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Author: Peter Swimm
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The “Retr0brite” Project
Cue the Sham-Wow Meth Dude in 3…2.. via Lazerbeat
“Anyone who has dug their old computer or console out of the cupboard or loft for some retro gaming will probably have noticed that it maybe hasn’t worn too well with the test of time. The plastics these machines were made of is called ABS and to make it flame retardant (just in case it catches fire after a marathon session) the plastics manufacturers added chemicals that caused the plastic turn yellow or, even worse, brown over a long period of time.
It was originally thought that the yellowing was permanent and that the only solution to this was to paint the plastic in its original colour and cover the problem up. However, a chance discovery was made in March 2008, by The CBM Museum at Wuppertal in Germany, that immersing parts in a solution of Hydrogen Peroxide could partially reverse the process. This was initially taken up by the Amiga community in Germany (http://www.a1k.org) and the idea eventually found its way to the English Amiga Board (http://eab.abime.net), where a madcap collection of chemists, plastics engineers and retro hackers managed to perfect this concept and put it on steroids, with help from other forums.”
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Dual Drums of Death with Starscream
The 2nd best part Pulsewave is that it lead to a new Chibi-tech tracked getting uploaded.
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Roto Hank Disco.
“So here’s everything I’ve done so far, the demo, EP, and full-length, and even non-album stuff and things that were never put up or whatever, all in one compact .rar
http://www.mediafire.com/?lmnnii0dzww
I had hosted one his old EP’s on my toilville net label. Weird little stuff, for fans of graa, oddness, awesominity.
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8BITTODAY interviews pixel art group SUPERBROTHERS
8BITTODAY inteviews the slightly enigmatic pixel pushing crew SUPERBROTHERS. A taste:
“[8bit today] You deal with highly modern subjects, using visual references to an old computer graphics. Is it a kind of revolt, against soulless progress, or what other ideas you embody with such aesthetics?
[SUPERBROTHERS] SUPERBROTHERS is intended as playable editorial illustration.
SUPERBROTHERS creates films and artwork depicting videogames that should have or may have existed (in the Soviet Union perhaps).
SUPERBROTHERS occasionally creates systems of meanings that intend to connect with the worlds of finance, information technology and culture.”
And perhaps a comment on the Crystal Castles debacle?
” [8bit today] Why do you spread some of your works only in printed form and not publish it in the web?
[SUPERBROTHERS]
SUPERBROTHERS supports antiquated technology such as print as a matter of course.SUPERBROTHERS would prefer not to be vilified as a pirate and provocateur.”
