ZX Spectrum Vega+

The ZX Spectrum Vega+ is a short-lived crowdfunded handheld console, designed to be the successor to the original ZX Spectrum Vega.

The crowdfunding campaign had a lot of trouble going through, with suspensions by Indiegogo, and many false claims/excuses about the production of the console. Therefore, the console suffered from a very poor launch, only shipping a total of 215 units and eventually had the rights yanked away from the developer Sinclair.

Why It Flopped

 * 1) False advertising: It claimed to have 1,000 games, but comes with only 14 games. This was because, by the time the system was released, they had lost the rights to most of them.
 * 2) The games aren't even mapped correctly, and some games don't even work.
 * 3) Many, many things do not work, the TV port does not work, and neither does the SD card slot.
 * 4) The back of the handheld console has sharp edges. In fact, the edges are so sharp, that Larry Bundy Jr even showed that the back was capable of cutting paper.
 * 5) It didn't even come with a charging cable. People had to use their own or buy one separately.
 * 6) The company treated their backers poorly:
 * 7) *Due to the company's mismanagement, they forced their backers to register themselves as creditors and dragged the production line on and on.
 * 8) *A lawsuit was even brought up to the company by one of the backers, which unsurprisingly won in favor of the backers.