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8-Bit Music Power For Your Famicom

February 2, 2016 By ausretrogamer

8bit-music-power1If your Famicom is sick of old carts then this may be exactly what it was craving for – 8Bit Music Power, a new cartridge released for the Fami in over two decades! This retro 8-bit chiptunes cart will push the RP2A03 sound processor to its limit, making your Famicom pump to the beats.

You better be quick, there are only a thousand copies available of this cart, and at a price of US$29.99/~AUD$42.64, it will surely become one of the rarest gems for the Famicom.

The compilation consists of 12 tracks and features the talents of Yuriko Keino (Xevious, Pac-Land), Takeaki Kunimoto (Star Soldier, Ninja Hattori-kun) and Masahiro Kajihara (Trigger Heart Exelica, Princess Maker) among others. Complimenting the cool chiptunes is the nostalgic pixel art of Hiroshi Ono (Pac-Land, Bahamut Lagoon, Final Fantasy Tactics).

If your Famicom is in need of some new wares, then look no further than the 8Bit Music Power cart!


source: RIKI8BIT

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8bit-music-power3image source: Play-Asia

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 8bit music power, chiptunes, computer music, Famicom, Famicom chiptunes, Famicom music, NES, NES music

Total Recall: The Pinball Table That Never Was

February 1, 2016 By ausretrogamer

TotalRecall_HDRCelebrating their 30 years in business, Stern Pinball Inc. is being quite active on their social media channels, releasing interesting facts about pinball. One that stood out to us was the unreleased 1990 pinball table based on the Total recall movie. Apparently, the Total Recall rare prototype never made it into production. Stern go on to say that “Designed to be a dual player team effort machine, it was ultimately scrapped for production and sent to the depths of the Data East factory. Sometime between 1996 and 2000 the machine “mysteriously disappeared”. Some say it went into the trash, some say it was broken down and forgotten. Some say that the machine made its way to places unknown and anyone who sees it in person is sworn to secrecy. No one knows for sure, and if they do, they aren’t talking.

Had Total Recall been produced as designed, it would remain today one of the most ridiculous pinball machines ever created. It was not meant to be, and will likely never be seen by the public again.”

We will definitely be keeping a close eye on these interesting and lesser known pinball facts coming from the great people at Stern!

TotalRecall_Mainsource: Stern Pinball Inc.

 

Filed Under: History, Pinball, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: pinball, Pinball History, Pinball tables never released, Retro Gaming, Stern, Stern Pinball, Total Recall, Total Recall pinball

Altar Furniture: Beautiful Pinball Coffee Tables

January 30, 2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

Budapest-based furniture company Altar Furniture make beautiful (mostly interactive) coffee tables with superb attention to detail. Here are just a few of their marvellous creations, be sure to check out their website to see the whole amazing collection.

Future World
(made from 1978 ‘Future World‘ by Zaccaria)
Future WorldPanthera
(made from 1980 ‘Panthera‘ by Gottlieb)
PantheraHot Tour
(made from 1978 ‘KISS‘ by Bally)
Hot TourSMASH!
(made from 1979 ‘Incredible Hulk‘ by Gottlieb)
SMASHThe Beast
(made from 1987 ‘Arena‘ by Gottlieb)
The BeastThe Shuttle
(made from 1991 ‘Star Trek‘ by Data East)
The ShuttleThe Droids Series
(all made from 1992 ‘Star Wars’ by Data East)
The Droid
The DroidThe Droid EVII
The Droid EVIIThe Red Droid
The Red DroidR2PO
R2PO

Source: Altar Furniture

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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: Altar Furniture, Furniture, pinball, pinball coffee tables, R2D2 coffee table, Star Wars, The Droids

The Ultimate IKEA Hack: The IKEAKÄDE

January 29, 2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

ikeakade2You want an arcade cabinet, but you’re short on space. Don’t fret, IKEA hacker ‘Johnny’ has you covered. Just grab an Allen key and follow his DIY instructions, and you too can have your very own IKEAKÄDE.

Ikeakade

He’s even added a LED marquee, awesome!

