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What’s the best way to celebrate classic games? Well, Chicago artist and writer Dan Polydoris decided to build a collection of action figures based on Activision games for the Atari 2600. To do so, Polydoris employed parts from his library of old G.I. Joe action figures. The results? Pitfall Harry, Roderick Hero, Frostbite Bailey, Officer Kelly and Short-Order Sam from the titles Pitfall!, H.E.R.O., Frostbite, Keystone Kapers and Pressure Cooker now reside in stellar retro-styled packaging. “I specifically chose Activision games due to their particularly memorable characters and recognizable box aesthetic” Polydoris said, mentioning that he only took “minor liberties” with items like boots, gloves and belts. Jump down to the source for a breakdown of what pieces from the fallen Joes were used in each and a look at the individual packaging.

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You’ve seen food art at its finest, now how about a taste of toast art that’ll make you look at your morning slice of bread in disdain? Many people regard food as an adventure, rather than just something you need for sustenance or to fill your stomach. That’s the concept Norwegian food artist Ida Skivenes was going with when she embarked on her Art Toast Project, in which she turned toast into a canvas and used food as paint.

Ida took things one step further by recreating some of the world’s most renowned works of art instead of coming up with random subjects. For example, check out the colorful and 100% edible version of Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’.

Other dishes in the series include paintings by Van Gogh, Monet, and Dali.

Don’t they just look good enough to eat? Oh wait – turns out you’re in luck, because they actually are.

You can find more of the results of Ida playing with her food over on her Instagram page.

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We’ve featured a handful of videogame collections for sale, but this one takes the cake. eBay member videogames.museum is selling what amounts to uhm, a videogame museum. Hundreds of consoles, thousands of games and hundreds upon hundreds of accessories and promo items.

The collection includes more than 330 consoles, from the Atari 2600 to the current generation consoles and everything in-between, including rare variants as well as obscure flops like the Virtual Boy, the Gizmondo and the Nokia N-Gage. There are also more than 6,850 games; the seller claims that he has completed all the games from some franchises, including Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, Castlevania, Metal Gear, Final Fantasy, Sakura Wars and Super Robot Taisen. There are also controllers, action figures, magazines, strategy guides and countless other stuff.

If you still don’t appreciate just how insane this collection is, videogames.museum has this to say: “I spent the last two months of my life taking pictures and making lists, working about eight hours a day just in order to make an inventory and to figure out what I have. Even now after all the time spent checking things I’m not sure to have included all in the lists…” You can download that list as a pdf file. It is 135 pages long.

Videogames.museum is asking at least $550,000 (USD) for all of these goodies. He may also be persuaded to sell off the items per lot, but he’d really rather sell them as one package. Although I wouldn’t be surprised if he’ll gladly pay anyone who’ll get the N-Gage off his hands. You can check out a lot more pictures of the collection on his Imageshack account.

[via Geekologie]

Atari games redesigned in HTML 5 may bring back a flood of nostalgia, but they leave out a key part of the gaming experience: the classic hardware. Hard Drives Northwest filled that void by gutting a limited number of authentic Atari 2600s and stuffing them with modern PC components. Packing a Core i7 3.4GHz processor, the retro console now boasts 22,857 times more processing power than it did in its heyday, according to Microsoft’s calculations — more than enough oomph to handle the recent remakes. Other internals include 8GB of RAM, a 120GB SSD and a Radeon HD 6570 graphics card with 1GB of video memory. With support for USB 3.0 and 2.0, eSATA, DisplayPort, DVI and HDMI, the system is well stocked on the connectivity front. Finally, the signature of Atari founder Nolan Bushnell acts as the cherry atop the faux wood grain-toting package. While the souped-up machines aren’t up for sale, a pair of them are slated for a giveaway. Glamour shots and the full set of specs await you at the source.

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Atari 2600s get PC innards, 22,857 times more processing power originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 13 Sep 2012 18:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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GameStop CEO Paul Raines is planning on adding a vintage games store to the company’s online offerings. The outlet has been amassing warehouses full of classic titles that were traded in over the years, and the chief sees a “sales opportunity” in going toe-to-toe with sites like eBay. There are still several problems to overcome, including conditioning, sourcing and refurbishing the hardware abused by our younger selves — but at least we might be able to replace our busted SNES controllers without worrying about getting outbid at the last minute.

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Gamestop pondering a move into vintage games originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 31 Aug 2012 11:36:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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