Awesome Retro

Imagine for a moment if DJ Hero were made for the Nintendo NES. This de-make from Eric Ruth isn’t just a video clip, it’s an actual game, slated for release in the next few weeks.

And we thought the building jumping, wall climbing acrobatics of Parkour were a recent phenomenon. Check out this 1930 footage of Arnim Dahl which proves that it’s been around much longer than that.

Not only is it loaded with over 20 mini-games inspired by 1980s arcade classics, the normally $20 game is yours for exactly the price of one e-mail address if you grab it before Monday, 7/26.

If you always loved the Street Fighter games, keep the game with you all the time with these SFIV sound effect keychains, complete with joystick and arcade buttons which let you pull off combo moves.

New Wave performer Gary Numan conducts an orchestra of car horns playing his classic hit Cars, all powered by a single DieHard battery. Corporate America, this is how to make a viral commercial.

If you’ve ever struggled to complete a video game, then you might want to check out this video that shows off what “super-easy” mode might look like in classic games. Ninja Gaiden needs this.

Randy Regier creates wonderful retro style toys and packaging. Although they may look like they’re from a bygone era, Regier’s works are actually attempts to reflect modern American culture.

Elevator passageways at London Underground’s Notting Hill Tube Station were sealed to modernize in the 1950’s; recent work at the station has revealed a rich time capsule filled with vintage ads.

Feeling randy, baby? Or just never could get enough of Mike Myers’ shag-a-delic Austin Powers flicks? Now’s your chance to own one of the custom 1970 Jaguar E-Types used in the movies.

Designer Alex Varanese illustrations envision an alternate version of the disco era, with the assumption he could go back in time with 2010 technology and market it to a whole new audience.

Remember Michael Winslow? You know, the guy with the stupid sound effects in the Police Academy flicks? Well, here he is doing what he does best. Here’s your 21 minute history lesson for the day.

Following in the footsteps of other retro franchises being remade with an edge, those cute and cuddly 1980s bears are back, and this time, they mean business. Do not mess with The Care Bears.

Originally made from 1888 to the early 1930’s, the solid brass and steel Odd Job is an inside miter and tri-square, depth gauge, scribing tool, T-square, depth marking scribe, plumb level and ruler.

Not to be confused with the awesome live-action Mortal Kombat Rebirth vid clip, the latest MK game looks like a flashback to the roots of the classic fighter – with much better graphics.

Got an old Macintosh Classic lying around? One enterprising modder in Japan figured he could use his old Mac as the perfect doc for his iPad, and it just plain works. Don’t you want one now?

Grab your clubs and kill all the golfers! The 30th Anniversary edition of Caddyshack hits Blu-ray today, chockful of bonuses. Update: Contest has concluded. Congrats to the winners!

This short animated film by Alex Varanese is a wonderful tribute to 8-bit video game style. Alex says he was inspired by both Michel Gondry and R-Type, and you can definitely see both influences.

Lather up and scrub off your game-sweat with this soap from Two Eggplants that looks just like an original Nintendo Game Boy. For some reason we couldn’t get our copy of Tetris to play on it.

Marty McFly had the coolest mode of transportation in Back to the Future II, but the hoverboard was never actually made. Artist Nils Guadagnin decided to make his own version for a recent exhibition.

So we all know that Airplane! is one of the great comedies of all time, right? Well, did you know that the film actually drew much of its inspiration from a 1957 movie called Zero Hour!? Well, you do now.

Mercedes Benz used the C111 series to test new engines and other technologies. The 1977 C111-III had a 230hp diesel engine, and broke nine speed records. Why didn’t they produce this car again?

Handmade in an edition of 150 pieces from 1940’s dead stock Filson tin cloth and 1950’s military webbing, the very cool looking Scout bag from Farm Tactics has style and a story behind it.

What might The Empire Strikes Back have looked like if it were created in the 1950s, and filmed in groundbreaking 3D? Thanks to this new “premake” by Ivan Guerrero, we now know.