Video source: mrhwangify on YouTube

Source: IKEA Hackers via Mental_Floss

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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, diy, DIY arcade, IKEA, IKEA arcade, IKEA hack, IKEA hacker, IKEAKADE

Thrill Of The Chase: The Dark Amiga

January 29, 2016 By ausretrogamer

CDTV_1Don’t you just love when things happen unexpectedly? Well, this past week’s events were mind blowingly unexpected!

I was called by my great friend and fellow Press Play On Tape co-host, Daz (also from Retro Domination fame) to let me know that he had taken a trip up north and during his travels had found a Commodore CDTV! Not only was the CDTV complete with transmitter/mouse, remote, keyboard and a fair bit of software, Daz asked if I would be interested in the bundled deal for myself. Firstly, I was humbled that a friend thought of me when they came across something quite rare and unique, and secondly, the offer for me to buy it and for them to transport it back was an offer too good to refuse. To say I was excited would be a gross understatement – I made the offer, the seller accepted and Daz transported the CDTV bundle safely back to Melbourne.

To Daz and Pete (Console Domination), thanks heaps for thinking of me and giving me the opportunity to grab another retro gaming holy grail – you guys rock! As for what do I think of the CDTV? Well, let’s just say that the Amiga 500 has made room for it *winks*

She is a beauty!
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Connections galore!
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Oo’er, early 90s multimedia software!
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Looking forward to do some Sherlocking!
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Remote control your CDTV life!
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The all-in-one control centre (transmitter)!
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Now we can turn the CDTV into a full blown Amiga 500!
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It’s alive!
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We asked Daz to show us what else he found on his ‘retro road trip’ and without fail, Daz provided us with some mouthwatering photos, saying that they speak for themselves. We agree *wiping drool*

The beautiful C128!
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Great to see a TI-99 out in the wild!
Daz_4

Oh wow, more TI computers!
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Atari ST represent!
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WANT!
Daz_2

The loot is in the boot!Daz_0

 

Filed Under: Retro Exploring, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Amiga, Amiga CDTV, CDTV, Commodore CDTV, retro computing, Retro Gaming, The Thrill Of The Chase, thrill of the chase

NES Subway Maps

January 28, 2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

featuredWe love graphic designer Matthew Stevenson’s old-school videogame subway maps. Each beautiful map depicts a detailed walkthrough of a different game and is based on a different metro system.

Metroid as DC Metro
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DC

The Legend of Zelda as the London Underground
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london

Maniac Mansion as the Moscow Transit System
maniac mansion

Dragon Warrior as the Lisbon Subway
Dragon Warrior

Zelda II as the Tokyo Transit System
Zelda II

Tokyo

Final Fantasy as the NY Subway
final fantasy

NY

Maps are available to buy at RedBubble and Etsy.

Source: Via Technabob
Image sources: Via Technabob and DCMJS

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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: Art, Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy, graphic design, Maniac Mansion, map, maps, Matthew Stevenson, metro, Metroid, NES, NES subway maps, subway, Zelda

By The Power Of Grayskull

January 25, 2016 By ausretrogamer

PowerOfGrayskull_HDRAs Prince Adam once proclaimed, “Fabulous, secret powers were revealed to me the day I held aloft my magic sword and said: “By the Power of Grayskull!”, indeed, there is a Power Of Grayskull, and it is on Kickstarter right now! Don’t be like a bumbling Cringer, get on this project, as it will be the most definitive He-Man and Masters Of The Universe documentary of all time!

The Power of Grayskull Kickstarter has already blown past its modest $25,000 goal, so we all hope it will keep going and reach those lucrative stretch goals. So who is behind this awesome film you may ask? Well, it is the teams who brought you “Turtle Power” and “Nintendo Quest” – they have joined forces to bring you this highly anticipated MOTU documentary. With this kind of pedigree, POWER OF GRAYSKULL: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is bound to be the best thing since sliced bread! So let’s embark on an epic adventure into the heart of 80’s nostalgia to find out once and for all #WhoHasThePower!

Just for the record, we have backed this on Kickstarter and are now looking forward to becoming an Eternian Prince (and Princess)!

