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andrewfelix
Really impressive. Especially the in-cartridge LED's. It's a shame the magic of the clean vector lines of the original Cinematronics got a little lost in the port.

On that note; how fucking awesome were/are Cinematronic games.

Someone
"Really impressive. Especially the in-cartridge LED's"??

It is a cool idea, but I think that is the part I could have done. Programming this on the 2600 is a different story.

[Aside: I think those white LEDs are out of date; in those days, LEDs were red]

andrewfelix
The LED's are programmable and "actually flash with the gameplay". Yes that is really impressive.
cycojesus
"Anachronic" rather than "out of date", no?
joezydeco
You do know that there's a difference between vector displays and raster displays, right?
DavidAbrams
I loved Star Castle.

Man, this development effort was pretty impressive.

gregbair
It's impressive, but would it be worth investing in on Kickstarter? No.
joezydeco
Because this guy has a finished prototype ready for production, as opposed to all the other game projects that don't even have something designed?
cpeterso
That's for Lackluster users to decide.
cpeterso
oops, my phone spell "corrected" Kickstarter to Lackluster. :)
jes5199
To me, $50 for a custom cartridge sounds like a great deal. That's the magic of kickstarter - they don't all have to be million dollar deals to be worthwhile for people on both sides of the transaction.
kisom
I'm not much of a gamer myself, but this is pretty impressive. I love the detail that went into making the cartridge / retro packaging. Pretty cool!