![]() | The Perfect Mashup Of Super Mario and Portal: Mari0
What happens when you have a deep, passionate love for two very different games such as Super Mario and Portal...and Nintendo and Valve just refuse to work together to make a game which merges the two worlds? You have no choice. You have to... |
![]() | Play Pong in Real Time using Physical Objects
The nostalgia of Pong just keeps on coming back in a variety of DIY Pong projects we've seen recently. This video game brings augmented reality into the picture by allowing you to control of the ball in real time through a video feed which... |
![]() | DIY Wooden Retro Gaming Console
This gamer not only an electronics wizard, but also a master wood worker as well. He constructed a custom console for playing retro arcade games (check out all of our DIY arcade projects) along with two control pads comprised of the typical... |
![]() | The 4 Player LED Pong Coffee Table
Previously, we've featured a variety of Pong projects including the LED Pong clock. Now the 2D arcade game gets new life by adding two more players and being built into a coffee table. The coffee table holds 900 LED's arranged in a 30 x 30 matrix... |
![]() | Classic Gaming on a DIY Mini NES Arcade
We've featured quite a few mini NES arcades in the past, but unlike the others, this one doesn't use emulators. Instead, it keeps the authentic, retro feel by incorporating an original NES and controllers.
Don't Miss: All of our DIY Arcade... |
![]() | Convert an Old Laptop into a Mini MAME Arcade
This 'Nanocade' project not only condenses an arcade into a portable version, but it also puts an old laptop to good use. Essentially, it's a $350 DIY kit that lets you build a micro MAME cabinet out of acrylic sheets:
If you follow the... |
![]() | Wireless Router Stuffed into a NES Cartridge
While stuffing the guts of one electronic device into another doesn't seem all that impressive... the fact that this modder managed to fit the entire wireless router circuitry within one NES cartridge, left room for ethernet cables to plug in,... |
![]() | Geek Decor: Functional Nintendo Entertainment System Coffee Table
We've seen some superb retro projects before with the Giant NES Controller and DIY Pinball Coffee Table, but this Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) coffee table really raises the bar. The giant version of the original is not just for looks -... |
![]() | How to play SNES on an iPad
The iPhone and iPad are two of the newest additions to the gaming scene and their accelerometers, proximity sensors, and beefed-up graphics chips allow for some pretty impressive gaming. One thing that the swath of new games for Apple's devices... |
![]() | DIY Tabletop Daytona 500 Racing Arcade
This nostalgic DIYer constructed his own tabletop racing arcade cabinet which features the classic racing game, Daytona 500. Check out the build post for superb pictures of the entire process. Like most custom arcades, it uses a repurposed PC... |









































