Reddit contributor “Echoobrain” scratch-built this awesome arcade cabinet in his spare time which plays any SNES cartridge, complete with an arcade quality joystick and buttons. The only downfall, besides being limited to SNES, is that the system caters to single-player gaming, which necessitated an extra controller in the cabinet’s front drawer.
Echoobrain states that he is looking for the step by step photos of the build, which he plans to eventually post. Check out some additional pics after the break.
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I played hours of the original Frogger in arcades and on my neighbor’s Atari and turned countless frogs into roadkill. Ever wonder what might happen if that poor, hapless frog was plopped down in New York City? No doubt taking a little inspiration from George Costanza, Tyler DeAngelo decided to find out with his updated, real-time version of the game called Fifth Avenue Frogger. He got his hands on a classic Frogger cabinet, installed a web cam over Fifth Avenue, and then wrote the code to transfer the traffic data directly into the game. They’re hoping their creation will get them into the Art of the Video Game Exhibit at the Smithsonian if enough people ask them to add the game show their support.
See the little frog in action after the jump…
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I don’t know how to read or speak a single word of Japanese, but all the cool stuff that they won’t share with me is making a trip over there more and more of a necessity. Take this incredible Pokemon Tretta arcade game from Marvelous AQL. It dispenses collectible trettas that you can either use in battles or trade with your friends. All you do is insert 100 yen coin, pick out your Pokemon, and see who wins. There’s even going to be a carrying case available. You’ll be able to check out this game in July, but only if you’re in Japan. Man, I’ve got to get over there or I’ll never catch ‘em all.
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We recently reported about 9-year-old Caine and his cardboard arcade, and we have an update for you. The short film that ended with a flashmob has spread Caine’s story far and wide. A scholarship fund has been established for his future education and has already exceeded $100,000 in donations. Caine has also received an offer to get a real pinball machine for his storefront. The owner of the Los Angeles pinball store, Pins and Needles, offered Caine his choice of vintage pinball machines. One of them is valued at $3,000.
He hasn’t decided which pinball machine to go with just yet.
If you aren’t close enough to visit the actual arcade (which I plan to do as soon as I can), keep an eye on the Facebook page for news and announcements.
(TMZ via The Daily What)
In East L.A, nine-year-old Caine spent an entire summer building a cardboard arcade. He used boxes from his dad’s auto parts store and taped together everything he could imagine. He cleverly developed a claw game, games with hoops, and waited for the customers to come. He even made tickets and had little prizes.
Nirvan Mullick stumbled upon the Caine’s Arcade and was so impressed by what Caine had built that he decided to make a short film about it. He also organized a flashmob to visit the arcade—and if that bit of the video doesn’t make you feel warm and mushy, you might need to oil your robotic innards.
Watch the short film about Caine’s Arcade after the break.
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It’s hard to image what a classic arcade game like Pac-Man would look like today. Not so if you’re the folks at Steelehouse Productions. They’ve put together a short movie with an updated version of the little yellow guy. He’s now part of a secret government experiment and his name is short for Polymorphic Autonomous Compound Manipulator. It’s not clear exactly what he’s for, but with a name like that he’s got to be some kind of super-weapon that is destined to run out of control, gobbling all our precious energy and depleting the world’s supply of bananas. And possibly cherries.
See Pac-Man take on the ghosts after the jump!
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Vintage arcade nostalgia courtesy of Axel Pfaender. Hopefully, he will sell prints some time soon, but in the meantime you can click on the image for larger bigitude.
(via Nerdcore)
If you already know where this is going, chances are you grew up in the ’80s. Check out the full comic after the break.
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Remember the classic arcade game OutRun? Well Garnet Hertz, an informatics researcher at the University of California Irvine with a really cool science-y name, wondered what it would be like to take the game on the road…literally. So he combined the cabinet with an electric golf cart and added cameras and fancy software that reproduces the terrain in front of you on the display in 8-bit OutRun rendering.
Unfortunately, you won’t be able to “OutRun” anything in this cart as it only has a maximum speed of 13 mph (consider drag racing with a Segway), but the augmented reality technology could have applications in medicine as therapy for the disabled or for developing futuristic wheelchairs.
Check out the OutRun cart in action after the break.
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When FX guru Freddie Wong isn’t being a Jedi a-hole, he’s being an a-hole at the arcade—winning all of the toys meant for little kids. Damn you Freddie Wong and your Jedi / arcade skills!
Check out the video after the break.
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