N64 & Shenmue 3 Kickstarter scandals | The Atari VCS is still terrible |

[@autobotjazz1972]

As a person who had a dart pierce his knee as akid i have to say that beer dart is the most dangerous darts since Lawn darts.

[@StarDragonJP]

It's way more dangerous than Lawn Darts. It's literally a lawsuit waiting to happen, or it would be if it actually reached it's goal anyway.

[@Phantomsangel]

Hearing the board game was made by a kid, I feel really bad for him to have been treated like that. I hope he keeps trying though.

[@Roboshi2007]

When your apology for being confusing just causes more confusion

[@PikaLink91]

Kingdom Hearts in a nutshell.

[@lapzidorus1786]

*confuse

[@planetschlock]

Warrior 64 might have accidentally created the best advertising slogan ever: "Some people say image are not good enough but it is still bargain."

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

Well, it certainly tells you everything you need to know. Unfortunately it definitely tells you not to trust the people selling this thing.

[@planetschlock]

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd CD Projekt Red should adopt it as their new slogan. I can see it now... "Cyberpunk 2077: Some people say bug testing are not good enough but it is still bargain."

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@planetschlock I just realized why “is still a bargain” made me laugh. Is is just game why they have to be mad.

[@pferreira1983]

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd Underrated comment. 😂😂

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@pferreira1983 Honestly “It’s, it’s only game why they have to be mad” is essentially what CPR responded with after CP2077 fell on it’s face at launch.

[@JohnSaucier]

So yes, I am one of the backers of the Atari VCS. I backed the woodgrain version with the classic joystick and modern controller. It cost me a total of $339.00 + $25.00 Shipping. Since you wanted to know why someone would spend that much money for this, let me explain. My brother is a game historian. He works for a museum that archives and saves video games, among other kinds of games. Both he and I have had a deep love for video games since we were both children. The very first video game experience we had as children with a console was actually at a friend's house who owned an atari, and it was amazing. My parents surprised us that Christmas with a vectrex and a few games, and although we are both adults now, and we both have modern consoles, a few years ago he purchased a vectrex both as a Historian, and as a gamer with nostalgic tendencies. I knew when I saw this thing that it was a giant money pit with probably a raspberry pi board and an emulator chip with a hundred games on it, and that it wasn't worth what they were asking for it. I believe they had already started releasing the mini consoles that are emulators, so I knew like something that played atari games and probably have the entire library on it could be made for a few dollars, probably cost $40 on amazon or something. But I also knew this was a licensed atari product (whatever that means) insofar as it's not a knockoff, you are buying a genuine atari product even if the people that own it now are not the people that made it then, but that's neither here nor there. It's a gorgeous, modern design, and anyone that says its not is lying. It is a beautiful $339 paperweight with woodgrain, that does evoke some nostalgic purpose in me being the older brother, I know my younger brother will love this thing. Because of that, I felt like you can't buy the overwhelming bond of a shared loved of a stupid childhood toy, you certainly can't put a price tag on it, but you can for a moment make someone happy. My truth. I placed the order back in 2018, and have been hoping each Christmas that I would get this thing so I can surprise my brother with it. Maybe this year? If it's a little late, he'll understand. P.S. About a month ago my brother, his wife, his son, and daughter all contracted COVID. He still has no idea how he got it, they think maybe the children got it from neighbor kids, or something. Everyone was fine except my brother who for a few days scared the shit out of all of us. But Christmas will go on this year, and maybe I can finally give him the thing.

[@Jose-se9pu]

The situation with Shenmue III might be worse than Mighty N°9 at this point

[@mostmelon]

Why didn’t they pick a PR guy that spoke proper English?

[@SavageGreywolf]

you're assuming this isn't a garage-tier operation

[@Roboshi2007]

@@SavageGreywolf or that they had more than 2 guys on their "team"

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

I’m just glad I didn’t put a dime into this. It’s a shame if it did what it claimed to do originally I’d be a lot more interested.

[@knghtbrd]

You presume they had one. Not a safe presumption.

[@ModernOddity728]

What do you mean, I thought level of literacy that sounded like Charlie Day? xD

[@Bukkake2023]

Me fail English? That’s unpossible

[@kirbynat493]

For the beer dart thing. Besides the fact that it's stupid. What's stopping anyone from buying their own dart set and beer themselves to do it?? And a bit of cardboard and a marker to set it up as whatever nonsense the wood was. There ya go 😛

[@hdofu]

sunnyraven anyone who’s actually dumb enough to think this is a good idea is probably dumb enough to pay someone for it.

[@MiamiSunrise]

My sunday just got so much better with this upload. Thanks Daniel!

