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Mario The Hedgehog

August 5, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

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Oh man, poor Mario – he does not have a good time when he finds himself in Sonic’s Green Hill Zone! This video is exactly what the Doctor, Ivo “Eggman” Robotnik, ordered!

Source: Dorkly 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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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Dorkly, Sonic The Hedgehog, Super Mario Bros, video

“PIXELS” Playing Cards For Video Game Enthusiasts

July 17, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

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headerPixels are epic 8-bit playing cards for all video game enthusiasts out there! The engaging and colorful art includes unique and original characters that could easily star in their own video game.

With a Kickstarter campaign currently in progress for Pixels, Alex Padilla Jr is aiming to reach the goal of $5,000 to bring us these awesome playing cards. With a few weeks to go on this campaign, let’s pledge and get these beautiful retro gaming inspired cards funded!

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Video source: Alex Padilla on YouTube

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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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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 8-bit, Art, Kickstarter, Pixels, Playing Cards, retrogaming

David Dineen-Porter’s Retro Video Arcade

July 13, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

featured‘Retro Video Arcade’ is a series from Canadian comedian, writer and director David Dineen-Porter that explores retro video games you probably don’t remember… because they actually never existed!

Nathan Fielder stops by David Dineen-Porter’s Retro Video Arcade to discuss ‘Hot Sister’

Video source: Buh on YouTube

David Dineen-Porter’ s Retro Video Arcade ft. Reggie Watts: ‘Grandma’s Bath’

Video source: Buh on YouTube

Source: Buh on YouTube

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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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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Comedy, David Dineen-Porter, Grandma's Bath, Hot Sister, Nathan Fielder, Reggie Watts, Retro Video Arcade, youtube

Little Lands: Gardens For Geeks

July 9, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

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At Oz Comic-Con we came across Rachael and her Melbourne-based terrarium concept store Little Lands. Little Lands makes adorable miniature gardens in jars (or encapsulated eco-systems) – no two alike. The terrariums on display came in all shapes and sizes and featured every pop culture character you could imagine – The Ice King, Stormtroopers, Daleks, the TARDIS, Avengers, Pikachu, Donkey Kong, Link, and (of course) Mario!

Best of all, we learned terrariums thrive on neglect and minimal care is required. That sounds perfect to us.

Visit Little Lands on Website, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, or stop by the conservatory store at 45 Main Road, Monbulk in The Dandenong Ranges, Victoria, Australia (Monday to Saturday 10am to 5pm, Sundays 11am to 4pm, Public Holidays 11am to 4pm).

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(conservatory store images from the Little Lands Lookbook)
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The gorgeous geeky little lands on display at Oz Comic-Com
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Rachael and the Little Lands team working hard at Oz Comic-Con
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… And we brought home our own Super Mario Little Land!
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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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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Little Lands, Oz Comic Con, Plants, Terrariums

All Aboard, Next Stop: Retroville

July 5, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

Stockholm’s Thorildsplan Tunnelbana (or ‘Tunnel Rail’) station is a thing of 8-bit beauty. The station is covered in mosaic pixel art by Swedish artist Lars Arrhenius featuring Mario Bros and Pac-Man, among others.  If you’re ever in Sweden, be sure to stop by Thorildsplan a.k.a. ‘Retroville’!

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Video source: MadCraft on YouTube

Source: Digital Versus 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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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 8-bit, 8-bit art, Lars Arrhenius, Mosaic, Pac-Man, Pixel Art, Super Mario Bros, Sweden, Thorildsplan, Thorildsplan Tunnelbana, train station

Metroid Bar Top Arcade Machine

July 1, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

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John Keeler has built a Metroid bar top arcade machine, have a close up look at the awesome unit in the video below.

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Source: John Keeler on YouTube 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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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Arcade, bar top arcade, Metroid

Dreamy Custom Pinball Tables

June 26, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

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After the Australian 2015 Timezone Supanova Pinball Championship Victorian State Final and Cramer’s Pinball Tournament, we have gone a bit pinball mad! Although we love the traditional tables, we are in awe of these amazing custom machines.

They call this table ‘The Goonies’

Mike Johnson from Orlando, FL has built a beautiful custom The Goonies pinball table for the film’s 30th anniversary (yes, 30th anniversary!). It’s really hard to believe no one has made one before.

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Video source: Cinereelists on YouTube
Source: Kotaku UK

Order that pinball table a red cap and a speedo

Wes Anderson has designed a new cafe in Milan, called Bar Luce and it’s gorgeous (no surprise!). Most beautiful of all are the custom pinball machines based on The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and short film Castello Cavalcanti.

