80’s Arcade games will never get old, isn’t? That’s why we seem that we can never can’t get enough. And here’s a site that you can easily access to play them: Triplets and Us.
If you are a nostalgic geek like I am, you would probably already downloaded thousands and thousands of MAME Roms already. But having the chance to play a lot of those online (and free) still sounds like a great opportunity right?
Some of the games you can find: 1942, Arkanoid, Pacman, Asteroids, Castlevania, Contra, Tetris, Mario Bros, Pitfall, Donkey Kong, etc etc. The interesting thing is that you can access some Shockwave designed games, as well as Java’s.
The site design still needs a little work, though.
I wanted to share with you a very, very cool set of posts from Scott Hanselman: Building your own arcade cabinet. This I’m sure fulfills almost every man’s dream, that spent a lot of time with these magnificent toys.
Within the articles Scott will guide you to the entire process about how to build this machine. Including all the tips regarding to the materials used, where to buy them, etc:
Here’s a video that gives you a tour to the entire process:
Here are some of amazing facts about it:
Cost = $441. Yep, only 441 dollars. But there are some disclaimers about it, for example, the monitor was recycled from an old one. But still, sounds like a great number to me.
The work hours took him around 24 hours total, divided in six weeks. I know what you are thinking, if you start building it right now, by this time tomorrow you’ll have it all set
Don’t tell me that you are not considering the idea!
The site design still needs a little work, though.
