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Stayin’ Alive: Ragtime Rockabilly Edition

Stayin’ Alive: Ragtime Rockabilly Edition

Pianist and arranger Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox specializes in unique cover versions of popular songs. This time, Scott and drummer Roger Ross teamed up with vocalist and upright bass player Wild Bill for a wild interpretation of The Bee Gees’ disco classic Stayin’ Alive. They call it “Ragtime Rockabilly,” but we also get a Wild West saloon vibe.

DKNG Arcade Pins

DKNG Arcade Pins
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This series of 1″ enameled metal pins from DKNG pays tribute to classic arcade gaming, with four tiny machines to wear on your jacket or backpack. The Fly, Fight, Build, and Race machines incorporate sweet retro colors and graphics and a sparkly glitter-filled screen. The set is $10 off the regular price for a limited time.

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The Ultimate ’70s Medley

The Ultimate ’70s Medley

Martin Miller and his bandmates take us on a journey back in time with a mini-concert of classic rock, disco, prog rock, and adult contemporary songs from the 1970s. The medley includes memorable tracks from Kiss, The Bee Gees, Gerry Rafferty, Toto, Earth, Wind & Fire, Pink Floyd, and John Miles. We’ve always been suckers for the sax in Baker Street.

Driving Through Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s

Driving Through Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s

NASS took archival footage from Los Angeles and used digital restoration tech to sharpen, brighten, remove noise, increase frame rate, and add faux colorization. It’s a wonderful time capsule of life in a different era, from how people dressed to the cars they drove to how retailers marketed their wares. The footage comes from the Prelinger Archives.

Q Timex 1972 Reissue Goldtone Watch

Q Timex 1972 Reissue Goldtone Watch
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Timex rewound their time machine more than 50 years to bring us a pair of 1972 reissue watches, including this bold model with a large 43x39mm goldtone body, a burgundy dial, wide gold markers, and a date window. It has a stainless steel case, a quick-release leather strap and is water resistant to 50 meters.

Sonic Superstars (Trailer)

Sonic Superstars (Trailer)

It’s hard to top the original Sonic the Hedgehog games for their sheer sense of speed, excitement, and iconic level design. Sonic Superstars aims to freshen up the 2D platform action with modern graphics, all-new zones, new Chaos Emerald powers, and the ability to play side-by-side with friends as Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, and Amy Rose. Drops fall 2023.

The Wonderful World of Vacuum Fluorescent Displays

The Wonderful World of Vacuum Fluorescent Displays

If you owned audio equipment, a car, or a clock radio made in the 1980s or 1990s, you’ve probably owned a vacuum fluorescent display (VFD). After illuminating us to the wonders of segmented displays, Posy is back to school us on VFDs, why they’re so cool, and how their colors can be manipulated with filters.

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LEGO Icons Pac-Man Arcade Machine

LEGO Icons Pac-Man Arcade Machine

While you could buy a playable Pac-Man game for less money, the official LEGO version gives you the joy of assembling one yourself. The 2651-piece kit features a mechanical playfield and scoreboard, spinning Pac-Man and ghost characters on its top, and a light-up coin slot.

10 Hours of Chiptunes

10 Hours of Chiptunes

Do you need a break from your regular music playlists? Then open up this video, hit play, and drop it into a background tab. Jorf assembled this epic 10-hour and 53-minute mix of 227 tracks programmed by various chiptune musicians and played with the classic 8-bit sounds of the Nintendo Entertainment System.

Discmaster Classic Computing Archive

Discmaster Classic Computing Archive

Created by Jason Scott and a team of dedicated tech archivists, Discmaster provides online access to more than 91 million files from CD-ROMs and floppy disks collected by the Internet Archive. The retro-style search interface lets you directly view images and play video and audio files from the disks.

Tactile Turn 8-Bit Titanium Pen

Tactile Turn 8-Bit Titanium Pen
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Tactile Turn’s limited-run Spring 2023 pen features a design inspired by classic 8-bit game consoles, specifically the NES. The titanium pen has a two-tone Cerakote finish in grey and black with a textured orange pocket clip and a red “Reset” button to retract its ink cartridge. Available in Standard (5.8″), Short (5.3″), and Mini (4.6″).