[@MrMegaManFan]

Second that!!

[@Assimandeli]

I put $500 in the Shenmue 3 kickstarter. Got a refund when the BS started happening. Boy, am I glad.

[@joncross9264]

I'd be surprised if anyone ever backed another shenmu game. They burned more goodwill than they ever had to begin with.

[@Piqipeg]

I bet they'd count on consumers short term memory... like with the old games... they had a decent concept, but was boring to play. At the end of the day they remember the concept and not the game itself. I'm the same way, got FF13 on xbox 360, tried it, got an hour or so into the game, was bored out of my skull and stopped. A few years later, "hmmm wonder why I didn't finish FF13?" And began a new cycle... got a little further, but still was so booooored...

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@lass kinn That’s pretty much my take with any games these days. Play the game don’t get caught in the hype.

[@drunkensailor112]

@lass kinn what are you talking about? Shenmue 1 and 2 were amazing. 3 was shit though

[@Azariachan]

Who in their right mind would want HD for N64? So that the blurry textures can be stretched and made blurrier in glorious HD? Nothing beats the original N64 + an oldschool TV.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

I have to agree. The textures on N64 games were just blurry there’s no way around that. Playing on a CRT is the only tolerable way. Of course you could always play N64 games emulated with various things tweak to make them look better but that changes nothing about the old console itself.

[@jeeshyness3330]

I backed and waited years for shenmue3, then upon release I played it for probably a hour and never again. The combat system was soo bad compared to the old games It broke my heart.... it's possible later in the game the fighting system expands into something deep and fun like shenmue 1 or 2, But my first impression crushed me. I JUST received the artbook from kickstarter and it's mostly just screenshots printed into a book format with very little concept art and no text. I don't know if I will ever have the patience to go back and finish the game and see if my first impression was wrong.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

I’ve heard nothing but people feeling let down after playing shenmue 3. And then of course a cavalcade of excuses why it has to be such a joke.

[@jamesi34]

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd I just beat the whole game + all of the dlc and can say honestly it's one of the worst games I've ever played. Total grind fest with no payoff. Thankfully I only spent $14.99 in the ps store for it. I'd only recommend it to die hard shenmue fans and even that is a tough sell

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@jamesi34 Yep, that all sounds pretty much exactly what I’ve been hearing. The people I really feel sorry for our the ones who were part of the Kickstarter they never even got the game they help to make and they know it’s garbage anyway but they never got it. Probably the most insult to injury moment I’ve ever seen.

[@mikethetowns]

I look forward to the next projects from the Beer Darts team; Ping-Bong and Blow-Karts.

[@SuperNicktendo]

Atari VCS backer here - I knew it was going to be a disaster, really liked the design and figured it would do what it advertised. I think a ton of people wrongfully assumed it would be a ps4/xbone competitor. But if you read the indigogo, there was no indication that was the case. It totally isn't worth what it's going to be selling for when/if it hits retail.

[@knghtbrd]

It's not going to even do what the Kickst-um, Indiegogo promised. The TWO person company was not capable of producing this thing, has always been selling snake oil, and then ripped off the guy they actually hired who knows something about hardware design. Excuses and more excuses and-I'll come right out and say it: OUTRIGHT LIES FROM ATARI SA at every step of the way. Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. You've been fooled about eight times, so far.

[@pferreira1983]

@@knghtbrd Well it was released and while it was never intended to be a PS4 competitor it has a loyal following. 👍

[@SkillJim]

Not sure why you keep picking on Shenmue mate, call yourself a fan and you're blatantly just following the clickbait trend of dragging it's name through mud. Anyone that didn't know any better receiving this information from you, of course they're not going to back towards a Shenmue 4 because you've got it in their heads that this whole thing was a scam. It couldn't be far from the truth. Ys-Net gave everyone Epic keys as promised, if you backed the PC version...which technically didn't say anything about Steam until the surveys were sent out, everyone just expected it to be because at the time Epic wasn't even a thing. Then if people actually bothered to read the KS updates, they would have known that Ysnet were sending out an email for people that also wanted to get a Steam code for free. They did their part. As part of Shenmue Dojo, we made it clear across all of our networks, and so did YsNet that this would be happening. I assume they can't just generate 64k steam keys, so they provided them to people that wanted them. So there's no drama here at all. And the reason the game is on sale on Steam is because why would they charge £50 again for it a year on? The game had been on sale on Epic etc, that would have caused even more drama had they had sold it full price. Anyone that really wanted to play this game on PC, could have just double clicked the Epic icon on their desktop and played it for the past year, and still got a steam key. So that $60 you went on about, they had their value already with 2x copies of the game and a physical PC copy. Again no drama only from KZbin's channel like yourselves causing it and supplying incorrect information, and the obvious blind Kickstarter backers that have got nothing better to do than kick off at every little thing. Yes the Kickstarter wasn't great overall, but they did their part and supplied everything that was promised, stop putting this game and it's legacy in your "KickScammer" videos, there is no scam, people are just greedy.

