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    RetroEngine Sigma (?) - Crowdfunding campaing.

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    • davejD
      davej
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      There's an image with detailed specs near the bottom (just above the Special Thanks section). The board they are using has an Allwinner H3 chipset so it's not a Raspberry Pi.

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      • mediamogulM
        mediamogul Global Moderator @davej
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        @davej

        Keen eye, sir.

        RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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          Dochartaigh @mediamogul
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          @mediamogul
          And they're using a spray-painted Sega Genesis 4-Port USB Hub as the housing (MSRP $19.99)... lol

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          • mediamogulM
            mediamogul Global Moderator @Dochartaigh
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            @Dochartaigh

            It's similar, but is a different casing. It looks like it's made of much cheaper plastic too.

            RetroPie v4.5 • RPi3 Model B • 5.1V 2.5A PSU • 16GB SanDisk microSD • 512GB External Drive

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            • ETAPRIMEE
              ETAPRIME
              last edited by ETAPRIME

              EDIT looks like its running the H3 Allwinner Cpu same as a few of the Orange Pi boards

              I'm willing to bet it runs a custom board based on the Amlogic s805 maybe s905
              I heard something about the cores not being per-installed so they will probably get away with selling this thing.
              It really sucks for the devs who made emulation station and all the core devs.

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                mrbwa1
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                The USB ports on the side give it away... It's an Orange Pi Lite board:

                http://www.orangepi.org/orangepilite/

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                • ETAPRIMEE
                  ETAPRIME @mrbwa1
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                  @mrbwa1 I was just looking over the specs they added, and yes its running the allwinner H3 cpu.

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                  • herb_fargusH
                    herb_fargus administrators
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                    My thoughts on the matter.

                    https://m.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/5gtttn/comment/davz6sz

                    There will always be another greedy scumbag. If I had no ethics or morals I would be a wealthy man.

                    Happens every year and really kills my motivation for the project.

                    If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

                    Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                      mrbwa1 @herb_fargus
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                      @herb_fargus It never ceases to amaze me that majority people have no motivation to tinker with things these days. My coding skills may be lacking, so I can't contribute to the project as much as I would like, but I try to spend some time to at least help folks on the forums when I have some spare time.

                      This strikes me as highly unethical because they are raising money on the pretense that they are building a project, but it just appears to be an off-the-shelf board running off-the-shelf software. I don't fault Nintendo for the NES Classic. It's their IP and they did an in-house design and software (Haven't tried one, but wonder if it's up to the level of the emus in Retropie).

                      Frankly, it's not hard to put a Pi in a case and copy the image to an SD card. Even wheen you need help, there is the forums and folks put together some pretty good videos on their own time just to help out.

                      The only good that could come out of this is more support on the Orange Pi boards, but I suspect that this team isn't really developers, so it'll probably be a broken system hoping for a community to prop it up (yet alienating the community where most of the IP is being tajken from to sell the product).

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                      • XVOX
                        XVO
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                        I'm thinking about to start an indygogo myself.
                        The package contains a rpi 3, an alibaba style snes controller, a alibaba phone charger an a link to this site.
                        For just a spectecular price of 65 bucks :p....

                        On topic.
                        The reason I hate the indygogo platform is that most projects are cancelled or stolen from other projects.

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                          psyke83 Global Moderator
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                          @BuZz,

                          Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but it seems that this device is running on a version of RetroPie, though it's not clear precisely what came preinstalled on the device, as it seemed to require a lengthy install process. It seems to be an Orange Pi and it might use a modified RetroPie-Setup script that builds all packages from source.

                          You can see it in action here (but ultimately fails to work):

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                          • PokeEngineerP
                            PokeEngineer @psyke83
                            last edited by PokeEngineer

                            @psyke83

                            Yeah, it is a Orange Pi that runs a custom flavor of RetroPie called RetrOrangePi. It even states on the RetrOrangePi website not to include the custom image in a commercial product... The people maintaining the RetroEngine Sigma had the time to make it pretty, but they didn't have the time to look into the legality of the project. What the heck...

                            Don't sweat it.
                            When in doubt, take a BYTE out of life.

                            😎

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                              psyke83 Global Moderator
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                              The site does say to support the original Retropie/Libretro devs, which is good, but what concerns me is that there's no source available. RetroPie-Setup's base license (applicable to scripts alone) is GPL, so not providing source to their fork is probably a violation.

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                              • BuZzB
                                BuZz administrators
                                last edited by

                                To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                • jonnykeshJ
                                  jonnykesh @BuZz
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                                  @buzz Is it wrong that I am enjoying this? Read some of the comments https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/retroengine-sigma-mini-video-game-console-cool#/comments

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                                  • BuZzB
                                    BuZz administrators @jonnykesh
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                                    @jonnykesh I feel a little bad for the backers, as they were lied to. But it's a real shame that projects like this get so much publicity and money. I'm not at all surprised it turned out like this.

                                    To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                      twd Banned @BuZz
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                                      @buzz but there showing retropie as a thum nail in the campaign...... There backers were either Nieve or stupid

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                                      • BuZzB
                                        BuZz administrators @twd
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                                        @twd unfortunately people believe what they read. It got lots of press. They didn't ever say they were using RetroPie. In fact I think they denied it.

                                        I hope people can get refunds and that the creators don't get to retire on all their illicit money.

                                        To help us help you - please make sure you read the sticky topics before posting - https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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                                          psyke83 Global Moderator @BuZz
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                                          @buzz said in RetroEngine Sigma (?) - Crowdfunding campaing.:

                                          @twd unfortunately people believe what they read. It got lots of press. They didn't ever say they were using RetroPie. In fact I think they denied it.

                                          I hope people can get refunds and that the creators don't get to retire on all their illicit money.

                                          You're right - they tried to deny it. Here: https://www.reddit.com/r/emulation/comments/5gtttn/whats_remulations_thoughts_on_the_retroengine/dbggwmm/

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                                            twd Banned
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                                            Bloody beatniks

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