+swlovinist Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 There are two sides of this. On one side there was this project, that turned out to be over promised and overambitious. Then the non communication happened for years. All this would be a more simple matter if money was not taken up front. Now there are eventual expectations at some point to deliver. This is a problem with any of these projects. So many things can go wrong. It is like a no win situation. I for one will continue to wait, but have low expectations of support for the device as well as the chance of this coming out any time soon. The money I invested in this was years ago, so at this point I am willing to wait more. I think that it is perfectly fine and appropriate for 1. People to have expected updates on the project. 2. Ongoing non defensive communication about this project. Neither have been done successfully. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Ok not a peep till the end of spring 2015 ok guys? Then we can chirp again... No peeps??? No chirps??? What if I feel like doing the bird??? ***click to animate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian O Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Half Life 3 or the XM. Which will be first? Discuss. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Half Life 3 or the XM. Which will be first? Discuss. Well, Duke Nukem Forever did actually ship. Maybe when the 7800XM boots up, we can get a nice "Damn, those alien bastards are gonna pay for messing up my ride!". 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 What if I feel like doing the bird??? More enjoyable than flipping it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian O Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Well, Duke Nukem Forever did actually ship. Maybe when the 7800XM boots up, we can get a nice "Damn, those alien bastards are gonna pay for messing up my ride!". 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atariboy Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 I believe that this one will happen. I've given up on Half-Life 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Usotsuki Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Well, everybody knows that the bird is the word. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Thirty dirty birds Sitting on a curb Chirping and Burping And eating dirty earthworms Along comes Herbie From thirty-third and third Saw the thirty dirty birds Sitting on a curb Chirping and Burping And eating dirty earthworms Boy....he was disturbed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
romeoteknik Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Dauber, on 19 Dec 2014 - 12:03 AM, said:I'll put it to you this way: I was an Amiga user for thirteen years. I would add I pre-ordered 2 books from Pix'n Love publishing in October 2011. The History of Mario was finally released this year on Aug 2014. I even tweeted about it: https://twitter.com/romeoteknik/status/499301930355920896 Still waiting for the Gunpei Yokoi book though. I think going forward, projects should be put on sale when they are all made, kinda like RosColoredGaming does, though their prices are super high. I assume it's a money thing when this way is not followed, so you have to find investors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinks Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 (edited) Back in 89 this kinda thing was a non issue. We settled it on the streets... Edited December 20, 2014 by Jinks 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Back in 89 this kinda thing was a non issue. We settled it on the streets... I see what you did there... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg2600 Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 There are two sides of this. On one side there was this project, that turned out to be over promised and overambitious. Then the non communication happened for years. All this would be a more simple matter if money was not taken up front. Now there are eventual expectations at some point to deliver. This is a problem with any of these projects. So many things can go wrong. It is like a no win situation. I for one will continue to wait, but have low expectations of support for the device as well as the chance of this coming out any time soon. The money I invested in this was years ago, so at this point I am willing to wait more. I think that it is perfectly fine and appropriate for 1. People to have expected updates on the project. 2. Ongoing non defensive communication about this project. Neither have been done successfully. Well I think Curt was pretty open about where the money went. The preorders paid for the molding/tooling, that kind of stuff, which is all valid and I believe he's had all the shells, labels, boxes, manuals made already. Unfortunately the design had to be redone, adding a large cost to Curt, not to mention time. To me this was the biggest mistake he made. Similar to people doing Kickstarter's just to get a project off the ground. You really need to go to buyers with a finished design. You can't scrap it after so much time. The lack of communication though is really what's been so strange. I don't see what's wrong with simply chiming in every month or two, even if to say nothing's changed. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted December 21, 2014 Share Posted December 21, 2014 Did somebody say Peeps? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DracIsBack Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) The lack of communication though is really what's been so strange. I don't see what's wrong with simply chiming in every month or two, even if to say nothing's changed. That's really my biggest gripe. I am supportive of the concept. To me, it's a clever way of doing the things the NES was doing in cart in the 1980s without using up parts in parts. I'm patient through the delays because of the ambitiousness of the type of project that it is. But I agree ... communication would be wonderful given that this is now four years later than intended and Curt seems focused on Atari books (which are great) over just getting this done and out. I don't have a "gimme gimme gimme" sense of things. But given that $100 was taken four years ago and I've yet to see it, occasional updates would be great. Last update was early October and last update on progress to the project was September. http://www.atarimuseum.com/videogames/consoles/7800/expansion/ Time to satisfy curiosity with videos of it in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLi-Do192Fk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FWV-Yu41ho Edited December 23, 2014 by DracIsBack 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Random Terrain Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 The lack of communication though is really what's been so strange. I don't see what's wrong with simply chiming in every month or two, even if to say nothing's changed. Just pretend that he's Lois Lane and you're Superman: youtube.com/watch?v=2EielU8CNG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EielU8CNG8 Because he seems to want you to read his mind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 LOL! You mean imagine we're holding hands, flying in the sky... and suddenly he loses his grip and he falls? That's not nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennybingo Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Just pretend that he's Lois Lane and you're Superman: youtube.com/watch?v=2EielU8CNG8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EielU8CNG8 RT…I really don't want to know what color panties he is wearing… 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zonie Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 (edited) I would rather have seen the money go into the board and getting it to work, and the case could come later... I'm willing to continue to wait, but I also ordered some other stuff, including a USB joystick and just said "Ship it all together" I no longer have the order acknowledgment email, and the USB Joysticks are all long gone now. Oh Well. Edited December 23, 2014 by Zonie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austin Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Payment received, ownership transferred. Thanks, and best of luck to you. Were you able to get in contact with Curt and officially do a transfer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toiletunes Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Was I able to email Curt? Yes. Was I able to get any response? Not yet. Do I expect one? Not really. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7800 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Maybe Santa will bring everyone an XM tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Maybe Santa will bring everyone an XM tonight. Only if you're good. If you're not good, then no XM for you tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blitter Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 I hope Santa brings Curt some customer service skills and god-like soldering abilities. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+frankodragon Posted December 25, 2014 Share Posted December 25, 2014 RT…I really don't want to know what color panties he is wearing… He could be wearing these: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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