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That is such a good cause, nicely done.

From companies, to consoles, to minicades, the test is pretty simple: Is this mine to take, no, OK I won't. This kinda reminds me of the time he cut and pasted Chris Cardillo's apology thanking Atari Age, difference is Chris meant it and MK was an unmasked Scooby Do character.

Now THAT is the MK I have come to know. If you parse that correctly it is a real shitty attack on Willie. First part ignores that he was selling someone else's stuff and goes right into how he was just trying to do the right thing. Shades of I'm the only one here who has lost anything? Gave Willie a platform, what is his name really Mike Youtube? If he is referring to Willie posting on RGR that was a two way street with no need for a formal arrangement! Willie put our splash screens, credited us, and none of it was asked for or pay for play, we just like to mutually help our friends. Obvious charge being made here is that Willie did something inappropriate, good ol' indian giver Willie. Glossing over those being loaned items. Right from the playbook, as Willie pointed out Socal went silent on him, classic MK move. Then he accuses the other person of not being communicative. "I'm working so hard to do the right thing but people keep tripping me up!"

It means look out for one of these

Hey Willie, did you see this? Your going to get sandwiches! https://www.gofundme.com/29paa5g

If you notice a theme, it is that everyone is telling the same story other than MK. Willie has been very careful to explain exactly what was and was not to prevent any grey area later on, as was I, Clay, BTB, UK, and the other floppy gillion people in this thing.

We shared a panel with Bobby Blackwolf and others at SFGE, super nice guy and we all had allot of fun. Yes, it was us showing off the replica and you should see the lights come on when people see it up close from any angle they want and get to hold it, any question it could be anything other than a SNES in a Jag goes right out the window. It was also fun just kind of standing around the booth and listening to people making up their own narratives, telling their friends about the tale from their point of view. We had a funny moment when we went to plug it up, see when I built it I grabbed a SNES mini from a box and was in too much of a rush to test it and never got around to it prior to being at SFGE because it was really intended as a proof of the geometry of fitting the SNES in the Jag. So the first time powered it up the damn thing didn't work! All of us present agreed that it was the only way that could have gone.

I am firmly convinced he believes the following: 1. That he isn't doing what he is doing. 2. After he trashes someone he can make up with them, that he can talk away the situation. 3. That he has a louder voice and some sort of legitimate standing that others do not so when he speaks that will be the official version. 4. The people he has gone through don't know about each other, won't connect and network, because he kept things so compartmentalized. I can vouch for what Willie is saying, we had frank discussions and I did tell him you could be next, learn from the pattern, but he never breaks confidence of others. What Socal would probably have a coronary over is HOW MANY people he thinks are friends who hate his guts and can't believe he doesn't know it. Probably 4 out of 5 people he thinks he's on good terms with are quite the opposite.

Well in Socal's words I am a "small minority share holder for a minimal amount of money that doesn't matter" (AKA the only friend who bought into his company) But even though that is the case, this is still funny, not Willie's stuff being stolen but the Socal hyjinks.

By that logic Willie is the new Mr Lee! Ok so which is it, is he a brilliant captain of industry, a CEO of a network of serial entrepreneur ventures that the vast gamer conspiracy is out to get, Or, is he a dopey lovable little fuzzball who got suckered by a con artist and just plain forgot that he was selling things on loan to him? And what about that Mr Lee business, if there was one charge, citation, summons, or other document associated with those charges surely MK would be crowing those to the world, but NOPE (if I may borrow that) nothing has come of it.

Ask anyone that has 3 kids or more, separate them and question them after there is a broken or missing item, two stories will agree and one will be the off the course. Same here, and speaking of participants only. Stories that match Clay John Scott Even Sean Eli Gamester John Carlson (granted he was not told about previous members) BTB Chris Cardillo UKNike StopDropRetro #Cupodcast Vs Socal

So keeping it topical with this thread, we did a long form interview with Eli from Pico and BTB where they were to tell the whole story which answered so much and continues to give Ah-ha moments and also, there were a ton of quick concise talking head youtube episodes and main stream press articles that guessed and speculated almost always incorrectly and provided a ton of false info. Some people enjoy a multi course meal at a upscale restaurant, others want McDonald's drive through, were not serving the junkfood market, we made our choice and stand by it. The majority of the shows I listen to, Penn's Sunday School, Game Escape, Super Podcast Brothers, StopDropandRetro, etc. all take the time needed to tell the story so there is certainly a community for that content. There is some quality short form content too, don't get me wrong, #CUpodcast is very good at entertaining in a concise way.

Your just missing one part of the puzzle, the controllers plugged onto an extension that was plugged into the SNES, the controllers did not have to pass through that hole, only their plugs. That said, you can totally see that it is an intact SNES just by looking through the space around the extension cables and the back of the unit.

