Not only did John come up with a unique theme for an arcade cabinet, but he also went the extra mile literally "sculpting" custom pieces for his build.
In a move some might say more foolish than bold, RetroBlast frontman Kevin Steele is handing over the keys to the RetroBlast.com website to a bunch of slack-jawed ...
Francis Wood a.k.a. Franco to you BYOAC users has come up with a little how-to on taking your joysticks and modifying them for custom LED balltops.
Check out the article as Francis does a quick how-to on taking a pair of Sanwa sticks and modifying the shafts to allow for an LED light to be implanted.
"Scott from MAMERoom posted this note this evening: In addition to offering a 10% off discount during the holiday seasons (coupon code XMAS), Mameroom designs will be donating a portion of all sales to the Tay-Sachs foundation.
Tay-Sachs is a nasty disease that strikes children in the first few months of life and is always fatal. You can read a bit more about it on the National Institute of Health page about the disease."
RetroMC himself found this cool idea. Take those old worn out and busted joysticks from your old consoles and make them into a coat hanger for your gameroom.
I'm sure there's some Wicos just laying in a closet somewhere that would make a good coat hanger.
Or how about a few 2600 joys that have died and gone to heaven. Now they can be resurrected as a nice game themed feature for your game room.
Well, um, I wouldn't exactly call it a thing of beauty, but it does look like we have another entry into the world of virtual pinball.
TAB Austria is showing pictures of their 42" touchscreen driven virtual pinball machine coming stock with 6 tables and capable of being used to play other action games outside of the pinball arena.
Personally, I think I'd rather have an Ultrapin sitting in my basement, but the concept of a mult-tasking machine that can also play other games via a 42" touchscreen is very intriguing.
Among several other titles launching on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday are two that might sound familiar. Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe have gotten some extreme makeovers; including a new high-speed mode called "Throttle Monkey". Both blinged-out games will be bundled together and set you back a mere 400 MSPoints.
More details and juicy screenshots are available on the official page .
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Well here's something you don't see everyday, and here's an excellent way to re-purpose that old C-64 you might have sitting up on a high shelf in the garage collecting dust.
Toni Westbrook has taken the time to interface a PS2 Guitar Hero controller with a C-64 and then build, from scratch, a Guitar Hero-ish type game to use the controller with.
From the site:
"The Shredz64 project is an attempt to build an interface to connect the Playstation Guitar Hero controller (and any other PS controller) to the Commodore 64 computer, then create a Guitar Hero like game on the C64 utilizing the guitar controller."
Thanks to RetroBlast! regulars Danny_Galaga and RetroMC for pointing this out to us. Like them, I find these ways of coming up with new ideas for old equipment very interesting and fun to watch unfold.
Barry Barcrest, the creator of Freebox Jukebox dropped us a line this past week to let us know that he's offering a discount to RetroBlast! readers through the end of December, 2007.
Now, through the end of the year, RetroBlast! readers will receive the normally priced $25 licensed copy of version 3.0 for $15. Just be sure to mention RetroBlast! in your PayPal payment and you'll be all set.
If you're not familiar with Freebox Jukebox and are looking for a way to play your albums either on your arcade cabinet or perhaps looking to build your own jukebox, be sure to check out at least the demo.
Barry is faster than lightning when it comes to updates and is already fast working on version 4.0 of the software. I've not found another jukebox software developer who is so responsive and quick to support his end user community.
Wow! Melissa's at it again. This time bringing some Galaga and Robotron inspired goodness your way.
Not only did she do full sets of carvings for both, but she's also got the background canvases to go with them.
Melissa's worth continues to evolve and stand out as a very unique and original piece of work.
If you're looking for something unique to decorate that blank spot in the Gameroom and the wife, or husband, won't let you put a Plasma in that spot, check out Melissa's work.
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