Check Keyser's post. The dude has stolen pics from 2011 and used them for his own campaign.
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Scam DIY Portable N64 on Kickstarter is a Scam
- Thread starter maxcriden
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Check Keyser's post. The dude has stolen pics from 2011 and used them for his own campaign.
there were more than three N64 games
POWERSPHERE
Banned
Just like anything sold ever.
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
This is dumb I can play it on my phone
Keyser Soze
Member
The guy that originally made this also has full instructions already available online..
http://zachariahperry.com/2011/03/23/grape-64-how-to-information/
ALSO POSTED IN 2011
Here is his Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ZimProps
He does amazing work is seems
Btw, the "Kickstarter Creator" has his Facebook listed too...
https://www.facebook.com/1049501890
ZimProps is located in Indianapolis, Indiana
Nicholas Sallee is located in West Palm Beach, Florida
Nothing adds up!
http://zachariahperry.com/2011/03/23/grape-64-how-to-information/
ALSO POSTED IN 2011
Here is his Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/ZimProps
He does amazing work is seems
Btw, the "Kickstarter Creator" has his Facebook listed too...
https://www.facebook.com/1049501890
ZimProps is located in Indianapolis, Indiana
Nicholas Sallee is located in West Palm Beach, Florida
Nothing adds up!
Keyser Soze
Member
IndieGoGo have removed a mirror of the campaign uploaded to their site...
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/957650?c=activity
Well done!
Hopefully Kickstarter wake up soon, as they are obviously not safeguarding their users here
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/957650?c=activity
Well done!
Hopefully Kickstarter wake up soon, as they are obviously not safeguarding their users here
Oh dear so the whole thing is a scam.
2015 is Majora's Mask 15th anniversary, so soon we will be playing the best Zelda game in the universe.
2015 is Majora's Mask 15th anniversary, so soon we will be playing the best Zelda game in the universe.
orthodoxy1095
Banned
Too bad it's a scam. I'd really like one of the plastic cases so I could make this.
Kojirospath
Member
Really? I must own that! Is it actually any good though? No emulation and the correct parts and everything? Gonna google that right away!
Edit: battery life is 2,5 hrs... Even my vita lasts longer then that. At 75 dollar its hella cheap though.
I think it might be pretty worth while. I considered buying one but opted to make my own portable snes instead.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4G3vurE2nX8
Fixed for me.
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Nice find! And oh man what a fucking scam then. It's highly likely the backers wouldn't even be able to successfully construct a portable N64 from his "parts" then. He doesn't even have a finished and workable prototype.
This is almost certainly a complete scam. Hopefully he gets deservedly reported.
Wow, that's really cool!
I've always wanted to make a portable version of an older console, but I have no experience at all with those sorts of things and I have no clue what console would be easiest to make portable.
CreeperBlocks
Banned
So... it's a scam?
He had a Kickstarter a few days ago. It got cancelled with 0% funding. He's doing this one now, using 3 year old screens from someones prototype.
I would have to say: Yes, yes it is a scam.
uncredited male
Member
If this was legit I cannot imagine the weight . The 64 carts themselves were mini-bricks.
7DollarHagane
Banned
what a shame that N64 emulation is so bad still.
Just going to get an everdrive one of these days.
Just going to get an everdrive one of these days.
What has a controller and an n64 emulator? Your smartphone doesn't plus you have original hardware with the same controller sticks/buttons which makes it viable for speedrunning. Speedrunning you can't do on a emulator due to varying speeds. Plus its just cool XD
Keyser Soze
Member
I did not want to say it outright at the start, but the more I dug into it, it is almost certainly so.
One final thing, the original creator sold his model on eBay in 2011, and before doing so added a fan and vents to the model
The Kickstarter in no way references this change either, so the scam (or what ever he is offering) is behind the times.
baphomet
Member
Except when I bought my phone I didn't have to also put it together.
Not that it matters. This isn't likely an outright scam, but dude is just going to send everyone a pencil case, screen, and a handful of parts and say, "now put it together using your own Nintendo 64 and controller."
But that was a given from the start.
Ghost_Messiah
Member
So the guy's raised $1200 already and it's only the start of his campaign. Six people have already ordered these suspicious kits that probably will never actually be delivered. Should we do something about this now that we've ascertained this is almost certainly a scam? TBH I don't think this guy ever intends to ship the rewards/kits. I think he's planning on a take the money and run approach knowing that Kickstarter can't do anything to him. Just kind of feel sad to see so many people losing quite significant sums of money.
