My archive of video-game related odds & ends from around the web
30 Jun 09

Lego recreations (of sorts) of some classic arcade games.

Damn nice bit of work by MlCHAELHlCKOX in doing all of this :)

(via Offworld)

23 Jun 09
29 May 09
22 May 09
An awesome vector version of the loading screen to the C64 version of Arkanoid.

One of many which the guys over at the Daily Rodent have been putting up recently (most of them are from C64 games, with the occasional one or two from the Spectrum versions instead).

The full set can be viewed from the following posts:
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5
Part 6

(via The2Bears)

An awesome vector version of the loading screen to the C64 version of Arkanoid.

One of many which the guys over at the Daily Rodent have been putting up recently (most of them are from C64 games, with the occasional one or two from the Spectrum versions instead).

The full set can be viewed from the following posts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6

(via The2Bears)


10 May 09
08 May 09
Poor old Pac-Man.  I guess it really does show that drugs aren’t the answer :)

(via @griffmiester)

Poor old Pac-Man. I guess it really does show that drugs aren’t the answer :)

(via @griffmiester)


08 May 09
tinycartridge:


Papercraft sword from The Legend of Zelda. There’s something incredibly novel and appealing about a tangible version of a low-res object like this. It would take a lot of very thick paper, but just imagine making a life-size, blocky sword.
Here’s the corresponding boomerang:



Sweet. Just the thing for a more pixellated existance!

tinycartridge:

Papercraft sword from The Legend of Zelda. There’s something incredibly novel and appealing about a tangible version of a low-res object like this. It would take a lot of very thick paper, but just imagine making a life-size, blocky sword.

Here’s the corresponding boomerang:

Sweet. Just the thing for a more pixellated existance!


28 Apr 09
Footage from a rather snazzy 3D remake of the old arcade game Lunar Lander. There’s a bunch of cool notes about its development here, and you play it for yourself here.
15 Apr 09
01 Apr 09