For those with space restrictions and a burning desire for an upright arcade machine, life has always been one of pain - until now that is. Homewares store Brookstone has added a miniature tabletop arcade machine to their lineup. The machine is adorned with Pac-Man graphics and includes Pac-Man, Ms. Pac-Man and Galaga. At the price of $1,995.00 it is rather limited, though surely someone will work out how to hack it.
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The folks from Ain’t it Cool News are putting together a reunion screening for the best videogame-based movie in history - The Wizard. Now I’m not exactly sure what prompted this apart from a profound appreciation of this seminal movie. Luke Edwards, (the Wizard himself), Fred Savage (!) and director Todd Holland will all be in attendance for the screenings and a Q&A. But sadly, powerglove-wielding Jackey “Lucas” Vinson, will not be at this event.
It’s on at the Alamo Drafthouse in Austin, Texas on December 7th (7pm and 9:45pm screenings). I would wager good money that this will sell out fast, so if you’re in Austin or ready to make the pilgrimage, get on the Alamo’s website on Monday 5th November at noon for tickets.
Clothing designer Torrel LLC has announced that they will be taking Nintendo themes and working them into an urban clothing line. The baggy apparel will be available in the Nintendo store in NYC on the 15th of November. Each item will have a limited run of 1000 units that range from hoodies to t-shirts to puffy jackets. Check after the jump for more designs.
Nintendo have done the unimaginable (mainly because we can’t believe it was still going on) and dropped support of the NES. After 24 years of service the little trooper is being laid to rest. This means that you’ll have to take extra good care of little Nessy now, as the big N won’t be helping you out when too much spittle gets blown into the cartridge port. On the upside, those with mint condition consoles just started getting a little bit richer. Nintendo have also let it be known that the SNES, Nintendo 64, Gameboy and Gameboy Pocket aren’t far from “going to live at a farm” either.
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There are some levels of style unobtainable by mere mortals, and pimping out a ‘79 Buick Riviera with an Atari 2600 may be one of them. Kevin, the maker of mod, kept it old school by installing an old knobbly 13” CTR set sporting a fabricated Riviera logo to play the 2600 on. Kevin rightfully says that his car is his “absolute pride and joy.” Check out all the pics after the jump.
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What happens when all the logical mods are done and when notoriety can no longer be achieved by some LEDs providing a nice glow effect? Well of course, you mod it into a shoe, which is exactly what someone has done with a NES and a Nike sneaker. The picture of the little beauty was allegedly taken in New York City at the end of the Sneaker Pimps’ nationwide tour.
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Its over 5 meters long, contains over 5,000 videogame characters, and is still a work in progress. 20-year-old Swedish twins Mange and Viggo, aka Team Lando, started this insane piece of fan art back in 1999 and intend to keep it going, adding characters outside of the Nintendo domain too. They’ve only got 25 more meters to go. Check out their gallery at DeviantArt for more brilliant pencil art and some sweet custom case designs too.
GameTap has added the classic Dreamcast game Typing Of The Dead to their lineup. For the uninitiated, the game operates like other House of the Dead games, except instead of shooting you type the phrase that appears in front of the zombie - hopefully teaching you to touch type along the way. The game has garnered much praise since it was released so now is your chance to find out what all the fuss is about. One thing is for sure - it kicks the crap out of Mavis Beacon.
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At least seven new PSP games are in development to be sold via the online PlayStation Store. A source has revealed that the games in development are three action games, two music-based games, one racing title and a shooting game. Sony also plans on releasing 13 classic PSone games on the store.
Though the store is currently only available for PS3 owners, it is due to launch later next year for the PSP, and this winter for PC users. Sony plans to offer PSP users original games, classic PSone titles, demos, additional content for released games and TV content such as trailers, behind-the-scenes clips and interviews. Content for PSPs will be available via wireless or through a PC via USB.
Downloaded games are predicted to be between half and a third of the size of disc based games and offer between two to ten hours of gameplay.
