I was told I'd be in the 2nd batch, then the 3rd batch and still waiting. I've just about given up.

​​​@@paulklasmann1218The next batch will be June 2024 so they say. Then i've waited 2,5 years for this project. But they also say it's improved with the latest revision R6 boards. 2 way joystick ports, 2032 battery, and super capacitor for the clock.

​@@bonno666I've finally received the invoice and paid it so hopefully it will be on its way to me. 😁

Looks like C64 tape, user port and video?

He says what it does just before 3 min into the video.

@@paulklasmann1218 2:39. Thanks!

Bad apple is on everything. Look up the history of it on KZfaq, and then go down the rabbit hole of games that inspired it. This is a fantastic port and it highlights the machine well. Love it. I think the mega65 team should seriously consider porting or writing one of these bullet hell games to include with each new purchase of machine.

Grundlegend: mit 3.5 MHz würde das nicht so flüssig sein. Grafik wird durchgehend von der SD Karte nachgeladen. Der Sound benutzt Audio DMA (Audio ist eine MEGA65 extension). Also nein, das läuft nicht auf einem original C65. Aber da läuft ja auch die original C65 Grafik Demo nicht drauf durch ;) Aber deswegen steht da ja auch MEGA65 und nicht C65 im Titel...

Here, afaik, two different techniques are used, the last of which is vector-drawing based, and the first one is similar to that one used in State of the Art.

​@@alextrusty2585 - There's no 'vector-drawing' here at all. It's totally different to what Spaceballs were doing.

Yes, sorry about that. A flaw in my setup is that I don't hear the music in my headphones to be able to gauge loudness. I need to sort that out.

hi, it takes a really long time to receive it, I received it about 4 months ago, I also made a review on my youtube channel. Understand that it's really hard to please everyone who wants one. If you paid for it, it will come.

New to kickstarters/specialist hardware? I've been there - waited 6 years for a Pandora... which would have been an awesome system 4 years earlier. Unless you've asked for your money back and not received it, you really shouldn't complain it's a scam - you should complain about the wait.

If it was a scam they would accept your money but the fact is that they are not asking money until the shipping date of the next batch is stated. Yes it is frustrating that FPGA chips are so hard to get for such small companies and this is creating a long waiting time but from the activity on the discord forum I wouldn't think that this is a scam. There are a few programs available for it and I don't think anyone would make huge efforts for writing software for a "scam" computer.

hi all, I can assure you it's not a scam, I've been waiting for it for a couple of years. I have followed the course of the project since its first news on the web, many years ago. I am a friend (albeit only virtual) of Carlo Patore, the best known Commodore 65 collector in Italy and thanks to him I got my Mega65, since at the time I didn't have any type of electronic payment available. But he had to give up his M65 because they didn't ship more than one to the same person. Luckily he has a developer version and a pre-series of the M65. So don't worry and don't get discouraged, the Mega65 will come. If you're curious, as I said above in the comments, I made a video where I review it. If you want to see a real user who received his M65, here I am.

@@3vi1J Every other kickstarter I've done, I've already got what I paid for. That's because they weren't scams. Mega65 is a scam, just because there's a bunch of shills paid in child porn to defend it changes nothing.

As a former Mechanical engineer, I can’t get comfortable with the board edge tools in PCB a layout software. For me, I find it easier to draw in a mechanical CAD package and DXF the outline into the PCB software. Again, this is my workflow and probably not for everyone!

@@jim_64s8-bitprojects5 Thanks for explaining. I was just curious. I use FreeCAD and have started to use KiCAD but not too proficient in it yet. I was using Eagle CAD several years ago.