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NES Redesigned

A hypothetical design of the NES, where the 80ies meets contemporary design.

05-2008 [Go there]

Score: 4.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: retro, gaming, design

8-bit Cafe in Japan

04-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: 8-bit, retro

Animations from Larry Cuba (Star Wars)

This is absolute fabulous stuff! Larry Cuba made the computer-animations for the screens in the early Star Wars movies. Also click the link to get more and see the Star Wars related making of.

04-2008 [Go there]

Score: 4.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: animation, retro, history

Retro Design and Packaging

..at the lovely Smashing Magazine.

04-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: retro, design, inspiration

FC64: Commodore64 Emulator in Actionscript 3

Very neat. Now you can play C64 even in the browser.

04-2008 [Go there]

Score: 4.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: retro, c64, 8-bit, actionscript

Tapedeck.org

Neat archive of blank analogue audio cassette tapes.

04-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: archive, retro, collection

Black Box Board Game

"Black Box is a game of 'hide and seek' for one or two players, which simulates shooting rays into a black box to deduce the locations of atoms hidden inside."

03-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: game, retro

Gorillas (PS)

That were the days. The mighty gorillas, having their fight on heavy desktop PCs. I remember, that this was also frequently used to get kids into programming. [via]

02-2008 [Go there]

Score: 4.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: game, pixel, retro, 8-bit

Chistoria pewnego pE ce-tofca ATARI 800

A really obscure black/white demo for the Atari 800, expressing live with computergames. This I would definitely call "special interest". [via]

02-2008 [Go there]

Score: 5.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: 8bit, lofi, retro, demo, gaming

Pac Man Skull

I didn't know that Pac Man had a skull.

02-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: retro, something

Whohooo. NES in action.

Scene from the movie "The Wizard".

01-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: nes, retro, ui

Recorded Amiga Games

"Your source to recorded Amiga longplay and speedrun movies."

01-2008 [Go there]

Score: 5.0 (Number of votes: 2)

Tags: amiga, retro, speedrun

MS-DOS 5 Upgrade Training

Silly, but good.

01-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: history, retro, classic, os, pc

Nullsoft Beep

"Nullsoft Beep is an application that makes your computer sound like computers sound in the movies."

01-2008 [Go there]

Score: 5.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: tools, application, retro

Vintage Toys from the 70ies and 80ies

Website with mostly German vintage toys.

01-2008 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: vintage, retro, toy

Old Keyboard Pictures and Reviews

This one is called "The 10 worst Keyboards of all time", but I don't see it like that. Nevertheless they are interesting reviews and cool pictures from old keyboards, that makes computing history so cute.

12-2007 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: retro, design

Hydrofool for ZX Spectrum 128

Just another great video-review from "paulisthebest3uk" on YouTube, reviewing another ZX Spectrum videogame. Check this out.

12-2007 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: retro, zx, game, video, 8-bit

Wolfgang Robot

"Developed in the early 1980s by greedy video game tycoon William Jennings Wellworth as an expensive prototype robot capable of human feeling, Wolfgang was also extensively analog-programmed with an encyclopedic knowledge of the popular music of the era, with the idea of creating the world’s first robot pop star, capable of writing hit songs."

12-2007 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: robotics, music, retro, history

File Freakout

A collective of artists, that do very cool stuff with pixels, music and 8-bit. So cool, that it almost hurts!

11-2007 [Go there]

Score: 5.0 (Number of votes: 3)

Tags: pixel, artist, retro, 8-bit

Video Game Maps from Classic Games

A collection of some Video Game Maps. Brilliant stuff on there, from Zelda to Ultima and even some really vintage classics.

11-2007 [Go there]

Score: 5.0 (Number of votes: 2)

Tags: retro, maps, graphic, 8-bit

No Men's Land

Landscape photographs converted into blocky pixel.

11-2007 [Go there]

Score: 4.0 (Number of votes: 1)

Tags: pixel, artist, art, retro

Alley Cat

The graphic is really, really outstanding! (8-bit era)

11-2007 [Go there]

Score: 4.5 (Number of votes: 2)

Tags: retro, pixel, colors, graphic, 8-bit

C64 Longplays

Archive of C64 walkthoughts.

11-2007 [Go there]

Score: (Number of votes: 0)

Tags: retro, c64, games

Elite II

Amazing graphics on Elite II.

11-2007 [Go there]

Score: 4.5 (Number of votes: 2)

Tags: game, retro, amiga, 3d

Airwolf (Supercopter) User Interface

11-2007 [Go there]

Score: 4.3 (Number of votes: 3)

Tags: tv, ui, retro, us

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