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video game belt buckles: keep your pants on, pal.

geek art & craft | retro | video games

Other than maybe one of those giant glitzy wresting belts, I can’t think of a more rockin’ thing to wear around your waist than one of these nifty retro video game belt buckles.

Handmade by artist Natalie Hutcheson (aka “HutchMe”), these metal buckles don imagery of famous icons of classic arcade games. While the Donkey Kong buckle is my personal favorite, Ms…

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September 5th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

bacteria gives life to mutant mini multi arcade system

hacks-mods | mobile tech | retro | video games

Bacteria Mini Multi Arcade System

I have a dream. And that dream is that one day a single portable gaming console can play all of my favorite arcade classics (on a decent sized screen). Thanks to a modder going by the name “Bacteria”, that day is today…

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September 3rd, 2008 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

cassette tape usb hub won’t play, pause or rewind

gadgets | just plain fun | retro

I can’t think of any better way to connect my mix tape USB flash drive to my computer than to plug it into this retro cassette tape USB hub.

The 4-port USB 2.0 hub may look exactly like an old school cassette tape, but I can pretty much assure you that you’ll wreck your tape player if you attempt to pop this thing in and listen to it…

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September 1st, 2008 2 comments stumble it! author: technabob

colecovision mini console hits ebay [casemod]

hacks-mods | retro | video games

Colecovision Mini Casemod

When it comes to retro game consoles, it seems like Nintendo and Atari get all of the attention. How about some love for the classic ColecoVision, the first console to bring arcade-quality graphics into your living room? This mini ColecoVision casemod is surely a good start…

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August 19th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

journey mp3 player: don’t stop believin’

media players | retro

Journey MP3 Player

1980s power-ballad mavens Journey and technology have a long-standing relationship. Back in 1983, they entered the geek psyche with the classic Journey arcade machine. Now they’re back in the electronics biz with their own MP3 player…

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July 24th, 2008 post a comment stumble it! author: technabob

midibox sid: c64 transformed into glowing midi synth

hacks-mods | retro

MidiboxSID C64 Synthesizer

The venerable Commodore 64 is well known among the electronic music community as a synthesizer modder’s dream machine thanks to its robust SID audio chipset. But most of the mods I’ve seen end up looking just like an old C64 and all the cool stuff is going on under the hood. So when I came across this mod, all those glowy knobs and buttons got me really excited…

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June 8th, 2008 8 comments stumble it! author: technabob

fc mobile game console plays original nes carts

mobile tech | retro | video games

FC Mobile Nintendo NES Portable

I’ve seen plenty of Nintendo NES clone systems in my travels, but this is the first time I’ve seen a mass-produced portable that can play the actual cartridges from the classic 8-bit gaming system.

The FC Mobile portable console plays original game carts from the NES wherever you go…

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April 27th, 2008 8 comments stumble it! author: technabob

megaman stained glass project: hallelujah.

geek art & craft | video games

Megaman Stained Glass by Gary in Cleveland

No matter what your religion you belong to, you’ll be a believer in the church of 8-bit platform gaming once you see this brilliant work of stained glass art, based on the classic Megaman gaming franchise.

Created by video game enthusiast / artist Gary in Cleveland, it was painstakingly assembled from numerous individually cut colored glass “pixels”…

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April 20th, 2008 1 comment stumble it! author: technabob

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