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ti-boy: ti-84 calculator game boy emulator: math geek, meet retro gamer

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Got one of those Texas Instruments graphing calculators? This nifty little program forĀ  TI-83+SE, TI-84+, and TI-84+SE calculators lets you play Nintendo Game Boy games instead of doing your math problems.

Written by Brendan Fletcher (aka “calc84maniac”), TI-Boy SE is a Game Boy emulator that runs on TI’s Z-80 based graphing calculators thanks to similarities between the CPUs of the…

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June 30th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: hacks + mods retro technology video games

are you a debian nerd? then you can play nes on your palm pre, double literally

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Do you know what a chroot is? No? Then let’s file this under Cool Shit We Don’t Understand, because I have no freaking idea either: A bunch of cool nerds at Pre Dev Wiki (motto: “Let’s open this beast up”) have managed to coerce the newly released iPhone rival Palm Pre to run the popular NES emulator FCEUltra. They then decide…

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June 18th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: gadgets hacks + mods mobile tech retro technology video games

homebrew nes puzzle quest clone lines it up old school

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Puzzle Quest is almost universally recognized as an addictive phenomenon, the kind of game that sinks its claws into your face and doesn’t let go until your fingers start threatening to fall the hell off. But there’s really not much to the visuals, and that seems to be part of the motivation behind a recent homebrew takeoff… that was written for…

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June 12th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: just plain fun video games

space invaders explain their simple plan on your wall, courtesy of blik vinyl decals

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How do you think the Space Invaders figured out their marching orders? With this simple plan, of course!

Now you too can embellish your bedroom wall with a constant reminder of exactly how to increase speed, drop down and reverse direction – just in case you need to do that sort of thing for your job.

The guys at Blik…

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June 8th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design geek art + craft retro video games

futurama fans get invaders! possibly from space!

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Remember the classic episode of Futurama where Fry has to save the planet from “Invaders! Possibly from Space?” Pretty soon, you’ll be able to take down those aliens while listening to your own all-Rush mix tape while chugging a 2-liter bottle of Shasta too.

Retro game maker/Futurama fan Shinobi is putting the finishing touches on a playable homage to the hysterical scene…

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June 6th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun retro video games

art lebedev studios’ digitus pixelated address numbers are retro-bitmap-font-a-licious

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Here’s a great way to dress up your office or apartment with some 80s retro-geek style.

Designed by Daniil Dadiomov for Russia’s Art Lebedev Studio, these Digitus address numbers get their chunky, funky shapes from the classic bitmap computer fonts of days gone bye.

I’m pretty sure this was the same font that my old Atari 800 used when I…

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May 18th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: design retro

super mario fridge magnets: 8-bit kitchen fun

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Every once in a blue moon, you have to peel your ass off the sofa and take a break from your video game so you can get something to eat. But that doesn’t mean you have to stop playing when you get to the kitchen, does it?

With these fun Super Mario Bros. refrigerator magnets, you can turn your ice box…

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May 16th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft just plain fun retro video games

8-bit fm internet radio offers video game music 24×7x365 [chiptunes]

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Can’t get enough of the retro beeps and blips of old-school video games? Then today must be your lucky day. There’s a new online radio station that’s just for you.

8-Bit FM is a new Internet radio station that plays everything from classic video game soundtracks to modern day electronic music played on old gaming hardware. The format includes everything…

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May 4th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio retro technology video games

pxp-900 retro 8/16/32-bit handheld video game system looks an awful lot like a psp

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Does this handheld gaming system look familiar at all? When I first saw it, I had to do a double-take too.

While the PXP-900 steals more thant a few of it’s design cues from the Sony PSP, don’t expect it to play the latest PSP games – it only plays retro game ROMs. The system is the latest and greatest…

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April 29th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: media players mobile tech retro video games

space invaders times two: two-player games are twice as nice

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There’s only one thing better than blasting waves of alien dudes, and that’s doing it with a buddy. Even better than that? If, when the opportunity presents itself, you can also take potshots at said buddy. Everyone is an Invader, a Space Invaders variation, pits two players against both aliens and one another in a free-for-all of shooting madness.

One player…

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April 26th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

filed under: hacks + mods video games

fc mobile 2 the best portable nes gets a 1up

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It wasn’t all that long ago that the guys from Hyperkin released the FC Mobile, a portable gaming system that could play original cartridges from your old NES console. Now, they’re getting set to release an update to the system that makes it just that much more compelling.

The FC Mobile II improves upon the original FC Mobile by bundling…

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April 24th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: mobile tech retro video games

dingoo a320 handheld gaming system plays nes, snes, genesis, gba, neo-geo and capcom arcade games

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I’ve seen plenty of portable retro video game systems in my travels, but never one that attempts to cover as many bases as this one.

This Chinese import plays 8-bit, 16-bit and 32-bit titles from 7 different game platforms in one compact system. While it sports a less than thrilling name, the CVFH-N03-4G (aka the Dingoo A320) can play thousands…

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April 23rd, 2009 comments (4) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: audio media players mobile tech retro technology video video games

sinclair zx spectrum 8-bit micro computer gets modern makeover as linux pc

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A few months back, I reported on a guy who turned his old Sinclair ZX81 computer into a PC. When I wrote that post I was convinced that there would be no way that anyone could cram a modern PC into the even more minuscule Sinclair ZX Spectrum. But after Technabob reader Brian Smith read my original post, he set…

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April 12th, 2009 comments (9) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: computing hacks + mods retro technology

nes controller purse for 8-bit fashionistas

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Here’s a fun accessory for you retro gamer girls out there.

This old school NES controller purse was handcrafted by artist inhope. The bag was stitched together from pieces of handcut vinyl, and is a dead ringer for the iconic grey, black and red 8-bit controller.

Measuring in at 14-inches wide by 8-inches high, you might be able to cram…

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April 9th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

filed under: geek art + craft retro video games

play international karate on the go with the commodore 64 laptop

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It only took Ben Heckendorn a week and a half to make a Commodore 64 laptop that really looks like it was from 1982. What can you do in a week and a half? Me? I can finish Contra in a week and a half. Probably. Not.

Heckendorn said that he was already working on a portable Commodore 64 back in…

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April 7th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

filed under: computing hacks + mods just plain fun retro technology video games

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