Colonel Mustard
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At least they got the A and B button placement correct.
Coleco Inc. went bankrupt in the late 1980's. You're not fooling anyone, "Coleco."
It looks nothing like a 360 controller lol.
If that's a ripoff of the 360 controller, than the 360 controller is a rip off of the GCN controller
With an entirely different layout
Which is just a rip off of a xbox 360 controller.
:|
(In before 'you can't make that many variations.' I have no issues with this layout, and I understand you can only change so much, haha)
That's because it IS that other kickstarted cartridge console.Chameleon is a good name.
It's already disguised itself as that other kickstarted cartridge console.
Exactly. At last the GC controller was a unique design, the Wii U Pro is just too similar. They're good controllers just not particularly inspired.Are you on drugs? The 360 controller looks nothing like a GC controller.
So not only is the console looks like a failed console but it also shares a name of a failed console.
Yeaaaah, this is going to fail since it's aiming at a very niche market.
You are aware that the 360 controller is based on the Xbox controller which itself is just a rip off the Dreamcast controller?
...wait, hold on.
Is this really a thing that's happening?
Coleco Inc. went bankrupt in the late 1980's. You're not fooling anyone, "Coleco."
Man the holding company that owns Coleco sure knows how to tug at my nostalgic heartstrings.
Because it is:
Yep, it's even worse than Infogrames pretending to be Atari. Coleco's existence ended in 1988.
I saw the thread title and first few sentences and was like "woah coleco is doing this?, this almost sounds like..."
then I read further and saw the pictures.
I think these past GAF threads are probably relevant to this thread's discussion.
New cartridge based non-emulated "Retro" console being kickstarted!
Retro VGS, cartridge-based retro game console now on IndieGoGo
RetroVGS console team pulls campaign from Indiegogo, listening to feedback!
yeah, who exactly owns the Coleco name currently?
Why not? One of the best controllers out there. Though I hate the mushy feeling of the face buttons, and the triggers.I don't get why Coleco just ripped off a Wii U Pro Controller.
Haven't heard that name in ages. A friend of mine use to own a Coleco console from the 1980's. Can't believe Nintendo licensed Donkey Kong to Coleco back then.
Exactly. At last the GC controller was a unique design, the Wii U Pro is just too similar. They're good controllers just not particularly inspired.
um.....
completely different. the xbox 360 controller is an evolution of the S controller
with the same differences being the white and black buttons being converted into LB and RB ala PS2 controlelr.
Please, for the love of God, I hope nobody here is duped into giving these guys any money.
i can't vision this working out for coleco
How is it possible that the Jaguar shell still exists? How many of them were originally made?
Exactly. At last the GC controller was a unique design, the Wii U Pro is just too similar. They're good controllers just not particularly inspired.
um.....
completely different. the xbox 360 controller is an evolution of the S controller
with the same differences being the white and black buttons being converted into LB and RB ala PS2 controlelr.
How is it possible that the Jaguar shell still exists? How many of them were originally made?
Which is just a rip off of a xbox 360 controller.
Steel molds cost a lot of money to make and last a long time. The Retro VGS guys saved money by buying the Jaguar's instead of designing a completely new one.
Ah ok, so it's the molds then. Stupid me thinking Atari have been holding the spare plastic shells for 20 years.They bought the molds, so they can create as many as they want, and they somehow think buying the molds to a failed old console is the first step in creating and launching a brand new home video game console. Like, that's all they have. Molds. And everything else will apparently just fall into place.
They were asking $300 during the first Kickstarter...I'm in if its inexpensive and they get a lot of indies on board. I'd buy cartridges for Axiom Verg, Volgar The Viking, and Towerfall.
If it's anything like the original concept (before Coleco), there wasn't going to be any kind of online patching for games, so I'm willing to bet there won't be any digital titles.Is it cartridge-only, or would it be able to play digital games?
Um. The DC and Xbox controllers you have in those pictures do look pretty similar. Both have d-pads on the left side, and both have colored buttons on the right side. They also both have a pretty similar shape and both have an analog stick on the left side. So no, not completely different.
So this is the Retro VGS with a new manufacture?
They should have brought back the Super Action Controller
Those things were bad ass.
Uh, no.With an entirely different layout