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New He-Man related Documentary, ‘Faking Filmation’ is now LIVE on Kickstarter!

April 12, 2021 By ausretrogamer

Faking FilmationWhen we got the email from Rob McCallum about a new MOTU related doco, we sat up and took note. We had previously backed the Power Of Grayskull documentary, which was darn awesome. So when Rob’s email advised us of the new Faking Filmation Kickstarter, we knew we had to jump on it right away!

The Faking Filmation documentary delves in the history of cartoons, with lots of attention to Filmation – the pioneering animation studio that helped start ‘Saturday Morning Cartoons’ and revolutionised weekday afternoon cartoons with He-Man and She-Ra.

But wait, there is more! This new project tackles all that cartoon goodness and wraps it around the story of He-Man mega fan, James Eatock, who has spent the last 3.5 years crafting his own unofficial He-Man cartoon called, “The Return of Faker.” James was just about to release the unofficial cartoon when he was hit with a cease and desist letter preventing him from doing it. Now, he’s on a mission to overcome this obstacle and share it with the world – how awesome is that! 

If you want more Masters of The Universe documentary content, or a look at cartoon history, or you just want to see James’ amazing work (and his process to pull it off), then jump on the Faking Filmation Kickstarter right now!

Faking Filmation Kickstarterimage source: Faking Filmation via Kickstarter

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 282828, 80s, Cartoon, cartoons, Documentary, Faking Filmation, Film, Filmation, Geek, He Man, Heman, James Eatock, Kickstarter, Masters Of The Universe, Mattel, MOTU, NBC, nerd, Nintendo Quest, Orko, Power Of Grayskull, Retro, Rob McCallum, She-Ra, Skeletor, tbt, The Return of Faker, throwback, Universal, VHS tape

Our Favourite Retro Games on the Pico-8

February 1, 2021 By ausretrogamer

There are a heap of great Pico-8 games out there, but for those of you yearning for a hit of nostalgia on the fantasy console, you may find it difficult to find that classic 80s game you enjoyed in the arcade amongst the plethora of available Pico-8 games.

Well, we are here to help you find a few needles in the massive haystack of Pico-8 games that will help with your hunger for nostalgia. Get your Pico-8 ready, and start favouriting these games:

Wizard Rule: If it’s Wizard of Wor you are after, then this port is absolutely amazing. We can’t stop playing it!

Galactic Wars: Um, it’s Galaga, and it’s awesome.

Pico Tetris: As if it wasn’t addictive enough on the Game Boy, this version is just as addictive.

Pico Sprint: A suped up version of Super Sprint on the Pico-8, need we say more?

Pico Frogger: Leap onto the highway and avoid the cars and other obstacles to reach the other side. The iconic arcade game is superb on Pico-8. If in case this Frogger version doesn’t feel right, then check out Minionsoft’s Frogger.

Bomb’n Picoman: eliminating your enemies by placing bombs strategically, just like Bomberman, it’s darn enjoyable.

Sonic 2.5:  Don’t be thrown off by the .5, there is nothing half about this version of Sonic The Hedgehog. This is a work of art and has the speed to match.

MOTU: If you liked Palace Software’s head-chopping Barbarian game, then this version with Masters of The Universe characters takes it to a new and cooler level.

Super Mario Bros: How can we have a list without the little Italian plumber? Easy, we add him here as SMB is cool to play on any device.

Gaplus – Galaga Edition: There is nothing Galaga about this side-scrolling shoot’em up, but that’s not to say it is bad. If you like games like Salamander or R-Type, then this game is for you!

Bubble Bobble: The cutest dinos, Bub and Bob, are back and still as awesome as ever. This game never gets old -on any platform!

Minionsoft Scramble: The Minionsoft treatment is fantastic on this classic arcade game!

NOTE: Most games are available via the official PICO-8 site, while others can be found via itch.io.


Well, there you have it, a list of a few classic old games (and some not so old) to play on the Pico-8 that will satisfy any retro gamers’ nostalgia yearnings. Enjoy!

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 80s video games, best retro games on pico-8, Bomberman, Classic Games, fantasy console, Frogger, MOTU, nostalgia, old school games, pico 8 fantasy console, Pico Frogger, Pico Tetris, PICO-8, PICO8, Retro Games, retrogame, Sonic 2.5, Super Mario Bros pico8, Wizard of Wor, Wizard Rule

The 2020 Christmas Gift Guide Extravaganza!

December 9, 2020 By ausretrogamer

With Christmas just around the corner, you know it’s time to start hunting for gifts for your family, friends and of course, yourself. With the kind of year we’ve all had, you’d be forgiven for splashing your cash on those dearest to you (or on yourself).

This year’s Christmas Gift Guide has something for every kind of geek, no matter your budget. We have action figures, books, movies, toys, retro gaming stuff (of course!), video games, watches headphones, t-shirts, Star Wars stuff, flip clocks, pinball related gifts and magnets to whet your Xmas Gift ideas appetite.

