Here's something you don't see everyday!

BYOAC regular Knievel has unveiled his latest design.  A Guitar Hero Cabinet built to replicate a monster stack of Marshall amps. 

For those of you unfamiliar with Guitar Hero, where have you been?  Kidding.  The appeal of Guitar Hero for many of us retro-gamers is the draw of being able to play guitar to some of the greatest rock n' roll hits of the last 3 decades including many hits from the 80's.

Knievel's work is well known over at BYOAC and he continues to put out quality projects inovating and coming up with new ways to play while remaining stylish and space conscious.

According to Knievel, the cabinet is actually 3 boxes stacked together and able to be taken apart to transport to other party spots.  All parts were purchased at an online amp store.

Check it out! 

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A unique movie prop and arcade auction hits Dallas this coming weekend: 

"Hollywood Roadshow , a partnership between Premiere Props and Super Auctions, announced today that the auction of never before seen horror-themed movie props and arcade games has moved to the Slaughterhouse Haunted House in Dallas, TX (2020 Lamar Street, Dallas, TX 75202). Presented by Fangoria, the live auction will take place at the Slaughterhouse Haunted House on Saturday, October 20^th with a preview from 8am – 11am, and the auction beginning at 11am. As a special treat, bidders will be able to experience the scariest haunt in Texas and tour the haunted house during the auction."

Now that's what I call a cool auction!

Hollywood Roadshow: Horror For a Great Cause

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Curses!  Foiled again!  In another one of those, "that's my idea!" moments comes a story out of Portland about a couple of 30-something hipster geeks having weekly classic-gaming tournaments at a local lounge.

The story goes on to talk about how classic games hold more challenge over today's more modern games because of things like not being able to pause.  "If you pause you die."

I like this concept.  Somebody needs to start a league that travels around to various bars and nightclubs holding classic gaming tournaments.

It just goes to show that even the classics still have a place in our society beyond us collectors who fawn over the hard to find game cartridge or mint condition Atari. 

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Well, better late than never I suppose.

This past weekend, the World Pinball Championships were held in Scott Township, PA near Pittsburgh.

The annual event attracts world wide attention with folks coming from all over the world to compete.

Anyone was able to enter to compete for the $10,000 grand prize.  I've not yet seen results, but if anyone has them, drop us a line and let us know who won and what the action was like!

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If you haven't already checked it out, the Wii Shop is now offering NEO-GEO classics as part of it's Virtual Console lineup.

First on the list are Fatal Fury, World Heroes and Art of Fighting.  Each one will set you back 900 Wii points.

NEO-GEO becomes the sixth platform represented in the Wii Shop Channel, and it adds additional depth and breadth to the best selection of classic games available. 

I've GOT to get me a Wii! 

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RetroBlast! contributor Sez gave us a tip on a link to the Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority approved games list for operating a gaming center within Hong Kong.

It's very interesting to see what other cultures have deemed as safe for children vs. adult oriented in nature.

The list is searchable by title or manufacturer and can be downloaded in pdf format for further viewing.

This is a great find for anyone looking for some loose guidelines to open their own gaming centers and wondering what would be kid friendly. 

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The fellas over at Crunch Gear posted a photo of what appears to be a functional NES system lodged inside the base of a sneaker.

This unusual system was spotted at the end of the Sneaker Pimps tour. 

The Sneaker Pimps tour is the worlds largest touring sneaker show featuring over 1000 pairs of rare, limited edition, vintage, celebrity signed, artists collaborated sneakers and a collection of sneaker inspired artwork, fashion and photography.

Glad to see the 80s have been such an inspiration to today's artists. 

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Here's a neat little toy for when you're bored, sitting in front of your computer at work, on that conference call listening to the Pointy Haired Boss drone on, and on, and on, and on....

Introducing the USB Whack It ! (We really gotta get them to work on that name.)

A description from here says : "Powered by USB or batteries, the desktop arcade challenge includes 30 second or 1 minute game play modes and an LED scoreboard next to the start/stop button at the front.

Held in place by four suction pads on the feet, the idea is that as the moles flash you whack them, gaining one point for every hit you make.

It sounds simple and should be, but the game gets quicker as the time progresses, the moles flash red, green and yellow and there's some "weird" sound effects to heighten the excitement."

It'll set you back about $24 U.S., so if you've got everything else and are looking for something new check it out ! 

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There's a story coming out of New Jersey this morning about a town that has raised concern over 100+ gumball machines that have been placed throughout the town by unknown persons or persons.

Town officials are concerned that the machines may be used to lace the contents with poison.

Over-reacting?  Well, that's debatable.

Why is this Retro News?  Well, the fact is that gumball machines are slowly fading away.  Many of us have them in our Game Rooms today as a point of nostalgia and they are fast going the way of the arcade machine and the pinball machine.

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As seen on Kotaku .

I guess that's one way to use up all those floppies that we've got sitting around the office.  I mean, aside from using them to level a table with a bad leg, what else are they good for?

Now it's time for someone to take a bunch of floppies and make a 3D version of Mario, or Pac-Man, or whatever your favorite character might have been!

Kudos to Kotaku Reader Rodrigo ! 

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