PowerOfGrayskull_Titleimage source: Power Of Grayskull on Kickstarter

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: He-Man doco, Kickstarter, Masters Of The Universe, Mattel, MOTU, MOTU documentary, MOTU film, Power Of Grayskull, Power Of Grayskull documentary, Skeletor

It Is Another World On The Atari Jaguar

January 24, 2016 By ausretrogamer

AnotherWorldJag_Box_RGCFinally, Atari’s 64-bit Jaguar can purr in delight as we whack in Retro-Gaming Connexion‘s Another World (aka: Out of This World) in its cartridge slot!

Yep, you read that right! Éric Chahi’s 1991 cinematic masterpiece, Another World, has been meticulously homebrewed for the Atari Jaguar by French computer scientist and member of The Removers, Sébastien Briais. What Sébastien has achieved can only be described as a miracle.

Don’t be fooled by the word homebrew that we threw in casually, Retro-Gaming Connexion (RGC) have created a complete package that would look perfectly at home on current store shelves. Sadly, the game cannot be purchased from stores, but if you were one of the lucky ones (Ed: like us!) to have pre-ordered the 2nd edition of the game on the Atari Age forum, congratulations, you have a rare item in your hands!

We know you are itching to find out the most important part: Is the game any good? Well, the Jaguar adaptation is just as good, if not better, than any other port of Another World. Now if you’ll excuse me, I got to get Lester Knight Chaykin to his Ferrari 288 GTO. *winks*

Immaculate packaging!
AnotherWorldJag_complete

Always turn to the back of the box to check out the graphics
AnotherWorldJag_back

Indeed it is another world on the Jaguar!
AnotherWorldJag_Cart

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Another World, Another World on the Atari Jaguar, Atari Jaguar, Jaguar homebrew, Retro Gaming, Retro gaming Connexion, RGC

A Huge Arcade Coin-Op Sale On Craigslist

January 23, 2016 By ausretrogamer

ArcadeSaleTitleLast Saturday (January 16) in a storage unit in Grand Island Nebraska there was a huge one day sale on classic and vintage arcade machines, jukeboxes and various other coin-ops. These relics had not seen the light of day in over 30 years!

The seller on Craigslist stated that there was too much gear to move and everything had to go – at fantastically great prices (Ed: relatively speaking!). The array of machines that had to go included: Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe, Galaga, Bi Plane, Head-On, Omega Race (stand up and sit down), Space Invaders and Tank II to name just a few.

So, who of you attended this once-in-a-lifetime fire sale? Hit us up on Twitter or Facebook and tell us all about it.

PS: I wish we had these kinds of storage unit sales in Australia!

A Space Invader lurks in storage
ArcadeSale1

Oh wow, a sit down Omega Race!
ArcadeSale2

A great view for the spiders!
ArcadeSale3

Asteroids, Paddle-Ball (ahem, Pong!) and Head-On!
ArcadeSale4

Oh that dust!
ArcadeSale5

Oh wow, a stand-up Omega Race too!
ArcadeSale6

Packed to the rafters!
ArcadeSale7image source: Craigslist

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: !Arcade!, arcade sale, coin op sale, coin-op, Craigslist arcade sale, jukebox sale, Retro Gaming, retro gaming sale, vintage sale

‘Boom Raider’ By Fury Fingers Films

January 22, 2016 By Ms. ausretrogamer

You already know we love Fury Fingers Films’ work, and now we have one more reason to love them because they’re back with another amazing video game parody film – this time they have set their sights on Rise of the Tomb Raider. In ‘Boom Raider’ watch Lara (played by the very talented ShiveeeJam) work hard to find just the right shot to make that red barrel go ‘BOOM!’.


Video source: Fury Fingers Films on YouTube

Photographer Steamkittens visited the two day shoot to take some behind the scenes and still shots – they are simply gorgeous. Here are just a few, visit their album on Facebook for the whole set.
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Be sure to subscribe to the Fury Fingers YouTube channel, like their Facebook page, and follow them on Twitter. Also like / follow ShiveeeJam (Facebook & Instagram) and Steamkittens (Facebook & Instagram).

Source: Fury Fingers Films on YouTube
All images: Steamkittens

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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: Modern Gaming, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Boom Raider, Cosplay, Film, Fury Fingers, Fury Fingers Films, Lara Croft, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shiveeejam, Steamkittens, Tomb Raider, video, youtube

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