Awesome Retro

He’s before our time, but Robby the Robot’s timeless influence spans from 1956’s The Forbidden Planet to today’s Fallout 3; this 1:6 scale, 13″ figure packs light and sound effects.

Part of his Retrofuturs line of artwork, Stephane Massa-Bidal gives Web 2.0 a Web 0.1 look; his Web Services Book Covers include vintage versions of Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace.

WiiWare gets another retro-reboot with Mega Man 10, which continues 9’s 8-bit style; it’ll feature 8 Robot Master bosses along with Proto Man and a secret playable third character.

Epically detailed with interior views, movable parts, and LED lights, this 1:45 scale, 4-foot model of Captain Nemo’s Nautilus is based on Disney’s 1954 20,000 Leagues; limited to 500.

Giant flip phones, two-line displays: Toddland revisits the 80s with this yuppie-friendly printed vinyl Buy Sell Buy Sell Wallet; it even comes with an antenna that extends and retracts.

Filled with tests of L-block temptations and delayed line pieces, any hopes you had that the 8-bit heavens are fair and just will disappear like a row of blocks in this God of Tetris video.

Wednesday Garden’s Thailand-only Cassette Tape Notebooks are a big audio fake-out; not only do they resemble an old-school mix tape but come packed in a clear cassette box.

Brock Davis’ Arcade Expressionism pieces swap pixels for paint brushes with acrylic versions of Donkey Kong, Dig Dug, and Missile Command; also check out his Squares series.

It’s coin-op/cartridge goodness, minus the coins or cartridges; Atari Arcade lets you play six classic games for free, including Asteroids, Adventure, Battlezone, and Lunar Lander.

The last of 75 built, the 1963 Aston Martin DB4 GT is the rarest of the rare; it’s one of six converted to aluminum for vintage races and rallies in the late 90s and goes to auction 1/21/10.

We’re mostly looking forward to the updated retro gameplay, but this 3D Dot Game Heroes Launch trailer shows there is at least a plot; think stolen orbs, 2D evil, and 3D heroes.

28-year old indie game dev Eric Ruth’s NES Left 4 Dead is an 8-bit-style “de-make” of the franchise; it only offers 1- or 2-player but will be free for download January 4, 2010. Thanks, Boots!

This Alien Autopsy t-shirt depicts the aftermath of Earth’s battle against precisely five neatly organized rows of space invaders: dissecting our pixelated foes’ naughty bits and bytes.

The fire still burns bright for some of Namco’s most classic games: they’ve teamed up with Zippo to release special edition, etched lighters with Pac-Man, Galaxian, Xevious, and Dig Dug.

Don’t let the polygonal graphics and range of movement turn you off; Vector Conflict is a surprisingly addictive retro shooter that features upgrades and seemingly endless waves.

Alfa Romeo’s Mito supermini almost looks too cute to play defender, at least until it opens a can of whoop ass on gas pumps in this Space Invaders TV ad; it’s directed by Spy Films.

Alright, so it’s not a real movie, but this parody trailer for Dig Dug is effectively framed as a horror movie; it’s brought to us from the same folks who made Inglourious Plummers.

Warning: NSFW profanity. While the humor isn’t always LOL funny, Nocturnal Comedy’s Real Life Paperboy definitely had us waxing nostalgic over coin op and paper routes.

Dad and grandpa’s jackets make a comeback with Penfield’s F/W 2009 jackets; both the Stapleton and Rockford feature vintage-style shoulder yokes and come in a variety of materials.

They say you should bring a gun to a knife fight, but Contra Duck Hunt really puts the O in overkill; thanks to a bit of creative napalming, the laughing dog is conspicuously absent.

We can’t help shedding nostalgic tears and quarters for this I Got Next t-shirt; alongside “Finish Him!” and “Push to Reject”, it defines an entire generation of coin-op arcade gamers.

No, you’re not hallucinating spread guns and powerup blimps: Contra Rebirth sports 16-bit graphics and is the 12th game to bear the Contra name; it’s now available on WiiWare.

Dust off those controllers, because Rush Rush Rally Racing is a new game for the Dreamcast; it celebrates the 10th birthday of Sega’s venerable console and comes out 10/1/09.