Every now and then, we need to clear our puny brains. Maybe our minds are full of evil thoughts from adult games or maybe our gray matter contains yellow pellets that Pac-Man like.

No matter what, the Pac-Man Hat fits for all purposes. Whether you are going for a retro video games cosplay party, needing some shade to block the sun or confessing that you love ghosts, you need this big yellow hat.
$35.90 at NCSX.
Image: NCSX

Tucker got a new job and we’re looking at houses.
Because of this, we’re now thinking about how to decorate our kids’ rooms and I was looking on Etsy for cool things to put on the wall.
There is a point-promise.
Vinyl Design has a TON of gaming themed things to put on your walls or laptop. My favorite is the Pong design and I’m strongly considering getting it for my office.
I mean, if I have to work, I might as well look at some cool stuff. Right?
LOVE this stuff!
Images| Vinyl Design

I know, I know … it was only a matter of time before the powerful allure of the past caught up with the equally powerful pull of the future, but the news is surprising nonetheless. Yes, retro games are now available for the iPhone, the 4.5 inch by 2.4 inch by 0.48 inch marvel of technology created by Apple, and have been for some time now.\r\n\r\nIGN\’s Levi Buchanan gives us the lowdown on retro video games on the iPhone:\r\n\r\n
The iPhone may be the newest gaming rig on the field, but it\’s starting to host its fair share of yesteryear. Some …read more

Nothing screams Retro Gaming Fanatic more than apparel, t-shirts to be exact. Well, except for tattoos, which I consider as extreme fanaticism. Anyway, going back to the topic, I’ve found great t-shirts that feature—what else!—retro video gaming icons such as Mario, Donkey Kong, Space Invaders, Pac-Man, and Ryu of Street Fighter fame.
Here are two of my favorite retro gaming t-shirts:

The maker of these retro video gaming t-shirts, 101tshirts.co.uk, also produce retro television, movie and music shirts. Not a fan of t-shirts? No problem. The company specializes in printing our favorite retro video gaming icons on different products …read more

I’ve always been a big fan of stop motion animation. So it also means that I’m a fan of stop motion videos featuring our beloved retro games. In the past year, I’ve posted a few stop motion videos, including one that shows the Super Mario Brothers in Lego and one that substitutes Tetris blocks with living, breathing human beings.
For those who have no inkling of what stop motion animation is, here’s a short description from Wikipedia:
Stop motion (or frame-by-frame) is an animation technique to make a physically manipulated object appear to move on its own. The object is moved by …read more

With the “ber” months in full swing and only a month and a few days left before Christmas, we should already be seeing signs—bright and colorful signs—of the season. So what better way to participate in this grand celebration than spreading cheer on Re:Retro with Christmas-inspired retro-gaming stuff.
One such item is this Pac-Man themed giant Christmas Tree in Madrid, Spain:
Pac-Man Christmas Tree in Madrid @ Yahoo! Video
Actually, the “tree” looks more like a pyramid or an obelisk. But who cares? Unfortunately, the Pac-Man Christmas Tree was put up in December last year. So we don’t really know if they’re going …read more

You’d be amazed, especially if you don’t already know. Here’s the list of Best-Selling Atari 2600 video games of all time:
Topping the list is Pac-Man with a whopping seven million cartridges sold, followed by Pitfall! with four million and Missile Command with 2.5 million.
Other Atari 2600 games that made it to the million copies-sold list are Demon Attack with two million, (BIG GASP!) E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial with 1.5 million, and Adventure, Atlantis, Cosmic Ark, Kaboom!, Megamania, River Raid, and Space Invaders with one million copies each.
Yeah, it’s weird seeing E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial up there with certified Atari 2600 hits like …read more

In August, I posted my very first Blast from the past story that featured Pac-Man in a very memorable television commercial for 7-Up. What made the video, and thus the commercial, more memorable was the fact that I had the opportunity to watch it ad nauseum on television when I was a kid.
Recently, I came across another video of a television commercial featuring Pac-Man but for a different product: cereals. I never knew Pac-Man had his own cereal line. Cap’n Crunch, sure. But Pac-Man?

Good thing someone preserved it and enshrined the video on the Internet. It’s quite unfortunate, though, that …read more

Our favorite pellet-chomping, ghost-nipping machine is back in another video. This time, however, Pac-Man seems to be lost in another world, that of the Super Mario Brothers. Check out this fan-made video and find out what happens when Pac-Man meets the Super Mario Brothers:

I have to give credit to guys like YouTube user blairwja who seek to break the monotony of retro gaming by providing us with great and entertaining fan fiction. Now, if only someone comes up with a video of the Super Mario Brothers on a romp in the Mega Man world.

Talk about deja vu.
A few days ago, while standing in line at the counter of the local McDonald’s, I spotted a pair of groovy sneakers on a—gasp!—teenage girl. Two things were obvious as I stared at the girl with envy. First, I wanted a pair of those Pac-Man shoes. Second, she’s too young to be a fan, since Pac-Mania hit the shores of our little country in, what, the early 80s. And third, the girl was already glaring at me while asking for help from the McDonald’s staff in “fending off a lecher.”
Obviously, staying at the burger joint a minute …read more