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Mega Star Wars Duels: A Long Time Ago and 8-Bits Away
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After his Super Bros collection, featuring all sorts of my favorite characters rendered with some pixel love, Ty Lettau is back with some Star Wars… love. This time around, he focuses on the battles between good and evil, Light Side and Dark Side, Jedi and Sith. |
February 12th, 2012
Mike’s Mega Man and Mario Mosaics Make Me Mappy
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No matter how many new video game franchises come along, it’s still some of the earliest console games which have the most popular gaming characters of all time. Take, for instance, Mario and Mega Man. Both released nearly 30 years ago (yikes, I feel really old), these iconic gaming characters… |
February 11th, 2012
QR Code Super Mario: Unscannable Plumber
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From time to time, you come across interesting images on the web, and sometimes, it’s not easy to figure out nthe story behind them. I spotted this QR Code Super Mario on this Spanish website, and which led me to find out it was created by one Mr. Kuwahara. Unfortunately,… |
January 26th, 2012
World’s Largest NES Controller Adds Co-Op Mode to Super Mario Bros.
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I’ve previously featured some pretty ridiculously large NES controllers here on the site, but this one is the new supersize champ, measuring approximately 30 times the size of an original NES gamepad.… |
January 21st, 2012
Legend of Zelda NES Mod a Real Team Effort: It’s Dangerous to Mod Alone
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While I’ve seen tons of NES casemods over the years, I have to say that it’s sometimes best to keep things simple and elegant, like with this Legend of Zelda… tribute NES done up by Ryan Fitzpatrick (aka “Platinumfungi,”) along with the help of pro console painter Jayrod2. |
January 19th, 2012
8-Bit Series Game Console Posters: As Seen From the Eyes of Grandpa NES
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Etsy seller Biscotto Cotto is currently offering a line of minimalist pixel art prints of video game systems. They’re done in 8-bit, which is kind of funny when you notice that the NES – perhaps the most famous console from that generation – isn’t included in the series. At least… |
January 9th, 2012
8-Bit Tie: Perfect if You’re Interviewing to Be a Video Game Character
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While it’s been around for a while, the pixelated 8-Bit Tie might still be cool to wear around if you’re a big fan of retro video games, especially if your office has a casual dress code.… |
December 31st, 2011
HandyNES: the Portable NES with the Not So Portable Gun
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Behold the latest NES mod, a portable NES from “LovableChevy”, the creator of such mods as the HandyDuo, Handy Gear, and Nintenduo. This one is called the HandyNES.… |
November 28th, 2011
PlayMore Handheld: Another Portable Emulates Retro Consoles
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There have been numerous handhelds out there which can play games from the old 8-bit and 16-bit era consoles. Personally, I have the Dingoo A-320, which handles the job nicely. But there’s a new player in town which looks like it could be good, and it’s also cheap.… |
November 27th, 2011
8-Bit Hair Bows: No More Bad Hair Days
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I sported a boy-cut until just before I became a teenager. That’s over a decade of bad hair cuts and hair that was so short that sometimes, strangers mistook me for a boy. I had always wanted to grow out my hair but my mom would insist that I keep… |
November 22nd, 2011
