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Re: Cool,arcade controller project on Kickstarter
11/02/13 09:30 PM
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> Hey guys, I'm Josh, the creator of the Howler Arcade Controller Kickstarter project.
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> I don't think you are being a jerk for questioning the price of the boards. That is
> what I did when I wanted to build an arcade a few months back and found it would be
> over $250 for the joystick controllers, optipac controllers and RGB LED drivers. That
> is why I made my boards.
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> I am not developing them to make money, the market is so small I would be a moron to
> think I could make money at it. I made the original and posted it on some arcade
> forums and people asked if they could buy one so I started the kickstarter project.
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> In reality, for the quantity 100-200(if I am lucky) boards that will come out of this
> funding it will probably cost around $75-$85 dollars to have made in such low
> quantities. That doesn't include shipping or packaging or the power supply or USB
> cable. It obviously does not count the 100s of hours I have put into it either. I am
> just doing it because I am a nerd and I love this shit. The same reason that mame or
> hyperspin or gamex or LEDBlinky exist. I donated to the hyperspin community and some
> of their members have backed my project.
>
> I just think it is awesome that we have these great communities of nerds like myself
> so I can go back to being a kid again, fighting my buddy to be Michaelangelo on the
> TMNT arcade machine or beating his ass in Virtua Fighter. My 5 year old nephew came
> to visit and I was playing duck hunt with him and he couldn't stop talking about it
> for weeks after. That is why I made this project.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Josh
Congrats on making your funding goal.
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