Telephone Macro Keypad

Telephone Macro Keypad
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Isn’t this so adorable? This 9-key macro keypad looks like a tiny retro telephone. Steboards ships this USB macropad fully assembled with Gateron Red, Blue, or Brown mechanical switches. The keys come mapped to functions 13 to 21 but can be reprogrammed on request or using the included code and the Arduino IDE.

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Rebuilding Amiga’s Four-Byte Burger

Rebuilding Amiga’s Four-Byte Burger

The Commodore Amiga was one of the most graphically-capable PCs of the 1980s. Stuart Brown of Ahoy dives deep into one of the greatest pieces of digital art from the era – a gloriously colorful cheeseburger designed by Commodore’s Art Director Jack Haeger. Sadly, the original file wasn’t saved, so Ahoy reproduced it from scratch.

Blockbuster Video Lightbox

Blockbuster Video Lightbox
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’80s and ’90s kids spent countless hours wandering the aisles of video stores in search of the perfect movie. Celebrate the “Be Kind, Rewind” era with this 3D-printed lightbox based on the Blockbuster logo. Signageman makes these signs from acrylic and vinyl with LED backlighting. Choose from 13″, 18″, or 21″ sizes.

Timex T80 Gradient Watches

Timex T80 Gradient Watches
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The latest version of Timex’s retro T80 wristwatch features a gradient resin strap that coordinates perfectly with its face. It features a compact 36mm stainless steel case, and its LCD screen offers a stopwatch, alarm, and Indiglo backlight. Choose from Gold/Pink, Blue/Green, or Purple/Blue colorways.

Lo-Fi Celluloid Recording

Lo-Fi Celluloid Recording

Musician Hainbach got his hands on a 1930s recording device called a Kosmograph. This vintage dictation machine translates spoken vibrations through a tube directly onto a spinning celluloid disc. Its scratchy, low-fidelity recordings add an ethereal texture to music.

Long Time No See CD Player

Long Time No See CD Player
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Dust off your CD collection and enjoy the early days of digital music once more. NINM Lab’s portable CD player can transmit audio to modern headsets and speakers via Bluetooth. Its clear cover lets you watch discs spin, while the snap-on cover adds a pair of speakers. It’s also got a magnetic back for sticking it to metal surfaces.

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem ReAction Figures

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem ReAction Figures
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Muppets fans will recognize these Super7 action figures as the members of Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem. The Muppets ReAction Wave 1 set includes 3.75″ Kenner-style figures of the band’s leader, Janice, Floyd, Zoot, Animal, and road manager, Scooter. They’re also available individually, but why would you break up the band?

Attack of the Giant Bubbles

Attack of the Giant Bubbles

Filmmaker Fabrice Mathieu imagines that the Chinese spy balloon actually came from outer space, and it’s not the only one. In fact, an immense inflatable invasion is headed our way. Fabrice used footage from various movies (and music by Danny Elfman) to give his short film a great 1950s sci-fi vibe.

Trashbot 2.0 Stationery Set

Trashbot 2.0 Stationery Set
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Apple fans, here’s a fun addition to your desktop. Classicbot’s Trashbot 2.0 Stationery Set includes a Macintosh Finder-inspired metal whiteboard, along with Trashbot and Errorbot figures, as well as folder, floppy disk, and mail icons with magnetic backs. It also includes 100 sticky notes that look like computer windows.

Video Game Drink Coasters

Video Game Drink Coasters
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Celebrate your love for classic video games every time you take a sip with these fun drink coasters from CoastyMarshmallow. These hard plastic coasters are inspired by both arcade and console games, from Street Fighter II to Dance Dance Revolution to Q*Bert. They also have an extensive pop culture coaster collection.

Accutron Astronaut Automatic Watch

Accutron Astronaut Automatic Watch
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Accutron’s 1960s Astronaut was the watch of choice for CIA agents working on the A-12 spy plane. This new automatic version does away with the finicky electric mechanism of the original and looks awesome in black and silver. It has a 56-hour power reserve, a sapphire crystal, and Super-LumiNova markings. Limited to 300 pieces.

Caverns of Mars: Recharged

Caverns of Mars: Recharged

Caverns of Mars was one of the best games for Atari’s 8-bit PCs. Caverns of Mars: Recharged revamps the downward-scroller with HD graphics, trickier obstacles, new power-ups, destructible environments, local co-op, and global leaderboards. Coming to Atari VCS, Steam, Epic, PlayStation, Xbox, and Switch on 3.9.23.

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