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8-Bit ‘King Of The Hill’ Intro

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koth-featuredClever pixel artist, Mauri Helme, has recreated the classic ‘King of the Hill’ intro in wonderful 8-bit style.

Mauri’s other work includes a beautiful pixel illustration of the NES:
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And the last scene of ‘Back to the Future’:

Sources: Mauri Helme via Laughing Squid, and Mauri Helme’s blog

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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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PAX Aus 2016 – I’m Making A Note Here: HUGE SUCCESS

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featured-2So… we’re calling it – PAX Aus 2016 was a triumph (it’s hard to overstate our satisfaction).

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welcome-homeThis year’s PAX Aus was bigger and better than ever – including a huuuge Tabletop Area, a speed running stage, a VR Freeplay Area, awesome speakers like Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb (Director of Programming for Xbox Live, Microsoft) and live performances by 7bit Hero and Axis of Awesome. But best of all was the massive Classic Gaming Area (of course!).

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We met heaps of cool people (look out for our upcoming article about that), saw masses of amazing cosplay, and basically spent three full days on our feet helping man (and woman) the Classic Gaming Area or wandering around, taking in all that PAX Aus had to offer (which was a lot!).

Let’s start by celebrating the Classic Gaming Area. Back for the fourth time, the CGA was bigger than ever. The CGA is a joint initiative between PAX and Melbourne-based retro gaming experts Ausretrogamer, Retro Domination, Weird and Retro (all providing retro consoles and computers), local barcade Bartronica (providing arcade machines), and pinball enthusiast Scott Kellett with  Zax Amusements, Pinmem and Bayside Pinball Club (providing pinball tables). We also had an awesome museum of retro treasures and rarities this year.

The PAX Aus Classic Gaming Area – Stay a while… stay forever!
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The arcades were as popular as ever
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The consoles, computers and handhelds provided much nostalgic fun
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Competition was fierce but friendly in the CGA tournaments
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Pinball tables were a hit!
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A new addition to the CGA – the retro museum
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But PAX Aus 2016 had more to offer than just the Classic Gaming Area…

The Expo Hall
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The Tabletop Area
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PC and Console Freeplay
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The Handheld Lounge
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Queuing for merch
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The six rules of PAX
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Noms
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Pin-pressive!
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D20
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Sanic
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Game over – until 2017
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And just like that, PAX Aus is over for another year, but we had a blast – and we have so many great memories. We hope you do too. See you all again next year!

Photos: ausretrogamer.com and Alan Ly

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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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PAX Aus 2016 Cosplay

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featuredWe spotted heaps of awesome cosplay this weekend at PAX Aus 2016 – we were so impressed by the creativity and technical skill. There’s no need to say more – we’ll simply let the pictures do the talking!

Jigglypuff, I choose you!
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An adorable Pikachu – and is that a Crabbens (Quarries of Scred) plushie??
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Pikachu, Catbus and pinball – too much awesome for on photo!
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Homemade Mimikyu – so cute
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Family cosplay
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Groovy baby
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Jinkies!
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Dr. Horrible
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Donkey and Diddy Kong
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We love a good Chell cosplay (I’m making a note here: huge success!)
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LOL – Centre Link
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Bowser!
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Overwatch was very popular this year – many excellent costumes. Here are McCree and Ana
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Genji
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Amazing, enormous Reinhardt costume – wow!
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A beautiful lady McCree
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Overwatch group shots
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Mr. Game & Watch – very clever!
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Mortal Kombat
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The obligatory Boba Fett
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Splatterhouse by ‘Jason Takes Omegle‘
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Gotta go fast!
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Solid Snake
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A smegging great Arnold Rimmer cosplay
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Stunning Fallout 4 cosplay made by the talented guys from Combustible Props – wow!
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More Fallout 4
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Just cosplay
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Gorgeous Sith
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Retro Lara
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Modern Lara
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And so many more…
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Photos by ms ausretrogamer and Alan Ly.

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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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8-Bit Cinema: Halloween

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halloweenThe latest installment in CineFix‘s ‘8-Bit Cinema’ is an awesome retelling of the horror classic Halloween as Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!

Source: CineFix 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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Stranger Things – 8-Bit Cinema

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Cine-Fix is back with another ‘8-Bit Cinema‘ video, and the subject-matter couldn’t be more perfect: Stranger Things!


Source: CineFix via Alexisms

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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 Smallest MAME Arcade Cabinet

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Adafruit has made an astoundingly small MAME arcade cabinet using a Raspberry Pi Zero – adorable! Read all about how it was made here.
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Source: Adafruit 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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Pi Cart: 2,400 Vintage Games In A NES Cartridge

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pi-cart-2Wow – this innocent-looking NES cartridge contains 2,400 vintage games! Watch the video, then make your own.

Source: howchoo via Technabob

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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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Pokemon Theme By A Computer Hardware Orchestra

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Floppotron - featuredPaweł Zadrożniak, a.k.a. Silent, is the inventor of the amazing ‘Floppotron’ – a computer hardware orchestra of 64 floppy drives, 8 hard disks and 2 scanners. Follow the link to see how he made it.

Watch this incredible machine play the theme song from the Pokémon TV show theme.


source: Paweł Zadrożniak on YouTube 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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Pac-Dog

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pac-dog featuredHello Denizen‘s latest video features the adorable ‘Pac-Dog’ running around a live-action maze. The video is titled ‘Pac-Dog (Animal Arcade Ep. 1)’ – which leads us to believe there will be more cute videos like this heading our way, and that’s OK with us. Now enjoy the cutest little arcade character: Pac-Dog.


Source: Hello Denizen on YouTube 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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‘Super Mario World’ In 81,032 Dominoes

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SMW featured 2Fantastic domino artist, The Domino King, has created an amazing interpretation of ‘Super Mario World’ in dominoes – 81,032 dominoes to be precise!

Source: TheDominoKing 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.

Follow Ms. ausretrogamer on Twitter