dvice.com - 12/8/2008
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The folks at Strapya World have figured out a way for financially strapped geeks to save money and simultaneously serve their tech lust with the introduction of the Tetris and Atari Breakout Arcade Gaming Piggy Banks . The mini-arcade machines require just a penny to initiate play and feature ...
strapya-world.com - 12/8/2008
instruct1.cit.cornell.edu - 12/14/2008
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instruct1.cit.cornell.edu —
Introduction The aim of this project was to
create a 2 player version of the popular game...
Tetris. The idea was to have each player playing the game on his own screen using the the PS/2 Keyboard for input and at the same time his play would influence ...
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Parallel Tetris
technabob.com - 12/10/2008
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technabob.com —
I came across these magnificent falling Tetris block
sculptures snooping around over on Flickr earlier today. When...
I first stumbled onto these images over on Justin James’ Flickr gallery , all I could figure out was that they’re a) ...
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tetris hits the streets (somewhere) in australia
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Compulsory Savings: Tetris and Breakout piggy banks
CrunchGear —
... agitating game music in the history of sound, then you might enjoy either the Breakout! or Tetris piggy banks being sold from Japan for about $40.
A penny’s all you need to get a game up and running. You’ll have fun AND you’ll learn about saving! Check out the above video for an in-depth look at the games in action. Also, pay special attention to the loud, loud music and at how agitated the guy gets while playing. Both are equally unpleasant. Enjoy!
[via DVICE]
Retro Gaming Piggy Banks: Saving Meets Tetris
The UberReview —
Plenty of people have trouble saving, but how many people have trouble playing Tetris or to a lesser extent, Breakout? These arcade game piggy banks require the deposit of a coin of any denomination to play and come in two flavors: Tetris and Breakout.
They are from Japan and priced at a touch under $40.74. [Strapya via DVICE]
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... I can't think of a better way to save than getting a reward in turn every time you keep some money for the future instead of blowing it all off. This piggy bank is perfect for those rearing to go play some old skool arcade games while saving a bit of loose change for the Holidays at the same time. ...
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