Atari 2600 Surprise!

No, you haven't skipped ahead a day and arrived on Box Art Wednesday, dear reader. As I stated yesterday I had planned on reviewing Dead Rising 2 after I picked it up at my local Gamestop at midnight. However that was not to be. I arrived at the store to pick up my collector's edition to learn that they were delayed and wouldn't arrive until this afternoon. I did get my copy today though so perhaps I'll write up a quick review for a bonus Box Art Wednesday post.

What you see posted above, rather crookedly, thanks to the scanner here at the vault are Atari 2600 titles I purchased today at my local Vintage Stock...still in box and miraculously still containing their instruction manuals. Good friend and loyal reader, Jon B., spotted these as they came into the store and was kind enough to send me an e-mail.

Jon, we here at the Victory Pellet Vault salute you! Expect one of my best Radium Chimps as a present...just keep it away from small children and pregnant women.

Tape Invaders?

I loathe days that it is so busy at the Victory Pellet Vault that I can't sneak away and do a proper post. Thanks to Kotaku for picking up my slack with the heads up about Space Invaders packing tape. They are going for $4.50 for a 3-pack roll over at A Brand Called Ed though they are in Australia and there is no word if they'll ship it all over the world. I hope they do though because I can think of a few things in the vault that need to be repaired with some of this tape!

Saturday Supercade...You've Got Mail Edition.

Wrapping up this Saturday Supercade with this incredibly awesome Space Invaders mail box...this makes me want to try something along the same lines with Pac-Man...maybe Donkey Kong.

Still More Saturday Supercade!

If I didn't have the awesome Legend of Zelda wallet in my back pocket I would be sorely tempted to pick up this Space Invaders version!

Still Saturday Supercade!

Sticking with the Space Invader inspired clothing at this point. I'm going to have to say that I like this jacket more than first one posted this morning. This stylish piece of clothing is designed by Scandinavian Junk de Luxe.

Saturday Supercade!

Yep. A Space Invaders inspired jacket. This photo comes courtesy of the awesome Stuck in the 80's site. There were only 60 of these jackets made and each sported a price tag of $125.00, so you better start saving up those quarters.

Friday Flyers.

Wow. Back in 1979 how could you possibly have improved Asteroids? They apparently realized that people like me would be playing it and designed a cocktail cabinet for my sitting pleasure. In fact all three of the game offered today, thanks to the Arcade Flyer Archive, have cocktail counterparts.

Cosmic Alien looks very much like a Galaxian rip-off as the Cosmic Guerilla seems to resemble Space Invaders. Actually, rip-off is too harsh a word. Let us instead say inspired by?