Prototype 30 retro consoles machine (Retroengine Sigma)

• First the console doesn't play cartiridge games, period, it's all emulated. Now some may remember the Retron did this and someone retrieved the assembly code revealing they had used emulators that they had not developed, had no permission to use and lawsuits and drama followed. These guys seem to be using the oldest trick that I know of to get around this problem, they just simply fucking ship the console without emulators and then when it gets to your house you're free to install them and forget about it.
• The same reasoning applies to licencing of ROMs, these guys just bought the licence for 15 ROMs and the rest is up to the user to donload.
  
• I actually smell a landmine coming and I doubt they will be able to fix this one: The kickstarter promises compatibility with ALL USB gamepads. I call bollocks, if I know anything about gamepads and standards I know that they most likely enable gamepads with Xinput only and call it a day. That means that only gamepads with modern standards (i.e. no cheap gamepads, old gamepads/joysticks and no complex peripherals like driving wheels) will work.
• Due to the price the hardware will most likely be of dubious quality (Genesis 4 quality most likely) so I'm just gonna go ahead and place bets on whether or not the shit overheats when in "Computer mode". I don't see any way shape or form this thing can expell hot air and when dealing with computer hardware that's a no-no due to the heat emanated from the main processing unit.
• HD is most likely going to be scaling only and oh boy that shit doesn't fly well with the Playstation or other early 3D graphics games. If you've ever tried hooking a Dreamcast or a PS1 to an HD TV you probably know what I'm talking about. The only workaround that I can think of is to enable "window/picture mode" but I don't see that feature anywhere on the kickstarter campaign so it's most likely not going to be present.
  

However even after all this I think the project is.... doable? The only tyhing they need is a contract with a shady chinese manufacturing company and they're good to go really. All they are doing is packaging a cheaply built 32 bit computer and strapping a GUI that allows ease of installing emulators on it, sort of like the Open Pandora but with lower standards.