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Insert Coin To Play: Geeky Coins And Tokens

May 15, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

coinslot2Image source: CSA

We all love having a pocket full of coins and tokens to feed our arcade addiction, but you may be reluctant to part with these treasures.

Club Nintendo Commemorative Coins:
The Year Of Luigi & Super Mario Bros. 25th Anniversary
luigi mario brosImage source: Nintendo Life & Nintendo Life Forums

Nintendo Power 100th Issue Commemorative Coins
NP100Image source: Ripten

1982 World’s Fair Arcade Tokens
1982 WF tokensImage source: Video Games Memorabilia Museum (Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Ms Pac-Man)

SegaWorld Sydney Token
SegaWorld tokenImage source: Video Games Memorabilia Museum

Time-Out Arcade Tokens
timeoutImage source: Dork Dimension

Chuck E. Cheese Arcade Tokens
chuckecheeseImage source: Dork Dimension

Assorted Arcade Tokens
tokensImage source: Classic Plastic

gametokensImage source: Boing Boing

Pikachu Coin For The Polynesian Nation Of Niue
pikachu coinImage source: Numista

Doctor Who Coins By The Perth Mint Australiathe doctors

monsters TARDIS

Batman & Superman Coins
batman and supermanImage source: Royal Canadian Mint & Royal Canadian Mint

Star Trek Coins For Island Of Tuvalu
star-trek-coinsImage source: The Perth Mint via Geekologie

Star Wars Coins For The Polynesian Nation Of Niue
star wars coinsImage source: New Zealand Mint via Geekologie

World Of Warcraft Coinswow coinsImage source: Amazon (Alliance & Horde)

Coin Paintings by Andre Levy
painted coins - combinedImage source: Tales You Lose via Toxel

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Andre Levy, arcade tokens, commemorative coins, Doctor Who, Donkey Kong, nintendo, Nintendo Coins, Pac-Man, Segaworld, Star Trek, Star Wars, World of Warcraft

Press Play On Tape: Amiga vs Atari ST

May 14, 2015 By ausretrogamer

PPOT_ep2_headerBefore the 16-bit Sega and Nintendo console war era, there was the 16-bit computing war in the late 80s between Commodore’s Amiga and Atari’s ST. The war between these two titans was being waged in schoolyards across the world – you were either a diehard Amiga fan or an ST whiz kid.

In episode two of PRESS PLAY ON TAPE, hosts Daz & yours truly, Alex Boz, together with special guest, Matt Cawley, go toe to toe on which computer was best. It’s Amiga vs ST – a battle for the ages! As nostalgic 16-bit blows are traded, we even find time to reflect on the once mighty publisher, Epyx. As Professor Elvin Atombender famously said, “Stay awhile, staaaay FOREVER!”.

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If you like PRESS PLAY ON TAPE on Facebook, you will enter the wonderful world of 8 and 16-bit computing awesomeness – with plenty of discussions and lots of photos to tingle your nostalgic senses! You can listen and subscribe to the PRESS PLAY ON TAPE podcast on Podbean or iTunes.

 

Filed Under: Podcasts Tagged With: 16-bit, Amiga, Atari ST, podcast, press play on tape, Retro Gamer, retrogaming

Nolan Bushnell: Welcome to Your World, Your Way

May 13, 2015 By ausretrogamer

Nolan_Bushnell_at_FW_TITLELast night we had the unexpected pleasure of spotting Nolan Bushnell on the telly. No, we weren’t watching ‘Atari: Game Over‘, it was a new ad campaign for ANZ Bank – ‘Welcome to Your World, Your Way’.

The campaign – which aims to inspire people to shape their own world, and their own future – features a raft of ‘Worldshapers’ or ‘inspiring individuals with drive, commitment and imagination in transforming the world around them’.

Nolan Bushnell is undeniably a Worldshaper! As ANZ describe:

‘Back in 1972, few could have imagined a game console in the home. But Nolan did, and the world took note… The world has changed a lot since 1972. And Nolan has played a big part in changing it.’

The Atari co-founder is filmed playing old school arcade machines at Forgotten Worlds, an awesome barcade in Collingwood, Victoria. Ah, if only we knew Nolan was there, we would have challenged him to a game of Asteroids!


