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LEGO IDEAS – Kirby’s Dream Collection

December 6, 2022 By ausretrogamer

If Nintendo can have their consoles and Mario turned into Lego sets, then why not Kirby!

If you are a Kirby fan, then you need to head to Lego Ideas right now and put your vote in for Kirby’s Dream Collection by By _Ish_.

Looking at the photos of this Kirby Lego creation, the set will most definitely look good next to the Super Mario one. Now go and vote for it!

By _Ish_ says:

This set includes many iconic locations from the Kirby games including: Green greens the first stage, Castle Dedede Home of the evil King Dedede and his Waddle Dee minions, And Metta Knight’s battle-ship, Halberd.

This set works well for display or you can play with it using the props and alternate face-plates. I made this set because Kirby and Lego have both been huge parts of my life for years. Ever since I discovered Kirby I’ve been creating my own Kirby characters and stories. When I discovered Lego I started building all kinds of crazy locations for my figures to roam around in. When I put the two together.. It made this. I think this would be a phenomenal Lego set because it’s a colorful family-friendly game that kids will enjoy and a classic that’s sure to bring back memories for adults too.

source: Lego Ideas




Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: By _Ish_, Geek, geeky, Kirby, Kirby's Dream Collection, Lego, LEGO Ideas, Lego Ideas - Kirby: Welcome to Dreamland, Lego Ideas vote, Lego Kirby, Lego Kirby: Welcome to Dreamland, Lego Nintendo, nerd, nintendo

Sounds Of The 80s

November 11, 2022 By ausretrogamer

Do you miss the sound of a rotary phone or crack opening a VHS tape you rented from Blockbuster?

Well, sit down, relax and crank up the volume to take in the best 44 seconds that your ears will hear today.


source: UNILAD Tech




Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: 1980s, 80s, 80s phone, 80s tv, duran duran, Geek, Hitachi TV, nerd, new romantic, new wave, oldschool, rotary phone, Sounds of the 80s, VHS

The Commodordion: The C64 SID Piano Accordion

October 25, 2022 By ausretrogamer

It’s great to have friends that look out for you that bring stuff to your attention when you may have missed while being bombarded with stuff on social media.

Our very good friend Cam informed us of this rather cool C64 piano accordion creation, dubbed cleverly as The Commodordion, which turns two Commodore 64 computers into a single darn awesome instrument! But wait, there is more! The bellows are made out of floppy disks! Ok, our mind has well and truly been blown – wow!

image source: Linus Åkesson

Just listen to the gorgeous SID chiptune coming out of that acoustic aerophone! Forget about folksy music, this is our kind of piano accordion.

PS: Learn more about the project: https://linusakesson.net/commodordion/index.php


source: lftkryo




Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: Accordion, Breadbin, C64, C64 accordion, C64 piano accordion, chiptunes, Commodordion, Commodore 64, Commodore 64s, Geeks, geeky, Linus Åkesson, Music, nerd, Piano accordion, Retro, SID, sounds, The Commodordion, The Commodorion

Make Your SSD Sound Like An Old Hard Drive

October 19, 2022 By ausretrogamer

Do you miss the old sounds that your hard drives used to make when reading or writing data to disk? Ah, the platers making such a great sound – actually, we do miss that aural extravaganza.

With the advent of solid state drives (SSD), there are no moving parts, so sadly, that means no clickety clackety sounds being emitted. Alas, now you can, thanks to the HDD Clicker! This circuit board makes your SSD (or CF and/or SD cards) sound exactly like your old hard drives!


source: root42




Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: CF, diy, gamer, Geek, geeky, hack, hard drive, HDD Clicker, MicroSD, Mod, nerd, PC, SD card, Solid State Drive, SSD

Star Wars Halloween Pumpkins

October 13, 2022 By ausretrogamer

Now this is our kind of Halloween pumpkins! If you are a Star Wars fan, feast your peepers on these!!!

The FORCE is strong in these pumpkins (and turnips). Jack-o’-lantern would be proud 😉

image source: Star Wars always via Facebook




Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: classic, darth vader, Geek, halloween, Jack-o'-lantern, nerd, Pumpkin, Retro, Star Wars, Star Wars Halloween, trick or treat, turnip, X-Wing, Yoda

LEGO Unveils An Ultimate Collector Series of The Mandalorian’s Razor Crest

September 30, 2022 By ausretrogamer

*GULP* LEGO teased us earlier this week (see the below mind-blowing tweet) with the Ultimate Collector Series version of The Mandalorian’s Razor Crest set!

All you need to know is that it will be made up of 6,187 pieces and will be rich in details! The LEGO Star Wars Razor Crest set will include removable engines and a cockpit, an escape pod, and a minifigure-size carbon-freezing chamber, as well as minifigures featuring the characters of Grogu™, the Mandalorian™, Mythrol™, and Kuiil™ on a buildable Blurrg™ model.

