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invaders.com goes mobile !

Today, we are proud to announce you the Mobile Edition of our Blog. It's our first version. It's running well on iPhone (see pictures above) and Google Nexus One :-) . However it doesn't not support yet the Nokia Browser (N series) :-? . At the bottom of the home page, you can switch to the Web edition instead to stay with the Mobile E...

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ASCIImeo : video world in ASCII mode

Peter Nitsch build another personal interesting video to text application : ASCIImeo. ASCIImeo is a rendering engine that changes Vimeo in different ASCII-format text mode. It's a really mixture of high-tech and lo-tech that is fun to explore. Check out this example "Still Run by DANTE NOU" in ASCII video mode. (via Digital Tools)...

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Does it look like Pac-man car ?

After the 8-bit wine, 8bit Lego, and now the 8-bit compact car. At the American International Auto Show in Detroit on Monday, Toyota introduces the FT-CH dedicated hybrid concept, a compact car designed for the “inner-city environment.” More to the point, Toyota said in a press release the car’s designers in Nice, France, were going...

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Armchair Arcade: Pac-Man for the Fairchild VES (2009)

I didn't know that Fairchild Video Entertainment System (VES) console exists since I discovered this homebrew production from Armchair Arcade : Pac-Man. This is just a 2009 homebrew Pac-Man cartridge by Tim Ruan and Fredric Blaholtz, which was the first ever programmable cartridge-based console, released all the way back in 1976. The video ...

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Happy New Year 2010… 8bit parties begin

In 2010 is the 20th anniversary of Super Famicom, the best selling 16bit console with more than 49 millions units sold. It's also the 30th anniversary of PacMan. Please have a look of the video game history timeline by clicking on the picture above (via Player1). Read also The Dot Eaters timeline that describes precisely video game history. ...

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Happy Halloween !!!

Halloween is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. It has roots in the Celtic festival of Samhain and the Christian holy day of All Saints. Here's a bunch of of pixel artifacts associated with Halloween ;) ...

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Japan short trip review: AKIHABARA, the Pixel Paradise

We just came back October 20th from our trip to Japan. "Japan is the global imagination's default setting for the future" so declared William Gibson, the best selling science fiction novelist who is often credited with coining the term cyberspace. Gibson is clearly on to something, at least regarding Tokyo, which is fast on its way to becoming the ...

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Retro invaders.com goes to Japan !

We are going to Japan for 1 week and we will come back with more stuff. One spot that we will not miss is the Akihabare district where the retro and 8bit culture is still alive in few shops like Superpotato. Don't miss our trip summary ;-) ...

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