Source: ANZ Australia on YouTube

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: ANZ Bank, Atari, Forgotten Worlds, Nolan Bushnell, retrogaming, TV advert, video, Welcome to Your World Your Way

C64 SEUCK Competition 2015

May 12, 2015 By ausretrogamer

SEUCK_Comp_2015_headerThe voting has opened for the 2015 C64 S.E.U.C.K. Competition! The coders that slaved over their creations for your gaming pleasure, now need you to cast your vote. You have some very important decisions to make! Who deserves your vote?

Once again, this year is full of great SEUCK (Shoot’Em Up Construction Kit) game creations, from Ant Stiller’s awesome Abyssonaut, to Alf Yngve’s GigaBlast, the decision to pick the best is going to be extremely difficult. If you haven’t already, please download each contender’s game to experience them for yourself and then cast your all important vote. Have fun, and as usual, your vote counts, so hop to it!

SEUCK_Comp_Contenderssource: TND – The New Dimension 64

Filed Under: Announcements Tagged With: C64, C64 SEUCK Comp 2015, Commodore 64, Competition, SEUCK, shoot'em up

‘GAMEBOY’ Tells The Story Of Austrian Game-Expert Andranik Ghalustians

May 9, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

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The short-documentary ‘GAMEBOY’ by filmmaker Carlo Hofmann tells the story of Austrian game-expert Andranik Ghalustians and his amazing (and well used) video game collection – he estimates he has somewhere between 40,000 and 50,000 games!

Source: Carlo Hofmann on Vimeo via Laughing Squid

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Andranik Ghalustians, Carlo Hofmann, Collector, Documentary, video game collection, video game collector

Retrogaming DIY With Adafruit Kits And Projects

May 9, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

NYC-based Adafruit Industries, founded in 2005 by MIT engineer Limor ‘Ladyada’ Fried, is ‘one of the largest collections of open­ source hardware, educational electronics and tools for the hobbyist and engineer‘. While the Adafruit Learning System is an awesome free online resource with heaps of tutorials for learning about electronics.

Feast your eyes on the best of the Adafruit retrogaming-themed DIY kits and projects.

MONOCHRON Open Source Retro Clock Kit

monochron 3

Video source: Adafruit Industries on Vimeo

Xronos Clock Kit V2.1

Xronos

The Raspberry Pi-Powered Cupcade Kit

cupcade 2

Video source: Adafruit Industries on YouTube

The Uzebox: A Fully Open Source, DIY 8-bit Game Console

uzebox 3

PiGRRL – Raspberry Pi Game Boy

PiGrrl


Video source: Adafruit Industries on YouTube

LedGames – A Two-Player ‘Cocktail’ Style Game, With A 64×64 LED Display

LED Game

DIY Pocket LED Gamer – Tiny Tetris!

tetris

Retro Gaming With Raspberry Pi

Retro Gaming with Raspberry Pi


Video source: Adafruit Industries on YouTube

Source: Adafruit Industries

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

Follow Ms. ausretrogamer on Twitter

 

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Adafruit, Adafruit Industries, Adafruit kits, Adafruit Learning System, Adafruit tutorials, Arcade, Clocks, Cupcade, cupcade micro arcade cabinet, diy, Electronics, Game Boy, Ladyada, Limor Fried, Raspberry Pi

2015 World Video Game Hall of Fame Finalists

May 8, 2015 By ausretrogamer

HallOfFame-TITLEJust in case you have been hiding in a cave for the last week or two, we thought we would take this opportunity to bring you up to speed on the 15 electronic games finalists to be inducted into The Strong’s World Video Game Hall of Fame. The inductees will be formally recognised in a ceremony at The Strong museum in downtown Rochester, New York, on June 4.

Which games made the cut? Surely there wouldn’t be too many surprises when you scan the below list of inaugural inductees. We reckon there should have been some Yu Suzuki arcade classics in the hall of fame, but we are sure they will make the next induction. So, which other iconic game(s) do you think should have made this initial World Video Game Hall of Fame list?

