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When Rob O'Hara needs a serious video game fix, he unwinds a black rubber joystick and plays a few rounds of "Space Invaders" on his Atari 2600, vintage 1982.
The 30-year-old networking engineer owns newer Xbox, PlayStation 2 and GameCube consoles, but for a true gaming geek like O'Hara, nothing tops the blocky graphics and simple sound effects of retro video games.
"Playing games was a big part of my childhood," says the Yukon, Okla., man. "Back then, it seems like games were more family-oriented, and as a result, families ended up playing a lot of games together."
O'Hara is no relic in his love of 1980s electronic nostalgia.
Vintage consoles are plentiful on Internet auction sites. An annual "Classic Gaming Expo" convention is growing, moving to larger quarters this year. And companies are trying to cash in with repackaged editions of classics including the space fighter "Defender" and the pill-munching "Pac-Man."
Nintendo Co. recently released eight classic games for its portable Game Boy Advance, including "Super Mario Bros.," "The Legend of Zelda," and "Excitebike." Along with the $20-apiece games, the company also released a $100 Game Boy Advance system styled after its original Nintendo Entertainment System.
Jakks Pacific, meanwhile, sells a line of retro video game systems from classic game companies l
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The Japanese National Art Museum has announced that it has confirmed what it believes to be the oldest Japanese example of the mixture of animation and real photography on film. Kemuri Kusa Monogatari (The tale of the Smoke weed) was produced by Japanese animation pioneer Noburo Ofuji (1900-1961) in 1924.
The discovery has been likened to a precious excavation, "Where one can already feel the latent potential of currently world leading Japanese animation."
The museum will show the 3-minute silent movie during its upcoming 'Japanese Animation Film History' exposition, starting on July 6th.
Hybrid, or Mixed animation was also produced in America around that period, but this is the first time that a film of this type has been definitively confirmed to have been created in Japan during that period. For his animation, Ofuji colored on paper (not film or celluloid), a technique that was typical of his animation projects of the time.
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You can take part if you are between 18 and 28 years old on the 31th of July 2004 and live in Belgium, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain or Turkey.
Your storyline must be related to the theme of the contest: The Other.
The closing date of the competition 31/07/2004
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Along with the release of Spb Pocket Plus 2.0 Spb Software House also represented a new concept of extended Pocket PC themes. Being a Pocket PC theme, an extended theme changes what a standard theme should change (background, system colors, etc). However, it additionally changes the design of Pocket Plus indicators, taskbar battery indicator, and Close button task manager. Moreover extended themes contain native support for landscape mode.
Spb Software House held the Spb Extended Theme Design Contest that has finished on June 23rd. During the contest we have received several very professional extended themes with landscape support. Visitors of several Pocket PC-related web sites voted for the themes and here are the results:
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From among the 60 Finalists listed below, please vote for your favorite overall site for the "People's Choice" award. The "People's Choice" award is the voting public's choice of the best site - based on overall design and development excellence - from among all 60 finalists regardless of category. Vote wisely!
The Flash Film Festival 2004 New York takes place at 6:00pm on July 8 at The New Yorker Hotel, following the first day of the Flashforward2004 New York Seminars. At the Flash Film Festival, all finalists will be showcased and winners in each category - includin g "People's Choice" - will be announced and celebrated.
You may only vote for ONE site from the 60 below. The Flash Film Festival database is programmed to prevent "stuffing the ballot box". Please be aware that if you vote more than once, your second vote will override the first vote. Thanks for voting!
Voting ends: 6:00pm PST Monday, June 28.
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