Omega Mart’s Claw Machine Is Filled With Unwrapped Butter

Posted on 29/07/2022 by hite

Art collective Meow Wolf’s immersive art exhibit Omega Mart in Las Vegas is full of surprises, and new to the store’s lineup of WTF-ery comes Butter Frenzy 2 – a claw machine full of unwrapped sticks of butter you can win. You know, I was just thinking the other day how great it would feel to win a loose stick of butter in an arcade game! Wait, no – no, I wasn’t.

The machine plays like any other claw machine, except instead of trying to grab a stuffed animal, you’re trying to grab sticks of soft, room-temperature butter. Fun AND delicious! Of course, the way the claw appears to cut through the butter will certainly prove a true test of skill. If you can manage to win a warm stick of butter out of a claw machine, you should have absolutely no problem with Pokémon plushies.

What’s next, claw machines filled with flour, eggs, and sugar? Hopefully, otherwise how else am I supposed to win all the ingredients I need to make cookies? And just imagine how rewarding those cookies will taste! Probably as rewarding as cookies can that were made with almost no flour, eggs, or sugar.

[via BoingBoing]

A mini ‘Pong’ arcade machine is on the way

Posted on 20/10/2020 by Engadget

Atari and UNIS have teamed up for another Pong arcade machine you can play at home, albeit one that's much smaller than UNIS' coffee table-sized analog models. The Mini Pong Jr has a 7.9-inch LCD screen and two classic dial controls so you can play w...

A Pac-Man edition of ‘Monopoly’ includes a mini arcade game

Posted on 30/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Pac-Man just turned 40 years old and to help mark the anniversary, there’s a new version of Monopoly centered around the iconic character. It includes a digital banking unit that doubles as a mini arcade game you play whenever you pass Go.You’ll play...

Mini LEGO Arcade Machines: Tiny Things Are Awesome

Posted on 29/05/2020 by Paul Strauss

Among my many geeky pursuits, two of my favorites are classic arcade games and LEGO. So when I stumbled onto this collection of custom LEGO arcade machines, I had to bust open the piggy bank (aka my PayPal account) – since that’s where I save my spare change to buy stuff that I don’t NEED but that I really WANT.

These minifig-scale arcade machines come from eBay seller The Brick Show Shop, who has lots of awesome custom LEGO sets in their shop. In order to avoid licensing issues, these machines feature names like “Ms. Dot Man,” “Froggy,” and “Astrobricks,” but they’re still super cool, and make me want to build out a complete arcade filled with mini cabinets. There are standard upright cabinets, as well as unique machines like a DDR-inspired dance game, sit-down racing games, and a ride-on game called “Raptor Rider.”

They’ve also got a skee ball machine, vending machines, and a claw machine in the collection, and I’m sure it’s impossible to to grab any of the studs with the claw in this one too.

Prices for the LEGO arcade machines range from about $7.99 up to $14.99, so you can build out an entire arcade for your minifigs for much less than even a single real arcade machine. You can find them all over on The Brick Show Shop’s eBay store. While you’re roaming the virtual aisles, you can also find a sweet LEGO model of a Nintendo Switch.

A Maze is an Analog Arcade Machine

Posted on 18/07/2018 by Conner Flynn

We’ve all played Pac-Man, Space Invaders, and Centipede, but what if those games had been less digital and more of an art installation? Would you still be interested? This arcade machine is called “A Maze,” and is the work of artist Marco Iannicelli. It is all analog, including the motor that’s used to manipulate the 7 concentric ring maze on top.

The entire piece is carved out of marble making it look like an arcade game that the Romans might have used. The control is a lone black joystick that is used to steer the labyrinth and help the metal ball to its goal. You’ve probably played this classic concentric maze game in your hands, but I imagine it’s a whole new game with a joystick. It would be interesting to play this game and see how hard it really is to control.

This maze game is about more than just trying to get the steel ball from start to finish. Instead of getting the ball to the center, this maze has the “end” just an inch from the start. But why? The creator simply says that it “playfully illustrates the complexity of the space-time continuum and makes it understandable and tangible.” Thanks. That really clears things up.

[via Dude I Want That via Mike Shouts]

DIY Mechanical PONG Table: Mag Hockey

Posted on 29/05/2016 by Lambert Varias

YouTuber Daniel Perdomo and his friends made one of the coolest video game replicas of the year so far. It’s a physical replica of the classic game PONG. It’s basically a magnetic, mechanical version of air hockey.

The ball moves back and forth not due to the force from the paddles but because of a magnet below the glass surface. An arm moves the magnet along the x and y axis. A couple of Arduino microcontrollers handle how the ball behaves when it’s “hit.” It even seems like you can play against the table, or have it control both paddles for an ancient Let’s Play session. A pair of hard drive platters were turned into rotary encoders to mimic the Atari knob controllers. The scoreboard, interactive LEDs around the playing field and graphics on the side of the table complete the homage. You can skip to 4:03 in the video below to see the finished table, or watch the whole thing to see how it all came together.

