Tiny Playable Arcade Machines
Ten year old me would think these were the most amazing thing ever made…and thirty-odd years later, I’m still inexplicably drawn towards them. A miniaturised fully-functional arcade machine that’s almost too small to play, count me in.
You’ll find Amazon US links in the youtube video description, along with details of the specific reseller I used to get mine to the UK.
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Im a photographer and i immediately thought it would be fun to make macro shots of this or take some action figures a d make a little scene.
pretty much. it's nearly perfect for 1/12th or 1/14th scale miniatures
that is just funny... I was looking for the arcade stick from your last video and came across this mini arcade stuff and now you do a video of THAT .. haha. and similar to this, but only a single game (thoiugh bigger) was a KS i backed <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/529306246/replicade-mini-centipede-arcade-machine-replica-12?" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/529306246/replicade-mini-centipede-arcade-machine-replica-12?</a> for Centipede replica. They are still taking orders/donations on another site i think. Doubt you would be interested to buy, but to take a look it might be interesting.
I’ve browsed that Kickstarter too, although I didn’t order one as I’m not a fan of Centipede. Hopefully they’ll do some other games in the future.
3 videos in a week? You're spoiling us!
I’ve really wanted to start work on one of the longer videos, but I thought it best to get these smaller/easier projects out of the way first. Funnily enough I’ve got one more quick video to shoot today, then there may be a break for a perhaps 10 days while I work on the next one.
Something very very desirable about these. They just look so cool.
Damn you, I just spent even more money on unneeded gadgets. First the Tefifon, a Boogie Board, two dashcams, one action cam, one more oscilloscope, probably even more stuff I just can't remember right now and now this. I managed to limit myself to just the Space Invaders one, since this for whatever reason will be shipped from Amazon US to Germany for just $5.80 postage, which is a fair price, I guess. The Pac Man one, for whatever reasons, wasn't eligible for shipping overseas.
What a pretty little things! Its the most important things for preschool children.
I'm pretty sure I've seen a mini Centipede and Q*Bert as well.
I think those come from other companies. These are all from Tiny Arcade. <a href="http://superimpulse.com/our-brands/tiny-arcade-2/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://superimpulse.com/our-brands/tiny-arcade-2/</a>
I was wondering about these. They have them at our local Crackerbarrel restaurant. I think they were $19.99 each. It sort of reminded me of seeing Pac-Man on a watch. Just a novelty of course.
i need these....
It looks quite neat! I suppose the only modification I would want to make would be to put a convex dome over the top just to give it that CRT look and feel (maybe it would also allow for slight magnification?)
Nice find! Thank you. I'll be collecting these puppies. I hope these are successful enough to add more games to be sold. Take care! :D
I noticed these at Wal-Mart recently. Looked interesting, but not enough to pick a few up. Thanks for the video as always!
At first I thought these were the same units I reviewed recently. Then I saw your thumb size compared to the screen (before you even mentioned that) and I realized these were EVEN SMALLER! The ones I have are already hard enough to play as it is. I would have loved to see a comparison between the regular mini arcades and these tiny arcades.
Unfortunately I don’t have any of the mini arcades, but I did see your video on it. I double checked myself before making this that these weren’t the same ones you’d already featured. Perhaps you could pick some of these up locally.
Wow, perfect timing. I was looking for stocking stuffers for my brother's family. These look great!
I'm enjoying your game related content as of late!
It's more of a co-incidence than anything planned. These turned up in the post a couple of days ago, and I decided I should get the video out as soon as possible so people could buy them before Christmas. However I'll keep my eye open for anything else game related that's quirky enough and suitable for a video.