Arcade Lounge

This week marks creation of Dragon’s Lair 25 years ago. The machine that not only made you and all your mates go “WOW”… but your Grandmother too. I remember being a kid at that age where a pound was a lot to put into a machine that looked so difficult, it could have been over in 10 seconds flat. So I would have opted for 10 credits on Pac-man.

Needless to say, I was happy to stand and watch the Cartoon cabinet in it’s attract mode waiting for someone else to insert their hard-earned cash.

Here’s the magical source…

My ‘’ key is intermitet

I see it as part of my job to play games. Today was a good day…
The name says it all really. Guide Edwin or Nicole along a parallax landscape rescuing beagle hounds. You’ll encounter (what look like) astronauts, which can be sorted out by throwing a couple of owls at them collected from nearby trees. There’s some other strange stuff on the ground that’s out to harm you.

What other games let you throw owls…

You can hop up or down the 3 scrolling landscapes if a short distance, else pick up ropes or parachutes for the longer stretches.

Space - Throw an Owl
Up/Down - climb/drop
Up Up - Climb up rope
Down Down - Parachute

Drop too high without a chute and you lose a life. Let a beagle slip away and it’s the same punishment.
The music by Rich Vreeland is a nice nod to those 8-bit days…

source :: IndieGames

I’m all for filling my home with retro-gaming items… and it’s a bonus if they actually do something. These Pacman ghost lamps would certainly be welcome. You should remember not to put Blinky by the window…

They are currently only in the concept stage at present.

source :: RetroBlast!

OK OK, I won’t deny the name of this one didn’t influence my decision. War Twats is like Grid Wars on acid. Too much acid. You get about 5 seconds of calm before it all kicks off, another 5 seconds and you’re dead.

My high score? 129.

War Twats :: Retro Remakes

This is a great piece of functional furniture. A scaled-up replica of a NES controller.

The best thing about it? It actually works. It looks a little awkward… but then again, maybe it’s just his bird making it look difficult!

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Produced as an Amstel promotion piece, this monster will house 2 full football teams. I’d love to see a one-on-one on this thing…

Giant football table :: via Gizmodo

Carrying on with the uninspiringly-named game-of-the-week, this week brings Killawatt. The concept is simple; stack as many speakers onto the back of the rasta truck as you can within 3 minutes. Though you’re usually done before then as you lose a life when one hits the floor. Break 5 and it’s over. Accompanied by some reggae beats (also downloadable by the way) this viral marketing game is a lot of fun. As long as it’s advertising something good, there’s no problem… right?

Killawatt

source :: IndieGames

If you’re into your retro gaming, but don’t want all the cutesy characters or are fed up of blocks, maybe this is for you.

Apparently, it’s… “An angular plastic encased light, the Asteroid is a unique floor, or table light, designed with 24 facets — each with its own unique geometry. The lamp can be placed on several of the facets, to display as an individual, unique piece, as you like.”

If left on the floor, I imagine some would want to give it a boot. Some? …well, I would. If I’m to go the Asteroids route, I’d rather have the table. But then again, I already have a table!

Asteroids lamps are $176 from Design Public.
source :: Arcade Heroes

From now on, Thursday will see the new Game-of-the-week feature. It might be early, it might be late, or it might miss a week or two. Is anyone reading this anyway…?

Ok, so I came across this a few weeks ago via IndieGames.com. ‘ROM CHECK FAIL’ is all about a multi-game gone wrong. Reminiscent, in it’s relentless speed at which you battle through mini-games, of Wario Ware. Clear the screen of baddies to progress.

Get it from Farbs.org

Now.