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Green With Envy: An Amazing Home Arcade

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This basement arcade built by Redditor mertzlufft and their father has to be one of the most awesome games rooms we’ve ever seen! Give that dad a prize for ‘father of the year decade’ then feast your eyes on the photos of this amazing home arcade.

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Source: Redditor mertzlufft via Cheezburger

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer 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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Love Hultén: Fusing Modern And Traditional

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We’ve written about Swedish designer and craftsman, Love Hultén’s elegant retro arcade, the R-Kaid-R, before – but that’s only the beginning. Hultén creates stunning electronic devices by fusing modern technology with traditional artisan knowledge. Everything is produced, polished, and assembled in his one-man studio in Gothenburg, Sweden.

BATTLECADEConceptual arcade console for two players, inspired by classic board games like Battleship.
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Video source: Love Hultén on YouTube

PE358Pocket sized portable game system inspired by the Game Boy Advance SP console built around a Raspberry Pi A+.
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R-KAID-42R-Kaid-42 (Arcade for two) is a two-player arcade/MAME machine.
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Video source: Love Hultén on YouTube

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R-Kaid-Kurbits is a special hand painted edition of the R-Kaid-42 unit, inspired by traditional Swedish furniture painting techniques.
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R-KAID-REVELATIONTwo-player arcade/MAME machine with two wireless joypads and a wooden bluetooth keyboard/mouse.
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PIXELKABINETT 42Limited edition of 50, JAMMA board of your choice, or it can be customized to run a modern computer, emulating all your favorite games through MAME (buy the Pixelkabinett 42).
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700The 700 is a conceptual two-player arcade/MAME machine inspired by the Telechron Electrolarm 700 from 1929.
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R-KAID-44A hexagonal four-player arcade/MAME machine.
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YESTERDAY PIXELVISIONRetro enclosure for LCD/TV monitors of different sizes.
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Source: Love Hultén and Laughing Squid

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer 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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If Your Favourite Films Were 90’s Video Games…

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Israeli artist Gustavo Viselner re-imagines your favourite films as 90’s video games in this series of absolutely gorgeous pixel art images.

Aliens
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Star Wars
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Dogma
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The Princess Bride
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
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Avengers: Age of Ultron
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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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Inglourious Basterds
inglorious basterds

The NeverEnding Story
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Source: Gustavo Viselner on Behance via A.V. Club

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer 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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Witness These 8-Bit Mad Max: Fury Road Cars

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Witness these super-cool 8-bit animations of the vehicles from Mad Max: Fury Road – illustration by Evgeniy Yudin (Mazok Pixels) and animation by Misha Petrick. OMG, I want to drive these cars in a game!

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moto rats

Source: Behance via Laughing Squid

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer 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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The World’s Largest Arcade Machine

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No, these pictures have not been photoshopped, this is Jason Camberis from Chicago and his Guinness World Record winning arcade machine. This World’s largest arcade machine measures an amazing 4.41 m tall, 1.93 m wide and 1.06 m deep!

He made the giant machine to recreate the experience of playing video games as a child. Jason and his arcade machine appear in the Guinness World Records 2016 Gamer’s Edition. Check out the whole story in the video below.

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Video source: Guinness World Records on YouTube

Source: Guinness World Records via Geekologie

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer 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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Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This Chiptune Before

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What are the best things about the 1980s? The Smiths and retro videogames, of course! If you agree with me, it’s your lucky day – check out these awesome Smiths chiptune compilations from the ‘Just, Morrissey & The Smiths’ YouTube channel. I was looking for a chiptune, and then I found a chiptune, and heaven knows I’m happy now!


Video source: Just, Morrissey & The Smiths on YouTube

Volume I
1. This Charming Man (by Alan Paz)
2. There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (by Leeni)
3. William, It Was Really Nothing (by godlesswickedvanian)
4. Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now (by godlesswickedvanian)
5. Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (by artist unknown)


Video source: Just, Morrissey & The Smiths on YouTube

Volume II
1. The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (by godlesswickedvanian)
2. You’ve Got Everything Now (by artist unknown)
3. The Headmaster Ritual (by Lynit)
4. How Soon Is Now? (by SixSickSix)

Source: Laughing Squid

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer 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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Mario Myths With Mr. Miyamoto

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To celebrate Mario’s 30th anniversary and the release of Super Mario Maker, Shigeru Miyamoto indulges us with the answers to some important questions about Super Mario Bros. Take it away, Mr. Miyamoto!


Video source: Nintendo UK

Source: Laughing Squid

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer 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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Discover Pokémon in the Real World with Pokémon GO!

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featured imageA whole new Pokémon experience is coming in 2016: Pokémon GO! This novel augmented reality game will let you find, catch, trade, and battle Pokémon in the real world using your iPhone or Android device.

You will also be able to play with a ‘Pokémon GO Plus’, a small device that connects to your smartphone via Bluetooth and notifies you about game events via an LED and vibration (forget about your Apple Watch!).

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Pokémon GO is being developed by Niantic, Inc. who created the popular mobile augmented reality game Ingress.


Video source: The Official Pokémon Channel

Source: The Pokémon Company International

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer 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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Video: How 1980’s Video Game Graphics Worked

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featuredIn this fascinating video, The iBookGuy neatly explains how 1980’s computer and video game graphics worked – in particular the colour limitations (and  clever workarounds used) on older 1980’s computers and game consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Commodore 64.


Video source: The iBookGuy on YouTube

Source: The iBookGuy via Laughing Squid

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer 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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Iron Maiden – Speed Of Light

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IronMaiden_TitleIron Maiden has a new album ‘The Book Of Souls’ coming out this Friday (4 September 2015). Check out the awesome retrogaming-themed single ‘Speed of Light’ in which Eddie the Head travels through a nostalgic wormhole where he battles his way through iconic platform, run’n gun, fighter and first-person shooter video games.

After you are done watching the music video, have a crack at the Speed Of Light Game!


Video source: Iron Maiden on YouTube

Source: Iron Maiden via Laughing Squid

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msausretrogamerMs. ausretrogamer
Co-founder, editor and writer 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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