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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Gaming => Topic started by: Yasu on September 12, 2015, 05:24:35 AM

Title: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: Yasu on September 12, 2015, 05:24:35 AM
This is borderline insulting:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1863001882/retro-infinity-player/comments
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: LoadWB on September 12, 2015, 05:42:31 AM
To paraphrase: "We want a chunk of the $20 billion mobile games market, by hook or by crook!"

They come off sounding like tw@ts.
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: Yasu on September 12, 2015, 07:04:59 AM
Not to mention the "who owns a Commodore machine nowadays anyway".

To me that's proof they don't know anything about retro games.
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: klx300r on September 12, 2015, 07:08:34 AM
that's the saddest excuse for a kickstarter I've seen so far and I've seen quite a few:rant:
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: danbeaver on September 12, 2015, 08:21:28 AM
Odd, I've been able to do this for a while...

I see through the mist, a form, no it is a sign...  and it says, "Losers!"
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: Pyromania on September 12, 2015, 08:26:14 AM
Nice Boing ball graphic. They didn't do it themselves, they just snagged it off Aminet. I bet the artist wouldn't wanted it used in this way.
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: wrath of khan on September 12, 2015, 01:17:28 PM
This can already be done via emulation so unless people are very foolish this campaign will sink beneath impending shark infested waves.
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: Thorham on September 12, 2015, 01:28:40 PM
This will fail HARD, so who the hell cares?
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: Yasu on September 12, 2015, 01:34:58 PM
Some interesting reading about the company: http://quote.morningstar.com/stock-filing/Quarterly-Report/2014/12/31/t.aspx?t=:WRIT&ft=10-Q&d=64ddb6eca05c060a0f69ca0ba75174e9
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: danbeaver on September 12, 2015, 10:25:47 PM
Eh, they have a goal to reach $100,000 to achieve something that has already be done; then I suspect they will charge for their product, when they copy something that it is already (in essence) free.  What could go wrong with that?
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: danbeaver on September 12, 2015, 10:28:59 PM
Addendum:  It does provide for some fresh fodder for the forums to revive that good old Amiga Sarcasm we (I) all know and love!
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: Lurch on September 13, 2015, 08:21:35 AM
To be honest these items shouldn't be linked to. You're are just providing more google results and hits to their kickstarter.

Just leave it alone and let it fail.
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: Yasu on September 13, 2015, 08:36:49 AM
I just don't really understand some of the members insistance that some things should not be mentioned because of, I don't know, evil?

How are we going to be able to learn anything new and reach valid conclusions about difficult topics regarding Amiga if all we can talk about are A600 RAM expansion cards?
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: Blizz1220 on September 13, 2015, 08:43:03 AM
Retroinfinity is part of WRIT Media group along with Amiga Games Inc.
(created by owner of Amiga Inc.) and Front Row Networks.They don't
want to make anything , they were not making anything for more than
a year now and trading stocks while promising great things.

 http://investorshub.advfn.com/Writ-Media-Group-Inc-WRIT-17324/

This gives more info on the company ...
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: amiman99 on September 13, 2015, 09:59:11 PM
Quote from: Yasu;795520
Some interesting reading about the company: http://quote.morningstar.com/stock-filing/Quarterly-Report/2014/12/31/t.aspx?t=:WRIT&ft=10-Q&d=64ddb6eca05c060a0f69ca0ba75174e9
Looks like "Infinium Labs" again!
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: number6 on October 07, 2015, 10:27:08 PM
@thread

According to Investor's hub poster, the Kickstarter for RetroInfinity is over.

Total pledged under $500 of $100,000 USD goal (http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=117530070)

#6
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: dammy on October 07, 2015, 10:49:22 PM
Quote from: number6;797030
@thread

According to Investor's hub poster, the Kickstarter for RetroInfinity is over.

Total pledged under $500 of $100,000 USD goal (http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=117530070)

#6


It only got that high because someone did at $250 tier.  Otherwise it would have remained below $200.  I wonder if it was a large enough "pump and dump" to make up for the cost of that insulting video.
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: Plaz on October 08, 2015, 03:42:16 AM
I think if their spokes person would have understood half of what she was reading off that script, she wouldn't have believed it either.

Hundreds of licensed titles just waiting to be released for a player we haven't made yet.....call me skeptical. oh wait, I'm Plaz. But still skeptical.

Plaz
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: Matt_H on October 08, 2015, 04:16:50 AM
This is the first I'm seeing this. What a joke. I think I'm more embarrassed for them than insulted by them - they clearly have no idea what they're doing.
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: QuikSanz on October 08, 2015, 04:33:08 AM
Won't even look! Won't even think about it again....
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: slaapliedje on October 08, 2015, 08:16:44 AM
I'm guessing the 10 people that backed them were the same 10 people it took to create the kickstarter, right?

slaapliedje
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: OlafS3 on October 08, 2015, 09:46:06 AM
Quote from: slaapliedje;797048
I'm guessing the 10 people that backed them were the same 10 people it took to create the kickstarter, right?

slaapliedje

Besides from the video style that is funny up to silly...

a emulator starter for 100.000$? Quiet expensive :lol:
Title: Re: Amiga games on your smartphone kickstarter (ugh!)
Post by: TheDaddy on October 08, 2015, 12:19:07 PM
I don't know...at least give them the credit for trying...
Lots of negativity... :D