http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indiego-a-proper-open-video-game-console?c=home
Target specs and price:
It's a german project from Düsseldorf.
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tbh, it sounds very ambitious and the indiegogo site looks pretty bad, especially the video. Scam?
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IndieGO! : a new console based on ubuntu /Crowdfunding
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http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/indiego-a-proper-open-video-game-console?c=home
Target specs and price:
It's a german project from Düsseldorf.
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tbh, it sounds very ambitious and the indiegogo site looks pretty bad, especially the video. Scam?
It doesn't sound ambitious in my opinion, it's a pc.
A custom OS, those specs and the targetted price.
brotkasten
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It's an ugly and cheap looking Mini-PC that ships with Linux instead of Windows.
ichigo kurosaki
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It's a pc with no games. All the inconveniences of a pc without any of the advantages!
I was just gonna say it looks like the bastard child of the PC-FX and the Wii Mini!Sexy
Reminds me of PC-FX
And it's made 15 as I write this. I sincerely wish them all the best but it's not for me.
onlyindreams
Banned
this is dumber than the ouya and i didnt think that was possible
Custom OS = Linux distribution with custom interface
Those specs = AMD APU
Price = Market Price
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They made 15 already!
fvng
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WeaponJohnnyX
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Phire Phox
Banned
more crowdfunding crap? Man kickstarter has gotten everyone to try to do it.
Santerestil
Banned
Reminds me a fat Wii.
The fact they're italian/german is actually suprising - usually these things all US affairs. What perplex me is they are calling this a Steambox when basically there is no standard to comply, and they're using a reimplementation of AmigaOs in Unix - with this wallpaper:
gundalf
Member
This here uses one of those generig cheap HTPC cases, i think the exact same model was also once used by Asrock.
Aquamarine
Member
Gotta love those spelling errors. It really helps you come off as a reputable company. This totally isn't a scam.
Also this:
what.
Alexios
Cores, shaders and BIOS oh my!
Wow at the horrible description and wow at trying to get people to fund building a small form PC (that anyone can already do if they seriously want one) just because they call it an open console instead, even though the rest of the description makes it very clear that it's just a PC running Ubuntu and having the games available on that OS with god knows what performance depending on the specs of this thing and what kind of games we're getting by the time it's out and a year past that. Good luck.
Reminds me a fat Wii.
The fact they're italian/german is actually suprising - usually these things all US affairs. What perplex me is they are calling this a Steambox when basically there is no standard to comply, and they're using a reimplementation of AmigaOs in Unix - with this wallpaper:
kinky
shinobi602
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redmetal86
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2013: the year everyone made consoles.
i don't know whether to be excited or scared.
edit: beaten by a minute by dennis nedry
and now we have the foundation for "IndieGO has no gaemz."
i don't know whether to be excited or scared.
edit: beaten by a minute by dennis nedry
and now we have the foundation for "IndieGO has no gaemz."
HolyBaikal
Banned
Yeah, it is too bad this and something like it won't go anywhere. The Ouya already locked that market down pretty well.
I like the Ubuntu part, though. That's like running on Android, but far superior. A day where a mainstream console runs Ubuntu will be a good day, indeed.
This isn't at the right time or right place, though. And it isn't good enough. The market is flooded right now with things like these. The Ouya and the "Steambox" will win this market.
I like the Ubuntu part, though. That's like running on Android, but far superior. A day where a mainstream console runs Ubuntu will be a good day, indeed.
This isn't at the right time or right place, though. And it isn't good enough. The market is flooded right now with things like these. The Ouya and the "Steambox" will win this market.
First post nailed it.
NoFaceNico
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Sorry for the necro bump. I was going to start a new topic, but a search revealed this project is older than I ever imagined.
Apparently they're on Kickstarter now and they already met their funding goal with 54 days to go.
I like the idea of what's basically a disc based clone console but not the way they're making it. I doubt a Pi can do everything they claim to do and the price is pretty outrageous.
Apparently they're on Kickstarter now and they already met their funding goal with 54 days to go.
I like the idea of what's basically a disc based clone console but not the way they're making it. I doubt a Pi can do everything they claim to do and the price is pretty outrageous.
Just a quick glance but a Pi 2 would be able to run everything that they're saying it'll emulate with the exception of a Sega Saturn (IIRC?) and maybe Wine "emulated" Windows applications.
Theoretically though, you don't really need the CD/DVD-ROM drive. You can probably get a cheap USB DVD-ROM drive and rip the PSX/Sega CD .isos you own yourself without having to put them in a drive to "run from CD-ROM" in the emulator.
(If my sentence makes sense)
Essentially, if you pay the $30-50 for a Raspberry Pi 2 and do a little legwork (maybe mayyyybe having to get a HDMI converter for your monitor depending on what your display device is) you don't need that enclosure or anything. Just the Pi, a mini-SD card (and ability to write/read to that) and an ethernet or wifi connection (wifi dongle needed) to FTP your roms to/from the Pi and get basically the same thing.
I mean if you REALLY want the mini-ATX case, you could just Kickstart this, attach a Pi 2 to that, get a harddrive, slap that into a mini-ATX case and get basically this.
qualitydisc
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I just checked out their Kickstarter page and I have to say I'm intrigued.
First of all, I'm a complete noob about custom hardware like this. But I think I might actually be the target audience for this. I have been long wanting a set-top plug-and-play PS1 emulation box.
Forgive my ignorance, but is this a product that will play my PS1 disc games over HDMI with the kind up increased resolution you get from a PC emulator?
Again I'm a noob and I don't have the expertise or interest in building a configuration of my own. Also sentences like this one from the proposal are basically moon-speak to me:
Stuff like that makes me think "maybe this is for a specific niche and I wouldn't know what to do with it"
Also the fact that this project dates back to 2013 is a little surprising.
Responses/insults/alternative suggestions appreciated
First of all, I'm a complete noob about custom hardware like this. But I think I might actually be the target audience for this. I have been long wanting a set-top plug-and-play PS1 emulation box.
Forgive my ignorance, but is this a product that will play my PS1 disc games over HDMI with the kind up increased resolution you get from a PC emulator?
Again I'm a noob and I don't have the expertise or interest in building a configuration of my own. Also sentences like this one from the proposal are basically moon-speak to me:
Stuff like that makes me think "maybe this is for a specific niche and I wouldn't know what to do with it"
Also the fact that this project dates back to 2013 is a little surprising.
Responses/insults/alternative suggestions appreciated
gundalf
Member
You better pass, It's not obvious but this device leans more to the ATARI Home computer fans.
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With 150€ it's still too expensive, for roughly the same money I can use an Intel NUC which kills a RaspberryPI in terms of performance and features.
qualitydisc
Member
Just a few hours left on this Kickstarter.
Well. I disregarded everyone's advice and backed the Odroid XU4 model. Hah
Well. I disregarded everyone's advice and backed the Odroid XU4 model. Hah