RupanIII Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Maybe he's busy securing the rights to Trevor McFur and Checkered Flag... If so, this becomes a 64bit FPGA project and he can show us all up! Edited February 26, 2016 by RupanIII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inky Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I hear Knight Rider is the pack-in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Well, there's no sense in waiting any longer. Here's a peek at the special core and some of the chips... 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MegaRecognizer Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 How exactly does Kickstarter work? It is my understanding that you need a working prototype TO NOT BE SUSPENDED from Kickstarter. They believe you when you say you have a working prototype. However, you don't need to prove your prototype works to get on Kickstarter. You only need to prove your prototype works after you get on Kickstarter, and after someone raises questions about your prototype. Has anyone heard of Kickstarter refusing to list a project on their site? I have heard of projects suspended from Kickstarter after they got on the site, but I have never heard of a project that Kickstarter wouldn't allow to begin with. I don't know the details of kickstarter other than hearing second hand 'you need a prototype for a hardware project'. I have no idea how much, if any, due diligence they do on projects. They probably leave that to potential backers since they are really taking all of the risk. regardless, I can understand not having the project done, or a prototype polished, but rushing this for the toy fair and pushing this scam further really damages their/his reputation and makes it hard for me to believe in any effort made to salvage this. other than maybe selling custom color jaguar molds - I don't know if that would be profitable - but I think he has demonstrated he can do that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupanIII Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Dude, that's an apple and the chocolate chip cookie and stuff , that's temptation. That's the new Coleco Adam then! Well, there's no sense in waiting any longer. Here's a peek at the special core and some of the chips... WP_20160226_14_13_56_Pro.jpg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Something I saw on GAF but don't remember seeing here, sorry if already posted: 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmer Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I have difficulty imagining how this could possibly have been handled worse than this "just silence". I can't think of any way to even attempt to come back from this except for Mike saying "I was hit by a truck and was in a coma." ... at which point I'd ask to see the hospital bill. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Maybe Mike woke up this morning and thought to himself, "what the hell have I been doing with my life?" He went outside, got on his bike, grabbed some sun and fresh air, and forgot all about the Coleco Chameleon, Facebook, Atariage, and this stupid Kickstarter. Then just as he was starting to live again, he got hit by a bus. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Stardust Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Something I saw on GAF but don't remember seeing here, sorry if already posted: It's been posted before here in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breakpack Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Something I saw on GAF but don't remember seeing here, sorry if already posted: Dang it I went to click 'like' in the actual picture! Well played, Mr. .png...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh3-rg Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Something urgent must have come up preventing him from pushing the button - maybe the Surf Dogs are in town? Edited February 26, 2016 by sh3-rg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmOneGarand Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 But you know, maybe something happened to Mike Highly unlikely... He's been deleting comments on the FB page. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldenegg Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I hear Knight Rider is the pack-in. The pack-in is a roll of electrical tape, allowing you to turn the Coleco Chameleon in to whatever system your heart desires. Want to play Neo Geo games? Tape a AES board in there! Want to play 2600 games? Grab a 2600 Jr board and the included tape, then you're good to go! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob_ocelot Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) Maybe he's retooling the kickstarter to fund an unwanted Facebook message pruning service? Edited February 26, 2016 by rob_ocelot 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-type Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I just watched the "early launch titles" video on the retrovgs.com page, and at the end of the video, all the suggested videos to play next had words like "fake" "fraud" "scam". Maybe using embedded youtube videos isn't such a good move. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Maybe they're not late at all... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PickyOldGamer Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I just watched the "early launch titles" video on the retrovgs.com page, and at the end of the video, all the suggested videos to play next had words like "fake" "fraud" "scam". Maybe using embedded youtube videos isn't such a good move. That is cool. Glad my video is in there. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupanIII Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Meanwhile... https://twitter.com/Karmaquarius/status/703318988072181760 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupanIII Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) waiting... 2:41 PM - 26 Feb 2016 Edited February 26, 2016 by RupanIII Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pxlsicle Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 I'm honestly wondering what the odds are of a complete wipe of the FB page, website, and uploaded videos are as opposed to any statement. Maybe they're (they? He?) trying to find the perfect book of Wacky Mad-Libs to use to write the Kickstarter copy. Maybe they are minutes away from "blowing the nerds away" (which would be a waste of candy) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ROFLcade Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Something I saw on GAF but don't remember seeing here, sorry if already posted: The only problem with that prototype is that the controller isn't hardwired into the console. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glazball Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 This reminds me of Bill Cosby's interview a few months ago with NPR when asked about allegations of misconduct, he didn't say anything - not even a denial, just awkward silence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chocobro Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) To answer questions about how KS works, since I've managed or consulted on several campaigns myself. The system is almost entirely automated, you create your campaign and once it's created you submit it for review. The review is automated where they basically check to see if your rewards tiers aren't bizarrely out of proportion, and you've filled out all the fields, and basically wrote enough words so it's not like 2 sentences. They check for certain keywords and phrases and if it passes some threshold the campaign gets flagged for manual review. If it's also a hardware project they randomly flag them in addition for manual review more often, but the majority are automated. Once it has passed automatic or manual review, you can click "launch" at any time and start the campaign. Kickstarter relies primarily on people reporting bad actors rather than trying very hard to pre-emptively filter them. Basically if your campaign breaks any rules and gets passed the filters, there's a strong possibility of it being canceled. Edited February 26, 2016 by Chocobro 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBloke Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Sorry guys, Mike isnt allowed on the internet today. Hes locked in the basement on one of those things from Clockwork orange being forced to watch "Good ideas in gaming" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmer Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 Since this is a "speculation" thread, I think that it's not unreasonable to start speculating on "WTF happened"!Here's my guess ... I suspect that River West got cold feet about the negative publicity and the potential damage to the Coleco brand, especially after the "fraud" at the Toy Fair, and they yanked the Coleco license away from Mike a few days ago.The "fraud" gives them perfect reason to do so, and to totally come out smelling-of-roses as the guys that protected a beloved American brand from the charlatan that had fooled them into letting him almost ruin it.That might also explain how Triverse seems to have some inside knowledge of today's disaster, even though he's carefully not said anything.Just total speculation ... but that was what this thread was set up for. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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