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Piepacker PieReader Cartridge Reader Abandoned

2022-12-21
By: Christian Cawley
On: December 21, 2022
In: Retro games news

In 2021 we brought you news of the Piepacker PieReader, a cartridge reader that was intended to allow easy archiving of retro gaming carts. Sadly, following Piepacker’s rebrand as Jam.gg (me neither), the PieReader has been abandoned. Launched as a Kickstarter in April 2021 as part of the Piepacker project,Read More →

Piepacker Retro Games Multiplayer System Kickstarter Ends Friday!

2021-05-19
By: Christian Cawley
On: May 19, 2021
In: Retro Consoles, Retro games news

You’ll probably agree that Piepacker looks amazing. But you have less than two days to back it on Kickstarter! At the time of writing, 1071 backers have pledged £132,867 of the pledged of £52,856 goal. Piepacker’s success seems increasingly likely, but if you don’t back it, you won’t see theRead More →

Piepacker Kickstarter Campaign Launches

2021-04-29
By: Christian Cawley
On: April 29, 2021
In: Retro games news

We mentioned the Piepacker project a few weeks ago and just this week the project’s Kickstarter campaign has launched. At the time of writing there are 22 days still to go – and backers have already pledged £97,338 of the project’s £53,783 goal. Piepacker aims to be a multiplayer retroRead More →

Can Piepacker Give Your Retro Games Online Multiplayer and Video Chat?

2021-04-04
By: Christian Cawley
On: April 4, 2021
In: Retro games news

Dreaming of a way to play your favourite retro games with friends and family around the world online? We all know old systems never supported network play through the internet, but things could be about to change with Piepacker beta. It’s a browser-based online gaming platform based around retro games,Read More →

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