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Arcade cabinets are just cool–there’s no way around that. However, when they’re built completely from the ground up, in a whole nifty steampunk motif, complete with a little touch of Frankenstein? Then they even make that ol’ Pac-Gentleman look… okay, that’s still pretty incredible, too.
It plays games! It plays music! It’s equipped with Edison…
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September 29th, 2009
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author: alisha k.
filed under: geek art + craft hacks + mods strange + wonderful technology video games
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Got an old Apple iMac lying around? Here’s a great way to put your computing dinosaur to good use.
Mac modder Napes took an original bondi blue iMac, built it into a custom cocktail-format arcade cabinet, and transformed it into a full-fledged arcade gaming system. Thanks to the scan lines on the iMac’s bubbly 15″…
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October 8th, 2008
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author: technabob
filed under: computing hacks + mods video games
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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. Each table is…
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August 29th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: design video games
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If you ask die-hard gaming enthusiasts what portable console they think is best, you might think they’d all say the Nintendo DS or Sony PSP. But there’s a little portable that has a huge underground following because of its ability to run homebrew games and emulators. Known best for its ability to play classic video…
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August 26th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: media players mobile tech video games
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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.
For those of you living…
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August 20th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: hacks + mods retro video games
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I recently had the opportunity to sit down with the X-Arcade Tankstick home arcade controller and put it through its paces. It’s definitely worth a look for you die-hard arcade gamers out there.
Let me start off by saying that the Tankstick is a one mammoth controller. It’s meant for serious arcade game fiends, and…
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May 25th, 2007
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author: technabob
filed under: retro video games
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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 arcade emulator PC. A full…
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November 27th, 2006
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author: technabob
filed under: home entertainment video games