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If you yearn for the good old days of pixelated gameplay, then you're going to love the 16 excellent accessories we've found that celebrate all things vintage videogame.
We've got 16 items that will bring a little retro gaming chic to your home or office, with familiar characters and shapes from arcade and console classics decorating all manner of items including doormats, lampshades and even an ice cube tray.
Have a look through our hand-picked selection of retro-gaming goodies, and let us know which items get a high score with you in the comments box below.
1. Arcade Alarm Clock
This LCD alarm clock is a shrunk-down version of a retro arcade cabinet, complete with invaders-style artwork and arcade sound effects to wake you up.
Cost: $21
2. Meninos Arcade Magnets
These fun magnets will add some classic arcade-style gaming buttons to your fridge.
Cost: $11
3. Brave Space - Tetrad Flat
The Tetrad Flat is a "modular lightweight unit," or in common parlance, Tetris-shaped shelving and storage. The blocks can be attached to one another to make your very own design.
Cost: From $1,315
4. Meninos Croc Doormat
A doormat you'll likely have the urge to jump over will alert visitors to your geek tendencies right from the get-go.
Cost: $49.99
5. Pac-Man HotHead Potholder
Pac-Man boasts useful functionality here as a silicon oven mitt that can withstand up to 450-degrees Fahrenheit. We can't think of a more fun way to safely remove things from the oven.
Cost: $14.99
6. Atari Pint Glasses
This fab set of four pint glasses features designs from vintage Atari games. Asteroids, Centipede, Tempest and Missile Command are all immortalized for your sipping pleasure.
Cost: $29.99
7. Meninos Ghost Lamps
How would you like a glowing ghost to offer your office some eerie illumination?
Cost: $69.99
8. Art Lebedev Tetrius
The Tetrius magnet set includes seven Tetris-esque figures for you to arrange how you see fit.
Cost: $12
9. Meninos Space Invaders Lampshade
This wicked lampshade will keep the invading aliens safely above your head.
Cost: $69
10. 8-Bit Hanger
If life in 2011 just isn't jagged enough for you, try this pixelated hanger to add some edge.
Cost: $19.99
11. Arcade Machine Money Box
Who knew saving could be so much fun? Each coin inserted into this money box earns you two minutes of game play on arcade classic Earth Defenders. You'll have a nice little nest egg in no time.
Cost: $19
12. Art Lebedev Icetris
Available in blue, green and red, the Icetris tray makes ice cubes shaped like you-know-what. "Cool," huh?
Cost: $12
13. Suck UK Pac-Man Cookie Cutters
Mmmmm, Pac-Man. After watching Pac-Man stuff his face for years, now you can make an edible version of the rotund yellow character, with three ghosts thrown in for good measure.
Cost: £12 (approx $20)
14. Blik Pong
Blik's Pong-themed wall decals come in a 50-piece pack, so you can recreate the infamous game (complete with a score of your choosing) on your wall.
Cost: $35
15. USB Mushroom Lamps
These cute USB-powered mushroom lamps are the perfect, oh-so-geeky way to add some soft illumination to your desk.
Cost: $13
16. Heat Changing Arcade Mug
You can choose from, ahem, "Pac Boy" or "Space Intruders" designs with these fun mugs that come alive when you fill 'em withhot coffee. A little like us first thing in the morning.
Cost: $7.99 each
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