PopMatters' Moving Pixels blog has a nice story that sheds some light on the beauty of good arcade conversions. Gyruss's arcade original was recently re-released on Xbox Live Arcade and has given Mike Schiller reason to contemplate on how great, and different, the NES port of Gyruss was.

Makes you think: how many other great console ports have been overlooked because they weren't "arcade perfect"?

Read the full article here. 

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The Pinewood Princess is at it again.  This time taking the rather infamous House Rules sign that we've all seen in so many arcades during our youth and bringing to life a 3-D version complete with all the no this and not that rules that we all hated and rarely followed!

For a limited time, Jason and Melissa are offering up to 40% off on this sign for folks that want to jump on board and get one ordered for their gamerooms.

Or, if you've got pesky teenagers who seem to make a mess of your house, buy one of these and throw it up in the entry way for them to scoff at when they enter your humble abode.

Head on over to Nice Carvings and get yours ordered today!

Nice Carvings House Rules Signs

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Taito has issued a press release to remind the business world that gamers still love the old stuff. The up-coming Space Invaders Extreme for PSP and DS still sounds as mouth-wateringly play-tastic as ever (initial reports tell that the revamped speedy gameplay still holds true to the original). They also officially confirm the release date for Arkanoid DS. Both games will hit US streets on June 17th.

Check out the Japanese trailer for Arkanoid DS...

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"Honey, that warehouse down the street was having a sale and... well... you know how you like Tetris?"
The Stupid Gamer is on a roll with insightful articles. Next up, proof that addiction to arcade game collecting is a disease not to be taken lightly. This house is literally stuffed to the rafters with arcade cabinets, parts, boxes and who knows what else this guy found on eBay. As one person puts it in the comments, "It is like being a crazy cat lady but with arcade cabinets."

Check out the full horror here. 

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Gaming blog The Stupid Gamer has come across a collection of retro themed gamer tatoos. Although the author has labeled them 'bad tattoos', I think some of them are actually very nicely done. Whatever way you look at them, anyone that chooses to have their body inked with images declaring their old school love of video games is okay in our books!

Check out the full range of tattoos here (caution: partial nudity) 

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Was browsing over at Think Geek yesterday for their annual April Fools Day sale.  Yep, I booked my copy of Wii Sports for IPhone, and I stumbled across these little gems .

I'm thinking I need a couple sets, because when I look at my fridge I see that I have a LOT of stuff that I need to keep on there.

I mean, those 3 month old coupons for the pizza joint around the corner are sure to be good to use 2 months from now.

And that coupon for .50 cents off of Oscar Meyer Bologna that I put up there last year needs something new to spruce it up.  Not to mention all the pictures that we've got plastered on there, and the calendar, and the white board, and the important phone numbers and the....

Man.  Nevermind cleaning the inside of the fridge.  I need to clean the outside!

Pac-Man Magnets 

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The guys over at Blizzard obviously have a good understanding of what today's retro-gamer wants; modern games that bring our vintage gaming systems back to life. Today a lot of peoples dreams have been answered with a console port of World of Warcraft. Dubbed "World of Warcraft: The Molten Core", the up-coming games official website showcases some of the development teams talents with the 2600 port.

I for one will be brushing the dust off my 2600 and have it ready for a review of this release as soon as it's available. 

Hey... wait a minute; what day is it?
Aw, dammit!!!

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Bruno's at it again!  He sent  us an e-mail alerting us to his latest and greates conquest.  Man, I wish I had the time, ingenuity, attention span, and money to do what this guy does!

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Nooooo, that's NOT a frankenpanel gone horribly wrong.

That, my friends, is a DIY built from Arcade Parts to control a piece of software known as Ableton.  Ableton is described as "a complete music solution for Mac OS and Windows. Live covers the entire musical process, from inspiration to studio to stage."

The creator of this panel, The Prevolt had this to say: "This is what I'm using to control Ableton now. All arcade hardware, aluminum top panel by FPE, and a nice wood case courtesy of my man Michael Yates. It uses all key commands through a custom driver to handle playback, effects, editing, warping, UI, mouse clicks, scroll messages, and more, with a lot of tweaks (some strobe, some send double messages, etc)"

I wonder what else is out there that folks have used arcade parts to control?

Thanks to Graham Best for pointing it out to us.

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Barry aka  Sonic 1992 over at DragonsLairFans.com has posted great tribute to his sister that also includes a walk down memory lane.

Who is Barry you might ask and why is this news?  Well, you might remember him from the very enviable gameroom that he managed to build outside his house known as Sonic 1992's Yesterdays. 

Anyhow, Barry posted a TON of old ads from our yesteryears including some vintage pac-man stuff as well as some great hand-drawn stuff that his sister put together as a kid.  Not to mention there are some great photos of him as he progressed through the 80s and early 90s with various arcade games and video games.

You see, Barry's sister passed away in 1995, but up until then, she was always clipping ads and saving memorabilia related to arcade games.  Brings back lots of memories.

Check it out here

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