When I decided to buy kiss I did it on the basis of what it is not what it might eventually be. That said there are simply problems that need fixing. Some of the dmd animations are not full screen but are set up for the old split screen.
the gene head works fine on mine never had to mess with it.

As for all the Lonnie bashing, iirc he is head of coding. I'd assume that he Hass less free time to code a game than Lyman. Lyman is good but takes an age anyway.

New code is always great, it's like having a new machine all over again.