Gaming in the Obscure
A project in Basingstoke, UK by Jonn Blanchard000days
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I've spent the last few years collecting games consoles, during that time I found some obscure ones so I decided to write about them.
Backers: 297
Average Pledge Per Backer: £32
Funded: £9,357 of £4,000
Dates: Jun 29th -> Jul 29th (30 days)
Project By: Jonn Blanchard
Backers: 297
Average Pledge Per Backer: £32
Funded: £9,357 of £4,000
Dates: Jun 29th -> Jul 29th (30 days)
Project By: Jonn Blanchard
£9,357
current pledge level
Last Updated: July 29 @ 19:01 -0400 GMT
233%
of goal
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Latest News
Funded! 
July 29th - via: kickstarter.com
We're officially funded. Thank you all, everyone who funded and everyone who shared. You've made this happen. So, next steps. We have to wait to see how many people successfully pay. I'll send out the surveys to all the people with physical... (Read More)
Almost to the last day
July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Just 27 hours to go so let's do a quick update Still waiting for the printers to give me feedback on the proof, hopefully that'll happen early next week. I've received some packaging samples from the company i'm getting the book boxes from. I think... (Read More)
Last couple of days
July 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Down to the last few days now so time for an update. The editing is pretty much done now, just the Super Backers page to do (and we can't do that until the Kickstarter is completely finished). I've sent a proof bundle to the printers so they can... (Read More)
The Last Week
July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
One week of the Kickstarter left and after bouncing up and down around 200% funded we've moved past to 209%. The last few edits are are going between the Editor and the Designer, almost, almost done. The bookmarks have arrived, as per the poll I... (Read More)
200% Update
July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Just a quick update, so you know i'm still here. We have just about hit 200% pretty amazing. On the bookmark front the general consensus is to keep it a surprise, so I will. The editing is in the final phase, i've now stepped back to allow the Editor... (Read More)
Bookmarks
July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
I've been unwell today so I was unable to post an update when this happened, but we've shot past the first stretch goal of £7,500. This means that all physical reward backers will receive a bookmark with the book. In fact i've already ordered... (Read More)
Delivering
July 14th - via: kickstarter.com
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165% funded
July 13th - via: kickstarter.com
It seems to be going pretty well, right? This is the penultimate editing update, because it's almost done - just 3 consoles left to do and then whatever cleanups are needed. The design has basically kept level with the editing, so the making the... (Read More)
Quick update
July 11th - via: kickstarter.com
135% funded, which is amazing. It's a double edged sword of course, the more books I need to print, the cheaper the printing becomes but also the more time I need to send books out. Hopefully i've got everything planned well, all the tiers have... (Read More)
Editing update
July 9th - via: kickstarter.com
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The Day After
July 8th - via: kickstarter.com
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We did it
July 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Thank you all, we made it to the goal. We still have 22 days left but the book that I once thought was just going to have 25 copies made, most of them going to public libraries, is in fact going out to far more places than that. This wouldn't have... (Read More)
Three updates in one day
July 7th - via: kickstarter.com
I know, this is like the first couple of days when I was over-excited about everything, but it's a fairly necessary update. The campaign hit 90%, this pretty much guarantees it's going to finish well before the end date. A few people have been... (Read More)
The Final Stretch
July 7th - via: kickstarter.com
We've just blown past the £3,000 milestone, we can officially see the finish line in sight. I have so many people that need to be thanked over the course of this Kickstarter - and it hasn't even been running that long. Obviously the backers have... (Read More)
Campaign update
July 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Well I started this update saying we were 62% of the way to the goal, but before i'd finished this sentence we'd hit 64% after a rush of backers. I'm not sure who shared the campaign to cause that but thank you. So yes, we're at 64% with 22 days... (Read More)
Almost at 60%
July 6th - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday was a (relatively) quiet day in terms of new backers, but it has pushed us up to 57% which is a great achievement in a few days. We have plenty of time to make it to the goal but as always we don't have a huge marketing budget so we rely on... (Read More)
We're 50% funded
July 5th - via: kickstarter.com
In fact we're now 53% funded. This is fantastic, thank you to everyone who has backed us so far and also to everyone who has shared this Kickstarter. We now have 24 days to do it all again and get the rest of the funding, but this is a great... (Read More)
Campaign update #6
July 4th - via: kickstarter.com
Or 7 or 8, possibly 9. (shrugs). We've hit 58% at 53 backers (literally as I started writing this someone backed us). This is fantastic with 25 days remaining, we are so close to halfway. We got here because of some fantastic people sharing the... (Read More)
Mini update
July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We keep getting great feedback from the retro community and our backers. We've updated the main campaign page to include an image of one of the generation titles pages (the second generation to be exact) we've also added some information on the... (Read More)
Campaign update #5
July 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Or it might be 6 technically, but we'll stick with 5. Actually it's probably nearer 7. Anyway, we've hit 23% of our funding target. Thanks to everyone who has backed us. We've still got a long way to go but we've got 26 days to do it in so... (Read More)
New T-shirt option
July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We've hit 15% funded, thank you all for backing us. Based on feedback we've added a Gaming in the Obscure design alongside our existing Re-Enthused branding. (Read More)
Campaign Update #4
July 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
We've hit 11%! Thanks very much to everyone who has backed us and to everyone who has shared our campaign. Here's a render of one of the pages from the book, straight from our designer. Final Fight (Read More)
Slight change and images of the t-shirts
July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
I increased the number of lower tier books from 100 to 260, it means that I can almost make the target based on the cheapest option alone. I also realised that I hadn't put a picture up of the t-shirt that the top tier backers would get, so here it... (Read More)
Campaign update #3
July 1st - via: kickstarter.com
We're at 5%, not too bad with just a couple of days done. There's been a few questions about what's included in the book. It has 18 consoles in total, it doesn't include every vintage machine ever made. For instance, I made the decision to only... (Read More)
Campaign update
June 30th - via: kickstarter.com
We're at 7 backers, thank you. I've had some feedback too so, based on that, here's some extra information. Once the book design is complete we'll be sharing some of the images, having a campaign about a book, that's about images, and mostly having... (Read More)
We're live
June 29th - via: kickstarter.com
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