Not An April Fools Gag; That’s A Game Boy Advance With A GameCube Stick Affixed For Reals
What you’re seeing is a modded GBA that I spotted on eBay. It’s a real thing! Though it doesn’t magically grant analogue control to all the digital input only games on the system, which is all of them for the record (sorry). Then again, it could be argued that the controls in WarioWare Twisted is technically analogue…
That aside aside, welcome to yet another recap of stuff posted over at the Attract Mode Twitter! Though this time it’s gonna be a bit on the short side, relatively speaking; even I know covering two entire whole weeks has led to hard to handle Tumblr posts, so I’m going to try concentrating on just one week at a time/attempt weekly updates.
Let’s see how well that goes…
Hey, it’s SF2 IRL thanks to ARKit (via prostheticknowledge)…
At the time, when I first tweeted about it, there were only three left of Amanda Visell’s Player One Mario; no idea how many there are now…
When you can make a decision regarding lunch (via @Mechazawa)….
If you appreciate both the ease of slip-on sneakers and the taste of ghosts, then Games Glorious has something for you (via miki800.com)…
As a connoisseur of video games on the printed page, it is my goal to one day own a copy of Namco’s newsletter that was distributed in game centers during the 80s & 90s, NG (via miki800)…
Remember that time Namco got someone from Yellow Magic Orchestra to hawk their wares (via namcomuseum)…
Both in print and on TV…
The YMO member in question, Haruomi Hosono, also did a Xevious remix album, which longtime readers of the blog will hopefully recall.
Sticking with Namco CMs, there’s a pair of longtime faves that I could have sworn I’ve already posted as well, yet cannot find. Though as noted, many times already, the search functionality here is broken.
So here’s a boy playing with his Famicom in the middle of the woods…
And here’s a girl playing with his Famicom in the middle of the woods…
Back to the subject of print, can’t seem to find any info on the Futabasha Fantasy Novel Series, which (I think) was a line of video game novelizations; this one appears to be written by the creator of Xevious himself (via shmups)…
The focus here is supposed to be the Lawson’s reward card with Kirby on it, but I am all about that Space Invaders whatever the heck it is (via miki800)…
Spent MANY hours at Japanese bookstores during my college years, flipping through Sega Saturn Magazine; seeing these VF Kids ads again makes me feel all warm & fuzzy (via thesegasource)…
This (what I believe to be a) farewell image of the face of the Saturn from the very first issue of Dreamcast Magazine, also gives me the feels (via oldgamemags)…
BTW, everyone knows the identity of Saturn’s pitchman (Segata Sanshiro), but what about the Mega Drive’s? (via yokosuka87)…
Back to the Saturn; I love how Sega want from Segata Sanshiro to Hidekazu Yukawa for the Dreamcast. This launch edition of the console, btw, was spotted at VideoGamesNewYork…
It’s also where they Kira Kira Star Night DX for twice the asking price, as @gamespite)…
Speaking of music, to fully enjoy this animated gif of Eggman running…
… you need to have this song playing (via lunaticobscurity).
And to fully enjoy this image of Eggman on the sax…
… you need to have this song playing (via very-territorial-oak).
@ondoruragitan sez: “whoever designed that clown lady in ace attorney is probably the most horny artist to ever exist” (it’s funny cuz it’s true)…
So the big news these past few weeks, especially among video game folk my age, has been the end of the Toys R Us. Many have been sharing artifacts from the glory days, with my fave example being these old flyers, with the obvious highlight seeing all the original MSRP prices (via retrogamerblog)…
The following are more appropriate for my way, way overdue batch of game culture snapshots, but since we’re on the subject of retail anyway; I recently stumbled across Nintendo’s collab with Bloomingdale’s that I had no idea even existed…
Took a bunch of pics, but unfortunately, due to the harsh lighting at the SoHo store, it was impossible to capture the women’s section, hence the abundance of men’s wear…
These women’s sweatshirts are the best example of the line’s overall design sensibilities, or lack thereof; it’s just a bunch of random Nintendo sprites on attire that is available at Bloomingdale’s, period. That’s all it aspires to be, nothing more…
… And that’s a real shame, cuz aside from the quality of the clothing itself being high, some of the ho-hum looking designs could be really engaging with a few minor tweaks, like this b&w women’s jacket with a very random assortment of b&w Super Mario World sprites…
In addition to clothing, you had accessories, like iPhone cases…
Plus sunglasses, which revealed Super Mario World playing on what appears to the naked eye to be a blank, white screen….