I hope it has the table makes PONG‘s blip and buzz sound effects too. Hack A Day says Daniel and his co-creators are looking for investors and business partners so they can start an arcade machine business to sell more units.

[via Hack A Day]

Portable Neo Geo MVS: Starforce Neo

Posted on 15/05/2016 by Lambert Varias

Last year, we checked out Marcel de Haan and Harmut Wendt’s Starforce Pi, a portable arcade machine based on the Raspberry Pi. With their Kickstarter for the machine winding down, Marcel had enough time on his hands for something he’s wanted to do for a long time: a portable Neo Geo.

Marcel painstakingly modded both a Minitel 1 case and a Neo Geo MV-1B circuit board to make the portable machine. He also added a scanline generator and a SCART-to-HDMI adapter so he can feed the video to a larger monitor if he wants, as well as two Neo Geo controller inputs. He used an 8″ 480p LCD screen for the display and a pair of Logitech Z120 speakers for audio output.

To make it easier to game on the go, Marcel bought one of those bootleg 161-in-1 cartridges. He replaced its yellow case with a black one from a Fatal Fury cart and then made custom box art and labels for it.

All in all it took Marcel spent about $1000 (USD) and four months to make this beautiful machine. He has no plans to make more, unless SNK itself pays him to do it. Check out Marcel’s blog for his full build log.

[via Geek]

Wave Sega Astro City Arcade Machine 1/12 Scale Model: Virtua Pocket Fighter

Posted on 13/05/2016 by Lambert Varias

Back in January we checked out Akira and Sarah Figma action figures based on their appearance in the first Virtua Fighter. One of the figure’s product shots showed the characters playing on an equally tiny arcade machine, specifically the legendary Sega Astro City. The scale model is not bundled with the figures because it’s from a different toy company, but it’s now available for pre-order.

The 6″ Astro City is the latest in toy maker Wave’s line of 1/12 scale arcade machines called the Memorial Game Collection. This edition comes with three sets of video game stickers for the banner and screen: Virtua Fighter, Fighting Vipers and Die Hard Arcade.

Insert about $23 (USD) on Amiami to order the tiny arcade machine.

[via Attract Mode]

Tiny Arcade: Pym’s Arcade

Posted on 23/11/2015 by Lambert Varias

We’ve seen how you can use a Game Boy or a Raspberry Pi to create a palm-sized arcade machine. If you’d rather go straight to squinting and playing, TinyCircuits has just the thing for you.

The Tiny Arcade is based on TinyCircuits’ Tiny-Duino, an Arduino-compatible computer and expansion boards that are all about the size of a quarter and can be stacked on top of each other. It measures 2.95”x1.57”x1.26” and has a 32-bit ARM CPU, a 0.96″ 96×64 OLED display, a 140mAh battery, a magnetic speaker, two buttons and a joystick. Its cabinet comes in acrylic, 3D printed plastic or wood. If you choose the wooden cabinet you’ll need to glue its parts together, while the acrylic and plastic parts simply snap in place.

The Tiny Arcade is pre-loaded with clones of popular games such as Space Invaders, Flappy Bird and Doom. You can load more games as well as videos via USB or using a microSD card.

Pledge at least $60 (USD) on Kickstarter to receive a Tiny Arcade DIY kit as a reward, or at least $75 for an assembled machine. If you can do without the speaker you can turn this into an arcade wristwatch.

[via Hack A Day]

Portable Raspberry Pi Arcade Machine: Starforce Pi

Posted on 31/10/2015 by Lambert Varias

You can find a ton of DIY guides and kits to make arcade machines based on the Raspberry Pi, but if you’re willing to pay to play, watch out for Marcel de Haan and Hartmut Wendt’s Starforce Pi, a compact retro arcade machine with an internal battery.

The Starforce PI has a 4.2″ 320×240 TFT screen that’s mounted behind a tinted magnifying glass to get that vintage arcade look. It also has an 8-way microswitch joystick, microswitch arcade buttons, an HDMI output, two USB inputs, stereo speakers, 3.5mm output, microSD card slot and a 3000mAh battery that should last up to five hours per charge. Last but not least, it’s got a beautiful retro case.

Here’s the teaser for their upcoming Kickstarter fundraiser:

And here’s Marcel demonstrating the Starforce Pi’s prototype:

Marcel also made a mockup of a game made for the Raspberry Pi itself, delivered in the form of a microSD card. He hopes that the Starforce Pi and other Pi gaming machines would lead to new 8-bit and 16-bit games for the Pi. And why not? There’s certainly a market for it.

Marcel and Hartmut’s Kickstarter will launch on 11/15/15, where a pledge of at least €199 (~$220 USD) will get you a Starforce Pi as a reward. Keep an eye on their website and their Facebook and Twitter pages for updates.

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