Misc.
Pixel Peg Boards Offer Sprite Recreation
Countless hours of childhood memories can be relived when you start plugging pegs into these pegboards. If you follow instructions, you’ll get a classic 8-bit sprite. These Dot Pin sets are what Brian affectionately refers to as “video game themed Lite Brites”. Sounds about right to me.
[Dot Pin Sets blast from the past via [...]
Pikmin Toys
I’ve been lurking on eBay for sometime waiting for the perfect Pikmin toys (at the right price, albeit) to be up for sale. Imagine my surprise when good ‘ol Lik-Sang added some Japan-released Pikmin toys to their catalog overnight.
It’s not the complete set like you might find on eBay. But the price is right at [...]
Ode to a Nintendo 64 Handheld!
Ben Heck did it! He soldered and molded and spanked a N64 system AND controller (very important) into a tiny handheld casing with LCD screen and battery t’boot. And it’s stunningly beautiful. Not sure if its the asthetics that make it so lovely, or just the sight of a N64 and trying to get braincells [...]
Mega Mario Magnets
Pixelated Mario Magnets are the latest in line of Pixel Mario kubrick style toys/figures. Gary picked them up at KidRobot and was told that a playset is also available but out of stock. I truly envy anyone within a half-day’s driving radius of a KidRobot store.
[linkz0rs from 4CR]
Tetris Comes To Life, for REAL Yo!
Remember circa 1989 when everybody HAD to own a Gameboy? Not necessarily for the hardware or the game library as it was pretty small at the time (little did we know). No, the reason everyone had to have a gameboy was to play Tetris. That crazy russian game where you fit cube pieces into rows [...]
New Handheld Console plays NES classics.
Want to own the newest and coolest portable gaming system on the planet? No, not the Nintendo DS or Sony PSP. We’re talking about the Pocket Famicom from Lik-Sang. This latest gaming gadget on the block plays your favorite Famicom games on a 2.5″ LCD screen. Cool factor: It has an A/V jack to hook [...]
Nintendo Chief Big’em Announces Launch Titles With Major Press Release
Word…WORD…is out. Nintendo has announced 10 to 12 titles for the Nintendo DS Launch. Each title will approximately retail for $29.99, not bad considering that’s the average price for GBA games right now. Actually, I’d say that’s pretty damn good. There’s 120 current games in development, and we foresee the majority of those being prematurely [...]
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Kotaku is one of the three latest Gawker flavored weblogs to keep us up on news and not so newsie games stuff. A derivative of the japanese word “otaku”, which basically means “unhealthily obsessed”, Kotaku has a fresh approach to games coverage which we can relate to. They’ll be bringing only the top-of-the-scene news which [...]
Uber Gizmo">Uber Gizmo
We have another confession. We’ve been cheating on our favorite gadget weblogs. We’ve been lured in by the colorfulness and lucidity of newcomer Uber Gizmo. Oh, the others need not worry. We’ll keep them around like scarlet mistresses. Uber Gizmo just happens to be our flavor of the week. After all, we did find a [...]
Nintendo Set for Go for Oct 7 DS Press Conference
Looks as if Nintendo is going to keep its secrets to itself during the Tokyo Game Show. Instead, they scheduled a press conference for October 7th to reveal all the specifics of the Nintendo DS platform for the Japanese launch. On hand for the press conference will be president Satoru Iwata and the big [...]