Speaking of Super Mario World, here’s a hamster enjoying the game (via @kousuke_teppei)…
The lil guy also owns an original Famicom, and here we is playing Solomon’s Key (thanks to @Topherocious for helping me to identify the game)…
Being that friend who is REALLY into video games means I’m asked a wide variety of questions from folks who are not, like why @beesmygod is “freaking out” over a Sonic & Garfield two pack for the PC…
… I’ll be honest, I don’t really understand why either.
Here we have a mockup for an ad blocker that replaces banners with GBA screenshots, which I really want to see happen (via @tinycartridge)…
I also really want to see this happen too (via @truongasm)…
Back to Tiny Cart; that’s where I found out that you no longer have to play emulated Tiger handheld games sans backgrounds…
Nothing beats a pic of a dimly lit arcade, especially when it’s shot on ACTUAL film (via mendelpalace)…
As for this particular arcade show, @kappuru theorizes “it looks like cinestill film, or a filter designed to mimic it.” (via parkerwoods)…
“WHO IS THIS NUN?! WHY DOES SHE LOOK SO SINISTER?” is a great KOF related question (via vice-s-assistant)…
And “BOWL BEFORE ME” is a great KOF related gag (via brondeef)…
“this is the best cosplay i’ve ever seen” is a a great costume play related observation made by lunaticobscurity…
“how to get away with playing super mario odyssey in class” is the caption given by retrogamerblog…
“Stardew Valley gave me 500 characters to use as my farm name, so I put down an entire 1-star amazon review for an Independence Day DVD” is the explanation given by @NoahHafford…
Hey, you never know, maybe one day a homebrew dev might make “Shinjuku-Nichome Gay District Serial Murders” a reality? (via mendelpalace)
When you’ve got one copy of Melee with two boxes, and one copy of Air Ride with zero boxes… just gotta improvise (via stellatuna)…
When you’ve got a killer Game Genie code but no paper to write it down on… and then you discover the code does something totally different (via theassortment)…
And when I asked what this 4koma featuring a Dreamcast VMU was all about, @JonahD was kind enough to explain: “VMUs are playing hide and seek, Black is seeking. One VMU thinks hiding in the controller would be good but it makes a bunch of noise and they’re found immediately” (via posthumanwanderings)…
Whereas I have yet to find out what all these Sonics are doing at a German airport (via sonicthehedgeblog)…
I normally don’t let the weather get to me, yet the constant cold weather in NYC over the past few weeks began taking its toll, to the point that I’m starting to resemble an upside down Super Famicom/European SNES (via sixteen-bit)…
I also really wish I could have checked out Sakura-Con, and not just cuz the weather is so much nicer in Seattle, but to pick up @alexisparade’s Monster Factory zine…
I stared at gif illustrating the wacky perspective-related behavior of Super Mario 64’s trees for an entire day, no joke (via suppermariobroth)…
Here we have the rarely seen alternate angle of the internet famous “LAN party gamer duct-taped to the ceiling” photo (via reddit.com)…
Turning the clock back even further, here’s yet another kind of party, one that doesn’t involve first person shooters but shoot ’em ups; it’s the 1986 Hudson Caravan (via videogamesdensetsu)…
Recently, a modded NES Max controller showed up on Kotaku, in which the cycloid nub has been replaced with an analogue stick…
… Which actually appeared the day after I spotted that modded GBA at the very top of this page. I am also willing to admit the disappointment over my tweet not catching on as expected/hoped it would, hence why I’m sharing another pic…
At any rate, I was also reminded of my buddy Nick Santaniello’s modded Jaguar controller, which allows for arcade perfect Tempest 2000 controls…
… Which in turned led to me republishing the post from which it hails from originally, my recap of Nick’s Shmup Appreciation Night, for Medium (and also sharing additional pics on Twitter)…
BTW, for those wondering, based upon the last round of tweets; the kitchen isn’t just for playing old Mega Drive & PC Engine shmups… you can also play old Naomi fighting games (via internetflexin)…
Guess that’s it for now? Sorry, but it finally feels like spring in NYC, and I feel the need to step away from the computer & enjoy weather! Just like Mega Man (via arcadequartermaster)…
Originally published at blog.attractmo.de.
