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Nintendo NES reversible messenger bag

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Love 8-bit console games? Tell the world with this Nintendo NES reversible messenger bag.

Essentially, it's a messenger bag with an adjustable shoulder strap and room for a laptop up to 15 inches. But it's all about the design. One side is the classic NES controller, the other side is a pattern made out of tiny controllers. What's not to love?

If you want one, $36.99 gets you one.

Find out more at the ThinkGeek website

Categories / Toys and Games

Vintage-style Wooden Rounders Set

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The English summer is synonymous with all sorts of genteel sporting pursuits and this Wooden Rounders Set will allow you to indulge in one of the finest.

If you can muster 12 people you won't pass a more enjoyable afternoon than harking back to your schooldays for a round of this traditional English game, somewhat akin to baseball.

The set contains all you need – the wooden bat, soft ball, four posts to mark out your pitch and instructions in case you're new to the game or need to remind yourself of the rules. It comes in a rather nice gift box and you also get a handy cotton bag for keeping all the bits together.

It costs £19.99 from dotcomgiftshop here.

 

Categories / Men's Fashion, Toys and Games

Pac-Man Ghosts T-Shirt

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Layer Eight create t-shirts inspired by things they enjoy, which judging by this Pac-Man Ghosts T-Shirt includes retro arcade games.

The t-shirt features Pac-Man’s enemies, Inky, Pinky, Blinky and Clyde on the front with a '10p – 1 play' coin slot graphic printed on the sleeve. The t-shirt is available in men’s sizes Small up to XX Large and in either navy or charcoal grey. There is also a similar design featuring the Space Invader aliens should that be your game of choice.

The t-shirts cost £23 from Layer Eight.

Categories / Books, Film and TV, Toys and Games

80s colouring book by I Love Mel

80s colouring book

We've featured a surprising number of colouring books on the site over the years: architecture, sneakers, Warhol and even Joy Division. Now you can get out your favourite felt tips, and maybe a few fluorescent markers too, for this 80s colouring book by I Love Mel

The latest in Mel's Colour Me Good range of colouring books, this book features some of the decades most famous symbols of pop culture: there's the Brat pack, Simon Le Bon, Jim'll Fix It, Phillip Schofield and Gordon the Gopher, alongside favourite 80s toys such as Mr Frosty and the humble roller skate. 

All those memories and the book costs just £7. 

Buy it online

via How to be a Retronaut

Categories / Gadgets and Tech, Toys and Games

Atari’s Greatest Hits app – 100 classic arcade games for the iPhone and iPad

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Vintage gamers rejoice – your spare time is about to be sucked up with arrive of Atari's Greatest Hits for Apple's iPhone and iPad.

Not just one or two games – there are 100 available as part of this release. The app is free to download, but you only get the framework and an introductory game of Pong for that. If you want the rest of the games, you'll have to buy in-app, four packs costing 59p or all 100 cabinet / Atari 2600 games for £8.99. For that, you get the original artwork for each game, plus an authentic cabinet to play in.

Some of the games are Bluetooth-compatible too, so you can play with your mates wirelessly (as long as they've picked up the app too). See over the page for the full list of available games, with the app and games available now from the Apple app store.

Find out more at the iTunes website

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Retro gaming controller calculator from Urban Outfitters

Gamer calculator

This retro gaming controller calculator is one way to make sums a whole lot more fun. Available from Urban Outfitters, it has applied the functions of a calculator to the looks and shapes of a classic gaming handset.

There are a lot more keys than on your average controller: your addition, subtraction, multiplication and division keys are found where you would normally find the directions, while instead of the usual jump and attack keys you've got such delights as the square root and percentage functions. 

Designed to help you master problems even more challenging than the average game, the calculator costs £12.

Buy it online