indieGO! All-in-One Retro Game Console (Raspberry Pi 3)
Created by ARES Computer inh. Pascal Papara
A true console with access to thousands of games from past, present and future, powered by a spiritual successor to Commodore Amiga OS.
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Tanks Furry Special Edition is now part of every console bundle
almost 9 years ago
– Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 11:25:41 PM
Do you remember Tanks (Battle City) on the NES? Yes? I can say that I loved it in 2 player mode. If you liked this game too, you will love Tanks Furry ! Enhanced with Warp-tubes and 4-player mode will it rock your living room : )
Every indieGO! will come with the Special Edition ready to play. Small gift from us to you ; )
Awesome single and multiplayer action !
The Game features:
Hand made, old school pixel graphics
dedicated chip tune soundtrack and SFX
Over 40 missions to play alone or in co-operation mode
Several themes, desert, wood and city jungle
Five types of different enemy tanks
Several game endings
Multiplayer with up to 5 gamers
We wish you a happy weekend : )
PS: we are now also on Twitter (since a few days.. ) if you like you can follow us and we will follow you back! Please spread the word.
PPS: Please check the last update if you are living in or next to Pittsburgh! There will be a great retro event in January! Enjoy a great day and support the people behind Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
If you are interested in that event check the last update to request a free ticket : )
Helping children while enjoying retro gaming is awesome : ) Here is your chance!
almost 9 years ago
– Fri, Jan 08, 2016 at 04:09:56 AM
We would like to support the Pittsburgh Retro Gaming convention by offering 20 of our backers instant cashback for 1 Ticket to the convention. Just use the comment function below and write "reserved". Than contact us and we will refund your ticket order via paypal (may take a day because of the amount of messages we get and different time-zone but not longer than 48hours) ! If I could I would attend : )
Come support the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh at Xtaza in the Strip, January 23rd at the Pittsburgh Retro Gaming Convention! Tickets can be purchased at Ticket River.
Can’t attend? Grab a ticket while you still can, and know that your efforts are staying local and supporting a great cause.
Here are some of the great events:
A vibrant marketplace showcasing unique local and national vendors
Enticing panels with record holders and industry leaders
They love to re-experience our favorite games. They are fueled by nostalgia, and driven crazy by cartridges. There will be plenty of opportunities to play, compete, imagine, create, learn, and connect with your favorite games. Who knows, you may even meet a new long-term gaming buddy!
Please, join them in making this a convention to remember!
Proceeds of ticket and game sales benefit the Children's Miracle Network
We will help 8 Bit Evolution to bring their games to the indieGO! as well .
Germ Squashers: An exclusive homebrew with proceeds benefiting the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Defeat germs, and sink into two player germ-squashing action, as you work towards the ultimate goal: a pixelated flu shot power up!
NES, Genesis, iOS & Android versions are ready to release!
Check out the shop page over at 8 Bit Evolution, and drop in your email to get notified as soon as it’s ready!
Have a nice day!
Another stretch goal reached : ) Vroom!
almost 9 years ago
– Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 11:36:33 PM
Hi,
everyday is a day to celebrate ! We have met another goal and this means that every console bundle will include a small scratch off card worth of 15€.
Inside the App Store you can buy games, apps and music. And the more success we have, the more we can add.
Now every console comes with 15€ to be spend on what you like
Don't worry! The store will also host "free" software! For example: Demoversions, Shareware, PD Games, more Emulators and other goodies.
Today we we used the time to contact some other right holders to request licenses. Cross your fingers.. with a bit of luck we can announce some deals during the campaign.
There are also deals which we are not allowed yet to speak about.
The next Stretch goal is something I personally like very much because I love enjoying demos
In order to honor our backers we will create an old school scene demo and attend Evoke 2016 . The demo will be made available for Windows, OSX, Linux, AmigaOS, AROS, MorphOS and indieGO!
To get an idea of what we are talking:
The demo will include the names of all our backers and we will try to produce something enjoyable : ) To make you immortal we will attend and show it at Evoke 2016 .
Btw.. did you know that we have invented an "lossless video codec" ? For sure only a few people know this ; )
It is vector based which means that VAN-videos will never get old and pixelated. We have made it for an unreleased game we are working on. Our intention is to make it timeless.. if we will ever get a 20K TV the animations will still look crisp...
If you like you can grab the VAN-Player including a DEMO for testing (Windows):
PS: We have got some interesting ideas for more stretch goals.. stay tuned : )
Ay, caramaba! Next stretch goal is coming near
almost 9 years ago
– Thu, Jan 07, 2016 at 12:58:46 AM
Dear Backers we would like to thank you again for your continuous support with sharing the campaign. The next stretch goal is in sight!
Feel free to request and ask things! (today we were quite busy with shipping things and finishing the tax declaration - normally we are quick with answering)
Just a note:
Please be aware that you have the option to choose between Odroid XU4 and Raspberry Pi2 . Some news reports miss this information and mix up prices for the Odroid with prices for the Raspberry Pi bundles. It could be our fault because the campaign is somewhat "loaded" : p
Here is an work-in-progress overview. We hope this helps a little.
An overview about emulators, software and add-ons
'Orange' means that the emulator is installed, but the majority of games will lag.
In general we will install home-brew, PD, demos, Shareware versions and if possible also full versions so you can have instant fun for some weeks. Feel free to tell us your favorite classics.
Also some people didn't get the difference between Exagear i386 Wrapper and Qemu,Dosbox or Bochs. The easiest explanation is that Exagear is similar to "Rosetta" which was used by Apple to run PowerPC OSX applications on X86 OSX. They used it during the transition from IBM/Freescale to Intel CPU's.
Exagear executes i386 linux binaries such as Wine, Spotify, Skype seamlessly on ARM devices. Wherever possible it will use native libs which makes it unto 4 times faster than qemu emulator.
Best Regards,
Pascal
A free game more to play with and more stretch goals
almost 9 years ago
– Wed, Jan 06, 2016 at 06:48:37 AM
Tadaaa! Another day, another stretch goal : )
Yesterday we have announced more stretch goals (see update 19) today we will show you the prequel to Tales of Gorluth II (yep I mean Tales of Gorluth).
Remember that we have announced the possibility to order part II here as add-on. The game will be made only available once on CD (printed). No reprints will be ever made.
Same happened with Tales of Gorluth I. Now it is available for free and so we will pre-install it on every indieGO! ready to play.
Take the chance and secure one printed edition of part II!
Patrick Nevian made also the exclusive Piano renditions for our backers (and a soundtrack for our upcoming game Project Purple (something for a later update).
Whaaat? Yes! You would get a indieGO! with a Joypad , ready to play, 25GB cloud storage for free, Jim Power, a piano rendition, a paperboard box with your name on it, a gift card worth 15€, an old school scene demo with your name in it, access to the indieGO! cloud for your PC, G.E.M.Z, Pinkie, Onslaught, Custodian and a lot of free demos, shareware and public domain games for all emulated platforms!
Oh I've found an english podcast with a bit of talk about our campaign:
Interested developers can have a look at www.indiego-gaming.com . We will support you and can provide porting support/services to get your games to our supported platforms.
Dear backers,
now it is up to you! Just spread the word and share this campaign on twitter, Facebook, reddit and similar social media platforms.
With the next stretch goal you will get a 15€ gift card for the App Store. You will be able to buy games (legal), music and software for different platforms.
