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Sega Zippo Lighters: Hey Man, Your Console is on Fire!

Technabob — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:27:33 +0000

Now I’m not a smoker, but the fact that these Zippo cigarette lighters look like retro Sega consoles might be enough to get me to start. Actually, no. But they might be enough to convince be to buy a lighter that looks like a retro Sega console anyway.

They’re available in both a 16-bit (Mega Drive aka Genesis) and 32-bit (Saturn) versions. And while they will light your cigarettes, they won’t play any games – unless you manage to find a shrink ray and miniaturize your carts down to size. Of course if you had said ray, you’d probably just shrink your entire console collection and stick them all in your pocket. But then you’d be too big to press any of the buttons, and you’d have to shrink yourself. Lather, rinse, repeat until you and your consoles are at subatomic particle size.

But I digress. Want these awesome Sega lighters? You’ll have to save up ¥10,500 for each one (about $114 USD), get out your Japanese-to-English dictionary and head over to NetYou. While you’re doing that, I’ll be working on my shrink ray.

[via andriasang via joystiq]

Playstation, Xbox Faked in 8-Bits

Technabob — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:45:57 +0000

While these consoles from China may look slightly like their authentic counterparts, just one look under the hood, and you’ll see just how phony they really are.

China’s ShenZhen LinFeng Electronics has cranked out a series of console knock-offs, imitating the look of all three generations of the Sony Playstation, the original Microsoft Xbox and even the Sega Saturn. With wholesale prices around $3 bucks a piece, don’t expect these consoles to play anything resembling modern games. All of the systems supposedly play 8-bit games, but at best those are likely to be bootlegs of old NES games.

I know they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but in this case, it’s more like the sincerest case of intellectual property theft.

Rare Sega Saturn Sgx Arcade Box on Ebay

Technabob — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:59:21 +0000

This little known SEGA Saturn SGX system is for sale on eBay. The Saturn SGX was designed to run SEGA Saturn games in video arcades.

Made back in the late 90′s by a company called SunSeibu, The SGX is basically a modified SEGA Saturn mounted in a heavy-duty metal enclosure with a coin-op mechanism. It also has a special seven-CD changer for easy switching between multiple games.

The box has standard video and audio and controller ports so you can hook it up to any monitor and play. This particular SGX was never used, and comes in its original packaging and with all original accessories, including 2 controllers and a copy of Virtua Fighter 2. Bidding is already up to $710, which is about 70x what a used Saturn is selling for on eBay, so this one is just for the hardcore SEGA collectors out there.

[via TechEBlog]