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Electronics enthusiast Jason Hickner has built this fun clock that uses a game of Space Invaders to display the current time.
To make his Space Invaders clock, he took a funky old Sony portable TV, combined with a circuit that generates the video to create the game.
Can’t figure out how the time is displayed? Each extra life represents hours, while each alien on screen is a minute…
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July 16th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: retro | video games
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Wakka, wakka, wakka. Carry the sounds of your video gaming youth wherever you go with these retro sound keychains.
Namco Classics Sound Drops play actual sound samples from 80’s classics like Pac-Man, Dig Dug, Galaxian, and Xevious among others…
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July 8th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: video games
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Thanks to this new arcade controller for the Wii, fans of classic arcade games will be able to play them the way they were meant to be played.
Hori’s new Arcade Fighting Stick for the Nintendo Wii looks pretty nice, with a large 8-way digital stick and 8 gaming buttons…
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June 26th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: retro | video games
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The dedicated gaming fanatics over at Game Rave claim to have gotten their hands on what could be a rare piece of video game history.
This chunky device is purported to be a prototype for the original Sony PlayStation. As most gaming geeks will tell you, Sony and Nintendo were originally collaborating to create a CD-ROM add on for the Super Nintendo gaming system…
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June 7th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: retro | robotics
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If the beer-pouring robot I told you about earlier today isn’t really your cup of tea (no pun intended) maybe you’ll like this one.
Now you too can own a fully functional, life-sized replica of the original Lost in SpaceĀ Robot B9 from the famous 1960’s sci-fi TV show…
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June 6th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design | retro | video games
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This fun and funky candleholder by Mixko is inspired by a timeless classic, the Atari 2600 joystick.
Designers Alex Garnett and Nahoko Koyama are expected to show these at the upcoming ICFF contemporary furnishings show in New York later this week. Pricing and availability hasn’t been announced yet.
[via NOTCOT]
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May 14th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design | retro | video games
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A team of tech wizards working with Spark Fun Electronics has built together this awesome wall-sized Tetris game that’s uses colored LEDs to animate the game.
The game features a unique interface that controls the movement and rotation of the game pieces by pressing on square backlit LED buttons…
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May 12th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: retro | video games
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Fans of arcade games should definitely give this new arcade cabinet a look. Dream Arcades latest system is loaded to the gills with features, yet is very reasonably priced as home arcade systems go.
The $1799 Dreamcade 2.0 is a Windows-based arcade system with over 145 licensed games pre-loaded. Arcade games include titles from Atari, Midway, Namco, Digital Leisure and Capcom…
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May 8th, 2007
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