godslabrat Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/piepacker/piepacker-online-multiplayer-for-retro-games A crowdfunded console that plays retro video games. Hooo boy.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 I see Micro Mages. Does Morphcat games know about that "system"? They certainly must have heard of it at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatPix Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) Well, I got an answer from Nicolas Bétoux (from Morphcat games) and it is an official partnership. Wait'n'see then. Edited April 16, 2021 by CatPix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youxia Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 "Piepacker is a cloud social gaming platform." Zzz..... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 (edited) 18 hours ago, godslabrat said: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/piepacker/piepacker-online-multiplayer-for-retro-games A crowdfunded console that plays retro video games. Hooo boy.... It's not a console, it's more like Antstream with homebrew games as well, and the idea is to create to some kind of virtual living room to play with your friends online. It's free but there will be subscription for perks (like early access to new games). I tried it and it's pretty cool imho. Edited April 16, 2021 by roots.genoa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+KaeruYojimbo Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Quote dedicated cartridge reader to play your own games So is it a console or a streaming service? It looks like the cartridge reader is maybe an optional add-on, but the Kickstarter page doesn't make that clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 As far as I know, it's a free streaming service that works on a web browser (Edge or Chrome). I was not aware of this cartridge reader, which is indeed kind of intriguing. Since there are already NES, Genesis, and NeoGeo games, I guess they thought they should let people play their own games without encouraging piracy (hence dumping your own cartridges). I just wonder how they will come up with a cartridge reader compatible with several formats... ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Stinks of another ewhyah. I think it's another flop, because there's sporadic refunding happening.. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/piepacker/piepacker-online-multiplayer-for-retro-games/comments When'r peeps gonna learn it's best (and so much more fun) to do your own emulation rig? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Damn! That thing looks like a Homer Simpson Car! I like the comments: (paraphrased) How 'bout an update? OK an update is coming. 🤣 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Heh.. Well.. When it comes to these retrothings I always ask myself a few questions sortalike: 1- Is this how I want to game? 2- Is there a significant convenience factor here? How many hoops to jump through? How many caveats to consume? 3- Is this a long-term thing with long-term support? And by long-term I mean looonnnnnnngggg! Invariably the answers tend to turn me off. At this point in time I want to game on hardware that has a personal sentimental connection to me. And I want it to be simple to operate. Or if more complex, operate in an intuitive manner. Or how I've been doing it for ages. Think connectors and physical media and real switches. Or in the case of emulation, menus that I've seen an interacted with 1,001 times in the past. Not interested in learning new more rabbitholeish ways of doing what I already know how. Original hardware has a solid community behind it replete with replacement parts, mods, knowledge base know-how from forums, and new software from homebrewers. There's emulators that've been around for decades and they're still being improved today. Cannot say that for fly-by-nite kickstarters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Pendleton Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) I'm just questioning why anyone would want their game system to have a pointless glass dome that does nothing but get in the way and increase manufacturing cost and then subsequently the price you have to pay to buy the damn thing. Actually, I thought about it some more and maybe it's a cat deterrent. It prevents your cat(s) from attempting to sabotage your gameplay by preventing aforementioned cat(s) from touching the cartridge while playing because that's what cats do, except for when they don't. It's probably an emulator box that dumps the ROM and therefore having the cart in there probably isn't 100% necessary anyway, but you know... Edited December 12, 2022 by Steven Pendleton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 The cart reader (that I picked without the silly glass dome mind you) is dead, but the service still works very well, and allows to play your own ROMs with your friends remotely. I'm not sure a lot of emulators offer that feature (if any). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 27 minutes ago, roots.genoa said: The cart reader (that I picked without the silly glass dome mind you) is dead, This whole thing is silly. Dotcom 2.0 silly. Web 6.0 silly. And so is the name. 27 minutes ago, roots.genoa said: but the service still works very well, and allows to play your own ROMs with your friends remotely. I'm not sure a lot of emulators offer that feature (if any). This remote play was never popular back in the day. Not even with Kaillera. Classic gaming just doesn’t lend itself to such play styles. So the feature is moot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roots.genoa Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 9 hours ago, Keatah said: And so is the name. It's called jam.gg now but whatever, boomer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keatah Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Emulators in browsers? Online accounts? All 2nd rate.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldLeader Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 PiePacker? Hell, I barely know'er! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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