My Dad's got Asteroids.

April 4, 2006 6:00 AM

Vintage arcade artwork. In free, vector goodness. For collectors restoring a piece of arcade history and enthusiasts who want to create some great art to hang in the den. Who doesn't want a giant Q-Bert on their wall?
posted by punkfloyd (25 comments total)

Cool stuff. There are also some great 3-D arcade cabinet models here for use in the 3Darcade MAME front end, which is a blast to play around with.
posted by Otis at 6:34 AM on April 4, 2006

Let me just say:
COOOOOOOOL
posted by Dr-Baa at 6:34 AM on April 4, 2006

Rasterbater, here I come!
posted by sourwookie at 7:01 AM on April 4, 2006

so good.
posted by aceyim at 7:06 AM on April 4, 2006

Oh man - this made my day - so many good memories - so many lost quarters ... Thanks!
posted by mctsonic at 7:15 AM on April 4, 2006

Vintage arcade art? Jeez, I thought you meant something like this...


posted by 327.ca at 7:26 AM on April 4, 2006

All I have to say is @!#?@.
posted by Pollomacho at 7:36 AM on April 4, 2006

I almost submitted this an answer to the EPS question yesterday. What prompted your post? Are you restoring a cabinet?
posted by cosmicbandito at 7:59 AM on April 4, 2006

Awesome, now I can have nightmares about ghost-on-pacman rape every night by wallpapering my room with this.
posted by mathowie at 8:04 AM on April 4, 2006

Great Find.
posted by cell divide at 8:26 AM on April 4, 2006

This rocks. I just got access to a huge 44" roll feed printer.
posted by doctor_negative at 8:33 AM on April 4, 2006

Gotta hang this over the commode.
posted by Smedleyman at 8:35 AM on April 4, 2006

Awesome. When I saw this, I almost instinctively looked around to ask my dad for some quarters.
posted by Gamblor at 9:25 AM on April 4, 2006

[this is good]
posted by Jeremy at 9:40 AM on April 4, 2006

Wow. This kicks more ass than a Spanish beach worker.
posted by i_cola at 9:41 AM on April 4, 2006

Radicool!
posted by me3dia at 9:53 AM on April 4, 2006

Super cool.
posted by Optimus Chyme at 10:06 AM on April 4, 2006

Sweet! I want a t-shirt with the Space Invaders monster on it.
posted by antifreez_ at 10:17 AM on April 4, 2006

Cosmicbandito: I am decorating my 4 years old room.
posted by punkfloyd at 10:35 AM on April 4, 2006

This is massively cool. I feel an artfest coming on...
posted by RokkitNite at 12:10 PM on April 4, 2006

Absolutely kick-ass site.

I visualize of that time in my childhood in shades of brown, and orange with shag carpet, wood paneled basements, video arcades, and Roger Dean art (lots of early arcade art (and albumn covers from the era) by the brothers Dean).

That site brings back some good memories.

Schweet.
posted by C.Batt at 12:59 PM on April 4, 2006

Oh, man, this is great. I don't even know what I'm going to use these for but they're all mine now.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 1:04 PM on April 4, 2006

Does anyone know the name of the character from this image? I thought I knew my Guilty Gear characters, but I can't seem to find anyone that looks like him on wiki.
posted by Mister Cheese at 3:32 PM on April 4, 2006

Rasterbater, here I come!

I realize this may be too late to save you from rasterbation, but I don't think you rasterbate vector images. I mean, you can if you want, but it's kind of silly.
posted by QuarterlyProphet at 6:53 PM on April 4, 2006

Mister Cheese, might that be Ky Kiske with black hair for some reason?
posted by jenovus at 8:35 PM on April 4, 2006