One thing of which I'm admittedly somewhat uncertain is whether he actually does plan to ship the kits but he's buying the parts for cheaper than $200 to make a profit. Failing that there is the very likely possibility he will ship nothing. Technically either way it's still a scam.
One thing of which I'm admittedly somewhat uncertain is whether he actually does plan to ship the kits but he's buying the parts for cheaper than $200 to make a profit. Failing that there is the very likely possibility he will ship nothing. Technically either way it's still a scam.
Keyser Soze
Member
The way Kickstarter works, no money will be taken from backers until the end of the campaign. So, Kickstarter have 27 days to act before anyone gets harmed. I have faith they will figure it out before then.
Ghost_Messiah
Member
Ah right cool to know. Just wondered whether anyone wanted to actively report him. You're right though. No way does this go a month without getting shut down.
ThatStupidLion
Member
essentially just paying to have the "legwork" done for...ie. researching instructions online and compiling all the parts.
Tatsumaki Senpuukyaku!
Member
The patents have expired for the snes and genesis hardware which is why clone systems are legal (still cant use logos tho). I don't think the n64 patent is expired.
Keyser Soze
Member
The new image is a N64 motherboard photo, which (according to Google) existed on 67 sites before he used it.
Here are a few
http://n64.icequake.net/
http://retrogameandcomputer.com/nintendo-64-game-console.php
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/n642.htm
http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/21/t1404807-does-nintendo-64-have-socketed-processor/
http://nsider2.com/forums/index.php/topic/591621-n64-controller-port-help/
No idea where it originated from though, as it is so vague, but also due to its vagueness I have no idea why anyone would back the project anymore - at least the photos he originally stole were kinda cool.
NOTE: He has written this as part of his own Kickstarter text,,,,
....so the N64 motherboard photo actually symbolizes something backers would already own if the project was in fact real.
I hope he updates again.
Here are a few
http://n64.icequake.net/
http://retrogameandcomputer.com/nintendo-64-game-console.php
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/n642.htm
http://www.neoseeker.com/forums/21/t1404807-does-nintendo-64-have-socketed-processor/
http://nsider2.com/forums/index.php/topic/591621-n64-controller-port-help/
No idea where it originated from though, as it is so vague, but also due to its vagueness I have no idea why anyone would back the project anymore - at least the photos he originally stole were kinda cool.
NOTE: He has written this as part of his own Kickstarter text,,,,
....so the N64 motherboard photo actually symbolizes something backers would already own if the project was in fact real.
I hope he updates again.
Keyser Soze
Member
Okay, what has done now has lost me
I don't even know anymore
I don't even know anymore
Keyser Soze
Member
The Pencil Boxes he now lists as part of his Kickstarter seem to be sourced from India (for some reason). The company name is Cuckoo Plastic, you can buy here.
Seems a long way to go to get a case for a Portable N64
I am not even bothering with the other images, as this whole thing is now comical, and the only sad part of the whole endeavor is that Kickstarter have still not suspended funding for this whole mess.
Seems a long way to go to get a case for a Portable N64
I am not even bothering with the other images, as this whole thing is now comical, and the only sad part of the whole endeavor is that Kickstarter have still not suspended funding for this whole mess.
Keyser Soze
Member
One last thing, in case anyone thought there was still a slight air of validity to the Kickstarter
Gorilla Shark
Member
I think I would trade most of my family members for that portable Gamecube someone posted earlier in the thread.
outunderthestars
Banned
Not your fault at all. I don't see how anyone could be upset with you about it.
Oh, I should have just done a bit of research before making a thread. Thank you, though.
outunderthestars
Banned
I think the risk of something ending up being terrible/ a scam is implied with any KS related thread.
Keyser Soze
Member
Thanks, but there is no reason to say sorry - you gave me something to get mad about for a day at least
Although this is a good warning that not everything that goes up on Kickstarter should be trusted - and the fact that they still have not done anything about it does not make me feel too good about the way they run the site.
I wonder if the Kickstarter creator is reading this thread - as a few of the changes he made to the listing came quick on the heels of people mentioning things here.
If Nicholas Sallee is reading... HELLO!!
Keyser Soze
Member
SwiftDeath
Member
You mean whose ehow guide you read online?
Sure okay...
Great work btw Keyser
TheBaldEmperor
Member
Reported. Nice work detective.
sixteen-bit
Member
lol this is so shady