The Mastertronic Archives book - what happened to it?

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The Mastertronic Archives book - what happened to it?

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Does anyone know what the status of this crowdfunder is?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/15 ... c-archives

I mean, does this book actually exist anywhere (promised for about this time last year)? It's definitely the kind of thing I'd snap up in a shot. I have this odd desire to play every Mastertronic game ever, and there's about 918 different titles they've released.

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does the 918 include other platforms?
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Looks like an interesting book.

Judging by some of the comments on the kickstarter campaign page the author must be having some health issues preventing completion. I see people asking for refunds on it which is a shame, never good to see people lose faith. Problem is though you're financing the project by backing it, not guaranteeing an end product.
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Wall_Axe wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2017 12:11 am does the 918 include other platforms?
Almost certainly!
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Spud wrote: Sun Nov 26, 2017 10:55 am Looks like an interesting book.

Judging by some of the comments on the kickstarter campaign page the author must be having some health issues preventing completion. I see people asking for refunds on it which is a shame, never good to see people lose faith. Problem is though you're financing the project by backing it, not guaranteeing an end product.
I think he had a heart attack at one stage last year but seems to just keep being delayed, in the comments it talks about problems with his knees.... He had 3 books on the go and all of them have stopped. On one of the other projects a relative has died, another his heart, then different issues etc. I think in cases like this there's nothing wrong in people expecting refunds.
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