[@SkillJim]

@lass kinn As with every single game ever made. At some point it will be on sale, especially a year after release.

[@PhantomRiverStone]

Well said! The video is really reaching to stir up something out of nothing.

[@pulsefel9210]

that grammar alone tells you the warrior 64 is a chinese knockoff sellout campaign. damn that was horrible to listen to.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

It was ironically horrible to listen to but I was laughing the whole time. If people weren’t convinced these people barely knew what they were talking about I hope now they get it. Yikes!!

[@MegaHarv]

I'm under the impression that the Epic exclusivity of Shenmue 3 was a Deep Silver idea, not YsNet. I'm under the impression Deep Silver just pocketed the exclusivity money, leaving Shenmue 3's reputation tarnished, which Shenmue didn't need.

[@MrSkysenGames]

7:20 As someone who knows exactly where the musclebound platypus is from, I'm amused he's currently known as being from Slap City.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

I’m almost afraid to ask a follow-up question to that.

[@MrSkysenGames]

If that question is "where?" then worry not. Slap City is a Smash-like made entirely of characters from the same dev, with the platypus coming from the Ittle Dew series and making cameos in a couple others. They like referencing their own work. Shared universe. Not some big, dramatic reveal, no. I just find it amusing he's known for the newest thing.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@MrSkysenGames Oh, okay then.

[@worldofretrogameplay6963]

Retro consoles were designed to work on CRTs. If you want the ‘best’ image quality possible, visit your local thrift store (where CRTs are in abundance) and purchase a good TV for a tenner.

[@FPrimusUnicron]

11:19 what happened there with the audio?

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

That would be DJ slopes favorite way of censoring dirty words. I think it plays them in reverse or something.

[@FPrimusUnicron]

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd yes, but what was he supposed to say there?

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@FPrimusUnicron If you’re asking what words got purposely scrambled it sounded like dick and vagina.

[@Timii240830]

Take my money Shenmue 4!..... and 5. I’ll never ever give up!

[@ProgSnob14]

Hell yeah brother!

[@drunkensailor112]

Huge shenmue fan here. But shenmue 3 felt to getting raped with a tree trunk. Where was the fucking story?

[@CrookiNari]

The fact that the Atari VCS is asking for $850 AUD for the "all-in-one" package makes me want to have a violent seizure.

[@PikaLink91]

Are you gonna talk about the Kodomo no Jikan manga kickstarter? A campaign to translate and bring this manga series to the backers in physical format, but then at some point (after they got their money of course) the creators shifted completely away from the campaign having anything to do with this manga, and instead every update, to this day, is about some other project none of the backers care about. In fact, every single comment on every update is about how people feel scammed that they never (and know they never will) got neither their physical nor digital Kodomo no Jikan manga, nor any of the merchandise they opted for.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

Just looked that up. That’s a heck of a rabbit hole right there. I feel like the company that did that figured out the same thing that seven seas did when they originally licensed it. It’s one thing to make a digital version it’s another thing to put some thing out on the shelves. And that thing was spicy. It was spicy back in 2007 when they made the decision not to publish it and in 2016 I have a feeling they figured out the same thing as that was when you saw things like Sony doing what they’ve been doing for the last four years. The SJW‘s would’ve had an absolute field day with that one. Social media would’ve literally burst into flames.

[@PikaLink91]

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd Still, it’s one thing to put such controversial material out on public shelves... but just giving it to backers? Again, they took the money and fucking ran, shifting focus over to an entirely different project. Least they could do is pay people back?

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@PikaLink91 What’s odd is my search told me it was released digitally back in and I’m gonna say 2016, all six volumes I believe. I don’t remember if it mentioned it actually having a kick starter for the translation interestingly it did say something about the company claiming the reason they couldn’t put it out physically was because it was currently financially not possible or something along those lines. As for why they couldn’t of least given people digital copies yeah that is beyond my understanding. Seems like an unnecessarily dick-ish move. I mean digital literally cost nothing you don’t have to ship it nothing. I don’t know I can’t answer that. But as I said as far as I’m aware all six volumes were released digitally and that’s about all I know.

