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Retro Gaming Culture
Pebble Watch: Retro Gaming On Your Wrist
I want a Pebble watch. Why? See below, that should explain it. Best part is, you can download these (and more) splash screen games for free! Don’t thank me, thank pocketscience for these creations.
source: My Pebble Faces – pocketscience
8-Bit Battle: Atari XEGS vs Commodore 64
Every third Sunday of each month, the Amiga Users Group gets together to showcase, demonstrate, play games and most importantly, chat with other like minded passionate enthusiasts and collectors.
On this occasion, the club meet was hijacked to pit two 8-bit home computers, the Atari XEGS and the Commodore 64 in a tussle to find which reigned supreme in the 1-byte realm. There was a SX-64 thrown in for good measure, but that never factored in the Atari versus Commodore war.
The Team Atari versus Team Commodore battle royale was the brainchild of Weird and Retro’s Aleks Svetislav (Serby). In his usual selfless way, Serby brought monitors, computers, joysticks and a shed load of games for everyone to enjoy and for the battle to take place. My attention went straight to the obscure games that Serby had in his swag, like Jars’ Revenge for the C64. But there was no time to admire the stash, there was a war waging on the tables!
The two 8-bit systems had battles with each playing their respective versions of Wizard of Wor and Assembloids. Let me say, Assembloids is one heck of an addictive game. Serby warned me about it’s addictiveness – it is fantastic! Before I get sidetracked, my impression of Wizard of Wor was that it looked, sounded and played better on the C64 (sorry Serby!). In regards to Assembloids, it was a dead heat – it looked and played great on both the Atari XEGS and the Commodore 64. The other games played were Missile Command and River Raid. Both of these games were made for the little Atari – they were awesome on the XEGS.
There were no arms or legs lost in this battle, only a few sore thumbs. So, who won this battle of the 8-bit home computers? I’d say it was dead even. Whichever side you were on, you couldn’t lose. Long live the Atari and Commodore!
Weapons Of Mass Destruction
Vectrex shenanigans on the C64
Jars’ Revenge – a homage to Yars’?
Gauntlet – Some 8-Bit Magic
No Hacking Allowed!
Human Pong, Tetris, Space Invaders and Pole Position
Here is a novel idea, use a group of humans as pixels to depict some of video games’ classic games like, Tetris, Pac-Man and Pole Position to name a few.
Stop motion artist, Guillaume Reymond assembled large groups of volunteer humans (as pixels) for his Game Over project to recreate stop-motion videos of classic video games, complete with self-created sound effects. Enjoy!
Human Pac-man
Human Tetris
Human Pole Position
Human Space Invaders
Human Pong
source: NOTsoNOISY
Arcade Machines: Marquees Of Light
If you are pressed for space to add those old arcade machines in your home, perhaps these arcade marquee lights are the next best thing. Created by Kyle from Arcade Lights, these arcade cabinet marquees are the real deal (all original) and perfectly hand assembled. You can now save on space (and lots of machine maintenance money) by having these lights proudly hung on your wall.
Hit the Arcade Lights Etsy store now and start drooling, I mean browsing.
Images source: Arcade Lights
The 8-Bit Harmonica
This has to be seen (and heard) to be believed! Instead of giving it away, watch the video and be astounded. Oh man, there are so many clever people out there!
source: Basami Sentaku
The Legend Of Zelda Remix
Let’s face it, just because I am not a fan of Zelda games, it doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate the franchise. Obviously there are gamers out there that have a huge affinity for Zelda, just like Joshua Kershaw. Joshua has stitched together (nearly) every Zelda game to date into one remix video. Click on play and enjoy.
source: Joshua Kershaw
The 8 Video Game Loves of Your Life
This does not require any further elaboration. Read it and nod away, saying “Yeah, that is sooooo true!”. Well, I am not sure if I wanted to really marry Zelda.
source: Dorkly
Your Games Room
Are you a voyeur or a peeping Tom? Let me elaborate – do you like to see how other gamers have setup their game room or what they have in their stash? Well, we do. We asked our friends on our social media channels to send through their gaming room photos so we could share them with you all. This should satisfy even the most ardent of voyeurists.
Anthony Stiller – Wife’s Despair room
Marcus (Skip) – Many game. Such hoarder. Very old. Gaming Den
Jason V – The Trifecta room
My Game Collection (chevytecobx) – The No-Panic room!
Stefano – The OMG room
Douglas Titchmarsh – The Nice room
Carlos Bonet Haebler – The showcase room
Andreas Klebo-Espe – Sleek & Clean room
Robert Crampton – “This is where I spend my days” room & spare room!
Daz Retro – The Gaming Lair
Thank you to all who participated in #MyGamesRoom! Please follow the gamers that contributed to this feature.
A Field Guide To Arcade Machine Designs
If you have trouble finding arcade machines or describing what they look like, use these field identification guide artworks by Komboh. These identification kit artworks are a fun series of annotated diagrams of iconic arcade cabinets, from Pong through to the VewLix L. Thank you to Jason Oakley for making me aware of these classic arcade machine design pieces.
source: Kombah – Department Of Amusement Machines