GCW-Zero openMSX and Kickstarter

Some of you might already have seen the GCW-Zero in action on the MSX meeting in Nijmegen. For those who have not Vampier put a movie together. Currently Maarten Ter Huurne, one of the openMSX developers, is working on openDingux for this nifty little gadget which is an open source gaming console for homebrew and emulators. If you are interested take a look at kickstarter.com

Relevant link: openMSX on GCW-Zero

Comments (12)

By MsxKun

Paragon (1090)

21-01-2013, 23:54

Cute. And the FM sounds better than in my GP2X (that wasn't very difficult tho ).

Likes: The black model on the kickstarter web. The proper FM.
Dislikes. The name! Too complicated...

By revivalstudios

Supporter (13)

22-01-2013, 10:06

Likes: Formfactor
Dislikes: Toolchain only for Linux. 320x240 screen
Fears: The price. Anything above of $69 retail is a hard sell for these things.

By Vampier

Prophet (2393)

22-01-2013, 21:01

The kick-starter made their initial target goal of $130.000 today

Please see the stretch-goals for added perks if the funding hits other certain levels.

By FiXato

Scribe (1733)

23-01-2013, 14:17

The 150k stretch goal is nearly reached too.

By hbarcellos

Hero (637)

23-01-2013, 14:36

Just overlooked the description but I was unable to find information about:
1) Retail Price when it's ready
2) Independently of the perks, I'm assuming 130k would be enough to release the console and offer it to the market. Maybe through a direct sales channel (internet). When is that supposed to happen? I mean, those 130k would be used to support development right? That cost should have been calculated along with a schedule. Where it is?

Final retail price would have been one of my first items to analyse before putting money on the project. IMHO, market can pay premium prices for better products (when compared to YINLIPS-like). But, of course, you need differentiation and not so much higher price...

By Manuel

Ascended (18729)