Showcase: Custom Atari-Era Activation Action Figures by Dan Polydoris

"Pitfall Harry"

"Officer Kelly"

"Short-Order Sam"

"Roderick Hero"

"Frostbite Bailey"

[Chicago Toy Collector]

Triptych: Retro Games

"Retro Games" by By:Me

"Atari 2600" by Malavera

"Nestron" by Adam Works

Showcase: James White's Vintage Consoles

[Vintage Console Illustrations]

Showcase: StarRoivas' Atari Cartridges (Part II)

I've posted a Showcase on StarRoivas' series of demade modern games as Atari cartridges before, back when he\she\they went by the name Bunnell. Since then, I've discovered that despite the name change, StarRoivas has been hard at work creating new entries, including a few revisions of older entries. Here are a few that stand out.

[StarRoivas' Deviantart Gallery]

Triptych: Classic Videogames

"Gaiden V2" by Tonic Vision Design

"Urban Champion" by Gogoporen

"Pitfall! Minimalist Poster" by Bruce Yan

Showcase: Bunnelle's Atari Catridges

The impetus behind these Atari cartridge demakes of contemporary games seems to be to create an icon set for RocketDock or ObjectDock. Personally, I use ObjectDock as a launcher, so I may well end up using some of these. At any rate, very nice work. Check out the link below for the full set.

[Bunnelle's Deviantart]

Double Triptych: Retro, Imaginary Games for Movies and TV Shows

"Flight of the Conchords: Season 2" by Max Atom
(Full game download here!)

"Scruffy For Atari" by Ron Workman

"A Game of Ice & Fire II" (t-shirt) by Drew Wise

"Inception" by Penney Design

"Hunger Retro Game" by Drew Wise

"ConfederVania II: Abraham's Quest" by Timothy Lim

Sorry for the unwieldy title, but I'm working with a pretty specific theme today: box art for imaginary games based on contemporary movies and TV shows, if they were made for the NES or Atari 2600.

These have been piling up for a while, which is why there are two entries from Drew Wise in the mix. The Flight of the Conchords game seen above is NOT imaginary, as someone has elected to make an entire 8-bit game based on the adventure of Bret and Jemaine. And that last entry is, of course, inspired by Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Also, I would play all of these games. In fact, I'm playing one of them right now.

Triptych: Cylonic

"Battle Starcade" by Hillary White

"Centurion" by Jeff Quigley

"Battlestar Galactica: Cylon" (minimalist poster) by 84/5 Studios