[@PikaLink91]

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd I see. Thanks for the input buddy. I don't know all the details myself, all I know is that I supported with $60 that I never recieved anything for. They did at some point say something about some technical/financial issues and then hte campaign was just dropped.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@PikaLink91 I can only speculate at this point (though it’s more an educated guess) but given the um, content they may have gotten push back and simply used the excuse of a financial situation as a way to walk them selves out of the situation. Though again they did release it digitally in 2016 (though I can’t find out if any changes were made to the translated version) I don’t trust crowdfunding sites and I have yet to find a single campaign that truly ended well.

[@ShadowDawn]

Hey, have you done anything on the Chronicles of Elyria? I'd love to see your take on that mess. I've been looking through your past videos, but didn't see anything.

[@Clbull118]

Ys Net didn't hurt Shenmue 3. Deep Silver and Koch Media did.

[@braddl9442]

No, they were the ones that agreed to the deals that burned everyone. Dont try to pass the buck here.

[@UltimatePerfection]

@@braddl9442 They had no other choice tho. They were contractually obligated to do this, if they wanted to have enough money to finish the darn thing.

[@theresurgence2.081]

I will definitely get Shenmue IV if it comes out.

[@lpnp9477]

@@theresurgence2.081 Yeah, I'd buy it but I was burned enough to not trust them in crowdfunding ever again. And honestly 3 wasn't as good as 1 or 2.

[@Pooky1991]

@@braddl9442 as an outsider looking in, i think part of the issue, was they weren't transparent with the deal, until it had already been agreed upon. Many fans still would have been mad, but I think less would have took issues if they were up front from the beginning about possibly taking outside funding or other deals. I remember there was a survey before Epic was even a thing asking backers if they would like a PC copy, so its not farfetched that many would have assumed it would be a steam copy. The Sony deal also caused some controversy due to how fast it happened, bringing into question rather the kickstarter was even needed in the 1st place.

[@JoePants]

I had the Warrior 64 suggested to me the day I back the wireless Brawler 64 controllers, and immediately red flags were flying up left and right from the page and the way the description was written. It really didn't seem from the off like they knew what they were talking about. Also thought the design of the casing was horrible. Very glad I didn't back that one.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

And to make everything worse they’re ruining perfectly good N64 parts for this thing. If they’d just not tried to compare themselves to that way better HDMI solution they might’ve seen a better reaction. They over promised and under delivered then didn’t apologize and still said they were a “good deal” in hilariously bad broken engrish.

[@electronash]

My "human eyes" can definitely notice lag if it's more than about three frames. lol They're still being a bit deceptive there, btw. The HDMI mod *does* take digital video from the RCP/DAC, but it then converts directly to analog RGB via a resistor DAC (at least on the versions of the mod I've seen). It then feeds that analog RGB (and analog audio) to their HDMI scaler chip, hence the quality isn't quite as good as it could have been. Which is a shame, because I personally don't think the price is too bad at all for a "convenience" product. Although having decent HDMI quality is kind of half the point. Otherwise you could just buy a stock NTSC N64 on eBay, plus a brand-new repro controller, one of the cheap RGB to HDMI cables, and pay for a simple RGB mod for less money.

[@YouSuperJ]

This is my favorite show on your channel! Keep up the high quality work!

[@delgryphon6633]

I was watching this on a different device and saw you mentioned Shenmue 3 and showed your ps4 copy! HUGE QUESTION how did you get this?? I was part of the campaign and was supposed to get the PS4 version, but it never arrived and the campaign never got back to me. If you have any advice I would LOVE to actually get my game... I own the first one on Dreamcast and the second one Xbox 360. Thanks for your time, awesome episode!

[@RobotToaster]

Would you consider doing a kickscammer video on the ninja sphere? It was a home automation system that made a lot of money but apparently barely worked.

[@melasnexperience]

Looking forward to local news running panicky pieces about the scourge of Beer Darts after someone is accidentally neutered while playing.

[@mikethetowns]

Why does Homelander have to ah be careful not to rattle his milk? Because...he knows that his milkshake...brings The Boys to the yard.

[@CoolHandJames]

I still can't over the price of ridge wallets. 20 bucks, immediate purchase. But nearly 100? Why?

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

Exactly even with the discounts they’re always offering I’m not paying over $50 for something like that, $20 would be the sweet spot for sure

[@ShatteringKatana]

Wallet gets slimmer if you don't have any cash

[@TariqYasiinProd]

I love your channel! Love from Algéria.

[@ShelltoonTV1]

Slopes, you need to investigate Cryamore. It was a tumblr darling project that 7 years later, has not delivered in the slightest.

