You know Street Fighter, but do you know… Fighting Street?
Look back on your gaming history. 90% of you will remember Street Fighter II as one of the primary games of your youth. Great game, yes? Then why did you not play the first one? Everyone asked the question, and I don’t know about you, but I never really got a decent answer. I was perusing Magweasel and I ran across this gem. How come I never heard about this? Fighting Street?!
It’s actually just the PC Engine (Turbo GraphX 16 here in the US) version of the game, but I’m shocked that I haven’t run into it in a good two decades of gaming. It’s pretty rough compared with SFII Turbo (which I still consider the gold standard for fighters, along with the first Soul Calibur), and the portraits look like they were done by the Double Dragon guy, but it’s pretty much all there. Check out this playthrough; if you haven’t seen this before, it’s a really strange feeling, a bit like watching Doki Doki Panic or a similar precursor-type game.
Man, that music is pretty hot.
How-to guide details PS/2 keyboard-to-iPhone mod, just for you
Oh sure, we’ve seen hacker after hacker brag about their success in connecting some sort of keyboard to Apple’s iPhone, but have any of them bothered to take the time to explain the process behind the magic? Exactly. The man behind AwghBlog, however, is a kinder, gentler soul, and he’s found the time to detail in quite specific terms how he connected a legacy PS/2 keyboard (you know, the one you’re not using any longer) to Apple’s cash-cow of a smartphone. Best of all, the guide actually explains how to build a PS/2 keyboard-to-iPhone converter, so you’re not necessarily tied to a certain board. Hit the read link if you’re down for a weekend project.
[Via MAKE]
Filed under: Cellphones, Peripherals
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The Original White Earbud, Over 40 Years Old
This is the precursor to Apple’s iconic white earbuds, a symbol so, erm, symbolic that despite there being no white iPods on sale anymore, Apple has yet to replace them with something that actually matches the machines they accompany.
If you are under, say, 30 years old, you probably won’t remember the the single white (or ivory) earbud, which was then called an earphone. It was a low quality plastic earpiece which usually came bundled with a transistor radio or even a whole “music center”. In this manner it was kind of the USB cable of its time — while you could buy them separately, there wasn’t much point as you would acquire a drawer-full of them over time.
Their main use, as far as I know from both experience and TV comedy shows, was for men to listen to football games (that’s the football played with the feet, or “soccer”, not the US “foot”ball played with the hands) in church during Saturday afternoon weddings, inevitably shouting out loud when a goal was scored.
I had one which came with my portable radio but it was pointless. The tinny sound actually hurt my young ears and pretty much everything back in the 70s that made a sound came with a big, heavy, half-decent speaker built in.
So you kids don’t know how lucky you are, with your pocket-sized gizmos and stereo earbuds. In my day, etc. And get off my lawn!
Pre-iPod Shiny Plastic Earbud [Retro Thing]
Photo credit: Retro Thing
Fuji Instax Mini 7 Proves Film is Still Best – For Instant
There are two ways to get instant photos from your camera: using either an instant film camera or a digicam with a built-in printer. However, there is only one way to get good instant photos, and that is still film.
Without testing it, we’re not sure just how good the pictures are from Fujifilm’s new Instax Mini 7. One thing we do know is that, unless somebody has seriously messed something up (replacing the lens with an piece of beer-bottle, for example), the Mini 7 will embarrass the truly awful digital Pogo from previous instant title-holder Polaroid.
The Mini 7 will remain a novelty, though, as the ISO 800, 1.8 x 2.4-inch film costs $20 for a 10-pack. When shooting, you can pick from four exposure settings (the shutter speed remains at 1/60 sec). Focus is fixed, but when things get really dark there’s a built-in flash. The camera costs $90 and is cute enough to be given as a gift. And if experience is anything to go by, it is a gift that will be used precisely ten times, until the first roll of film runs out and it is consigned, with all the other film cameras, to the junk-drawer.
Product page [Fujifilm via Photojojo]
See Also:
- Review: Polaroid PoGo Printer Spits Pics on the Quick
- Polaroid Stages Comeback With Instant Printing Digicam
Cassette Tape Measure: Punniest Retro-Tool Ever?
How long is a piece of string? If you measure it with the Cassette Tape Measure it is anywhere form zero to 120 minutes long. As the blurb advises, “Measure twice, rock once.”
In fact, you can measure real distances, in both inches and centimeters, with this $8 tape. And while it is certainly too bulky to be practical, those with a passion for the retro, or those who simply must buy every single USB drive, iPod case or belt buckle fashioned from old analog cassettes, it is yet another wonderful doodad for the junk drawer.
And while we’re on the subject, just what is it about the cassette tape that makes it so popular as a plastic casing for so many retro-trinkets? We’d guess nostalgia, but it could just be the endless opportunity for pun names, such as the Cassette Tape Measure. And so may we proudly suggest the Cassette Tape Worm, a small box containing the dormant larvae of the cestoda, aka the 1960s’ favorite apocryphal slimming pill.
Product page [Gama-Go via DVICE]
See Also:
- Retro-Style Cassette Tape USB Hub
- Cassette Tape Belt Buckles
- Retro Cassette Deck Will Hook Up to Almost Everything
- Lamps Made From Old Cassettes Exude Warm Retro Glow
- Useless Car Cassette Deck Makes Perfect iPhone Holder
