emulation long enough.

Producing a completely new console is fucking stupid plus I bet once you treat it down its just going to be an Odroid or something underneath.

>> No.2415047

>>2412880
I sure as fuck won't. The thing looks like it's just bait for game collectors who will buy up any piece of shit just so they can have it.

>> No.2415447

Haven't even heard of that before.
Nice name choice though, it'll make it easy to spread the word and help with Google searches.

I mean, fucking anything, they could have attached a 1000 on the end just to differentiate.

>>2412891
Pretty sure it wasn't intentional, rather it was probably the designers not accounting for proper dimensions, and/or a consistent manufacturing error.

>> No.2415456

>>2412880
stop spamming this idiotic thing

>> No.2415467

>>2412880
in 1993 a commercial failure
in 2015 not even the ouya made it, what make you feel is not going ot be a huge failure?

>> No.2415825

>>2415467
Anyone mind telling just what the hell this thing is?
Is it a re-release of the Atari Jaguar or does it just happen to use the same mold-plates for the shell of the console?

>> No.2415848

>>2412891
>Did they go to university?
American one probably

>> No.2415853

>>2412883
It always reminded me of a toilet.

>> No.2415875

>>2412880
MY wife?

>> No.2415898

What exactly is this thing?

>> No.2415901

>>2415898
yet another chinese bootleg console
now in atari jaguar case

>> No.2416060

It literally has 0 good games.

>> No.2416068

>>2415898
>>2415901
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_VGS
it's a piece of shit.

>> No.2416225

>>2415898
It's a new console which some guy is trying to raise money for on kickstarter, it is planned to be a platform for indie games and it will use cartridges because the people behind it were inspired by how older cart based consoles still tend to work while newer consoles with lots of moving parts have relatively high failure rates.

So it's a new console which will play new games. I hate to be that guy who's always bitches about stuff not being retro, but this isn't retro.

>> No.2416385

>>2416068
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retro_VGS
wait what
i thought this was an anon who badly photoshopped a jaguar

>> No.2416408

inb4 a retroarch build for it

>> No.2416419

>>2416385

Jesus, the fucking Wiki page sounds like it's shilling for the kikestarter.

>> No.2416426

Does the fucking thing really say "RETRO" on the front?
Could they make look anymore like chinkgarbage?

>> No.2416450

A better idea would be to kickstart a cheap SNES/Genesis flashcart, and software to develop on them more easily. The patents for both consoles have expired, so you can legally make clones.

The novelty of making a new cartridge-based console is matched by the novelty of making your own game for a "real" console.

>> No.2416452

>>2416068

>It was also revealed in the video that a pretty big list of developers already plan to start making games for it, and its graphics will be anywhere from Atari 2600 to PS1 quality.

You all realize how ridiculous that sentence is, right?

>> No.2416471

I just flagged the Wikipedia article for questionable notability.

>> No.2416487

Everytime I see this I think of how retarded it is.

>Carts are inherently expensive (5-10 dollars), compared to discs which are probably 10 cents
>limit the system to be equivalent to an atari 2600-ps1 (what even)
>"We have a lot of devs already interested"

The hilarious thing is. Is its not the console. Its the games. I don't go "Oh I sure wanna play some Super Nintendo" I go: "Hey, lets play some Street Fighter".

The thing about game dev in a modern setting is that its fairly easy to actually port to Xbone/PS4/Wii-U from PC because the arcitecture is similar. If this thing is truly trying to be a throwback console and you have to code in assembly no one is going to do it. Guys who already do it (like Sivak of Battle Kid fame) are going to stick onto what they know, and not learn something new just because.

Its seriously the dumbest thing I've ever seen. The game that that faggot Gamester showed also looks boring as fuck and not even remotely groundbreaking in terms of 2D graphics or gameplay.

>> No.2416587

>>2416487
You think 5-10 dollars is expensive? I got bad news for you. You're DIRT POOR!!!

>> No.2416592

>>2416587
to make, not for us to buy

>> No.2416594

>>2416471
Good work.

>> No.2416595

>>2412880
I buy shit with expected exclusive titles. No wife to tell me I can't have what I want too so yeah.

>> No.2416597

>>2412880
Me and my wife are thinking of picking one of these bad boys up

>> No.2416716
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>>2412880
This thing is pretty retarded. What purpose would you have to release a game on this? I guess "Indie" devs are just too shitty at programming to make a game for the actual Jaguar.

>> No.2416908

>>2416716
To be fair, actually making a game for the Jaguar was a fucking nightmare, what with the "Tom & Jerry" processors.

Theoretically a very powerful system for it's time but goddamn if devs weren't tearing their hair out trying to make sense of it and getting the performance they want without the thing seizing up on you.

>> No.2416929

>>2416587
>>2416592
Yeah you fucking dingus. Expect carts to be even more expensive then a 70 dollar game because the profit margin will be tighter.

>>2416716
>Gamester
>Check his channel
>He's promoting some shitty SNES game with an NES port
>It looks boring as fuck and the NES port looks nearly exactly the same as the SNES one

This fucking guy apparently thinks old games are slow and easy. He obviously never fought the Dark Demon in Demon's Crest or tried to go fast in Mega man X.

>> No.2416956

>>2416716
Hey this is Gamester81. I'm here to show you guys this brand new, retro, vintage, very hard to find, out of print, limited edition prototype homebrew RETRO VGS console. This is very hard to find and plays brand new, never before seen games done in a retro style.

This post brought to you by Stoneagegamer.com.

>> No.2416970

>>2416956
Hahaha Good one!

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>>2412880
Even when I ignore every other stupid problem this thing has I still can't get over who thought using the Jaguar design was a good idea. Why the hell would you want to remind customers of one of the biggest console blunders in video game history whenever they look at your product? What the fuck was going through their heads when they decided this? This isn't even something I'm pissed about, I'm just amazed that someone could overlook such an obvious thing when designing this console.

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>>2416597

>> No.2417417

I'm so sick of these fucking threads, when can this meme fucking die?

>> No.2417423

>>2417417
this isn't a meme, these people are paid

nice extended dubs though

>> No.2417479

>>2417417
>>2417423
Or maybe people are just interested in a new cart based console. Fucking mind blowing that there are people here who aren't paid shills or trolls isn't it?

>> No.2417501

>>2417479
A new "retro" console isn't actually retro.

>> No.2417513

Holding money on the side for this myself. Hoping that people who make games for this don't just do "oh this shit is pixels please buy it even though no playtest has been done but look at those pixels".

>> No.2417725

>>2417219
They bought the tooling cheap from the dental equipment manufacturer and i guess things just went from there.

>> No.2417730

>>2417725
This thing has lived a hard life.
>Originally designed as a gaming system
>Gaming system doomed to fail, and does
>Molds sold to company that uses them for dental equipment
>Sold and redesigned into a gaming system thats doomed to fail

The cycle repeats... what Dental tool will it become next?