Once built, you can proudly (play with it, or) display your creation with an innovative stand and information plaque. This ultra cool Collector Series Lego Star Wars Razor Crest set will set you back US$600 (~ AU$950.00)! Now hurry up and release it now, please!!!!!!!

The cockpit, the escape pod, the carbon-freezing chamber, the engines… witness the power of the force as LEGO® bricks connect to create the Ultimate Collector Series version of The Razor Crest, ready for The Mandalorian and Grogu’s next mission. #LEGO #StarWars #LEGOStarWars pic.twitter.com/X2DTGPb8Dz

— LEGO (@LEGO_Group) September 26, 2022

source: technabob

 




Filed Under: Announcements, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: gamer, Geek, geeky, Grogu, Lego, Lego Razor Crest, Lego Star Wars, LEGOStarWars, Mando, nerd, Razor Crest, Star Wars, StarWars, The Mandalorian, Ultimate Collector's Edition Razor Crest

Pokémon Pinball Machine – It’s For Real

September 18, 2022 By ausretrogamer

A dad of a Pokemon fan created an incredible real life Pokemon pinball machine!

Imagine being skilled enough to reskin an old pinball machine into an amazing Pokemon pinball machine?! Luckily for Redditor bosgetti, their father had the requisite skill set to create such a unique, customised and incredible pinball machine.

In case you were wondering, the donor EM pinball machine was a Chicago Coin Hi-Score Pool.

PS: Check out this amazing machine on imgur now!

story source: Reddit




Filed Under: Pinball, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: diy, EM Pinball, gamer, Geek, Homebrew Pinball, Love Ball, Mast Ball, nerd, Park Ball, Pikachu, pinball homebrew, pinball machine, pokeballs, Pokedex, Pokemon, Pokemon Pinball, real Pokemon pinball machine, Reddit, Retro, Snorlax, Sport Ball, throwback

Bookends From A Galaxy Far, Far Away

August 19, 2022 By ausretrogamer

Social media scrolling at 4am is usually fraught with danger as you flick your finger up the screen. We are happy to report that on this occasion, it wasn’t all doom and gloom!

We stumbled upon these very cool Star Wars inspired bookends, which are quite clever in capturing the spirit and theme of Star Wars.

Which one is your favourite?

This Star Wars fan desperately needs some of these bookends 😉
source: Star Wars always via Facebook




Filed Under: Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: A New Hope, book ends, bookends, Books, darth vader, Empire Strikes Back, Geek, geeky, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Mandalorian, nerd, nerdy, Obi Wan Kenobi, Princes Leia, Return of the Jedi, Skywalker, Star Wars, Star Wars bookends, Yoda

Tiny Pinball That Can Play Pinball Fantasies

July 29, 2022 By ausretrogamer

This miniature homemade pinball machine is so darn cute!

Don’t be deceived by its tiny looks – this little beast can play one of the greatest pinball games from the 90s, Pinball Fantasies, on its tiny screens! To make it even more like its bigger and heavier brother, it sports a working plunger and haptic feedback for added realism – mind totally blown!

For those of you that want to know the technical aspects of this creation, check out it out here.


source: Sprite_tm

story source: hackaday.com




Filed Under: Pinball Tagged With: 3D printing, diy, gamer, Geek, geeky, hackaday, homebrew, Mod, nerd, pinball, Pinball Fantasies, pinball machine, throwback, Tiny Pinball, tiny pinball machine

Interesting Stats From the ABC Classic’s 2022 Classic 100: Music for the Screen

June 14, 2022 By ausretrogamer

We cast our vote in the ABC Classic’s 2022 Classic 100: Music for the Screen countdown and we are happy to report that our top vote, John Williams’s music for the Star Wars series, is now officially Australia’s favourite music for the screen!

With over 215,000 votes, this was the biggest countdown yet. The top 100 soundtracks spanned beloved music for film, TV and video games across genres and generations. On the video games music front, Kojo Kondo’s The Legend of Zelda came in at no. 23!

Check out the rest of the interesting statistics from the ABC Classic 2022 Classic 100: Music for the Screen countdown:

  • Total votes: 215,486 (the biggest Classic 100 to date!)
  • Winner: Star Wars series (John Williams, 1)
  • Highest voted standalone film: The Mission (Ennio Morricone, 3)
  • Highest voted TV series: Game of Thrones (Ramin Djawadi, 10)
  • Highest voted video game: The Legend of Zelda series (Koji Kondo, 23)
  • Highest voted animated film: Howl’s Moving Castle (Joe Hisaishi, 21)
  • Highest voted female composer: Doctor Who (Delia Derbyshire, 12)

story source: ABC Classic




Filed Under: History, Retro Gaming Culture Tagged With: ABC Classic, ABC Classic Classic 100 statistics, ABC Classic Classic 100: Music for the Screen, ABC TV, Doctor Who, Ennio Morricone, Film, Game Of Thrones, Geek, John Williams, Koji Kondo, Movies, Music, nerd, soundtrack, Star Wars, The Legend Of Zelda, The Mission, tv, Video Games

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