Oregon Trail (1971)
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Pong (1972)
HallofFame_Pong

Space Invaders (1978)
HallofFame_SpaceInvaders

Pac-Man (1980)
HallofFame_Pac-Man

Tetris (1984)
HallofFame_tetris

Super Mario Bros. (1985)
HallofFame_SuperMario

The Legend Of Zelda (1986)
HallofFame_zelda

Sonic The Hedgehog (1991)
HallofFame_Sonic

Doom (1993)
HallofFame_doom

FIFA Soccer (1993)
HallofFame_FIFA

Pokémon (1996)
HallofFame_pokemon

The Sims (2000)
HallofFame_Sims

World Of Warcraft (2004)
HallOfFame_wow

Angry Birds (2009)
HallofFame_angry_birds

Minecraft (2009)
HallofFame_minecraft

source: The Strong – National Museum Of Play

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Doom, pong, Retro Gaming, Space Invaders, super mario, tetris, The Strong, video game hall of fame, Video Games

Cute LEGO Arcade Stop Motion Videos

May 7, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

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We love Michael Hickox’s simple, but oh-so-cute LEGO arcade stop motion videos!

‘LEGO Donkey Kong’

Video source: Michael Hickox on YouTube

‘LEGO Arcade’

Video source: Michael Hickox on YouTube

‘LEGO Arcade 2’

Video source: Michael Hickox on YouTube

Source: Michael Hickox on YouTube

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Arcade, Donkey Kong, Galaga, Lego, Michael Hickox, Pac-Mac, pong, Stop Motion

The Amazing Homemade Pong Watch

May 5, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

pong-watch

This amazing Pong watch is truly homemade. The creator, John Maushammer, even made the casing and fabricated the board – watch the video to see the project in progress.

Maushammer says: ‘I succeeded in compressing all the electronics for this watch in to a 10mm-thick case. The 96×64 OLED display runs continuously – unlike older LED watches, there is no need to press a button to see the time. Battery life is 25 hours, so recharging is done every night.‘


Video source: maushammer on YouTube

And to top it off – Maushammer has made a second version which plays Asteroids controlled with a tilt sensor: ‘Usually, the computer plays automatically & it keeps time. But, it also has a tilt-sensor so you can aim the ship by moving your wrist around.’

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Video source: maushammer on YouTube

Before you ask, sadly it doesn’t look like either of these watches are available to buy – but we can hope. It’s lucky there are plenty of other retrogaming watches to keep us occupied in the meantime!

watches 2Image source: Pinterest

Watch_GnW_row_ausretrogamer-1024x304Image source: ausretrogamer

RetroWatchImage source: ausretrogamer

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Source: maushammer on YouTube via Geekologie and Gizmodo

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Editor and Researcher at ausretrogamer – The Australian Retro Gamer E-Zine. Lover of science fiction, fashion, books, movies and TV. Player of games, old and new.

Follow Ms. ausretrogamer on Twitter

 

 

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Arcade, Asteroids, Clock, Clocks, diy, Engineering, Homemade, Maushammer, pong, Watch, Watches

Top 5 Games Charts: March 1998

May 3, 2015 By ausretrogamer

top5gamescharts_title_march98While some of us were bopping to the Spice Girls‘ “Who Do You Think You Are” and No Doubt’s “Don’t Speak”, others were busying themselves playing some absolute classic games on their console of choice.

1998 saw many top quality games, and judging by the top 5 games for each system, you would have been hard pressed not to have found a game you liked to play. The Playstation hit its straps with brilliant titles featuring Lara Croft (Tomb Raider 2) and that ultra cool marsupial, Crash Bandicoot, getting a second outing.

The timing was also right with the release of a football game coinciding with the FIFA World Cup taking place in France that year, while Sega wasn’t going to be outdone by an official license with their release, Sega Worldwide Soccer 98 for the Saturn.

What were your favourite games in March 1998?

PSX_150x150 1) Tomb Raider 2 (Eidos)
2) FIFA 98: The Road To The World Cup (Electronic Arts)
3) TOCA Touring Car (Codemasters)
4) Crash Bandicoot 2 (Sony)
5) Cool Boarders 2 (Sony)

 

1) Sonic R (Sega)
2) Sega Worldwide Soccer 98 (Sega)
3) Resident Evil (Capcom)
4) TOCA Touring Car (Codemasters)
5) Sonic Jam (Sega)

 

PC_150x150 1) FIFA 98: The Road To The World Cup (Electronic Arts)
2) Diddy Kong Racing (Nintendo)
3) Goldeneye 007 (Nintendo)
4) Super Mario 64 (Nintendo)
5) Lylat Wars (Nintendo)

 

 

Filed Under: History Tagged With: March 1998, Nintendo 64, Playstation, retrogaming, Saturn, top 5 charts, top 5 games chart

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