GCW-Zero: Open Source Gaming Handheld: Review, Funding & Stats
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source-gaming-handheldHyperstarter Score
29%
Need Improvement
Goal Status
Backers
1,680
Pledge Amount
$238,498.97
of $130,000
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Popular Sites
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 List of video game crowdfunding projects - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org|High Traffic Justin Barwick (2013-01-09). "GCW-Zero: Open Source Gaming Handheld" . Kickstarter |
 Where Are They Now? - Handheld Consoles - Album on Imgur imgur.com|High Traffic awesome!) where they raised $238,498 of the pledged $130,000 goal. http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source-gaming-handheld The project is open source, which means the possibilities are |
 GCW - Game Consoles Worldwide Introduces The GCW Zero Open Source Gaming Console Built by Gamers for Gamers Oct 7, 2018|www.prweb.com|High Traffic KickStarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source-gaming-handheld |
 People are still trying to put PC gaming in a handheld - The Verge www.theverge.com|High Traffic of the estimated April 2017 release date to backers. Plus, we’ve been down this road before , with plenty of companies promising to take PC gaming |
 Talk:Eighth generation of video game consoles/Archive 2 - Wikipedia Jul 4, 2020|en.m.wikipedia.org http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source-gaming-handheld |
General Sites
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 GCW Zero | Hardware Canucks hardwarecanucks.com GCW-Zero: Open Source Gaming Handheld by Justin Barwick ? Kickstarter |
 GCW-Zero: Open Source Gaming Handheld | Next Generation Emulation www.ngemu.com Zero handheld is being developed by the homebrew community. A Kickstarter Campaign has been started to gain traction for a larger production |
 Foolish Tech Show 01/06/2017 has been posted to our YouTube channel! – d7xTech.com (formerly Foolish IT) Sep 12, 2018|www.d7xtech.com |
 Ouya Pre-orders | Se7enSins Gaming Community Aug 8, 2020|www.se7ensins.com GCW Zero - http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source-gaming-handheld |
 GCW-Zero openMSX and Kickstarter | MSX Resource Center Apr 6, 2018|www.msx.org http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source... |
GCW-Zero: Open Source Gaming Handheld: Campaign Review & Analysis
Campaign Page Overview
Detailed breakdown and suggestions for improvement
Hyperstarter Score Breakdown
 4 | The title has a good length, but could more text be added?TITLE: 37 Add more characters to the title, perhaps add specific niche keywords? Look at adding more words by researching your closest competitors and use what they wrote for their headlines. |
 2 | The description length may be too shortDESCRIPTION: 60 Consider revising the description wording. A good description can help potential backers understand what the project is about quickly. |
 1 | There are no wordsWORD COUNT: 0 This campaign needs more text on the page. Think about what questions potential backers will have on their minds, answer them through imagery and detailed descriptive text. |
 5 | Not PresentLINK COUNT: 0 Having a small number of outbound links to other sites showing reports, company sites etc., can help build trust. |
 1 | Not presentNUMBER OF IMAGES: 0 Consider adding more such as more product images including people, a features list including text and icons, timeline, photos of the people involved in the project and/or images of where you have been mentioned. |
Suggested Improvements
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