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The Little Vector-Based Console That Couldn’t Is Reborn On The IPad

In 1982 Smith Engineering released the Vectrex, a self-contained video game console that delivered cutting-edge vector based games to the masses. It was the first game console with a 3D peripheral. It was brilliant.


Think Rampage Would Make A Good Monster Movie? So Does New Line Cinema

Inspired by the classic giant monster movies of Hollywood’s past, Midway’s arcade classic Rampage is now the potentially classic giant monster movie of Hollywood’s future. New Line Cinema has begun development on George, Ralph, and Lizzie’s big screen debut.


The World’s Smallest Functioning Space Invaders Cabinet

Here is what is believed to be the smallest playable Space Invaders arcade cabinet every built, using a ROM and parts from a Game Boy Advance.


It’s Nice To See Mortal Kombat Putting Skin On For Once

As reported yesterday, the new Mortal Kombat‘s first dose of downloadable content delivers new skins for the game’s wacky human ninja crew, in honour of the early ’90s law of ninja costume conservation.


Get Your Hands On An Original NES Software Development Kit

This may look like a busted up Nintendo Entertainment System, but its seller says it’s actually an NES development kit, recovered about 10 years ago from the warehouse of a defunct Las Vegas-area developer. It’s up for bid on eBay, currently topping out at $US305.


Why Put Cartridge In Console When You Can Put Console In Cartridge

I get the feeling I’ve seen this before somewhere, and the creator, dany32412 on Instructables, himself says it was inspired by another source. That’s still a functioning Nintendo Entertainment System within a modified NES cartridge, which is a great novelty mod. The difference here is the original gamepads are supported.


Ducks, Limited

Duck Hunt’s erstwhile mallard joins two of its kin in flight for this mixed-media wall art, available via Etsy for $US120. The pixels forming the duck are quarter-inch tiles made from salvaged bok covers. The entire piece is 21 x 26 inches, sold framed with glass. Asshole Dog sold separately.


Yeah, Pretty Sure This Cheat Code Doesn’t Work

I’ve tried it repeatedly and can’t get the damn thing to work. Maybe this is only for the PAL version of the game?


LEGO Wizards Don’t Stop The Motion In Their Third Games Tribute

Ninja Moped, the Swedish artists behind a series of eye-popping stop-motion LEGO animations depicting classic video games, have released another stunning video, following up these and 2009′s seminal “8-Bit Trip”


Vegas Entrepreneur Bets On An Arcade

Fremont Street in Las Vegas is where you find the low rollers. The five-dollar tables and four-dollar steaks. It’s a district with lower rents and higher ambitions, and that’s where one gaming-themed bar is set to open later this year.


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