I had that same monitor in the early 90's a Sony trinitron out of an Army comms van that was getting scraped, I watched allot of Sky TV and MTV Europe on it, great memories. Not much to do with a video game system in 2015 though And I made a habit of tossing Retro mag into the trash and sharing the pic, but I threw out the CC advert, I would have framed it!!!

If only MK had gone the honest route, here is an honest pitch from MK for a real product, I cannot understand the need to go otherwise: If he hadn't F'd over his friends the console could have been as successful

Special magic electrical tape that cannot easily be peeled back? Mine has tape as well.

A question occurred to me, lets say it wasn't opened, what could one see without opening it? One of the benefits of owning a replica of the toy fair prototype. You can see allot more than the picture shows, but from these you can easily recognize the SNES extensions plugged in, and the back is very recognizable. And so much for the theory it was hardwired, a quick peek shows it is not.

Leathco, as are all of our members, is able to publish an article on the site. He is not paid to do so, and you yourself could publish an article with an opposite point of view, we are not in a habit of censoring or deleting content.

Busted MK has emailed me with a have a coke and a smile what I am doing is OK message, but never an offer to buy back the stock. What would be the point in responding to that email, I already gave him my conditions which were acknowledge all contributors and return all assets to the original company and he rejected those, that discussion took place and that was the outcome. When the mag came about I asked Mike was this a separate venture or a part of GG, he replied it was part of GG and I said cool. I asked the same question when the console came up and got the same response, yeah yeah the Retro logo is right on the front of it, it was never a separate venture as the company didn't even exist until a month before the kickstarter/indiegogo. As for the mag, one the two guys he just threw under the bus is about to tell the tale of the mag, and it is damn near as interesting as the console.

I want to extend a public welcome to the CC/RVGS dev team alumni here under the bus, we have a great setup, there is a bar over there, a pool, hell the whole place looks like a tailgate party at a Jimmy Buffett show.

All of this is clearly disproved in the RVGS interview when Steve Woita describes all the conference calls I participated in and we discuss my work, MK was in that interview and didn't present one opposition to those statements. Have a listen to that interview here: http://www.retrogamingroundup.com/shownotes/2015/roundup091_2015.09.php True/False. At my direction Curt was contacted to be part of the project. I felt the two of us could work more efficiently because he had a wealth of experience in console design (my background is in missile guidance, avionics, and satellites so it would take me longer going solo on the design) and I loved the idea of working with him and it was unfortunate we didn't get the chance. With Curt unable to participate I was not off the project by any means, and again at the time the stated plan was to stand up the studio side first so I was ok with the extra time. Again, most of that was touched on during the interview. Sean and Clay are the two guys I have mentioned came after me, I never used their names because they asked to be left out of it so I left it anonymous but I knew it was them shortly after they started, no hard feelings toward them. I noticed MK glossed over the first fake prototype that was shown for the Indiegogo, I suppose Carlson was a minion of Mr Lee setting MK up as well? As to the Indiegogo courting him, he was desperate to get back on Kickstarter, here is the Whatsapp chat: 15/09/2015, 14:22 - Mike Kennedy: Interview is good with no changes 15/09/2015, 14:52 - Mike James: Cool 15/09/2015, 16:29 - Mike Kennedy: Mike- slim chance we might go back to Kickstarter. Can you do some Edits and remove the Indiegogo talk if needed? 15/09/2015, 17:56 - Mike James: I'm working on my new house day and night this week but if you can send me time stamps for the edits, yes. As identified in this thread we reviewed the SD2SNES on RGRUP and MK knew what one was, it was only glitching because the power supply used is a cheap aftermarket one that can't supply enough current to the FPGA used on the multicart, the same issue we discussed on the show in regards to the portable SNES not being able to support it on battery alone. And remember MK claimed that the SD2SNES was a special unit developed by Mr Lee. No mention of the Pic being deleted from FB the night it was identified! And he emailed me and UKMike the next morning claiming he just saw them. Scott, I saw the photo you posted last night and about fell out of bed. I need to talk with you please. Can I call you in an hour? Mike ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Mike James <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 Subject: Console To: Kennedy Mike <[email protected]> Hey Mike, Is it over now? Three fakes is a lot dude. Sell the molds and move on. -- d-_-b Regards Mike James Retro Gaming Roundup -- -- Mike Kennedy, Founder & President RETRO Media Network Jag Bar already shot that down, unless he is also a minion of Mr Lee? Coleco's reputation was unfairly damaged John Carleson was publicly trashed by MK http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/12/coleco-chameleon-continues-quixotic-quest-for-contemporary-cartridge-console/ My shares of GameGavel are worthless The console conceived, created, and developed under GameGavel/Retro with the name stamped right on the front before the 2nd or 3rd companies even existed was removed from GG/Retro and destroyed Piko interactive was put on the spot Collectorvision was made to look foolish etc. etc.

Go home Mike, your drunk.

Your going to want Dave Foley on licensing; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UltraCade_Technologies