This: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/698159145/atari-2600-star-castle/posts . Basically, he got enough money where it was worth his time to create a PAL version. It's not necessarily a hard thing to do, but again, without the extra money, he wouldn't have had the incentive. We've seen this time and again with these kickstarters, where the original requesters have a certain vision, but as more money than they hoped was pumped into the project and they got additional feedback, they went (and were able to go) above and beyond their original visions. The Pebble e-watch added waterproofing. Wasteland 2 added more dev support and platforms. Etc. Perhaps THAT'S the real power of kickstarter, to make the best product absolutely possible. If any of these projects went with traditional funding, they would surely have been less than what they now are. Even if this Kickstarter thing is a fad - and it may very well be - for now it's a very powerful creative model and something of an idealized fusion of past creative models, which have included rich benefactors and traditional funding...
This: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/698159145/atari-2600-star-castle/posts . Basically, he got enough money where it was worth his time to create a PAL version. It's not necessarily a hard thing to do, but again, without the extra money, he wouldn't have had the incentive. We've seen this time and again with these kickstarters, where the original requesters have a certain vision, but as more money than they hoped was pumped into the project and they got additional feedback, they went (and were able to go) above and beyond their original visions. The Pebble e-watch added waterproofing. Wasteland 2 added more dev support and platforms. Etc. Perhaps THAT'S the real power of kickstarter, to make the best product absolutely possible. If any of these projects went with traditional funding, they would surely have been less than what they now are. Even if this Kickstarter thing is a fad - and it may very well be - for now it's a very powerful creative model and something of an idealized fusion of past creative models, which have included rich benefactors and traditional funding...