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.
Fans of classic arcade games will undoubtedly enjoy this fully functional arcade button light switch. It’s great for kids rooms, but adults can enjoy it too. All you need is to rig it so that a combo dims the normal lights and turn on the party lights. Disco combo!
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The iCade started out as an April Fools joke last year, but not long after we got word that ThinkGeek was actually going to bring the iPad arcade cabinet to life. And now, the device is almost ready to ship.
Not only that, the Atari’s Greatest Hits app has been configured to work with the iCade, so there will be 100 retro games to play right out of the box. ThinkGeek will also be releasing an API for other developers wishing to bake-in iCade compatibility. The device works with both the original iPad and the iPad 2.
The iCade is scheduled to ship on May 20th. Pre-orders are available now.
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From CubicleBot: If you are a hopeless arcade addict, you may have trouble adjusting to iPad use. Thankfully, you can pick up this JOYSTICK-IT, which attaches itself to the screen with a suction cup and uses conductive foam to make the iPad’s capacitive touchscreen register input. See it in action after the break.
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Combine the pleasure of the arcade with the business of waking up at the ass crack of dawn to go to a job you hate, and you may actually break your addiction to gaming.
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Unfortunately, this is not the slick iPad arcade unit ThinkGeek duped everyone with on April Fools. We hear that might become a real product eventually, but for now, this is as good as it’s gonna get.
It’s a decent proof of concept at least (the game is local, not a VNC client apparently)—lets just hope ThinkGeek can get it in gear and deliver a commercial version before everyone stops caring. It may already be too late.
Remember that tiny working arcade cabinet from a few months back? Well, Sam Seide has come up with an even better design this time around. And like the last version, he’s putting this up for sale on eBay. If you would rather make one than buy one, Seide also made a video that gives a pretty detailed tour of the build.
The sounds made by this Arcade sculpture from artist Steve D’Angelo are great, but I do seem to recall that there were screens and moving pictures associated with them. Maybe my memory is going—it’s been a loooong time.
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