The indieGO Is an All-in-One Retro Game Console

If you've ever wanted a retro console that can play games from your childhood, then you should consider the Raspberry Pi-powered indieGO.

According to the project's Kickstarter page, the indieGO comes with a DVD drive, and you can place discs from the Amiga CD32, the Sony PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Sega CD, TurboGrafx, and more. In the case of the Amiga CD32 or the Sony PlayStation, you can simply put in the discs and play; for the other systems, you'll need additional ROMs as well. To get you started, the indieGO comes with shareware versions of Doom, Quake, Duke Nukem, and Whacky Wheels.

The indieGO promises to be silent and power efficient compared to other similar ARM-based consoles, and the creators say that the indieGO will also come with an app store to buy games. You will get one USB-gamepad with the indieGO, and there are two USB ports, so you can get a second controller as well.

The indieGO will also ship with Kodi (formerly XBMC) installed, so it can also be used as an entertainment centre. Here's a video explaining the project:

The indieGO has a EUR 7,500 goal (approximately Rs. 5.5 lakh), and at the time of writing, has crossed EUR 11,500 (approximately Rs. 8.3 lakh). The project will accept funding until February 14, and the systems are expected to be delivered by June 2016.

To get the indieGO, you will have to pledge EUR 149 (approximately Rs. 11,000), in which you will get the Raspberry Pi2 based system, with 16GB of storage, along with HDMI and power cables, and one controller. If you already own a Raspberry Pi, you could instead pledge EUR 25 (approximately Rs. 1,800) to get the digital download of the indieGO OS, which you can download and install on your own hardware, instead of buying the full indieGO hardware.

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In this weekly column, we look at crowdfunding sites like Indiegogo and Kickstarter, to try and find the coolest new projects from the world of crowdfunding. Not everything we find here is going to be the next Oculus Rift or Pebble Smartwatch, and of course, with any crowdfunded project there's the risk that it won't actually ship, even after being funded.

Still, if you can afford to set a little money aside, some of these projects can be really cool, and worth backing.

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