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nintendo nes crammed in a sneaker

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Sneaker Pimps NES Shoe

The word of the week around here seems to be “pimp.” First, we had the new TokyoFlash Pimp watches, then we had the Atari 2600 pimped -out Buick. Now we have this NES console which was apparently seen backstage after a Sneaker Pimps’ concert.

Apparently, there’s a complete Nintendo Entertainment System stuffed inside of this Nike tennis shoe…

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October 13th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

q*bert qollects quarters quite quickly

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Q*Bert Qollects Quarters

I saw this poster over on eBay earlier today, and I thought it was really funny.

Designed as a promotional piece to encourage arcades to carry the classic game Q*Bert, somebody in the marketing department at Gottlieb got the bright idea to replace pretty much every letter they could with the letter “Q”. Isn’t that just Quazy?..

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September 15th, 2007 1 comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

low-tech tetris

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Tetris Tower 3D by Radica

We don’t need no stinking video game consoles to get our Tetris on around here. No-siree, we like to play it using real 3-dimensional blocks instead.

Tetris Tower 3D is the classic puzzle-piece video game brought to life. Little lights indicate which block you’re supposed to drop in next…

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September 7th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

pong arcade machine up for bid

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Original PONG Machine by SYZYGY for Atari

Here’s a rare find over on eBay. It’s an early PONG machine, circa 1973. The game was made by SYZYGY for Atari. The machine is in surprisingly good condition for an arcade game made nearly 35 years ago.

Sure, there are some nicks and dings on the cabinet, but that’s what’s gives it some charm…

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September 6th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

surface tension arcade table blends into modern decor

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Surface Tension Modern Arcade Coffee Table

If you’re looking for a slick coffee table, and foosball isn’t your thing, check out this cool piece of gaming furniture that’s loaded up with a really nice classic arcade system and actually looks really nice.

UK custom furniture maker Surface Tension handcrafts each one of these arcade gaming systems to order…

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August 29th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

ben heck’s nes atari portable console mashup

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Ben Heck’s NESTari Portable

The master of console mods, Benjamin Heckendorn (aka “Ben Heck”) is at it again. This time he’s created a portable that combines an NES system and a Atari 2600 console, and crammed them together into one compact package.

Like a Frankenstein’s monster, the NESTari portable can play cartridges from either Atari’s or Nintendo’s classic 8-bit systems…

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August 22nd, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

mame running on iphone

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iPhone MAME Emulator

It was bound to happen sooner or later. A developer going by the screen name Kaisersoze has successfully ported an initial build of MAME to run on Apple’s iPhone. The iPhone version is based on the SDL version of the emulator, which was originally designed to run on Ubuntu Linux…

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August 20th, 2007 post a comment stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

crystalcade: home arcade gets flashy

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CrystalCade Home Arcade

Sure, there are plenty of companies making arcade cabinets these days, but I’ve never seen one quite like this. The cabinet is translucent and gives you a light show while you get your game on…

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August 13th, 2007 2 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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