Special NES cartridges for sale

NES cartridges for sale:

These are artist created items that use classic NES cartridges recycled as an art canvas. Inside you will find a random vintage game from the original NES lineup that still works! All profits go directly to supporting the artists and team involved in the creation of these carts. Each cart includes a small stick-on plastic hook for wall mounting.

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Retro-style Twin Peaks video game

Black Lodge is a free Atari 2600-style action game for PC and Mac, created by Jak Locke. Via these sites.

*Previously: Twin Peaks merchandise.

Link roundup

1. "Private cities are growing throughout the developing world and some of them are quite large."

2. Serpent cars.

3. Real-life wood elves - - training trees to form bridges over a river. Via.

4. James Cameron's Avatar reimagined as an Atari-era game. Via.

Link roundup

1. Really interesting article about how hit songs are manufactured and how much it costs to do so (the amount spent on promoting the song (bribery) is by far the largest amount). Via.

2. Tron Legacy 8 bit Extended Version.

3. Tattoo with a QR code that becomes animated when viewed through a smartphone. It'll be more impressive when the tattoo is invisible unless viewed through a smartphone.

Metroid/Return of the Jedi mashup

By Timothy Lim, Princess Leia stars in a 8-Bit Return of the Jedi-themed knockoff of Metroid.

*Buy Slave Leia toys at eBay.

Portal 2, the Tiger Electronics game

Shane Parker imagines Portal 2 as a Tiger Electronics handheld.

Portal 2 on the NES

NES-style Portal 2 title screen by Agent Midnight.

*Buy Portal 2 and get a store credit at Amazon.

8Bit Tron Legacy

Animation & pixels by Pierre Manry, Derezzed remixed by midimachine, who has also remixed the end titles:



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*Buy Tron toys at eBay.

8Bit Tron Legacy

Animation & pixels by Pierre Manry, Derezzed remixed by midimachine, who has also remixed the end titles:



Via.

*Buy Tron toys at eBay.

Play a Japanese demake of Fallout

Presumably more fun if you can read Japanese, play a Japanese demake of Fallout. As far as I can tell, it fights for you, but you get to make various dialog choices. Via.

*Buy Fallout bobbleheads at eBay.

Play a Japanese demake of Fallout

Presumably more fun if you can read Japanese, play a Japanese demake of Fallout. As far as I can tell, it fights for you, but you get to make various dialog choices. Via.

*Buy Fallout bobbleheads at eBay.

If Deadpool had starred in an 8-Bit game

NES-style box art featuring Deadpool. Available as a wallpaper at the link.

UPDATE: But see the comment.

*Buy Deadpool toys at Amazon.

If Deadpool had starred in an 8-Bit game

NES-style box art featuring Deadpool. Available as a wallpaper at the link.

UPDATE: But see the comment.

*Buy Deadpool toys at Amazon.

8-Bit Tron Legacy sprites

8-Bit Tron Legacy sprites by Delfina Perez Adan.

*Buy Tron toys at eBay.

8-Bit Tron Legacy sprites

8-Bit Tron Legacy sprites by Delfina Perez Adan.

*Buy Tron toys at eBay.

Top Gun in sixty funny seconds

Top Gun parody by Mark Wong for Empire's Done in 60 Seconds movie remake contest. (Seems like half the time is devoted to beach volleyball.)

Here's two more entries:





Super There Will Be Blood by Tomfoolery.



Tron by Mawgan Pengelly.

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How Facebook would have looked in 1984

Robert Penney imagines Facebook on a DOS machine.

*Buy vintage Macs at eBay.

Link roundup

1. "Welfare payments to children of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles County increased in July to $52 million, prompting renewed calls from one county supervisor to rein in public benefits to such families."

2. "A world-renowned Texas scientist specializing in infectious diseases who was once charged with smuggling dangerous samples of plague bacteria into the U.S. was questioned by authorities after a suspicious item found in his luggage caused a massive evacuation at Miami International Airport Thursday night."

3. Anyone who loved the old NES game 1942 will enjoy this 8Bit demake of Tom Clancy's HAWX 2. Via.

Brutal Legend SCUMM engine screenshot

Brutal Legend as a SCUMM engine game by Junkboy.

*Buy Brutal Legend collectibles at eBay.

Ghostbusters vintage video game

Jude Buffum created vintage video game screens for Ghostbusters, Gremlins, and The Goonies for the upcoming show at Gallery 1988. You can see many more recently revealed works from the show at THe Autumn Society.

*Previously: Ghostbusters tattoo design.

*Buy Ghostbusters toys at eBay.