[@azraal]

well I bought ray's the dead in steam at launch and played the opening hour. It's not goty material, but it's a fine game that doesn't take itself seriously. I didn't have any bugs and it's an ok game to chill. I read the ps4 version is not so lucky with bugs though. The art style is fine and it reminded me a little bit of stubbs the zombie (on a lower scale) so yeah, I don't regret my purchase.

[@saturnotaku]

Shenmue 2 is my favorite game of all time. I put over $200 into the Kickstarter for the third installment, and it ended up being so bad that I couldn't even finish it. There is zero chance I would back a Shenmue 4.

[@jamesi34]

S3 is so bad it's mind numbing, just finishing it was a complete chore

[@evertonc1448]

2:49 if that won't win the love of that girl you donate 1k on Twitch every week, I don't what will.

[@Pooky1991]

I'm curious about the appeal of the Atari VCS as well, especially considering the company running it aren't the same Atari I assume alot of the backers grew up with. As for Shenmue...yeah. I would be surprised if they're able to get another game out, at least through kickstarter, with how horribly Shenmue 3's campaign went and I'm not just referring to the Epic deal either.

[@PS4sos21]

J see the appeal in a new updated HD Atari 2600 console. It was actually my first console when I was about seven. My fave games were Frostbite and Hero. I played those games to death. I even got to level150 in Frostbite which was bloody difficult.

[@McPoogle]

Didn't the Shenmue 3 campaign offer refunds for PC backers after the Epic games exclusivity? I was a console backer but got emails about it

[@saturnotaku]

I backed both PS4 and PC versions and availed myself of the refund for the latter when it was offered. I not only got it but also received two PS4 copies in the mail and two backer t-shirts. Having very quickly determined that the game was utter garbage, it was nice to be able to claw back at least some of my rather hefty Kickstarter investment by selling everything.

[@anthonysanimationtalkextra9345]

Given that the N64 is my favourite system - the news about the Warrior 64 is definitely disappointing. Hopefully one day someone will come up an affordable yet high quality HDMI solution for the N64

[@LilBobSab]

Shenmue III cheap on psn too 🤷🏻‍♂️ Steam sales are always on

[@PikaLink91]

I would back a Shenmue IV, and I'm not even a fan, as in, I have 1 and 2 on Xbox and opted for the PS4 version of 3 on kickstarter, but I've never played any of them. Still, I like throwing money away, and I like to see numbers grow (a contradictory statement I'm aware) so I'd like to see how far they'll actually go with this series and if they ever manage to tell the full story.

[@jamesi34]

you want to see them complete the story you know nothing about? makes sense

[@PikaLink91]

@@jamesi34 No, it doesn't. But it is moreso because I have heard a lot about the series, and wanna support its fans and its legacy. I know nothing about Toejam & Earl either, yet still backed the remake, I'm not the biggest Mega Man fan, yet still backed Mighty No. 9. Sometimes I throw money at stuff just because of a name.

[@jakubmakalowski6428]

Still trying to figure out where you put the coins in those wallets

[@Giancala]

I always find it strange that the intro is done later in the video.

[@StarDragonJP]

Dude thanks, almost forgot to pledge to Fraymakers.

[@moveit987]

Top new... Totally love the summary of the week. So much retro related crap happening... So much mind boggling....

[@hobbycathartic]

We used to play a drunk game with ping pong paddles and darts. We'd throw the dart, catch it on the paddle and take a step back and throw it back. I used to play this a lot until I took a dart through the finger.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

I shop online frequently with Paypal just so I don't run the risk of giving those sites my card details. I don't know what if any controversy is surrounding them at the moment, but if someone knows a better alternative for shopping online, I'd wouldn't mind knowing just in case.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

Exactly I’m not in love with them but what other alternative do we have right now.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd Well, I honestly never tried bit coin or any of its alternatives, because I don't trust cryptocurrency. I don't know if they are all bad or I'm just getting old and can't get into new things that well anymore. But unless I know for sure anything else is safe, I'm just going to stick with what I feel won't leak my credit card details to strange websites, since that's how they're advertised at least.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@Cyberbrickmaster1986 See I think you might have it a little twisted what you want is reliability and you know what I’m at that age myself I just want something that works it’s not about not having to learn something new (I’m fine with that) it’s about having something reliable that’s going to work and be there not some thing that could be gone tomorrow and that would just be it. Cryptocurrency’s are a fun new thing as long as you’re willing to gamble a bit. People that go all in on those though no way. I could see myself maybe buying some and just seeing where it goes but not putting all my faith into one highly questionable financial concept.

[@Cyberbrickmaster1986]

@@JohnDoe-kv3kd Well I certainly am not willing to try it if it's one big gamble. The last thing I want to do with my money is gamble it away. That''s why I only go to casinos for the food.