Get your pen and paper ready and let’s go! 🎅

LEGO Star Wars TIE Fighter Pilot Helmet via Amazon: $75.00

STAR WARS Rebel Classic Graphic T-Shirt (medium size): $29.99

Game & Watch Super Mario Bros. via Ozgameshop: $114.15

PC-Engine Mini via Play-Asia: $253.00

Portable LCD Monitor for PC-Engine: $203.25

NBA Jam Book via Amazon: $30.76 (paperback) or $7.23 (Kindle)

Best Hit Chronical 2/5 Scale SEGA SATURN (HST-3200) Plastic Model Kit via Catch: $47.99

Star Trek: Stardate Collection (10 movie collection) via Amazon: $59.41 (Blu-ray) or  $29.96 (DVD)

World of Nintendo Action Figures via Amazon: prices start from $20.00

Timex Pac-Man watches via Amazon: prices start at $88.50

Space Invaders Tiny Arcade Table Top Edition Electronic Game via Catch: $29.99

Magnets of classic arcade games and pinball machines from the 70s, 80s and 90s by Magnetism via Etsy: prices start at $4.00

Just Pinball – The Zine: A Photojournalist’s Journey through Modern Pinball via Etsy: $42.25

Atari Pong Mini Arcade with 12 games: $61.14

Flip Clock – Vintage TV Auto Flip Down Clock in Retro Red by MIDCLOCK: $57.73

Seiko 5 Sports Street Fighter Limited Edition Watches: Blanka $620.00 / Guile $720.00 / Ryu $720.00

Retro Gaming / Video Game Controller Poster via Etsy: $47.51 

Super Nintendo (SNES) Controller keyring via Etsy: $10.00

Arcade1up 4-in-1 Pac-Man 40th Anniversary Counter-Cade Console: $299.00

Commodore 64 Xmas Bundle (of games!) via itch.io: $5.00 or above

8BitDo NES30 Gamepad via Play-Asia: $35.52

Atari Micro Arcade Electronic Game – includes Missile Command, Centipede & Pong: $24.99

Mini Arcade Asteroids via Catch: $37.60

PinSwitch – the ultimate pinball peripheral for the Nintendo Switch via Etsy: $325.00

Last but not least, we can’t recommend the EPOS Sennheiser GSP 600 ESports headset ($319.00) enough for your aural gaming pleasure. We always thought all headsets are the same, but we were very very wrong. If you want to treat your ears with some awesome sound, be it gaming, podcasts or music, then you should treat yourself this Christmas with a pair, it’s been a tough year!

Hope you all have a safe and awesome Festive Season and may you all receive awesome gifts from Santa!

NOTE: Prices are in AU$ and correct and all items in stock as at the time of publishing.

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Modern Gaming, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: !Arcade!, Christmas, Christmas Gift Guide, Classic Games, Geek, geeky Christmas gifts, gifts under $20, GSP 600, GSP600, headsets, Lego, Magnets, MOTU, Pac-Man, pinball, Pop culture, Retro Gaming, Seiko, SENNHEISER, Star Wars, Video Games, Xmas, Xmas Gift Guide

PICO-8 Masters Of The Universe: The Battle For Eternia

September 3, 2020 By ausretrogamer

Do you guys remember when we got giddy over the fictional C64 Barbarian – Masters Of The Universe Edition game?

Well guess what, thanks to the amazingly talented game programmer, Andrea Baldiraghi (aka: TheRoboZ), you can now play the ultimate rethemed Barbarian video game, Masters Of The Universe: Battle For Eternia right in your browser (or that nifty little PocketCHIP running PICO-8) for some slashing good times!

Mr Baldiraghi, we thank you for creating this awesomeness in 3 months – Wow! Now grab a sword and let’s battle for Eternia!

image source: TheRoboZ – MOTU

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 8-bit, Barbarian, C64, Eternia, gamer, Geek, He Man, Lexaloffle Games, Masters Of The Universe, MOTU, PICO-8, PICO-8 Masters of the Universe, PocketCHIP, Pop culture, Retro, retrogaming, Skeletor, TheRoboZ

Awesome 80s Cartoons Are Streaming For Free On YouTube

August 7, 2020 By ausretrogamer

With the current lockdown and restrictions changing on a daily basis, we are constantly looking for new things to watch to pass the time.

For those of you struggling to find free streaming stuff to watch, then check this out – the best (and coolest) ’80s cartoons are now streaming their library of episodes for free on YouTube! From Masters of The Universe, She-Ra: Princess of Power, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, to BraveStarr, Ghostbusters and M.A.S.K, there is enough cartoon goodness here to entertain for a long while yet!

