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.
We got to say, we love the creativity and genius behind these two augmented reality (AR) videos of classic Commodore 64 games, International Karate + (IK+) and Bruce Lee!
Don’t you just love anniversaries of bygone era video games systems ? We sure do!
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Atari 2600 version of Battlezone. Source: Retro Gamer
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The C64 games compilation SHOOT’EM UP DESTRUCTION SET 3 (previously released on tape + disk from Psytronik Software) is now finally available for digital download – only US$2.99 for six games – which is an absolute bargain!
There are concepts out there, either on paper or physical form that make us go WOW. Turkish Technical Designer extraordinaire, 
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This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own the Guinness World Records’ largest playable Game & Watch device!
First contender, Wave Race 64 (N64) – yes, we did pick Wave Race 64 above Super Mario 64, Mario Kart 64 and Goldeneye 007. Don’t get us wrong, the aforementioned games are superb, but nostalgia draws us to Wave Race 64. What wasn’t there to like – realistic water physics, challenging courses and an absolutely cracking 2 player challenge – ‘Bonsai!’. We lost a lot of hours playing this game head to head. Oh yeah, the N64 controller was perfect for this game.
The second contender is none other than Super Mario Bros. (SMB) on the NES. This 2D platformer catapulted the Mario franchise into the stratosphere for good reason. The game had great level design, matched by awesome gameplay, a mesmerising Koji Kondo tune and most importantly, intuitive control – what more could you want!
Well, if it wasn’t for the next game, I guess the choice would have been easy and SMB would have walked away with the prize. Let us tell you about a 16-bit platformer that took the SMB ingredients, gave them a fair shake and then poured the contents into the SNES for a game we call (drum roll please), Super Mario World (SMW)! With SMW, the 2D platformer reached its pinnacle – sublime level design, 16-bit aesthetics that were an absolute feast for your eyes and the sound was perfectly atmospheric. This was a game that you could lose yourself in. SMW is one of those games you can either pick up and play for half an hour to get your Mario fix, or play till the wee hours of the morning. SMW walks away with the prize of our favourite Nintendo game of all time. Thank you Mr. Miyamoto for creating the definitive 2D platformer.
Tony Temple needs no introduction for anyone that is into the classic arcade video games scene. Tony’s The Arcade Blogger site is a treasure-trove of arcade’s past, including finds like arcade coin-op promotional videos from long gone heavyweights of the arcade industry.