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

@@Cyberbrickmaster1986 Depending on the casino even that can be a gamble if you know what I mean. But yeah I agree somethings just aren’t worth the risk. Being an early adopter to a lot of these things it’s is just more trouble than it’s worth.

[@korgied]

So glad I canceled my Shenmue 3 pledge when they announced the EGS stuff. Actually I had switched to PS4 despite not owning a PS4 (I figured I'd resell it at least), so they didn't give me the easy option to cancel my pledge, but they still let me when I emailed and explained. As for Shenmue 4, honestly, I'm not even interested in Shenmue at all anymore because of the EGS thing. I care about the business ethics of the people I buy games from (it's been years since I've bought a game from a company like EA and such). The switch to EGS here should have been illegal and either way I consider it immoral and unacceptable and it's tainted my entire view of the series itself. In fact I've been going on Steam and hiding publishers that pull the EGS exclusivity crap - got over a dozen hidden but I'm sure I can find a bunch more if I spend more time with the subject.

[@thenomadsclan6238]

Hey man. Love your videos. was hoping for some advise. Started my indiegogo nearly 2 weeks ago and can't seem to gain much tracktion. I've already shared it with everyone i can think of, posted it to facbook, twitter a few discord servers and what not but it doesn't seem to help. any tips? eitherway, thanks so much for these kinds of videos (helps me by providing an example of what NOT to do :3 )

[@lapzidorus1786]

What better time for a successor to Smash Flash 2 than now, when flash games are reaching their end?

[@hdofu]

From the people who brought you Russian Roulette comes the game that will really catch your eye... Beer Darts

[@JohnDoe-kv3kd]

Ironically I think most people would probably prefer to take a dart to the eye as opposed to where you would take it with playing this.

[@HeyDonutJudge]

I have an even better idea on how to improve the beer darts: Russian Beer Roulette! Get a friend, place a beer can on top of each others heads. Then take a revolver, remove some bullets and just fire away, fun for the whole family! If a bullet hits the beer can, your friend has to drink it (if he's still alive)

[@Sweetestsadist]

Oh yeah. It's been a few months since I've gone to AtariVCS videos and forums and mocked the backers for wasting money on what would be a garbage product even if it WAS actually going to come out. Thanks for reminding me.

[@EverythingGeek]

I didnt back the atari vcs but for me personally the appeal is having a new atari come out in 2020 i mean i thought atari would never be back so even just getting it for a collectors item would be cool

[@mr.morkai8430]

3:50 speedball music 😎👍

[@RoseTintedSpectrum]

Fray Makers looks absolutely gorgeous!

[@PhriekshoTV]

Fraymakers is HYPE We get a proper indie platform fighter, finally

[@LCAC75]

Man I love video game shop music.

[@hmoham]

I completely forgot about ShenMue3, I checked,, I never got a email from fangamer to redeem my key, like they were supposed to, but checking the survey page, and requesting them to resend it, allowed me to redeem the code on Steam. Unlikely to back them again in the future.

[@Boogie_the_cat]

It's strange that so many Kickstarter campaigns don't raise any red flags when the owners can't use proper grammar. I'm not trying to be a jerk, but if I'm going to take a product seriously, the "marketing material" must make sense and give me confidence. And this isn't just splitting hairs or having a grammar stick up my butt. If you look at scam\falsely advertised websites and products, they ALL have egregious spelling and grammar errors that help the viewer realize that they are not qualified to sell pencils, let alone complex technology. I realize that plenty of smart people don't have great grammar, but they at least use the correct words so you know what they mean. Unlike this: "we want to apologize for our campaign detail didn't clear cause lot of confuse" Sure, you can assume what that's supposed to mean, but it's also clear that they have NO grasp of English language, so their products PROBABLY aren't going to be advertised correctly due to the language barrier.

[@Daftanemone]

FrayMakers just reminds me of bounty battle. I have no faith in it

[@Haplo699g]

Actually had a conversation with someone intending to buy an Atari VCS when it launches. I explained why it was a rip off and that I wanted him to go in with his eyes open. He unironically said he wanted to go in with his eyes closed... WTF.

[@knghtbrd]

A dumbass and his money will be separated from each other. About the 8th time the company OUTRIGHT LIES to you, it's time for a class action lawsuit, not more people demonstrating that they have IQs apparently down in the single digits. Not that you'd get anything if you did sue these people. They couldn't afford to pay ONE employee.