What are you waiting for? You now have the POWER to go grab some popcorn, kick your feet up and enjoy some classic ’80s cartoons!

image source: CNET

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 1980s, 80s, 80s cartoons, BraveStarr, cartoons, Filmation, G.I. Joe, G.I. Joe A Real American Hero, Geeks, Ghostbusters, GI Joe, Hasbro, He Man, He-Man and the Masters Of The Universe, M.A.S.K., Masters Of The Universe, Mattel, MOTU, She-Ra, She-Ra Princess of Power

C64 Barbarian – Masters Of The Universe Edition

February 18, 2020 By ausretrogamer

We got quite giddy when we came across John Henderson’s tweet depicting his bitmap creation of Palace Software’s Barbarian: The Ultimate Warrior as C64 Barbarian He-Man Edition.

To say we hope this coding continues to fully recreate the ultimate slash’em up game on the C64, is an understatement! I have the POWER!

[image and story source: John Henderson via Twitter]

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 8-bit, 8-bit art, Art, Barbarian, C64, C64 Barbarian, C64 Barbarian He-Man Edition, C64 Scene, Commodore 64, Commodore 64 Barbarian, Demo Scene, He Man, Masters Of The Universe, MOTU, retro computer, Retro Gamer, Retro Gamers, Retro Gaming, Retrocomputing, retrogaming

Raised By Rainbows: Adorable Pop Culture Art

April 8, 2019 By ausretrogamer

Oh man, wish we had seen Luke Flowers’ brilliant Raised by Rainbows exhibit earlier!

Luke’s exhibit at Gallery 1988 has a number of cool arcade games and other popular toys related art which is very unique and absolutely adorable.

Most art pieces are sold out (Ed: darn it!), but there are a few that you can still get your hands on (Ed: looking at you ‘Mario Mayhem’)!

You got to admit, these are quite cool. Picking a favourite seems impossible!

For more details of available art to be purchased, please check out the entire Raised by Rainbows exhibit at Gallery 1988.

image source: Raised by Rainbows exhibit via Gallery 1988

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 1980s, 80s, arcade art, Art, art exhibit, art print, Artistic, Gallery 1988, Gallery1988, indie art, Jensen Karp, Luke Flowers, Mickey Mouse, MOTU, MOTU art, prints, Raised by Rainbows, Retro Gamers, Retro Gaming, retrogaming, retrogaming art, TMNT arcade

TGIF: Friday Shopping Frenzy

February 8, 2019 By ausretrogamer

Well, Thank Gawd It’s Friday, or better yet, #TGIF!

Friday always feels good as it is the end of the working week and knowing that the weekend shenanigans are nigh.
To make Friday flow even easier, we thought we’d go shopping for some cool retro gaming and general pop culture stuff that you may also be interested in. Oh yeah, if you are keen on any of the gear below, just click on the pic and it will take you to the relevant merchant/store – too easy, here we go!

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: !Arcade!, Atari, classic gamer, diy, etsy, Friday Frenzy, MOTU, nintendo, Nintendo Switch, pinball, PS4, Retro Gamer, Retro Gaming, retrogaming, sega, shopping, Star Wars, TGIF, Video Games, Vintage

Pop Culture Temptations

July 6, 2018 By ausretrogamer

It is quite dangerous working near cool pop culture stores in Melbourne. Within a stones throw from the office, we have Minotaur, All-Star Comics Melbourne and  ZiNG Pop Culture tempting us with their wares.

With mid-year sales going on right now, the temptation is unbearable – sorry wallet…

 

Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Action Figures, Alien, All-Star Comics Melbourne, board games, boardgames, Books, comics, Iron Maiden, Iron Maiden Legacy Of the Beast, Minotaur Pop Culture, Mortal Kombat, MOTU, NES, nintendo, Pac-Man, Pop culture, Pop Culture store, Predator, shopping, Super Mario Bros, UNO, Video Games, Zelda, Zing Pop Culture

Masters Of The Universe Future Pinball: I Have The Power!

June 19, 2017 By ausretrogamer

When our friend Rusty Pinball made us aware of the Masters Of The Universe Future Pinball machine, we were thoroughly impressed and absolutely gobsmacked! Look at it, it’s beautiful to look at, audio is amazing, nostalgia tingling full motion video and a playfield flow that oozes Eternian spirit!

Not taking anything away from TerryRed’s masterful digital version of MOTU pinball, we just can’t help but wish it was a real table that we could bump, slam and tilt on! Oh yeah,we can also imagine the real MOTU table with a Castle Grayskull topper – how cool would that be?!

The thought of a real Masters Of The Universe pinball machine is truly making us weak at the knees. We just hope Jersey Jack Pinball is listening *nudge nudge wink wink*


source: TerryRed

 

Filed Under: Pinball, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Eternia, Future Pinball, He Man, Jersey Jack Pinball, Masters Of The Universe, MOTU, MOTU Future Pinball, pinball, Pinball Press, Rusty Pinball, Silverball, Skeletor, Slam, TerryRed, tilt

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