The famous “green bill” which wasn’t playable in-game but was really fun to poke around with. Over the holidays I was able to unearth an old copy of MAD Magazine: The Board Game. I remember the best moments: post-dinner game night with my family and lunch breaks at school. I’d lug this huge board game [...]
Rebirth of the Commodore 64 PC
Posted on April 6, 2011 Written by 10 Comments
Commodore has re-booted their 64 PC line, now packing more power than the first release in 1982. Keeping the same, now retro casing, but fully fitted with the most recent technology. Offering 5 price class, from a barebone case of $250 to a fully equipped case, containing amongst other a Blue Ray drive and 1 [...]
Retro Mobile Phones
Posted on December 28, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
Smartphones are now the norm for mobile phones. All brands sell smartphones, it’s more difficult to get a plain mobile phone then a smartphone. Nowadays if you want to buy a phone you have to consider a lot more things then seven years ago. The brand, operating system, touch screen, qwerty or both. Back then [...]
Asteroids: how to eat a retro video game
Posted on February 15, 2010 Written by Leave a Comment
I am not sure who has the most free time on their hands: Evil Mad Scientist for creating such incredible WTFs, or me for reading them. Probably EMS. The latest exciting DIY project from the labs is edible Asteroids. I’m sure it’s happened to you: been getting all nostalgic with some old video games, totally [...]
Pong: Retro video game meets latest browser technology
Posted on December 21, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
There have been plenty of implementations of Pong over the years, given how long this retro video game has been around and how popular this simple content still is. Playing Flash versions in a browser window is old hat, so how about using the browser windows themselves as the ball and bats? That’s what the [...]
Would you still buy a tape deck? Pioneer will sell you one
Posted on December 8, 2009 Written by 2 Comments
When was the last time you played a cassette tape? I mean, the compact consumer version, not some digital master tape. Chances are it was the early- to mid-90s. The best thing about the cassette tape for a long time was the fact that it was so easy to record your own audio onto it. [...]
Retro floppy disc notebook
Posted on July 29, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
Although I am big fan of the simplicity of Field Notes, and actually a plain boring notebook use, I love the concept of this retro floppy disc notebook. Maybe not as simple or practical to put in your pocket as Field Notes, this one’s got the looks. More than just the front, the back of [...]
Five second videos of old video games
Posted on July 10, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
GreyScaleGorilla recently set an interesting challenge: come up with a five-second video reminiscing about the good old days of video games. Great idea, quite a few submissions (check out the Vimeo channel). Here are my favorites: Pac Man romantic meal spoiled
Turn your old VHS tapes into a table lamp
Posted on May 11, 2009 Written by Leave a Comment
We’re well and truly past the end of the VHS era, but it’s possible you’ve still got a few of those bulky tapes lying around. One solution (after you’ve turned your video player into a toaster) is to create a table lamp or two.
Retro arcade gum
Posted on April 20, 2009 Written by 1 Comment
Topps, the company famous for their baseball cards, released in 1983 a series of awesome “Video Arcade Gum’. The boxes were shaped like video arcade games. If these were still available they would be on the shelves among the Pockies, Wispas and Pot Noodles in the indie coffeeshop I _also_ manage. Via Jason Liebig who [...]