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Dream Arcades 100-Inch Home Gaming System

Dream Arcades 100 Inch Arcade

If you love classic arcade games and you have to have a big screen, you’ll love the new Dream Arcades 100-inch Home Video Arcade Center.

The system features a 100-inch diagonal screen and a 2000 lumen DLP front projector, running at 1024×768 (XGA) resolution. An Athlon 64 CPU powers the…

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November 27th, 2006 by: Technabob

“NES” Paul Electric Guitar Mod

NES Paul Guitar Mod

“Don’t Touch it, Don’t even look at it…”
Actually, I don’t seem to remember seeing this one in Nigel Tufnel’s guitar collection…

The NES Paul electric guitar case mod, is the mutant offspring of musician/gamer, Jason Cox (aka ‘XOC’,) who decided to meld two of his favorite passions into a…

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November 17th, 2006 by: Technabob

Classic Video Games in LEGO Form

Katamari Damacy in LEGOs

The guys over at Brick Flick have painstakingly built a series of LEGO vignettes based on classic video games.

The scenes include Mortal Kombat, Castlevania, Shadow of the Colossus, Contra, Excitebike and my personal Favorite, Katamari (Block)acy – shown above. There’s also an awesome animated featurette, Grand Theft Auto LEGO…

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November 12th, 2006 by: Technabob

Pinball Reincarnated in Digital Format

Global VR UltraPin Digital Pinball

At this week’s Pinball Expo in Chicago, a little company called Global VR showed off their UltraPin pinball machine which brings back the feel of old pinball machines, but updates the concept for the 21st century.
The UltraPin is a digital pinball machine where the play field has been replaced…

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November 3rd, 2006 by: Technabob

Wearewater? More Like Wearetheeighties.

UK alt band, WeAreWater might sound a bit like Radiohead, but their video looks like something more appropros of a band with a name like Atari Teenage Riot….

Their new music video for “Glass”, by Seven/Seven Productions is inspired by a number of classic eighties video games including

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October 28th, 2006 by: Technabob

Bad Case of Pac-Man Fever?This Might be the Cure.

ms. pac-man and ghost rings

Looking for the perfect gift for the video gamer who has everything? Check out these totally cool Ms. Pac-man and Ghost rings designed by Tiny Armour Jewelry.
Also available in the collection are a variety of other pac-man inspired jewels including neckaces and earrings. Prices range from $60 to $150…

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October 12th, 2006 by: Technabob

Classic Arcade Games on Your Desktop

Classic Mini Arcade Games

These little dektop toys feature bite-sized reproductions of a couple of classic arcade games.

Each machine features authentic arcade sound effects and a color LCD screen with a stylized remake of either Frogger or Space Invaders. These mini arcade games are available from FredFlare for $28 each.…

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October 10th, 2006 by: Technabob

Xbox 360 Arcade Joystick Available for Pre-Orders

MadCatz Xbox 360 Arcade Joystick

You can now pre-order the MadCatz ArcadeStick joystick for the Xbox 360 from Gamestop.
While not cheap at $59.99 USD, the controller looks like just what the doctor ordered for playing all the classic arcade games that are available for download on Xbox Live Arcade. The joystick is expected to…

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October 10th, 2006 by: Technabob

Classic Midway Arcade Games Playable Online

Midway Defender Classic Arcade Game

The folks over at Midway have been so kind as to convert a number of old arcade classics into Macromedia Shockwave versions. (I do wish they were in Flash, but they’re worth the extra download of the Shockwave Player)

The games are available for free play on Midway’s website and…

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September 26th, 2006 by: Technabob

Pac-Man Now Available on Xbox Live Marketplace

Pac-Man on Xbox 360

Classic arcade games are coming fast and furious on Xbox Live Marketplace, and this week’s release is Namco’s classic Pac-Man.

The Xbox 360… version features more than 250 levels, improved graphics, new music and sound effects. As is the norm these days, the game also supports leaderboards and

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August 9th, 2006 by: Technabob

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