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I predict that the next time we see this it will have a working LED and be running a rerelease of Cybermorph on a Jaguar FPGA core. Afterall, most folks just don't have a Jaguar in their homes. Its an opportunity to bring Jaguar games to a wider audience.

"Eagle-eyed viewers will note something familiar about the system's design as well: It looks like an Atari Jaguar."
- Engadget

http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/18/coleco-chameleon-atari-2600/


THIS IS EVERYTHING WRONG WITH GAMING JOURNALISM

So they have the technical know-how to get an SNES core running flawlessly, but refuse to wire up simple things like a power LED or even 5 wires for a USB port (for the world's biggest toy show)? I could have done the soldering needed for those in less time than it took them to conceal the back in electrical tape. I wouldn't be surprised if they have several artists working on a convincing PCB render all this week.

COLECO CHAMELEON AT NEW YORK TOY FAIR – SNES MINI UNDER GLASS?
 
 February 22nd, 2016  Carl Williams
 
http://retrogamingmagazine.com/2016/02/22/coleco-chameleon-at-new-york-toy-fair-snes-mini-under-glass/

Coleco Chameleon will resurrect your favorite Atari 2600 games
 
http://www.engadget.com/2016/02/18/coleco-chameleon-atari-2600/
 
"And score it did, landing the rights to the Atari 2600library. That's over 300 games, as well an an option for the company to develop new games based on all that classic IP."
 
     

i love the hastag!
 
#ColecoGate

Exactly this! 
As a side note, if you want to secure rights and publish previously unreleased games, then do it and do it right. Creating a new system to play an unreleased SNES game seems like a ridiculous waste of effort and/or time. I can't help but imagine someone ripping it and dumping it unless the way their never-before-seen to the publics eye FPGA is created in a way that would make such a hack impossible.
 
All I keep seeing on Twitter is "hang in there" for the big reveal on Kick Starter. Maybe all of this is a deliberate hoax. A way to get everyone talking about it. Maybe they really do have hardware to unveil and knew that by shoving a SNES into a Jag casing would bring so much more attention to it otherwise not possible. Now all eyes are just waiting to see and people are keeping up and researching all over this SNES in a Jag shell madness. Could it be that's the idea or plan to drive attention or traffic to the site and project overall?

They could avoid all this speculation by showing the board at the toy fair which is what I thought they were going to do.

But that is just it, they HAVE responded to them by deleting comments on the very subject. Every time the question is posed or they are given the opportunity even on their own Facebook page and other forums etc they either do not respond, ignore or simply delete, block or report anyone who questions anything on the subject and THAT is why I am done giving them the benefit of a doubt, their very actions tell me all I need to know. 
 
And now for fun 
 
https://youtu.be/XXxdPQo8-Gk

I think a lot more evidence supports that it is exactly what it is (a Snes mini running a flashcart) than there is proving it is actually the prototype Mike was promising. Mike has a history of dancing around the facts deleting negative comments while never actually providing anything solid. Have you not been following everything since the RetroVGS fiasco? Seems far more likely Mike felt pressured to come up with something to show at the ToyFair in order to have a good showing to help promote and secure funding towards the campaign, after all the hyping and and the pounding he had already taken from the previous attempt and failure he definitely could not fail to show something. What he displayed actually was very amateurish and not convincing at all. I think you give people behind the expo far too much credit in knowing the difference. What I CAN tell you is things may be falling apart for this project very soon concerning some parties involved  but that is all I can say on that. Stay tuned though. 

Ouch. That was brutal. Brutally honest.
 
Did this just flop harder than the first attempt in getting funding and it hasn't even been Kick Started yet?
 
That backlash though...

Because it is our prototype and definitely NOT a Snes mini with flashcart running a ROM!

Here is my personal take on this nightmare.
***STRONG LANGUAGE***

A group of folks purchased the molds for the Atari Jaguar. Both console and cart molds. They plan to create a NEW cart based console where you can once again collect NEW carts for it. I posted a link to a video that explains it all, well what there is to know. (Link below) I will be covering the progress of this new system. The Creep is excited and so should you.

The Atari Creep: Retro VGS Console: