[zircon]

Any drama about it is just ridiculously overblown. Greg broke down the costs at about $45-46 per unit, so asking $60 per copy is reasonable ($15 profit margin isn't huge on a $60 product). He's also got a track record in that he's ALREADY self-funded and produced an NES cart (Cheetahmen: The Lost Levels). So, why anyone would think he's not legit is way, way beyond me.

My impression is that the people complaining are people who just think Cheetahmen II sucks, and it's pointless to spend money on it when you could just play the ROM. I think they're missing the point. Especially with all the recent interest in retro gaming, systems that play NES games, chiptunes, etc., there are way more people buying/trading old game carts. Should we go to every MAGfest vendor and tell them they're idiots or scammers for selling SNES/NES carts when you could just play ROMs? No, of course not, so I really don't know why there's been any drama at all here. It's objectively unfounded.

[Emperor Charlemagne]

I think it's pretty hilarious all the faux outrage, myself.

I've been saying from the beginning: A fool and his money are soon parted.

People who donate have no one to blame for their disappointment aside from themselves. People getting mad at James Rolfe or hell, even Pavich have no real reason to. Pavich made it clear what he was trying to do, and people are funding that (whether I think it's worth it or not is besides the point). James' cameo probably got a few more people to donate, and he might feel liable, but it's not really worth getting worked up about.

[zircon]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ9Gw...ature=youtu.be

Very good followup from the Game Chasers (who created the Kickstarter video) - they apologized for not making the details of the Kickstarter clear, but confirmed that this is not a scam at all. I actually loved the video and got the idea immediately but I guess some people didn't.

Also, Greg himself wrote an update here:

http://www.bitloaders.com/2012/08/17...r-controversy/

Of particular note, they're apparently working on a brand-new Cheetahmen game for iPhone and OUYA. That's awesome.

[Fishy]

This is so ridiculous that I can't even begin to place it anywhere on the lame to awesome scale.