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LEGO Piranha Plant Kinetic Sculpture

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Jason Allemann has made an amazing working LEGO Piranha Plant from Super Mario Bros.

“The model features some interesting mechanics in order to get the plant’s mouth to open and close as it is raised and lowered in the pipe. In this video I explain how it all works. More information can be found on my website”


Source: JK Brickworks via Technabob

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Super Mario Ping Pong

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Roommates Kal Fadem and Warren Strickler were playing ping pong back in 2009 and by amazing coincidence they hit a series of shots that sounded just like the beginning of the Super Mario Bros. theme ‘Da-da-da-da-da-da — dum’ – wow, check it out!


Source: Fadem12 on YouTube via Laughing Squid

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Genius: A Beer-Dispensing Claw Machine

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vb-claw-machineMark from Victoria (Australia) is a genius – he’s created a fantastic Victoria Bitter-dispensing claw machine. Watch it in action and be amazed!

Source: Markph01 on Rumble via Technabob

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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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‘Majora’s Mask – Terrible Fate’

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majoras-mask-featured‘Majora’s Mask – Terrible Fate’ by EmberLab.

‘A tribute to the legendary game, this short showcases Skull Kid’s dark origin story. Our take on how the Zelda Universe could be realized in film. A labor of love for all those involved, this is a gift to the fans.’

Source: EmberLab via Cheezburger

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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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Happy 25th Anniversary Blizzard Entertainment!

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blizzardGood Game’s Goose Mangus did an awesome story on the history of Blizzard Entertainment on this week’s show to celebrate the company’s 25th anniversary (25 years – can you believe it?!). Check it out below:

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The games
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diablo-1996

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diablo-ii-2000

warcraft-iii-2002

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hearthstone-2014

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Source: Good Game on YouTube

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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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‘Army Of Darkness’ by 8-Bit Cinema

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army-of-darkness-featured-1CineFix brings us an 8-bit interpretation of the awesome Sam Raimi classic ‘Army of Darkness’ – Hail to the king, baby!

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Video source: CineFix on YouTube

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Super Mario: Underworld

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Super Mario: Underworld by Nukazooka – Mario enters the upside down, spooky!


Source: Nukazooka on YouTube via Laughing Squid

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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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8-Bit ‘King Of The Hill’ Intro

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koth-featuredClever pixel artist, Mauri Helme, has recreated the classic ‘King of the Hill’ intro in wonderful 8-bit style.

Mauri’s other work includes a beautiful pixel illustration of the NES:
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And the last scene of ‘Back to the Future’:

Sources: Mauri Helme via Laughing Squid, and Mauri Helme’s blog

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8-Bit Cinema: Halloween

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halloweenThe latest installment in CineFix‘s ‘8-Bit Cinema’ is an awesome retelling of the horror classic Halloween as Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!!

Source: CineFix via Laughing Squid

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Double Dragon: The Complete History

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doubledragon_historyIf you have been following our exploits here or on social media, you’ll know that we are massive fans of Technos‘ brilliant 1987 beat’em up arcade game, Double Dragon.

What’s there not to like, two brothers, Billy and Jimmy Lee, set out to rescue Billy’s girl, Marian, from the Black Warriors gang by kicking ten-shades out of every baddie that gets in their way! This co-op game also gave the player the opportunity to grab strewn items, like a whip or baseball bat (among others) to easily dispose of the Black Warriors members.

We could go on and on about this awesome game, but we thought we’d spare you and bring your attention to Double Dragon: The Complete History by Slopes Game Room’s Daniel Ibbertson. Insert coin and enjoy!

Ah, many a coin were pumped into this machine
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Double Dragon was converted on myriad of home systems. Let’s not talk about the C64 version *grumble*
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The NES conversion was one of the better ones
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Even the Atari 2600 conversion was better than the C64 debacle!
doubledragon_history_a2600source: Slopes Game Room