[@vegetafett]

I would back Shenmue 4 as soon as it went up,I also preordered the ps4 version. As far as I know the PC people had awhile to decide if they wanted to switch to the ps4 version. As for people being mad about epic games I got it at the time to see how bad it was , and I gotta say the epic game store is an awesome service they give out free games all the time. It made me feel that the people complaining about the steam thing look entitled and posh to me , I mean really you gotta be pretty stuck up to not want to even try another game service to play a game that most of us had been waiting a long time to play.

[@lpnp9477]

I literally work for Epic and I just didn't like getting something I didn't pay for. People throw around the "entitled" label entirely too much. Maybe gain some perspective from others and don't judge? And maybe look up what "entitled" actually means?

[@vegetafett]

@@lpnp9477 im sorry but as someone who grew up dirty poor. Yes it is very entitled and I honestly doubt most people who actually played the other shenmue games would care about such a thing. In fact im friends with a ton of people that love shenmue and not one of them cared about this. Point being you didn't even have to get another machine you just have to download an installer if your to proud for that to play a "video game" then yes you are a snob. Sorry just spouting truth here.

[@lpnp9477]

@@vegetafett If you say "spouting truth" then maybe bring something other than conjecture and opinion. One, entitled means you have a right to something. It doesn't mean you think you do. It literally means something belongs to you. "You are entitled to social security benefits." That doesn't mean people think they're owed social security - it means they should receive it since they paid into it. See the difference? Next, I also grew up dirt poor! My only console from 11-16 was a Dreamcast, which is where I fell in love with Shenmue. Finally, the more you people say "It's just a launcher", the more you demonstrate how out of touch you are. It's a loss of steam controller remapping, steam achievements and Steam in-home streaming. Things my colleagues have yet to implement to my satisfaction. I'm glad you enjoy the Epic launcher, but let's not pretend it works for everyone's needs. To tell people they're "snobs" because they paid for a steam key and were told they would receive something else entirely just because it's on the same platform is completely silly, to say it nicely. You don't get to decide what's important to other people. I mean dude, I work for Epic, I have the fucking launcher installed. I wanted to be able to stream it from my PC to my tablet in bed to get cozy with some Shenmue because I put my hard earned money up on the Kickstarter to make it happen. Why don't I get to enjoy it the way I want? Why do you get to judge me for that?

[@vegetafett]

I wish people understood that they were funding something and not guaranteed a product. Its not the same as pre ordering a game at a store things change during production and manufacturing.

[@lpnp9477]

@@vegetafett Sure, if they simply couldn't have delivered the game that would have been fine. But what happened was Epic paid a ton of money to Deep Silver to snatch it away from Steam at the last minute at the expense of backers. That's pretty fucked up. And since we're talking about billionaire corporations here, there is no sympathy to give. People seem to want to use that excuse as a shield against criticism for any shitty thing a business does on Kickstarter, but the fact is that it was on track for Steam and Deep Silver decided to take extra money instead of honouring the pledges.

[@ProgSnob14]

There is no Shenmue 3 drama just a fan base harder to please than the Star Wars fanbase.

[@WolfTeen2010]

No kidding

[@Roboshi2007]

Its still not a good thing to take people money only to lock a good number of people because you then signed an exclusivity deal with epic. People have a right to complain about that

[@ProgSnob14]

@@Roboshi2007 pretty minor, it's still a pc release. The main goal for all of us was to get another game and we got it. Mission accomplished now onto the next!

[@MeCooper]

I mean not getting the rewards you backed for is also another legitimate grievance...

[@misterpinkandyellow74]

@@ProgSnob14 pay out loser alert

[@TheNewSoda]

I think it's cheaper to buy a original 2600(VCS) from a store then the new? one

[@ThatPinkLizard]

poor aden :(

[@kingcheerio8558]

I loved super smash flash 2, can't wait for Fraymakers, might have to back that one myself

[@DragonAceSg7]

I'm glad I dodged the Atari VCS non-sense. I had originally been looking at it because then, and no longer remember if this was official or a rumor article, they were making a modern console that would take the original 2600 carts, making it possible to play them on modern TVs without a whole lot of hassle. As soon as it became something else, or was confirmed to be something else, I completely lost interest. I still get the newsletter and every time I get one, it tells me nothing new or exciting. But it does give Atari a way to remind me they are getting into the cryptocurrency market with their own currency. Because of course, they are.

[@DragonAceSg7]

@lass kinn I thank you, I hadn't been aware of the hyperkin one and didn't know the retron did that.

[@nate567987]

the vcs backer got a tracking number for decmenbe then were told it was a lie

[@btr3k]

10:41 I hear you, Tapper music

[@WoollyMittens]

Fake pledgers should be held accountable for the lost opportunity cost, or at least be banned from the platform.

