Tiny models of classic Sega sit-down arcade games
Space Harrier. Super Hang-On. Out Run. Thunderblade. All are immortal hydraulic monsters released to arcades by Sega in the mid-1980s. And all are now tiny wee things that sit on your desk.
There's a secret fifth game, which is probably Afterburner, and the set will be $49 when it ships in April: you can already pre-order it at NCSX.
These little fellas are really small -- about 10cm long -- but I wonder how hard it would be to make something similar with a real LCD display, running the (emulated) game in question. PocketCultMame springs to mind...
Sega Taikan Game Collection - Import Preorder [NCSX via GameSetWatch]
Update: Francesco writes:
A couple of weeks ago during the 48th Shizuoka Hobby Show I spotted the 5th "secret" model that as ROB predicted is AFTER BURNER.From the photos I took it's possibile to see that these new models are super detailed and way better than the 2 years old miniature racde machines models released by SEGA for the crane games.
All the best from Tokyo!
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Reverend Loki
#1 – 8:59 AM February 26, 2009
I was really excited about this.. until I realized these were models only, and not little playable hand-held game machines. That lack of functionality reduced this from "OMG I must have this!" to "How cute".
professor pedro
#2 – 10:04 AM February 26, 2009
Technical question: With IE the images are hidden behind a transparent BMP. With Firefox, I can save the JPG. What's up with that?
Rob Beschizza
#3 – 10:31 AM February 26, 2009
That's very weird and it isn't supposed to do that. Hang on.
Rob Beschizza
#4 – 10:33 AM February 26, 2009
Pedro, I can't replicate your issue in IE -- I'm on Windows 7 beta, however.
There's no spaceball or other antidownload mechanism installed, though, just plain embedded jpgs. The only thing that I can think of is Moveable Type's weird insistence on wrapping images in span tags.
professor pedro
#5 – 12:44 PM February 26, 2009
Not a big deal. I'm using IE 7 on XP and Sharpreader RSS reader. It just started happening today.
eustace
#6 – 8:52 PM February 28, 2009
Wowz! That accident with the shrink ray had me blue - I thought I would never play SuperHangOn again - but no...