CollectorVision Phoenix, the FPGA-based ColecoVision-compatible console, is now on Kickstarter. FPGA technology allows for a perfect digital recreation of the functionality of an original system, in this case Coleco’s ColecoVision, as well as for various enhancements not possible on the original hardware without heavy modifications. These features and enhancements include:...
The excellent Old School Gamer Magazine is back on Kickstarter for year two. While I always liked the magazine, I’ll also be writing what should be an ongoing series starting with their next issue. Check out the Kickstarter here, and be sure to also check out the free digital issues...
Design of Things, a Milan-based design firm, has just introduced a stylish retro console on Kickstarter called Hitbit. Features of the all-in-one tabletop joystick include: HDMI, bluetooth, wi-fi, and a 2400 MIPS CPU. Due to something of a language barrier, it’s a bit unclear exactly what’s on offer here,...
Although little known outside the UK, where it was a blockbuster success, the ZX Spectrum is nevertheless a fascinating computer. Although audio-visually modest, the ZX Spectrum series was home to a quite a few legendary games, and it helped kickstart the British game development industry. Appropriately enough, I suppose, now...
In what can perhaps best be described as “unusual,” Tel Aviv-based ESTI Inc., has revealed a Kickstarter for something called Eye – The Smart iPhone Case. It’s unusual because it basically promises a fully functioning Nougat-based Android smartphone in a case that attaches to your existing (or upcoming) iPhone, including the...
COUPON: Get 5% off an Astrohaus Freewrite or Traveler by using coupon code ARMCHAIR at checkout You can check out an updated version of this review for the 2nd Gen revision at fullSTEAMahead365.com. As I wrote in my initial coverage of what was then known as the Hemingwrite at the...
As a professional writer, the new Hemingwrite Kickstarter certainly caught my eye. Its tagline is “A Distraction Free Digital Typewriter,” which certainly has its appeal. I can speak from both my own personal and extended social experiences with fellow writers that the collective we often like to romanticize the concept of...
Although it comes as no surprise at this point, it’s still worth it to report that yet another Kickstarter has failed to deliver. This time, it’s for the Writerase, which featured the tagline, “Simply write and erase, or ‘Writerase’, with our customizable dry erase notebooks!.” In this case, despite receiving over 32,000...
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