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Tinycade can turn your old cardboard boxes into a DIY arcade cabinet

Lightcycles is one of the first three Tinycade games. Inspired by TRON, players sit next to each other and try to be the last lightbike standing. (Source: ACME Lab) Arcade games are expensive to get and maintain. Some pinball machines easily climb into the thousands of dollars. Despite that, the arcade industry is still strong—because people love the tactile feel ...

Tristan Perona

Lightcycles is one of the first three Tinycade games. Inspired by TRON, players sit next to each other and try to be the last lightbike standing. (Source: ACME Lab) Arcade games are expensive to get and maintain. Some pinball machines easily climb into the thousands of dollars. Despite that, the arcade industry is still strong—because people love the tactile feel of these older video games. There’s something magical about maneuvering knobs or pointing a controller at the actual screen. Take a look at the Nintendo Labo. It helped change what playing video games could mean. Announced in 2018, Labo Kits
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