History of video games/Platforms/Chameleon

__NOTOC__ History Development The Chameleon was a retro themed console themed after the Atari Jaguar that would have used cartridges and would have cost $300 at launch.Crowdfunded Game Console Is Made Out of Tape, Cardboard, and Fake Circuits https://www.vice.com/en/article/8q8gpx/crowdfunded-coleco-chameleon-game-console-is-a-mess www.vice.com 13 November 2020 en Despite featuring casing from a former Atari product, the console was briefly marketed under the Coleco brand, which had famously been a rival to Atari with their ColecoVision console about a decade before the Jaguar was launched. Thus despite heavy anachronisms, the console had serious retro theming. Initially conceived as the Retro VGS and later as the Coleco Chameleon, the project was launched on Indiegogo where it raised $81,158 out of a $1,950,000 goal.RETRO VGS https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/retro-vgs#/ Indiegogo 11 December 2020 en The Chameleon was supposed to be launched on Kickstarter, though the Kickstarter page launch was delayed due to the lack of a working prototype.Coleco Chameleon Kickstarter over before it even begins (update) https://www.engadget.com/2016-03-02-coleco-chameleon-vanishing-act.html Engadget 13 November 2020 en Unusually, the case of the console was decided on before the console electronics.Coleco Chameleon Book Kickstarter - Mike James Speaks Out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PL1RHKTRY40 YouTube 11 December 2020 A number of suspect photos and demonstrations in early 2016 caused the system to be mistrusted online, and Coleco pulled the right to use their name to the console makers.Frank Allegra Coleco severs ties with alleged 'duct-taped' console maker https://www.polygon.com/2016/3/8/11180670/coleco-chameleon-terminated-retrovgs-closed-down Polygon 13 November 2020 en 8 March 2016 Legacy Chameleon development stopped in April 2016. The system is mainly remembered as a high-profile example of one of many crowdfunding projects that never materialized.Failure To Launch: The 15 Biggest Kickstarter Fails https://www.thegamer.com/failure-to-launch-the-15-biggest-kickstarter-fails/ TheGamer 11 December 2020 22 May 2017 Technology thumb|A late run SNES motherboard, similar to that claimed to be in the Chameleon.Coleco Chameleon at New York Toy Fair – SNES Mini Under Glass? https://retrogamingmagazine.com/2016/02/22/coleco-chameleon-at-new-york-toy-fair-snes-mini-under-glass/ 21 April 2021 Retro Gaming Magazine 23 February 2016 The Chameleon went from being designed around an FPGA to being designed around an ARM processor. One demonstration unit appeared to be an New-Style Super NES inside an Atari Jaguar case.Purchese Robert Coleco Chameleon boss: "I am officially tabling the console venture for good" https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-04-05-coleco-chameleon-boss-i-am-officially-tabling-the-console-venture-for-good Eurogamer 13 November 2020 en 5 April 2016 External Resources Chameleon (video game console) YouTube - Demonstration at the 2016 New York Toy Fair. References 2 100%