Retro Culture 🕹️

If I had this bed as a kid I don't think I would have ever had a problem making it. This kid has the coolest grandma ever for making something like this. Wait the NES came out 25 years ago, this was made by a total geek! Anyway we think its pretty cool and wanted to share. Source Here Read more

Orange Crush This person or group put an awful lot of work into this soda masterpiece of Mario going after a question box! Ill never look at orange crush the same again. At least they took a picture because you know that wont last long! Not sure where this picture came from, but I found it on neatorama. Read more

In the spirit of procrastination I decided to post about a mini arcade I found.  I'm not sure if this is old news, but it's interesting.  This guy built mini arcades using a turbo grafx 16 and a sega genesis.  He used these mini ps1 portable screens, a retro arcade stick you hook up to a tv, and old systems.  They came out pretty nice! The post is in Spanish, but you… Read more

As I sit in a coffee shop trying to do work, my mind yet again drifts off to my gaming childhood. Video games were not the only ways I was able to get my fix.  I remember always bugging my parents to let me use a check to subscribe to Nintendo Power.  They never gave in. Until one day I asked if I could have that for my birthday. Yes I know,… Read more

Racketboy, a retrogaming blog, recently posted an article that details a 2 day workshop hold in New York.  The special thing about this workshop is that the students learn how to program and design 8 bit games that can be used to disseminate important and helpful information to different communities.  One of the games helps the player learn how Malaria is spread and what you, as the player, can do to help… Read more

I'm not sure if this is a phenomena that's particular to San Francisco or if it is widespread.  I've read many a list of hipster culture (PBR, tight jeans, huge plastic sun glasses, etc etc..), but I've never read anything that detailed the role of retro gaming. In the picture you can see one of my friends playing pac man.  He took me to this bar, full of hipsters, table arcades, a… Read more

For those of you guys who have not seen the real life Mario Kart here it is. Hilarious. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MytfhzcSF-Y[/youtube] Check out his entire video collection here. Read more

It's oldschool! It's back in 3d form! Withall these advancements in 3d games we always come back to good 'ol 2d (and by 2d I mean on a 2d plane) game play. It's  interesting to see the new innovations that developers bring to 2d games, platform games, and fighting games. Maybe there is some space for us retro fans in this generation of gaming after all. What do you all think? Do… Read more

I must say I am impressed with this mans skills. He defeated Bowser and beat Mario 64 in 15:35. It took me weeks to beat this game, this guy, under sixteen minutes. We salute you, MR. Super Mario 64 Beater guy. [youtube]82TSWzOsPYc[/youtube] Read more

I recently found this comic and really enjoyed the art.  I was surprised how well some of the later images were illustrated.  The story is a little odd, and the writing needs a bit of work, but the art is top notch! Some nsfw illustrations, but overall it's fine.  For those of you not used to reading manga, remember you read from right to left then move down. I remember loving comics… Read more

Remember the days when you and your friends would talk about rumors and claim to be able to do things in games that seemed impossible? I particularly remember the blood code for Mortal Kombat1, in Mega Man 3 if 2nd player held specific buttons you could fall in gaps and not die (and jump super high), street fighter II gamepro april fools, and more.  This new series at gametrailers investigates myths in… Read more

So after all of these years I have finally figured out why Mario and the Princess are still in love. They use the Nintendo Love Tester, duh. The original device was created in 19(69) by Nintendo, ha. Who would have thought, long before the video game kings were kings they knew a think or two about geeks and love. Apparently each lover holds a ball, and the doo-hickey will yell you and… Read more

A guy by the name of Mario over at ModRetro forums put together a nice little Atari 2600 hand held gaming console. Here are the Specs and what Mario has to say: Specifications: 3.5" Screen Uses an Atari Flashback 2 Hopefully will have room for the cartridge slot 2 GBASP batteries for a total of 3.7v, 1200mAh Uses a GBC 5v step-up to power the screen and FB2 FITS IN A POCKET!… Read more

Some guy took an R2D2 cooler and turned it into a retro game machine! Inside are eight consoles and a projector mounted in the head kinda like R2D2. Now you can have your own gaming robot to help take care of that old school gaming itch. Thank these guys for the news. Read more

I had no idea how much arts and crafts enthusiast cared for the fine taste of vintage gaming. A fella by the name of BottleCapArt has put his art and craft skills to good use. Mario is large and in charge in this bottle cap art piece and is showing off in mid jump I suppose. It was built with a sturdy plywood frame in mind and a love for alcohol. The… Read more

Just when you thought that it was safe to say Retro Gaming Geeks couldn't possibly get any geekier with game related cupcake designs.... someone breaks the mold and re-creates a static image of the original Donkey Kong Arcade game out of nothing but Legos.  The Ape looks a little cartoonish and not all that mean but who cares right? My favorite part has to be the hammers in mid air. Not sure… Read more

Don't play us, dork, we know you are eying these cupcakes. Here are 10 of the geekiest cupcakes we have ever seen, fit for the king of dorks. 1. Speaking of kings, here is the king of Nintendo, Mario.  Here’s a Mario pixel cupcake beast made from several smaller cupcake squares. 2. These iPhone app cupcakes are spot on if you ask us. These tasty little morsels were made just for the… Read more