[@kitchen-sink.4090]

I love PacMan!!!

[@wupme]

The Rape guide is still being sold on Amazon btw.

[@theevillemon]

I never understood why you start the intro in the middle

[@vermis8344]

"Aidan made this in class" 1. So he's what, up to 18? Older? Poor little tyke. 2. Maybe he should have been paying attention. He might've learned something for his future career. It might even have been relevant to board game design. 3. Who the hell gave him the idea that this crayola scrawl on a refill pad page was a winning idea, and encouraged him to set up on kickstarter in the first place? 4. Would a fake pledge be more or less humiliating than watching the pledges remain at a steady zero for the entire run of the campaign, or until such time as Aidan pulled it? Boy was headed for red-faced disappointment either way.

[@MeCooper]

I hope you don't have kids.

[@vermis8344]

@@MeCooper I can tell you don't, if you think that mollycoddling older kids to the point of setting them up for this kind of disappointment and humiliation is a good thing. It's cute when it's their hobby and daydream, but the minute they start asking money for this, it turns serious. He was going to get a rude awakening in any possible outcome here. If there was a parent in any way involved or aware of this, it was their job to soften that blow as soon as, or even before someone put up a blatantly obvious troll pledge.

[@MeCooper]

@@vermis8344 Haha "It turns serious." Ok buddy.

[@velvetpilot2008]

The Ridge wallet is the new Loot Crate.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

People who had so many cash in their bank account just want to have something that are rare and not usually sold in the market...as such, Kickstarter is their way to waste money.

[@YeOldeGamerGrampsofOlde]

LOL... I know they are your sponsor, but dude... Leaving the actual bills be held by just a pressure clip? Unsafe doesn't begin to describe it... I'll stick to my trusty ole leather which at least holds the bills more securely and can even hold some change. That product should change its name to card holder because a wallet it certainly ain't.

[@UserUser-oy8ch]

wow I never heard of any of those characters

[@Count_Vampz]

I'd be willing to back Shenmue 4 under two conditions. 1. The old combat system is bought back 2. It will be the final part.

[@kevinthatcher2376]

I'm not backing atari vcs, but I can see why people could back this, maybe it's because I never had atari, I had sega, Nintendo, Sony, even dare I say the Phillips cdi, and the vcs couldn't be as bad as that, apart from burn cycle, but if I saw one in a sale I would give it ago.

[@mCKENIC]

I backed Rays the dead - and after waiting so long I got my Steam key - and promptly forgot to download it *doh*

[@Rihcterwilker]

Shenmue 3, storywise, was a disappointment. The series should just die for good.

[@drunkensailor112]

Yes. I was disappointed beyond belief

[@misterpinkandyellow74]

@@drunkensailor112 your expectations were unrealistic.

[@wastelander138]

The VCS has just became comical now. Even if it does come out, no-one outside of the campaign is going to buy this thing.

[@wendillon92]

And a couple of youtubers who'll buy it only to show the rest of us how crap it is

[@wastelander138]

@@wendillon92 I know a few of them backed it for this sole purpose. I believe Spawnwave, John Riggs and John Hancock are some of the guys who put money down.

[@Thecargoesvroom]

Neat lighting trick ;)

[@mostmelon]

I think the Atari backers just want that piece-of-history memento. After a while, i’m sure those pieces of junk will be absolutely impossible to find, assuming they ever come out.

[@maybenah]

Apart from wasting beer and vasectomies, what is the actual point of that dart game?

[@booflesnoof]

thank you for mentioning fraymakers, i'm really excited about it, and if it hits its next stretch goal there will be an extra fighter :)

[@warmachineuk]

Who the hell was backing a roll-and-move board game like the one shown? We've had far better gameplay designs, including young children's games, for decades. Someone should told the creator to look at examples in an actual game shop and not from his grandparent's cupboard.

[@BlackWolfessUSCM]

The only thing Atari is ever known for these days isn't great games it's for collapsing the industy. The popularity and collectability doesn't warrent the vcs console. It's vaporware people it doesn't exist just like rollar coaster tycoon. the earliest cnsole worth collectin is the Master system and the nes.

[@kai990]

There is a special place in hell for people that play retro games on hdmi

[@Negritis]

maybe an episode about smach z?

[@pferreira1983]

Shenmue III lost so much goodwill because of the treatment of PC owners. Just horrible. 😆

[@johnaraya216]

What new episode i just talked you lol thanks d.j. lmao.

[@retropulse03]

I just want Shenmue 3 to come to Xbox. Seriously, how tf is it not on Xbox?

[@SpeccyHorace]

I do love Shenmeeuw