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The pinball machine that really ties the room together, or ‘f**k it, let’s play pinball’

The Big Lebowski custom pinball table is not only fantastic (it will feature original movie clips and movie quotes in the game), but is soon to be available to buy from manufacturer Dutch Pinball!

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Video source: Dutch Pinball on YouTube

Wow, so pinball, such flippers

See our previous post about how an old Baby Doll table was saved from the scrap heap and converted into Internet Meme Ball.

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Bite my shiny metal balls

This one-off Futurama: Space 3000 table was made in a mere 6 months by Evan K. from Seattle using the shell of an old Superman machine and a Futurama Space Pilot movie poster – wow! Check out how he did it.

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Don’t cross the flippers!

Brian Stahl, or ‘Betelgeuse’ as he’s known on forums, built this amazing custom Ghostbusters table in 14 months from a worn out Flash Gordon machine. The soundboard contains over 40 quotes and music from the movie. Why has this not been made before?!


Video source: superiorcrown on YouTube
Source: Gameroom Junkies Poscast

Everything about this pinball table is awesome!

An awesome life-size LEGO pinball machine with a fully automatic reloading system made by ElectryDragonite.

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Video source: ElectryDragonite

By now you should be thoroughly inspired, our dream table would be Pulp Fiction (just imagine the quotes and music alone!) – what would yours be? Let us know on Twitter using #dreampinball.

pulp fictionImage source: Miramax

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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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Filed Under: Pinball, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: APL, Castello Cavalcanti, Cramers Pinball Tournament, custom pinball, dreampinball, Dutch Pinball, Futurama, Ghostbusters, Internet Meme Ball, Lego, LEGO Pinball, Meme Ball, pinball, Steve Zissou, The Big Lebowski, The Goonies, The Life Aquatic, Wes Anderson

Sonic The Hedgehog In Real Life

June 23, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

sonic2Did you know that today (June 23) is the 24th anniversary of Sonic The Hedgehog? If not, consider yourself informed. To mark this momentous occasion, Elvis the Hedgehog from the San Diego Zoo shows us what Sonic might look like in real life. What he lacks in speed, he certainly makes up for with cuteness!


Video source: The Watercooler on YouTube

Source: The Watercooler 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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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Elvis the Hedgehog, Hedgehog, Sonic IRL, Sonic The Hedgehog, The Watercooler

Music Videos: 8-Bit Style

June 20, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

the-magic-whipBlur is back, a whole 16 years after their last record as a four-piece with a new album The Magic Whip (released 27 April 2015). The album’s eleventh track, Ong Ong, has an adorable music video featuring the band members as bosses in an old-school platformer where Mr OK fights his way past the band to rescue Ms OK.

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Bosses: Damon Albarn as Mr Cream, Graham Coxon as Mr Brown, Alex James as Mr Red, Dave Rowntree as Mr Black
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Video source: Blur on YouTube

But blur is not the only band getting nostalgic with their music videos – Afro/Euro music duo The Very Best‘s gorgeous video for Let Go portrays an old-school 8-bit game with the characters and landscape made out of pixel beads.


Video source: The Very Best Vevo on YouTube

Finally, enjoy Danish pop duo Junior Senior’s Move Your Feet from 2003.


Video source: Crunchy Frog Records on YouTube

8-bit style music videos… all we can say is ‘please keep them coming’!

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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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Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 8-bit, Blur, Junior Senior, Let Go, Move Your Feet, music videos, Ong Ong, Pixel Art, The Magic Whip, The Very Best

Pop Culture: Retrogaming Balloon Art

June 16, 2015 By Ms. ausretrogamer

Retrogaming balloon art – the ultimate in POP culture! Yep, we had to work in that pun in the story. For your next birthday party, rather than just have the boring old colour balloons, get yourself a balloon sculptor to make you some cool video gaming themed characters – just like these……

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Awesome but terrifying Super Mario World balloon cosplay
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Gotta blow up the balloons fast!
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Gotta pop ’em all
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Balloon Invaders
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Master Chief by the Balloon Guy
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Mario by the Balloon Guy
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Fire flower tutorial by Mr Nany

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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.

Follow Ms. ausretrogamer on Twitter

 

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: balloon art, balloon guy, balloons, Halo, master chief, Pikachu, Sonic The Hedgehog, Space Invaders, Super Mario Bros, Zelda

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