It was only a matter of time. Hot on the heels of Nintendo’s back-to-back wildly successful resurrections of classic consoles, hordes of nostalgic gamers may now prepare for the revival of a home computer that kickstarted a generation’s lifelong obsession with revolutionary interactive entertainment. When we first ...
Did you grow up in the Halcyon days of arcade video game cabinets determined that you would one day hold a personal “Frogger” machine in the palm of your hand? If you did, then you either dreamed of one day growing up to be Optimus Prime and stuffing full-size coin-op attractions in your pocket, or you foresaw the ...
Mario, Mega Man, and Vault Boy have already lit up our imaginations for combined decades while blistering our thumbs. Pixel Pals simply make that illumination delightfully literal, in their own retro way. Peripheral designers PDP have promised that these introductory 8-bit stylized representations of three ...
Everyone loves playing miniature golf, it’s the challenge of trying to putt your way through a fun obstacle course, to sink a golf ball in the hole, that makes it addicting. Well, just imagine mixing miniature golf fun with the excitement of arcade action, similar to the arcade bowling game, then you can understand ...
What is the deal lately all the miniature nostalgic gaming cabinets and consoles? Hey, we have an even better question: who the crispity-crunchity hell cares? Between the Mini-NES and an actual competitive market for scaled-down working arcade cabinets, portable gaming has taken on whole new dimensions. Literally. ...
For the hardest of the hardcore "old-school" gamers, there's still nothing that lends a home such a classically cool atmosphere as the experience of a classic arcade cabinet. Thans to the Power-Up Arcade Light Switch, we can now give every room a childhood ambience so authentic, we can smell the chilli dogs and hear ...
What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word, “Hooters?” If you have never heard this name before, it’s alright. Hooters - an internationally successful restaurant and bar chain that owes a great deal of its fame to its main assets, the company’s… human resources. Without Hooters’ ...
To be clear, since we were admittedly a bit curious at first when reading the Tiny Arcade Kickstarter page, this is not "acclaimed historical documentary filmmaker" Ken Burns. We would have ascended to a whole new pantheon of respect for him if it had been, but this rose by any other name would smell as sweet and ...
Hey, let's get clear from the get-go, OK? Yes, this Arcade Belt Buckle is a bona fide honorarium to every quarter we pumped into STREET FIGHTER II: SUPER PREMIUM UNLEADED TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS EDITION at Chuck E. Cheese's, Barney's Bowl-A-Rama, and Freddy Fazbear's as a kid. Yes, it is made from genuine Wells ...
Jason Camberis is a mortal man with the game of gods - too pro for the meager arcade cabinets of pitiful mortal men. Truly, he is too "pro" for humanity's toys. Thus, the 44-year-old Chicago network engineer crafted one gaming system to rule over them all. So it came to pass that his 4.41-meter-tall, ...
Remember those carefree days of playing pinball at the arcade with your nerdy friends as you failed to beat that high-score? A new company is making it their goal to teleport you back to the past with your favorite pinball games in a new and refreshing way.Altar Furniture is setting a trend with their first collection ...
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